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Published Quarterly by Illinois Audubon Society August 1967 





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Newsletter Editor: Douglas E, Wade, 106 Depot St., Oregon, Ill, 61061 
Phone: Area Code 815 -~ 732-6890 
Deadline for November Newsletter -~— October 10 


1967 
BIRDWATCHERS ALL, COME TO THE FALL CAMPOUT OF YOUR ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 


SEPT. 16-17, 1967 — NEW SALEM STATE PARK 3+ 
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Leave your cares at home, pack your binoculars, 
amping gear (those who do not plan on 
n Page 3 in the NEWSLETTER) and join i 
riends Origa. 5: 
Scopes and bird books along with your 
"camping out" will find lodging accommodations listed 
n fun and fellowship with old and new members and 
For your members! program pick out your best slides (limit 5 per person) and share your 
Bera natural history with all of us, Lewis Cooper is in charge of the slides, Let him 
ear from you, at 1360 North Sandburg Terrace, Chicago, 60610, Screen and projector will be 
(Slides will be accepted Friday or Saturday.) 
: Leave your tux and formals at home. .... 
Vening banquet and, if you really give a 
aturday evening, 
this is an INFORMAL meeting, including the 
"hoot" about birding, join us for an "OWL HOOT" 
Wing your way to New Salem State Park, in the heart of Lincoln Country, Route 97, 20 
les N.W. of Springfield, 3 miles south of Petersburg. (From Chicago via Route 66, take 
ae Short—cut from Williamsville via Athens to New Salem. From St. Louis via Route 66 to 
pringfield, follow State Highway 125 from Springfield to Route 97.) 
Here is the reconstructed village 
we been rebuilt and authentically fur 
1a high bluff, the settlement overloo 
w mill which led to the establishment 
of New Salem where over twenty residences and shops 
nished in the style of Abraham Lincoln's day. Situated 
ks the Sangamon River Valley where the old grist and 
of the village in 1828 has also been reconstructed, 
Hiking trails in the Park lead through upland oak-hickory woods, 
id along running streams, Birding in the Park is very good, The Lin 
gins at the Park entrance; it too provides a good hiking trail for b 
ay is Carpenter's Park, situated on the banks of the Sangamon 
On of upland woods and floodplain forest, 
Please Note---This will be the only notice for the Campout } ) 
- Submitted by Mrs. Wallace Kirkland 
I.A.S. Campout Chairman 
822 Linden Avenue 
Oak Park, Illinois 
60302 
down into quiet valleys 
coln Boy Scout Trail 
irders, A few miles 
River, providing a combina- 
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