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