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FORESTRY 
 
June, 1966 No. 2 
 
Vol. 19 
 
Fronk Craven Editor 
Pub Ii sh ed Qu orterl y by the GEORGIA FOR ESTRY COMM ISS ION 
Box 1077 Macon, Georgie 31 202 GEORGIA F ORESTRY MAILI NG ADDRESS Rout e 1, Box 85 Dry Br anc h, Georgia 31202 
RAY SHIRLEY - DIRECTOR 
 
Members, Board of Commissioners: CHAIRMAN 
W. George Beasley - Lavonia 
 
Andrew Aultman - Sy Ivester 
 
Hugh Dixon 
 
- Vidalia 
 
L. H. Morgan 
 
- Eastman 
 
Alexander Sessoms - Cogdell 
 
DISTRICT OFFICES 
GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION 
DISTRICT 1--Raute 2 Statesboro 
DISTRICT 11--P. 0. Box 26 Camilla 
DISTRICT 111--P. 0. Box 169 Americus 
DIST~ICT IV--P.O. Box 333 Newnan 
DISTRICT V--P. 0. Box 96 McRae 
DISTRICT VI--P. 0. Box 881 Milledgeville 
DIST~ICT Vll--P. 0. Box 2136 Rome 
DIST~ICT Vll--P. 0. Box 1160 Way cross 
DISTRICT IX--P . 0. Box 416 Ga ine s vill e 
DISTRICT X--Raute 2 Wash ing t an 
 
On the Cover 
Georgia Forestry Commissior suppress ion crews held a siege of Mar, cd April wildfires to an ave rage of 12.6 acres per fi re. The 2,169 wildfires, th at occurred in a ""- day per iod, burned some 33,021 forest acre~ 
Memb er of the Georgia Pres s As sociation 
Sec ond -class postage paid at Dry Branch, Ga. 
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CONTENTS 
 
Solicitation Charges Unfounded  3-12 
 
Wildfires Plague Georgia  4-5 
 
Forest Farmers Association Marks 25th Anniversary . 6 
 
Wood-Using Industries in Georgia, A Utilization Report and Directory  7 
 
Wood Industries Have Growing Pains .. 8-9 
 
Sibley To Keynote GFA Convention . 10 
 
Langdale Heads SPA . 11 
 
Retirement         
 
      
 
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Ranger of the Quarter . 11 
 
Tree Farm Anniversary  12-13 
 
Patterson Takes Field Day Honors   .         . .              14 
 
Logging the Foresters  15 
 
Cruising 
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Carelessness Breeds Costly Fires 
During the past week, we have witnessed the destruction of valuabl e timberlands throughout Georgia to the worst enemy of the forest - a fire, Chatham County was not spared from the fire destruction as huge blazes caused considerable woods damage in the Windsor Forest and Sand Fly sections, 
Many of the woods fires can be traced to plain carelessness, During dry periods such as existed in our area last week, no burning should be undertaken, especially when there are 20 m.p.h. winds around to fan the flames. 
We agree with the Georgia Forestry Commission that there is no excuse for a woods fire. Our timberlands are too valuable and too difficult to establish to go up in a fire overnight. 
So, be careful with fires, be sure they are put out, and above all, don't do any burning during the dry periods, 
Savannah Evening Press 
Forest Fires Are Costly 
It is sickening to see valuable timber go up in flame . and smoke, Yet considerable acreage in the Colquitt County area has been burned over in recent days by wildfires because of timber-dry conditions, A carelessly dropped cigarette, match or spark from a bit of pipe tobacco c an start a wildfire which can destroy and damage thousands of dollars worth of valuable timber in a matter of hours, And, when drought conditions exist, the situation becomes even more hazardous at this time of year when stiff winds have a tendency to scatter the fire far and wide, We had the experience last weekend of walking into a large timber tract which was being ravaged by a wind-propelled wildfire, Forest rangers were grimy and sweaty as they ploughed firebreak after firebreak through the timber land in the hope of halting the licking flames. Burning embers were blown a cross the firebreaks into untouched timber areas, starting new fires and forcing the we ary rangers to circle the blaze and run new firebreaks. In the wake of the fire was ravaged timber - reforested areas planted in pines which appeared to be eight to ten years old, and planted nea tl y in long rows across the tract. Their burned trunks and badly scorched foliage cried out, in stark reality, the effects of uncontrolled fire. The Colquitt Forestry Unit, only hours before the weekend fire, reported that March was the worst month for fires since 1962 in the area, and citizens we re cautioned to observe a "no burning" pract ice until after ra in had alleviated t he d an g e r of w i ldfires, We would go further and suggest that a l l citizens be e xtremely careful of any kind of fire at any time, It wi II conserve our natural resource s and he! p the economy. 
Moultr ie Observer 
 
 Solicit.a tion Charges Unfounded 
 
secretary, Georgia Association of Independent Insurance Agents. 
 
Alleged solicitation for insurance program charges against A. Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Commi ssion, Macon , have been ruled unfounded by Attorney Ge neral Arthur K. Bolton. 
Bolton , in his Ietter to Go vernor Carl Sande rs, said, " I can find Mr. Shirley gu ilty of no infract ion of the Insurance Code, and if a vi olation does ex i st, it would be o n the pa rt of the insurer''. Bolton added , "It i s my op inio n that the sole purpose o f the Commiss ion's interest was .to provi de its employees with a voluntary program whe reb y they might obt a in Iiabil ity insurance at a reasonab le rate wh ile operating stat e-owned equ ipmen t ." 
Bolton further stated, " It seems doubtful that Mr. Sh irley's acts or om issions could ha ve bound the broker in any manner. Any action taken by him appears to have been on behalf of the employees of the Commiss ion only as a service to them." 
In making the rul ing , Bolton c ited "casualty insuran ce", as defined by Sect ions 56-407 and 56-408 of the Georgia Code Annotated, as including automob ile insuran ce of the type offered. He po inted out that Shirley " relied upon the prov is ions of Sect ion 56-2431 as his authority to enter into negotiations with the insurance company." 
In regards to the memorandum sent to Comm iss ion employees, Bolton said, "he merely used the memorandum, in my opinion, to adv ise the employees of the results of the negot iations carried on in the ir behalf. In my view, it was a simple notif ication that the plan was available to em ployees rather than a solicitation that they subscribe." 
Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Commission, , Mac on, has vehemently denied accusations of illegal 
sol ici tation of insurance among Georgia Forestry Commiss ion e mployees. 
Th e following letter1 to Go vernor Carl Sanders, is in ans wer to the charges . 
Dear Go verno r Sande rs: 
Thi s refers to charges, that I have made ill egal solicitation of insurance among Commission employees, and alleg ations that th ere is a confl ict of int erest pertaining ther eto, being made by Mr. Robert C. Bock, executive 
 
First, th e charges made, by Mr. Bock on behalf of the Geo rgia Association of Independent Insurance Agents, are enti rely fa l se. I do not have, nor have I eve r had, any interest, whatsoever, in any insurance company or agent, nor have I ever solicited the purchase of any insurance on behalf of any company or agent. 
As Director of th e Georgia Forestry Commission, I am interested in th e welfare o f its employees. For the past six years, employees have. made annual requests that something be done to relieve them of the liability they assume when operating a Commission vehicl e, including pick ups, trucks, truck-tractors and various sizes of tracto r units. We have a number of employees who have been individuall y sued, or th reat ened with a suit, as a resu ltant of accidents wh ich occurred .whil e they were operating State equipm ent. 
Th e insurance section of th e Comptroller General ' s office was contacted to obtain information on com panies selling g roup automobile insurance, which would include liabilit y insurance when driving mob ile e quipm ent other than th e em ployee' s own veh icl e. We did not receive any information from th e Compt roller Gen eral's office p ertaining to this type of insuranc e. We also contacted Mr. Charl es Duncan, State Insurance Directo r in the office of the Sup erviso r of Purchases, fo r his recommendation and advice. We l earned, from Mr. Duncan, of a company which had begun to write such a pl an that he fel t might mee t the needs of the Commission. 
 
From our fu rther inve stigation, we found that Associated Indemnity Co rpo ration of the Firemen's Fund Group had begun to write g roup automobil e insurance pol icies which woul d qual ify under the provisions of Sections 56 -713(4) and 56 -243 1 of the Code of Georgia. As a resul t of the low rates quoted and the fu ll coverage granted to the employee s, when operat ing State vehicles, we autho rized the above named insurance company to solicit our emp loyees about such coverage with the cost thereof to be deducted on a monthly payro ll deduction plan. 
 
We are currently making payro ll deductions for oth er group insurance pl ans under the authority provided by th e abo ve 
 
quot ed Code Sections. 
 
cont ' d. on Page 12 
 
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 No Burning Bon invoked, forest fires continue to pi ague Georgia 's timber land and wind gust up to 40 miles per hour with humidity 10-15 percent. This was the situation that confronted Georgia Forestry Commission personnel during the first of April. 
During the four-day ban period, March 31-April 3, there were 1,187 wildfires that burned 18,697 forest acres, reports Roy Shirley, Commi ssion director. From March 24-April 12, 33,021 forest acres were scorched by 2,169 wildfires. The overage size fire was 12.6 acres per fire. 
Shirley pointed out that this was the most di sostrous fire danger period s ince the 1954-55 blow-ups. The fact that the high fire danger existed over the entire state made the situation more dangerous. Heretofore, the .-'hot spots' had existed in one section of the state at a time en obi ing a more flexible movement of equipment and personnel, Shirley said. In addition, soggy ground conditions increased the difficulty of tractor operations in suppressing wildfires. 
He added that high winds and low humidity brought about the invoking of the bon, which was endorsed by Governor Carl Sanders. During the 
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ban period, winds ranged from 15 to 40 miles per hour with the highest winds occurring in gusts. The humidity fell 1n a range from 10 to 30 percent. 
The ban prohibited fire being set under any conditions. Provisions of the act prohibited setting of controlled fires or burnings and the setting of fi res in the open for the purpose of warmth, cooking, the burning of refuse and any combustible material, whether set for clearing land for Spring planting or otherwise. Violation of the ban is a misdemeanor. 
James C. Turner, Jr., Commi ssion Forest Protection chief, said that during the 20-doy period there were seven fires that burned over 500 forest acres. The Iorgest, 1,168 and 1,163 acres, occurred in McDuffie and Upson Counties, respectively. Other counties and acreage burned include Dodge, 901; Jones, 685; Laurens, 559; Montgomery, 754; and Wayne, 678. The fires were of debris burning, smoker, railroad and incendiary origin, Turner added. 
He cited debris burning and incendiary set fires as the major fire cou se throughout the state. Debris burning blazes accounted 
 
for more than 37 percent of th e fires and over 32 percent of th e acres burned. Some 28 percent of the wildfires and 29 percent of th e acres burned were of incendiary ongm. The Commission's Fir st District, with headquarters ot .Stotesboro, was hit hardest by the wood s' arsonists. There were 322 sets that burned approximately 2,604 fore st acres in this area. The debris bu rning fires were scattered througho ut the state with the Iorgest acreage burned from this cause, 2,310 acre s, occurring m the Commission 's Fifth District with headquarters in McRae 
Turner added that 46 percent of the wildfires, from January 1 to April 12, occurred in the 20-doy period. They burned some 66 percent of the forest acreage. The average size fire, since January, is over 8. 7 acres or about four acres above the same period last year. 
Shirley emphasized that the we ll trained and dedicated Commiss ion personnel prevented further devastation during the high fire dan ger period. He pointed out that the Co mmission patrol croft were instrumental in keeping acreage los se s down through their survei II once, an d advising ground crews on opera- 
 
 Fires, wh ipped by h igh wind s , s k ip through tree tops and leap frog o ver acres of forest land. 
ti onal procedures. The Commi ssion's aerial tanker was also used in North Georgia on suppress i on operations. 
Shirley cited forest industry and the U.S. Forest Service for providing equipment and personnel, the Berry School, Rome, for making available students as rake crews and various counties for making prisoners avail able for suppression activities. 
Industry, landowners, U. S. F ir e Weather Bureau officials, loca l and state law enforcement offi cers and all news media are praised for their full cooperation, Shirley added. 
 
PROCLAMATION OF REGULATION PROHIBITING 
CONTROLLED BURNING AND OTHER FIRES 
Whereas , th e re exists an acute eme rg ency in this s tat e relati ve to forest fir es, and 
Whereas, during the past seven days there have been a large numbl?r of extremel y destructi ve fires, and 
Whereas, the forests and woods of this state are in an I?Xtremely dry condition, and what with prevailing seasonal high winds, present an imminent and threatening danger to life and prop erty, and 
Whereas, it is therefore necessary and desirable that all controlled bunzing and other fires be prohibzt ed for the present time in the more critical areas, such burning being hereby declared to constitute an unusual hazard; 
Now therefore, pursuant to authority vested in me by Section 26 of that Act of the 19 55 General Assembly referred to as Hous e Bill 57 and approved by the Governor, the following regulation is hereby promulgated, declared and est ablished, effective immediately upon the signing of these presents, to remain in force and effective for a period not to exceed sixty days, unless sooner repealed or superseded by regulation. 
a. This regulation shall be effective statewide. 
b. No person shall set or cause to be set any fire of any description under any condition in any of the woods, forests, marshes, or other lands in this state within the areas prescribed in paragraph (a) hereof. Th is shall include tbe setting of control! ed fires or burnings, and the setting of fires in the open for the purpose of affording warmth, cooking, the burning of refuse or any other combustible material, whether set for the purpose of clearing land for Spring planting or otherwise. 
c. No backfire shall be set in any case, except under the direct supervision or permission of a state or federal forest officer, unless zt is established tbat the setting of sucb backfire was necessary for the purpose of saving life, and such setting shall be subject to the provisions of lmu, more particularly Section 26 of H. B. 57 hereinbefore referred to. 
Executed and promulgated, 
This the 1st day of April, 1966, at 10:00 a.m.. E. S. T. 
 
N ight turn s to d a y ... a tree turns to ash .. . a/1 th e re s ult of a wildf ire that knows no boundary, but runs aimles sl y un til it can be checked by s uppression units. 
Fi re s , o f in cendiary origin, ore inves t iga ted in an effort to bring the woods' arsonist to justice. 
 
Director, Georgia Forestry Commission 
 
 Forest Farmers Association Marks 25th Anniversary 
 
Russell was awarded the annu al Forest Farmer's Award for outstanding contributions to southern forestry at the annual banquet. In his absence, the award was accepted by Judge Richard B. Russell, Ill, Wind er . 
The Forest Farmer's Associ ation was founded in 1941. Bill Oettmeir, Fargo, was the organ ization's first president. Among the organization's founders was Judge Harley Langdale, Valdosta. Charter members were A. V. Kennedy and J. H. King, both of Waycross a nd J. E. Woodman, Jacksonville, Fl a. The association now boasts a me mbership of 1,750 from 15 southern states. 
Ray Shirley, director, Georg ia Forestry Commission, Macon, and 
other state forestry Ieaders welcomed 
the delegation. 
 
Among the southern forestry leaders at the conference were, 1-r, Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Commission, Macon; Harley Langdale, Jr., Georgia's first president of the Southern Pine Association, Valdosta; Stanley P. Oeas, executive vice-president, SPA, New Orleans, La.; T. W. Earle, president, Forest Farmers Association, Savannah; Walter Myers, executive secretary, FFA, Atlanta; and George Peake, Jr., president, Georgia Forestry Association, Macon. 
 
"The Challenge of the Next 25 Years" was the theme of the recent 1966 Southern Forestry Conference. It marked the 25th anniversary of the Forest Farmer's Association, At ian to. The conference attracted some 300 timber growers and forestry Ieaders from over the South and the nation. 
Among the top-flight speakers, developing the conference theme, were E. V. McSwiney, executive vice-president, Georgia Kraft Co., Rome; and Wi Ison W. Wyatt, former Kentucky Lt. Governor. McSwiney presented the keynote address, and Wyatt addressed the delegation at the banquet. Dr. Edward P. Cliff, chief, U. S. Forest Service, and Hardin R. Glascock, newly-appointed e xecutive secretary of the Society of of Amer ican Foresters, both of 
Washington, D. C., also spoke. 
Other speakers and presentations inc Iuded Dr. Robert Gar a, Boyce Thompson Inst itute's Forest Laboratory, Beaumont, Texas, "The South- 
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ern Pine Beetle, New Information on Its Prevention and Control"; Walter Jarck, Catawba Timber Co., Catawba, 
S. C., "What Increased Mechani za- 
tion Wi II Mean to the Small Timber- 
land Owner"; and Dr. Osborn 0. 
Wells, Southern Forest Experiment Station, "What the 10-Year Evaluation of the Geographic Races of Pine Study Reveals" and "Challenging New Developments in Wood Chemistry". Dr. Wells' talk was the first presentation on the 10-year results of the geographic races of pine study. 
The Association's annual tax institute closed out the business session. Hugh M. McNeill, tax manager, Cont inental Can Co., discussed "The Problem of Fair and Equitable Ad Valorem Taxes, What Can Be 
Done?". W. C. Colville, contract 
administrator, St. Regis Paper Co., Jacksonville, Fla., outl ined "Florida's Green Belt Law, What It Is and How It Works?". 
Georgia Senator Richard B. 
 
Senator R ichard B. Russell is the 7966 recip ient of the annual Fo re st Farmer Award. Senator Russell was recogn ized for h is efforts in promat ing forest research, not only in the South, but over the nation. T he award was accepted. on his behal f, by Judge R ichard B. Russell, Il l, Winder, right. Present ing the award is Harley Langdale, Jr., Valdosta. 
 
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GEORGIA 
UTILIZA TION REPORT AND DIREC TO RY 
1964 
 
Sa wmil l s utilized over one bil lion board feet or 78 percent of the state total. The principal species used were pin e, 78 percent and oak, 
gum and poplar , 17 percent. 
The next large u ser of logs and standing timber was the veneer and plywood industry wh ich c on s um ed 
obout 133 million board fe e t . Th is 
is ten percent of the totol u sed in the state. Oak, gum and poplar were principal species used. 
Pulp roundwood production was o record five million cords, of whi c h 
almost 90 perc ent was p ine. In addition to the roundwood, 761 thousand 
cords were produced from mi II re sidues . Pine accounted for 86 percent of the residue pulp production. 
Chapters are devoted to the pulp and paper, sowmill, ploning, veneer and plywood, flooring and furniture industries, treating plants, cobinet shops ond a few of the specialty industries. In oddition, the report shows how production volumes ore distributed with detoils on species utilized for eoch type of industry. 
Shirley added thot the publication was made possible through th e fine response and cooperation of the woodusing industries to the requests made by the Commission foresters and county rangers who gathere d the information. 
 
A rev1 s1on of the 1961 "Uti I iza- 
tion Repo rt a nd Direct ory of WoodUs ing Indu s tr ie s in Geo rg ia" is c ompleted, annou nc es Roy Sh irley, director, Georg ie Forestry Commission. The combined Report and Directory was compiled by Paul Butts , Commis s ion utilization and marke ti ng s pecialist. 
Sh ir ley e mph asized that the uti l iz a ti on report and direct ory is an ottempt t o bring buyer and seller toge ther where Georgi a grown or mon ufact ured forest products are invo lved. T he report should also be of interest to foresters, economists and others concerned with format i on of forestry programs, enterprises and the evoluation of timber production trends, he added. 
Wood-using industr ies, in ope ra- 
tion during 1964, are presented in 
al phabetical order with in each coun- 
 
ty. Names and addresses and a br ief descript ion of materiel s purchased and products sold are gi v en. In the last co lumn of each page of the directory section, o size-class code, based on number of employees, is Ii sted. 
The production data are presented by geographi c al oreos identical to 
the forest survey units of the 196 0 
Georg ia Forest Survey. In thi s wa y , production dato can be c ompored directly with the forest survey stotistics. 
The Uti Iization Report shows 
that in 1964 Ge orgi a ' s wood-us ing industries proc essed 1.3 billion 
board fe et of Iog s an d standin g t imber. Seve nty percent of this vo lume was pine, and oak, gum and popl ar we re 25 percent. Cypress ond mi no r hordw ood s p ecies accounted fo r f ive percen t. 
 
Georg ia 's wood-u sing industries 
proc essed 7.3 billion board feet of logs and stonding timber in 7964. 
 
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Did you ever hear a tree grow? Probably not! Yet , from the forest at Riceboro and Macon, Ga . and Mahrt, Ala . , there is and will be a new kind of sound. You might call it an echo of tree growth. You can hear it, the sounds of building, of rivets and welding machines, of giant cranes and bulldozers, of men at work building about 75 million dollars of wood-using and related industry. 
 
L erboard Mill 
 
A25 million dollar kraft linerboard paper mill is to be built by The Interstate Container Corporation of New York in Riceboro. 
The new mill, to be located on a 1,900 acre tract between Brunswick and Savannah, will be operated by T. J. K. Corporation, according to Saul L. Epstein, Interstate president. "The new mi II means that we have a firm base for future expansion, opportunity to protide better service and double our sales," Epstein said. 
Over 300 people wi II be employed directly at the mill, about 1,000 others within a radius of 150 miles will supply pulpwood, and 200 more will furnish services directly connected with operations. Plans now call for doubling mill capacity in three to five years. At that time, an additional 1,200 people will be employed direc tly and in directly. 
The Riceboro mill will produce initially 400 tons of linerboard per day, and 600 tons per day when the mi II moves to full production. Maximum produ ction will be 210,000 tons 
- '.r Nboard annually. 
For I s productio n, it is est imated that 224,000 cords of wood will be needed initially and 336,000 cords per year at maximum production. This supply of raw material will come through arr angements made with hundreds of landown ers. Instead of buying forest land outrigh t , or leasing it, lando wne rs will retain control of their property and supply Interstate as needed. 
'T olal payroll and pulpwo od pur- 
 
chases, for the mill, will amount to $8 mi II ion per year. Economic estimates indicate that the mi II should have an economic impact of $50 million annually in Long County and the surrounding areas. 
The Riceboro mill will use ten million gallons of water daily drawn from wells. The mill's wastes will be treated in series of ponds covering 600 acres and capable of holding 900 million gallons. Wastes will be stored and treated for 90 days and aerated before being channeled into the Newport River. The company pledged itself to a continuing research program dedicated to the treatment of wastes. 
Interstate is a major producer of corrugated shipping containers and folding cartons. It has six converting plants located at Glendale, N. Y.; Harrison, N. J.; New Haven, Conn.; Lowell, Mass.; Reading, Pa.; and Baltimore, Md. 
The new installation will have several buildings including a fivestory machine room, 500 feet by 100 feet. The building which houses the recovery boiler will be approximately 11 stories. In addition, there will be Gil office building, power house, pulp mill building, maintenance and various woodyard bui Idings. 
Some $3 million is scheduled to be spent in the Liberty County area during construction. A large part of this sum will be allocated for labor. The mill should be in operation with in 18 months with construction expec ted to begin immediately. 
 
Molded -Pulp Products Plant 
A$4 mi ll io n molded pulp products plant is to be built in Macon by Packaging Corporation of America, according to W. H. Mapes, Jr., senior vice-president of the company's molded pulp division. 
The 200,000 square foot facility is expected to be in operation some time in 1967. The plant will be located on a 23-acre site in the Airport Industrial Park. 
Construction on the new industry 1s expected to begin within the next five months, announced William Greathouse, plant manager, Griffith, Ind. pi ant. 
The new pI ant will manufacture "filler flats", cushion-like trays, 
 
 The southeastern sal es headquarters of the company's pulp division w i ll be located at the Macon plant. 
Containerboard Mill 
Ri sing up along the banks of the historic Chattahoochee River is the new $45 million Alabama Kraft Company Paper Mill. This new industrial complex was made possible by the availability of wood from the nearby forests of Alabama and Georgia and the availability of large quantities of water from the river. It is located at Mahrt, Ala., halfway between Phenix City and Eufaula, AI a. 
In reality, this new mill is a monument to tree growth. A monu- 
 
ment that will provide some 350 n ew job s in t he bu si n ess o f making paper. 
It i s ant i c i pat ed t hat more th an $15 million w i ll flo w out of th e new facility into the surrou nd ing area each year. This w il l mean more than 3.5 million dollars in payroll, another nine mi II ion for wood and the balance in supplies, taxes and other business expenditures. 
The new plant, designed to manufacture 800 tons of high quality containerboard daily, wi II provide a market for some 10,000 cords of pulpwood each week from the forests of the surrounding area. More than 75 percent of this wood wi II be purchased from private individuals who own land located within a 75 to 100 mi I e rad i u s of the mi II  
 
Artist's rendering of Interstate Con tainer Corporation's $25 million Kraft /inerboard mill to be built in Riceboro, Ga. The mill houses a paper machine with maximum pro duct ion of over 600 tons of Iinerboard per day. 
 
So, have you ever heard a tree grow? It has been said that more than 50 p ercent of all the manufactured goods on earth are made in American factories. That there is not a single item which does not in some way incorporate paper in its design, manufacture, shipment or sa/e. Listen closely to the sounds of America. Automobiles, planes, the hammers of the buildings, the school bell, each is the sound of the forest growing. 
 
used in bulk packaging of eggs, and two types of retail egg cartons. Other molded pulp products, inc I uding meat, fruit and vegetable trays and pie plates, will be marketed from the new facility. Massive 250-footlong molding machines, installed in the new pi ant, wi II produce mi II ions of individual molded pulp units daily. 
Greathouse said that a great deal of the raw material, virgin fibre and reclaimed paper stock, wi II come from Georgi a. 
Completion of the Macon Molded pulp plant will enable the company's molded pulp division to improve and expand its services to southern and eastern markets. The packaging firm's operations include nine paper board mi II s and a national network of corrugated container and folding carton pi ants. 
 
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 Sibley To 
Keynote 
GFA COnvention ' Ann Bartlett Miss Henry County McDonough 
 
Jetta Biggers Miss Meriwether County Green vi II e 
 
Jane Brooks Miss Murray County Chatsworth 
 
Lynn Cauthen Miss Wilkes County Washington 
 
Lou David Miss Lincoln County L inco In ton 
 
Renee Harris Miss Long County Ludowici 
 
Toni McNair Miss Chattooga County Summerville 
 
Sandra McRae Miss Muscogee County C o lumbus 
 
Bobb ie Mixon Miss Wilkinson County Gordon 
 
(oro I Penning ton Miss Dooly County Vienna 
 
Persons Miss I al bot County T al bo tton 
 
Mary Jo Page Miss Macon County Byromvill e 
 
Judy Samples Miss Jefferson County Wrens 
 
Sarah Stei nberg Miss Emanuel County Swa1n sbo ro 
 
Mary Ann Taylor Miss Richmond Co unty Heph zibch 
 
Ja ne t Wilho ite Miss Walker County LaFa y e tte 
 
The 59th annual meeting of the Georgia Forestry Association will be held at the Aquarama on Jekyll Island, June 12-13-14. President George Peake, Jr. of Macon will pres ide. 
A high Iight of the meeting wi II be an address by John A. Sibley, retired board chairman, Trust Company of Georgia, Atlanta. His subject is "Forestry Still Georgia's Opportunity". Sibley's address will kick-off the general sess1on of the convention on June 13th. The convention theme is "Timber, Taxes and Tree Growers". 
A delegati on of more than 500 foresters and Ian downers are expected for the convention, announced Harvey R. Brown, executive director of the GF A, Atl onto. He added that an outstanding array of speakers will address the delegates. 
The speakers and their subjects are Willard S. Bromley, executive secretary-treasurer, American Pulpwood Association, New York, "Industry and the Tree Farmer''; Dorsey Dyer, forester, Georgia Extension Service, Athens, "Tree Farmers and Taxes"; W. VI. Lanier, president, Georgia Farm Bureau, Macon, "Agriculture and the Tree Farmer"; Boyd Rasmussen, deputy chief, U. S. Forest Service, Washington, 
D. C., "The Role of the Forest 
Service in the South"; and Walter Stone, district procurement forester , Continenta I Can Co., Savannah, "Harvesting the Tree Farm". 
More than 38 counties will present Queens for the title of "Miss Georgia Forestry". In addition to those pictured, they are Ben Hill, Bryan, Camden, Charlton, Coastal TPO, Colquitt and Columbia. Others are Decatur, DeKalb, Douglas, Floyd, Forsyth, Glynn, Grady and Hall. 
Harris, John son, Lowndes, T aylor, Troup and Ware Counties complete the list. 
The state winner will receive a $350 scholarship to the college of her choice in Georgia. Both the queen and runner-up will rece1ve numerous gifts. During the year, the queen wi II attend various functions of the Assoc iat ion. 
The 1965 Miss Georgi a Forestry i s C a rol Jean Walden of At Ionto. 
 
 LANGDALE HEADS SPA 
 
Harley Langdale, Jr., Ieading figure in Georgia's forest products industry, is the new president of the Southern Pine Association. 
Langdale was elected to the high office during the Association's 51st annual convention 1n New Orleans. He is president of the Langdale Company, Valdosta. 
On taking office, Langdale said he hopes to generate greater indus- 
 
try support behind th e SPA program which is aimed at furt her expan sion of southern pine market s. He pa in ts out that 20 new member mills joined SPA last year, and that many more are expected to follow suit in the near future. 
During the convention Langdale participated 1n planning sessions designed to stimulate future growth of the South's forest-based economy. 
 
Thomas E. Shelton, veteran 
 
forest fire investigator, has retired 
 
after 14-years service with the 
 
Georgia 
 
Forestry Commission. 
 
Shelton was recently honored by 
 
Commission personnel from Macon, 
 
Atlanta and the Sixth, Ninth and 
 
Tenth Forestry Districts. 
 
Ray Shirley, Commission direc- 
 
tor, praised Shelton's contribution 
 
to effective law enforcement in 
 
Northeast Georgia. "Men, of Shelton's 
 
caliber, have built an enviable 
 
record for the Commission/' Shirley 
 
added. 
 
Shelton plans to do a "lot of 
 
fishing" and catch up on his many 
 
other hobbies. 
 
Retirement 
Lester Lundy, right, Commission regional forester, Macon, presents on engraved plaque and leather reclining chair to the veteran peace officer. Present at the presentation is Mrs. Shelton. 
 
RANGER OF THE QUARTER 
 
Coy Womack 
Forestry is a team effort 1n Baldwin and Hancock Counties. Local individuals, state and industry work together to grow better timber, through fire prevention and and suppression, reforestation and management programs, according to Coy Womack, ranger, BaldwinHancock County Forestry Unit. 
Womack points out that the 
 
average size fire has decreased from 14 acres in the f ifties to 2.9 acres last year. Improved communications, better equipment and trained personnel are certainly factors. Womack states, however, that Iandowner cooperation, in calling 1n wildfires and advising on controlled burns, and industry's assistance in fire suppression, along with educational programs, provide elements for a complete program. 
There are 372,000 forest acres, an increase of 37,000 acres since 1961, in the two-county area. Drawing on this raw material, locally, are five sawmills, seven woodyards and a box and furnitur e factory. 
Womack reports that the Iandowners, who provide this raw mat e rial, take part in such managem e nt programs as we ed tr ee cont rol an d prescribed burning . Appr oxi mately 
 
100-125 acres a re annually mist 
 
blown, and another 100 acres hand 
 
treated. These treatments are prin- 
 
cipally done to release pine. Pre- 
 
scribed burning is annually conduct- 
 
ed on some 200 forest acres. These 
 
burnings are usually pr e s cribed to 
 
lesse n the fire ha zard a nd kill 
 
scrub hardwood. 
 
Woma ck promotes forestry through 
 
fire prevention and reforestation 
 
demonstrations with youth and 
 
adult groups, floats , and radio and 
 
newspaper art i cl e s . Th is is in a d- 
 
dit ion t o h is personal contacts with 
 
th e woodland o wners in the field. 
 
Other Unit personne l are Patrol- 
 
men To mmy Fo ster, Sparta , Fo rrest 
 
Mills, Culve rton; Carl Stam ey, Deve- 
 
reux; and Joe Weaver , Mi II edgevi lie. 
 
The tower operators are Mrs. Grace 
 
Weaver, Milledgevil le and William 
 
Hopk ins, Devereux. 
 
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Our memorandum, that accompanied the literature sent out by the insurance company, stated our interest in providing protection against any alleged liability whiZ e op erating state-owned equipment, and the fuel that this was a VOLUNTARY program for employees. We suggested that a quotation be obtained, on rates prior to the expiration of the employee's existing policy, which would permit him to properly evaluate a change in the placing of his insurance. We never intended to recommend, r..or to even suggest, that the employee change his insurance, or that it was mandatory that he purchase this, or any other pl an. Our purpose merely was to make the information available !o the employee as a service to the employees of the Commission. 
The so l e p urp ose of our interest in the program, under discussion, is that State employees have an oppo rtunity to obtain liability insurance at a reas onable rate while operating state-owned equipment. The rider is being made available at a rate of $3.00 per person per year covering all vehicles and equipment. 
The Commission wel comes any insurance agent, or company, to solicit its employees on behalf of any automobil e insurance program offering similar protection. 
We welcom e any type inve stigation of our actzvztzes concerning this, or any other program of the Commission. 
If there is any further infor:nation you desire, I will be happy to furnish it. 
Very sincerely yours, 
~~ 
Ray Shirley Director 
Board Commends 
 
Whereas, the insurance section of the Comptroller General's office was contacted to obtain information on companies selling group automobile insurance, which would include liability insurance when driving mobile equipment other than the employee's own vehicle. No information from the Comptroller General's office was received regarding this form of insurance. The State Insurance Director, in the office of the Supervisor of Purchases, was contacted for his recommendations and advice,  and 
Whereas, such a corporation was found that would write insurance of the type that would provide employees with the needed personal liability coverage, and 
Whereas, it is unthinkable that any business, private. state or fede ral, would have its employees operat e vehicles without personal liability coverage, and 
Whereas, A. Ray Shirley, acting in the best interes t of the state employees, under his jurisdiction, and the citizens and taxpayers of the State of Georgia, and 
Whe reas, the action taken was presented on a v oluntary basis, with no mandatory allocations, and 
Whereas, all insurance companies and/ or agent s have access to the Commission offices and p ersonn el for presentation of their respective programs. 
Now th erefore, th e Georgia For estry Commission Board of Commissioners, who had, in previous years , acknowledged the ne ed for such a program, and on t he finding of said program endo rsed and consented to it s presentation to the employe es of the Georgia Forest ry Commission, so 
Therefore , this Board, in regular session, do es condemn, denounce and refute the erroneous accusations and implied coercion made, without notification, writt en or oral, and without foundation against A. Ray Shirl ey, director, Georgia Forestry Commission, so 
Therefore, we resolve that the 30-year record of service, to the people of Georgia, and the exhibiting of character beyond rep roach by A. ,Ray Shi rley, not be bl emished by misinformed accusers as regards the aforem entioned insurance prog ram, but be commended for his action on behalf of the employees of the Georgia Forest ry Commission. 
Executed this 18th day of May at 1:00 pm. , E. S. T . 
 
Director's Actions 
The Georg ia Forestry Comm i ssion Boa rd of Comm i ssioners, appalled at the charges, passed the follow ing resoluti on commend ing Sh irley for h i s actions, and denounc ing the i llegal sol ic itation charges . 
 
Chairman 
 
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Bo a rd of Commi ss ioners 
 
Georgia Forestry Com mission 
 
1\e~olbtion 
Whereas, A. Ray Shirley do es not have!.- or has had, any interest, whatsoever, in any insurance company, nor solicited the purchase of any insurance on behalf of any company or agent, and 
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 25th ANNIVERSARY 
 
May 21st marked the 25th Anniversary of the nation wide Tree Farm Movement. 
Local observances included special programs recognizing first tree farmers in the area, welcoming new tree farmers and presenting the background of the Tree Farm Program. 
On the national Ieve I, there were two significant events. One was the re-dedication of the Clemons Tree Farm; the first to be so designated in 1941. The Tree Farm is ' located at Montesano, Washington. 
The other event was the Spring -meeting of the American Forest Products Industries, Inc., national 
sponsor of the American Tree Farm System, at Chicago, Ill. Pioneers of the Tree Farm Program, state foresters and Tree Farm Committee chairmen were recognized far their contributi ans to the 25-year program. 
Georgi a was the 21st state to join the American Tree Farm System. The Georgia Tree Farm Program was launched in 1948, under the span sorshi p of the Georgi a Forestry Associ at ion and the Georgi a Forestry Commission, with the cooperation of the Southern Pine Association. When the Georgi a Forest Industries Committee was organized in 1953, it assumed sponsorship, and appointed a Tree Farm Committee to push the program by enlisting the active interest of Iacal forest industries. 
 
The inception of the Tree Farm Program marked one of the more important achievements in forestry. Trees are an essentia I part of our economy, of our living standards and of just about everything that 
makes for an advanced civilization. One could hardly conce1ve of a nation, such as ours, without forest resources. 
Yet, not so very long ago, that danger appeared. It had once seemed that our forests were limitless. All that had to be done was to cut and move an to new stands. Then, final1y, it was seen that the forests were going, and there waul d be a time when they would be entirely gone unless something was done. 
The answer was the Tree Farm. A Tree Farm is an area af privately owned taxpaying forest land dedicated voluntarily, by its awner, to the growing and harvesting of repeated forest crops. 
It is, in many ways, a unique business. The tree farmer must constantly fight the natural enemies of the forests, fire, disease and insects. He must build roads and employ labor. He must pay taxes. Yet, depending on varieties and areas, the crop may not be ready for market far many years. 
This unique business has been and is paying off in Georgia. A strong factor in Georgia's economic growth, it provides the raw material for industry, and contributes to the state's needs for employment, soi I stability, wildlife, water and recreation. 
A. H. Gregory, Continental Can Co., Inc., Augusta, Georgia Tree Farm Committee chairman, states that Georgia leads the nation with 7,325,579 certified acres. She is third in number of Tree Farms with 2,236. Mississippi and Alabama, with 3,365 and 2,452 Tree Farms, respectively, lead Georgia. AI Davenport, Union Camp Paper Corp., Savannah, is chairman af the Georgia Forest Industries Committee which governs the Tree Farm Committee's activities. 
 
The first Tree Fa rm certified in Georgi a was that of E. C. F ancher af Pearson. One of the oldest Tree Farms in the country, in point of family ownership, belongs to R. W. Lane and family near Thomson. 
The Tree Farm Committee has 200 industrial foresters who are prepared to inspect the lands of prospective members. The Committee is divided into two areas, North and South. The cha irmen are John F. Sisley, Georgia Kraft Co., Rome, North, and Howell J. Foster, International Paper Co., Richmond Hill, South. 
The five district chairmen are, 
1n order, H. B. Math ias, Georgia 
Kraft, Rome; Harold Harney, Georgia Kraft, Macon; R. G. Harris, Continental Can Ca., Inc., Swainsboro; Noel Ha s kins, Great Southern Land and Paper Ca., Cuthbert; and Robert H. Tift, Union Camp Paper Corp., Doug Ias. 
Ra y Sh irley, dire ctor, Georgia Fore stry Commiss ion, Macon, right, received the American Forest Products Industr ies Award commemorating the Silver Anniversary of the of the Ameri can Tre e F arm System. 
James C. McClellan, c h ief forester, 
AFPI , Washington, presented the award at the recent Swainsboro Pine Tree Festival. The award was presented ta Shirley in appreciation far his out s tanding support of fa res t industry for estry programs. 
 
 PATTERSON TAKES FIELD DAY HONORS 
 
W. D. Padgett, v i ce-president, Trus t Compa ny of Geo rg ia, pr e s e nt s plaque 
 
to F F A Field Day w inner, Patterson. O s wald Sm ith , adv i sor, accepts the plaque. Team members are, front ro w, L a rry Tyre, J imm y Woot e n, Tommy 
 
Foster, Larry A l tmen and David As pin wa ld. Back row, Terry H e rr in, Woodard Holland, Floy Gill, Jerry Benne t t, Ron a ld Deen, Jimmy Win n and James Williamson. 
 
The Futu re Far me rs of America C hapt e r of Potter s on Hig h Sch oo l took top h on o r s in t he State FFA Forestry Fiel d Day for the second straight year. The Greenville FFA Chapter placed secon d in the seven t h an nual eve nt he Id at Indian Springs. 
Some 180 contestants, representing FFA Chapters in 18 counties, 
part ici pated in the fi e ld day , a cco rding to Stewart Bloodworth and Mal c olm D i liard, c onsultant forester s, State Vo-Ag Dep a rtment, At Ianta . School s 
 
Terry Herrin, Patterson , sawing; and Mike Butler, Pel ham , s ealing stacked pulpwood. 
T he Patterson FFA Chapter, directed by Osw ald Smi th, rec e ived 
an inscrib ed pl a que and $100. Th e 
Greenvi ll e Ch ap ter , under J . R. 
Cook, rece iv e d a pi aque and $50. 
T he f irst plac e winners, in the indi vi du a I ev ent s , were awarded 
$20; s eco n d pl a ce, $10; and third and fo u rth pla c e , $5 each. 
Bloodworth and Dillard pointed 
 
repre sented were Charlton and out that the FFA Field Days create 
 
Chattooga Counties, Claxton, Cr a wford County, Greenville and J a ckson and Lanier Co un t ies, Louisvi ll e Academy and Milton. 
Oth e rs were Montic ello, Patters o n, Pel ham, and Pickens, Ra ndolph, Stephens and Sumter Counties, Treutlen County Train ing and Whe e l er County. 
First place winner s in the verious events we re Ken neth P. e nnett 
 
c ompetition between FFA Chapters whose members have acquired a ba sic knowledge of forestry, and who possess skills in the var ious phases of forestry. It g i ves th e FFA adv isors a means of creating an interest in forestry for FFA members, th e y added. 
The State Field Day was sponsored by the Trust Company of Georgia, Atlanta, and its six affil i- 
 
and Swenson Bennett, Lan ier Count  n~ Ph iI Wor Iey, MiIt on , 
selecti ve ma-i<1ng; Charles Honea, Stephens County, pu lpwood timber esti mati on; Elliot Alford, Claxton, sawtimber vol ume est imation; James Williamson, Patterson an d Rocky Roquemore, Lanier Co unty, tree identifi cation; and Woodard Holland, Patterson, oru lar estimation . 
Others in cl uded Johnn y Ea t on, Randolph County, land measurement, .l1m my Cagle, Pickens Co unty, log ~c u :,lq Wo odard Hoi Iand and 
 
ated banks. They are The First National Bank and Trust Company of Augusta, the Trust Company of Georgia Bank of DeKalb, The Fourth National Bank of Columbus, The First National Bank and Trust Company in Macon, The First National Bank o f Rome and The Liberty Nationa l Bank and Tru st Company o f Savannah. 
W. D. Padgett, vice- president , the Trust Company of Georgia, At Ianta, presen ted the awards. 
 
LETTERS 
Mr. George Barfield Jefferson-Giascock Forestry Unit Louisv ill e, G eorgia 
Dear Mr. Barfield: 
Mr. Lewis P. Brown, Jr. report s t hat on April 1, 1966, your unit s suppressed a wildfire on our Brassell Tract in Glascock County, 
Mr. H. G. Harris also reports that on Apri l 5, 1966, you suppressed a wildfire on our Lamb and Raines Tract in Jefferson County. 
We certainly want to thank yo'J and your men for this valued service, and t o assure you of our appre ciation for t he fin e job of fire control that you are do ing. We pu t a lot of faith in the a bility of the Georgia Forestry Commi ss ion and the various county units, 
Sincerely, 
David W. Fitzg erald Continental C an Company 
Mr , Hugh P. Allen Georgia Forestry Commission Ca mil l a, Georg ia 
De ar Mr. All en: 
Several times this winter Bill Etchells and Bill Adkins have told me about the fine cooperation received from your o ffi ce and particularl y the service rendered by Mr. Jeff Davis in the El model Tower, This enabled us to make it through the season without any t imber loss from fire and also made it poss ible for our manpower and equi pme nt to stay on their regular jobs, 
May I join Messrs, Etchell s and Ad ki ns in conveying to you and your s t aff ou r de ep appreciation. 
Cordially yours, 
J. W. Jone s lchauway Plantations 
Irwin County Forestry Unit Ocilla, Georgia 
To All Concerned: 
I deeply appreciate your fast and effi c ient work Monday, February 7, in sec uring a fire that had gotten out of my c ontro l. It i s good to have a dependab le servi ce lik e thi s in the county. 
Sin c erely, 
Jule Ed Thomas Ocilla, Georgia 
 
 Logging the foresters . 
 
AWARD ... William W. Huber, assistant regiona l forester, U. S. Forest 
Service , Atlanta , i s one of 11 win- 
ners of the 1966 American Motors Conservation Award, announces Roy Abernathy, pres ident, American Motors. Huber was cited for his work in behalf of forest fire prevention. 
 
" The ability to diversify is the secret behind Georgia's successful industry boon ." John A. Sibley, retired board cha irman, Trust Company of Georg ia. Sibley, speaking to re presentat ives of area plann in g and development commissions and chamber of commerce groups, cited fo restry, with its many d ivers ifi cati ons, as a leading infl uence in the state's economy with opportunities unlimited. The Fore st Industry Symposium was sponsored by the Georg ia Fo res try Assoc iation, Georgia Fores try Co mmission and Georgia Forest Research Counc il. 
 
SCHOLARSHIP ... Continental Can Co. , Inc. will again provide five forestry scholarships totaling $4,000 each, announ ces L. F. Kalma r, general manager , Woodlands Di v ision. This is the 13th consecutive year that Continental has offered these scholarships to outstanding h igh school gradua te s in states where the Company owns t imberlands. 
CONSULTANT LISTIN G... Any registered con sui tant forester wis hing to be placed on the Georg ia Forestry Commission publ ished list of consultants notify W. H. McComb, 
chief, Forest Management, P. 0. 
Box 1077, Macon, Ga. 
 
Mi ss Gum Turpentine for 7966 is 
Patsy Rhodes of Corde le. The Crisp County High School senior won out over ten other contestants at the annual meet in g of the Ameri c an Turpent ine Farmer's Associat ion. Miss Rhodes pl ans to attend Piedmont College and study nursing next year. 
 
J im L. Gillis, J r., p resident, ATFA, left, and ATFA board of d irect or s 
get tog ether for the ir annual meeti ng. Me mbers o f the board are , fr ont row, 
Downin g Musg rove, Ho merville; W. B. Nag le, Glen St. Mary, F la .; H. L indsey Grace, S creven; and C. A. Roberts, Lake B utler , F la. Ba ck row, S . 0. Sp ooner, Warwi c k; E. R. P il kint on, Doug l as; D . R . Sta llworth , V inegar Bend, Ala.; J. B. Ne wton, Wig g ins, Mi s s.; and J . T. Rhodes , Es till , S. C. 
 
W. George Beasley, Lavoni a, center, cha irman, Geo rg ia Fore stry Co mmis s ion 
Board o f Co mmissioners, pre si des ove r Boar d wh i ch go vern s th e Comm is s ion' s activities. Member s of t he Board, 1-r, are L. H. Mo rgan, E a s tman; Alexan der Se ssoms, Cogde ll ; B e asley; Andrew A ultman, Sy lv ester and Hu g h Dixon , V idal ia. Dixon is th e Board' s newes t member . Comm i ss ion d irector, Ray Sh irl ey, i s executive s e cre tary of the Board. 
 
Henry CIepper, top ha s ret ired fr om the pos it ion of e x ecutive secretary of the Society o f American Foresters and managing editor of the Journal o f Forestry . He had held the execu tive secretary p os it ion s inc e 7937. During his tenure, the SAF grew from 4, 00 0 to 75, 000 members. Clepper is succeeded by Hardin R . Glascock, Jr . , Portland, Ore., bottom. Glascock has been forest coun cil for the Western F orestry and Con servat ion As s oc iation for the past seven years. 
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