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LOCAL CLUB ACTIVITIES AROUND THE STATE 
PRAIRIE CLUB 
Sunday, Sept. 6, Dunes Acres Walk. Leave Chicago Randolph Street I.C. 
Station, via South Shore Electric R.R, at 8:00 a.m. Back in the city at 
6:50 pem. Bring lunch and beverage. 
Saturday, Sept, 12, Tremont Fall Flower Walk, Leave Randolph St. 1.C, 
Station at 10:00 a.m. via South Shore R.R, Return 6:50 p.m. Should see 
joe-pye-weed, lobelias, ironweed, wild parsnip, smartweeds, goldenrod, 
asters of all kinds, gerardia, boneset, jewelweed, gentians and cardinal 
flower, Bring lunch and beverage, Phone Hazel Joy, DE 2~-3737, for other 
information, 

AUDUBON SOCIETY OF PARK RIDGE 
Tuesday, Sept. 22, will be the first meeting of the fall season, Non-members 
invited, 6:00 p.m. at South Park Fieldhouse, Talcott and Cumberland, 
McHENRY COUNTY BIRD CLUB 
Saturday, Aug, 15, Annual Meeting. 
Saturday, Sept, 19, Field Trip to see the fall migration. Meet at Spring 
Hollow, Woodstock, 

ILLINOIS DUNESLAND PRESERVATION SOCIETY 
Saturday, Oot. 31, Annual Meeting. Floyd Swink of the Morton Arboretum 
will be the speaker, Contact Dr. L. F. Yntema, 200, Ash St., Waukegan, for 
details. 
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 
August 22 to August 30, Geology Field Trip to the Ozarks. This is late 
notice because of the publication date of the NEWSLETTER, but if interested 
call Mr. M, Abromowitz, University of Chicago, Financial 6-8300,. 
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THE RACHEL CARSON MEMORIAL FUND FOR RESEARCH 
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Your Illinois Audubon Society made a contribution to THE RACHEL CARSON MEMORIAL 
FUND FOR RESEARCH. In its acknowledgement, the National Audubon Society said: 
"...the Fund will support research and provide an unbiased source of information 
based on scientific findings that will be independent of the special interests 
that make it so difficult for the public to learn the truth about pesticides and 
other environmental pollutants." 

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Dr. George H, Woodruff, Route #2, Joliet, has written the following article for 
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the NEWSLETTER: 
Would a law designed to keep guns out of irresponsible hands be in the public 
interest? The possession of these lethal weapons would seem to be a privilege 
which should be reserved for persons who have proved their responsibility. Should 
not prospective gun owners eventually be required to take some sort of examination, 
including elementary ecology, before they are licensed to possess a fire-arm? 
This might be an additional protection to the few birds who still inspire us with 
their marvelous displays of soaring, It seems certain that their gradual but 
steady disappearance is in part caused by shots from trigger-happy gun toters, 
Do we have to lose the sense of wonder and the inspiration that these majestic 
flights arouse? The state laws prohibiting the shooting of hawks and eagles 
afford some protection, and the proposed fire-arms registration law appears to 
be another step in the right direction, 
