The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-19
AUDUBON SOCIETY OF STATE HOLDS
 ITS ANNUAL MEETING AT FAIRFIELD
Reports Show Organization in Floursing Condition MorIxo of Reviewed and New Officers Are l Unanimously Elected.

at every meeting The Rev. A. E. | Beenan, 2nd vice president. slso. hay ing never missed attending The school secretary Miss Hurd, has done a great work in organizing Junior Audob | societies in the schools, this being one Of the newer methods planned by the National association, and which her own report will treat in detail. The circulation of libraries. lectures and charts has also progressed most sat- isfactorily as Mrs, Johnson's report will show.
 Thus the main work of the year l Cthat, We are told, does not technically belong to our present society," must be thus briefly reviewed before the mat 1 ter of reorganization is expIained. Tt having been decided that the l Connecticut Audubon society could not safely hold real estate under the orig l dnalr articles of incorporation of 1898 our counsellor, the Hon John Hoyt l Perry, on June 13, prepared a new and legally complete document in which | all the old aims of the society were 1 preserved, among the applicants there being six of those who signed the orig inal articles of incarceration.
 On June 2s. the incorporators met at the home of Mrs. J.. o. Wright who l was chosen to preside and Mrs. Wdl- liam B. Glover was chosen secretary.
 Then followed the election of all off cers who at the time of it's ter1nina-
 ton had been officers of the old so- I ciety.
 t"rhe first meeting of the executive committee of this new society was held on July 10. 1914.
 tsAl1 the members of the old society of the various classes were then elect.
 ed members Of the new corporation
 were also the honorary Vdee-presi- 1 dents, four new names being added to l the latter hst--Mrs Belle Hofco1nb l Johnson, of Hartford; C. D. line sec I retary of the State Board Of Educa-
 ton, Hartford; Mrs. Walter M. Smith 1 of. Stanford and Mrs. Charles K.
 Averill. of Bridgeport
 I At tllis meeting the deed for Bird I craft Sanct uary was formally trans
 ferred to the society by the president,
 in whose name 1t had been temporarily
 held for reasons of convenience. The I conditions concerning the gift being
 that the land should be called Bird
 craft Sanctuary, and that it should be managed and controlled by a, self-per-
 petuating board of eight governors 4 with power to add to their number.
 These governors then duly appointed
 were Mrs. Wright, Miss A. B. Jennings,
 Mrs William B. Glover, Mrs. s. H. Fl Wheeler, Miss Lottie 4. Lacey Hon John H. Perry, Rev. A: B. Beeman.
 and Wilbur F. Smith. To Mrs. Glover.
 who is secretary-tr treasurer of this board, belongs the pleasant task of de-
 scrfbdng Birdcraft Sanctuary and the
 work that has been done to make it
 ready for your reception this after
 noon 7
 Bird charts. libraries consisting of
 a limited number of nature study
 books packed in wooden boxes for
 shipping. pictures, and stereopucon
 lectures are furnished free to the schools of the state. These are dis
 tributed through the State Board of
 Education at Hartford and the re- port as submitted by Mrs. Belle Hol- comb J Johnson, of that city who has
 it in charge is as follows:
 Bird charts loaned to 139 different
 schools.
 Libraries loaned to 40 different
 schools The total circulation re-
 ported was 1,886.
 Nineteen portfolios of bird pic-
 lures and all the post card collections
 of bird pictures were loaned.
 Lectures loaned 23 times. the total attendanee was ? ,687.
 Miss Hurd reported that there have , been formed in Fairfield county as a result of the work of the Junior de- 2 partment, 67 classes with a member ship of 1,308. The town of Fairfield had 180 members, and Bridgeport 374. : Outside of Fairfield county there were
 formed other classes with a mem bership of F making in the state a
 membership of Is395 members to : whom have been sent 13,950 leaflets
 and Audubon buttons.
 Mrs. William B. Glover, secretary treasurer of the board of governors
 of the Sanctuary, read a report of it's
 organization and told in detail much of the work that has been done on
 the reservation The members pres
 ent were well prepared by the report . for the pleasure which was in store : for them later, for, the clouds clear : ing and the sun coming out,s made it possible to go over the trails and : visit the place. The bungalow at the entrance was admired as the visitors 2 gathered about before the open fire : blazing on the hearth and noted the
 display of mounted specimens of birds Z and small wild animals Starting on the porch before the open door Mrs lSXFrfght briefly addressed the mem :. bers grouped on the lawn before her. stating the debt of gratitude due the ! unknown eto the public9 donor. It | was moved and spontaneously sec onded that the thanks of the Audubon
 society to this anonymous friend of ] the birds should be conveyed by the [ president to whomsoeyer this might s be.
 The business meeting was followed : by 9. lecture by Ernest Howard Baynes, ! ! manager of the Aeridan, N H. Bird club, illustrated with photographs talk | en for the purpose, and thrown upon < the screen by an electric lantern. It U proved to be a story rather than a Iec-
 ture. of intimate acauaintance with , bird neighbors in the small country : town in which he lives Birds that > usually keep to the t.taT timber were n seen to be eating from the hands of their benefactors; to come to their s call, to be, in fact, fearless of human ? iity. How to feed the birds when their e natural food is hidden under ice and snow, was told and his "Chrfst1nas' s tree will doubtless find sinitators once
 the bird lovers understand how sim . pie it is as a source of food supply g To prepare it crumbs of bread, nuts