Georgia forestry, Vol. 10, no. 6 (June 1957)

GEORGIA FORESTRY
Editorial

Vol. 10

GEORGIA FORESTRY
June, 1957
Published Monthly by the GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION
Box 1183 Macon, Georgia Guyton DeLoach, Director

No.6

Members, Board of Commissioners: John M. McElrath, Chairman_____________________________Macon
Sam H. Morgan ------------------------------------ - Savannah Oscar S. Garrison ---- ---- - - - - --------------------------- Homer CH.. M0.. CJourmdamni,ngJrs.__-_-_-_-_--_-_-_-_--_-_--_-_--_-_-_-_--_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--__--_-D---o--n-a--l--s-oAnlvaimlloe

Georgia Forestry is entered as second class matter at the Post Office under the Act of August 24, 1912. Member of the Georgia Press Association.

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EDITOR -------------------------------------------------Frank Craven

STAFF ARTIST ---------------------------------------------------Dan Voss ASSOCIATE EDITORS _ ___________ Bill Kellam, Joe Kovach,

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Jeanette Jackson

DISTRICT OFFICES,

GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION:

DISTRICT I-Route 2,
Statesboro DISTRICT 11-P. 0. Box 26,
Camilla DISTRIOT III-P. 0. Box 169,
Americus DISTRICT IV-P. 0. Box 333,
Newnan DISTRICT V-P. 0. Box 328,
McRae

DISTRICT VI-P. 0. Box 505, Milledgeville
DISTRICT VII-Route 1,
Rome DISTRICT VIII-P. 0. Box
1160, Waycross DISTRICT IX-P. 0. Box 416,
Gainesville DISTRICT X-Route 3,
Washington

Picture Of A Forester By Susan. Myrick ( From the Macon Telegraph)
In about two more weeks the Georgia Forestry Commission office is likely to be flooded with mail. On June l, the Commission will begin accepting orders for seedlings for planting next fall and winter.
Guyton DeLoach, director, has predicted the activation of the Soil Bank's Conservation Reserve program of seedling production. Sanford Darby, chief of reforestation, expects 250 million seedlings to be ready for fall and winter planting this year.
The cost of pine seedlings is amazingly low, despite the slight increase in cost this year. Young slash, loblolly and longleaf pine seedlings will cost $4 a thousand.
Eastern White pine_will cost $9 per thousand , and if you
want Arizona Cypress of Eastern red cedar or yellow poplar, they'll cost $10 per thousand.
Woodland management continues to improve in Georgia and hundreds of woodlot owners are. no longer selling trees on a diameter basis, but are having trained foresters mark the trees which should be cut, thus .furthering the day when Georgians will get maximum returns from their woods.
I talked, not long ago, with a county forester who had been marking trees and I learned something brand new about the business. Did you know that a sore neck is a sort of occupational disease with foresters who mark trees? Well, it is. Next time you see a sun tanned, khaki

clad man who holds his neck as if it were kinked or in a crick, you may safely guess he's been marking trees.
He walks through the woods looking up most of the t~me. He is observing the crowns of the trees, looking to fmd how much room there is between the high branches and if there is ample space for the sunlight to get through Plenty of space and lots of sunlight make faster growing trees.
The.forester does not go into the woods alone, I learned too. He goes with the land owner or with someone who aids in computation of board feet, and who is along for safety measures, as well. Walking along with your neck bent backwards so you can see up into the tops of trees makes it right easy to step into a hole and maybe break a leg. Somebody along to take care of first aid in such a case is a must.
Then, there is the possibility of snake bite. The forester wears boots, which are a protection from any pos sible bite, and he carries a first aid kit. But if you do get a snake bite, it is a big help to have somebody along. 1
There are few snake bites on record for forest rangers , but anybody who has walked through underbrush in South and Middle Georgia in summer time knows there are rattlers about, now and then.
Cobb Countians Reside
Un der "Green Umbrella "
(From the Marietta Daily Journal)
A visitor to Cobb County recently observed, ''You people live under a green umbrella." He was not the . first stranger to notice the wonderful trees that shade so many residential areas in our county. Nature 'has been kind to us.
From the air, one realizes that much of Cobb County is heavily forested. Unlike other areas where trees are of tremendous commercial importance, Cobb has another reason for protecting its woods. Their value to us lies in future suburban development. That longing to get away from the hot and noisy environment of the asphalt jungle has prompted many to desert the cities for the cool serenity of the shady suburbs. Folks will continue to migrate to new subdivisions as they are developed in Cobb.
For this reason, we must protect our forests as an asset to the homesites of the future. Fire is the biggest threat and it is encouraging to note that the county has escaped a forest blaze for the past nine days. Careful action by all citizens can do much to keep up this good record. Let's protect our "Green Umbrella!"
This Month's Cover
As a by-product of Georgia forests, game fish may not be the most valuable, but there is little doubt they are the most popular. With- out the umbrella of trees that holds back a spring shower and lets the water trickle into the streams, fish would have no permanent homes. Trees also control water temperatures and provide a s oct of built-in thermostat for the elusive frying pan fugitives.

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PROFS RECEIVE SPECIAL SERVICE AWARDS

Georgia Foresters Attend

Annual Alumni Meeting

Alumni of the University of Georgia School of Forestry met last month in Athens to pay tribute to their school and honor Georgians who have made outstanding contributions in the forestry field. The meeting was held in conjunction with the school's Golden Anniversary Celebration.

The program opened with the annual undergraduate Field Day event, during which students competed in Paul Bunyan-style forestry skill contests.

At a senior banquet, inscribed bronze plaques :were

presented to Sen. Herman E. Talmadge , Gov. Marvin

GBar igf-f iCn~mKpi rPk aSpuetrl i Cv eo,r pp.u, bal incdr eGl ua tyitoonns

director for Union DeLoach, director

of the Georgia Forestry Commission for their "outstand-

ing contributions in the forestry field."

Student awards also were pre~ented at the banquet. Oscar Fowler of Douglasville was given the Keith Cran-

STUDENT AWARD WINNERS
ston Award which is presented annually to the outstanding senior. The Earl Jenkins Memorial Award went to Walter H. Moyers of Memphis, Tenn. , for his superior qualities in scholarship, leadership and participation in extracurricular activities. William L. Reno of Calhoun, Tenn., was awarded the outstanding freshman presentation.
Special awards were presented to Prof. G. Norman Bishop for his more than 20 years service at the school, and to Prof. Bishop Grant for his service and tenure as acting dean.
The meeting ended with an alumni session highlighted with an address by Dr. Allyn Herrick, new dean of the Forestry School, and election of Alumni Association officers.
Dr. L.A. Hargreaves Jr., asst. director of the Georgia Forestry Commission, was elected president. James C. Turner the commission's fire control chief, was named vice p;esident, and Ted Walker, asst. Agriculture Extension forester, was elected secretary-treasurer.

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Two Washington Youths Receive Forestry Awards
Two modest young men of few words but many actions have been awarded the Washington County F 0restry Unit's 4-H and FFA forestry awards, Ranger Calvin Rhodes announced this month.
Henry Brantley , 17-year-old Tennille High junior from Harrison, and Mack Meeks of Tennille, a 15-year-old sophomore, were presented with road signs for their outstanding 4-H and FFA forestry projects, respectively.
Ranger Rhodes said the awards are designed to stimulate interest in forestry among high school students and to point out the county's outstanding and deserving young foresters.
Henry was selected for setting out 2,500 pine seedlings over the past seven years on the 10-acre timber tract given him by his father , dairy farmer B.H. Brantley. Henry has thinned the tract, sold pulpwood after the thinnings and plowed firebreaks. He has four dairy cows of his own and helps his father grow cotton and corn and care for the 40-cow dairy herd.
Young Brantley is a member of the A-average Tennille High Beta Club, the FF A, the Co-ed Hi-Y and president of the 26-county Northeast Georgia 4-H Council. He hopes to run for state 4-H boys vice president this summer.
Mack, a lanky towhead, crams athletics, farming and forestry into his busy schedule. He has won two letters in basketball and one each in football and track. He said he keeps in shape by running down rabbits in the off season. He is vice president of the FF A, a member of the Letterman's Club and has a B average.
Mack maintains a seven-acre tirriber tract given him by his father, George M. Meeks, on which he has planted pine and Arizona Cypress seedlings, thinned and cut pulpwood and saw timber, plowed fire breaks, controlled undesirable hardwoods, painted boundaries and erected signs. Also he has performed other forestry practice~ on the school's FFA timber tract.
"LOOK AT IT GROW"--Mack Meeks, left, shows one of his prize winning pines to Voc. Ag. Teacher
and FF A Advisor J.G. Hatcher of Tennille, center,
and Ranger Calvin Rhodes, who stand in a fire break plowed by Meeks.

"EASY NOW"--Washington County Ranger {:alvin Rhodes, left, tells Henry Brantley, center, as they prepare to set up the sign Brantley was awarded. Asst. County Agent Bill Bowers of Sandersville catches his breath at right.
Mack made the highest individual score in a field of 156 when he and the team won the Southeastern Voc. Ag . District Two livestock judging title earlier this spring. , He won the FFA area livestock show in Augusta last year with a duroc gilt hog.
Mack and his older brother, Ed, work their father' s 222-acre farm on which they grow cotton, corn, peas , hogs and beef cattle. Mack has two cows, two sows and 17 pigs.
Annual Boys Forestry Camp S e~
For Laura Walker State Park
Approximately 100 Future Farmers of America will convene June 10-15 at Laura Walker State Park in Way cross for the seventh annual Boys Forestry Camp.
Sponsored by six member mills of the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Assn. and directed by the Georgia '' Forestry Commission, the yearly event consists of a concentrated week-long study in forestry. Mills sponsoring the camp are Rome Kraft Co., Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp., Gair Woodlands Corp., Brunswick Pulp and Paper Co., St. Mary's Kraft Corp. and Owens-Illinois Glass Co.
During the six-day period, skilled state and industrial foresters will instruct the boys in all phases of forestry. Courses will include reforestation, fire control, use of hand tools and equipment, tree identification, forest mensuration, marketing, law enforcement and harvesting. Special lectures on insect control, naval stores and a field trip to the Okefenokee Swamp State Park are scheduled also.
Boys attending the camp will come from several South Georgia counties. Each year the camp alternates between Nonh and South Georgia. Last summer the camp was held
at Alexander Stephens State Park near Crawfordville.

Ware Foresters, Bankers Hold
Clinic On Timber Management
Foresters and bankers in Ware County recently joined hands to promote better management of timber grown in that area.
In the first of a proposed annual countywide forestry demonstration, nearly 100 area landowners gathered at the John H. King Jr. farm near Dixie Union to attend a forestry clinic conducted by representatives of various forest agencies. William H. Rentz, vice president of the Commercial Bank at Waycross, presided over the conference.
Highlighting the clinic was the presentation of a solid silver loving cup to the landowner in Ware County who carried out the best management program last year in his woodlands and received maximum cash returns from his tree crop. The initial award went to lsbon Frier of Dixie Union.
In presenting the trophy, Rentz said the award committee praised Frier for maintaining a ''sanitary'' woodland in which all brush and debris was removed from the forest floor. He said Frier's forestland should serve as a model for all timber owners in the county.
Prior to the presentation, brief demonstrations were held in a wooded area, including discussions of "D plus 6 thinning" by Norman Sands of the Soil Conservation, timber scales by John Stokes of the Georgia Forestry Commission, selective thinning by H.W. Williams af the Georgia Forestry Commission, naval stores by Charles Shea of the U.S. Forest Service, insects and diseases by Dr. Robert Harrison of the U.S. Forest Service and fire protection by District Forester George Lavinder and Ware County Ranger R. T. Kirkland.
Sponsoring the clinic were the Commercial Bank, First National Bank, Southern Bank Agriculture Committee, Chamber of Commerce and Ware County Agriculture Program Planning Committee, all of Waycross.

DR. HARRISON DISCUSSES THE BUGS AND THE TREES
ASST. DIST. FORESTER JOHN STOKES TAKES A LOG LOOK

RENTZ, FRIER, KING A~D TROPHY

DIST. FORESTER GEORGE LAVINDER TALKS FIRE CONTROL

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SANFORD P.DARBY
Opening Speaker

Area Three SPCA ~embers Discuss

Southern Forestry Developrnents

Presentation of papers on the latest Paper Co. spoke on handling seedlings ~

developments in Soutliern forestry hi8h- in transit and planting. G.W. McVickers

lightecf the recent Area Three meeung Jr. of Gair Woodlands talked on fore st

of the Southern Pulpwood Conservation planting site preparation.

Assn. at Athens in the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education.

A.B. Collins of the U.S. Forest Service spoke on "Soil Bank Trees" and
then answered questions from the aud-

An address by Georgia Forestry Com- ience in a lively session. Prof. Albert

mission Reforestation Chief Sanford Worrell of the Yale Forestry School, a

Darby opened the meeting. Darby told former University of Georgia faculty mem

more than 100 SPCA members the story bee and an old friend of many in the aud-

of the development of the Commission's ience, spoke on the short rotation man-

tree seedling production program.

agement of small forest properties.

Darby traced seedling production from its modest beginning only a few years

SPCA President H . J. Mal s berger closed the business session with a sum-

ago to the present position of national mary of 1957 SPCA activities. He said

leadership. He explained current opera- the S PCA would continue its present

tion procedures and problems.

programs in all fields. A banquet woun8

K.G. Meschke of Brunswick Pulp and up the day's schedule.

New Buildings Erected
At Forestry Commission
New buildings continue to sprout as quickly as pine seedlings at the Georgia Forestry Center on Riggins Mill Road. Over $180,000 worth of construction is underway.
Just completed is a sprawling 32-vehicle truck shed. Awaiting installation of its roofing and sides is a new aircraft hangar which will house the Georgia Forestry Commission's four planes.
And work has just started on the nation's most modern pine cone curing shed. A seed extracting plant will be erected next to it shortly.
The new cone and seed plant is due to be completed late this summer for use during the 1957 cone collection and processing season.
Forestry Commission Director Guyton DeLoach said the $163,000 plant is not only the most modern in the nation, but it is also the only one designed and built specifically 'for this purpose.
Utilizing the 1ate s t machinery and techniques, the plant will cure 3,000 bushels of pine cones and extract 1,500 pounds of pine seed daily. Four to six new personnel will be hired to help operate the plant.
The extracting plant will be three stories high so that gravity can be used in the seed treatment, Reforestation

HANGAR
Chief Sanford Darby said. The cones will be lifted to the top floor, from which they will roll or drop to each process.
Also the cones will be chopped up and the resulting mulch will be used as fertilizer at the Commission's tree "' nursenes.
The cone curer will have 12 individual curing room s, which will result in more efficient labor utilization. As each room is filled with cones and the heat turned on , the workers can move on to the other rooms.
The $13,000 truck shed will include a warehouse. T he hangar will cost $8,000 and will house the Commission's entire ' 'air force.''

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GETTING BOOK FOR CUSTOMER
Forestry Library Filled With Facts, Fiction, Fun
One of the outstanding attractions of the new Georgia Forestry Commission headquarters building is the library. Forest researchers from all parts of the state have been attracted to the compact cubicle which contains one of the largest collections of forestry information in Georgia.
Boasting more than 700 volumes of technical and reference books, die library is operated as efficiently as any hometown bookhouse. It also houses some 100 periodicals and a complete forestry film collection.
Custodian of the printed word is Mrs. Myrtle Knight , better known as ''Charleston." Taking the lead from established book lenders, she has cross-indexed each book to allow easy access for visiting researchers.
The library facilities are available to anyone interested in finding forestry facts. Open five days a week, the 1ibrarian is on duty to give assistance to anyone needing help on research projects.
Books may be checked out for two-week periods. Film is available on loan, provided requests are made five days in advance of showing date and returned within five days after showing. The film library contains about 50 reels of forestry films and some 20 comedy reels featuring the latest Hollywood cartoon characters.
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THE AUTHOR SPEAKS--Or. Kenneth P. Davis gives a talk on his recent analysis of Georgia forest fires.
Southern Fire Chiefs Attend 18th Fire Control Conference
Soundforest management is the best assurance that the sleeping giant' ' of blowup wildfires in the South will lay undisturbed. That observation was made recently by Dr. Kenneth P. Davis, chairman of the University of Michigan Forestry School, who last year conducted an on the sce"ne survey in Georgia of forest fire problems and research needs.
Addressing the 18th annual Southern States Fire Control Conference at Macon, Dr. Davis stressed the imponance of prevention in curbing existing fire hazards. He listed the major area s where r~search is needed in the South as fuel studies, fire weather and improved equipment.
'City fite departments urge citizens to correct faulty wiring, clean up cluttered attics a nd avoid smoking in bed as a part oftheit fire prevention programs," he said. " Foresters could benefit from such . a program. If landowners cleared away the debris and undergrowth in their woodlands, the fire hazards would be reduced considerably."
Dr. Davis noted that while some progress has been made in fuel and weather research, a great deal remains to be discovered to establish a workable forest fite control program.
Other speakers were Jack Fonin, U.S. Forest Service; L .E. Hughes , U.S. Weather Bureau at Tallahassee , Fla. ; W. D. Rake, U .S. Borax and Chemical Company at Los Angeles, Calif. a nd S.D. Beichler, U.S. Forest Service.
The three-day meeting dealtwith a general survey of fite control improvements in all participating states , including advancements in chemical fire retardants , new equipment, fire weather research and general .administrative and organizational innovations.
Representative states were Georgia, Florida , South Carolina, North Carolina, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi , Alabama, Tennessee, Missouri and Texas.

Forestry Scholarship
Winners Announced
Winners of four college forestry scholarships were announced recently by Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp. and Gair Woodlands Corp. , both of Savannah.
Three Union Bag-Camp scholarships were awarded to James E. Allen, Savannah; Tommy Davis, Marshallville and Donald Lee Boyd, McRae. All three scholarships provide for a four-year course in forestry at any recognized forestry school east of the Rocky Mountains. Each winner will receive a $600 initial grant and tuition expenses up to $1,000 a year. The boys plan to begin their forestry education this fall.
Robert Neil Kitchens of Thomson won the 1957 Gair Woodlands forestry award. The scholarship is' for $500 a year for a full four years study in forestry at the University of Georgia.
James Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. B.E. Allen graduates from Savannah High School this month. He has been active in extracurricular activities, participating. in the Beta Club, Hi-Y and DeMolay. He is vice president of Student Council and played varsity football in 1955 and 1956.
Scholarship Winners
Tommy Davis graduates from Fort Valley High School this spring with a very high scholastic record. His activities include football and basketball, the Dramatic Club, president of the Key Club, editor of the annual, the Glee Club and vice president of the junior class. He is the son of J. T. Davis of Marshallville.
Donald Boyd will graduate from the McRae-Helena High School this month. He has been active in the Beta Club, president of the Senior Class and participated in 4 -H work. He was captain of the varsity basketball team, was on the track team, th~ debating team and the school paper. He is the son of H.L. Boyd of McRae.
Robert Kitchens receives his diploma from Thomson High School this month. There he was outstanding in many student activities including the F . F.A., .Hi-Y, debatin~ team and the Key Club. He was also active in sports 1ncluding baseball and basketball.
Selection Committees
':'ina!. selection of the three Union Bag-Camp scholarsh~p wmners was m~~e by a committee consisting of Umon Bag-camp ofhc1als and representatives of the forestry schools at Auburn, Georgia and Florida.
The Gair Woodlands scholarship winner was selected by a F ina! Award Committee composec:l. of Prof. B .F. Grant, Acting Dean, Forestry School, University of Georgia, Athens ; Dr. L.A. Hargreaves, . Asst. Director ,Georgia Forestry Commission, Macon ; Mr. James F. Spiers , Area Forester, Southern Pulpwood Conservation Assn. , Statesboro and Eugene D. Martin , Forester, Gair Woodlands Corp. , Savannah.
Both Union Bag-Camp and Gair Woodlands award these sc)lolarships each year to create a greater interest in the study of forestry among outstanding Georgia high school graduates.

Guyton DeLoach Climbs To Top
Of State Forestry Totem Pole
Editor's Note: This is the final in a series of bio graphical sketches of George Foster Peabody School of Forestry alumni. For the past 10 months GEORGIA FOR ESTRY has presented a cross-section of graduates as a tribute to the school's current Golden Anniversary Celebration.

Guyton DeLoach, director of the Georgia Forestry Commission, cl,imbed to the top of the state's forestry totem pole and didn't miss a step. And the progress the state agency has made under his direction has assured him a pretty secure position in the number one spot.
A native of Claxton, Ga., where he received his primary and secondary education, DeLoach was graduated in 1939 from the George Peabody School of Forestry. Two years later, he landed his first job with the commission as county ranger at a salary of $115 a month. For the nex <=ix years, he served as district forester before being promoted to assistant director in charge of fire control, a position he held for the next five year:s. He was appointed commission director in June, 1949.
When DeLoach took over the reins of the commission, its total annual budget was $866,000, which included a state appropriation of only $173,350. At that time Georgia had 45 counties under organized fire protection. Since then the commission has grown to include 146 protected counties with an appropriation of $1,992,170 and a total budget of $4,387,767.
During his tenure, Georgia forestry has risen to lead the nation in amount of private and state forest acreage under organized protection. The commission also leads the nation in the number of tree seedlings grown and planted annually, with an anticipated output of about 200 million this year.
DeLoach helped organize the Georgia Forest Research Council and has been associated with it actively since its creation. He also serves on the State Board of Registration for Foresters. He is currently national chairman of the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention Committee which sponsors the annual Smokey Bear campaign.
Under DeLoach's leadership, the commission's forest . management program has become one of the nation's most

MAJOR, THE FffiEFIGHTING DOG
Jasper-Jones Unit Owns
Husky Fire Fighting Dog
Big Dalmatian dogs bounding along behind a smoking, horse-drawn fire engine were a familiar sight in the good old days.
The advent of speedy fire trucks sidelined the dogs, but the ] asper-] ones Forestry Unit now boasts its own fire dog--a husky 65-pound German Shepherd owned by Patrolman ]ack Bailey of Monticello.
Major, only eleven months old but already as big as Smokey the Bear himself, is inseparable from his master during the day. At night, it's another story, Jack says, as Major takes off to answer the call of the wild.
Major rides to work with Jack, perched beside him on the seat. Usually, Major is not dignified, though. He likes to poke his head out the window and take in the scenery.
Comes a fire and Major bounds into the truck cab, rarin' to go. At the fire, he unloads himseIf, waits patiently until the tractor is ready to do, and then he follows right at the heels of the tractor, which his master is driving.
Major decided to venture out of the fire break one day. He saw something interesting in the burned area, so he took off across the burned area.
But he came to a screeching halt for the warm pine straw gave him a quick four-footed hot foot. He retreated hurriedly to the moist, freshly-turned up earth in the break to cool his tender foot pads.
Thus Major learned the fundamentals of fire control the hot way. Now he watches his step, which is what firebugs in Jasper and Jones Counties had better do.
outstanding. In its fire control activities, he was instrumental in helping to establish an all-time state record 1ast year of less than one half of one percent burn in Georgia's total protected area.
His "leadership has developed a model forestry program in the state which stands at the forefront of the nation's forestry activities. To maintain this position, he is con stantly developing new techniques and encouraging research to explore areas that will lead to better forestry in Georgia and the nation.

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Rounci-Up Of
Ranger News
R.E. Sullivan, president of the Sullivan Lumber Co. in Preston and W. Kirk Sutlive of Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp. in Savannah have been named members of the Georgia Forest Industries Committee. Hobart Manley of savannah was elected 1957 chairman.
The appointment was announced by Vertrees Young , president of American Forest Products Industries, Inc., Washington, D.C.
R. T. Kirkland of Douglas has been promoted to ranger of Ware County Forestry Unit. He replaces Bill Tvedt who resigned recently to accept a position with a pulpwood dealer in southwest Georgia.
The new Ware County ranger was assistant ranger of the Coffee-Atkinson County Forestry Unit for more than five y~ars.
Ray Clements, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Clements of East Crisp Community recently won a defense bond for being ''The Crisp County school child who during the year has done the most to promote good forestry."
This is the first year the award has been offered in this category, and it will become an annual event. The recognition is sponsored by the Crisp County Keep Green Council and the bond was donated by Judge 0. T. Gower, Crisp's ''forester emeritus.''
Clements is a member of the eleventh grade at East Crisp School and has carried on a forest management program for the past five years, including the planting of several large tracts of land.
FINISHING TOUCHES--Hall-Banks Ranger Earnest Rolan is shown putting the finishing touches on the original tower sign he and his unit personnel designed and constructed. There is a similar sign for each tower in the counties.

AWARD--Reforestation Chief Sanford Darby was presented with an Honor Award by the Davisboro chapter of the Woodmen of the World at a recent barbecue at the Davisboro Nursery. Presenting the framed scroll to Darby is Thomas E. Willing-ham,
consul commander , while the Rev . J . M. Branc .h, main
speaker looks on . Nursery Supt. Frank Pullen was host at the event attended by some 100 persons.
Some 70 members of the Florida-Georgia-Alabama Section of the Forest Products Research Society met June 3 at the Purefoy Hotel in Tallageda, Ala., for their annual spring meeting.
Highlighting the two- day session was an inspection tour by chartered buses throughout the Talladega area where the group visited established debarking and chipping operations. Plants visited included Timber Products Co., Inc., at Anniston; The Sterling Lumber Co. , at Goodwater; W.E . Dunnam Lumber Co. , at Weogufka; Coosa River Newsprint Co., at Childersburg and the Sorderhamn Machine Mfg . Co. , Talladega.
At a banquet that night, the group participated in a panel discussion moderated by Rufus Page, forest utilization technologist with the U .S. Forest Service and Georgia. Forestry Commission and chairman of the section. Panel members were Jack Thurner, Timber Products Co., Inc.; W.E. Dunnam, Dunnam Lumber Co., Gus Jacob-so_n;: Soderhamn Machine Mfg. Co., and Arthur Wakeman, 'Coosa River Newsprint Co. The discussion centered around methods of recovering waste fibers from portable sawmills, medium size sawmills and slab concentration yards.
Officers and trustees of the section met the following mocnine to map out plans for the winter meeting. They also discussed plans for participating in the fund raising building at Madison , Wis. Attending the meeting wereRay Osborne, Gus Jacobson , Ralph Peter , Windel Vickrey, Louis Gaby, Alex Skoropat, Billy McComb and Rufus Page.
The Soderham Machine Mfg . Co. served as host for the meeting.

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TESTING, ONE ..TWO--Gov. Marvin Griffin tries out the office equipment during the Forestry Commission dedication in April. Looking on are (seated, left), John M. McElrath, Macon; (standing, L to R ), C.M. Jordan Jr., Alamo; Sam H. Morgan, Savannah; Kenneth Dunwoody, Macon and Guyton DeLoach, director, Georgia Forestry Commission, Macon.
J1orestry Library. .
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Future plans call for establishing the most complete forestry library in the Southeast. The library caters especially to foresters, forestry students, forest industry personnel and public school teachers; but the general public is invited to use its facilities at any time.

Georgia Women's Clubs State
Forestry Essay Contest Winners
Georgia will be a more beautiful and wealthier state because of work of the Conservation Department of the Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs.
The main project for the club year just closed was
a statewide forestry essay contest open to sixth and seventh grade children. The title of the essay was"Trees are Important to Georgia Because..." There were 2,899 participants.
The Georgia Forestry Assn. gave $310 to be used for prizes in the essay contest. Top winner was Miss Sammie Maxwell, a seve~th grader at Tallulah Falls School.
She received $25 in cash and an original draw"ing of Smokey the Bear by Harry L. Rossoll.
Second prize winner was David Willett, seventh grader from St. Joseph's School in Athens. He received $15. Since there was a tie for third place, duplicate prizes of $5 were given to Mary Lynn Johnson, Garfield School
near Swainsboro and Jackie Bowen, Fitzgerald.
There were duplicate prizes for negro children in Georgia, the firstplace being won by Mary Alice Strawbridge, of the Emanuel County Elementary School; the second by Beverly Gaither, of the Comer Gr~de School at Comer; and the third by Mary E. Thomas, of the Atkinson Training School at Pearson.
"We are more than pleased with the results," stated Mrs. Chester E. Martin, of Atlanta, State Conservation Chairman for the Georgia Federation, "and believe that the children who worked on this contest will have a better understanding of Georgia's resources and the need for their wise use."



WHAT'S THAT TITLE?--Mrs. Knight locates books through the use of the library card catalogue.

TAKE A LETTER--Mrs. Clarice Manry of Americus tries out the lap of her boss, Guyton DeLoach , director of the Georgia Forestry Commission , at a meeting of the commission's district office secretaries . Standing ( L to R ), are Mrs. Mabel Holder , Camilla ; Mrs. Mary Jo Keys, Milledgeville ; Lawrence Osborn, Waycross; Miss Elsie Scogsins , Rome ; Mrs . Marion Jordan, Washington; Mrs. Karen Brown , Newnan; Mrs. Mamie Murphy, Albany; Miss Bessie Ray Evans , Dawsonville ; and Miss Frances Stanley, McRae. S eated (L toR) , are Mrs . Mary Frances Neal , Reidsville; Mrs. Manry and DeLoach; Mrs. Jackie Bohler , Statesboro, and Mrs. Zelia Wilbanks, Gainesville.

Georgia Forestry Ju:ne, 1957
CONGRATULATIONS
5 NIORS
We congratulate you upon your attainments and high ambitions. Woodusing industries and Tree Farms have played a part in your past. We hope they will be still more important in the future.

Enrered as second class matter at t he Post Office, Macon, Georgia.