14 T HOES A \ULD U BON. BU. Dekel 
Two fine old weathered, lichen-covered boulders were taken from their 
home in the arboretum’s immemorial hills and placed on the grave. One 
has eroded hollows which will catch the rain, nature’s own bird bath, for 
Mr. Gault’s feathered friends; the other is carved with his name and dates, 
1858 and 1942, and the single word “Naturalist.”” This would have been 
on a bronze plate bolted to the stone had the times permitted, and will 
be so completed when it is possible. 
Around these stones is wreathed a planting of Waukegan juniper, 
which will bind them closely to their new home, and keeping guard over 
all is a hawthorne tree, of the punctata variety, which completes the very 
fitting memorial to the village’s famous nature lover—Benjamin T. Gault. 
Villagers, familiar with his unpretentious little person, didn’t realize 
that he was known all over the world of nature lovers, that he took an 
active part in important scientific moves, that his deep-seated aim was the 
preservation of Illinois’ natural heritages. In his death, he is recognized 
and fittingly remembered, and his spot in Forest Hill cemetery will in a 
measure express the ruling passion of his life. This very satisfying 
memorial was entirely taken care of by the Morton Arboretum. The 
Benjamin T. Gault Bird Club will keep Mr. Gault’s memory alive in a 
very practical way by the annual gift to the Glen Ellyn library of money 
for the purchase of new nature books. 
The local library also houses many very fine books pertaining to nature 
which Mr. Gault had collected and gave to it. At the arboretum are other 
books which this lbrary couldn’t use, as well as many pamphlets and 
bulletins valuable in research work, and a collection of a couple of hundred 
bird’s nests, which Mr. Gault had carefully saved and labelled. The 
arboretum has placed these in cellophane bags and they are available to 
anyone who wishes to study them. 
Benjamin T. Gault enriched the world in which he lived, and with 
his departure from it, left a heritage that will grow more precious with 
the succeeding years——The Glen Ellyn News 
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Banding Events of 1942-1943 
By Karu E. BARTEL 
BANDING BIRDS in time of war is not very profitable, due to longer working 
hours, shortage of help, air raid warden’s duties, gas rationing, ete. 
Despite these handicaps I managed to get some birds banded somehow, 
even with the little time I had. 
Starting with July 1, 1942, and ending June 30, 1943, which is the 
government fiscal year, the principal events as they occurred were as 
follows: 
July 1, 1942. First lot of bronzed grackles came to my yard; banded 11. 
July 4. Over the holiday was at Depue, Illinois, to band great blue 
herons, only three being banded. 
July 7. First bluebirds banded out of my bluebird houses. 
July 22. Female house wren returned, banded June 12, 1941. 
