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Number 109 March, 1959 
The Annual Meeting 
THE ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY will hold its Annual Meeting for 1959 on 
May 16 and 17 at Allerton Park. Our host club will be the Champaign 
County Audubon Society. Details of the meeting are now in the final plan- 
ning stages. Co-Chairmen for this year are Vice-President Floyd Swink of 
the I.A.S. and Miss Lois Drury of the Champaign Society. 
Many of our members will recall Allerton Park as an exceptionally 
beautiful area, with handsome formal gardens, a reflecting pool, woodlands, 
and an enormous mansion with scores of rooms. The natural features of 
the landscape have been carefully preserved. Tentative plans for the pro- 
gram include a well-known lecturer on nature subjects, conferences on the 
protection of prairie chickens and other threatened species, and ample op- 
portunity for bird walks and nature study. This should be one of the best 
week-ends of the year to be out of doors, as the spring migration should 
be in full swing. 
Full information about the meeting, including such details as registration, 
the annual dinner, and accommodations, will be mailed to all members in 
the formal announcement next month. Members of affiliated clubs and in- 
terested friends are welcome. Set the date aside now — the 1959 Annual 
Meeting of the I.A.S., Allerton Park, May 16-17! 
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CONGRATULATIONS TO DR. BEECHER 
WE ARE PLEASED to report that Dr. William J. Beecher, one of the Directors 
of this Society, has recently been appointed Director of the Chicago Acade- 
my of Sciences in Lincoln Park, Chicago. Older members will recall that 
the Academy provided headquarters and a lecture room for the Illinois 
Audubon Society for many years. 
Dr. Beecher tells us that beginning this year the Academy will invite 
students of the Chicago and suburban schools to view movies on local wild- 
life, plants, and geology, and to enjoy guided tours of the exhibits. The 
Academy hopes to give youngsters an understanding of nature in the Chi- 
cago area and to develop their interest in natural history. We wish Dr. 
Beecher success in his new work. 
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