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MEMBERS OF FOUR CHAPTERS MEET AT BEALL WOODS 
Representatives of four Southern Illinois chapters of the |.A.S. met for a picnic lunch at the Red Barn Nature Center 
and a tour of Beall Woods. This area is one of few remaining examples of virgin forest in the midwest, and it has been 
declared a National Landmark by the National Park Service. Foresters have identified over 70 species of trees in the woods; 
and many are of record size. The largest Shumard Oak in the U.S. can be found here, and it is over 5 ft. in diameter. Other 
record holders for I!linois which grow in the forest are the largest; green ash, river birch, shell bark hickory, honey locust, 
Kentucky coffee tree, over-cup oak, pecan, sour gum, sweet gum and tulip poplar. 
Five self-guided nature trails, ranging in length from 3/4 to 1-3/4 miles, have been laid out by the Department of 
Conservation which purchased the forest just in time to save it from the loggers. This magnificient area is just part of the 
vanished Forest of the Wabash which once extended along the watercourses in southeastern Illinois. 
Vera Shaw of the Ridgway Chapter acted as our guide. Others who attended were: Ft. Chartres Chapter — Tom May, 
Clara Taggart, Mike Morrison, and Ella Mae Hocenst. Southwest Chapter — Jean, Ruth and Al Auwater. Kaskaskia Chapter — 
Joe Galbreath, Henry Hartshorn, Mae and Marie Stedlin, Margaret Horsman, and Winifred Jones. Ridgway Chapter — Vera 
Shaw, her daughter, and mother, Mrs. Scherer. The field trip was held on October 24. 
J. W. Galbreath 
AUDUBON SCREEN TOURS PRESENTED IN SEVERAL AREAS 
As you undoubedly know, the |.A.S. sponsors the Audubon Wildlife Films at the Field Museum in Chicago. However, 
the same series is shown in several cities throughout the state. As a service to our members, we should like to publish the 
names of the organizations which plan to sponsor the series next year. A partial schedule for the remainder of this season 
follows: 
Chicago: — 2:30 P.M. at Field Museum 
Sunday, March 28 — THE BAHAMAS — Top to Bottom — Harry Pederson 
St. Louis Area: —(Sponsored by St. Louis Audubon Soc. and St. Louis Zoo Assoc.) 
Friday, March 19 — Clayton High School at 8:15 P.M. 
ACROSS WILDERNESS CANADA — John Bulger 
Friday, April 16 — Third Baptist Church, Grand and Washington at 8:15 P.M. 
BOTSWANA-—AFRICA’S LAST FRONTIER — Roy Coy 
Elgin: — Hemmens Auditorium 7:45 P.M. (Sponsored by Elgin Rotary and Elgin Community College) 
Tuesday, March 30 — ACADIAN REFLECTIONS — Robert Flutz 
Tuesday, April 27 — BOTSWANA—AFRICA’S LAST FRONTIER — Roy Coy 
Greenville: — Sponsored by Greenville College — Larue Chapel — 8:00 P.M. 
March 19 — VILLAGE BENEATH THE SEA 
Wheaton: — Erdman Chapel — fee $100 
April 26, — BOTSWANA — Roy Coy 
Sarah Vasse 
Box 142, Brussels, Illinois 
HATS OFF TO OWFNS—ILLINOIS The Owens-Illinois Glass Company of Alton, Illinois has begun accepting used glass, for 
which it pays 1 cent per pound, every Saturday, between the hours of 9 A.M. to 1 P.M. The glass must be sorted according 
to color: clear, light green (Cokes), dark green (7-Up), amber (beer). Although labels need not be removed, nor the bottles 
washed, they should be free of caps and empty. 
On December 22, the fifth ‘Glass Collection Day’’, more than 93 tons were collected from scrap dealers, Boy Scouts, 
Salvation Army workers, and other groups. The glass is re-melted for use, and the project has been most successful at Alton 
and also at Owens-Illinois plants in other states. 
Sarah Vasse 
