Georgia forestry, Vol. 1, no. 5 (May 1948)

Georgi~AY.,Forestry .

GEORGIA FORESTRY

No. 5
voi A 1monthly bulletin of ti~ber market inform~ tion and forestry news, publ tshed by the G~orgta Department of Forestry, 435 St~~e ca~ttol, Atlanta, Georgia, as a free publt~ serv!ce to Georgia farmers, landowners, and tt mber tndu stries. Appli cat ion for entry as second-class matter is pending.
STATEWIDE FIRE CONTROL IS DIS CUSSED BEFORE MEETING OF FORESTRY ASSOCIATION

A disc ussion ~fa system of statewide fire control was one of the highlights of the 24th annual meeti ng of the Georgia Forestry Association held at Savannah l ast month.

Persons attend ing the meeting heard from B.S.

Meeks, who is ~hairman of the South carol ina

Forestry Cimmission. ~outh carolina already has

a statewide system of forest fire control. Also

present was Charles H. Flory, the state forester

fr~ South carol ina.

.

w. E. Dunham directed a panel discussion of

the proposed statewide system. Another question considered was the possibility of a consti -

20- YEAR OLD PLANTED PINES

tutional state board of F~restry . A.R. Shirley,

One of the oldest stands of planted

director of the State Department of Forestry, participated in the discussions .

pines in Ge or gia i s shown above, near

Homerville, in Clinch County. The owner, Five directors of the Forestry Association .Yere elected, but no offi cers were named. A meet- II. L. Shaw, explains to District Fores ter

ing of the board was scheduled, but was postponed Guy ton DeLoach, of Waycross that the bperecsaiudseenot f. the surlden illness of Kirk Sutlive, p1.nes were p 1antedby h1' s f a'th er, the

late L. L Shaw. in 1928. :'ild seedlin gs

The directors are: Marion J. Wise, of savan- were transplanted onto 72 acres. From

n~h,. fir Gtllts,

sJtr

.,Viocfe-SPorpeseirdtoenn;t

,

w.r

eM-e. leOcettetmd;e.trJ,imFargoL,.

this

stand,

28

carloads

of pulpwood were

re-elected; M. H. Clark , Albany; s. R. Black, of sold in 1941. He received about $100 per

August a .

car then. Mr. Shaw began selectively

The importance of hardwood preservation was turpentining last year, and now is work -

stres~ed by H. L. Tayl <Pr, vice-;-president of t~e ing about 5 000 t

Georgta Plywood Corp., of Dubltn. He urged . tm-



rees.

proved logging pract ices.

ing was explained and demonstrated by M. S. Hud-

~Y dneY.

Fergl!son,

pres

'd
1

en

t

of

the

Meade

Pa~e r ssoonu,thocf atrhoelinTaa.ylor-Colquitt

Company,Spartanburg,

Corporatton, wtth headquarters at Dayton, Ohto,

told of his company ' s operations in Georgia. He B. M. Lufburrow, executive secretary,stressed

mentioned the Brunswi ck plant and a l so the plan t in his report that a third state-owned tree

now being comp leted at Macon.

nursery,fought for by the associatio~, ha~ been

approved by Governor Thompson, and ts betng es-

"The forests 'of Georgia, he said, are pro- tab l ished at a cost of $ 91,000. He . reported

ducing only one-half of what they would produce that objectives brought nearer to a full reali -

if protected against forest fires.

zation are state-wi'de forest fire contro l , an

enlarged forestry department; nurseries suff i-

What the naval stores indust ry means to Geor- c ient to supply the ever increasing demand fo r

g ia was descr ibed by Jim L. Gilli s Jr., of So- tree seedlings; and equitable tax on both forest

perton. He said more than 20,000 Georgians are land and forest products industries; and a

employed in this fores t industry alone.

stronger bond of c o-o~eration between a ll a-

genc ies and organizattons representing land own-

More ef fect ive use of wood throu9h vapor dry-ers and forest product industries in the state.

NEW MIL L TO BE ADDED TO TIFT COUNTY INDUSTRIES

THE COVER PHOTO

Anot her new fi rm has been added t o the list The unusually l arge pine l ogs pic tured

of Tift county industries with the announcemen t on that Riddle Lumber Company has leased approx i-

the

cover

this month will

square

from

mately 12 acres of land for a planing mill and 16 to 18 inches. The trees were 120 years

sawmill.

old. A. R. Shirley, state forester, posed

The ~iddle Company operates mills at Monte- with the logs to illustrate the si2e.

ozufmat haendplaonnet aint TAilafbtoamn aw. ilTl hebepplal nacinegd minillopeurnai-t

These

lo g s

were

cut

on

h t e

1and

f o

Dr.

tion f i rs t, it was reported.

N. Joe Newsan, of Sandersville, the same

EMANUEL WOODLANDS SOLD

person who owned the land where the State Forestry Department is establishing a 100 -

Jac k Jenkins has sold 13,000 ac re s of land i n acre nursery.

Emanue l County to Southern Kraft T1mberfand Corp.

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~~~0$252,000, according to report s from swains- Georgia has stepped to the front in the kno

FarmMsr. anJdenWk!.inlls

c.IoSnot1~nnueer

atond

hoanpdelrea

tor of
2,000

aBclruensdaol ef qleudisghe

othf ishelreafdoerressht i prest oounrocnees..

It should rel in-

land, most of which is und e r ~ ltivation.

PARTICIPANTS IN ANNUAL FORESTRY ASSOCIATION MEETING
Several of the participants in the annual meeting of the Georgia Forestry Association at Savannah last month are shown above. They are, from left to right, Kirk Sutlive, president of the association; Judge D. S. Atkinaon, of Chatham County Superior court; Ma r i on J . Wise, first vice-president of the association; Jack Williams noted Waycros s editor and publisher , and A. R . Sh irl ey , sta te foreBter.

STATEWIDE fiRE PROTECTION

for forest protection, declaring the time had come for the Federal Government to join t.he

URGED AT SWAINSBORO MEET

State and Counties in the development and protection of Georgia's timber resources .

BY THOMPSON, TALMADGE

Thousands cheered as the two leaders shook

Forest

fire

protection

for

every

a~re

hands of Geor- seeing

smiled and each expressed pleasure each other at the fest iva1.

at

gia woodland jointly was urged by Act ing Gov.M.E.

Thompson.and Herman T~lmadge in speec~es at the

It was a gala ~oliday for Eman~el County and

annual P1ne Tree Fest1val held at Swa1nsbor6 Ap- surrounding coun t 1es . Floats urg1~g forest con-

ril 30.

servation passed down the streets 1n a parad~,an

Both of these prom1. nent ~eorg1.ans s~1.d every Arermny pbaarntdicipplaayteedd, and thousands of school chi ld.-ounty should have forest f1re protectlon,regard-

less such

of whether programs .

the

counties

are

able

to

finance

Theme of the festival was "Keep --Especially Emanuel County."

Georgia

Green

Mr Thompson said fire protection should be Emory Allen and Betty Paige, of swainsboro,

provided on a statewide basis, financed entirely were c rowned king and queen of the festival; Don

by the state and federal fund s .

Roge r Amoson, of Lexsy, and Brenda Ann Moore, of

Mr. Talmad ge

came

out

for

more

Federal

aid

aGnrdaymMoanrvt11n

were cox,

prince and princess. David Jr., of Emanuel County Ins

t

i

Lane tute

were essay centest winners.

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PINE TREE HONORED IN COLORFUL FESTIVAL PARADE AT SWAINSBORO
The Swainsboro Pine Tree Festival turned out to be a gala holiday with a parade, speeches, bands, baseball and dancing. Above, Gov. Thompson heads the parade and in the car following rides Herman Talmadge. Both spoke at the festival and urged that the woodlands of Georgia receive more fire protection.

$10 MILLION WILL BE SPENT FOR PULPWOOD BY UNION BAG
The Union Bag and Paper Corporation at Savannah will .spend $10,000,000 for pulpwood this year, according to Al exander calder , president of the firm.
Speaking before a recent meeting of Georgi a county Commissioners , Mr. C.alder revealed tnat Union Bag buys 75 per cent of all Georgia pulpwood. Other facts he stated include:
Lumber takes 51 per cent of al l the wood cut in the South; fuelwood, 21 per cent ; pulpwood, 11 pe rcent; crossties, 6 per cent; fence posts, 1 percent, and other uses 10 per cent.
IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE BY KELLEY FIRM AT BUFORD
c: L. Kelley, of the Kelly Lumber Company
near Bu fo rd, has announced completion of a new warehouse. He said the company also has added a new planing mill, and has modernized other e<JJ i prpent.
PINE TREE ROYALTY
Little Brenda Ann Moore, above, of Graymont, ~nd Betty Paige, left, of Swainsboro, were crowned Princess and Queen, respectively, of the Pine Tree Festival at SWainsboro.
COWETA COUNTY hAS FIRE FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINFALL
Ranger E. P. Eubanks, Jr., of coweta , extinguished two fire s last onth on a day that had s~thing 1 ike one or two inches of rain in the early morning hours . High winds following the rain ca~sed litter on the ground to dry enough to burn .
The fire burned approximately 15 acres before it was bro~_ght_~r c.?.~tro l.
NEW FOLKSTON MILL
Establishment of a new sawmill and planing mill at Folkston in Charlton Count~ has been announced. The mills are being set ~p by Donald and H~rold.Gowen. Ne~. Modern electric equipment 1s be1ng placed 1n operation.

FUEL FOR THOUGHT
The fanner burned the forest around his cleared land,
He burned it when the weeds were dry, And burned it to the sand,
Wi'th timber burned to ashes, No fuel wood was nigh--
Now the settler has a coal bill and coal comes mighty high. -"American Forests

GEORGIAN ARGUES AGAINST MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE
Hundreds of sawmills may be driven out of business if Congress raises the minimum wage of ~0 cents an hour.
This prediction was made last month by Joseph B. Fraser, of Hinesville, who testified before a Senate subcommittee in washi"ngton. Speaking for the southern Pine Industry Committee, he declared the minimum should not
be tampered - with."--:-----
Todays saplings are tomorrow's sawlogs.

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DECA1VR COUNTY, WHERE THIS FIRE IS BURNING, WILL HAVE FIRE PROTECTIOi
Steps have been taken in Decatur County to brinA forest fires under control. trolled fire in the coun~ northwest of BainbridAe. To halt .uch damaAe, the c the State Department of Forestry in the establishment of a county protection w HuAh P. Allen, district forester. The unit will belin operation July 1.

REDWOOD PLANTED HERE

GLYNN CREW FIGHTS FIRE ON

Georgi a now has a redwood tree.

TRAIN OF LIGHTWOOD STUMPS

or.

It was planted and dedi cated recently by Jack B. Moon, on the Harlem school ground.

One of the strange st f.i res ever batt led by

The tree was brought from tjle west last fall by t he Glynn county Fi re .Prota:tion unit occur red

a Lincolnton lumberman who ~lanted the tree last month near Brunswick when a towerman spot-

first at his home. Then th1s spring he donated ted three blazing freight cars of 1 ightwood

the tree to the school children.

stumps.

NEW SAWM 1LL AT NASHV 1LLE .

The stum~s, about 5.o carloads altogether,

. .

.

were headed 1nt'O Brunswick for processing when

W1ll1ams Brothers Lumber Company, of Atlanta, a t owerman spotted the curling, black smoke. The

is con struqing a f100,000 sawmill at ~ashvill~. un it joined. c ity ~ i re fighters and a crew from

Horace. Will 1ams an~oun ced the plant Will beg1n t he Naval A1r Stat1 on for a fi ve-hou r bat tl e.

operat 1on soon w1th about 100 employees and a

weekly payroll of more than$ 3,500.

------------------------~GOVERNMENT WILL SELL

WIND-DAMAGED TIMBER

Pi ne ti mber blown down o r damaged bf nig h wi nds at camp Stewart l ast fall will be sold to high bidders May 1B.
Bids for th e sa le of t he timber will be accepted unt il 5 p.m. May 17 , at the off i~e of the Dist ri ce Real Es tat e Div is ion, Department of t he Army, 306 Georgia St at e Bank Bu il ding, at1 Sa vanna h . The bids will be ope ne<f at ' 10 a.m. May 1B.
REDEMPTION DATE EXTENDED FOR NAVAL STORES PROGRAM
The matur ity date and the period allowed for redeeming loans under the 19ij7 Naval St ores Program has been extended to June 1 by the u. S. Department of Agriculture. The original dat e was April 1 .

Offi c ia l s stat ed the extension wi ll enable prod ucers t o benef it f rom any advantage i n ma rket prices which may result from the earl y spring demand for turpentine, and will al so g ive additional time for redem~tion of the comparatively small volume of ros1n loans.

shmrs a receri t ::!! conaner have voted to co-operate i t h bud-et of $21,799 was set up, report

FORESTRY IS ADVOCATED TO BOOST FARM PROFITS

Grow ing of trees as a cash farm crop has been ci ted as a promising opportunity for farmers by the Federal Reserve BaAk of Atlanta.

In a publication~ a bank representative said

if incomes are t o be raised apprec iab ly wit hin

t he existing pattern f Southern agriculture,the

l ow-grade present .

nland must be ~ ~ ggc~ted

put to better use profitable farm

than at fores-

t ry.

To overcome the handicap of poor land,the article advocated the . growing of trees, po int i ~g out suc h a method w1l l avo 1d the more ex~ens1ve method of building up the soil by i nt ens ive conservation practices.

TURPENTIN E ASSO CIATION REP ORTS 1,000 NEW MEMBERS AT 12TH ANNUAL MEETING

one thousand members have been added to the rol l s of the Al"leri can Turpentine FarmersAssociation during the past yea r, it was report ed at the group ' s annua l meeting held las t month at
~ a l dosta .

Judge Harl ey Langdale, association pres ide~t cited t his as one of the organization'sgrea test achievements .

" In organ izati on . t here is streng th, " he said in his ann ual report . "Concerted effort pays cash returns . "

Between 1, 000 and 1,500 persons attended th e

val dosta meeti ng. Milton t he naval stores div ision

F. of

tBhreiggus.

,

s.ch

ief Oepa

of rt-

m~nt of Agri~ulture , also spoke.

Judge Langdale emphasized t he va lue of commod ity credit Corporation loan program, he lp stabi lize the pri ce of t urpent ine and s~re a reasonab l e ret urn to the producers.

"Since our principle outlet is now throug h the sale of turpentine in smal l containers rather than to big industrial users, " he said must have a stabi 1 ized price. "
At a business meeting results of balloting for members to the board of directors were annou nced . R. H. Gibson, of Tallahassee , Florida was named to succeed v. G. Ph il l ips, of Tallahassee, vho did not offer for re-elect ion.

The directors re-elected include Judge Langdale, Valdosta; R . M. Newton, Wiggins, Miss.; W L. Rhodes, Estill, S.C.; A. v. Kennedy, Waycross; J . L. Gillis, Jr., Soperton; William Knabb, MacClenny, Fla.; R . M. Reynolds, Bainbridge; and M. c. Stallworth, Jr., Vinegar Bend Alabama.
A resolution was passed to give Georgia additional board member because this state accou nts for 70 per cent of the an nual productio~ The direct ors win appoint the new board membe r.

CONV ENTION 18 ANNOUNCED fOR CORK COMPANY OFFICIALS

The first conventi on of who l esa lers who ha~d l ~ t he A rm~tron g . C o rk company' s l ine of

MISS TURPENTINE

bui ldi ng mate rt a l s wtll be he ld May 29-21 in

Macon, where the concern ' s new f iberboard pl ant is l ocated .

An Alabama beauty, Sue Donegan, of Mo-

H W Prentis , Jr ., of Lancaster, Penn., bile, was acclaimed 'Miss Gum Spirits of

company president wi l l speak at a banquet . Turpentine' at the Valdosta convention

Also included on the manager of the Macon

program is E. A. Worm , J r . , plant and of Armstrong

of

the

American

Turpentine

Farmers

Assoc-

Cork Geo rgia Tree Farms , Inc ., a company s ub- i at i on. She is 5 feet 8 and weighs 128.

sidiary.

KEEP GEORGIA GREEN PROGRAM COMPANY SPONSORS FORESTRY

NEEDS MORE THAN LIP SERVICE, ON RADIO PROGRAMS

FORESTRY LEADERS TOLD

The Georgia crate and Basket company, Thomas-

Po.!nt1.ng to progress already made by the Keep vloicllael , raidsiourgpirnoggragmoosd. forestry practices throuoh Georgia Green .movement,,J . P. Culpepper, banker

trom Alapaha, 1ssued a nng1ng call for greater "We are trying to interest land owners in the
support for the moveme~t . when h~ spoke at the protection of their forest lands," comments H.B. Georgia Forestry Assoc1at1on meet1ng at Savannah McCrea, secretary and treasurer of the company

last month.

and in the natural reseeding or replanting of

. Mere

l1p

s~rv1. ~e

and

. 1ntellec;ual

ap~r9va1

their forests. many landowners

We to

hope our programs wi 11 the possibil 1ties of

awaken their

w1ll not do the JOb, ~e declared. Every c1t1~en forests and help to insure the future of ournat-

of the state must realize that.every forest f1re ural resource.

destroys a potential part of hiS wealth."

After sufveying the importance of forestry as HOUSES
Georgia natural resource, Mr. Culpepper said:

AND

BARNS

SAVED

"The Keep Georgia Green movement has sown the FROM BURKE FOREST FIRES

;eed of renewed interest,but cultivation must fol-

ow seeding if we are to reap the harvest.



Two barns oelonging to John BrOKton and

Financial support, he asserted, must.be given two houses belonging to the Boggs Academy

not only this year, but for many succeed1ng years were s~ved from f1re by the ~urke.county

if the movement is to succeed.

Protection Unit,, under the .d1rect1on of

Ranger lnus M. Sikes. The f1re burned ~0

acres before it could be brought under con-

LUMBER PRODUCTION INCREASED trol.

31 PER CENT IN GEORGIA

Another fire threatened the house ana barn of M. A. Morgan, of Munderlyn, but it

Production of lumber in Georgia .3sau1lmrvpoeesytr, chaeannldft 3oo1fveotrhfe19th~to5e.ta1la59coccouortdupn'ulnttg.1es

tohaacscaoinuccnurterarsefeondrt

vwcte1e.aesrsntihbtgravaoe1~tving1.oghdntebnuurcenrenvd.eetedoarlemc7d5oaknaetthrcoaarelt csatbhy~oeef rtheawgeoawo1u.adnsnss.i~st,utfhalfenfi---

person responsible for sett1ng the f1re.

Each. of the 31 top producing counties put out

at least 20,000,000 board feet during 19~6, the report indicated. The leading lumber-producing

RICHMOND

COUNTY

CONSIDERING

counties include:

FIRE PROTECTION UNIT

Greene, Hancock, Jefferson, Laurens, Wilkes,

washington, Chattahoochee, Decatur, Dooly, Ful-

ton, roe,

Gilmer, Jones,

LGibweirntnye, ttL,Huamllp1klnH,Mararriiso,nJ,aMspeerirw, eaMthoen-r,

Richmond County is considering forest fire protection unit.

installing a

Pickens, Putnam, Screven, Stewart,Telfair,Thom-

as Toombs, Troup, Twiggs, and Wilkinson.

A. R. Shirley, director of the State Depart-

ment of Forestry; J E Phillips, assistant in

charge of fire control, and w. R. Johnson, Dis-

NEW PAPER MILL IS STARTED

trict Forester, have met with Richmond County commissioners to discuss establishing the unit.

wi 11Anboethoeprenmeadrkuept wfhoenr mthuechSoGuetho'rsgiasecopnudlpwneowods- ANOTHER

ODD 1TY OL 1VE --

TREES

print is finished at Childersburg,, A)a. Con-

struction has started on the 32 m1ll1on dollar

Coosa River plant.

Two large olive trees are reported growing on St. Simons Island near Brunswick. The owner,

count Gibson, expects a heavy crop this year.

When in operation, the plant is expected to

produce annually 100,000 tons of newsprint and Mr. Gibson says the trees are 17 feet high.

60,000 tons of sulphate pulp. The only other They were imported from California in January,

newsprint plant in the south is in Texas.

19~2.

The Childersburg plant is expected to begin Today's saplings are tomorrow's sawlogs.

operations early in 1950.

Don't burn the timber crops of the future.

RADIO IMPROVES EFFICIENCY

MARKETING REPORTS

OF APPLING FIRE FIGHTERS

Marked and measured by the uepartment of Forest-

The efficiency of Applin Ccunty contro 1 unit

ry. Contact owner.

has been stepped up sharply since the install ation of two-way radio equipment on three of the unit's fire trucks.

Large hardwood sawtimber, 500' 000 ft.' county, Henry McWhorter, Summerv i 11 e. ~edium to large pine sawtimber, Walker

Chatooga County,

In short

announcing wave sets,

tne installation of the t wo-w-ay County Forest Ranger J.L Town-

~3.950 ft., Goree tanoo_ga, Tenn.

Bros.,

309

Reed

House,

Chat-

send revealed th t a short wave station will be Large sawtimber, 26~,300 ft , pine and 66,~00 ft.

erected soon at the Baxley State Forest to fur- hardwood, Schley County, Tom Lane, Citizens BanK

ther coorcinate the efforts of forest fighting teams in the county.

ire- Bu 1ld in_g_ , Americus. Sawt :'Tlber, 2~,000 ft.., pine, medium, 50 acres,

The headquarters stat ion wi 11 relay c,, ils to Mit::hell county, c. K. cox, camilla.

and from the three forest towers and the trucks Medium sawtimber, ~0' 000 ft. pine, 3~.000 feet The towers are presently connected with head- hardwood, 100 acres, Mitchell County, Jack Har-

quarters by 80 miles of telephone lines.

rell, Pelham.

It was also announced by Mr. Townsend that a 300,000 feet worked out sawtimber, 150,000 feet

fourth forest tower will be erected this summer as a further protection to Appling county' s quarter million acres of forests.

storm sawtimber, J. F. King, King Bros Motor Co., Waycross, Ga. Bulloch County, 50 acres, 91,000 ft. pine,13',800

ft. hardwood, sawtimber, medium, 12~ cords pulp-

ANOTHER FOREST FESTIVAL

wood, W. F. Wyatt, Brooklet, Ga.

PLANNED FOR VALDOSTA

Medium and large pine sawtimber, 39,000 ft.," 10 acres, Burke County, Bog_g_ Adademy, Keysville.

The new forestry and of the vald~ta Chamber continue sponsorship of

Naval Stores Comm it tee of Commerce has voted to the valdosta and Lowndes

Pulpwood, 80 cords, 115 acres, Screven Barney Wi 11 iams, Rt. 1, Sylvania.

County,

County Forest Festival .

Medium pine sawtimber, 15,000 ft., ~acres, coweta County, Alvin_.R_. Evans, Rt. 1, Moreland, Ga.

Most of the members thought 'the fest ival this SawtImber, med 1um, 76,000 ft. pine, 22 ooo feet

year should be a two-day affair, instead of one, hardwood, 100 acres, Talbot County, W. R.Coll ier

3nd that it should be held early in October, as Woodland, Ga.

last year.

Medium to large sawtimber, 11~,000 pine, 61,000

An outstanding feature of the festiv al last year was a pageant--Panorama of the Pines.

ft. hardwood, 75 acres, Rumley, Rt. 1 Palmetto.

Coweta

County,

William

YOUNG PLANTED PINES SUFFER

Pine sawtimber, 37,000 ft., small to acres, Talbot County, Gaston B. Cook,

medium, Geneva.

25

SERIOUS DAMAGE FROM FIRE

Medium sawtimber, 1~6.000 .ft. Doyal, pine,19,000

ft. John

DIo. yBler1inshoarnd,woRot.d,

60 2,

acres, Stillmo

r

Emanuel e.

County,

Fire of undetermined origin recently damaged about 100 acres of young planted pines near

TREE

PLANTER

IS

BOUGHT

Bainbridge.

BY ROBERTA LIONS CLUB

The.pines were planted by the Cyrene Turpen-

tine C~pany )ight. years ago. Many of the trees The Lions Club at Roberta has voted unani-

were killed by the fire, and others suffered se- mouslY. to buy a mechanical tree planter to be

rious damage.

used by the farmers of Crawford county.

The fire swept through the woodlands in spite "The Lions Club feels that there is a great

of the fact that firebreaks had been maint ained. need for the tree planter in the county and'will

do whatever ~ossible to make these services

PAPER COLLEGE PROPOSED

available to a 1 farmers, reports the Kn-oxville Times, weekly newspaper in the county.

Because of the importance of the paper industry to Georgia, a group of Savannah citizens has urged_the board of Regents of the Univers i ty of

Farmers wi 11 :ents per hour,

be charged $ 5. oo per day, for use of the planter.

c.

75

Georgia lege to ment in

to consider establishing a train the youth of the state that industry.

spfoerciaem1 pclooyl--

You don't burn barns to kill rats. valuable timber to kill boll weevils.

Why burn

NAVAL COMMANDER COMMENDS

FIRE LAW ~NFORCEMENT

GLYNN FOREST FIRE CREW

DEEMED NECESSARY BY JUDGE

Enforcement of the Georgia forest fire pro-

T~e U. S. Naval Air Facility at Glenco ap teet ion laws is imperative, if landowners are to

prec1ates .the work. of F9restry 1n. lo.cat.lng

t~e Georg1a Department f1r~s ana rendering s

0
er

-

r~ceive benefits certain t1m~er sales, Judge James

to H.

accrue later from Paschal charged the

v1ces, as IS 1nd1cated 1n a letter to Glynn April term Bartow county Superior court grand

C9unty Ran ge r Chester P. Betts by COilYTlanding Of- ury.
f1cer w. R. Peeler of the station. In the Tetter
he says: He recounted that timber lands, which had

"This command wishes to express to you and be~n properly pro tected from fires are now
?O- to Assistant Ran g er Morris its appre- br1ng1ng ~p to a thousand dollars an acre, and
ciation for the offer of your services at the one Georgia landown~r, who starte9 out on a

fire aboard - this station on April 30.

re per year plant1.ng of trees, IS now reallz-

ng from sales of t1mber an average of $8,000

"The fire was in reality a fire drill c

ann ua 11 y.

ted to indoctrinate the personnel of this sta-

tion and to test equipment.

Jud ge Paschall said that in t~e Cherokee cir-

"The prompt manner in whi ch you spotted
fire and reported to the s<ene of act ion c~ndabl~ and should give all citizens a of se c ur1ty.

it, there had been a number of pleas of guilty even convi ctions for setting of fires in
, and he stands ready to cooperate with the fire protection workers, as they seek to prevent ,
- - - - fires from destroying valuable trees.

'RED HOT' FOREST RANGERS FROM HOLLYWOOD
Effectively combining humorous entertainment with a forthriAht appeal to those who visit or work in the forests that they help prevent the tragic waste of much needed timber caused each year by forest fires, 'Red Hot Rangers', a new technicolor cartoon issued by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, has a special interest for persons interested in forest conservation . It was announced the comedy would be shown in som~ 17,000 commercial theatres over the nation this year.

Dean D. J. l~eddell
School of Forestry
university of Georgia Athens, Georgi a