2 THE AUD UB ON WTS U OL Eels 
tion, and nominated Mrs. Alfred Dyke, a director and past president of the 
Bureau Valley Audubon Club, and Mr. Oliver C. Heywood, of Hinsdale, as 
directors. There were no other nominations and the nominees were elected. 
Mr. John Helmer gave the treasurer’s report for the first 10 months of 
the fiscal year, as follows: 
Balance, Operating Account, July 1, 1954 $1043.44 
Receipts: Dues, Contributing $635.00 
Active 578.00 1213.00 
Investment Income 126,19 
Sales of Books 387.05 
Bulletins 31.50 
Binoculars (10) 547.18 
Bird Calls (47) 58.80 1024.53 
Excise Tax collected 54.72 
Miscellaneous receipts 26.17 
Loan repaid by Ill. Conservation Council 50.00 
Total Receipts $3094.61 
$4138.05 
Payments: Printing and Mailing Bulletins, 3 issues 696.04 
Other printing and postage 450.25 
Lecture expense, in full 606.75 
General and Misc. expense 120.24 
Paid for Books 362.92 
Binoculars (9) 354.87 
Bird Calls (24) 17.08 734.87 
Excise tax paid 43.52 
Dues paid 43.00 
Prairie Chicken Survival Fund, Donation 30.00 
Nature Conserv., Corkscrew Swamp Donation 50.00 
Loan to Ill. Conservation Council 50.00 
Total Payments sy $2824.67 
Balance April 30, 1955 SISlo as 
Less reserve for Distributional Check List 270.00 
Balance $1043.38 
Mrs. Huxford then served as moderator in a forum report on the various 
aspects of education work by the I.A.S., which included reports by Editor 
Lobik on the Bulletin, Christmas census, and a migration study; Mr. McVey 
on the “Audubon Screen Tours;’” Mrs. Waller on book sales; Mrs. Pauline 
Esdale on bird walks sponsored by the I.A.S. and her work in day camps 
for children; Mrs. Bayless on the new Audubon Camp in Wisconsin; Mr. 
Helmer on Boy Scout nature merit badge assistance; and Mrs. Huxford on 
junior clubs, nature programs and literature. 
Mrs. Dyke told of junior Audubon work in the Princeton area and then 
introduced Mr. W. D. Boyle, an attorney in nearby Hennepin, who told of 
his experiences collecting the eggs of the sooty tern on Ascension Island and 
explained the program of field trips scheduled for Sunday. 
