Georgia forestry, Vol. 21, no. 1 (Mar. 1968)

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Georgia FORESTRY

Mar., 1968

No. 1

Vol. 21

Published Quarterly by the GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION
Box 819 Macon, Georgia 31202

Georgia Forestry Mailing Address Route 1, Box 85
Dry Branch, Georgia 31 020

OFFICIALS
A. Ray Shirley- Director James C. Turner, Jr.-Asst. Director

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Hugh M. Dixon chairman
W. George Beasley M. E. Garrison L. H. Morgan Alexander Sessoms

Vidalia
Lavonia Homer Eastman Cogdell

STAFF
Frank E. Craven- Editor Thomas R. Fontaine, Jr.-Assoc. Ed. Thomas B. Hall - Artist

DISTRICT OFFICES GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION
DISTRICT I - Route 2 Statesboro, 30458
DISTRICT II - P. 0. Box 429 Camilla, 31730
DISTRICT Ill - P. 0. Box 169 Americus, 31709
DISTRICT IV - P. 0. Box 333 Newnan, 30263
DISTRICT V - P. 0- Box 96 McRae, 31055
DISTRICT VI - P. 0_ Box 881 Milledgeville, ;31061
DISTRICT VII - P. 0. Box 2136 Rome, 30161
DISTRICT VIII - P. 0. Box 1160 Waycross, 31501
DISTRICT IX - P. 0_ Box 416 Gainesville, 30501
DISTRICT X - Route 2 Washington, 30673
Member of the Georgia Press Association
Second class postage paid at Dry Branch, Georgia

CONTENTS
Isolate Your Trash Fire..............................................................................................3 Planting Needs Cited For Three County Area ...........................................................4 Rural Assistance Through T AP..................................................................................5 Timber Values and Needs Taught..............................................................................6 State Conservationist of the Year..............................................................................7 SPCA Head Retires....................................................................................................7 Tree Surgeon Licensing Supported ............................................................................8 Unexpired Term Filled by Beasley............................................................................9 Report Reflects Service Progress................................................................................9 Chapter and Section Officers Named ........................_............................................. 10 NSCP Supervisor Retires......................................................................................... 10 Taylor Takes Meteorological Position..................................................................... 10 Ranger of the Quarter............................................................................................. 11 Gillis Named Man of the Year................................................................................ 11 4-H and FFA Youths Win Forestry Honors............................................................ 12 Commissioner Profile...............................................................................................13 McVIIhorter Retires...................................................................................................14 Cannon Recognized for Simulator Work ................................................................. 14 Logging the Foresters.............................................................................................. 15
Cruising the News
Seedlings To Plant
The dreams of conservationists in this three-county area of Northwest Georgia are moving toward reality as a result of a plan outlined by the Walker-Catoosa-Dade County Development Assn.
Meeting last week in LaFayette. a group of forestry men from the three counties began the first implementation of development plans presented in a Summary of Resources book compiled by WACADA and the Tennessee Valley Authority.
The group has set a goal of planting 700,000 tree seedlings in the next 30 days on the 11,600 acres described in the resources book as needing such planting.
The work will be under direction of Rangers Sonny Huggins in Walker, James Scott in Catoosa and Ross Riddle in Dade.
It is an ambitious plan, but one which can be accomplished with the cooperation of other agencies in the counties and the general public.
We urge support of this venture and commend the forestry men for their efforts.
(From the Walker County Messenger)
Crack Down On Firebugs
The Ware County Unit of the Georgia Forestry Commission has reported 1967 as the worst year for woods fires since 1962.
Ranger R. T. Kirkland's report showed 1,055 acres of timber destroyed. During the month of May alone 336 acres burned.
While it is true that 1967 was a year of less than average rain fall, most of the fires, as in all years, were due to human carelessness or, in some cases, to maliciousness.
Despite the repeated warnings, 54 of the Ware fires which destroyed timber were caused by the burning of debris-people who set out to burn trash or to clear off a small area and then let the fire get out of hand.
Predictably thoughtless smokers made a contribution to the losses which ran into the thousands of dollars. The forestry department lists 24 fires as resulting from smoking.
There is little that can be said about those who set fires just to watch the woods burn. Every effort should be made to apprehend such persons and the punishment ought to be stiff. Citizens have a duty to report such law violators_
It has been noted many times that forestry is one of the keys to the economic wellbeing of our area.
Destruction of timberland, whatever the reason or circumstances, must be stopped.
(From the Waycross Journal-Herald)

ISOLATE YOUR

Throughout Georgia, there is not a county that does not suffer from carelessly set and tended

Cinder Block

trash and brush fires .

In the 1966-67 fiscal year, end -

ing June 30, 8,829 wildfires burn ed 38 ,351 forest acres . More than

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34 percent of the fires and 30 per-

cent of the acres burned was attributed to debris burning .
Thousands of acres of fields

Commercial

have been planted with tree seed-

lings which need many years of fire -free growth to attain flame re sistant size. Until they do, the hot fires will either set growth back or kill them . Even extreme hea t is fatal to young trees.
In the case of trash burning , the following of a few simple rules will save your timber as well as your neighbors. Fire protection

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All trash should be burned in a

container or cle.ared area. It could

be a wire incinerator with a lid, or a drum with holes punched in the sides. The area around the burn

TRASH FIRE

should be cleared of all flammable

and other potential fuel.

debris, such as paper, pine straw

No burning should be done on

a windy day . Even a small breeze

can spread sparks and embers be-

Oil Drum

fore the person tending the fire can stop them . Therefore, the in -

cinerator should be kept well a-

Metal screen cover prevents escape of sparks, cover should extend beyond the top of burner. It should be w eighted with rocks, bricks or p ipe.

way from wooded areas and grassy fields. Likewise, the trash pile should be isolated .

Use axe or sharp metal spear to cut holes in side and bottom. Keep holes small to prevent burning mater ial from escaping.

Burning should be done only in the early morning and late afternoon when the moisture content of the air is high . This prevents the

fire from burning as 'hot' as it

does in dry air.

Fire tools, such as rakes, hose

or shovels should be kept handy

to control any flames which es-

cape the area . A large container of

water or a portable water pump

are handy to have around for

emergencies .

Additional fires, caused by care-

lessness, wear out equipment and

tie up personnel. This increases the

cost of the forestry program . Much

of this loss can be eliminated if

every Georgian will do his part by

observing outdoor fire safety.

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Planting Needs Cited For

oratories by schools and (6) Forests pro vide a basis for Georgia's 1.1 billion dol

Three County Area

lara year forest industry. Druid Preston, assistant Forest Man
agement chief, Georgia Forestry Com

mission, Macon, pointed out the vast

drain of timber resources over growth in

the three county area. Southern yellow

pine is being cut almost five times as

heavy as it is being grown . Preston urged

landowners to plant all idle and poorly

stocked areas to insure a continuol,ls

supply of raw materials for Northwest

Georgia's wood usiniJ industries.

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Joe Hall, owner and publisher of the

Walker County Messenger and Charles

Gwyn, manager of Radio Station WLFA

gave the group tips on how to reach the

public with conservation information

through the news media.

Ernest Clevenger, president, Corley

Sawmills, Chattanooga , spoke to th.e

group on "Selling". Clevenger urged the

group to be enthusiastic about seedling

sales as he pointed out the need for tree

planting in this area.

Members of the forestry group of the WACADA Development Association are, 1-r, James C. Scott, ranger, Catoosa County; Dewey Bird, chairman, Catoosa County Forestry Board; W. C. Huggins, ranger, Walker County; Bob Gilbert, chairman, Walker County Forestry Board; L. Ross Riddle, ranger, Dade County; Ernest Clevenger, president, Corley Sawmills; and George Bible, president, WACADA.

Landowners were asked to evaluate their tree planting needs and order seedlings as soon as possible. Commission Rangers James C. Scott, Catoosa ; Ross Riddle, Dade ; and W. C. Huggins, Wal ker; assisted by Tucker Morgan, TVA, Chattanooga stated that an area covered

One of the first active steps in im plementing the report, Summary of Re source, prepared by the WACADA De velopment Association and the Tennes see Valley Authority, has been taken by

only tax bills; (2) Soil and Water Conservation is a must due to an expanding population and industry; (3) Once a sec ondary benefit, recreation is a most im portant use of today ' s forest; (4) For-

with stately trees, clear running streams, humming industry and a vertible sports man's paradise is in the offing as re commendations of the Resource Report are carried out.
The dreams of conservationists are

the Forestry group. Some 35 interested

ests provide a home for game and pro

unfolding from a plan on paper to real

men from cooperating agencies and land duce clean water for fish; (5) Forests

ity in Northwest Georgia thanks to the

owners from the three county area of

are used more and more as outdoor lab-

efforts of WACADA.

Catoosa, Dade and Walker met in La

Fayette to consider and discuss methods

of motivating landowners to adapt bet

ter forestry practices.

The group set a goal of 700,000 tree seedlings to be planted during the win

ter on the 11,600 acres pointed out in

the publication as needing planting in

the three county area.

During the meeting, Turner Barber,

Jr., regional forester, Georgia Forestry

Commission, Macon, discussed "Why

Plant Trees?" . He pointed out six basic

reasons why tree planting is as impor

tant in Northwest Georgia as it is else-

where. ( 1) A landowner can turn idle and poorly stocked land into an asset rather than a liability which produces

There are 11,600 acres of idle and nonproductive land in Catoosa, Dade and Walker Counties. The WACADA Development Association set a goal of 700,000 tree seed lings for this past planting season.

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Some 75 conservationists from the Georgia Forestry Comm ission , Farmers Home Administration and t he U . S. Forest Service met in Macon recently t o discuss the aims, functions and goals of t he County Technical Action Panels.
These panels located in each county, are composed of representatives of U . S. Department of Agriculture agencies and other federal and state agencies whose programs benefit rural people. Specifi cally, the TAP's assist rural people and rural communities to identify the services they need for economic, social and cultural growth and locate and secure the needed services. They also assist individuals and groups with economic development projects, inventories and surveys.
Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Commission, remarked that the Commission is very much interested in making more land productive.
Douglass A. Craig, Southeastern Area director, U. S. Forest Service, discussed the initiation of the TAP program by

Appearing on the TAP program were Vernon P. Mitcham, RAD specialist, Farmers Home Administration; Douglass A. Craig, director, Southeastern Area, U. S. Forest Service; Ray Shirley , director, Georgia Forestry Commission; and Darold Westerberg, forest supervisor, Georgia National Forest, USFS.

USDA Secretary, Orville Freeman. Craig

President Johnson is endeavoring to Panel members were Tom McFarland,

reiterated that the purpose of the pro-

stop the Farm to City migration. With

Thomson ; Tom Joyner, Rome; Paul

gra m was to upgrade rural areas and

over 70 percent of Americans living in

Bledsoe, Camilla; Sam Martin, Gaines-

make them a better place in which rural

Metropolitan areas, and more coming, ville and A . L. Jacobs, Dublin, all

people can live and raise their families.

cities are hard pressed to meet their Farm Foresters employed by the Geor-

John Hammond, assistant chief, For- needs. Rural communities do not have gia Forestry Commission. Others were

est Management, Georgia Forestry Com- full time officials nor financing to pro- Larry Cope, USFS, assistant ranger,

mission, proposed ten Forestry projects

perly plan community projects. Federal

Clayton , and Berkely J. Spilsbury , USFS

for county TAP committees to consider.

assistance is available to help these

district ranger, Greensboro. All panelists

They were seedling drives, timber stand

communities through the TAP Commit-

thought the need for TAP 's is great but

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improvement, train labor to work in the f orests, forest fire prevention campaigns,

tees, Mitcham said. The government official listed ten TAP projects current-

information needs to be dissem inated to rural people informing them of the

develop a Georgia Christmas tree mar- ly underway in Georgia including loan services available to them.

ket, provide a list of services available through TAP, provide forest resource data, provide wood-using industries with technical advice, control forest insects

referrals, drainage, sanitary land f ill s, timber stand improvement and crop dusting.
Darold Westerberg, forest superv isor,

J. D. Strange, associate area director, USFS, Atlanta, summarized the meeting. He pointed out the importance of the t im ber indu stry to Georgia. He encour-

and train heavy equipment operators. Vernon P. Mitcham, RAD specialist,

National Forests in Georgia, moderated a seven man panel. The panel discu ssed

aged every one t o be enthu siastic and sell the TAP program to our rural

Farmers Home Administration, stated

the st ro ng and weak points of TAP's.

commun ities.

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Timber Values And Deeds Taught

A series of In-Depth Forest Manage-

ment short courses have been conducted

by the Extension Forestry Department

headed by C. Dorsey Dyer.

The four day courses have been aim-

ed at arming the woodland owner with

information that will enable him to in-

telligently manage his wood lot for the

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highest return. Dyer states that if we are

to meet our future needs, our people

need to be educated to the values ob-

tained from our forests and our future

needs for wood and wood products.

There are three seated sessions and

an in-the-woods exercise. In the initial

class, Dyer outlines five forestry pro-

blems facing Georgia woodland owners.

They are Regeneration of Stands, Grow-

ing Larger Timber, Harvesting Methods,

Utilization and Land Ownership Pattern.

Ways of meeting these problems were covered in the lectures and field exercise that followed . The subject matter included Regulating the Stand to Fit

B. R. Murray, right, Extension forester, uses a prism in illustrating to the landowners the need for a thinning.

the Land, Characteristics of the Major

Species, Yield and Management of Plant-

ed Pines, and Increasing Interest Rates

From the Timber Investment.

Others were Measuring Timber and

Timber Products, Hardwood Control

and Prescribed Burning, Controlling For-

est Insects and Diseases, Four Steps To

B. R. Murray, left, Extension forester, gives the class background information on the stand they are to examine. He explains that a forest management plan would have been invaluable in making the stand productive.
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Jack Warren, right, explains the use of a biltmore stick to the landowners.
a Good Timber Sale and Income Tax on Timber Returns.
For the field exercise, a mismanaged stand was used. Practical exercises were given in determining and maintaining proper stocking and in timber measurements. The use of the forest management plan in carrying out the needed management practices was discussed.
Landowners and managers, Georgia Forestry Commission, consultant and industry foresters and technical agricultural workers have attended the courses.
Other instructors were Nelson Brightwell, B. R. Murray, George Walker, and Jack Warren, all Extension foresters and the local County Agent.

Ed Dodd
State Conservationist Of The Year

Ed Dodd of Atlanta, creator of the Mark Trail comic strip, is the 1967 State Conservationist of the Year.
The presentation was made by Sixth District Congressman Jack Flynt at the 32nd annual meeting of the Georgia Sportsmen's Federation in Macon. The Sears Roebuck Foundation sponsored the awards program.
Flynt praised the Federation for promoting the cause of the conservation of natural resources and the principles that have made America the great land that it is. He pleaded for law and order across the nation. He called the proposed gun legislation "infamous". Flynt was recognized by the Sixth District of the Federation for his work on behalf of American Sportsmen.
Dodd, a native Georgian, has been a powerful force for conservation of America's natural resources for 21 years. Through "Mark Trail", he has staunchly supported the preservation of endangered wildlife species and natural scenic areas. He has fought forest fires, water pollution and soil erosion by his easily understood stories and drawings. These are seen and read by more than 50 million persons of all ages every day. "Mark Trail" and Ed Dodd have been, and continue to be, a quietly, powerful influence on public awareness of conservation.
Other Conservation winners were Communications, Georgia Game and

Ed Dodd, right, receives the Georgia Sportsmen's Federation "State Conservationist of the Year" award from Sixth District Congressman Jack Flynt. Tilmon Wilbanks, center, was the Awards Program chairman.

Fish Magazine, Jim Morrison, editor; Educator, Dr. Ernest E. Provost, associate professor of Wildlife and Zoology, University of Georgia ; and Forest, C. Dorsey Dyer, head, Extension Forestry Department.
The list included Water, R. S. "Rock" Howard, executive secretary, State Water Quality Control Board; Soil, Cecil W. Chapman, State conservationist, Soil Conservation Service; and Wildlife, J. David Almand, wildlife specialist, Cooperative Extension Service and Leonard E. Foote, S. E. field representative, Wildlife Management Institute.

FFA and 4-H youth were recognized for their achievements. Lindy Copelan, Greensboro, was the Youth Conservation winner.
The outstanding Conservation Organization was the Georgia Natural Resource Education Council , Jim Morrison, chairman. The Upson County Sportsmen's Club, Thomaston, was the Sportsmen's Club of the Year.
All State winners are entered in national competition. The competition will take place at the 32nd annual meeting of the National Wildlife Federation.

SPCA Head Retires

H. J. Malsberger, general manager, Pennsylvania State College. After grad-



Southern Pulpwood Conservation Asso-

uation, he joined Andrews Bay Lumber

ciation, Atlanta, has retired after 23 Co., at Sherman, Fla. He was employed

years of service. His leadersh ip in south- by the Florida Forest Service in July,

ern forest protection and development 1928, rising to the position of state for-

has spanned over four decades.

ester. He was named forester-general

The announcement was made at the

manager of SPCA in 1945.

1968 annual meeting of the association

Malsberger served as vice-president of

in Atlanta. John C. Witherspoon of At- the Society of American Foresters, 1958-

lanta, assistant general manager, SPCA,

61, automatically serving on the Council

for the past nine years, was named to

for four years. He was honored by being

succeed Malsberger as acting general

elected a Fellow in the Society.

manager.

In 1965 he gained national recogni-

Malsberger, a native of Pottstown, tion when selected a recipient of the

Pa., is a 1925 Forestry graduate of American Motors Conservation Award .

H. J. Malsberger

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Tree Surgeon licensing Supported

How to maintain healthy trees, the importance of safeguarding our trees and familiarizing homeowners with tree problems are being emphasized through the Georgia Forestry Commission's Metropolitan Forestry Program.
Ray Shirley, Commission director, Macon, pinpointed these areas of Commission responsibility recently in speaking to professional tree service executives. The occasion was the second annual Metropolitan Atlanta Shade Tree Workshop. The Workshop was co-sponsored by the Forestry Commission and the Atlanta Parks Department.
Shirley pointed out that it is the Commission's desire to assist homeowners, and those who are offering service to them, with their shade tree problems. It is hoped, that through such services, Shirley added, that the fly-by-night tree 'expert' will find operation difficult.
Jack Delius, manager, Atlanta Parks Department, said that steps are being taken to protect the homeowner. This is in the form of legislation to require tree surgeons to be licensed . Del ius added that Atlanta is making strong plans to provide a preventive maintenance crew that will primarily work on cityowned trees.
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An informal pre-workshop session is attended by Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Commission; John Mixon, Commission metro forester; Dr. W. D. Buchanan, entomologist, Atlanta Parks Department; and Jack De/ius, manager, Atlanta Parks Department.

James T. Turner, Turner Tree Service, Atlanta, approved of the legislative approach for the preservation of trees in our metropolitan areas. He emphasized that those in the tree service business need to become affiliated with their own professional organizations to enlighten themselves on the job that they are trying to do and upgrade their thinking.
From the homeowner standpoint, Miss Elizabeth Mason, Conservation chairman, National Council of State Garden Clubs, Inc., Atlanta, supported the licensing move. She pointed out that the women's organizations are willing and able to undertake programs that lead to the protection of our resources. This includes the beautification and maintaining of the esthetic beauty of our home sites.
Panel discussions were presented on shade tree diseases and insects. W. H. McComb, Commission Forest Management chief, Macon, moderated the Disease panel. The Insect panel moderator was Gill Brown, right-of-way specialist, Georgia Power Company, Atlanta.
The Shade Tree Disease panel speakers and their subjects were Bill Padgett, pathologist, U.S. Forest Service, Macon, "Heart Rots of Hardwoods"; Dr. Ronald W. Roncadori, assistant professor, Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, "Vascular Diseases"; Dr. Jim Rowan, USFS , Macon, "Fusiform Disease";

and Dr. P. L. Rusden , head pathologist, Bartlett Tree Company, Hartford , Conn ., "Leaf Spots".
The speakers and their subjects on the Shade Tree Insect panel were Dr. W. D. Buchanan, entomologist, Atlanta Parks Department, Atlanta, "Sucking Insects" ; Leland Moore, entomologist, Georgia Forestry Commission, Macon, "Pine Ba rk Beetles" ; and John Ridley, entomologist, Georgia Agriculture Department, Atlanta, "Defoliators".
Louie Deaton, Commission metro forester, concluded the program with a 'talk on the effects of construction on shade trees.
Miss Elizabeth Mason

Unexpired Term Filled
By Beasley

Report Reflects Service Progress

Governor Lester Maddox has an-

nounced two appointments to the Geor-

gia Forestry Commission Board of Com-

missioners. W. George Beasley has been

appointed to fill the unexpired term of

Andrew J. Aultman of Sylvester who re-

cently resigned from the Board.

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Alexander Sessoms of Cogdell was re-

appointed to a seven year term. Sessoms

was first appointed to the Board in

April, 1957.

The Board, comprised of five Com-

missioners, supervises the program of

the Forestry Commission . Hugh M.

Dixon of Vidalia is Board chairman.

Other members are M. E. Garrison,

Homer; and L. H. Morgan, Eastman.

Dixon stated that the Board lost a

valuable asset in Aultman . He made an

excellent steward of forestry serving on

the Board since June, 1959. He pointed

The Georgia Forestry Commission and/or seedlings will be available for the

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out that the reappointment of Sessoms

1967 Annual Report reflects progress in 1970 planting season, according to the

allows the Board to retain the services

every area of service to forest landown- report. This would make Georgia the

of one whose forest oriented back-

ers, those who use wood in industry and first State to have certified nursery

ground has been an invaluable asset.

other users of forest resources.

stock for use in their tree planting pro-

In obtaining the services of Beasley,

Ray Shirley, Commission director, grams.

the Board has one who is familiar with

Macon, cited the forest legislation, which

Forest management assistance con-

its operation, and one who is dedicated

provides for a uniform payment by tinued its upward trend. Technical for-

to forestry and the Commission's in

counties for forest protection of four esters, with nontechnical assistance from

terest, Dixon added . Beasley was first

cents per privately-owned forest acre, as county forest rangers, aided 16,733

appointed to the Board in November,

the most important forest act passed in woodland owners on 1,537,580 acres.

1961 . He served as Board Chairman in

many years.

The 20 percent increase in management

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1966.

Statewide forest fire protection became a reality on July 1, 1967 with the

assistance over 1965-66 is indicative of the trend set over the past five years.

signing of Quitman and Towns Counties. Increased services in utilization, insect

For the first time, all 159 counties have and disease control , naval stores and pre-

forest fire protection on 24,066,400 scribed burning were responsible for the

acres of forest land.

increase.

The report shows that a reduction in

The consistent construction of new

forest fire occurrence and acreage burn- and expansion of established wood -using

ed was achieved enabling the Commis- industries in Georgia insures good mar-

sion to post one of its best fire seasons. kets, and is an incentive for all Georgia

During the fiscal year, the average size landowners to strive to produce the

wildfire burned only 4.57 acres with a maximum volume and highest quality

total of 38,351 forest acres burned. This timber possible. To meet this need,

is one-sixth of one percent of the Shirley emphasized that the Forestry

State's protected forest acreage.

Commission will continue to provide a

Further progress is noted in the ac- diversified forestry program that is in

ceptance of Commission seed orchards the public interest, and is necessary to

W. George Beasley

for certification by the Georgia Crop Improvement Association . Certified seed

safeguard the many types of forest investments.

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Chapter And Section Officers Named

NSCP Supervisor Retires .

The officers are, 1-r, Robert W. Cooper, sec-treas.; and Harvey Mills, chairman, Georgia Chapter; James C. Turner, Jr. , sec-treas., Southeastern Section; and Frank E. Craven, chairman-elect, Georgia Chapter.

Frank E. Craven has been elected chairman-elect of the 675-member Georgia Chapter, Soc iety of American Foresters. Robert W. Cooper was named secretary -t r e a s u r e r .
Craven is chief, Forest Education, Georgia Forestry Commission, Macon. Cooper is the director's representative, Southern Forest Fire Laboratory , U. S. Forest Service, Macon :

Another Forestry Commission executive, James C. Turner, Jr., assistant director, has been elected secretary-treasurer of the Southeastern Section, Society of American Foresters.
The Section and Chapter chairmen are G. Ed Knapp, forest consultant and equipment dealer a0d Harvey C. Mills, marketing specialist, Georgia Kraft Company, respectively, both of Macon.

Norman R. Hawley and wife, Peggy
Norman R. Hawley, supervisor, Naval Stores Conservation Program, Valdosta, has retired after 37 years with the U.S. Forest Service.
Hawley came to Georgia 20 years ago, organizing the Cordele Research Center at Cordele, Ga. which he headed for several years. He transferred to the Naval Stores position in 1954. His responsibilities embraced the Southeastern and Gulf States.
Prior to coming to Georgia, Hawley worked with the Forest Service in Arkansas, Oklahoma and the Carolinas.
Hawley is a past chairman of the Georgia Chapter, Society of American Foresters, an active Lion for 30-years and a past Grand Patron of the Eastern Star of Georgia.
Hawley and his wife, Peggy, have two sons, Larry of Savannah and Doug of Tifton. The fam ily is a member of the Methodist denomination.
The Hawley's retirement address is Franklin, N. C.

Taylor Takes Meteorological
Position
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Dee F. Taylor

Dee F. Taylor, Forest Fire Meteorology Project Leader, Southern Forest Fire Laboratory, Macon, has transferred to Washington, D. C.
Taylor has assumed a meteorological staff position in the office of Forest Fire Research in the Forest Service's Division of Forest Protection Research. In this new position, he is responsible for coordinating forest fire meteorology research throughout the country.
Taylor is a graduate of Cal. Tech. He served tours of duty with the U. S. Navy and the U. S. Weather Bureau prior to joining the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station in 1958. From 1964 to 1967, he served as Chief of Laboratory in addition to his project assignment.

Agriculture
Gillis Named Man Of The Year

Jim L. Gillis, Jr.
The Progressive Farmer has selected Jim L. Gillis, Jr. as 1967 Man of the Year in service to Georgia agriculture. Announcement of the award was made in the magazine's January issue.
Gillis is a bank officer, businessman, former State senator and a county official. But above all, he is a farmer. He and his brother, Hugh, manage 20,000

Treutlen County acres. Major enterprises are forestry, beef cattle, peanuts, soybeans, cotton, corn and tobacco.
Like most outstanding farmers, Gillis is a believer in hard work for the betterment of all agriculture. He has served as chairman of the State Soil Conservation Committee since it was formed nearly 30 years ago. As such, he has made a tremendous contribution in the organization and conduct of soil conservation districts in the State.
As a graduate of the University of Georgia School of Forestry, Gillis takes special interest in the family's timber operation. He is president of the American Turpentine Farmer's Association as well as an active member and past president of the Georgia Forestry Association of which he served as president in 1961-63.
He played a major role in organizing the Georgia Beef Cattle Improvement Association six years ago, and served as the group's president for the first three years. He is on the BCIA Board of Directors.

RANGER OF THE QUARTER

The protection of the 94,600 forest acres in Candler County is the responsibility of Warren Cook, ranger, Candler County Forestry Unit.
Although this and all other Units have been doing an outstanding job in forest protection, efforts continue to be made to do an even better job. A current temperature and wind shift study, being carried out at the unit is an exam pie. It is hoped that the study will determine the effect a fire tower has on the various wind and tern perature instruments.
The project is being done in cooperation with the Southern Forest Fire Laboratory at Macon . Cook is assisting the researchers by changing charts and maintaining the instruments.
Cook is conducting a contact program to reduce his annual fire occurrence from the present 51 blazes. Cook states that special attention is being aimed at incendiary fires. Landowners have been

Warren Cook
contacted who might have an influence on those who are responsible for the fires.
The general public is advised when poor burning conditions exist through news articles and spot announcements. The problem is brought to the attention of civic leaders through talks. To insure that forest values are maintained in the future, work is done with youth groups.
In other areas of forestry, Cook points out that local landowners are planting an average of 200,000

tree seedlings annually. Much of this planting has been the reforesting of harvested areas, he adds.
Management service, provided by the Forestry Commission, is being obtained through Jerry Marsh, assistant First District management forester, Statesboro. This past year he was primarily involved in ACP, C F M and naval stores work . Currently, he is encouraging the use of prescribed burning. Some 250 acres have been set up for this program during the winter.
A native of Pulaski, Cook came with the Commission in 1959 as an assistant patrolman. He became ranger in 1964 after serving tenures as patrolman and assistant ranger. Under his leadership the Unit was recognized by the Georgia Forestry Association, receiving the Outstanding General Performance Award for the First District.
Other Unit personnel are Robert Collins and Earl Cook, patrolmen ; and H. J. Brown, towerman .
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4-H And FFA Youths Win Forestry Honors

State groups. He also arranged 18 forest exhibits.
Prior to the State and National hon ors in 1967, Peebles had won county and district titles from 1961 -67 with the exception of 1962. Peebles, the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. 0. Peebles of Pitts, is attending the University of Georgia in Athens.
McCarty, during his four years in FFA, planted 14,000 slash pine seed lings, controlled weed trees on 15.5 acres, prescribed burned 19.5 acres and plowed three miles of firebreaks. Other

Furman Peebles
National , Regional and State honors have been attained by Georgia 4-H and FFA youths.
Furman Peebles, 17, of Pitts, is ana tional forestry winner receiving a $500 educational scholarship at the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago, Ill. An 18-year old Sylvester youth, Charles McCarty, is the Southern Region FFA Forestry champion. Another 4-H'er, Miss Mary Warnell, 17, of Pembroke, is a State Forestry winner.
A master 4-H'er, Peebles began his forestry project in 1959 planting 10,000 slash pine seedlings, plowing five acres of firebreaks and taking over the man agement of a 400-acre pine stand on his father's farm .
In 1961, he branched out into the Christmas tree business, planting 2,000 Arizona cypress. The following year Peebles cleared 75 acres and planted 15,000 slash pine seedlings.
In 1963-64, he expanded his forestry program taking in naval stores. He work-. ed 1,000 trees the first year and 2,500 trees the following year. Other forestry projects included weed tree control on 75-acres and experimental fertilization of 50-acres of pine.
Peebles gave talks and demonstrations before local, county, district and
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Charles McCarty and Ag Teacher, Don Register. work included clear cutting 13-acres and controlling the black turpentine beetle on three acres.
His other forestry honors are placing second in Union Camp Corporation 's Forestry Program and being chosen as the Georgia winner in the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad's Forestry Program .
The Seaboard award defrayed part of McCarty's expenses to the annual FFA Convention in Kansas City , Mo. In addition to the Kansas City trip, McCarty and five other Southern State winners addressed a group of Massachusett's business men at a special luncheon

sponsored by the Railroad in Boston. McCarty, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. McCarty of Sylvester, is attend ing ABAC in T ifton . He and his wife, Margie, reside on Route 3, Sylvester.
Miss Warnell 's 4-H forestry activities have included prescribed burning, tree identification, util ization survey of forest land, measuring forest products, thinning and forest fire protection. Her 1967 project, To Burn Or Not To Burn, brought the Bryan Countian State honors.
A master 4-H'er, she has used 53 acres of forest land on her father's farm to show that trees can be money-makers. It was purchased in 1948 for $1,400. In 1950, seedlings were set out where needed, and thinning was done to improve the stand.
Miss Warnell's record shows that expenses amounted to $494.42 from 194865. This was for seedlings, taxes and thinning. An income of $4,099 was realized from selective cuttings making a profit of $2,204.58.
Miss Warnell, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Warnell, is attending Georgia College at Milledgeville. Hermajor is Home Economics.
Miss Mary Warnell

Commissioner Profile

This is the final in a series of six articles on the Board of Commissioners of the Georgia Forestry Commission. M. E. Garrison of Homer is featured in this article. Other Board members are Hugh M. Dixon, chairman, Vidalia; W. George Beasley, Lavonia; L. H. Morgan, Eastman; and Alexander Sessoms, Cogdell.

From the steam powered saw and planing mills and slab fire, dry kiln of the 1880's to present day automation, this has been the path the Garrison family has blazed. M . E. Garrison, woodland owner, lumberman and Mayor of Homer, is a third generation forest conservationist .
Started by his grandfather John M. Garrison in the Mt. Pleasent Community, refined by his son

Oscar S. Garrison, the planing mill was moved to Homer in 1936, the site of present facilities. Mayor Garrison is guiding- present day operations and planning for the future of 0 . S. Garrison's sons. Present products being sold are lumber and building materials. The lumber business and the Homer Gin Company are operated in partnership with his brother Herbert D . Garrison

A proud possession of M. E. Garrison are his 100 year old plus pines that measure more than three feet in diameter. His natural pine-hardwood stand covers approximately -125 acres.

A fourth generation of Garrisons, Ramona and Mack, Jr., are getting the feel of the lumber business through their father, M. E. Garrison. Production, at the Homer planing mill, is about 70,000 board feet per day.

The lumber business can't get along without a good secretary. Mrs. Syble Garrison, wife of M . E. Garrison, keeps husband and lumber moving.

The lumber business consists of a planing mill, dry kiln and three portable sawmills. He also buys from five independent millers. The sawmills are primarily operated in Banks, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Jackson and Madison Counties. Garrison is proud of the business' growth from 4,000 board feet per day to about 70,000 board feet per day . His secret love though is 125 acres of natural pine-hardwood stand that includes pines measuring three to four feet d .b.h. The stand is estimated at more than 100 years old. Garrison states

that only diseased and dying trees have been cut from the stand.
Mayor Garrison has other interests in addition to his forestry op erations in Banks and Jackson Counties. Forestry affiliated interests include v ice-chairman of the Grove River Watershed, an affi Iiate member of the Soil Conservation Society of America and a member of the Georgia Forestry Association .
In January 1967, he was made a Lieutenant Colonel Aide de Camp on the Governor's staff. He is an active member of the BanksJackson-Commerce Hospital Authority, a charter member of the Homer Lions Club and a past member of City Council.
Mayor Garrison was appointed to the Forestry Commission Board in April, 1967. His father, 0 . S. Garrison was also a member of the Board from April, 1956-F ebruary, 1963 .
The Board member attended North Georgia College at Dahlonega. There, he studied Business Administration .
Garrison is married to the former Syble Allen of Commerce . They have two children, a daughter, Ramona, 17; and a son, Mack, Jr., 13. Garrison serves on the Official Board of the Homer Meth odist Church where - the family is a member.
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Cannon Recognized For Service In Communications

Henry H. Cannon, radio engineer, Georgia Forestry Commission, Macon, has received the U. S. Forest Service "Cooperative Forest Fire Control Outstanding Service Award". The award is given annually for exceptional valor or outstanding service in the field of State and Private Forestry.
The award was presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association in Atlanta. George Kelly, acting director, American Forest Products Industries, Washington, D. C., made the presentation.
Kelly cited Cannon for the development of the Commission's radio system and the construction of the department's mobile fire simulator. Through ingenuity and a vast knowledge of radio engineering, he has nutured a one way transmitter operation in three counties into a statewide dual transmission system, Kelly added. A recent project includes phasing out the tube equipment and converting to solid state equipment.
From a U. S. Forest Service simulator, Cannon has developed three simulators. The newest model is a mobile unit constructed in a bus. During the past three years, more than 1,000 state, fed eral, city, county and industry personnel have received training in the three

Henry H. Cannon, radio engineer, Georgia Forestry Commission, left, is a recipient of the "Cooperative Forest Fire Control Outstanding Service A ward". Presenting the award is George Kelly, acting director, AFPI.
simulators. Cannon, a native of Waycross, came
with the Forestry Commission in February, 1947.
Serving on the awards committee, in addition to Kelly, were Osal Capps, president, National Association of State Foresters, Jefferson City , Mo .; Ken Pomeroy, chief forester, American Forestry Association; Mal Hardy, director, CFFP, U. S. Forest Service; and Elliott Zimmerman, director, Cooperative Forest Fire Control Program, USFS, all of Washington, D. C.

Me Whorter Retires

A quarter century of service to the state of Georgia and Pickens County came to an end December 31, 1967 when Ranger Doyle G. McWhorter retired from the Georgia Forestry Commission.
Many local and state dignitaries recently attended a retirement supper for Ranger McWhorter. J . L. White, Pickens County Commissioner as well as Forestry Board members R. C. Dean, Ed Barnes and N. C. Low attended the function. Forestry Commission personnel from the Commission's Seventh District and supervising personnel from Atlanta, Gainesville, Macon and Rome were also in attendance.
Tom Mauldin, Commission District Forester from Rome emceed the pro-
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gram. He pointed out Ranger McWhorter's devotion to duty over the past twenty-five years. Former supervisors praised McWhorter calling him a credit to his community, county and State.
Pickens County Commissioner, J. L. White called McWhorter, "One of the finest persons not only in the county, but in the State of Georgia."
Ray Shirley of Macon, director of the Georgia Forestry Commission, sent a personal letter to the retiring ranger. He expressed his deep appreciation to McWhorter and praised his outstanding
contributions to the protection of the state's greatest natural resource - it's forests.
Ranger McWhorter stated that he gained a "whole lot of satisfaction"

LETTERS
FIRE SUPPRESSION
Just a note to thank you for the assistance of the Franklin-Hart Forestry Unit firefighting crew at the Carnesville livestock auction barn.
Your prompt action contained the fire before it could do any destructive damage. We are very app rec iative of this fact .
If we can ever be of service to you , please let us know.
W. H. Callaway Manager Hart County Electric Membership Corp.
FILMS
Thank you Mr. Dwight Smith for showing us the films of Smokey and Woody. We enjoyed having you visit us, and we liked the films.
We learned a safety rule, Never Play With Matches.
Brownie Troop No. 284 St. Mary's School Rome, Georgia
INFORMATION
I am immensely grateful to Mr. Craven for the extensive information you recently sent me. I found it t o be of great value in writing my paper, on which I received a 8+.
My instructor gave specific praise to the section of my paper on your state.
Theodore Barbal Student Long Island, N.Y.
Fellow employees gave Ranger Doyle McWhorter, right, a gold wrist watch and an engraved plaque, presented by District Forester Tom Mauldin, at aretirement supper. while working with the Forestry Commission . He said that after loafing awhile, he plans to pursue a career in hunting and fishing and maybe a little golf in between.
Ranger McWhorter's successor has not as yet been named .

Logging the Foresters...

SAF OFFICERS...William D.Hagenstein, Portland, Ore., has been re-elected president of the Society of American Foresters. Hagenstein is executive vice-presi dent of the Industrial Forestry Association in Portland . Dr. Kenneth P. Davis, professor, Forest Land Use, School of Forestry, Yale University, was elected vice-president. The nine member council includes a Georgian , Ben C. Meadows of Atlanta.

SFFCC HEAD .. .Kentucky State Forester Gene L. Butcher has been elected to a third term as president of the Southeast Forest Fire Compact Commission . Elected to serve with Butcher are State Foresters C. H . Coulter, Florida ; and Ralph Winkworth, North Carolina and Advisory Member C. L. Rhodes of Siloam, Ga., all vice-presidents. The commission provides mutual aid to member States in combatting forest fires through the exchange of ideas and training methods.

Making plans for distribution of pine seedlings to students in Emanuel County

Schools are Leon Ray, county ranger; J. Neal Baker, seedling committee chairman;

J. F. Mathis, Jr., co-chairman; J. T. Bailey, Kiwanis Club president; John Roberts,

Richard Neal, Wallace Bailey, H. G. "Red" Harris, representing Continental Can

Company, who furnished the trees. The seedling project is sponsored by the Agricul-

ture and Conservation Committee of Swainsboro Kiwanis Club. Photo by Swainsboro

Forest Blade.

CIVIC ...John W. Mixon, metro forester,

Georgia Forestry Commission , Atlanta,

is serving as 1968 Jaycee State Project

Chairman. Currently, the Georgia Jay-

cees are looking for the Outstanding

Young Farmer of 1967. To qualify, a

farmer must be between the age limit of

21-35, and must derive two-thirds of his

income from the farm . Make your

nominations through the local Jaycee

unit or Mixon, 2405 Bouldercliff Way,

S. E., Atlanta, Ga. 30316 .

MEETINGS... Forest Farmers, May 2-3, Jacksonville, Fla ...SCSA, Georgia Chapter, June 6-7, Savannah ...GFA, June 911, Jekyll lsland.. .Southern Fire and I & E Chiefs, June 10-13, Houston, Tex .

Interstate Paper Corporation has purchased the first pulpwood for its new mill at Riceboro. William J. Verross, general manager of Interstate, left, presented Mrs. James Fowler, right, a check for the timber in brief ceremonies at the timber site near Soperton. The occasion honored the late James Fowler of Soperton who was a pioneer of pine tree planting in the South. The ten cord truck load of tree-length slash pine logs was cut from land he had set out in seedlings in the mid-7920's. Fowler set out his first ten acres in 7926. By the time of his death in 7963, he had planted some 7,000,000 trees on 70,000 acres.

MEMORIAM ...Joe W. Hough , 61 , of Stockton has died, following a long illness. At the time of death, Hough was employed by the Georgia Forestry Commission as a security officer at the Forestry Commission headquarters near Macon. He came with the Forestry Commission in December 1950 as a patrolman in the Lowndes County Forestry Unit near Valdosta. Ray Shirley, Commission director, stated that Hough was a dedicated servant of the State, always performing his duties in a manner complimentary to him and the State.
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SECOND-CLASS POST AGE PAID AT DRY BRANCH, GA.