6 TH BE A U D'U-B°OmIN, BULL IgE ee 
New I.A.S. Director Named 
THE Boarp oF Directors of the Illinois Audubon Society has been greatly 
concerned in recent months by the fact that there have not been enough 
active directors available to carry out the increased activities of the or- 
ganization. The expanded program of downstate participation, in particular, 
lacked an adequate working staff. For this reason, the Directors amended 
the Bylaws of the Society in October, increasing the number of active Direc- 
tors from 25 to 30. 
This change made it possible to name Mrs. C. F. Russell of Decatur, Ili- 
nois to the Board of Directors on the following month. Mrs. Russell has long 
been an active member and officer of the Decatur Audubon Society, and she 
was recently elected Recording Secretary of the new Natural Resources 
Council of Illinois. She should be of great help to Mr. Elton Fawks in his 
program of obtaining increased support of the I.A.S. from affiliated socie- 
ties downstate. 
In another step to strengthen the authority of the Committee on Down- 
state Liaison, Mr. Elton Fawks of East Moline, the present chairman of 
that group, was elected a Vice-President of the Illinois Audubon Society. It 
is an honor he richly deserves in view of all the fine work he has accom- 
plished and is still doing. 
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New Members Since September, 1955 
You May Not HAVE noticed, but the Society has enjoyed a steady growth 
in numbers during the past year. A list of new names has appeared in al- 
most each issue of the Bulletin. Incidentally, if you joined a few weeks ago, 
and your name is not in the group below, do not be alarmed; there is a lag 
of four to six weeks between the preparation of this list and its publication. 
We are happy to welcome you new members to our ranks, and hope that 
you will join us in our work of protecting wildlife, preserving our natural 
resources, and spreading the gospel of conservation. If you are in a position 
to help, please volunteer your services to one of the committee chairmen 
listed on the inside back cover. Join us on our bird walks, send in your 
records of field observations, and come to our Audubon Screen Tours at the 
Museum if you can. Your benefits of memberships are realized in direct 
proportion to the amount of effort you put into our activities. All but one 
of the members below are from Illinois; the asterisk denotes a Contributing 
Member. 
David Anderson, Chicago Mrs. Marie LaCroix, Chicago 
Amy Applegate, Chicago Heights 
Miss G. Ashdowne, Princeton 
*Miss Kay Binder, Chicago 
Esther Chalfont, Chicago 
Jerry Chaniot, Decatur 
Mrs. K. W. Dean, Chicago 
Mrs. Garver Frazier, Marshall 
Mrs. M. A. Hansen, Chicago 
Albert W. Havlik, Chicago 
W. L. Hoover, Chicago 
George Larson, Palatine 
Dr. W. W. Meister, Chicago 
Melvin Miller, Chicago 
Robert W. Neuwirth, Chicago 
Bernard Nolan, Chicago 
Grace E. Rundquist, Oregon 
Charles R. Sheppard, Chicago 
Robert J. Trial, Seaton 
Fern E. Weckesser, Oak Park 
J. H. Zimmerman, Madison, Wis. 
