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280 NATIONAL BUTTON BITLLETIN September, 1951

N. t]. S. ANNIIAIT LUNCIIFiON
Tire annual lnncheon will be held Saturday, October 6th, at 12:00 Noon,
at the Hotel MoIIison, in the Hoilywood Room.
'I'he price is $B.OO. I'lease rnuke reserryatiolrs at once rvith
Mrs. Dora Craig,
4415 Oakenwald Avenue.
Chicago 15, III.
Your rernittance should accompany the reservation, payable to the Na-
tional Button Society. We hope many of you plan to attend. Many sur-
plises await you, and a rnost cordial welcome frorn the State of Illinois.

THE SECRETARY SPEAKS
"The trees are God's g:reat alphabet.
lVith them he lvrites in shining: green
Across the worlrl FIis thoue:hts serene.
IIe scribbles poems asains. ,lfri#J;",
June 30--and for the once it is difficult to
bridge the s.pace of two months' time to greet
you in September. X'or the fifteenth consecutive
surnmer, I am at the GirI Scout Day Camp, again
as Nature Consultant, working and playing with
neally one hundred Brownies and Girl Scouts.
While teaching nature, I am learning many les-
sons. Here in the woods of sturdy oaks and
hundred year old pines, I am finding something
r,hat cannot be fcund in the city life. Strength
Bessle F. Chnrnberlin from the oaks, serenity from the pines, and hap-
niness in service.
Now it is September. I hope you all had a very pleasant and happy
sulnlner, and are now leady to resurne routine and make final preparations
fol attending the NBS meeting and Show at Chicago in October'.
In July you received youl J,951 DIRECTORY. We hope you think it is
the best ever. As you tuln the rnany pa€ies, do you I'ealize how much work
is involved in the pleparation? Directly after the first of the year-and
svsn bsfsvs-the Editol and Secretat'y get busy with the Directory wor"k.
The finished pages you now have are the result of their efforts, and look so
little in comparison rvith the houls spent in preparation. The Secretary's
task is the membership list. The deadline date was April 15-and extended
to May 1. (Six weeks latel memberships and corrections were received hop-
ing to be published). if you are disappointed because youl name does not
appeal tll'your address is not correct, it is because the information was re-
ceived too late. For the Secretary, preparing the membership list for the
DIRECTORY is a pleasure and a sadness, as names are added and others
must be removed. AII 1951 members recorded since the DIRECTORY was
published will be listed in the Novetnber BULLETIN.
PROXY VOTE:-The proxy vote fonn to be used at the Annual Meet-
ing to be held in Chicago October 6, 1951, is enclosed with this BULLETIN.
By-LANS-ArticIe V-Proxy-Section 1--"Any member unable to be pres-
ent at the Anntal or Special Meeting of the Society, may vote by proxy by
sending a signed ptoxy to the Secretary at least one week befole the date
of the Annual or Special Meeting." IMPORTANT:-Please remember that
Proxies must be filed n'ith the Secretary at least one rveek before the Amual
llleeting. September 25 is the cleadline date for ptoxies to be received. This
will enable the Secretary to properly tabulate and do necessary typing, be-
fole she leaves for Chicago. Your promptness in sending in your proxy will
be much appreciated. Send direct to the Secretary. If sent to other persons
the receipt of it by the Secretary is delayed. Last year several reached her
too late to be included. The proxy vote is your plivilege. Use it!