by Linda Winnie
The first published list of Flathead Audubon members appeared in March 1977 — in the very first issue of the new Flathead Audubon Society newsletter. It is a list of all who were members by the end of February 1977 – 40 years ago this month.
The list includes two different groups. One is all the National Audubon Society members who lived in the membership area of the Flathead Audubon Society when it was formed. They automatically became members of the new Flathead Audubon Society.
The second consists of people who were recruited for membership after Flathead Audubon was started. When in January 1977 the Bigfork Bird Club voted to turn itself into an Audubon Chapter, one of the first things it was required to do was to recruit 35 new members for National Audubon. By the end of February – about one month later, 23 of those new members had been signed up and by sometime in March the required 35 new members had been found.
The list of first FAS members published in 1977 combines both of these groups, making a total 0f 109 members. Note that some “members” consist of a couple, and in one case, a family, so there were actually at least 120 people on board.
At the upcoming February meeting of FAS we will honor all of these first FAS members.
We are hoping to get as many first members as possible to attend this meeting. If your name is on the first member list, please try to come in February. And if you know someone on the list, please urge them to come.
The First Membership List of the Flathead Audubon Society—1977
[threecol_one]Mrs. Louise Abell
David Agner
Art Aylesworth
Stan Bernal
Ilse Bailey
Victoria M Baker
Betty Bartlet
Barbara Baxter
LA Bibler
William C Bierrman
Marcy & Bill Bishop
John Bissell
Ladd Bjorneby
WA Blood (Lex)
Barbara Boorman
Mrs WD Brewer
Virginia Brobst
Joan L Brownell
Kristin Bruninga
Sue Buchel
Randy Byrne
David & Holly Castor
Dick & Maxine Conway
Dr Robert B Cotner
Jerome S DeSanto
Roy Dimond
F Divita
Helen M Dresen
Daniel Dejong
Dr Muriel Edwards
Robert Gildart
Marie Gaiser
Elizabeth Graff
Eugene E Graf
Keith Green
Elvira Gornick
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Dr John Frazer
Robert Hanger
David Harriman
Dr & Mrs R Hastings
Mrs CJ Henry
Mr. RA Hern
Agnes Hopke
Dennis Hester
Wanda Jamieson
Douglas Johns
Mrs K Johnston
Dr & Mrs MEK Johnson
Jeff & Elly Jones
Mrs Glenn Johnston
Diane Julum
Arden E Joy
Antionette Jungster
Sara Kane
Jane Kapler
Dr Loren Kreck
Mrs Clyde Lockwood
Jerry R Long
Robert Lopp
Mrs Gregory Luduc
Con Lundgren
Robert Lundgren
Olga McLaughlin
Daniel R Miller
Dennis Newby
Linda Noble
Marie Nooar
Evelyn Ober
Jim Ofstad
Daniel Paschke
Nancy Paul (Trembath)
Oscar O Pederson
[/threecol_one] [threecol_one_last]Charles Potter
William Rinck
Betty Rose
Newton Reed
Barbara Richardson
“Doug” & Jean Robocker
Mr & Mrs H Robocker
Arthur Sedlack
David Shaner
Charles R Shelton
Fay E Smith
Speer Family
Elmer Sprunger
John Stebbins
Paul R Strong
Mae Sudan
Dan & Karen Sullivan
JE Taplin
Mrs George Taylor
Corliss H. Thomas
Debby Thomas
James Thormahlen
Rick Trembath
Lillian Tubb
Allen Tudor
Jack & Ruth White
Jack & Ursula Whitney
Steve Wirt
Betty Violette
Mrs. R. C. Wallace
David Walter
Rexford Webster
Mr & Mrs Steven West
George Widener
Chester P Yost
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