Georgia FORESTRY Decembe r, 1962 Vol. 15 ~o.4 Frank Craven Editor Published Quarterly by the GEORGIA FORESTRY IOMMISSION Hox 10"'7 Ma con, 1..-org-ia RAY SHIRLEY DIRECTOR Members, Hoard of \ommissionf'rs: CHAIR\1A N L. \1. JO!WAN, JR. - VUlALIA ANDREW J. A l iLT\1\N - SYLVESTE:. R OSCA R S. GARRISO\' - 11 0 .,1LH W. GEOR GE BEASLEY LAVONIA ALLXANDER SESS0.,1S COI~THI CT OFFICE~ GEORI.I \ FOIU:~TJ{Y C0\1\11~~10:\ Di"TRI< ' T I l{ou(( :!, :;;tatf'~horo Di "TRICT II -- I'. 0. Ro'\ ~li, Carmi Ia DI STHI< T Ill -~ f'. () H"' li~l. .-\ nwril'us DI ST RI CT I\' 1'. () Btl '\:\:!:!, ~ .,,nan Dio:TRI< T \ ' I' 0. Hox 96 , :'lld\a DI STRI1 di< ri~: ,dl Pl "TR I< T \'I! 1\outP 1, HomP DI STRI<'T \ ' Iii - 1' . 0 H o\ 11ill, \\'a\o ro ss DI"TR!C'T I X . 1'. 0. Ro\ ~ 1fi, ( ;;lltH"' \"ill< D isTRwT \ ~ ln On the Cover \1E1Hil CllHIST\lA S _-\\I) i\ Mf'mlwr of thP <;E'orgia Pr!'ss Associatio n. Gl"orgia Forl"stry is PntPrPO as sf'cond class mattf'r '" thP Post OfficP unriPr th!' Act of Augu,t 24, 1~12. Cruising the NeVIs Pine Trees For Those Idle Acres To enco ur age lan d owners to p l ant idle acres t o pin e trees, Georgia Forestry Com mission Reforestation Chief S. P. Darby has se nt o ut literature to all Georgia landowners who bo ught trees last year. Chief Darby pr esent s fa cts on last ye ar's production of seedlings in Georgia nurseries (mo r e than 54 million seed ling s) a nd on placing orders for trees fo r the coming season. To mak e it as easy as p ossibl e for farmers to order trees, a new po licy perm its p laci n g an o rder witho ut payment. However, payment must be made before del ivery of trees is made. The package to Georgia landowners includes a Georgia Forest Research paper by E. V. Brender a nd W. H. McComb, th a t show s th e val u e of farming the woods. St atistics o n a 29- acre tree farm at the Hit chiti Experimental Forest show the an nual st ump age val ue of pulpwood for a 12- yea r period amounted to $70.'50. There are s till idle acr es in our state which would make good returns to the owner if plant ed to trees. We applaud Refor es t er Darby for hi s efforts towar d e n co ur agin g mor e tree planting. (From the ,\lacon T eleg raph) Woodland Farming Gives Steady Income Woodland owners a re starting a new business to g iv e steady reven ue from the woods, on at least part of their hold ings. The program i s started o n a modest scale, and a s ingle product basis. The plan c alls for farm ing the woods by harvesting, we eding and planting a specified acreage each year. This has in mind the s ma ll woodland owner who does not realize a regular income from th eir woods. To wait 10 or 15 years between harvest offers little incen rive coward farming the woods. Some have tried a pulpwood rotation by clear cutting o ne acre each year and planting it back to p ine that same year. This in time nearly doubles the g ros s re turns from the forest acre. This program wi ll take time a nd effort to carry it out. The need is to plant 1,000 seedlings per acre each year. The planti ng of small acreage yearly on rotation basis will mean more in the fore s t owners pocket. (From th e Adr?! Nell 'S ) Unemployed Trash Burners Not so very lo ng ago huge and busy trash burners, two or three stories high, adjoined the lumber mill s . They belched smoke and fi re as they disposed of the great amount of waste that resulted when trees were transformed into boards a nd s hing le s and other such natural products. It's very diffe rent now. The bur ners are pretty ge nerally if not entirely idle. They 're unemployed. For nowadays almost not hing is wasted. Almost everything that comes from a tree-all the bits and p ieces, all the odds and ends-h as a valuable use. Th is is the fruit of research and experimentation. More than 4,000 products are made from wood, wood fibers, a nd wood c h emical s. A f ew of them: Cellopha ne , pla s tics, in sulation, lacquers, photograph film, shotgun shells, fabrics for clothing, fur niture, boxes, and canon s. It's a nalogous to the old saying that packers use all of the pig but the squeal. The tree that o nce was part of a forest ser ve s u s every day in an almost incredible variety of ways. And we're gow g to keep o n having fore st s, d ue to modern "sustam ed yield" logging methods, based on the tr ee farm idea, where new growth equal s or exceeds the c ut. So this co untry's s upply of wood and its 4,000 by- products is assured. And that's a matter of top importance. For wood, despite the developmt:>nt of competitive products, holds its preemine nt place in our lives, because of its attractiveness, durability, adaptability a nd economy. (From the ThomastJil/e Tim es Fnterprise) Awards Program Recognizes Forestry Conservationists A piOn e er forester, this is A. V. Ke nn e dy, State Forest Conservation winner, Region Four, ~ayc ro s s, Ga. Gove rnor Ern est Va ndiver made the award presentation at the 27th annu al meetin g o f the Georgia Sportsman Federation. The Se ars Roebuck F o un da tion spo nsors the awards program. Kennedy adopted, throughout his forestry career beginning in 1916, many new ideas and programs that improved and made his operations more efficient. The selection of ten inch diameter trees as a mrmmum for gum production, adoption of advanced conservation practices for working trees and collecting gum, constructed improved fire stills and a leader in the organiza tion of the American Turpentine F armers Association were among hi s contributions. One of Georgia's largest individual landowners, Kennedy was a pioneer in reforestation, fire control and water drainage. His reforestation activities began in 1926 with the planting of s eedlings he pulled from ditches near Ruskin, Ga. Over a period of nine years, Kennedy, with a dip iron, set out some 64,000 'ditch' grown seedlings without any site preparation. Overall he has planted more than 1. 5 million trees on his forest land. Witp the planting of s eedlings, forest fire protection was a natural inovation. He purchased a tractor and two plows for controlling fires on his own land and assisting hi s neighbors prior to any organized fire protection program. In 1928, Kennedy joined with the late Alexander Sessoms, Sr. and other turpentine producers and landowners in organizing a timber protection organization for fire protection. With headquarters at Homerville, the T. P .0. provided protection in parts of Atkinson, Clinch, 'Lanier and Wa re Counties. Kennedy i s ch a irman of the T.P.O. Forestry Board of which he was a charter member. The establishment of commercial pine in ponds and swamp areas was a personal triumph for Kennedy. During extreme rainy periods', he and hi s laborers would s e arch out the norm al drainage channels. Long stakes were placed 10 the drainage direction. With the sub s iding of the wa te r , A . V. Kenned y drainage di tches were con structed making reforestation economically feasi ble. His civic contributions are many , partic ul arly with the Baptis t Childrens Home, Odum; and the Baptist V,i llage , Waycross. He is a director of both groups. Kennedy is a member of the A TFA, of which he was a dire c tor for many years; Georgia Fores try Association; deacon, First Baptist Church, Waycross; charter member, Waycross Rotary Club; and director, Atbinta Times. Governor Vandiver also recognized four oth er reg ional winne r s fo r ou tstandi ng contributions to for es try . They are Tom Mullen, Cedartown, R e gio n One; Augusta Junior Women ' s C lu b, Region Two; Harvey Jordan, Leary, Region Three; and William R. '3illy' Johnson, Doraville, Region Five. Mullen wa s cited for furni s hing 4-H and F FA youths wi th seedlings and erecting a large native s tone conservati on sign fe a turing the 4-H emblem. ti <: has also planted pine s, wil dlife feed beds, designed a planter for direct seeding and cooper ated with th e Univers ity of Georgia School o f Fores try on a direct seeding s tudy. To effectively and economically clea r scrub specie s for tree planting, Mullen has developed a bl ade and harrow which i s be ing used by ma jor for es t in dustri es here and abroad. The "Good Outdoors Manners Pro- gram" has been brought to the attention of Richmond .Countians t hr ough the Junior Women' s Club Conservation Department. Radio programs, feat uring fo rest fire preve ntion a nd forest fire laws have been aired. F orestry minded youth were sponsored by this organization and sent to fores ~ry tra in ing c amps. Other e v ent s included Arbor Day Program s and the building of a roads ide park ad jac ent to th e Rich mond Co un ty Fo re s try Unit. For th eir efforts in forest c onservation th is year, th e Georgia For es try Ass oc i a ti on 's a nnual award was pre s ent e d to th em . As a tre e fa rm er, J or dan beg an s e rious management of his 4,000 acres ten y ears ago wi th spot p l a nti ng. In addi tion, he has cleared 45 0 ac re s of c u ll species du ring th e p a s t tw o years. P res ent management plans call for harro win g the a re a for t wo to three years and th en putting it in pine. In fire control, Jordan has been of great as sistance . His equipment, which includes a 2,000 gallon water tank, is al ways at th e di s posal of the local fore stry unit. His 25 miles of fire breaks are an indication of the importance he places on fire preven- As tion. a member ' of the legis l a ture , he has a l ways s upported th ose fore stry issu e s which benefit and legally protect th e woodland ow ners. "The Singing Woodsman," ' Billy ' Johnson, h as approached for es try through th e trees. In music and s ong he has painted the image of a tree biologically as well as a provider of jobs and recreation. The nation ' s first outdoor show, of this type, was orig inated by ' Bill y ' 10 . 1952 at WTOP-TV and Radio, Wa s hing ton , D. C. While there, he teamed up with the Sons of the Pioneers on a Fire Prev~ntion se ri es. In Sep t em be r, 1961 ' Bill y ' a nd his for estry guit ar arrived on the Georgia s cene at WAil-TV , Atlant a. H e tr a vel s some 300 mil es per week e nt e rt amJ r,g Georgia' s youth and speaking to a- dult groups . 'Billy' has just fini sheJ a film strip on trash burning that will be rele as ed t he fi r s t of 1963. M .OKEV Whether man or beast, a wedding, to a male, seems to draw the same reaction, _a state of cool calmness. Smokey's reception of his bride Goldie was no more than a glance. He was much more interested in the peanuts some 400 wedding guests were tossing into the 'bridal suite'. On the other hand Goldie made a 'splash' on her arrival at the Washington Zoo. The teenage bride , 18 months, who hails from New Mexico, decided to freshen up a bit from her long plane ride with a quick dip. Like any bride, Goldie had something new, borrowed and blue. Tinfoil and glass jewelry set-off the bear size 'diamond' given by the children of Indianapolis, Ind. New Mexico State Forester Ray L. 3 ell, an 'old friend' ac companied her and she had borrowed transportation to the zoo. Another item, a blue garter contributed by the people of Sant a Fe, New Mexico, she considered improper to v.ear. The backgrounds of both bears are similar. The 'newlyweds' are both orphans and hail from New Mexico. Smokey is the living legend of a dramatic forest fire that burned the Lincoln National Forest. Since 1945 he has been a national symbol of forest fire prevention. Goldie, an orphan, was found in the Cibola National Forest. Zoo Director Theodore has predi cted 'fire prevention cubs' by the winter of 1963. If so, forest fire prevention will become a family affair with Smokey as it has wit;-, families from all walks of life throughout the natio n. Goldie g iv e s cameraman the eye as she leads keepe r on fast p-ace to he r new home and responsibilities. Dr. Theodore f-l. R eed, di recto r, National Zoological Park, displays engag emen t ring du rin R Goldie's rece tion ceremonies. tieorglo Lends p ood Residue And Board Georgia, for the 14th consecutive year, l eads the South in pulpwood pro du ction . The 1962 edition of ''Southern P ulpwood Production" shows that 4,949,100 cords were harvested in Georgia i n 196 1. This is a one percent in crease over 1960. The pulpwood purc hases totaled $98,982,000. This i s four percen t higher than the 1960 fi gure s . Am ong the leadi ng produ cers, Alabama was second with a 3.3 million cords . No rth and So uth Carolina and Florida each produced over two million cords. T ennessee had a 16-percent increase to 418,500 cords. In the production of paper and board , Ge orgia wre s ted the nation's leade rship away from Wisconsin. Georgia' s output was 2,297,020 tons. Since 1950 Georgia has shown a gain of 131.4 percent. Georgia's manufacturing plants placed second in the nation in the amou nt of wood pulp used in the pro- duction of the final product. Geor- gia's output of 2, 7 49,954 tons of wood pulp was second to Washington's 3,282,162 tons. Georgia also remained the leading producer of wood residue with 543,076-cords. States producing rr.ore than 100,000-cords included Alabama, Arkansas, and North Carolina. For the South, wood residue production totaled more than 3.3 million cords. Hardwoods was another area of increased production. A seven percent increase over 1960 and 17-percent over 1959 was noted in the 1961 production of some 4.3 million cords. Alabama and Georgia were cited for production gains. They rank second and third respectively in production after being doormats of the South only ten years ago. The South's leading producer of roundwood was Baldwin County, Ala., with an output of 171,485cords. Camden, Clinch, Ware, and Wayne Counties are pointed out as among 16-counties in the South cutting more than 100,000-cords of round wood. Pulpwood output in the 12-Southern States increased three percent with nine of the States showing increases. Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oklahoma were the only States showing a decline. The Southern States production of 24,230, 728-cords is 60-percent of the nation's total in 1961. In other production areas, hardwood and residues increased. However, pine ro undwood remained virtually unchanged for the third consecutive year, according to the report. The report includes charts, and graphs on the number of companies procuring pine and hardwood roundwood, mill capacity, production increases and declines and detail tables on all phases of production by State. Hardwood and pulpwood cordage is listed by State and county. Seedling Planting Time A new tree seedling shipping policy, aim ed a t s moo th er seedling distribution has gone into effect with the 196 2-63 shipping season, according to Ray Shirley, direc tor, Georgia Forestry Com mi ssion. Shirley said that seedling deliveries, by St a te truck, are being made by district offi c e and county unit personnel. The scheduling of these shipments are made by th e nur series. Landowners are urged to work through their local c ounty forest ra nger in the ordering and pickup of seedlings. The Commission director pointed out that a more effective scheduling and hauling system can be affected at the local level. Initial deliveries were made around Dec. 1. Inquiries, as to delivery, should be made to the forest rangers or nursery superintendents. Questiohs concerning payment and availability of trees should be directed to the ~1acon office. Commission Reforestation Chief Sanford Darby stated that the Commission has some 60 million seedlings for sale. Approximately 23- million had been sold by Nov. 1. Species grown and cost per thousand are slash, loblolly, longleaf, short- leaf, and Virginia pine, $4; eastern white pine, $6; and Arizona cypress, yellow poplar, cotton wood, and red cedar, $10. A transportation charg e of 25 cents per thousand trees is made on del iveries by State truck. However, any purchaser may pick up his seedlings at the designated nursery , Darby said. Seedling orders may be placed wi thout payment. However, payment must be made before delivery. Shirley erophasized that no cash will be accepted. Only checks, money or ~, and ASC purcha se orders :ue accerc able. Order blanks may be obtained from the County Forest Ranger, County Agent, ASC a nd ACP personnel. Georgia Forestry Commission Sou- thern Pine Be etle control activities have spread in to Harris, Heard, Meri- wether, and Troup Counties. Corn- mis sion Direc tor Ray Shirley said that seven 4-man crews have been moved into the newly infested areas. Shirley expressed optimism in the overall beetle picture, stating that it is during the fall and winter months when the efforts of our suppression work will be most effective as the beetle will not be in its reproductive period. He added that in seven coun- ties, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Putnam, Wilkes, and Talia- ferro, the beetle population has been reduced below epidemic proportions. In counties where treatment is still being applied, air patrols are being flown to detect any additional spread and areas of reinfestation. Periodic flights are also being made in counties not infested in order to spot initial signs of Southern Pine Beetle outbreak. The above areas are pinpointed on aerial photos which enables easier location of spots by ground crews and provides a record of infested trees which is valuable in detecting reinfestation. Since mid-March there have been sorn e one quarter million trees treat- ed in 22-counties. These trees were located in approximately 7,000 spots. This represents a loss of about 4, 2a~0d00 000 775 board cords feet of sawtimber of pulpwood. Addi- tional losses have been incurred from trees not treated. The average size of the treated trees is about 8. 7 inches. The treatment has utilized more than 350,000 gallons of chemi- cal and taken approximately 85,000 man hours. Assistant .Management Chief John Harnrnond, beetle project coordina- tor, said work progress by counties, where control has been in operation 1n recent months, is as follows: ~AI\ 1\S The area, for all practical pur poses is under control. 1/o we uer, the rang er and his cre w is still keeping the co unt y under s ur ve illance. There were 23-spot s, conta ining 322 tree s treated. No breakout is expecte d. !31!3!3 (rmtro l operations uill be terminat etJ md the first of the year as operation::, tter, Rome. Ollie Burtz, Ninth District forester, Gainesville, was plans boss. Floyd Hubbard, assistant district forester, Management, and Pendley Holmes, district ra nger, Fire Contro l, Rome, was records officer and camp boss, respe ctively. The Oconee National Forest was the site of the mock fire near Eatonton. The duties of fire, plans a nd camp boss were filled by Floyd Al Smith, Fourth District forester, Newnan; William D. ~1illians, Jr., Sixth District forester, Milledgeville; and H. 0. McMichael, Jasper-Jones County ranger, Monticello . James W. Richey, assistant district forester, Management, Milledgeville, was records officer. Portions of Evans and Tattnall Counties, Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp. forests, _took the brunt of the Claxton "fire". Guiding these operations were Don Stewart, assistant district forester, Fire Control; William C. Harper, First District forf7ster; Jerry Lanier, assistant district forester, Management; and Henry Swindell, assistant district forester, Management, Statesboro. They were fire boss, plans boss, camp boss and records officer, respectively. In the big "blaze" on the Waycross State Forest Billy P. Miles, assistant district forester, Fire Control; and James A. Henson, Eighth District forester, Waycross, was fire and plans boss, respectively. Robert C. Paulk, assistant district forester, Management, Waycross, and W. G. Morris, ranger, Wayne County, was camp boss and service boss, respectively. Emphasis was placed on the use of the Commission's patrol craft and TBM in detecting and suppressing forest fires. The planes, equipped with two-way radios and loudspeakers, are also used for directing ground crews to the blaze and keeping them advised of any sudden change in fire direction. The TBM, fire retardant chemical bomber, is used on major fires over the State and on major fires in member States of the Southeastern Forest Fire Compact Commission. tzon'. f'lmm r J ild'~u . /rter >. uflJ ' :r r ' r .~ ~ ,, , l{, . tl I : , ._ uh z! e Georf!.ia Gol 1ernor Fnzest Vand h ,er f'uts bis s if!.1zature to National Forest Products We ek Proclamation. Present at th e sif!.ning are Lynn Rabun, chairman, Fores t Products Week, Atlanta; Jim L Gillis, Jr., president, Georgia Fores try Association, Soperton; F?ay Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Co mmission, Maeon; and llan 'e)' R. 13ro1l'n, executh1e secretary, GFA, Atlanta. NATIONAL FOREST PRODUCTS WEEK Georgia Go\ernor Ernest Vandiver proclaimed October 21 - 27 as National Forest Products Reek in Georgia. Governor Vandiver s tated th at for many years forestry has been a vital key in Georgia's industrial economy for literally thousands of Georgians. Georgia has become a leader in fores try throu gh the scien tific manag ement of her forests and insuring a continuous supply of forest products and services, Governor Vandi ver added. Forest Products \l: eek Chairman Lynn Rabun, Atlanta, poin ted out th a t in 196 1 Georgia le d the South for the 14th consecutive year in round pulpwood production. Rabun, Sou thern \lanager, Floise Cascade Corp., said there were 4,949,100 cords produced, a one percent increase over 1960 and five percent over 1959. In addition, a recently completed U. S. Fore st Se rvice Survey shows that Georgia's fo re s t acreage Increased some eigh t percent in the past decade. Governor Vandiver emphasized that the State's 25 ,77 2, 200 forest acres, 68.9 percent of total land area, are primarily owned by p ri va t e land owne rs , 93 percent. How AVIP Takes AVacation As k the average man on the s treet what VIP means to him, and he will come up with such words as president, congressman. senator, and mayor. True, but we believe that a man doesn't have to have a title to warrant such recogniti on . I will s tart -with a man have known but a short time, \X in d ford E. L ee, Raymond, Ga.. who In April, 1960 went door to door organizing ............ fth....... __ __. a Joy Scou t Troop. He start- llinfred r: . l ee ed wi th 13-boys and wi thin a y ear he and his scou t a ssi s tants had 30-scout s in Troop 'SS. Two months a ft e r the troop was org.1nized th ey won s econd pl a ce at C J.Illi Thu nd er in co mp etition with ten other :rnops, and were one of the top troops at th:.: ' first c a mp-o-ree. Ihrough his lea krship T roop 58 w.l'> named for th<: 1''00 award for best all-round troop .lctivities by the Flk's Club of ;\lewnan, (,a. In 196 1 the y came away from Camp Thunder with Honor Troop of the week. Troop )8 was also the first in Cowe ta County to hold a countywide Court of Awards. All members of Troop 58 have adv anced from 1 enderfoot to Second Class to Star in one year. Several are workin g on the Life rank. At the Court of Awards Lee was given a year' s s ervice pin and was commended for accompli shing five year s work in 18-month s by the Coweta Scout Council of ;\l ewnan. Ilow is a vacation taken? Just come to Lee's home the day vacati on s tarts and you' ll find him loading his troop in cars for a trip in th e fields of camping and pioneering. There are few men of his caliber that will give their tim e and vacation as he does. ~ot only is vacation time given, but after a hard day's work, even on off-days, you find Windy Lee with hi s troop of scou ts. Come on, chicken, let's go. Ass istant Scou tm as ter s Ralph Hayes and A. W. White are devo te d to such a man, who without any praise, should be praised for his devotion 'and s incerity to his Troop 58. L rE!TJ'T ]E S ! ~ 1 j l ~ ~ J !R~ , >, ' . I M r. Ray Shirley D irecto r Georgia Forestry Commission Macon, Geo rgia Dear Ray: The Youth Conserva tion Workshop h eld a t Rome Coll ege was quite a success. There were 110 boys present representin g 63 counties and 18 Soil Conservation Di s tricts. This workshop was outstanding due to the fine cooperation that you ga ve to this activity. The instructors and counselors from your departments are to be commended on the job that they did. Thank you very much for your help. Sin cere/y yours, Sam G. Dunaway, Chairman Youth Con senatic ltorkshop Mr. Charles B. Place, Jr. I and E A ssi s tant Georgia Fores try Commission P. 0. Box 107 7 M3con, G eorgia Dear Mr. Pl a ce: All 24 children wrote you in thei r English class. They enjoyed writing you and a r e s incere in their expression of thanks. They are eight years old. A s their teacher, I too, am very indebted to }'OU for the helpful material s that we are sti ll using. Thank you. Sincerel y, Myra Rodgers Mr. Frank Craven, Chief Information and Education Georgia Forestry Commission P. 0. Box 1077 Macon, Georgia Dear Mr. Craven: May I at this /ate date take the opportunity to express to you and to your co-workers through you my personal appreciation for the fine work you people did in our FFA and NFA Forestry Camp programs. We ha\e had man\ fine comments on the pro g rams that were conducted. I know that }'OU people contribute much to the instructional programs th a t a r e conducted by our teachers each year. Thanks again for a job well don e. With kindest pers on al r ega rds, Sincerely .\our s, j. G. Bryant State Supervisor Agricultura l Education Logging the foresters Georgia Forestry Commission Director Ray Shirley, left, uas elected Member at Large on the Executive 13oard of th e State Foresters Association at their annual meeting in Madison, Wise. Other neu officers and board members are, LR, R.alph ll'ible, Pennsyltania, outgoinf!. president, John Beale, Wi sconsin, vice-president', Francis Raymond, California, president: and Tom 13orden, Colorado, secretary-treasurer. Photo by Wisconsin Conservation Dept. r ,jl't, 'IY,'- jolm R. '13oh' (,ore, Jr., ,',(aeon, bas been named vice-president of the SiYtb Congressional Oistrict of tbe Police Officers .\ssociation of Georgia. Gore and his uife, Charlo tt e, rece it;ed tb e spec ial 'couple a1rard' at the ;1,.s sociation's 1962 annNal convention in Atlanta. ME ETI~GS... Southeastern Section, Society of American Foresters, Jan. 10-ll, Dempsey ~1otor f! otel, Macon, Ga ., Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association, Jan. 29-30, Robert Meyer Hotel, Jacksonville, Fla. -r\ ... ~~\ \Irs. ll oward 1/ill, Augusta,_ 1960-62 Conservation Department Chairman, Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs, left, recently accepted, on hehalf of this organization, the first place national auard in Conservation. Tbe State project "Good Outdoor ,\'(amzers" uas also endors ed by the State Chamber of Commerce. \!rs. C. C. Royal, Jr., Auf!.usta, president, Augusta Junior II o- men's Club, accepted her club's au ard, in conservation, presented by the Georf!.ia Forestry Association. DECICATIO~ ... A new forest research laboratory has been dedicated a t ~orth Carolina's Research Triangle Park. The four major research projects that will be undertaken are soils, physiology, disease, and insects. The new laboratory will be administered by the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 3 . Everett Jordan, United States Senator, N. C., made the dedication addre ss. Edward P. Cliff, chief, Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, officially opened the buildings. FORESTRY BOARC ...Georgia Governor Ernest Vandiver has reappointed Erle T. Newsom, Jr., Rome, Ga., to the State Soard of Registration for Foresters according to C. L. Clifton, Joint Secretary, State Examining Boards and Dr. A. M. Herrick, Forestry Board chairman. The reappointment is for a five year term. Other members of the 3oard are T. A. Liefield , Thomasville, Ga ., J. Walter Myers, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., and A. Ray Shirley, Macon, Ga. ~~ rt :~li ~4.4i ' "\ !I ' ':;i ! ,. :!' :/ , :JiiJ . .'/!._. ., /, 1. T. \!au/din. Jr., n ibb County fo r- est ranger, right, has been promoted to assistant Tenth District forester, Fire Control, Washington, Ga., an- nounced Georgia Forestry Comm is- sion Director Ray Shirley. In making the announcement Shirley stated that Milton Neu'som /~oberts, forl!st technician, insect control, \lasbinr;- ton, bad been adr1anced to Bibb County forest ranf!.er. SCF-lOLA RSIIIPS... Forestry scholar- ships, $4,800, have been awarded three forestry student s by St. Regis Paper Co. The students are \X alter D. Kelly, Abbeville, Ala.; Darrell F. Roberts, Belfry, Ky. and John uiri E. Knight, Social C ~, lfMVf ;:-.. are students at A and_jbe . 11-/"'\ versitie_s of f-1 1ridl:_jfl(h:~~rftS \ respectlvely. \ _ Of G R ,\{\ T ,,... .: ... ~ -5! . ;; :~: .:.:, g ;:::1 .., 70 ., 0 -g~_ :.:. = ~.. 0 j ~ - ., ll' ( ~...;. ;~- :Jl - e ~ z = ~ ...7 ::"; :$' c::':l ~ ~ ., .., !'; 0 ~ ~ .0.., ~ ~2 -8 ;; c. ':/: ! . cJ _n ~ j g ;. }q ~. ~ g ?