. The Audubon annual bulletin. Birds; Birds. 44 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN STREATOR: The Spring campaign is proving successful in the high- est degree. The two clubs organized by Miss Marian Hoadley and Mrs. Benalleck have increased to twenty with a total membership of about 500. Through the influence of the ladies mentioned and of other Audubon workers a majority of the various parents' and teachers' associations of the city exploited birds in their programs. One of these associations, that of the Plumb School, organized five Audubon clubs. One outcome of activity of this sort was a bird house cont
. The Audubon annual bulletin. Birds; Birds. 44 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN STREATOR: The Spring campaign is proving successful in the high- est degree. The two clubs organized by Miss Marian Hoadley and Mrs. Benalleck have increased to twenty with a total membership of about 500. Through the influence of the ladies mentioned and of other Audubon workers a majority of the various parents' and teachers' associations of the city exploited birds in their programs. One of these associations, that of the Plumb School, organized five Audubon clubs. One outcome of activity of this sort was a bird house contest which ended April 2 with an exhibit of 300 houses. These were set up in the long corridor on the first floor of the Grant School. This was lined along its entire sides and there was a double row through the center and still there were more bird houses, so one room was vacated and given over to the exhibit. Included in it were the hand-made booklets worked out by two Audubon clubs showing the work done by them during the past few months. The Commercial Club, Civic League, two of the newspapers, two literary societies, and several teachers and other interested individuals had furnished thirty-seven prizes and as the work was of unusual excellence the judges had no easy task in making the awards. Throughout the afternoon and evening of the day the houses were on exhibition great crowds came and went and all were unanimous in declaring the exhibit one of the most interesting ever dis- played in the Streater schools. In connection with the exhibit the Grant Parents'-Teachers' Club gave a program at which time City Attorney T. G. Essington gave a very interesting talk on how to study birds in the field. The bird slides loaned by the Illinois Audubon Society were used in Streator during the progress of the contest and helped to create and increase public interest. VAN DALIA: This city also reports a bird house contest which has at- tracted attention throughout that part of the sta
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