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Census Tabulator, Mrs. Naomi McKinney. Regional Secretaries are Mrs. 
Clark Palmer, Mrs. Gertrude Thelin, Dr. George Woodruff and Mrs. Blanche 
Cone. Assistant Regional Secretaries are Mrs. Judy Joy and Al Reuss. 
Nina Stutzman and Betty Groth served as Chairmen for the afternoon 
sessions. Dr. Robert Evers of the Illinois Natural History Survey, Urbana, 
Illinois, presented a talk on “Prairie Birds and Prairie Lands,” illustrated 
by color slides. He pointed out the remnants of Illinois prairies and the 
need to save them. Douglas Wade of Northern Illinois University presented 
a film, “Pileated Woodpecker Close-Up.” Imagine having a Pileated in 
your own back yard! The film, “Bay of Gold,” told of the fight to save 
San Francisco Bay. Mr. Arthur Holst, Administrator of Forest Park Foun- 
dation of Peoria, spoke dynamically on “Saving Our Land Heritage.” He 
reminded us all of our stewardship and charged that we are all responsible 
for the safekeeping of the land and for its fruitful use. ‘The Classic 
Struggle — A Park for Lewis and Clark,” was presented by Clarence 
Sparks of Woodstock, Ill., who stressed the need for action and support 
of this project. The park is at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri 
rivers at Hartford, Illinois. The park will commemorate the starting place 
of the Lewis and Clark expedition. He said Missouri is doing much more 
to save river land than Illinois. The afternoon sessions closed with the 
showing of the film, ‘Glen Canyon, The Epitaph of a Geological Wonder.” 
The film showed how the damming of a river can erase “never to be seen 
again” natural wonders. If this is to be the fate of Grand Canyon when and 
if Marble Dam is built, a 2 billion-year-old jewel will be destroyed. 
The annual dinner was attended by 175 people Saturday evening. 
Betty Groth presented the Dr. R. M. Strong Award for Conservation and 
Crnithology to Mr. William Rutherford, Vice-President of the Forest Park 
Foundation of Peoria for his many efforts on behalf of conservation, in- 
cluding saving 15,000 acres of land in three counties. 
Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland P. Grant, nationally known nature photog- 
raphers, presented the color film lecture, “Bird Watchers’ Holiday,” the 
climax of the evening program. Mr. Grant was one of the principal con- 
tributors of ‘“shot-in-the-wild” footage to Walt Disney’s “True Life Adven- 
ture” series. Mr. Grant spent his boyhood in the woodlands and on the 
waters of western Wisconsin. His earliest memories are of fishing the 
Chippewa and Red Cedar, of Ruffed Grouse and Prairie Chicken and 
White-tailed Deer. He has never lost his interest in wildlife. His unusual 
shots of the Avocet, Canada Geese, Prairie Chicken, and Pileated Wood- 
pecker attested to this. Mr. and Mrs. Grant have traveled together over 
most of North America to make these wildlife adventure films. For the 
past 30 years, the Grants have produced at least one new film each year. 
William Weber was in charge of the Field Trips conducted both Satur- 
day and Sunday mornings at 5:30 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. Trip leaders included 
Dr. L. Princen, Miss Esther Kasper, John Findlay III, Mrs. Virginia 
Humphrey, Bernard Von Norman, Bernard Weiner, Charles McCumber, 
Wm. Stroud, Fred Luthy, Mrs. Elizabeth Bogan and R. W. Webster. The 
weather Saturday was fine for bird watching, but Sunday the weather 
was typical spring bird count weather — cold, wet and windy. However, 
a total of 143 species were seen. 
The Illinois Audubon Society is grateful to Adolph Cabor for the 
wonderful job he did as Chairman for this Annual Meeting. Our thanks 
