Names continued from page 29 included teaching and administrative posts in southern Illinois public schools, division chairman in the supervisory department of the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1935 to 1943, director of professional and public relations for the Illinois Education Association from 1943 to 1960, and a staff member in the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1960 to 1963. Honors Big Bend Nature Preserve has been renamed in honor of Margery C. Carlson by the Illinois Nature Preserve Commission. Dr. Carlson, the first woman on the regular faculty at Northwestern University, was an assistant professor of botany for 30 years until her retirement in 1959. As secretary of the Illinois Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, her efforts played an important role in saving more than a dozen valuable natural areas since 1952. State Rep. Peggy Smith Martin (D., Chicago) was invited to participate in a forum on World Peace sponsored by the World Congress of Peace in Moscow, U.S.S.R., January 14-17. Ernie Banks ("Mr. Cub"), former Chicago Cubs power-hitter, shortstop and first baseman was elected to the Hall of Fame by 10-year members of the Baseball Writers Association of America January 19. Banks is the eighth player in history to be elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. An official color guard of sailors and marines from Illinois were on hand for the launching of the States Ship Illinois from the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Me., on December 18. The Illinois State Museum Society donated an official Illinois state flag to be displayed aboard the ship. I was kidding one of my friends who is a federal judge .... I said I was going to name him director of public aid. Since federal judges have so much to do with it, they might as well have the secretaries and the telephones, too. — Gov. James R. Thompson on Meet the Press (November 21, 1976)

Calendar March 1 Last day motorists can display 1976 license plates. Last day for farmers who did not file estimated tax declarations with the Illinois Department of Revenue by January 15 to avoid penalties by filing a state income tax return, IL-1040, and paying at that time any taxes owed. Farmers who use this provision should attach an IL-2210-F, "Underpayment of Estimated Tax by Farmers," to their IL-1040 when filed. Deadline for applications by small, nonprofit presses featuring fiction or poetry by individual writers to the Illinois Arts Council for matching grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. Board of Higher Education meets at Southern Illinois University Medical School, Springfield. March 2 State budget submitted to the General Assembly by governor March 10 Commission on Children meets in the State Armory Building, Springfield Board of Education meets in Chicago March 14 Board of Elections meets in Springfield State Supreme Court convenes March 17 Board of Regents meets at Illinois State University, Normal March 18 Illinois Community College Board meets at the Forum 30, Springfield Governor's Advisory Council on Manpower meets in Springfield March 23 University of Illinois Board of Trustees meets at the Circle Campus, Chicago March 24 Board of Governors meets in Springfield Standing meetings Second Thursday of the month Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees meets in Edwardsville