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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK 
By Paul H. Lobtk 
HOW TO STOP SPRAYING: — A few weeks ago Adolph Cabor, treasurer of 
Tri-City Bird Club, sent us a clipping from the MOLINE DISPATCH which 
told of seven Purple Martin apartment houses that had been erected on 
Credit Island, in the Mississippi River near Davenport, Iowa. The houses 
were donated to the Davenport Park Board by C. C. Hazard, president of the 
club, who with ten other members had constructed the apartments during 
the winter. Since Purple Martins devour mosquitoes by the thousands, the 
Park Board will be able to stop the spraying of poisonous insecticides. 
Other I. A. S. Affiliates, please take note! 
ANNUAL MEETING PREVIEW — When members and friends of the Society 
gather at the Tri-Cities for the I. A.S. Annual Meeting on the week-end of 
May 14-16, they will see Credit Island and the Purple Martin houses first 
hand, as the island is one of many field trip areas listed. Peter Petersen, Jr., 
meeting chairman, has sent us some exciting reading — an advance copy 
of the program. There will be worthwhile activities for all of us from the 
opening event — “Regional Birds in Art’? exhibit at the Davenport Public 
Museum, which will serve as our headquarters (7:30 p.m. Friday, May 14)... 
through the Saturday morning field trips (seven parks, preserves and sites 
in Illinois, including a heronry, a slough, and a quarry) .. . into the 
illustrated talks on hawks, nesting birds, and African birds . . . through 
the business meetings of both the Illinois Audubon Society and the Iowa 
Ornithologist’s Union... into the panel discussions on birds and pesticides... 
past the Annual Banquet and the color film on “Birds of the Galapagos” by 
Dr. Alfred M. Bailey of the Denver Museum ... and on to the field trips 
Sunday morning in eight areas on the Iowa side ... ending with a grand 
compilation of field trip counts and a farewell luncheon. To fill in the 
details — look for the information sheet and registration form, due to be 
mailed early in April. 
BIRD BOOKS BY MAIL — After many years of running the I. A. S. BOOK- 
STORE all by himself, LeRoy Tunstall has finally been given some help — a 
vice-chairman in charge of mail order sales. If you want to order any of our 
books by mail (see the list elsewhere in this issue), write to Peter Dring, 
9800 S. Willow Springs Avenue, Willow Springs, Ill. 60480. For those of 
you who prefer to buy their books in person, LeRoy Tunstall will continue to 
handle the store at the Audubon Wildlife Films and at the Annual Meetings. 
WELCOME, BENEFACTOR! — One of our Life Members, Mr. V. V. Mason 
of New York City, has made a generous gift to the I. A. S. treasury which 
has made him our first BENEFACTOR. His donation serves to build up the 
endowment fund which enables us to carry on the vital educational program 
which is our chief reason for existence. A number of other members have 
recently asked how they can improve their status to that of Sustaining or 
Life Member. See the list of membership classifications on the back cover 
of this issue. 
WELCOME, LIFE MEMBER! — We are also pleased to report that Phyllis A. 
Stout of Chicago has just completed the fourth and final payment that makes 
her a LIFE MEMBER. She joins an exclusive group that now numbers 
about one dozen. At last count, three more members of the Society were 
pretty well along on the road to becoming Life Members. 
