Rattlesnake dens show skewed sex ratios in farms
In farm fields rattlesnake dens, females dominate in general, but researchers find about five males for every female, indicating a male-heavy ratio in those habitats.
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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1942
Page
6
Rural School Heads Invited to Meeting
Rural school board directors and spouses are invited to attend a Farm and Home Week program on Friday Feb. 6 at the new Union building in Urbana. Reservations should be sent to Dr. D E Lindstrom College of Agriculture University of Illinois Urbana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Union Building
Urbana
D. E. Lindstrom
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
School Boards to Meet Feb 12 in Washington Junior High
Invitations issued for regional Illinois Association of School Boards meeting at Washington Junior High School on Thursday February 12. County Superintendent Louis F. Bottino announced speakers including Dr. William G. C. Reavis and Harold W. Norman with a program covering public relations, tenure law, recent legislation, and general discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Association of School Boards
Washington
Louis F. Bottino
Elmer E. Geissler
William GC. Reavis
Dept. of Education
University of Chicago
I. Boards of Education
Harold W. Norman
Illinois
Association of School Boards
Reavis
Norman
Albert Duncan
Evanston Board of Education
Sportsmen's Club Inducts Officers Monday
Joliet chapter Will County Sportsmen's Club will induct newly elected officers for 1942 at a meeting Monday night. Officers are Ray Heinselman president J E Smith vice president Grant Flink secretary and George Bush treasurer. Delegates who attended a Chicago dinner will report on Ducks Unlimited and hear Tom Maine who directs 1800 key men in the rehabilitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Will County Sportsmen’s Club
Chateau Cauligny
Horseshoe Drive
Ray Heinselman
J. E. Smith
Grant Flink
George Bush
Ducks Unlimited
Chicago
Tom Maine
Northern zone committee meeting report outlines plans
A meeting will cover lakes and ponds in northern Canada and name committees. Delegates from the Northern Zone met at LaSalle last Sunday and will hear a report followed by motion pictures by Floyd Johnson. Heinselman will appoint the board of directors and committee chairs for next year, with a buffet luncheon to conclude. Retiring officials include John Ruthenbeck and Charles W. Eggers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
LaSalle
Floyd Johnson
Heinselman
John Ruthenbeck
Charles W. Eggers
Vehicle stamp sale tops four thousand as deadline nears
Postmaster J Walter Lowery reports 4 077 vehicle stamps sold since Friday with about 20 000 expected before February 28 deadline. Companies send representatives to buy blocks for employees, saving time. auto stamps are transferable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Walter Lowery
Mrs Mary Foley to Celebrate 82nd Birthday
Mrs Mary Foley of Wilmington on Wabash avenue visited by daughter Mrs T J Rink. She will host a large family party tomorrow for her 82nd birthday with 12 grandchildren, four children and 13 great grandchildren present. Spectator Photo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Foley
Wabash Avenue
Wilmington
T. J. Rink
Hobbs Avenue
Windshield Notices Allow Easy Transfer of Ownership
Motor vehicle owners place markers on windshields designed to be transferred without mutilation, enabling effortless handoffs or transfers of responsibility.
Chess origins possibly traced to ancient Egypt game abba
The text notes the modern game of chess may have originated in ancient Egypt where the aristocracy played a game called abba. It used small glass and porcelain pieces showing cats, jackals and other animals moved across a 30 square board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
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