Georgia forestry, Vol. 1, no. 9 (Sept. 1948)

Georgia Forestry

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GEORGIA FORESTRY

EDITORIAL COMMENT

Vol. 1

No. 9

The following.editorial appeared in the Tifton Daily Gazette:

A monthly bulletin published by the

Georgia Department of Forestry, 435 State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia, as a free public service til Georgia farmers, landowners and timber industries. Entered as second-class matter Alril 15, 1948, at the Post Office, Atlanta,Ga., under the Act of August 24, 19~2.

State Forester Ray Shirley has outlined an ambitious program to give fire protection to the 23 million acres of public and privately owned woodlands in the state of Georgia. He estimates the initial cost at 9112 cents an acre and annual

CHILDREN WILL RECEIVE

operation of the program at about 7 cents per acre-not a very great

FIRE PREVENTION BUTTONS

expenditure gor the purpose of protecting an industry that brings in

Georgia's forest fire prevention program will be boosted soon by the distributjon of 20,000 stick-pin buttons to chi 1dren.

annually about a quarter of a billion dollars. Georgia is just on the threshold of realizing the full possibilities of its hug'e acreage of wood-

The buttons are about the size of a penny and contain the message: I m Helping Prevent Forest Fires". The supply of buttons will be issued by the Georgia Department of Forestry in connection with the 1948 cooperative

lands, yet those possibilities are reduced each year through destruction by fire and most of the fires can te prevented or their damage lessened by quick detection and extinguishing, which is the purpose

Forest Fire Prevent ion campaign, a joLnt project carried out by state
forest agencies and the u. s Forest

of the Shirley plan.

service.

WINNERS ANNOUNCED

SCHOOLS ARE HELD

IN FFA FORESTRY C!NTEST

FOR COUNTY RANGERS

Jesse Moore, 16-year-old farm youth of Valdosta, has been awarded first

Refresher training courses were held durin9 september for the rangers from count1es having forest fire protect ion units.

place in the 1948 state cooperative FFA forestry program, according to T. G. Walters, state supervisor of Vocational Agriculture. A savings bond and certificate were given to

A school for north Georgia rangers Moore at recent presentation exercises.

was concluded at Camp Wahsega, near

OahlQnega, Sept. 3, and the south Geor- Other winners who also received

gia school ended at Laura walker state bonds and certificates were Durwood

Park, near Waycross, sept. 17.

Lewis, Lyons, second place; LeRoy

Booth, Danielsville, third place, and

Topics discussed included duties of Charles James, Greenville, fourth

rangers, educational activities, new place.

equ1pment possibilities and use of

equipment, and law enforcement.

Moore's project consisted mainly of cutting, peeling and treating 300

The north Georgia school was held fence posts for use on his home farm.

in conjunction with a meeting of u. s. On five acres he selectively marked

Forest service workers, who have cus- 2,000 board feet of lumber and f~ur

tody of the National Forest areas of cords of fuel wood. He also did gum

north Georgia. At a joint session the farming totaling 300 faces.

need for coordination and cooperation between the two agencies was stressed.
OFFICE WORKERS VISIT STATE TREE NURSERY

In addition to this work, Moore plowed a half mile of fire break and set out 1.000 slash-pine seedlings. He spent about 260 manhours on the forestry project, which netted him approximately $435.

The Office

cofletrhicealu.

sta s.

f

f of the Re9ional Forest serv1ce at

Atlanta recently visited the Georgia

Forestry Department's forest tree nur-

sery at Flowery Branch. Buster Harris,

nursery superintendent, explai~ed the

operations to the office workers.

The circular saw was "first used in Maine, shortly after 1820.
About one third of the area of the u. s. is forested.

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HANDLE-IAIING PLANT NEAR CRAWFORDVILLE GROYS FROM NAVY VETERAN'S DESIRE TO OPERATE OVN BUSINESS

In a couple of 1 ittle frame buildings on a dusty road six miles north of crawfordv ille , the dreams of a Navy veteran are coming true.

into the handle business, recalls Mr. Rhodes, his sharf brown eyes tw i nk1 in~. 1 was de ermined to have a business of my own and had decided on

One of Georgia's many small . wo~d a cabinet shop.

using industries is found at this s1~e, a handle factory, and J . M. Rhodes IS now his own boss, somet h1ng he .d r.eamed about during three years of m1l1.tary service. Production at the l1ttle plant started in April, 191l6, and ~ow Mr. Rhodes has facilities for turn1ng

wood-working machinery. wasn' t available, though, he cont 1nued, and I accidentally ran across the handle machinery. After I finally got it set up 1 found that I couldn't even supply one vustomer.

out 10,000 handles a day.

Mr. Rhodes continued to turn out

Handles for all types of striking tools are made, along with handles for logging tools and hoes. Mo~t o.f the preduct s are mad & from Georg 1a h1c kory and sold within the state. The demand is great, Mr. Rhodes point s out, and

high-quality handles,_though,and ~dded more machinery as rapidly as poss1bl.e. He is now convinced that there IS plenty of room in Georgia for small manufacturing plants using forest products.

he has trouble f i11 i ng al l orders as promf tly as he would 1 ike. Rhodes hand es have been shipped to points ranging from Maine to Texas.

Most of the hic~ory used by t he plant is log ged by Mr. Rhodes, but he would prefer t o buy from others. He uses small dimensions, 1 X 5, but says

"I t was just an accident that I got it must be top quality stuf f.

GEORGIA-MADE HANDLES--Bill Johnson, left, district forester at Washington,Ga.,looks over handles made from Georgia hickory by J.M.Rhodes.

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WINNEFS aJNGRA1ULATED--Dean D.,T. Weddell, of the School of Forestry
w. at Athens, left, congrat.ulates Billy Thompson, of Mt. Vernon, while
Bobby Dunlap, of ~homasv~lle, receives a victory handshake from A. Sutton, extreme nght, the State 4-H Club leader,

COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP YINNERS ANNOUNCED

HERE'S MORE PROOF THAT FIRE PREVENTION REALLY PAYs OFF

The 19118 winners of the University of Georgia forestry scholarships, made available by the Union Bag and Paper Corp ., are Billy Thompson, of Mt. vernon, and Bobby Dunlap, of Thomasville.

A.t ract of pines in screven county, grow1ng on what was worn-out fann land ~9 years ~go, is ready to begin yield1ng prof 1t s for t he own e r , carey Arnett.

The scholarships are awarded each year to two outstanding boys picked by a scholarship committee. Members of both FFA and 11-H groups compete for the award. This year both winners are 4-H club members.

The unusual feature about this is that Mr. Arnett's stand of pines has been protected from fire faithfully, while an adjacent tract has been burned regularly and is nothing but a scrub oak patch, almost worthless. Only a fire break separates the two

. Both boys were outstanding in their tracts of land.

h1gh school studies, did particularly

Mr. Arnett is ready to thin his

good wo~k e~ forestry p~ojects, and stand of pines for pulpwood. The

w~re act 1ve 1n extra-<urncular act ivi- remaining trees, suitable spaced, will

tles. They were selected by a commit- be left t mature for sawtimber.

tee composed of:

Dean Donald J . weddell, of the For-

estry School at the University of

GeorQia, chairman; T. D. senting the FFA group;

Bw.rowAn.,Surettporne,-

"If I were a young farmer, with only tOO acres of lard, says Mr. Arnett, I would put 50 acres in pines and cultivate the rest.

11-H Club group; A.R. Shirley, state forester, and J.J. Armstr&ng, general manager, woodlands Division, Union Bag and Paper corp.

His reason for this is that even though a person probably could do little more than make a 1 iving on 50 acres of cultivated land, he would

Each scholarship is for four years 'W i t h an annua1 st 1pend of $1100.00. The Scholarships are made available by the mill te foster the interest of G~orgla boys in forestry.

have the timber to take care of him when he became too old to farm. The timberland, he feels, would eventually be worth $250.00 an acre--pretty good old-age insurance.

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RADIO STATION OFFICIAL FORESTRY PROJECTS PRAISES FORESTRY SERIES ARE PLANNED BY

AUGUSTA LIONS CLUB

Prai~e for forestry radio programs

sponsored by the Georgia Department of . The Augusta Lions Club has adopted

Forestry comes from Jack L. Wilkerson, a project to aid farmers and land-

program director for Radio stat ion owners plant more than 500,000 pine

WDMG at Douglas.

seedlings at a cost of less than one cent per tree.

Mr. wilkerson recently wrote the

Department's District Office at way-

This pol icy was formulated at a

cross:

meeting of the civic improvement

"Everyone interested in seeing Georgia gQ forward in the field of forestry and industry, certainly should be

committee of the Lions club recently, at the suggestion of Ralph Matson, Briar creek soil conservationist.

proud of what has been accomplished in the State Department of Forestry.

The grouf expects to assist landowners by o fer1ng services of a tree

"Today, the people of our state planter, an operator for the planter have become more aware of the impor- and the trees at low cost, it was extance of our forests than ever before. plained.

Our farmers are classifying their forests in the same catagory with such crops as cotton, corn and tobacco. The trees that make up a greater portion of our acreage within the state certainly should be looked upon as as important, if not more so, than out seasbnal crops because our forests are by all means a most important fbrm of a

In addition, the Lions club will oromote the protection of woodland from fire and other hazards and work toward sec~ring legislation to prohibit the setting of miscellaneous fires, adequate enforcement of existing laws, and the securing of a fire protection unit for the county.

benefit to all future generations.

"! cannot help but believe that a
portion of what has been accomplished ih helping educate the people of our section to the importance of our forests, has been due tm your weekly prcrgram over this stat ion. I am fully a-

On the civic improvements committee are wi 11 iam Bell, chairman; John w. Wilson, vice-chairman; Mr. Matson, secretary; w. s. Dolan, E. 1'-\ Horne, T.V. King, Harry A. Heins, E. E. Rosborough and willard Bazemore.

ware of the trouble and expense that

is accumulated in the preparation and presentation of this program to our

BIRTH

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1 istening audience, but I fi-rmly believe that whatever expense and trouble

several additions to the forestry

is put forth,none is extended in vain. families of the state have been re-

ported recently. They include:

we, at Radio station WDMG, wish to congratulate you and your department Mr. and Mrs. John Herndon, Sanderson doing such a great Job for ville, a daughter, Rebec~a Bloun.t, our state,and sincerely hope that your born June 20. Mr. Herndon IS superinfuture accompl ishmP.nts may be far- tendent at the Davisboro Nursery.

reaching.

Mr,, and Mrs. Herbert c. Carruth,

"If I had to group our public ser- Athens, a son, H. c. Carruth, Jr.,

vice programs into classes of benefits born August 15. Mr. Carruth is fores-

and imfortance to our 1 istening audi- ter for the Georgia Agricultural Ex-

ence, certainly would put yours intb tension service.

the foremost importance."

Mr. and Mrs. Guyton Deloach, way-

MORE TREE PLANTERS

cross, a daughter, vickie Lynn, born July 23. Mr. Deloach is assistant dir-

ector of the state Department of For-

estry in charge of fire control.

Two more mechanical tree planters

have been ordered.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry wi 11 iams, wood-

bine, a son, Joel Colson, August 1. H. R. Garrett, chairman of the Mr. williams is ranger for the Camden

Brooks County Forestry Board, has County Protection Unit. bought one. Another was ordered by

the Board of commissioners of Roads Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E. Cribb, way-

an9 Revenue of Montgomery. county, of cross, a son, David Edmond, born Aug-
Which J. w. Calhoun IS chairman, D. H. ust 7, Mr. Cribb is assistant radio

McRae, clerk, and board members, D. D. technic ian at the waycrcs s District Of-

McGregor, J.B.O'Conner, and R.D.O'Neal,l fice of the state Department of For-

sr.

estry.

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SIXTY-SIX GEORGIA BOYS ATTEND FOR&STRY CAMP HELD LAST MONTH AT HARD LABOR CREEK STATE PARI

sixty-six Georg ia boys absorbed a THE COVER PHOTO lot of practical forestry, ate their

fill of f ried ch icken,and had a lot of

How a bow saw can be used .i1 cut-

fun at a Forestry camp held last month ting pulpwood was demonstrated at

at Hard Labor creek state Park near the Hard Labor Creek Boys Forestry

Rutledge.

Camp. W.E.Roberts, of Clarkesville,

conducted the sawing demonstration.

The training sessions covered every phase of everyday forestry, ranging from planting te harvesting trees, as well as fire fighting. Besides the instruction periods~ numerous demon-

In the cover photo Mr. Roberts
points to the saw and log while giving tips on how the saw should be handled.

s t rations and field trips were s t a g e d . t - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Sponsors for the expense-paid camp for the rural youths included the following members of the southern Pulp-

Macon Kraft co., Macon; southern Paperboard corp., savannah, and the Un1on Bag and Paper corp., savannah.

wood conservation Associat ion: Brunswick Pulp and Paper corp., Brunswick;

The camp was conducted by the Geor-

g ia Department of Forestry. Van Wilcox , of Lizella, won the
Keef Georgia Green prize of $25 and Mel Tanner, Jr., of sandersville, r~ ceived the second prize, an Indian back pump contributed by the D.B.
smith co., of Utica, N. v.
The awards were presented by L. H. Edmondson, director of Keep Georgia Green. Pri ze winners were se 1ected th rough compet it ive examinations.
At this camp counties of the northern half of Georgia were represented. State Forester A.R. Shi r ley exp ressed hope that all of the state could be represented at camps next year, but added that south Georgia boys would be invited if only &ne camp could be held
Visitors to the camp at various

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Henry Malsburger, general manaQer of the southern Pu l pwood conservation Association; Dean C. F. Korstian, of the Duke University School of Forestry Dean D.J . weddell, of the University of Georgia Schoo l of Forestry; B. M. Lufburrow, exec utiva secretary of the Georgia Forestry Associati en; Ed Dodd, Atlanta artist who draws the Mark Trail comic strip, and state Forester Shirley.

Staff members included Arthur Eck-

erson, Union Bag & Paper corp.; K. c.

Korstian, t~acon Kraft Co.; Jim Spires,

Central of Georgia Railway; L.A . Har-

greaves, Grorgia Agricultural Exten-

sion service, and the foll owing repre-

sentatives of t he st ate De pa rt ment of

FORESTFY C.MfPERS- -Here bers are kneeling in

are the

the Geor gia fron t.

boys

who

attended

a

Forestry camp

at

'lard Lr

Cr eek

State

Parle August

16- 21.

Staf f

mem-

Forestry: A. H. Ant onie, B. s . Booth, John c. corbi n, Guytbn Deloac h, James C. Turner, and Ed St out.

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COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS FOR FORESTRY ASSOCIATION

st~died. by the Legislative cormlitteeWhlch w11l make reconmendations to the Board of Directors at the october

ANNOUNCED BY PRKSIDENT meeting.

Committee appointments of the Georgia Forestry Association for the year 1948-49 have been announced by Kirk sutlive, of Savannah, president of the Associ at ion.

Reporting on the activities of the Keep Georgia Green movement, which was launched as a project of the Georgia Forestry Association the first part of this year, Mr. Lufburrow pointed out that more than 25 Keep Green Councils

The committees til April of next

which will serve unyear are as follows:

have been organized in as many count ies in Georgia, and the director, Louis H. Edmondson, has made more than

Membership committee: R. H. Rush, Supervisor; E. l. Douglass, Chairman;

fifty addresses the state.

to groups

throughout

Albert Ernest, George Black, E. ~ Hudson, R. E. Sull ivan.

Bazemore, s. R. Philip Morgan,

The Georgia Forestry Associ ation which was reorganized three years a~o, now has more than 240 members on 1ts

Education & Publicity: R. H. Rush, Supervisor; B. E. Allen, Chairman; Or. G. L. carver, w. T. Bennett, H. c. Carruth, Jack Wi 11 iams, Dan Gavan.

roster, representing land owners, banking institutions, newspapers, foresters, and a large number of concerns dealing directly in forest products.

visoLre;giwsl.atEi.veD; unMhaamrio, nCJh.aiwrmisaen,;

superT. w.

Earl, J. L. Gill is, sr., Harley Lang-

CHAMBER

OF

COMMERCE

dale, Jr., w. M. Oettmeier, Robert H. HAS FORESTRY COMMITTEE

Rush, R. H. White, Jr., T. Guy wool-

ford.

A forestry committee is one of the

Research-Information: R. H. Rush, six standing committees of the Clinch

supervisor; J. A. vauthan, Chairman; County Chamber of Commerce.

JH..

l. Kayton, weddell, c

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ion. t

TD. aMvicsi.ntosh,

Jr.,

Don

who Mweimllbersserovfe

tuhnetilf

oJruelsyt

ry
1

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c1o9r4m9.l,.lttaeree:

Taxation: Marion J, Wise, Supervi - W.O. Young, chainman; J.J. Langdale, T.
sor; w. M. oettmelr, Chairman; J, o. D. Mitchell, Alex Sessons, A.N. Smith, Gill is, Jr., Harley Langdal e , Jr., Lw==.M===O=e=t=tm=e==ie=r='==a=n=d==D=.T=,==S=p=e=l=l=s=.~---
H. L. Manley, R. H. White, Jr., Harryr.

Dunstan.

Wi seL, iaSiuspoenr-vcisooorr;dwin. aEti. oDnu: nhMama,rioCnhaJir.-
man; M. H. Clark, Charles F. Evans, B. F. Grant, J. J. Armstrong, Harry L. Taylor, c. J. Musante, Philip Morgan.

In a periodic report to the membership, which was released simultaneously with the announcement of the con~ mittee appointments , B. M. Lufburrow, executive secretary of the Georgia Forestry Association, pointed out that the organization was centering its interest on three major projects this year.

These projects are; Statewide for-

est fire control and an adequate ap-

propriation to administer same; a

Constitutional State Board of Forest- REPRODUCTION--An examination of

ry, and a state Forest Fire Emergency small pines by J.P. Vestal, lumber-

Committee to be c amposed of represen- man, shows growth of 28 to JJ inches

tatives from each state department, in 18 months time. This area, near

having equipment, transportation, man Sardis, Ga., had been in sage grass

power, suppl ies,and pol ice power for years, producing nothing. But

which could be called into immedi ate ] II'. Fisher, resident mana ger for

action in the event of a disastrous the Vestal Lumber Co., explains

forest fire.

that 'two years ago we had a good

seed crop and plowed these fielrfs'

These three matters, Mr. Lufbur- and have a fine stand of seedliu gs row's report stated, are now being over the whole area',

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ELABORATE, COLORFUL PAGEANT IS BEING ARRANGED FOR FOREST FESTIVAL AT VALDOSTA OCTOBER 6-7

A cast of more than 250 persons wi 11

be seen in "Treasury of Trees", a tPnscene pageant devoted to forestry,that is ene of the many features of the

WILKINSON COUNTY GETS ANOTFER LOOKOUT TOWER

southern Forest Festival to be held at

Valdosta October 6 and 7.

A 5~-foot tower will be erected in

Wilkinson county on a 100 by 200 foot

Professionally staged, the pageant site donated by Mr. and Mrs. J.c.Pace.

will be given on two nights, wednesday

and Thursday. The pageant is writ ten,

The site is about four miles east

staged and directed by Miss Edith of Irwinton bn State Highway No. 57

Russell of the frofess1onal firm of and has already been surveyed and

Harrington-Russe 1 of Atlanta.

staked. The tower will be on the high-

est point in the county.

Miss Russell, now in Valdosta, said

the pageant will depict such forest District Forester.J.E. Phill.ips

products as turpentine, cross ties, points out the site w1ll be 1~ m1les

pulpwood,skis, and many other products from where will be located a ptoposed

of the southern forests.

tower to be erected by the lnterst~te

Land and lmprovement company and w1ll

The cast will be made up of persons tie in well with ?ther pr_opo~ed tower

from Adel,Nashville, Homerville, Stat- sites in surrounding terr1tor1es.

enville, Lakeland, Quitman, Valdosta,

Hahira, Lake Park, Clyattville, Remer-

tbn, and Jasper and Madison, Florida. NEW QUARTERS FINISHED

The pageant will be staged at Pen-j FOR FLOYD COUNTY UNIT

dleton Park which is the home grounds!

of the Valdosta Dodgers.

The Floyd county Protection Unit

I has moved 1nto spacious new quarters

Activities start on the evening of in a remodeled building which formerly

October 5 with a banquet for visiting was a dilapidated dwelling.

dignitaries and followed by a street

dance during which a square dance con- The new quarters provides a home

test will be staged. Communities are entering squares" in this event.

for Ranger G.w. BOgQS as well as headquarters for the un1t. For the past 15

The next day the scene will shift to the ~63 acre demonstration forest near valdosta where forestry exhibits and contests will be staged. An outstanding speaker wil 1 address the crowd here.

months the unit was located in a converted store bUilding. Prior to that, the crew worked from their own homes. Now with permanent headquarters, the ranger and his crew are in direct contact with the three towers.

Later in the afternoon, school children will dance in folk dances on a downtown street in Valdosta.

Ranger Boggs is assisted by Patrolmen Farris salmon, Milton Rolan, and Herman Shelley. Towermen are Charlie Tolbert, J.c. Lowrey and Ed Lee.

The next day's activities include

crowning the K1ng and Queen, a parade

a~d band ~ontest. The paQeant will be ATLANTA MAIL TO CARRY

g1ven again Thursday even1ng.

FIRE PREVENTION SLOGAN

150 ACRES OF TIMBER BRINGS $ 100.000

. As part of a nation-wide campaign to prevent wild woods fires, Atlanta

mail will soon De stamped with can-

. Abou~ 150 acres of nearly all-pine timber 1~ Murray county recently was sold for$ 100,000.

cellation dies bearing the slogan: "Remember - ~nly You Can Prevent Forest Fires.

The timber was part of the estate of the late J.F.Hall. The sum from the sale was willed to a new hospital being built at ChB.tsworth.
There are few stands of timber in Georgia that could equal this value per acre. The trace is about 12 miles north of Chatsworth. RanQer w.J. Jackson said he did not believe fire had ever been in the timber.

Atlantp. is one of 38 American cities participating. It is expected that the forest fire prevention plea will be carried on 30 million pieces of mail a day. The s arne slogan is being used on street car and bus cards, newspaper advertisements, posters, billboards and other media throughout the country in the Federalstate Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention Campaign sponsored by the Advertising counc i1.

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STATEWIDE FOREST FIRE CONTROL PLAN ENDORSED BY MACON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN RECENT RESOLUTION

. A resol.ut ion endorsing a plan to g1ve .Georgia Statewide forest fire protection has been passed by the Macon Chamber of Commerce. The resolution follows:

elected to the General Assembly, to introduce and promote necessary legislation to provide for said state-wide fire protection and adequate financing of same.

WHEREAS, Georgia landoWners receive $123,000,000 annually from the sale of trees and gum rosin--an annual income which establishes trees as Georgia's No. 1 crop; and

IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to each of the candidates for Governor, urging their support of this program, and that each Chamber of Commerce and other civic organizations in Georgia

WHEREAS, Georgia's forests and forest products bring an annual income to Georgia people; and

be called upon to aid rn this vital program for the future welfare of Georgia.

WHEREAS, during the past two years 21111 new industries which are dependant upon forests and to rest ry products have been established in Georgia; and

IT IS FURTHUR RESOLVED that the services of the state Highway Patrol should be utilized in preventing fires and in reporting fires to prOper authorities.

WHEREAS, 25,000,000 acres, or twothirds of the state's entire acrea~e is in forests,and Georgia ranks second in the nation in commercial forest acreage, and Georgia furnishes 7~' of the natldn's naval stores and 33% of the world's naval stores; and

Dated this 23rd day of August,19~8. Signed: w. A. Fickling, President
Carlton Mobley, Chairman conservation committee

WHE.REAS, the further development of G~org1a forests by the planting of

R. T, Grinalds, Chairman Forestry committee

P!nes and pr?per. cutti~g and adequate

f 1re protect 10n 1s of v 1tal importance to the state; and
WHEREAS, the destruction by forest

FORESTRY IS TAUGHT AT TEACHER WORKSHOPS

fires in Geor9ia each year costs the

state 11 millions of dollars, and the Some BOO Georgia teachers of voca-

production of our forests can be tional agriculture are returning to

doubled by the control of forest fire~ their classrooms this month armed with

and

up'-to-date information about the

WHEREAS, c~ly 41 counties of Geor- state's forestry situation.

gia'~ 159 have fi~e pr9tection units, 1eav 1ng 118 count 1es w1thout any protection at all, and the present system is inadequate and more expensive than it would be under a statewide protection system,

During the summer the teachers attended workshops at the state FFA Camp at Jackson Lake and there heard reports on Georgia forestry delivered by the following representatives of the State Department of Forestry; A.R.

IT IS THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Macon Chamber of Commerce does hereby heartily endorse the program calling for further development and expansion

Shirley, director; L.c. Hart, Jr., the assistant director in charge of manag&ment and nurseries, and Ed stout, i~ formation and education chief. Dis-

of Geor~ia forests and of proper fire protection for our forests; and

wtr.

i

ct R.

foresters also participated, and Hine represented the u.s, Forest

Service.

It is further resolved that the Ma-

con Chamber of commerce does hereby The teachers also received instruc-

endorse a state-wide fire protection tion from agriculture leaders repre-

program to be operated by the state of senting the soil conservation service

Georgia with adequate finances provid- and the Georgia Agricultural Extension

ed by the state Legislature; and

service.

IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy

- - - - - - of this Resolution be forwarded imme-
diately to each of the candidates for Legislature from Bibb county and to

at

wood was first Norfolk, va.

kiln-dried

in

1879

each of the candidates for the state 5e.nate from this District, and each of the said candidates is urged to lend his support to a state-wide fjre pro-

There are more than 20,000 species of trees in the world, known to have a definite economic value.

tection program, and in addition, if

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FORESTRY DEMONSTRATION FIRE DESTROYS SAWMILL PLANNED IN MACON OCT. R AT ALBANY RECENTLY

The Forestry Committee of the Macon Chamber of commerce, in cooperation with the Bibb county ForEStry Board, again this year will sponsor the Forestry Conservation and Equipment Demonst rat ion.
Date for the program is Friday, oct. 8 and the site selected for the demonstration is on the Winship Estate two miles northwest of Macon. Dealers that handle equipment for use in woo~ ut.i1 ization and fire control are betng '.~ vited to display and demonstrate thetr products.
It is expected that 500 farmers and timber operators will at~end, representing 27 middle Georgta counttes. Others expected includ~ county commissioners, school superintendents and other county officials.
GEORGIANS NAMED OFFICERS IN NEW PULPWOOD GROUP
B.E. Pelham, of Ellaville, has been elected president of the newly forrr.ed southern Pulpwood Dealers conservatton Association.

The sawmill of Reynolds Brothers Lumber company at Albany was destroyed by fire of undetermined origin early in August.

Three fire department t,rucks we~e

sent to the fire, and 25 ftremen }atd

5,000 feet of hose for use in bringing

tDh. ew.fiBrerosmunandesraicdonthtraot

l. Fire the top

Chief of the

sawmill was burned away by the time

firemen arrived. The fire had gained

considerable headway before the alarm

was turned in, he said.

Damage was cvnfined to the saw~ill itself, the Chief revealed, addtng that no lurroer in the yard, dry kilns, ramps and sheds were damaged.

John Reynolds, company offici~l, said that the destructton of the mtll affected the employment of scores of workers, mainly in the wood crews which the company employs. He set the number of men who suffered a temporary loss of work at between 75 and 100.

The company intends .to rebuild the sawmill as soon as posstble, he added.

Purpose of the organization is.the promot ton of better forestry pract tees in cooperation with mills. The associ& tion is made up of a group of dealers from Georgia, south carol ina, Florid3. and Alabama. Other officials are: P.O. Breckenridge, of columbus, v ice-president, and James E. Lawton, ~f sopertcn secretary-treasurer.

NEW TRUCK IS ADDED TO COBB COUNTY UNIT
A new one-ton pickup truck has been added to the fire-fightin~ equipment of the Cobb County Protection Untt.

THREE FORESTRY GRADUATES BECOME COUNTY RANGERS
Three graduates of ~he school ~f Forestry at the Universtty of Georgta have joined the Georgia Department of Forestry as county rangers.
Norman Lee Shaw, of Adairsville, has joined the new Talbot Co~nty Protection Unit as ranger. He ts a Navy veteran.
Another Navy veteran, Fred Amsler, is ranger for Wheeler County, al~o a new Protection Unit. He is a nattve of Gainesville.
Claude L. Brown, a native of cumming, is the new ranger for screven County. He also is a Navy veteran.

The new truck has two 120-gallon water tanks. Other equipment i nc.l udes a pump and hand tools.
W.A. wright is the ~o~b County ranger. He recently was JOtned by a new assistant, C. G. Carter.
l(EW LUMBER MILL LOCATED IN CRAWFORD
one if the newest lumb~r mills to locate in crwaford County ts t~at of the Bradley Lumber Company, sttuated about two miles south of Rooerta on the Ft. Valley highway.
This modern band mill is now operating on a 10-hout day scheduke .and .bY
early fall the gang mill n?w betng !"-
stalled is expected. to be. tn operatton. Capacity of both mtlls wtll be approximately 40,000 feet per day.

What is said to be the largest oak tree in Georgia is at Thomasville. Located at the corner of crawford and Monroe streets, it has a limb spread of 175 feet.

Company owners, s. A,, J. L. and Howard Douglas, said they expect to be operating on the site for the next 10 years, continuously cutting on their estiimated 20 million feet of timber.

Library School of Foreetry University of Georgia. Athens1 Georgia

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