Friday, September 10, 2010

J.N. "Ding" Darling and the Conservation Federation of Missouri.


Bill Crawford, 92, shows off a drawing made on a tablecloth by editorial cartoonist J.N. "Ding" Darling. It was doodled by Ding during the first meeting of the Conservation Federation of Missouri in 1935. Crawford is the only living attendee from the first meeting and will be a speaker at the 75th anniversary dinner on Friday.

Eva Dou, writing for The Missourian, cites the 75th anniversary of the first meeting of the Conservation Federation of Missouri.

"The Pulitzer-winning editorial cartoonist, J.N. 'Ding' Darling, was there, as evidenced by his doodles of ducks and fish on the paper tablecloth. The drawings were saved from the trash by then-Columbia Tribune editor H.J. Waters and later framed by Crawford."

Entire article here.

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