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Nature Photography Exhibition 
THE NATURE CAMERA CLUB of Chicago once again invites the members and 
friends of the Illinois Audubon Society to submit pictures for the Eleventh 
Chicago International Exhibition of Nature Photography, to be held at the 
Chicago Natural History Museum in February, 1956. 
Any nature photographer — amateur or professional, ornithologist or 
botanist — is eligible to enter the contest. There are two divisions, prints 
or slides, with photographers limited to four pictures in either or both 
divisions. Any natural history subject is acceptable — flowers, birds, trees, 
fossils, rock formations, clouds, insects, marine life, zoo animals, weather 
phenomena, fungi, snow and ice, and so on. The Exhibition is conducted in 
accordance with the rules of the Photographic Society of America, which 
awards two medals to the makers of the color slides showing the best color 
harmony. Additional medals, ribbons and certificates are awarded to the 
makers of outstanding prints and slides in each of the three main classifi- 
cations — Botany, Zoology, and General Nature. 
One of the judges this year will be Dr. William Beecher, one of our Di- 
rectors and a Naturalist of the Cook County Forest Preserve District. Other 
judges will be Philip Hershkovitz, Associate Curator of Mammals at the 
Chicago Natural History Museum; John Mulder, Ranger-Naturalist of the 
National Park Service; and two outstanding Chicago area photographers, 
George Wood and George Blaha, FPSA. Accepted prints will be displayed 
in the main hall of the Museum from February 1 to 26, while accepted 
slides will be projected in the Simpson Theater of the Museum on Sunday 
afternoons, February 12 and 19, at 2:30 p.m. 
Photographers who wish to enter the Exhibition should write now to 
Paul H. Lobik, 4835 Wabansia Ave., Chicago 39, for their entry blanks. The 
deadline for the contest is January 16, 1956. 
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Form for Bequests 
WE HAVE BEEN ASKED to publish again the standard bequest form to be 
used when a person wishes to bequeath a sum to the Illinois Audubon So- 
ciety. As most of you members know, the Society is an endowed, educational, 
scientifie and charitable organization, not incorporated for profit, and con- 
tributions are deductible for income tax purposes. Bequests to the Society 
are not subject to the usual inheritance taxes. The legal form for making 
such a bequest in one’s will is quite simple, and is well known to attorneys 
who are accustomed to these matters. For the benefit of those who wish to 
draw up their own bequests, this is the recommended wording: 
DECLLOII kee! (Paragraph of Article): I hereby give 
and bequeath to the Illinois Audubon Society of Chicago, 
Illinois, an Illinois corporation, the sum of ..... dollars; 
the same to be paid to the treasurer of the Society within 
one year after my death. 
