I.A.S, Newsletter, August 1966 - 5 - 
OBJECTIVES OF THE IAS ROADSIDE COMMITTEE 
ONE VE COMM ITTTER 
1. To help promote and encourage native plantings along our roadsides, 
2. To help establish mre roadside facilities such as wayside parks, 
picnic tables, and overlooks, 
3. To encourage motorists to carry litter-bags and to use them, 
4. To encourage more business firms not to litter highways with bill- 
boards, This blight mars the landscape, 
5e To help educate the public to appreciate proper roadside development, 
Such appreciation leads to Support for wildlife protection, expanded 
recreation areas, and wildlife refuges, 
Mr. Lloyd Latendresse, of 1238 Wood St., Decatur,Ill,, has been recently 
appointed as the new Chairman of the IAS Roadside Committee, He is also 
the Chairman of the committee's project to help Keep Illinois Beautiful and 
is working to reduce the litter problem, Anyone interested in aiding him 
in these projects should drop him a note, 
Mr. Fred Brechlin has resigned as a Director of the Illinois Audubon 
Society, He served the or ganization conscientiously for one year as a 
member of the Finance and Roadside Committees. He has recently purchased a 
farm in NW Illinois and hopes to turn it into a "nature area," He has been 
Succeeded by Mr, Latendresse of Decatur, a lawyer and devoted conservationist, 
who has been highly recommended by members ofthe Decatur club, 
VOLUNTEER CLIPPING SERVICE FORMED BY I.A.5, 
ae ee Scie le 
Several members have offered to send in once a month, clippings from 
their local newspaper on matters of outdoor conservation, education, and 
ornithology. This informtion can prove of great value to the Board of 
Directors, 
If you would like to join this group, we will send you a half dozen 
large, postpaid envelopes for your use, Just address VOLUNTEER CLIPPING 
SERVICE, ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY, FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, CHICAGO, 
ILLINOIS, 60605. Your help will be greatly appreciated, 
A_ LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP IN THE AMERICAN BALD EAGLE CLUB 
VAN BALD BAGLE CLUB 
Help Keep Them Flying. Save the Bald Eagle. Join the American Bald 
Eagle Club by sending in one dollar for a lifetime membership card to Mrs, 
Vera Shaw, Illinois Audubon Society, Route Two, Olney, Ill, 62450, 
Funds are used to help guard bald eagle nesting trees, for research, 
education and promotion, It is estimated that there are less than 5,000 
Bald Eagles -our national emblem- left in the USA, 
A_FEW I.A.S, LAPEL PINS ARE STILL AVATLABLE = FREE 
a LLABLE = FREE 
If you would like a lapel pin of a Bobwhite quail - the emblem of the 
Illinois Audubon Society, please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to 
"Supply Dept., Illinois Audubon Society, Field Museum of Natural History, 
Chicago, Ill, 60605." he pins are about the size of a quarter and date 
from 1934, There is no charge for the pins, They will be miled upon 
request while the supply lasts, 


