et ee Uebel CNe usUslads oul Le 31 
ill & Grundy Counties, CHANNAHON-MORRIS-WILMINGTON. All 
ints within a 15-mile diameter circle centered at Carbon Hill; SW along 
linois and Michigan Canal; Illinois River to Morris; then on NE side of 
linois River to Kankakee River; then to Wilmington, covering many back 
ads southwest of Wilmington. Farm woodlots 15%; river edge 60%; 
owed fields 20%, cattail marsh 5%.) Dec. 21: 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Cloudy; 
mp. 27° to 32°; wind NE, 10-15 m.p.h.; ground bare; large rivers open; 
ick waters frozen. 6 observers in 2 parties. Total party-hours 16% (4% 
1 foot, 12 by car); total party-miles 158 (9 on foot, 149 by car).—Karl E. 
artel (compiler), Lewis Cooper, Peter Dring, Alfred Reuss, & Paul Schulze. 
at ja a A 
isconsin, LAKE GENEVA (all around lake by car). Dec. 29; 7:15 a.m. to 
30 p.m.; clear; 7 inches of snow. 4 observers—Earl Anderson, Kar] Bartel, 
arence Palmquist (compiler) and Ronald Palmquist. Note: Male Cinnamon 
sal was in company of 4 coots, from whom it tried to get food. These 
ld marks were verified: Brownish red head and underparts, light bone’* 
ing patch, bone bill with black tip. 
ESTHER ANN CRAIGMILE 
The ranks of those who helped to establish the Illinois Audubon 
Society at the turn of the century has grown extremely thin. One oi 
the last surviving Honorary Directors, Esther Ann Craigmile, died 
late in March at a nursing home in LaGrange. She was 94 years old. 
Miss Craigmile was a director and active worker when the 
Society, fighting to stop the sale of bird feathers and plumes in 
department stores, sent its own lecturers, armed with lantern slides, 
throughout the state to carry the message to tens of thousands of 
listeners. The March, 1951 issue (No. 77) of THE AUDUBON 
BULLETIN contained “A History of The Illinois Audubon Society” 
by the late C. O. Decker, in which he observed: 
“At the Annual Meeting of 1913, Miss Esther A. Craigmile was 
named a member of the Board of Directors, which position 
she held until she retired and was named an Honorary Director 
in 1950, the longest official connection of any member in the 
Society.” 
Miss Craigmile taught natural history and other subjects during her 
long career as a school teacher in River Forest. A resident of Maywood 
for many years, she moved to LaGrange Park after her retirement 
and spent her last years in the nursing home. Her obituary notice 
is indicative of her lasting loyalty: 
"In lieu of flowers, a memorial gift to The Illinois Audubon 
Society will be appreciated.” 
—-Paul H. Lobik 
