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H/4/1960 -3-

On bird-lore our President said that he and Elizabeth
on their recent Carribean trip saw no birds in the
tropical woods and only about twelve gulls over the sea.
At The Highlands meadow-larks have been around all winter,
and at Concord cow-birds have dominated the feeding-stands.
A flicker runs around at Great Ease but never
flys, which Andrew explains is because it is after grubs,
but Leon said, "the poor bird never got its flying license."

The Assist. Sec'ty, Roberta, identified the many
attractive flowers on display as having come from Millwood,
the Huttons, Great Ease, and Bien Venu, with the last
named also bringing husky young tomato plants.

This being the meeting for the election of officers,
Pres. Canby called for a report from the nominating
committee which consisted of Helen Hallowell and our
host and hostess. Francis reported that all of the
encumbent officers would serve again except two extremely
important ones, - our President and Mme. Forethought,
who, the committee suggested, be succeeded by
Jack Bentley as President and Sylvia Woodward as Forethought
chairman. The splendid services of these retiring
officers made us deeply regretful to let them
go, but the excellent suggestions for replacements won
a unanimous vote for their election which was cast by
Elizabeth Ligon.

The first duty of our newly elected president was
to call for a report from our new Mme. Forethought.