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Get Your Accommodations Barly for the 1963 Annual Meeting! 
The Annual Meeting of the Society will be at Springfield on May 4-5. Plans include «| 
registration, coffee hour, meetings and talks on Saturday, culminating in a guided 
tour of the new Illinois State Museum; a banquet at the Leland Hotel; and Sunday 
field trips led by the SPRINGFIELD AUDUBON SOCIETY. The complete program and the 
registration form will be included with the April NEWSLETTER. Since the State 
Legislature will be in session in May, hotel and motel space will be hard to find. 
MAKE YOUR ROOM RESERVATIONS NOW!! Include DEPOSIT when making reservations. 
ROOM RATES (including Bath & Free Parking) 
SUGGESTED HOTELS SINGLE DOUBLE BED TWIN BEDS 
HOTEL LELAND, 6th and Capitol $8 - $12 $10 - $14 $12 - $16 
HOTEL ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 5th and Capitol $7.50-$9,50  $10-911.50 $12 - $15 
GOVERNOR HOTEL, 5th and Jefferson $5 - 99 $7,50-$11.50 $12 - $20 
ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL, 4th end Jefferson $7.50-$10 $11 - $13 413 - $14 
STATE HOUSE INN, 101 Eest Adams $7 .50-$9 $11 .50-$13 $12 - $14 
SUGGESTED MOTELS 
BEL-AIRE MANOR MOTEL ,2636 S.6th(Rt.66,S) $7 - $8 89 - $10 $11 - 612 
COLONIAL MOTEL, 2900 S. MacArthur 
(Rt. 36 & 54, W) $6.50-$8 $8 - $12 S11 
HOLIDAY INN MOTEL, 625 BE. St. Joseph 
(Rt. 66, S.E. ByPass 66) &3 $10 - $12 
HOWARD JOHNSON'S MOTOR LODGE 
1025 §. 5th Street 89 812 813 
MAGNOLIA COURT, 2615 E. Cook 
East Edge 36 & 54 86 & $7 &7 & $8 s9 & $10 : 
MANSION VIEW MOTEL, 529 South 4th St. 39 - $12 Ror INAT sy Al, - $16 | 
TRAVELODGE, 500 South 9th St. 
City Rt. 66 $8 - 310 S10 - $12 $12 
CONSERVATION COUNCIL HONORS DR. R. M. STRONG 
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The Conservation Council (of Chicago) honored its long-time chairman, Dr. R. M. . 
Strong, with a celebration of his 90th birthday. His friend, Mr. C. 0. Decker, paid 
tribute to his work. Dr. Strong was a founding member of the Wilson Ornithological | 
Society back in 1888 and served as its President. He was President of the Illinois © 
Audubon Society for many years and has served as Chairman of the Conservation 
Council for over 25 years. 

SHUTTERBUGS----AIM---SHOOT S$ 
Mr. Bard of the Illinois Beach State Park has asked the Illinois Dunesland Preserv~ 
ation Society to co-sponsor four photographic contests, one for each season at the 
Lodge. The pictures eligible will be only those taken in the park. Prizes will be 
awarded for each season and a grand prize for the year. The Illinois Dunesland 
Preservation Society is working on the details--in the meantime, get shooting. 


