Georgia forestry, Vol. 19, no. 3 (Sept. 1966)

Georgia
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FORESTRY

Georgia FORESTRY

Sept., 1966 No.3

Vol. 19

Frank Craven Editor
Pub Ii shed QuarterIy by the GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION
Box 1077 Macon, Georgia 31202 GEORGIA FORESTRY MAILING ADDRESS Route 1, Box 85 Dry Branch , Georg ia 31202
RAY SHIRLEY - DIRECTOR

Members, Board of Commiss ioners : CHAIRMAN
W. George Beasley - Lavonia

Andrew Aultman - Sylvester

Hugh Dixon

- Vidalia

L. H. Morgan

- Eastman

Alexander Sessoms - Cogdell

DISTRICT OFFICES
GEORGIA F ORES T RY COMMISSION
D IST RICT 1-- Route 2 Statesboro
DISTRICT 11-P. 0. Box 26 Camilla
DISTRICT 111--P. 0. Box 169
Americus
DISTRICT IV--P. 0. Box 333 Newnan
DISTRICT V -- P. 0. Box 96 McRae
DIS T RICT V I--P. 0. Box 881 Milledgeville
DISTRICT VII--P . 0. Box 2136 Rome
DISTRICT VII -- P. 0. Box 1160 Waycross
DISTRICT IX--P. 0. Box 416 Gainesville
D ISTR ICT X--Route 2 Was h ington

On the Cover
NBC, this Fall, will salute Smokey Bear on h is 21st birthday with a one hour TV special, "The Ballad of Smokey Bear." Our thanks to U. S. Forest Serv ice artist, Rudy Wendelin for this colorful cover.

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CONTENTS

Growing Cost Ups Price ...... ...... .. ... . . .......... . ... 3-4

Timberland Tax Solut ion Urged ......... . ................. 5-8-9

Wood-Using Industry Construct ion Announced . . . . .

6

Forest F ire Protection Expans ion and Merger. . . . .

. 7

Rental Payments Cease...Growing Profits Cont inue.

. 7

Weather Influences Wil df ire Occurrence

10

Wilkes County Ranger Retires . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10

Memor iam -G. Norman Bishop

10

Memo riam - Walter A. Morgan.

11

Ranger of the Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

P lace Receives SCSA Award .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. 11

Resource Worksh ops Completed ...... .. .

12

Call away Wins Scholarsh ip ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Forest Conservation Project Pays Dividends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Imp ro v ed Seedlings Pro vided on Unlim ited Basis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Logg in g The Foresters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Cruising the News

Georgia Is First In Forestry
What's the nation 's lead ing forestry state? It's Georgi a , o f course , and there ore n.ew f igures to pr ov e it. American Tree Former and Forestry Digest, in a repo rt on U. S. tree farm pro gress , reported recently on forest acreage and tree forms of lost September. T he southeastern and southwestern states hold a n overall lead o ver ather states in the number of farms and ac reage in production. Georgia leads all others in tree farm acreage with 7, 286 , 093. We ha v e 2,240 tree farms. Mississippi with 3,378 tops us in this respect, but the total acreage of our sister southern state falls far short. It's 3,154,818 acres. Interestingly, only eight states , outside the South , h a ve a mi Ilion or more ac res in production. They include, amo ng othe rs, California, Ma ine , Oregon, and Wash ington . R u nning second to Georg ia, in tree farm ac reage , is our ne ighboring state of A lab ama wit h 6,86 1,5 18 . Anoth er border ing state, Florida, is third with 6,485 ,877 a c re s. What do these figures mean? For one thing, th a t we o re do in g a pretty good job of managing and conserving our woodlands. The time may come when our forests will be more valuable th an an y of the gold e v er mined from the lands of the west . Wise forestry pract ic es should be continued. The South's woodlands a re indeed a major source of its vitality to day and it s b ri gh t promise for the future .
Waycross Journal-Herald

More Pines Needed In Georgia

Occas ionally, we hear a woodland owner say he is a fraid we are overplantin g

pines in Georg ia, and that he worries le s t the pr ice of pulpwood drop sharply .

Latest figures released by the Southern Pu lpwood Conservation Associatio n

ind icate the need for pul pwood is increasing a t a rapid rate. Per cap ita consumption

of paper and paper products is nowot a record high of 500 pounds a year. By 1975,

the ra te is expected to be 570 pounds wi t h the population increased by 30 m i Il ion.

Th ose figures mean t hat in less than 10 years, the need for paper and pape r

products will be 17 bill ion , 100 m illi on pounds, per year.

Meonwhi le, we cont inu e to lo se forest lands to such uses as super h ighways ,

reservoirs , urban a nd suburban development, recreational a reas a nd other require

ments.

The o bv ious result is th a t mo re and more tr ees will hove to be grown o n

less an d less land. That is why the Georg ia Forestry Comm iss io n and th e pulp a nd

paper compan ies cont inu e to emphas ize better forest managemen t and protect ion ,

and the planting of improved seedlings.

It is appa ren t t here is no bas is for fear on the pa rt of woodland owners tha t

the demand for pulpwood w i II fade ou t .

Macon Telegraph .

Seedlings

Growing Cost Ups Price

Fifty Million Seedlings

Available For Order

A new form , for order ing seedlings, and revised price list, of available species, will greet Georgia landowners this year.
Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Commission, Macon, said prices have been increased on most species of forest tree seed Iings. Shirley emphasized that the price increases were kept m line with the cost of labor and materials. He po inted out that the last price Increase occurred m the early fifties.

Shirley added that the new seedlin g application form, which will be submitted 1n a single copy, is designed for more efficient dissem ination of seedlings and easier administrative hand Iing.
A supply of 50 mi II ion trees, an increase 1n production over last year, is available for order by Georgia landowners. Shirley added that orders for dogwood and redbud wi II be limited to max1mum orders of 1,000 each.

Ordering Instructions

Payment must be in the form of check, money order, or government purchase order for the correct amount, mode payable to the Georgia Forestry Commission. For assistance contact your local Coun ty Forest Ranger.
The following plants may be purchased; a va il ab ili ty depends on supply.

Arizona Cypress

12. 00

Bold Cypress

10. 00

Bicolor Lespedezo

6.00

Block Gum

10. 00

Block Wo Inut

10 .00

Catalpa

10. 00

Cottonwood

10 .00

Dogwood *

35.00

Eas tern Red Cedar 12.00

Live Oak

10.00

Pine

Eastern Wh ite

9.00

Improved Loblolly Improved Slosh Loblolly Long leaf Short leaf Slosh Virg ini a Redbud * Sweet Gum

6 .50
6.50 4.50 4.50 4.50 4.50 4.50 35 .00
ro.oo

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10 .00

Yellow Poplar

10 . QO

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be submitted with appl ication. Species ovoi Iable and cost pe r
thousand are loblolly, longleaf, shortleo( slosh and Virg inia p il'"!e, $4.50; improved loblolly a nd improved slosh pine, $6.50; eas t ern white pine, $9.00 and bicolor lespedezo, $6 .00.
Others ore bold cypress, block gum, block walnut, catalpa, cottonwood, live oak, sweet gum , wh ite oak, and yellow poplar , all $10.
Arizona cypress and eastern red cedar, $12; and dogwood and redbud, $35, complete the list.
On orders for Ies s than 500, seedling packages of 50, 100, 200, 300, and 400 will be ava il able. There will be no mixed packages . The minimum acceptable order is

Orders of less than 500, or sm all orders requir ing special handling , the foll ow ing pr ice s will ap ply:

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Pr ic es apply to one sp ecies on ly. No pa ck ages ha ving mixed species ava il able.

50 trees of any one species. A transportation charge, of 50
cents per thou sand, is added if trees are de Iivered by State truck to the County Ranger's headquarters.
Sanford Darby , Comm is s ion Reforestation ch ief, said seedling application forms may be obtained from the Commission County Rangers , County Agents, So i I Conservation Serv ice Technicians, and Agric ultural Conservation Program Officers. All orders must be sub-

TREES PROTECT GAME & WATER
PLANT TREES

CONTACT YOUR COUNTY FOREST
RANGER
GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION
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Trees, in it ially selected, for the Commiss ion 's Tree Improvement Pro gram, possessed severo/ supe ri or character i st ics based on rigid s e /ect ion standards . Th i s tree i f lustrotes three des ir ed character ist ics, straight bole, small branches and narrow crown .
mitted on a Commission applicati on form. If a landowner desires a ddi tiona! tr ees after init ial order, a n other order must be comp Ieted, Dar by added.
Moil completed appl ication s to the Georgia Forestry Comm i s s ion, P. 0. Box 1077, Macon, Ga. 31 202.
For assistance 1n determ in ing your reforestation needs, co nta ct your local county forest range r.

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T he 7966 Miss Georg ia Forestry,
Jane Brooks, Chatsworth, is crown-
e d by the re i gn ing queen , Mi ss
Ca ro l Jean Walden , Atlanta .
A reasonable solution, to Georgia's timberland tax problem, urged. Dorsey Dyer, forester, Geo ; gia Extens ion Service, Athens, said, " The high tax rates , along with the threat of higher rates, are causin g some of the small woodland ow ners to sell out."
Dyer, in addressing the Georgia Forestry Association's 59th annual me eting, emphas ized "The small lan downers must be encouraged to ho ld on to their timberland. Landowners have spent much t ime , effort and money in replenishing the

State's t imber reso ur ces du ri ng t he past 25 years. To destroy the se valuable res our ces, and the great industry that they support through an unreasonable ta x pr og ram, wo u ld be the he ight of folly. "
Dyer concluded, ''The entire community benef its. The bas is fo r Georg ia's se c ond la rgest indu s try, the forest indu s try, i s the t imb er
resources. "
Keynote speake r John A. Sibl ey , ret ired board cha irman , Trust Company of Georg ia , At lant a, sa id, "Mode rn techn iques in th e de vel o pment of ne w products , ready ma r ket s , adequate f ina nc in g an d the av a ilab ili ty of ra w mat e r ia l a re th e propelling factors t hat wi ll en h a nc e t he development of future fo res t in dustries turning out highly spec iali zed forest products that wi ll req uire skilled craftsmen a nd future em ployment for many young Georgians. "
Sibley added , "I see no dim ini shing supply of raw mater ial to feed the wood-us ing industr ies of Georg ia , both large and small, in the future. The abil ity to d ivers ify i s the secret behind Georgia's successful industry boom."
The convention's theme "T i mber, Taxes and Tree Growers" , was further elaborated on by W. S. Bromley , executive vice pres ide nt, Amer ican Pulpwood Assoc iat ion , New York, N. Y .; W. W. Lanier, president, Georgia Farm Bureau Federation, Macon; Boyd Rasmussen, deputy ch ief, U. S. Forest Serv ice,
Wash ington, D. C.; and Walter Stone,
engineer ing and deve Iopment forester, Continental Can Co., Inc., Savannah.
Bromley stressed the dependence of the fores t industries, of Georgia, on the tree farmers of th is state.
He sa id, "The annua l produc ti on , of forest products in Georgia, has

inc reased more than 100 percent du ring t he past 25 years. This high ra te o f growth, and the leading nati o nal posit ion held by Georgia in pu lp wood product ion , can only be mai nt ained with the continued support and growth of tree farming."
"The forest industries, in Georg ia , h ave depended on and wi II a Iwa y s need to get more than twothi rds of thei r total annual requiremen t s, for pulpwood and logs, from la nd other than their own," Bromley e mphas ized .
Lan ie r said, "Georgia 'snumber t wo in du s t ry, forestry, cannot survive with excessive taxation. Over 70 perc ent of Georgia's woodlands is owned by small farmers. The Farm Burea u seeks the help of all those interested, in Georgia's economic development, in correcting the danger to this industry.
Rasmussen cited the Forest Service Laboratories at Athens and Macon as attesting to the close work ing relations with the University, Georgia Forestry Commission
cont' d pg. 8
George Peake, Jr.
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Wood-Using Industry Construction Announced

The fact, that Georgia's timber situation indicates that supplies of timber over the next two or three decades could support a substantial expans ion for timber markets, i s being substantiated.
Announcements, for the construction of new and expansion of established industries, were made during the first six months of 1966 to the sum of more than 170 mi llion dollars. The most recent faci I ities announced for construction include a pulp, paper and paper products mi ll at Beech Island, S.C. , and plywood manufacturing plants at Cedar Springs and Perry.
The Kimberly-Clark facility, at Beech Island, will be built on a 1,100 acre site about five miles southeast of Augusta; The new plant will include modern, h i gh speed tissue manufacturing and con verting faci I ities for the production of its Iine of branded consumer tissue products. A kraft pulp mill, with a probable capacity of 500 tons per day, will also be installed. This will supply the plant's tissue machine and, until further expansion, serve other Kimberly-Clark plants and the company's market pulp customers.

Production is expected to begin 1n 1968 with the production of tissue products. Raw material wi II be drawn from a 100-mi le radius of the mill site. At the outset, the mill requirements are expected to be about 300,000 cords annually. Both pine and hardwood will be uti I i zed.
A South Carolina news source estimates initial employment at 1,000 to 1,500 persons. The cost of the facilities is put at an unofficial 90 million dollars by the source.
Great Northern Paper Company is about to construct a 4 . 4 mill i on dollar plywood manufacturing plant.

GREAT NORTHERN PAPER COMPANY Plant Building Site

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It wi II be located on a 40-acre s i t e adjacent to the company's pr esent paper mill near Cedar Springs.
The new di vi sion is expec ted to be i n operation by July , 196 8. It will have a rated capacity of 60 mill i on square feet of three-eigh th sinch plywood. This will mean the utilization of some 25 million board feet annually . The new plant i s being des igned so that it can be expanded for an annual produc t i on capacity of 120 mi llion square f eet.
The new division will em p l oy 1 325 persons w ith 140 being manufacturing personnel. It wi II take 185 employees to supply the pine-pe el er logs.
The Iatter part of 1967 is t he operation date set for a new p lywood plant at Perry . The plywood facility, a div i sion of Toll e son Lumber Company, Inc., Perry, wi ll be constructed at a reported co st of approximately 2.2 million dollars.
In it i al production i s expe ct ed to be 40 mi llion square fee t of three-eighths-inch plywood. T hi s w il l mean the utilization of some 15 m i ll i on board feet annually. T he raw material w il l be drawn from t he Perry and F i tzgerald areas.
Init i al employmen t calls for 150 personnel. Th i s i nclude s t he wood's force.
Yes, wood-us i ng i ndu stri es are coming where the trees are.

Forest Fire Protection Expansion

And Merger

Organized forest f ir e protection
ha s expand ed to 157 c o unties in
Georg ia , a nnou nces Ray Shirley, director, Geor g ia Forestry Commi ssion, Ma con.
Union Co unty, effec tiv e July 1,
came under protect ion in combination with the Fannin County Forestry
Unit . This brings t o 23,941 , 200
for e st a c res under orga n ized State
prote cti on . An other 1,705,800 acres
are un de r the protect ion of th e U. S.
Fores t Service. Some 90,700 a cre s
of th is acreage is loc a te d in Uni o n
Co unty. T here are 25, 77 2, 200 ac res
of forest land in Georgia.
Uni on County's 160,800 fo res t acres repres e nt 78 percent of its
total land area. The combined Fannin-
Uni o n Co un t y Unit has 382,700
fo re st acres . The new combin at ion bri ngs t he
total combined un it s t hroughou t the
State to 38. Of t he 157 counties

under organize d forest fire protec-
tion, 79 c o unti e s are in combined
uni ts, Sh irley sa i d. Sh ir ley s tate d that bringing Union
Co un t y un de r prote ct ion br ings us a step c lose r to our goa l, prov id ing orga niz e d fir e pro te ct ion fo r all of Georg ia ' s fo re st acres . The two coun ti es no t und er protect ion are Qui tma n and To wns.
Shirl ey e mph as i zed that , throug h a merge r, a f in a ncial savin g s i s rea Iized by bot h county and State. In add it ion to fi nancia l savin g s , the re are other be ne fi ts. It mean s conservi ng equ ipme nt, buil d in g s a nd the many other cos ts of a fo r-

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Ca me Under Protec ti on J uly 1, 1966
Combined July 1, 1966

estry un it while still insur ing adequate pro t ection , Sh irley added .
The progra m is f inanced two-thirds by t he Sta te and o ne-third by the count ies. In the Fannin-Union combination, th e counties pro-rata share is on an acreage basis.
The F annin- Un ion County Unit is un der H. F . Daven port. The Unit headquarters is located on U.S.
76 near Mo rganton.
Dav enport po i nt ed out that the Un it w i ll me a n extra dividends to the peopl e of Un ion County because it wi l l wo r k to protect, improve and perpe tuate their vast areas of t im be r.

RENTAL PAYMENTS CEASE ... GROWING PROFITS CONTINUE

Many Soi I Bank or Conservat ion Reserve Contracts, on land planted to trees , will be exp1 r1 ng soon. This wi II resu It in the end of government rental payments to pine pl a ntation owners under th is program .
W. H. McComb , ch ief, Fo re s t Management Div is ion , Georg ia Fore stry Com miss ion , Macon, says that ev en though Soi I Bank rental payments wi II ceo se, with contract ex p ira t ion s, prof its wi ll co nti nue wi th the growing tree. He urges woodland owners to c ontinue t imber production in pine planta t ions planted
un de r the So i l Bank P rogram , 1956-61.
Clea r c utt ing, a t th is t im e , wil l mean cas hi ng in the t rees' accumu 1a ted growth which has been in crea sin g in va lue each year. However, their greatest value can only be re alized by keeping the planted area in cont inued product ion. Land

clearing and conversion is costly. Allowed to grow, the trees wi II provide a satisfactory f inanc ial return, McComb emphasized.
He pointed out that t imber planted under this program , 1n most instances, is not of me rchan t able s ize at present. However, in a few more years, the t imber wi II become of marketable size, and the an nu al growth , in many cases , wi II equal the value of the annual rental received over the past ten years.
McComb added that the trees are at an age to real ize the irgreatest rate of growth. He cited the need for cutti ng poore r qual it y, s lo w growing trees , on a th innin g bas is, to make way for the growth of th e bett er timber. This shoul d be do ne by getting a fore ster to sel e c t an d mark the trees to be cut.
In a few years , follo wing the

first th inn ing , a second or third

t h inning c an be made . In this cut-

ting, the trees will be of sawtimber

siz e wh ich w i II further enhance

the ir value, McComb stated.

In Georg ia , the re were 558,449 , 420

tree seedlings purchased under the

Soi I Bank Program. This represented

about 700,000 acres , and accounted

fo r almost one-third of all trees

pla nted, in the United States, under

this program. In the peak year,

1958, landowners bought 298,077,500

seed li ngs.

Georgia Forestry Commission

Area Management Foresters are

ava ilable to ass ist woodland owners

wi t h t he i r forest management pla n-

nin g. They may be contacted through

loca l county forest rangers , Com-

miss ion District Offices and the

Comm is si on's headquarters near

Ma c o n.

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ce nt' d. from pg . 5
and Georgia Forest Research Council. He said, "The Coweta Experimental Forest, Scull Shoals, Hitchiti and George Walton Forests, in Georgia , and the Olustee Exper iment Stat ion, in Florida, are examples of close cooperat ion with the many in dustrial and other landowners of Georg ia."
"We have been interested in efforts to base property tax assessments upon values that are realistic in terms of earning capacity in timber product ion . We are interested in working , with you and other groups, toward improvement in the meth ods by which forest lands and forest operations are taxed .." Rasmussen emphasized.
Stone commented, "With the present lum ber situation, we are go in g to have to prepare ourselves to handle the product in any form that it might come to the mill from the producer from the woods."
"The producer must equ ip himself," Stone added , "and , we must equip oursel ves to meet this situation to stay in business."

Participants in the tax forum ore Ray Shirley, director, Georgie Forestry
Comm i ssion , Macon; J im L. Gillis, Jr. , County Commiss ioners Association of Georg ia, Soperton; R . C. Pl ymale, landowner, Douglas; Mercer Durham ,
Green e Count y Tax Assess in g Board, Union Po int; Dorsey Dyer, Agriculture E x tension Fores ter, Athens; Gerald Saunders , landowner, Columbus; Dr . L eon Hargreaves, cha i rman , Ta x Study Group , Ath ens; Ralph Hodges , vice-presi dent, Nat ional Forest Products Association , Washington; and J. E . Parke r, landowner, Ludo wici.

Officers
Reelection of officers, Mis s Georgia Forestry crowned and awards presented highlighted th e awards banquet.
George Peake, Jr., Macon, wa s named to a second term as presiden t of the Association. Harley Langdale, Jr., Valdosta, first vice president was also named to a second term . A. E. Patton, treasurer; Harvey R. Brown, executive director; and Mr s . Helen M. Dixon, secretary, all of Atlanta, were reelected to their respective positions.

Commission personnel recognized for outstanding service ore, front row, T . H. Bullard, Wilkes; James H. Henson, Waycross; Coy Womack, Baldwin-Hancock; Loyd Mann , Carroll-Douglas ; Robert D. Holland, Randolph-Terrell; and J . J.
Carter, Haralson-Polk . Back row, M. F, Futch, Liberty-Long; J. C. Bowen,
Ben Hill; W. F. McArthur, Jeff Davis- Telfair; Newell D. Lastinger, Colquitt;
John W. Rice, Elbert-Madison; F. L. Staten, Echols; and H. F. Davenport,
Fannin-Union.
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Forestry Queen
The 1966 Miss Georgia Forestry 1s Jane Brooks of Chatsworth. Th e 18-year-old Murray Countian wa s crowned by the reigning queen, Mis s Carol Jean Walden of Atlanta. Mis s Nancy Elizabeth Lee, 16, Lakelan d, was the runnerup.

Bob Tift , ri gh t, conservat ion foreste r, Union Camp Corp. , Douglas , was re cognized for lead in g the nation 1n cert i fy ing T ree Farm acreage. AI Davenp ort, chairman , Georg ia F orest In dustries Comm ittee, Savannah, made the presentation.
Miss Brooks won a $350 schol or-
shi p to the c ollege of her cho ic e in Georg ia. During the year, Miss Brooks wi ll attend vario us functio ns of the Assoc iat ion. There wer e 38 contestants in the pageant.
Awards
Gene ral Performance awards we re pre sen ted to the district and tho se counties that have been outst a nd in g in t he performance of the ir services to the c itizens of Georgia. Their cooperativeness a nd regards, for responsib il ity , have been on the highest level. Th rough these and al l personnel of the Georg ia Forestry Commiss ion, the Commission has been able to make contr ibut ions and accomplishments in the perpet-

uation of forestry in Georg ia. The best fire record award went
to Echo Is Co unty. Th is county had only ten wildfires that burned 22.3 forest acres. Th is award is based on the leas t number of fires per un it of burning in dex per one hundred thousand acres. T he Echo Is County forest ran ger is F . L. Staten.
The Com mission's Eighth Di strict, with headquarters near Waycross, recei ved the top district a ward.. James A. Henson is the district forester.
The Randolph-Terrell County Forestry Un it was named the out stand ing unit. Robert D. Holland is the Randolph- Terrel l County forest ranger.
Indi vi dual unit winners and ra ngers are L ibe rty-Long, M. F. Fu tch, Jr. ; Colqu itt, Newell D. Last inger; Randolph-Te rr ell , Rober t D. Holland ; Carroll -Do ugla s, Loyd Mann ; and Jeff Davis- Telfair, W. F. McArthur .
Others are Baldw in-Hancock, Coy Wom ac k; Haralson-Polk, J. J. Carte r; Camden , James B. Simpson; Fannin , H. F. Da venport ; and El bertMad is on , John W. Rice.
The Assoc iation's initi a l 'Forestry Public Service Award' went to the Jeff Da v is County Ledger and the Wilkinson County News. J. E. Baynard and Joe Boone, editors of the Ledger and News, respectively, were pres~nted the awards.
Baynard has pub lish ed a Keep Green Edition, aimed at the promotion of forest conservation, for the

past 18 years. It was through these
editions that the c it izens of Jeff Davis County made a concerted effort to obta in a county forestry unit. The ir efforts became a reality in
1961.
Boon e was c ited for the editorial stand and factual news presentation on the U. S. F ish and Wildlife Ser vice condemnation proceedings. Through this coverage, the protection of pr ivote, taxpaying wood Iand owners in the Oconee River Valley
was upheld , enabl ing some 14,000
forest acres to remain 1n pr ivate rather than transferred to federal ownership.
Bob T ift, conservation forester, Un ion Camp Corp., Douglas, was recognized for his outstanding service to the Georg ia Tree Farm Program. AI Da venport, chairman , Geo rgia Forest Industries Committee, Un ion Camp Corp . , Savannah, in mak ing the presentation, po int ed out that Tift leads the nation in certifyin g Tree Farm acreage with 288,358 acres.
For outstand ing and meritor ious serv ice to the Association, five Georgians received the Order of the Golden Pine Cone. Recip ients we re Joe Boone, editor, Wilkinson County News, Irwinton ; Sa nford P. Darby, chief, Reforestat ion ; W. H. McComb , chief, Forest Management; Cha ri es B. Place, Jr. , Forest Education assistant; and James C. Turner, Jr. , ass istant director, all of the Georgia Forestry Commi ss ion , Macon.

More than 790 forest conservat ion b ill board s igns were erected this Summer throughout Georgi a.
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Weather Influences

Wildfire Occurrence

Fire occurrence in Georgia, during 1965, was signif icantly lower than the previ ous ten year a verage, according to Paul H. Hagerty, superv ising fire weather forecaster for Georgia, Macon.
A report, Georgia F ire Weather 1965, shows that the 6 , 823 wi ldfires were 14 percent lower than the ten year average of 7,910 wildfires. The average size fire for 1965 was 3.7 acres, breaking the low record of 3.9 acres established in 1964.
The favorable fire weather, wh ich prevailed throughout 1964, continued into the Spring of 1965. Hager ty pointed out that March, usually the worst month of the year for wildf ire occurrence, sustained only 771 wildfires or 49 percent of the average number of fires, 1,570, for the month.
Hagerty said that May, with its record high tern peratures and Iack of rainfall, broke the reprieve from adverse burning conditions. Fire occurrence jumped to 925 or 182 percent of the average 507 wildfires.
Hagerty added that a relat ively cool and wet Summer and early Fall kept the number and size of fires well below what might normally be expected The only exception was August which showed a wildfire occurrence increase to 200, from 128 in July, due to rainfall deficiency. Wi Idfi re occurrence dropped back to 135 in September.
Temperatures were warmer than normal in November. This , coupled with spotty, insufficient rainfall, raised fire danger and occurrence to slightly above normal. Rainfall deficiencies continued through December making it one of the more severe months of the year.
Wi Idfi re occurrence in November and December was 674 and 1, 179, respectively. Hagerty reported, however, that acreage burned was approximately 1,000 forest acres Iess than the ten year average of 4,000 acres. 10

Loyd Bazemore, ranger, Screven County, is one of seven Georgia Forestry Commission rangers partic i pat ing in a cooperative proje ct with the U. S. Weather Bureau. He op e rate s a key we ather stat i on , and provides requested weather data for th e federa I ag e ncy' s F ort Wor th, T exas office. Other p articipat ing Commi s s i on uni t s ore Berrien, C ook, Dodge, Marion, Me riwe ther and Mill e r Coun ti es.
WILKES COUNTY RANGER RETIRES
An era of forest conservation has come to an end in Wilkes County with the ret irement of Ranger Tom Bullard.
For 21 years, Bulla rd has promoted forest fire prevent ion throughou t Wilkes County. And, it has pa id off. Up to 1939, over 50 percen t of Wilkes County ti mberland burne d annually. F rom Jan . I, 1966 to June 30, da t e of h i s retirement, si x wildfires have burned only three acres of Wi lkes County's 212, 000 forest acres.
Ranger Bullard has received many honors during his forestry career. Among these were awards presented in 1959, 1960 and 1964 by the Geo rg ia Forestry Association in recognit ion for ha vin g t he best fire record in the State.
Wilkes County off ici als c red it

thi s fin e reco rd to Bullard's cont inuo us edu cat ion program in county schools whe re by thousa nds of youngsters we re informed of t he dangers of wild for est fi res .
Ray Sh ir ley , d irecto r, Georg ia Fo res tr y Com mis s ion, Macon, praise d Bulla rd's devoti on to duty in sacrifi c in g leisu re hours to in s ure th e prot ect ion of Wi lkes' ti mberlands.
T he retiri ng 70- yea r-old range r an d his wi fe, My rt i s , plan to rema in in Wa s h in gt on.

Memoriam I

G. Norman Bishop, 62, died on
I June 14, 1966 in Athens. He taugh t
at he George Foster Peabody Schoo l

of Fo res try for 29 ye ars pr ior to h is
I ret ir ement, from t he Un ive r sity of
Georgia, on October 31, 1965.

I In J a nuary, Professo r Bi shop' s
fri e nds, fo rmer faculty co l leagu e s and Sc hool of Forestry alumn i recog-
I niz ed hi s loyal and ded icated se r-
vi ce by des ignating 50 acres of th e

Whiteha ll Forest as the G. Norma n

I Bishop Arboretum. Th i s area, a n
outdoor museum of trees and shrubs ,

se rves as a tribute to him , and now

has become a Iiving memorial.

Author of the widely-used han d-

book, "Native Trees of Georgia" ,
I Professor Bishop had concentrat ed
h is teaching in the fields of De n-

I drology , Fire Protection and Nav a l
Stores. He earned his B. S. in Forest ry

at the University of Georgi a in

I 1926. In 1932, he received the f irst

advanced degree in Forestry e ve r

conferred by that institut ion.

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Professor surveyor and Powder Co.

Bishop served as a cruiser for Hercu Ie s rn Miss i ssippi fr om

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1926-28. The following two yea rs,

he was employed as a research

wood technolog ist in Hercule s '

New Jersey Laboratories. From

1933-35, he was employed by th e

U. S. Forest Serv ice as a C.C. C.

Camp supe rintendent in Tenness ee.

During World War II, Professor Bish o p
r was a distr ict forester and assistan t

state forester in South Carolina.
I He held membership rn var io us
church, professional and ci vic

organizations.

Memoriam RANGER OF THE QUARTER

Walter A. Mo rgan, 58 , one of the Georgia Forestry Commission's oldest employees, in terms of servi ce, is dead.
Morgan, a native of Ellabelle, came with the Commiss ion in December 1935 as a towerman at the Daniels To wer near Ri chmond H i ll. In July 1937, he was promoted to patrol man in the Bryan County Forestry Unit. Morgan headed the Un it from January 1942-August 1944. At that time, he was elevated to F irst District ranger; the pos ition he held at the time of his death.
Dur ing his 31 year tenure, Morgan became proficient in tower and telephone line construction , fire protection and unsurpassed in h is knowledge of equipment . Ray Sh irley , Comm i ss ion d i rector, stated that Morgan was a high caliber employee dedicated to h i s job. Morgan ' s effi ciency and devotion to his work was a tribute to him as a man and to the State as an employee, Shirley added.
Mo rgan was a member of the Method ist Church and the Georgia Farm Bureau.
Among his surv ivors is his wife, Mrs. Ann is Lou ise Morgan.
PLACE RECEIVES
SCSA AWARD

Appro xi mately 82 percent, 167 ,300 acres , is in fore st land in Paul ding Cou nty. Th is acreage rep resents a grow ing volume of 217.6 mil li on cords of pulpwood.
These figures are evidence of a growing and important crop in Pau lding County , a money making crop for landowners.
All of th is woodland wealth , with its economical potential , could go up in smoke at any time. Or, it could fall prey to insects, disease s and poor management practices.
Alfred Craton , ranger, Pauld in g County Forestry Unit, has the chal lenging job of seeing that the county's woodlands are protected from its natural enemies , fi re, insects, diseases and neglect.
Craton has been successfully meet in g that challenge s ince he became ranger in 1959. In th e pas t fi v e years, Pauld ing Count ians have planted 597,700 seedl in gs on idle land, and converted approximately 6,000 acres of unproductive forest land.
An effort, to further protect the forest acreage, has been made with the development of a county-wide fire prevention plan. The plan pinpo ints the principal ' hotspots ' in the county. In 1965 , 96 w i ldfires burned some 294 forest acres.
More than 100 landowners were provided forest management ass istance dur ing the past fiseal year. Previous records show only 44

ca ses. This technical assistance was provided by David McClain, as sistant Seventh District forester, Managemen t, Rome, through the county forestry unit. The increase was due to the increased effort to get woodland owners to obtain the best product ion out of their forest acreage.
Craton carries out an education program through local groups and news media. One of the top attractions is 'Pride in Pauld ing Day'. An exhibit is furnished for the oc -
COSIOn.
Other un it personnel are Patrol men Dewey , Costlow and James Toml in and Towermon, Gordon Lawrence.
A /fred Craton

Charles B. Place, Jr., Forest Educat ion ass i stant, Georgia Forestry Commission, Macon, is the rec ip ient of the Presidential Commendation for the Southeastern Region of the Soi I Conservat ion Soc iety of Amer ica.
The award was presented at the National Convention of the SCSA in Albuquerque, New Mex ico. John Bradshaw, Society pres ident, Salt Lake City, Utah, made the presentation.
Place was named for his contribution toward the Georgi a Chapter's annual Natural Resou rces Conserve-

Charles B. Place, J r., left, rece ives award from John Bradshaw, pres ident, SCSA , Salt Lake City , Utah.

tion Youth Workshop, ass i sting with the annuo I Ra in ey Moun t o in Boy Scout Camp and work w it h in the Chapte r.
The awa rd was s an cti oned by th e Reg ion Awards Co mmitte e a nd the National Executive Counc i I of the SCSA. He was nominated by the Geo rg ia Chapte r, SCSA .
In othe r bus in e ss, Cec il Chapman, St a te Conservat ionist, Athens, was named pres ident for 1967. It was an nounced that the 1968 not ional conventi on w ill be held in Athens in Augu st.
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Resource Workshops Completed

Unlock ing the mysteries of th
outdoors has been made eas ier for 37 Georg ia teachers.
The teachers have ju s t completed their f ir st Natura l Resou rc e Use Workshop at Berry College/ Rome1 and Valdosta State College1 Valdosta. Dr . Ph illip Greea r1 chairman/ Department of Bio logy/ Shorter College1 Rome1 was in charge of the North Georgia workshop. Zoologist1 Dr. Clyde Con nell 1 Biology Depa rtm e nt head1 Valdosta State1 coord inated the South Georg ia workshop.
Jim Morri son 1 cha irm a n/ Georg ia Natural Re s ou rc e Edu cati on Counc il1 said that th e teachers re c e ived five quarter hours1 or three and oneth ir d semes t er hours 1 of undergradua t e credit.
The three-week workshops provided add iti ona l train ing/ for the teacher s 1 in the wi se use of Georg ia's abundan t natural resources. The teachers a re able to supply th i s knowledge in their yearly programs.
The curriculum included a combinat ion of geology / soils 1 water1 forestry/ wildl ife and outdoor recrea-

Floyd

W.

Hubbard/

Jr. 1

utilizat ion

and marketing

forester 1

Georgia For-

es try Comm issi on/ left1 e xp lains the Marshal tract to the Natu ral R e-

source Use Workshop. The tract/ located on Horseleg Creek Rood south 1
of Rome/ is one of two areas recogni zed by the Soc iety of American

Foresters as ap proachin g a 'natural' forest condition in Georg ia. Pro-

fessor Ph ill ip Greear/ worksho p heod1 is on Hubbard's left.

tion . In add iti on1 s ome fundamentals of botany / bio logy and zoology were offered. F ie ld trips offered opportun iti es for i llustrotin g key po ints .
In the forestry ph ose of the workshop1the teachers were exposed to management and reforestation
prog rams and problems in Georg ia. They became fam i l ia r with the impact forestry has on Georg ia throu gh vi s it s to loc al wood-us in g in dustr ies. State1 federal 1 in dustry and educati on leaders taught the courses.
Scholars hips 1for the 37 teachers1 were sponsored by more than 40 conservation-minded organ iz at ions. They in cluded sportsmen's1 women's and garden clubs / so il and water

con servotion d i str icts and many la rge corporat ions.
The work shops were a cooperat ive project sp onsored by the vari ous State and fede ral ag encies . They include the Georg ia Game and Fish Co mmi ss ion 1 Georg ia Forestry Com mission1 State Parks Department/ U. S. F i sh and Wi ldlife Serv ice 1 Cooperat ive Extension Servi ce1 U. S. Forest Se rvic e 1 So i I Conservot ion Se rvi ce and Bu reau of Outdoor Recrea ti on.
Others are interes ted civic grou ps 1 indu str ia I concerns and the State Department of Educat ion .
The work shops ore an outgrowth of the thinking of the Georgia Natural Resources Educat ion Counc il.

Callaway Wins Scholarship

Mark Callaway/ R inggold 1 has won the Natural Resources Con-
servation Wcrkshop $252 college
scholarship. The scholarship 1 to the college of his choice in the
Un iversity System 1 covers tuit ion for three quarters.
Mike Fowler1 Blythe1 placed second. All workshop participants received certificates. The
awards 1 for the fifth annua I workshop held at Statesboro1 were presented by Sam G. Dunaway/
So i I Conservation Servi ce 1 Win der1 workshop d ir ector.
Dunaway stated that compe-
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t it io n1 for the scho lar sh ip1 was based on g rades from t ests g i ven on sub jects cove red du ri ng th e o ne-w e ek work shop. The g roup 1 of 163 boys 1 rece iv ed train i ng in Conserva tion P rac t ices 1 ResearchRecreat ion-W il d l i fe/ Forestry and Soils-Land Judging-Watersheds. Fo res t protect io n and manage ment1 gum naval stores and t imbe r stand impro vemen t were
co v ered in the fo r est ry phase of
the program. The fo res tr y program ins tru c-
tors were Eugene Carswell 1 Ashburn ; George Tu rk1 McRae; A. L.

Jacobs/ Dubl in; Ray Nunn 1 Mi llen 1 all Comm iss ion ass i stant distr ict
foresters 1 Management; and Je rry La n ie r/ Comm i ss ion ass i s tan t d is tr ict forester 1 Forest Protect ion1 Statesboro. Henry Sw indell 1 Co mmiss ion ass i stant d ist r ict fo reste r1 Management/ Midway 1 was the fo rest ry prog ram coord inato r.
Dunaway added t hat the wo rk-
shop was co- sponso red by the Geor-
gia Chapter1 So i I Conservation Soc iety of America/ and the Asso-
c ia ti on of So i l Conse rvation Dis -
tr ict Supervisors.

Forest Conservation

Project Pays Dividends

A 14-yeor-old project has borne fru it for the Cam i II a Garden C lub.
In 1952, the Camillo Garden C lub asked for and obtained the consent of the c ity fathers to plant 17 a cres of slosh pine at th e Cam illo Airport. This year the 17- a cre tract yielded some 144 cords of pulpwood valued at $941.
Mrs. P. C. Cullens and Mrs.
Cameron Head propelled the project into act ion. Not ing that the requested area was not being used for runways or under cultivat ion, the garden club was successful in the ir plea. Rece iving technical ad vice from the Georgia Fo restry Com mission, the club's airport project become a s ho wplace for the comm unity and a demonstrat ion area for var ious forestry groups .
The c ity of Cami II a expressed their confidence in the pro ject each year by allowing the garden club to mainta in the t ract.
Ed Forsyth, ossi stont Second District forester, Management, Cam ill a, sa id that this year's cut involved the thinning of diseased, deformed and other inferior trees. Th is thinning has opened the stand which will promote better grow in g conditions. Another pulpwood thinning is scheduled for 1970.

Forsyth added that , pri or to the cutt ing , the tract was presc ri bed burn ed in 1963. Th i s reduced rough an d lessened the chance of severe damage by wildf ire. In add it ion, f ir ebreaks ore c onst ructed and mo into ined ann ually in and around the stand.
Mrs. Cu ll ens emphos i zed that the pro ject was educational , a demons trot i on on ho w to grow pine trees, and on example of their value to Mitchell Co unty. She pointed out th a t t he reforestation project wo s a perfect t ie- in with their tree planter program.

Mrs . P . C. Cullens, Cam ill a, was instrumental in getting the slash p ine proiect off to a productive start.

Hugh Allen, Second District forester, Camilla e xplains cutting practices to Cam i lla Garden Club members . They are, 1-r, Mrs. P. C. Cullens, Mrs. T. B. T witty and Mrs. Vernon Twitty.

The initial thinning y ielded 144 cords of pulpwood. Cam ill a Garden Club members Mrs. Vernon Twitty, Mrs. T. B . Tw itt y and Mrs. P . C. Cullens get an insight on the loading operation from Hugh Allen , Second District forester, Camilla.

In 1947, the Cam i II a Garden Club promoted a successful drive to purchase a tree planter. The planter, rented at cost, was used by local landowners. The ingenuity of the club later prompted four Mitchell County banks to fall in step with the garden club.
The reforestation project produced the club a Green Ribbon Certificate, awarded by the National Counci I of State Garden Clubs, Inc., and first place in conservation at the 1954 convention of the Garden Clubs of Georgia, Inc.
The 17-acres of slash pine at the Cami II a A ir port i s growing evidence of the Cami II a Garden Club's theme, 'Conservation Through Educat ion'.
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Improved Seedlings
Provided On
Unlimited Basis
The commerc ial production of Improved Slash and Loblolly Pine Seedlings highlights the Georg ia Forestry Commission's 1965-66 annual seedling report.
For the first time, Georgia landowners were able to purchase Improved Seedl ings on an unlimited basis. The first year, 1964-65, saw 600,000 of these trees produced. In 1965-66, 2,897, 600 Improved Seed lings were grown. Commission Director Ray Shirley states that production will be steadily increased unti I complete production of slash and loblolly pine is obtained. Production of Improved Seedlings this year is expected to be about seven million, Shirley added.
The report shows that 4, 467 Georgia Ian downers purchased 39, 428, 753 seedlings. Private landowners purchased 53.7 percent of the trees. Industry accounted for another 25.9 percent.
Commiss ion Reforestation Chief Sanford Darby po inted out that Georgia landowners planted enough seedlings to establish 100,876 forest acres. These new forests, 49,286 acres, were established with Commission grown stock, Darby added. Pulp mill nurseries provided the balance of the plant ing stock.
In addition to Georgia purchases, there were 898,700 seedlings, sur plus to Georg ia needs, sh ipped out of state. States, who were shipped seedlings, included Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida and Mi ssissippi. North and South Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas and Virg inia complete the list. 14

LETTERS

We love our beaut iful trees and before we pan ic in the future, we shall surely call on your off ice for expert adv ice.

Mr. Ra y Sh i rley Director Georgia Forestry Comm i ssion Macon, Georgia
Dear Mr . Shirley:
Mr. Louie F. Deaton recently calmed our fears on a wood borer prob Iem we thought existed . He also looked at our neighbors' damaged trees and gave several of us adv ice on treatment of the damage and fungus.
His knowledge, coupled with an interest in our problems , is ind icat ive of h is devot ion to his career. We consider him a decided asset to the Georgia Forestry Department.
Lt. Col. John H. Barker East Point, Georgia
Mr. Jerry Ridley Georgia Forestry Commission Eatonton, Georgia

Very truly yours,
Mrs. Glenn D. Farrar At Ionto, Georg ia
State Forestry Cammi ssion Fire Protection Unit Reidsville, Georgia
Gentlemen :
Some weeks ago when fire broke out on my land you were kind enough to extinguish the blaze and for this I am grateful to you, I realize that you have saved many dollars for the citizens of this county, and it goes without saying that all of your efforts may be disregarded. However , I am grate ful for your assistance.
With kindest regards, I remain
Yours very truly,
A. F. Williams, M. D. Savannah, Georgia

Dear Mr. Ridley:
The Putnam County Future Former s of America very truly appreci ate your past services.
As a substitute teacher for our Vocational Agriculture Teacher, you have given us many interesting and factual programs nat to mention your services as a dedicated forest ranger. We would like to thank you for helping us prepare for our Forestry Field Day and for the time you spent with us while our teacher was attending cattle showings and other activities with our club,
Again, we express our many thanks,
Very truly yours,
Jeff Maddox President
Mr. John Mixon Georgia Forestry Commission Room 545, 7 Hunter Street Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Mr. Mixon:
I am happy to confirm that our so-called "dying pine trees" in our yard and that of our next door neighbor seem to be in real fine shape.
We c itizens ore glad we have an office, such as yours, to call upon for advice.

Mr. A. Ray Shirley Director Georgia Forestry Commission Macon, Georgi a
Dear Mr. Shirley:
We, of Davis Lumber Company, wish to express our appreciation for the assistance and advice of Mr. P au I Butts, of the Georgia Forestry Commission, in the recently completed mill study at our Albany mill.
It is good to know that a business, such as ours, can get the advice and experience of qualified people who can look at an operation and render advice that you can trust is unbiased, and is not based upon the sale of a piece of machinery or equipment,
Mr. Butts and his associates performed a job and presented a report which we consider vital to our ability to mak e the right decision regarding future expansion of our operation. The manner, in which Mr. Butts and his associate s conducted themselves and the qualit y of work presented, certainly create s confidence and is a credit to the Georgi a Forestry Commission and the Fore st Service.
We thank you for a job well done,
Yours very truly,
S. M. Davis Davis Lumber Company

Logging

the foresters ...

T V SHOW... Telev i sion will salute th e 21st birthday of Smokey Bear with a special, "The Ball ad of Smokey Bear". The program will be a one-hour show on NBC th i s fall. The date and time will be announced Iater.

Bea utification of Macon's auto salvage yar.ds is underway. Four members of the Ne ighborhood Youth Corps, under the guidance of Frank Craven , chief, Forest Education, Georg ia Forestry Comm ission, planted some 600 loblolly p ine seedlings at two local auto salvage yards. Youth Corps members, that took part in the tree planting proiect, are Thomas Wright, Earnest Tolbert, Eddie Lamar and Bi II Prine. The planting is part of a beautification program to make Macon more attract ive.

J. E. Hambr ick , Hah ira, second from left, has been elected president of the Georg ia Ch ristmas Tree Growers' Assoc iation. Jack Warren, past president, Athens, congratulates Hambrick on his election . Others are Mrs. Hambrick and B. R. Murray, secretary-treasurer, Tifton. The purpose of the Association is to promote and develop the exchange of experience among the growers of Chr istmas Trees in Geo rgia. Through cooperative efforts, pract ical solut ions are found for the many problems in produc ing and marketing Chr istmas trees .
'Smokey Bear' appeared at the V ictoria Evans Memor ial L ibrary to present Smo key Bear Reading Club cert i ficates to Turner County youngsters. Some 125 enrolled in the Summer Readin g Club . The club wa s sponsored by Mrs. Madge Rouse, librarian, and the Turner County Forestry Unit. Partic ipants include, 1-r, V i c Hardin, Johnny Holly, Mrs . Rouse, George Shingle r, distr ict forest ranger, Smokey, Ma rvelyn Morr is and An ita Barber.

Fl LM AWARD ... "The Paper Forest", an educational motion picture produced by the Southern P u Ipwood Conservation Association , has won the Golden Tree Award. The award, the top prize of the International Festival of Forestry Films, was presented in Madrid , Spain at the Sixth World Forestry Congress. The film presents the pulp and paper story, how it works and the economic contribution it makes.
SYMPOSIUM ... A "Hardwood Sym posium" wi II be held at the Dempsey Motor Hotel , Macon, October 26-27, 1966. The symposium, be ing sponsored by the Georg ia Forest Research Counc i I, is for southern foresters interested in the problems confronting the hardwood industry. The program wi II include hardwood silvics and silviculture, hardwood regeneration, stand management and economic aspects of hardwood management.
NEW PERSONNEL .. . Forester BEN BRANDON, JR. is the new forest technician 1n the Th ir d District office...WESLEY HARTLEY , JR. is assigned to the Eighth Distr ict office as a forest technician ... WILSON H . WRIGHT , forester, is working in the Seventh Distr ict as a forest techn ici an with headquarters m Cobb County ... MARVIN L . NICHLESS is the new storekeeper at the Macon Warehouse.
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SEPTEMBER,1966
PL4NT TIBBS
"Everyone benefits from trees"

WORKERS

FARMERS

MERCHANTS

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BUSINESS

SECOND-CL ASS POSI AGE PAID AT DRY BRANCH, GA.