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Published Quarterly by the 
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ROOSEVELT ROAD AND LAKE SHORE DRIVE, CHICAGO 5, ILL. 
Number 97 March, 1956 
The Annual Meeting 
THE ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY will hold its annual meeting downstate 
again this year, this time at Dixon, Illinois on the week-end of April 28- 
29, 1956. The host society will be the White Pines Bird Club. An interesting 
program of meetings, workshop, lectures and field trips is being worked out 
in collaboration with the club President, Mrs. David A. Stenmark, of Polo, 
Illinois. She has extended an invitation to bird-watchers from all over the 
state, and especially from Chicago and nearby Rockford, to join in a mem- 
orable get-together. 
Co-Chairmen of the meeting are the perennial Mr. Franklin McVey and 
Mrs. Walter Huxford, vice-presidents of the I.A.S. Their tentative program 
includes: Registration 1:00 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at the First Methodist 
Church of Dixon, corner of Peoria and Second streets; a workshop- 
symposium on “Pooling Our Club Experiences” for the I.A.S. and its 
affiliates, beginning 1:30 p.m.; the business meeting, presentation of papers, 
and election of directors; lectures and announcements. The dinner will 
also be in the church. In the evening, we will have the good fortune to pre- 
view a movie which will go out as an Audubon Screen Tour in 1955-57 — 
“Sanctuary — Haven Hill” by two outstanding nature photographers, Mr. 
and Mrs. Floyd Maffitt. Mrs. Maffitt is a vice-president of the Save-the- 
Dunes Council of Gary, Indiana. 
There will be a choice of two Sunday field trips. It is hoped that one 
will be in Hazelwood, park-like estate of Mrs. Myrtle Walgreen on the bluffs 
of the Rock river, near Dixon. The other will be in White Pines State Park, 
where the unique evergreen forests and precipitous limestone canyons often 
shelter several unusual bird species. 
Formal invitations to attend the meeting will be mailed to all members 
and affiliates of the I.A.S. in a few weeks. Registration costs and infor- 
mation about accommodations will be included. But remember now — 
save the week-end of April 28-29 for the Annual Meeting of your Society! 
Get Your I.A.S. Arm Patches! 
The new cloth arm patches of the Illinois Audubon Society are now 
available. Circular in form, they show a bird in its natural habitat, with 
an appropriate inscription around the border. The patches will help you to 
identify yourself to other Audubon members on bird walks, and will also 
help you gain admittance to some private areas where trespassers are not 
welcome, but Audubon members are. I.A.S. arm patches sell for $1.00 each, 
and may be obtained at the Audubon Screen Tours, at the Annual Meeting, 
or by mail from Mr Frank McVey, 5845 Kingsdale Ave., Chicago 30. 
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