fae AUDUBON BULLETIN 
Published Quarterly by the 
PieiiN OTS AUDUBON, SOCTET Y 
ROOSEVELT ROAD AND LAKE SHORE DRIVE, CHICAGO 5, ILL. 
Number 105 March, 1958 
The 1958 Annual Meeting 
By Mrs. WALTER S. HUXFORD 
“T pT’S-GO-AHEAD-AND-MAKE-IT-HAPPEN” that the Illinois Audubon Society 
has an excellent annual meeting at Decatur, Saturday, April 26, 1958. 
Formal invitations will be sent to all members in April but the following 
are some of the tentative plans. 
The host organization, The Decatur Audubon Society, (Miss Myrtle 
Cooper, President) will start the day off about 10 o’clock with an informal 
coffee hour at the Y.M.C.A. where all the day sessions will be held. Depart- 
ing from the usual procedure, the rest of the morning will be occupied 
with the annual business meeting session. Your attendance at this brief 
but comprehensive conference will show creative interest in I.A.S. and 
will help our Society move ahead with fresh ideas in the months to come. 
A symposium on Illinois will take up a large part of the afternoon. This 
will include a panel discussion on “Our City and State Museums” which 
Mr. John Helmer has arranged and on which he will preside as moderator. 
Since the Illinois Natural History Survey is 100 years old this year Dr. 
Thomas G. Scott (Game Specialist and Head, Section of Wildlife Research) 
has made a special study of the Survey’s contribution to ornithological 
science. He has uncovered some interesting facts which he will share with 
us during this part of the program. 
The annual banquet will be held Saturday evening at the Decatur Club. 
Several special features will make up a short after dinner program. Some 
member of our Society will be honored for doing an outstanding job in 
arousing’ interest in birds and their conservation. Wesley F. Kubichek of 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C. has been scheduled 
for the evening program to give an illustrated talk on “The Whooping 
Crane’s Wintering Domain.” The whooping cranes wintering at Aransas 
Refuge have been photographed by Mr. Kubichek over the past four years. 
His movies include other birds and scenes of the area, with roseate spoon- 
bills, wild turkeys and cattle egrets. 
There will be interesting exhibits. If you have something which you think 
would be appropriate to exhibit, please write to Mrs. C. F. Russell, P.O. 
Box 287, Decatur, Ill. Mr. Oliver Heywood will have the books handled by 
I.A.S. available for sale. Mr. Helmer will be happy to discuss binoculars. 
The usual Sunday field trip will be to Breeze Hill, (Moweaqua, IIl.), a 
farm now converted into a wild life sanctuary, on which stands the 121- 
year-old Russell home. Visitors to our Annual Meeting are always welcome. 
Information about meals and lodging reservations will be included in the 
invitations. Please cooperate and make these reservations early. We hope 
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