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The Annual Meeting 
By MARGARET LEHMANN 
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL MEETING of the Illinois Audubon Society was held on 
May 20 and 21, 1961, at the Atwood Outdoor Education Center in Rock- 
ford, Illinois. Our thanks go to our host groups, the North Central Illinois 
Ornithological Society, the Atwood Outdoor Education Center, and our own 
director, Mrs. Jane Tester, for making this fine meeting possible. About 90 
I.A.S. members and friends attended from all parts of the state. 
After registration, the business meeting was called to order at 10:50 a.m. 
by Paul Downing, president. Officers and directors were introduced and 
made reports of activities during the year. This meeting took place in a 
room having glass walls extending from roof to floor on two sides. Since 
warblers were drifting steadily through the tree-tops just outside those 
glass walls, this will be remembered as one meeting where members could 
(and did) watch birds with their binoculars while listening to business 
proceedings. 
Vice-President Raymond Mostek reported on conservation matters of 
current interest to the Society. Treasurer John Helmer distributed copies 
of the financial report for the year ending June JO, 1960, and made an ap- 
peal for bequests to the Society. Paul Lobik, Editor of the Audubon Bul- 
letin, asked affiliated clubs to make sure that any new names and addresses 
be sent to John Bayless so that our mailing lists could be kept up to date. 
John Bayless, chairman of the membership committee, said he had sent out 
second dues notices, and urged members who had not yet sent in their dues 
to do so. 
Vice-President Elton Fawks told of the formation of a committee, com- 
posed of representatives of the Illinois Federation of Sportsmens’ Clubs, 
Illinois Audubon Society, and the Illinois Division of the Izaak Walton 
League, to work toward sane regulation of pesticides in Illinois. He asked 
members to join this campaign. Theodore Greer announced that the 1961 
Fall Campout would probably be held in Starved Rock. 
Raymond Mostek, as chairman of the nominating committee, announced 
the following slate of candidates for approval by the members: First, the 
formation of a Board of Technica! Consultants, composed of: Dr. William 
Beecher — Chicago Academy of Sciences; Mr. Philip DuMont — U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C.; Dr. Thomas G. Scott — Illinois 
State Natural History Survey; Mr. Milton Thompson — Assistant Direc- 
tor, Illinois State Museum; Mr. Oliver Heywood — Attorney, Hinsdale. 
Second, for directors (new — to fill vacancies): Mr. Kenneth Anglemire 
(President, Midwest Chapter of the Sierra Club); Mr. William Bridges, 
Olney, Illinois; Mr. Vernon Greening (Springfield Nature League); Mr. 
Richard Hoger (Willowbrook Wildlife Refuge). 
Third, for Directors (three expirations re-nominated): Mr. Raymond 
Mostek; Mr. Paul Schulze; Mr. Floyd Swink. It was moved by Betty Groth, 
seconded by Ray Mostek, that these nominations be accepted as presented 
by the committee. The motion was unanimously carried. The business meet- 
ing was adjourned at 12:10 p.m. 
Following lunch, served by the Atwood Center, the meeting re-convened 
at 1:00 p.m. with Paul Lobik as chairman. Mr. Robert Weirick, Director of 
the Atwood Center, explained its background and program. Rockford 5th, 
