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building, removed the tractors and other equipment, and set up an assembly 
line of waffle irons, pancake griddles, tables and chairs. Mrs. Green, her 
family, and Vermilion Society members were assisted by the local Boy 
Scout troop in preparing and serving the breakfast. Fresh home-made 
apple cider was served outside afterwards. Visitors enjoyed looking over 
the farm, cattle, and duckpond, and many toured Mrs. Green’s home, filled 
with antiques and displaying a large rock collection. 
Further field trips in the park occupied Sunday morning, and the 
final event was an outdoor picnic, with food again provided by the ladies 
of the Hebron Methodist Church, served in the woods near the camp- 
ground. The meal had been advertised as a box lunch, but no such lunch 
ever came out of a box! 
No startling number of birds was seen during the week- end, but 
Peter Petersen, Jr., who acted as field chairman, reported a total of 63 
species for the two days. This included 20 to 50 Swainson’s and Gray- 
cheeked Thrushes, a flight of broadwings that went over on Sunday, a 
Black-throated Blue Warbler on Saturday, and a Blackburnian on Sunday, 
both Summer and Scarlet Tanagers, and large numbers of towhees. 
Special thanks go to all the Vermilion County folks who worked 
months in advance to make the camp-out a complete success. They include 
Mrs. Robert Westfall, who was in charge of hikes, with leaders Mr. and 
Mrs. Warren Vetter, Miss Esther Cowan, Mrs. Flora Lewis, Mr .and Mrs. 
Russel] Duffin, and Dr. and Mrs. Baldwin; Mrs. Arlie Anderson, in charge 
of food; Mrs. Goldie Musson, head cook; Mrs. Duffin, Mrs. Baldwin, and 
her son Brian Baldwin, in charge of table decorations; Mrs. Green and 
her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Green, for the break- 
fast; and many, many others. Also very special thanks to our own Ted 
Greer, the Camp-Out Chairman Par Excellence! 
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New Policy on Pesticides 
After reading about the stringent rules restricting use of chemical pesticides 
on the public lands administered by the Department of the Interior, as 
recently announced by Secretary Stewart L. Udall, Mrs. Arthur M. Jens, 
Jr., I. A. S. Pesticides Chairman, wrote to Director William T. Lodge of 
the Illinois Department of Conservation, asking about practices on state 
lands controlled by his department. She received this answer from Director 
Lodge: 
November 16, 1964 
Dear Mrs. Jens: 
“I am in receipt of your letter calling my attention to the rules made by Secretary Udall 
regarding the use of pesticides on public lands controlled by the Department of the Interior. 
“lam happy to tell you that the Department of Conservation has not allowed the use 
of any type of persistent insecticide on any of their areas for the last year and a half. | can 
also tell you that we will not use these types of pesticides in the future. We can, of course, 
control this only on the land which we own and operate and all we can do is set an example 
for the other governmental agencies in the State.” 
Yours very truly, 
(signed) WILLIAM T. LODGE, Director 
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