Georgia forestry, Vol. 14, no. 2 (June 1961)

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ol. 14

June, 1961

No.2

Frank Craven Editor

Published Quarterly by the
GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION
Box 1077
Macon, Georgia

RAY SHIRLEY - DIRECTOR
Members, Board of Commissioners: CHAIRMAN

C. M. JORDAN, JR.

- VIDALIA

ANDREWJ.AULTMAN - SYLVE STE R OSCAR S. GARRISON - HOMER JOHN M. 1\lcELRATH - /\lACON ALEXANDER SESSOMS - COGDELL

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Mem ber of the Georgia Press A ssociation.
Georgia F orestry is ente red a s second class matte r at the Post Office under
the Ac t of A ugu st 24, 1912.

Area L e a ds in Pulpwood
Georg ia's pulpwood harvest last year was the highest in the South for the 12th straight year, with total purchases valued at more than $94 million.
The significant thing about the report, was that three counties in the Waycross a rea were li s t ed as the s t ate 's leading producers.
Camd e n's pulpwood c rop was valued at $2 ,866 ,940, Ware was second with a figure of $2,606,380 and C linch was third with a c rop valued a t $2,276,060.
The pulp and paper industry and "satellite" industries would do well to consider this part of the state for n ew plant sites.
T his is regarded as one of the la s t gre at Eastern area s open to major industrial expansion.
In addition to n atura l re sources, ideal climate and excellent tran sportarion facilities, Southeast Georgia is blessed with forward-looking peopl e .
Waycross and other communities we lcome the opportunity to discuss industrial si t es and other matters. We beli eve that th e re is no better location for new plants and factories than here in the heart o f the great Dixie forestry e mpire.
(From the Way c ross jownal /J e rald)
For Forests' Best Use
In th e President's economic mes sage to Congress earlier thi s year were two earquickening ite ms for those attuned to the present and future value of Northeast Georgia 's most vast resource, our 600,000 acres of national fore s t.
President Kennedy e mph asized improvement of forest reso ur ces, c redi t for the deve lopmen t of woodland properties and acceleration of the National Forest Service multiple purpose program.
He pointed to opportunities for programs to imp(ove road s and rec reation in the nation's forests and parks and asked "high priority for areas of surplus labor."
Georgia National Forest Supervi sor P au l Vincent, whose Chattahooc hee and Ocon ee Na ti ona l Forests add up to better than 750 ,000 acres, points out in his 1960 report how those acres can by the year 2,000 g row t o 3,000,000.
" Multipl e u se" means deriving ever y use fr om every possible ac r e and k eepi n g the uses co mpat ibl e to and comple menta r y with eac h o th e r . The u ses are timber production , water s hed protection, wild life a nd rec reation.
Not every acre can be developed on a multiple purpose basis. Each user ha s to realize that he can't have every acre just as he would wish it. The timber people have to leave trees to provide cover, protect watershed, and mai nt ain s tream temperature s . The hunters must concede that areas must be open for the campers and hike r s . In short , management must provide for the best all -around use o f eve ry acre.
We are sort of "nuts" on the subject of natural reso urc es. But th e land and what it offers the nation is our best hope for contin ued health and prosperity.
(From the Gainesville Daily Times)
Keep Georgia Green Theme Urges Safety in Fore sts
Appling County is known for her pine trees . She is called "The Turpentine Capita l of the World".
For timbe rland vwners, the present is good and the future looks brighter. Turpentine is a t its hi ghe st level in history and more uses for it are being developed. New a nd improved me thods of harvest are being s tud ied and put into practice which will ma ke n a val s tores more profitable.
It is with thi s thought that The Baxley News-Ba nner joins the Georgia Forestry Commission and several interested private firms in the theme "Keep Georgia Gre e n."
Appling C ount y s oil is ideal for the pine tree , yet , soil a lone is not enough. Fire ca n d estr oy i~ hour s a forest that has been g r owing for yea r s. In 1954-55, 9, 152 acres o f valu a ble umb e r we re wiped o ut by fire. In 1960, on l y 64 -1 acres burned. This is evidence th a t we are making progress, however, we need to be a lways on the alert and to comple tel y e liminate our fire loss.
Th e A ppl i ng Co unty Fore stry Un it is t o be congra tul ated on the fin e job its members a re doing in g uardin g the 253,000 acres of fores t land under protection.
(From thP Baxle v N e us Banner)

Georgia Forestry
SIGNS OF: PROGRESS

I f the goal of AI Davenport of Union Bag-Camp Paper Corporation of Savannah is t o be achieved, hundreds mor e of tho se familiar "Tree Farm" signs will be added this year to the landscape of rural Georgia. "We are certifying an average of one new farm a day," said Davenport, new state c h airm a n of the Georgia Tree Farm Committee, "and our total acreage in the state has passed the fiv e million mark. "
Davenport, who defined the program as "industry's way of thanking the landowne rs for a job well done," said the committee has 100 fore s ters who are prepared to inspect the lands of prospec tiv e membe r s.
"If the woodlands meet our forest management spec ifications," he said, "we give the landowner a sign to place on his property, a certificate, and a subscription to The Forest Digest." The square metal sign with the green Tree Farm e mble m on a wh ite background "announces to the public tha t the site is being used to grow trees in an efficient manne r ," Davenport said.
The chairman said inspec tion is never carried out in a s lipshod way. "If a man's la nd doesn't come up to par," he said, "we refuse to c ertify the acreage as a Tree Farm.. the inspecting fore s t er, however, points out ways in which the woodlot can be brought up to standard for a later consideration."
The American Tree Farm System, which Georgia entered in 1948, is the outgrowth of a plan initiated by a West C oast lumbe r compan y in th e early forties. The unique idea soon spread a nd the program is now sponsored in 46 states, with more than 50,000 cert ified Tree Farms comprising 50 million acres.
Sponsored by forest industries through the American Forest Products Indus tries, a Tree Farm today is "an area of private ly owned, taxpaying forest land dedicated voluntarily by its owner to the growing and harvesting of repe a t ed forest crops."
Davenport sa id Georgia now ranks third in the nation m

total acreage certified and eighth in t otal number of acres.

"We are striving to place Georgia at the very top," he

said. "It will be a s truggle, but it can be done. "

But Davenport said, "it will not be a rat race with

other states just to get the number one spot ...we will

continue to maintain the rigid qualificdtions."

The chairman, in fact, said his committee is "re-in-

specting Tree Farms in Georgia which went under the pro-

gram prior to 1958 and we are weeding out those that have

failed to continue to meet the program's standards."

Davenport said Georgia currently has 771 Tree Farms,

ranging from six acres to traci:s comprising thousands of

acres. He said Greene County leads the state with 29

Tree Farms and Long County is second with 21. Emanuel

and Mitchell Counties are tied with 20 each.

The committee head, who writes a personal letter of

congratulations to each new landowner accepted, said,

"we are receiving wonderful cooperation

from the Georgia Forestry Commission.

Georgia Agricultural Ex tension

Service and other agencies m-

terested in forestry ."

!\rea chairmen working

with Davenport are John

R. Sisley, Macon, and

Walter Stone, Savannah.

District chairmen

are H. B. Mathias,

Rome; Donald T. Sonnen,

Forsyth; L. 0. Wright,

Louisville; Norman Stone,

Valdosta; a nd II. J. Malsberger,

Richmond Hill. E. T. Newsome,

.\/ naz;enport

Rome, a former state chairman, is

an ex officio member of the committee

a nd !larry Crown, Atlanta, serve~ as

secretary.

Georgia Forestry

T he hour glass sands of time have sifted through scores of years since Georgia's Golden Isle s cushioned the heavy steps of pirate seamen, hid the skull and crossbone jack of a 'Blackbeard or Abraham' a nd buried into legend the bucc aneer treasures .
Clubs are formed ...excursions planned ...in hopes of finding thes e treasures. But could it be they can't see the treasure for their g olden illus ion? Land lubbers from far and near come and search the ageless sands around this shoreline which has sprung a city of industrial developme nt, Brunswick.
With bent back the g old seekers fail to discover th e treasure that clothes, feeds, houses and provides employment and recreation for thousands. Yes, Georgia's Gold Coas t is filled with an endless number of

acres of pines which_ have brough t Georgia world prest1ge in naval s tores, national recognition in fire control a nd reforestation, and a leader in commercial forest land acreage and annual timber production in the South. Georgia's buried trea s ure ha s gro wn into an industry th a t can be seen and had by everyone.
There are those who have been able to see beyond the bark and recognize the great potential of our forests. At the turn of the century Brunswick's wood-using industries included several lumber and plan-
ing mills, a barrel factory, and a turpe ntin e s till man ufacturing plant.
Today, the world's largest navaJ stores and paper size plant is located here. The Hercules Powder Plant, in 1920, purchased the Yaryan Rosin and Turpentine plant and now

Photo by Brunswick Pulp and Paper

employs over 1,000 persons in its local mill and some 400 workers in its woods camps.
The total payroll of this company exceeded seven million dollars in 1960 , with plans to enlarge their res earch facilitie s at a cost of more than $60,000 . Hercules last year cons umed 18,000 carloads of pine stumps in their production of paper, perfumes, paint, pine oil, rosin, turpentine, soap, and insecticides. In addition, Hercules spent over $3 ,0 00,000 in frei ght and approximate l y the same amount in raw ma terials. Services and materials cost th e company some $330,000. Area taxes accounted for another $294, 000.
Brunswick's second largest woodusing industry came in 1936 as a result of the discovery for making pape r pulp from slash pine. The Brunswick Pulp and Paper Co., the on ly 100 percent bleached sulphate pulp mill in the country, has increased its number of employees fr om 317, in 1938, to the present total of 730. The Brunswick mill, owned jointly by Scott Paper Co. and

Mead Corp., has an annual payroll of more than $4,300,000 for plant employees.
Last year Brun:>wick Pulp and Paper spent $1,323, 199 for freight and trucking a nd another $5,110, 177 for raw materials. In addition, taxes took a total of $372,6 52. Plans now call for expand ing th e facilities a t a cost of more th an $3 5 million. This is larger than all past industrial investments in Glynn Co.
The Georgia Creosoting Company has been a leader for many years in the production of treated timbers such as crossties, piling and utility poles . Last year the company was sold to the Escambia Treat in g Co. of Pensacola, Fla. and adopted th e name of Georgia Creosoting Corp. The corporation uses an a nnual volume of 1,200,000 board feet and works some 60 employees.
Other wood-using industries in Glynn County have payrolls totaling
$1,069,200. These companies, which produce cabinets, lumber, sash and doors, furnitur e and poles utilized some 7,797,558 board feet of saw-

timber and 5,000 cords of pulpwood in 1960.
Brunswick's trade area, Camden, Mcintosh and Wayne Counties, are also thriving wood producing communities. Combined, their payrolls total $3 ,607,253 for over 3,500 employees. From this total it is estimated that over $5 50,000 is fed into Brunswick and Glynn County.
In 1960, Brunswick's trade area had 108 nava l stores producers working 119 crops that produced some 25,950 barrel s of rosin . Glynn County 's 173,500 for est acres .have a net volume of 2,327 cords of pulpwood and approximately 405, 000,000 board feet of sawtimber according to a recent pre liminary survey report by
th e U. S . Forest Serv ice. Amount spe nt for raw products amounted to approximately $6,625,200.
The effective buying income of the 2,1 90 wood-using employees averages $4,690 per person. This is in comparison to the $3,343 average of the re ma ining 13,334 employees in Brunswick and Glynn County. The per capita buying income is $1,341. The buying income for 196 0 was $56,254. 000 and the re tail sales were $56,150,12 1.
Georgia's Gold Coast is definitely rich in natural resources which play an importa nt role in Georgia's $93 0,000,000 for es tr y busine ss . Yet we have bare ly tapped the surface of a gold min e th at must be properly
developed and managed to mee t the demands of need a nd competition in the future.
Unlike the pira te s of yore we mus t not fondle our treas ure through our finger tips but grasp the roots of opportunity that lie ahead of us by taking advantage of research facilities, seeking available forest management services and through individual coope ra tion ma intain and improve Georgia's fore s try program that today is second to none .

By Rip Fontaine

Georgia Forestry
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The vast size of America's tree planting program has amplified the need for high quality seed. In Georgia, where one and a half billion trees have been planted, the problem has been magnified, according to Ray Shir ley, di. rector, Georgia Forestry Commission.
The Georgia seed certification program was developed during 1956 to meet the challenge of providing high quality plan t ing stock, Shirley said. The immediate objective of the program was to raise the quality of seed currently being used, thus improving stands being established. Sanford Darby, Commission Reforestation Chief, added that the ul timate obj ective is to make available and maintain a source of high quality seed and propagation material of genetic superiority.
The Georgia certification program is simple in structure and yet ample to accomplish the desired results, Darby added. It has established a precedent whereby other states, given necessary leadership, have established s imilar programs. Ce rtification of forest tree materials, seed and scion, should be accomplished throughout America in the future.
Initially, the Seed Certification C ommittee, with Georgia Chapter, Society of American Foresters, was called upon to study the advisability of initiating s uch a program. The committee, provided with the necessary legal tools, was directly responsible for the programs development. Officials of the College of Agriculture, University of Georgia, were authorized to provide for seed certification and the Georgia Crop Improvement Association was designated, by law, as the certifying agent. The Georgia law and designated agency had techniques developed for certifying agricultural and horticultural plants but not commercial forest trees. This committee developed a firm set of standards and presented them to the legal certifying agency.
The certification program, from this point, became the responsibility of the G.C.I.A. This association is a private , non-profit organization, whose aim is the upgrading of various crops. The association administers all certification acttvttte s. This organization is composed of six commodity groups and a board of directors. The commodity committee on tree seed is composed of leading foresters and geneticists. This group periodically meets to study the standards to determine if changes are necessary. Recommended changes are mad e to the board of directors, giving the program the necessary flexibility to me e t c h a nging conditions.
Under Georgia standards, seed are certified as Class I, II, and III. Class 1 is reserved for seed produced from progeny-tested clones in seed orchards or from con troll ed pollinations of progeny-tested elite trees . Class II includes seed from seed orchards prior to completion of progeny tests, and open-pollinated seed from progeny-tested elite tre es . Class III seed s are from seed production areas or from open-pollinated plus trees. An isolation strip is re quired for all production except where controlled pollination is used.
The landowner, company or government agency desiring to become a producer of certified seed has its areas selected, marked and brought to the class stand..uds. He then files an application for inspec tion with the association and tenders the required payme nt. The fir s t inspec tion must be made at least 21 months prior to the initial cone collection. This is insurance against contamina ting pollen. A second inspection is required immediately prior to cone collect ion, a t which time the inspector will make a confidential estimate of production. The producer is subject to spot inspec tion of the cones or seed during collection and processing. The seed must be extracted and cleaned in an approved plant.
Inspectors are graduate forester s with special training to qualify them for this work. They will insure that th e "lllue Tag" of Georgia certified seed, with its guaranteed quality for the buyer and pr e mium price to the producer, will sell the program of "all trees from seed of known genetic quality."

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EMER(QENCY SITUATION

T his magazine congratulates several members of the Commission family who have, in recent months, proved that they know how to cope with danger by quickly moving into an emergency situation with calmness, intelligence and oftentimes courage.
Take, for instance, Thurman McDonald of Alma, veteran pilot of the Eighth District.
'X1hile circling over a 40-acre fire near St. George, he spotted a tractor operator in real trouble and landed his plane on a highway and ran 300 yards to rescue the trapped man.
The fire-fighter, Vess Yeoman, was plowing a fire break when the wind suddenly changed. "I saw him try to back up his tr actor," the pilot said, "but it got hung on a stump ... I saw the flames come back on him and cover the tractor and then he
staggered out of the smoke and fe 11 to the ground. "
~kDonald said, "nobody e ls e could get to him, so I decided to take a ~ hance." Following the rescue, the pilot radioed a landing field at Folkston to have an ambulance stand by to take the severely burned man to a hospital.
"I felt mighty relieved when it was over." 1\lcDonald said. "I could 've clipped a powerline a nd

that would've been all.'' Another man who showed up on
the spot when help was needed was B. S. Booth, district ranger at Waycross.
During an early morning rainstorm, a bus overturned on a highway near his city and Booth called the state patrol a nd ambulances before rushing to the scene. With a jack, he assisted in freeing a sailor who was pinned under a seat of the bus. He also carried four other victims of the wreck to a hospital.
T. M. Strickl a nd, Richmond Coun ty ranger, did some fast thinking recently when a big valve at a propane bulk plant began spraying gas over the area. He called nearby schools and other institutions to a lert them for possible evacuation and notified civil defense units and radio stations.
The Richmond ranger and his personnel then blocked off a section of the neighborhood and began directing traffic around th e danger area. Fortunately, workmen were able to shut off the gas and prevent a possible holocaust.
When a recent spring tornado sud-
denly dipped down in the Ringgold area and leveled several barns and poultry houses and damaged farm

homes, it was Fred Baker and other personnel of the Rome district office who moved in for the initial salvage operations.
The foresters removed fallen trees from roads, helped direct traffic and moved lives tock and chickens to she lter from the debris of wrecked farm buildings. They also helped move feed and grains to s helter.
The clouds were dark and the ceiling was low on the day it was reported that a private plane from a neighboring state was feared lost
somewhere in Cherokee County. A Georgia Forestry Commission
plane later spotted the wreckage near the fir e lookout tow er on Pine Log Mountain and a radio call sent Cherokee Ranger James E. Kelly hurrying to the scene.
Kelly was th e first on the scene but soon had he lp in recovering th e body of the dead pilot from the twisted wreckage of the a ircraft.
These are recent examples of Fores try Commission personnel taking over in e mergencies. ~lany have had extensive training in C ivil Defe ns e rescue work, first aid procedures and other life-saving drills.
Contrary to widespread belief, they are more than just ''woods fire -fighters.''

Strickland

Baker

Booth

Ke lly

McDonald

From left t o rig ht are 1/arle y Langdale , M. S. Brigg s, A. R . Shirley, G. P. S hingler, C. M. Jordan, E. L. Patton and K. S. Varn.

Gum Men Honored

Five Southeastern Forest Conservationists, two from Georgia , were recently cited for outstanding contributions made in gum naval stores and forestry in Georgia and the nation.
The recepients of the Georgia Forestry Commission award were Judge Harley Langdale, ATFA president since 1936, Valdosta; Milton S. Briggs, Alexandria, Va.; Elmo L. Patton, New Orleans, La.; George

P. Shingler, Lake City , Fla.; a nd K. S. Yarn, Waycross. The awards were presented at the 25th annual meeting of the ATFA in Valdos ta.
Commission Director Ray Shirley, in presenting the awards, lauded Langdale, for his leadership in organizing the gum naval stores farmers; Briggs, for improving market and price structure of gum naval stores for the past 2'5 years; Patton, a designer of naval stores equipment ;

Shingler, for development of present day naval stores processing and Yarn as operator and co-owner of the first modern naval stores processing plant.
The annual meeting was highlighted by the crowning of Lucille Pittman, Helena, Miss Turpentine, 1961. Mis s Pittman, 18, is a South Georgia C ollege Fre shman.
Approximate ly 1,200 delega tes a ttende d the c onvention at which the pre sent slate of office rs were ree lected. The y include President Harley Langdale, Valdosta; ViceP res id e nt R . M. Ne wton, Wiggins, Miss. ; and Se c retary-Trea s urer Mrs. Ora He mmingway, Va ldosta. Downing Musg rove, Homerville , was named A T FA ma nag e r.

Weight- Volume Study Completed

Density and moisture content are major factors affecting weight of sawlogs according to a recent weightvolume study. The project was jointly conducted by the Georgia Forestry Commission, Georgia Forest Research Council, and the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station.
Weight gives an accurate measure of cubic foot volume and, within wide limits, a measure of board foot volume for pine sawlogs in Georgia. Since board foot measure is greatly affected by log size, weight conversions to board feet should be adjusted to account for log size. The data presented in the report permits either buyer or seller to make these calculations and arrive at mutually equitable values.
This system deviates from straight weight scaling in that diameters are used to modify weight. To bL even more effective, as a basis for price determination it should further be modified by log grading.
F or a ny g iven mill actual mill data would res ult in more realistic values bec ause they would be based on utilizati on practices a nd other factors pec u liar to that mi ll.
The report revea led that when variations and factors are lumped together green weights increas e from approximate lj )') pounds per c ubic
foot in butt l og s to GO pounds per
cubic foot in top logs. The varia-

tions include density, moisture content and bark weight. However, the variation, by specie and location, is small and weight difference is modest.
If the cubic foot were the standard measure in pricing forest products, a conversion to weight would be simple and reasonably accurate . In most instances, however, the board foot serves as the measure in marketing of wood products. Therefore, a weight conversion is needed.
Using a board foot conversion, the report revealed that a ton of large
logs will usually produce more l u mber than a ton of small logs. This is due to higher percentage of bark resi due, slabs, edgings, sawdust and more taper.
An analysis showed that differences between weight-board-foot relationships of loblolly and shortleaf pine were so small that they could be summarized together. Slash and longleaf pine were fairly close and could possibly be .=ombined but not with loblolly and shortleaf pine.
The variability in unit weight of logs of comparable size indicates a close agreement on the basis of cubic foot measure but a wide spread when converted to board foot measure. ,.;;ince the variations are more manmade than natural, the values should be widely applicable in the southern pine territory if adjusted by species ,tnd average log size.

We ight has been the unit of meas ure for a number of mills buying pulpwood in the Southeast for a numbe r of years . Weig ht may eventually re place s tick s caling for most round timbers including poles, piling, and even fe nce post. An advantage in
weight scaling is that truckload we ight fac tors c an be used for ir.ve ntory c ontrol. Inventory control by weight would , it is believed, be e qua lly effe ctive for other round timbers.
Ma ny sawmill s are looking for wa ys to utili ze the whol e tr e e. ~farkets a re now a va ila ble for most forms of resid ue, but bark is the ha rd est to move profita bly . For those intere sted in bark as a fue l , and mulching
ma teria l , the data on pounds of bark per thousand fee t of lumber offer a quick convers ion factor.
Govern or E rn es t Vandiv e r ma de fu nds avai lable for the study through the Georg ia Forest Researc h C ouncil. \ !embers of t he Georg ia Farm Bure au, headed by John Dunca n , re que ste d that the s tudy be initia ted in a n effort to standa rdize sawlog we ig ht s .
General s upervisor of the pr oject was R ufus H. Page, ass is tant c hief, Division of Forest Ut ilization R esearch, USFS. Ass is ting P age were Paul Bois a nd Joe Sauc ier , wood tech n ologis t s for the F ores try Commission and USFS.

New Nursery Program Initiated

Georgia Forestry

Some 90,000,000 seedlings are being grown in state nurseries in 1961-62, announced Georgia Forestry C ommission Director Ray Shirley. The reduction in production is due to the elimination of the Soil Bank program, Shirley said.
"~ nursery program has been initiated whereby seedlings have been planted for bed-run shipment. The Commission, last year, found that disease-free, bed-graded stock is superior to table-graded seedlings and should have 10-15 percent better survival.
To grow high quality trees, seed bed density has been reduced from 1,000,000 seedlings per acre to 7 15,000 per acre. The additional growing space will produce less

culls, control height and increase diameter growth which will result in a short stocky plant with a balanced root-top ratio.
Sanford Darby, Re forestation c hief, s tated that the nursery soil management program calls for soil tests, giving field fertility IeveIs; planting sized seed, effective irrigation control, root pruning and a rigid spraying program for fusiform rus t. Darby pointed out that the seedlings will be sprayed twice weekly to insure that landowners receive disease-free stock. In addition, the seedlings will be sprayed after each rain. The soil has been fumigated to e liminate root rot and damping -off disease and nematodes.
Prior to lifting the trees will be in-

spected and all undersized and diseased trees removed. The high quality disease-free seedlings will have a top of approximately 8-10 inches, a stem diameter of 1 ~ inch with a fibrous root system 6-8 inches long.
Darby emphasized that the bed-run seedlings should survive better than the table-graded trees because of less exposure of air and sun. The 1961-62 crop will be packed in Commission 'wraparound' crates which were used for the fir st time last year,
Slash pine will account for the largest percentage of the seedling crop. Loblolly, longleaf, white and Virginia pine, yellow poplar, Arizona cypress, and red cedar round out the planting program.

The second annual statewide Future Farmers of America Forestry Field Day was captured by the Crawford County FFA Chapter. The contest, held at Covington, brought together 150 participants from 15 area elimination field day events throughout the state.
The Louisville Academy FFA Chapter placed second. Counties and towns represented were Atkinson, Charlton, Claxton, Crawford, Gilmer, Glenwood, Hawkinsville, Henry, Jackson, Louisville Academy, Menlo, O'conee Webster, Western, and Whigham.
First place winners in the various events were J irnmy Copeland and Calvin Baker of Menlo, planting; Donald Skelton, Jackson, selective marking; Duane Wright, Crawford, pulpwood volume estimation; Johnny Walton, Crawford, sawtimber volume estimation; David Moncrief, Crawford, tree identification; and Claude Abercrombie, Hawkinsville, ocular estimation. Others included Louie Lambert, Gilmer, land measurement; Wesley Polk, Henry, log scaling; Harry Bradberry and James Hayes, O'conee, sawing; and Jimmy Goodwin, Louisville, pulpwood scaling.
The Crawford County FFA Chapter, directed by J. F. Lowrey, received an inscribed plaque and $100 in cash. The Louisville Academy FFA Chapter received a plaque and $50 for second place. First place winners in the individual events were awarded $25 for first place and $15 for second.
Ed Kreis, Vocational Agricultural Department Forester, stated that the FFA field days gave each member an opportunity to display the fores try s kills

STATE FFA WINNERS FROMMl D-GEORGIA
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he has acquired in Vocational Agr iculture. In addition, it gave the FFA advisors a means of creating an interest in forestry for FFA members.
'Xh.xx1-using industries in the state provided prize money in the area events and the Georgia Fores try Association for the s ta te awards. Georgia Forestry Commission and industry personnel judged the events.

FFA champs, Crau ford County, receiue their award from Jlarvey Brown, executiue secretary, Georg ia Fores tr y Association. ]. F. L ou>rey, FF A advisor, receives the mt,ard. Winning chapt er members are , front rOll'; J ohnny Walt on, Lowell justice, T erre ll Mar s hall, /lugh Rowell and [)avid Moncrief. Hack rou are Luther Wilder, R obby Sm it h, Donald /lart man, J)uane Wright a~d James Walton.

Washington, Georgia

U l Georg~ li~ ~no~l~ic~~t~e~O ~~~ ~d~~r~~ t;~to /> 4ip w Washington, yesterday.

hy Mcs. Pembwke Pope, is th e spiral stairway near the main e ntra nce . Bac k whe n a

At least, the Wilkes County city provides that atmos- young lady named Susan Cooper ma rr ied int o th e Pop e

phere for those who share a sentimental regard for the family, the intricate staircase was built on her gra nd-

past glories of the Old South.

father's plantation in Bartow C ounty a nd in stall ed in th e

To the insensitive, on the other hand, it's just another Washington mansion.

Georgia town with a courthouse square, church steeples,

Although many of the origina l floors, walls a nd c e il-

parking meters, speed limits.

ings are now covered with modern build ing mate ri a ls,

An unhurried visit in the old town reveals that it is not the basic timbers in the o ld b uild ing inclu de ma ss ive

o nly ric h i n Civil War his t or y, but ac t ually d at es back to beams and wide plank s o f oa k and h eart pin e. 'XIith th e

the days of the Americ an Revo lution . It was here that exception of some br ick, marble, a nd wr o ug ht iron u se d

patr iots turned back Brit ish forces and

for foun dations, fir e places, a nd for orn a -

broke their hold on Georgia. The mo~t interesting aspect of present
day 'Va~hington is its great abundance of

me ntal purposes, the b uilders depended on the surr ounding fores t s for th e ir ma t e rials.
Down through th e years, many vi s itors

well-preserv ed ante bellum homes - mas-

have s topped to ad mire the Berry-Hay-

~ive white-columned mansions intermingl-

Pope house. Pe rhaps th e mos t promin e nt

ed with the modern dwellings, service stauon~ and stores along its tree shaded streets.

111 recen t years was Ada l i S t eve nson.
Across town from this state ly h ome is a well-kept mansion in whi c h ~Ir s. J e ffe r s on

Georgia Forestry recently visited the

Davis and her c h ildren vis ited a lmos t a

famou~ 11erry-lfay-Pope hJuse on 'XIest Robert Toombs Avenue, a two-story frame

century ago wh ile await ing th e a rri va l of 11er husba n d, th e p r e~ide nt o f th e Co nfed -

in Gr ee k Revival. The older portion was

erate States of America . Dow n the s tree t

huilt with hand hewn timbers and marked

is the tall-spired Presby ter ia n Churc h,

in the plaster in one of the closets of the f')-room hous e is the date 1818.

famous landmark for th e pas t 136 ye ars.
So me seven m i le~ o ut i n th e countr y is

Following several alterations, the big hou~<: wa~ adorned with a Doric colonade

\ lount Pleasant plant a t ion , wh e re E li Whitney once worked on hi s mini at ur e cot

with six great colu mns across the front

ton gin in a log wor ks ho p .

and a "widow's walk" on the roof. For-

If vou occasionally l ike to l inger in the

mal gardens, with ancient oaks, boxwood

shadow of the past, yo u 'll e nj oy th e ma ny

and m.1 gnolias, grace the extensive front

historic sights of \fashing t on , Georg ia .

lawn.

lit

One of the most attractive features of tile interior of tlt c homf', which is now

T>is trict For es ter George Collier adm ires sfn"ral s taircase in old bome .

The United Tenth
"Togetherness" has taken over in the Georgia Forestry Commission's Tenth District and it's bringing about better morale, improved working conditions and a greater interest in the da ily life of the community.
At least, that's the aim of the T t~ nth District Forestry C lub, composed of all Commission personnel who make up the 10 units in the 15county ~rea.
T. M. Strickland, Richm ond Co unty Ranger a nd president of the club, sa id , "we abolished the old Rangers' Club sometime ago and formed this new organization with a me mbers hip which includes not only county rangers, but technical foresters, assis tant rangers, patrolmen a nd towermen ...and as a result, we believe everyon e now fe els that they are an important part of the organization."
The meetings, held monthly, rotates throughout the counties in th e district. The host county provides a dinner and a program, usually including an outstanding s peaker.
"The speaker is not a lways in

forestry or related industry," said Strickland. "He can be a representative of any industry, trade, or profession, and itgives us agoodpicture of the problems and aims of people in other fields ...It not only increases our
knowledge of the community, but 1t g ives us a greater appreciation of the contributions others are making."
Club members sometime come out with h e lpful suggestions at the me e tings which are considered by the group and often adopted to improve their work.
Walter F. Smith, assistant ranger of the Greene-Taliaferro Unit, is vice president of the club, and Larry Edmunds, assistant ranger of the Columbia County Unit, is secretarytreasurer. A new slate of officers will be e lected in July.
''There is one point I would like to make clear," said the current president. "We pay our own way .. . our own dues and travel ex penses .. . The club is of no expense to the Commission ."

Fertilization Test Sites Established

The Georgia Forestry C ommission, in cooperation with the Tennessee Valley Authority, has es tablished four fertilization test sites in North Georgia, announced Commission Director R ay Shirley. The field planting test demonstration of nursery fertilized treated seedlings is being made on loblolly and s hortleaf pine, Shirley said.
The TVA stated that the tests should determine whether or not seedlings, produced by various type s of fertilizer , show any unusual growth and survival characteristics when grown under field conditions.
Under the test plan, the TVA has provided 1,300 seedlings for each test site and stakes for ma rkin g corners of planting sites and seedling rows. The Commission has arranged for the planting site, seedlings to be planted, and will record growth and survival date. Seventh District Forester Julian Reeves said that the C om miss ion has set up two test plots each in Catoosa, Dade, Whitfield, and Murray C ounties.
W. H. McComb, Co mmission ma nagement chief, stated that each tes t area consist of four blocks of seedlings. There are 13 rows to a block with 25 seed lings from one of the fertili zer treatments in each row. Mc Comb added that rows ar e randomized on six-foot spacing in eac h block with seedl ings six feet apart

alang each row. Stakes showing the fertilizer type are placed at the head of each row and at the corners of th e test plot.
Reeves added that he ight measurement was recorded at the time of planting and will be repe a ted a t th e end of the first, second and fifth growing seasons. Survival data was also record e d at the time height measurements were made.
The TVA will analyze the data at the end of the second and fifth growing seasons. A re port of their findings will be made to the Commission.
Murray County FFA members L es te r llill and Larry LOU' l!Wn fJ/ant test s ites under supervision of Commis s ion personnel.

Georgia Forestry
DIRECT SEEDING
Increased Survival? Less Costly? Practical?
A direct seeding experimental area of approximately two acres has been set up on the Waycross State Forest, announced Ge orgia Forestry Commission Director Ray Shirley.
Shirley added that the proce ss is not designed to replac e nurserygrown stock. It is to be used in areas where practical or where land values may prohibit planting by other methods.
W. H. McComb, Commission management chief, stated that the cost of the operation will be from sixeight dollars per acre. McComb said the Commission is attempting to find a suitable method of direct seeding pine, reduce cost in site preparation and also satisfactorily reproduce longleaf pine artificially.
At Waycross, slash and longleaf pine seed were planted by a farmtype harrow and planter, a seedhorn (or hand planter.) The harrow and planter were pulled by a tractor. In the first method the seed were pressed into the ground by a 'flat' wheel attachment with the harrow being used to expose the mineral soil. The hand planter is a pipe cylinder with a rake attachment which is used to disturb the soil. The rake has three mower blades which cut away any heavy undergrowth.
An important development in the direct seeding field has been the production of a repellent to protect the seed from hungry rodents and birds. McComb stated that the treated seed were planted approximately one foot apart.
Some of the problems of direct seeding are control and spacing of trees during planting, absence of an opportunity to grade and discard seedlings of an inferior quality before planting and the probable ne cessity of thinning the tree s before they reach salable size.
Direct seeding is th e pra ctice of planting seed by ha nd seed er, a irplane, hand broad c asting or mech a nical planter. Exte n s ive re s earch in this method of re fore station is underway in the South. T he C ommission plans to s e t up additiona l plots in other areas of Ge org ia us ing longleaf, slash, and loblo lly pine seed, l\fc C omb said. P ul p mi ll s an d oth er groups have already used direct seeding to re forest some area s for c ommercial purposes.

Georgia Forestry

Con1mission Has Library Fa cilities

"An informed public is an educated public" is the theory behind the grow th and development of the library facilities of the Georgia Forestry Com mission.
Four years of planning and selective ordering of volumes pertaining to forestry and related fields have made this library one of the most upto-date of its kind in the state. The spacious facilities are also used for conferences with adequate room for the use of visual aids.
The library has l800 catalogued volumes, receives 210 reriodicals regularly, has available pam fhlet materials on forestry subjects and station papers from Forestry Experiment stations throughout the U. S. A selection of PHD thesis on microfilm is maintained as well as out-

standing reference books and current foreign publications.
The expansion of the library can largely be contributed to a seven man committee which screens and selects books, that are purchased for the library. The committee is made up of men from the Georgia Forestry Commission, Georgia Forest Research Council and the U. S. Forest Service. Frank Craven, Information and Education Chief for the Georgia Forestry Commission i_s chairman.
The "house of books" is- headed by ~Irs. Yvonne Saucier, who extends an invitation to professional foresters, researchers, students and the general public to use the facilities. Mrs. Saucier stated that the books may be checked out for a period of two weeks. The library is opened Monday through Friday.

Increased Forest Acreage Report ed

Southeast Georgia's forest acreage is increasing and cull timber is decreasing, according to a preliminary report by A. S. Todd, Jr., acting chief, Division of Forest Economics Research , Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Asheville, N.C.
Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Commission, stated that the third Forest Survey of Southeast Georgia shows that more land is growing timber than ever before. Shirley added that this increased growth and reduction in cull species will aid Georgia in meeting present and future timber needs. The Forestry conditions of SE Georgia are of utmost importance to the economy of this area and the State, Shirley emphasized.
The commercial forest area, 7.9 million acres, is four percent greater than in 1952 and eight percent greater than in 1934. Since 1934, there has been a reduc tion in softwood c ull timber from l 08 million cubic feet to 54 million cubic feet and in hardwood from 527 million cubic feet to 448 million cubic fe e t.
Almost half of the increase since I 952 has been in pine and oak-pine types, land on which at least 25 percent of the stocking is pine. This is a reversal of the 1934-52 trend which reduced that area by nine percent. However, today' s 5. 7 mill ion acres of pine and oak-pine type still fall short of the 6. 1 mi llion acres pres ent in 1914.
The report pointed out that since

1952 timber growth has about kept pace with timber removal. There has been no significant change in inventory volume either in softwoods or of hardwoods.
Approximately 4,246,000 cords of softwood and hardwood are be ing cut annually. The annual growth rate is 4,997,000 cords. In the sawtimber size some 1,3R'i,OOO board feet are grown annually. Of this total approximately l, 184,000 board feet are cut.
Since 1952, the Southeast area has gained some 300,000 acres of which 152,000 acres is in hardwoods, The growing stock in' softwoods has increased some 700 million cubic feet and the hardwood over 400 million cubic feet.
A preliminary report on the lower piedmont is expected shortly. The remainder of the study covering the Upper Piedmont and mountain regions will be carried out during June, July and August.
The survey, which started tn August 195 ), is expected to be completed in the latter part of 1961. MacKay B. Bryan, Research F orester, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Asheville, is in charge of the study.
The s urvey is being conducted by U. S. Forest Service personnel with additional backing of the Georgia Forestry Commission, Georgia Fores t Research Council, Georgia Forestry Association and industry.

Mrs. Laura Lee SPARROW
Outstanding Farm Editor

In the woods .. . on the farm ... in the

tobacco warehouse, the figure of the

Waycross J ournal-IIerald' s farm edi-

tor is where there is farm people.

Sometimes as leader, and at all

times as reporter, the native of Ware

County has left her mark in broaden-

ing the farmer's horizons through her

forward writing and initiative in dev-

eloping and working in the communi-

ty's various farm programs. .\frs.

Laura Lee Sparrow, 50, has been

Farm Editor of theJournal-IIerald since 1950.

She came with the Herald in 1941

and was assigned to general report-

ing. Prior to that time, Mrs. Sparrow

worked with the Department of Pub-

lic Welfare of which she has been a

member since 1937.

At present, she has a daily radio

program, Rural Ramblings, and is

annually the forest

festival

queen

chairman, an ev-

ent she helped to

initiate. An ac-

tive member of the

Waycross Chamber

of Commerce Agri-

cultural Commit-

tee, Mrs. Sparrow

assisted in the

formation of the Satilla Livestock Mrs . Spnrrozw

Association in 1948. She annually

serves as rodeo queen chairman.

The Association awarded .\frs. Spar-

row, on three occasions, for her un-

selfish and untiring service to the

rodeo. The local farm editor also

assisted in the establishment of the

Waycross Livestock market.

Since bee oming Farm Ed itor, she

has received the Georgia Press

Association award for agricultural

reporting, the Georgia Farm Bureau Federation award in 1956 and '57

and the meritorious award to 4-H

clubs in 1955. On three occasions,

she has rece ived the Associated

Press news writing award on fea-

tures.

During World War II, ,\Irs. Sparrow

was head of the Waycross USO and

ha s twice bee n recog nized for out-

standing community service. She

was also statewide vice-president of th e Social ~' orkers Council.

Georgia Forestry

Seed bed grafting, a new technique to improve grafting of scion material used in tree improvement work, is being carried out by the Georgia Forestry Commission , Director Ray Shirley announced. The project is expected to increase graft survival at a reduced cost and speed up tree improvement work. This program, Shirley said, is being conducted at Commiss ion's Walker and Morgan
urseries. Sanford Darby, Commission Refores tation Chief, stated that slash and loblolly scion are being taken fr om the Commission's two seed orchards, Arrowhead and Horseshoe Bend, and from parent trees throughout the State. The grafting is being done by trained inmate labor under the supervision of Darby and Dr. Claude Brown, professor of Botany, oiversity of Georgia. Nursery beds have been thinned so that seedlings are spaced every fo ot . This enables growth of extra large seedlings which allows grafting after one year's growth instead
of two as in field grafting. Darby pointed out that seed bed
grafting, concentrated in a relatively small area (two acres), allows closer supervision of workers, better spray programs for insect and disease control, and controlled temperatures through shading. Darby added that th is will enable us to make 20,000 grafts per year with a minimum 70 perce nt survival instead of 30 percent as in the past.
Since tree improvement work was initia ted in 1955, there have been 56 ,85 0 grafts made with slash and loblolly pine. Of these, the Commiss ion has l8,000 living grafts. The majority of this total has been field grafted (seedlings planted in seed orchard and after two years superior scion grafted on to the seedlings .)
Darby pointed out that field grafting, on a large scale, is undesirable be cause it produces uneven age orchard s. Weather conditions and inad equate irrigation facilities account for the failure of many grafts.

In seedbed grafting the ro ot stock is selected to match the scion material used. An incision of 2" - 271 " is made on an area cleared of needles and limbs.
...The scion is then inserted in the incision so that the cambium layers of the root stock and the scion match. The scion material is shaved to a feathe red end so that it will fit snug in the incision and there will be no air pockets.
... With the insertion of the scion material the root stock and scion are bound together with a grafting band. The band is released after the graft bas taken. After the stock is bound the seedling is covered with a polyethelene bag which maintains a high humidity.

Fighting Fire . .. with sand
Landowners and foresters recently attended a two-hour demonstration of a new forest fire fighting machine at the Waycross State Forest. The machine, a sandcaster, is a new approach to forest fire fight ing in the South, according to Ed Ruark, director, Georgia Forest Research Council.
The saodcaster has been under tests by a team from the Southern Forest Fire Laboratory and the Georgia Forestry Commission for the past several weeks. The machine was developed by the State of Michigan and the U. S. Forest Service. Ray Shirley, Commission director, added that studies are being made on the amount of sand it will cast, distance the sand can be thrown, and its effectiveness on indirect and direct attack on forest fires.
Thus far, tests have shown that this machine is capable of throwing three to five cubic yards of sand per minute up to a distance of 100 feet. Shirley said that this represents the work of some 50 men. The machine moves at a forward speed of up to one and one-half miles per hour. A high speed rotortype blade cuts a trench 26 inches wide by six inches deep and can cast sand in any direction.
The sandcaster, which is designed to extinguish and retard forest fires, weighs 6,800 pounds. It has its own power unit and is controlled by a hydraulic system. The machine is pulled by a separate tractor unit.
Ruark pointed out that this is just one of the many new tools and developments that are being uncovered by the forest fire research staff with the aim of helping Georgia's landowners keep fire losses at a minimum .
U. S. Fo rest Service

MEMOR1A;\f ... R . Bruc e Mac Gr e g or , Jr., 47 , forestry researc h tech nic ian, South e rn F orest F ire L ab, ;\lacon , d ie d April 25. Ma cG regor began h is fo res tr y c ar ee r in ' 37 as Vogel Sta te Park s uperintende nt. Fr o m '4 1-;\fa rch ' 45 he se r ved with th e Georgi a De partme nt of Forestr y as assi st ant and di s trict forester, Gainesville, and assis t ant s t a t e fores t e r, ma n age ment, Atl a nta. Afte r se rvin g te nures wi th the Southern P i ne Assn . and Thornton Re alty Co. , ~l aco n , h e re turn ed t o f orestr y in J an. ' 59 with th e Georgi a Forest Research Co uncil. 1n Jul y '5 9 MacG regor transfe rred to th e U. S. Forest Se rv ice a nd his position a t the time of his dea th .

All members of th e ATF A Board of Directors were re-elec t ed a t the 25 th a nnual meet-
ing recentl y in Valdosta. They are Judge Ilarley Langdale, Valdost a; E mmett
Pilkinton, Douglas; Jim L. Gillis, Jr., Soperton; S. 0. Spooner, Sr., Wa r wi c k ; ~ 1. S
Stallworth, Jr. , Vinegar Bend, Ala.; Linsay G race, Screven Co.; a nd R. M. New ton, Wiggins, ~!iss. Not s hown are William Knabb, Macclenny, Fla.; W. B. Nagle, G l e n
St. Mary, Fla.; and W. L. Rhod es, Estill, S.C.

F IR E PR OT ECTlON ... J e ff Da vi s and Peach Counties wi ll join 15 1 other Georgi a counti es no w unde r fo rest fi re pro t ec ti o n J uly 1. Th e add iti on o f these two counties wi ll bring th e tota l fo rest acreage unde r protection to 22,081,2 13. T h e re are 24 , 000,000 ac re" of fores t l a nd in Geo rgia. J e ff Davis Co unty has 170 ,000 for ested ac res or 81 pe rcent of t h eir t o t a l la nd area. T he re a re some 37,600 acres of forest la nd in Peach County. This represe nt s 39 perce nt of their l and area.

Logging the foresters ...

STATE BOARD ... of Registra tion for fo resters ha s a new member, J. Walter Myers, Jr. Governor Ernest Vandiver appointed th e exec utive director of the Forest Farmer Association to a four year term. He is also editor of the "Forest Farmer" magazine and the annual "Forest Farmer ;\lanual". The board of registration for fore sters considers and acts on all applications for reg istration under the Georgia Law a uthorizing optional licensing of professional fore s ter s .
MULTIPLE USE 'ROUND UP' THEME .. Fontana Village Resort, in Western
North Carolin a, was host to the second annual "Conservation Roundup", June 1-4.
The 4-d ay "Roundup", was attended by top o ffici a l s, department and division directors and others con nected w"ith Conservation. The Georgia Forestry Commission was represented by it's director R ay Sh irley.
Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior , The Honorable Frank P. Briggs, Missouri, was pri ncipal speaker at the conservation banquet.
The theme of the three-day session was "Multiple Use of Natur al Re - sourc es". Resident manager 0. A. Fetch said the meeting provided the conservation leader s an opportunity to discuss current problems, policies, practices and procedures and general management and use.
All natural resource groups in North and South Carolina, Georg ia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia participated in the program .

STATE FORESTERS MEE T ... Th e Ge org ia Forestry Commission, ;\lacon, will be host to the an nua l Stat e Forest ers meeting Oct. 1-5. Commission Director Ray Shirley said th at Georgia Gove rnor Ernes t Vandiver has accepted an invitation to speak at the Convention's banquet Oct. 3. The meeting will take pl ace a t the Dempsey Motor Hote l.
RESEARC H PAPERS... The Georgia Forest Research Council recently released two research papers; one 'Protection of Pine Seed Orchards a nd N urseries from Fusiform Rust' and the othe r , 'An Analysis of 1959 Forest Fires and Fire Danger in Georgia. The papers were a uthored by A. A. Foster and Dan \V. Krueger and J arne s E. Hefner and Theodore G. Storey, respectively.
OFFIC IALS ELECTED ... Edwin Wal ke r, Tifton, has been named pre s iden t of the Georgia C hristmas Tree Growe rs Association. T. L. Williams, Corde le, is vice-president. Secretary-treasurer is Bill Murray, Athens. E lected to the "board of directors were J. E. Hambrick, Ilahira; Walter Ry lande r, and Olin Withe rin gton, Ame ricus; Sam Rambo, LaGrange and \V. A. Hartman, Lilb urn.
I & E IIEAD... George S. James, head of U. S. Forest Service public information programs in I 1 southern states s ince 1958, was promoted to the Washington, D. C. staff of the U. S. Forest Service in April. Southern R egion Forester J. K. Vessey, said f a mes is Deputy to Assistant Chief A. W. Greeley. He i s i n charge of the nationwide programs of Nationa l Forest Protection and Developmeru.

~ DEll
p.;paz .
Be verly Ann llolcombe, Miss Georgia Forestry, 1960 of Bremen enplanes for the sixth an nu a l Southern P in e Machine ry and Equipment Exposition. T he machinery show was held in c onnection with the forty -sixth a nnua l meeting of the Southern Pine Association. ller reign came to end recently at the Georg ia Forestry Assoc iation meeting at Jekyll Island.
APPOINT;\IENT... Andrew Brands has been selected to fill the position of chief of the Cooperative Forest P rotection Section, Division of State and Private Forestry. P rior to his appointment , Brands was with the Cooperative Fire Protection Section of Region Seven. Brands succeeds the late Sam Beich le r.

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GEORGIA FORESTRY QUEENS

Georgia Forestry presents a few of

the beauties in contention for the

2

title of "Miss Georgia Forestry".

(1) MISS SCHLEY COUNTY -

Paula J o Tondee

(2) MISS OGLETHORPE COUNTY -

Robbie Maxwe 11

(3) ~HSS TOOMBS COUNTY -

Donna Jean Montoya

(4) MISS RICHMOND COUNTY -

Peggy Von Nessen

(5) MISS CHARLTON COUNTY -

Judy Odum

(6) MISS ~1ERIWETHER COUNTY -

Bonnie Simmons

(7) MISS WARE COUNTY -

Sharron West

(8) MISS WILKINSON COUNTY -

Lynn Broyles

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I'm felling you, fhes~ Geor3/a Forests prov/dejust about an.!Jfhing a fellow could ask /or in relaxation ... eryoyme-nt in the great outdoors w/lh the assuroncq_ fhat the wood- I.I.Sing t'ndusfries will ku.p humin_g fo fhe fune, of on
abundance of raw mofer/als!

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