Georgia forestry, Vol. 22, no. 2 (June 1969)

Georgia
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Georgia

FORESTRY

June, 1969

No.2

Vol. 22

Published Quarterly by the GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION
Box819 Macon, Georgia 31202

Georgia Forestry Mailing Address Route 1, Box 85
Dry Branch, Georgia 31020

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

CONTENTS

Smokey Bear To Star In TV Series...................................................................

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Forestry Pageant In Limelight..........................................................................

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Wood-Using Industries In Georgia....................................................................

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Industry Expansion.........................................................................................

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Children's Nature Study In Pines.....................................................................

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Naval Stores Report Released ..........................................................................

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Rural Fire Defense Training Underway ............................................................ 8-9

Rural R. C. and D. Project Initiated ................................................................. 10

Retirement....................................................................................................... 11

Ranger Of The Quarter .................................................................................... 11

An Island Of Green.......................................................................................... 12

Greenville Takes State FFA Field Day............................................................. 13

Logging The Foresters...................................................................................... 14-15

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

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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

Cruising The News
Woods Burner Or Protector
Each Has A Choice
Place a value of merely $200 per acre on Ben Hill County's 111,000 privately owned forest acres and you come up with a natural resource worth over $22-million. It's a commodity worth protecting, and one which obviously is well protected.
This is "Keep Ben Hill County Green Week", an opportune time for each citizen to recognize his responsibilities in this area.
Debris and trash burning in the county accounts for more fires than any other cause, which on the surface would seem to be an indictment primarily on the landowners and their forestry crews. It is also interesting to note that lightning is blamed for only a very few forest fires. Figures show that during a 12-month period in 1967-68, 16 of 37 fires were caused by debris burning, with only two traced to lightning. During the same period there were seven incendiary fires, seven caused by machines, four by smokers and one miscellaneous. These last nineteen fires are the ones for which arsonists and careless citizens must accept the blame.
What was the loss? Based on the same $200-per-acre figure, $47,400-not to mention protection and fire-fighting costs. A total of 236.67 acres were ravaged by wildfire during this 12-month period, forestry unit figures indicate.
But perhaps "Keep Green Week" ought to be a time not for tallying up our losses, but for a new public commitment to preserve and protect our forests in the future.
Ranger J. C. Bowen, who heads up the county forestry unit, has asked that all citizens be thanked for their cooperation, without which losses would have been greater. But we believe that Mr. Bowen will agree that with more cooperation losses can be curbed even further in the future. It is a shocking fact that this year alone 115,000 people will start fires in the forests of this nation. More than 78,000 wildfires burned more than 3 million acres of Southern woodlands last year, practically all resulting from illegal acts by people. Even more startling is the fact that 85% were set intentionally.
Simply by following a few rules each of us may contribute to Smokey's fire prevention program:
1. Report any signs of deliberate, malicious woods burning you see to a forest ranger, to the police or to any local authority.
2. Observe the five rules of debris burning: (a) Check with local authorities- there may be times when any burning is illegal; (b) Be sure the wind is low and humidity high; (c) Clear or plow wide furrows around materials to be burned; (d) Have rakes, shovels and water available, and (e) Stay with the fire until it's completely out!
3. Be extra careful with matches. Hold them until cold, then break them in two. Crush all smokes dead out. Drown all fires.
The 1969 "fire season" has passed - that period from January until March when forest fires are most common. But thousands of acres are yet to be ravaged by fire in our county before another calendar is discarded. Take your choice. You can be either a burner or a protector.
Which will you be?
(From the Fitzgerald Herald)

Smokey Bear
To Star
In TV
Series:

Smokey Bear, one of the most famous symbols in the United States, is about to add more luster to his forest fire prevention image.
He has just 'signed' a long-term contract to star in a television cartoon series.
The announcement was made recent ly at the Department of Agriculture in Washington, D. C., by former Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman and American Broadcasting Company President Elton Rule.
The weekly half-hour films will be shown for not less than two years on ABC Television Network stations Saturday mornings, starting in September 1969.
Not only will Smokey be continuing his 23-year campaign for caution with fire, he will also be helping to establish a trend against violence in programming for young television viewers. Secretary Freeman and ABC President Rule said the programs would be designed in a "non-violent comedy-adventure for mat."
Each of the half-hour programs will consist of three individual, self-contained stories. The first and third sections will place Smokey in the starring adventure roles. The middle segment will feature Smokey as a cub, along with his forest friends, also as youngsters.
Each of the programs will be intro duced by a theme song describing how Smokey Bear became the symbol of

Orville L. Freeman, former secretary, U. S. Department of Agriculture, left, and Elton Rule, president, ABC, discuss plans for the Smokey Bear TV cartoon series.

forest fire prevention, and each will include an educational message about conservation woven into the story and a direct forest fire prevention message from Smokey.
The Forest Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture has issued a license to Videocraft International Ltd. of New York to produce the 17 half hour animated color-cartoon films. Videocraft produced the television feature "The Ballad of Smokey Bear" which has been shown twice in the last two years. Arthur Rankin, Jr., president of the company, will personally super vise production of the series.
Under requirements of a special Smokey Bear law passed by Congress several years ago, the films must contribute to public information concerning prevention of forest fires and must be consistent with the status of "Smokey Bear" as the symbol of that cause. All fees collected from the license

will be used to further the nationwide Forest Fire Prevention Campaign.
The announcement of the television series is another triumph in a year of triumphs for Smokey. On April 18, 1968 the first nationwide survey of his effectiveness in educating the public showed he is one of the most popular symbols in the Nation.
Under the Smokey Bear Act of 1952, educational articles can be sold under his name on a royalty basis. The De
partment of Agriculture has used these royalties to further spread the forest fire prevention message throughout the country.
Smokey, though not a newcomer to television, is now to star in a TV series.
Rule stated that in programming Smokey's new comedy-adventure series for Saturday morning, the American Broadcasting Company is offering a wholesome, worthwhile program to the youngsters of America.
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GFA Forestry Pageant In Limelight

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Karen Adair Miss Ware County Waycross

Linda Bell Miss Columbia County Evans

Sherry Cook Miss Richmond County Augusta

Sharon Dismuke Miss Cook County A del

Sheila Hagerty Miss Liberty County Hinesville

Sylvia Harris Miss Henry County Stockbridge

Cheryl Hobbs Miss Macon County Oglethorpe

Carolyn Marshall Miss Meriwether County Manchester

Diane Martin Miss Lee County Leesburg

Patty Mooney Miss Hall County Flowery Branch

Dorothy Rountree Miss Wilcox County Pitts

Janie Smith Miss Muscogee County Columbus

Ann Soles Miss Johnson County Wrightsville

Sherilyn Joy Swicher Miss Walker County Rossville

Cindy Warren Miss Chattooga County Summerville

Beth Waterhouse Miss Ben Hill County Fitzgerald

Margaret Anne Watson Miss Emanuel County Twin City

Carol Williams Miss Lincoln County Lincolnton

The 1969 annual meeting of the Georgia Forestry Association will be held at Jekyll Island in the Aquar.a....ma, June 8-9-10. President Edwin L. Douglass, president, Augusta Hardwood Company and Glynn Farms, Inc., will preside.
Douglass said that a delegation of more than 700 foresters and landowners are expected. A Luau will kick-off activities on June 8. The convention's general session will be held on June 9 with the banquet that evening, he added.
One of the highlights will be the se4

lection of "Miss Georgia Forestry". Some 28 counties will present Forestry Queens for the coveted title, according to Harold Joiner, executive director, GFA, Atlanta. In addition to those pictured, they are Bryan, Charlton and Clinch Counties.
Others are Dooly, Glynn, Harris, Jeff Davis and Jefferson Counties.
Long, Mcintosh and Talbot Counties complete the list.
Joiner states that the State Forestry Queen will receive a $500 scholarship to the college of her choice in Georgia.

Both the queen and runnerup will receive numerous gifts.
During her reign, the "Miss Georgia Forestry" title holder will represent the forestry industry at various functions throughout the State. The Association will coordinate her activities.
The 1968 Miss Georgia Forestry is Linda Sconyers of Swainsboro.
Other business will include the election of officers and the presentation of awards. These include the Golden Pine Cone and the General Performance Awards.

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WOOD-

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INDUSTRIES

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GEORGIA

A 1968 "Directory of Wood-Using Industries in Georgia" is completed announces Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Commission. This directory lists plants active in 1968, and includes a report on the economic importance of various wood-based industries in the State.
Shirley emphasized that the direc tory is prepared as a marketing guide and an aid in bringing buyer and seller together where Georgia grown or manufactured forest products are involved. The report should be of interest to foresters, economists and others concerned with the evaluation of timber production trends, he added.
Shirley pointed out that this directory has the most complete listing of companies of any published by the Commission . A more intensive survey of metropolitan areas accounted largely for

this change. Wood-using industries, in operation
during 1968, are presented in al phabetical order within each county. Names, addresses and a brief discription of materials purchased and products sold are given along with a size class code based on the number of employees.
The production data is presented by geographical areas identical to the forest survey units of the 1960 Georgia Forest Survey. In this way, production data can be compared directly with the forest survey statistics.
Chapters are devoted to sawmills and planning mills, veneer and plywood, treating plants, furniture, boxes - pallets - containers, cabinets - millwork fixtures, custom furniture and pulp and paper industries. In addition, the report shows how production volumes are distributed with details on species utilized

for each type of industry. The Utilization Report shows that in
1967 Georgia's wood-using industries, excluding pulp and paper, processed 1.358 billion board feet of logs and standing timber. Seventy-one percent of this volume was pine, and 23 percent was oak, gum and poplar. Maple, cypress and hickory primarily made up the remaining six percent. Sawmills utilized over one billion board feet or 77 percent of this total.
The next large user of logs and stand ing timber was the veneer and plywood industry which consumed about 138 million board feet. This is approximately ten percent of the total used in the State. Gum, pine and poplar were the primary species used.
Round pulpwood and residue chip production in Georgia leveled off in 1967. The production of 6,326,400 cords was an increase of less than one percent. Wood residue chip production was 900,600 cords, a three percent increase over 1966.
Sawmill and planer mill residue disposal was surveyed, and 153 sawmills reported use of residue chipping facilities. Another 48 sawmills sold whole slabs and edgings for reduction into pulp chips. Residue from a total of 913 million board feet of lumber products was recovered and converted into pulp and paper products. Residue, from the remaining 139 million board feet of sawmill production was burned or left at temporary mill sites because volume or location made it uneconomical to chip or sell.
Shirley added that the publication was made possible through the fine response and cooperation of the woodusing industries to the requests made by the Forestry Commission foresters and county rangers who gathered the information.
The combined Report and Directory was compiled by Paul M. Butts and Floyd W. Hubbard, Jr., Forestry Commission forests products utilization spe cia lists.
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Industry Expansion

Continental Can Company, Inc. and Union Camp Corp. have each announc ed plans for the construction of new wood processing plants.
L. F. Kalmar, division general man ager, Continental Can Company, Inc's. Woodlands Division, Savannah, said the company is constructing two $1 million operations. The plants are located at Hazlehurst and Nixon. Each facility will immediately employ 35 persons on a two shift basis.
Combined , the two plants will have an annual production of 45 million board feet of lumber and 115,000 cords of chips. Kalmar adds that the lumber will be sold to local planer mills for finishing . The chips will be used at Continental's pulp and paper mill at Port Wentworth and at Nixon.
Wood for the Nixon plant will be purchased through Continental's pulp wood suppliers in Georgia and South Carolina within a radius of 75 miles of Augusta. The Company's pulpwood dealer in Hazlehurst will handle timber procurement for that area.
Kalmar pointed out that these facil ities are part of an expansion program of Continental's forest products busi ness made possible by the widespread interest and dedication of private citi zens and public agencies in the develop-
The new wood processing plants will draw on raw material to produce approximately 85 million board feet of lumber annually. 6

Multi-million dollar wood processing operations have been added to Georgia's growing wood-using industry by Continental Can Company, Inc. and Union Camp Corporation.

ment of Georgia's forest resources. Union Camp Corporation has reveal -
ed plans for the erection of two new Chip-N-Saw mills. One is at or near Folkston and one in Montgomery County near Vidalia.
Details, of the company's expansion of its Georgia facilities, were announced by John M. Camp, Jr., general manager, Union Camp's building products divi sion, Franklin, Va .
Together the two mills will employ approximately 100 persons with an annual payroll expected to approximate half a million dollars.
Using the Chip-N-Saw, the most efficient method of converting small logs into lumber, the two installations are each expected to turn out 80,000 board feet of lumber per day for a combined total of over 40 million board feet a year.
In addition, the operations will produce a large volume of chips that will be shipped to Union Camp 's Savannah plant, the world's largest paper making complex .
As part of the Folkston operation , a large Planing Mill will be included for

the finishing and shipping of dry lumber from both new mills.
The Chip-N-Saw, the heart of each of the new mills, processes debarked logs through a profiler that removes all excess wood in the form of chips. Th e profiled cant is then sawed apart into boards in one continuous operation . Each mill will have supporting equipment including log handling facilities, a debarker, a steam boiler and dry kilns.
"These manufacturing installations will enable us to obtain the maximu m value out of each tree in terms of more complete wood utilization, " Camp said in commenting on the new sawmi ll operations.
"The fact that we can also handl e long length logs," he added, "will permit more productive logging operations in the woods and give us greater versatility in meeting the growing needs of the shelter industry in the southeast."
The construction of the sawmills wi ll bring to 11 the number of Union Cam p plants operating in Georgia. In addition to its major installation in Savanna h, the corporation already has facilities in Atlanta, Tifton, Valdosta and Waycross.

Children's Nature Study In Pines

The boys and girls at the Cerebral

The trees were checked, certified and Forester.

Palsy Center of Atlan~a. Inc. have a planted by "Smokey the Bear". He was

The planted trees have a name tag

special planted pine tree for each mem- assisted by George Lyons, ranger, De- stake for each child's tree. The pines

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ber of the Center's Boy Scout Troop 75 and Girl Scout Troops 316 and 691.

Kalb County Forestry Unit, and Kenneth Bailey, DeKalb County Metro

overlook the children's special equipped classrooms at the Center.

The project serves as a type of

therapy, assisting them with memory,

for the handicapped children. The asso-

ciation with nature and scouting helps

them in their rehabilitation so that

someday they may be able to have an

active part in the society in which they

live.

Mrs. H. M. Seymour, administrator,

said "the children were thrilled to be

able to see "Smokey" and to have

something growing in nature of their

very own to watch over"..

The scouting program is sponsored

by the Buckhead Civitan Club. The

Girl Scout leaders are Mrs. L. G. Martin

and Mrs. C. R. Popwell with assistance

from Mrs. Cecil Cannon, Center board

member. The Boy Scouts' leader is Mr.

John Thornton. These leaders are spon-

sored by the Decatur-DeKalb Junior

The planted trees have a name tag stake for each child's tree.

Service League.

Naval Stores Report Released

There were 1,419 producers working 12,343,167 faces in Georgia in 1968, according to the Naval Stores Conservation Program participation report.
Georgia accounted for 89 percent of the producers and 81 percent of the faces worked throughout the naval stores belt. An estimated 1,595 gum producers worked 15,269,262 faces.
0. R. Boerner, program supervisor, Valdosta, pointed out that this is a reduction of 27 percent in producers and 21 percent in the number of faces worked from 1967.
However, the average size of all operations increased approximately three percent from 11 ,050 faces in 1967 to 11 ,380 faces in 1968. Boerner emphasized that 76 percent of the producers participated in the program.
For the first time, no gum producer worked timber in South Carolina. Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi were the gum produc ing States.
Appling County again led Georgia in the number of producers with 147. Clinch County repeated as the county working the most faces, 1,043,279. This was the only Georgia county working

over a million faces. There are 12 stills and 10 gum buy-
ing platforms in Georgia. The stills are located at Baxley, Douglas, Helena, Hoboken and Homerville. Others are at Swainsboro, Tifton, Valdosta, Vidalia and Waycross.
Gum buying platforms are listed at

Broxton, Glennville, Mershon, Nicholls and Odum. Pearson, Pembroke, Plainfield, Poulan and Soperton complete the list.
Boerner added that the report includes data by States and counties for each of the gum producing States and a summary for the naval stores belt.
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Rural alanse

The ability to use or operate tools and machines properly includes the ability to use them with safety to the operator and others about him.

Rural Fire Defense Cooperators are taking a six hour course in Field and Brush Fire Suppression. There are 80 departments in 53 counties throughout Georgia participating in the course, ac cording to Turner F. Barber, Jr., RFD coordinator.
Barber said the course is designed to familiarize the volunteers with the pro gram responsibilities, acquaint them with the Forestry Commission's forest protection organization and the funda mentals of rural fire suppression.
Upon completion of the course, Barber pointed out, the Forestry Com

mission and the cooperators will be able to more effectively carry out the program objective which is to minimize the loss of life and property as a result of uncontrolled fire in rural areas.
The topics of instruction include "Services of a Forestry Unit", "Fundamentals of Fire Behavior", "Brush Fire Tactics", "Hand Tools", and "Weather and Its Effect on Fire". The course is being taught by Forestry Commission rP.presentatives from county and district offices.
At present, the volunteer rural fire control gro~.;ps have 55 tankers, 19

pumpers and seven trailers on loan from the Forestry Commission. This equipment is surp lu s from the Federal Government and the Commission. The departments man equip and maintain the equipment in readiness for service.
The volunteer rural fire control groups will make the Forestry Com -

In graduation exercises the volunteers are presented a certificate and sleeve patch. Above participants are R. W. Emerson, fire marshall, Fulton County; AI Smith, forester, Fourth District; and James Bass, ranger, Fulton County Forestry Unit.

mission's woods fire suppression efforts more effective by relieving them of the many calls to building, residence, grass and debris fires.
Barber added that as the program progresses, it will be evaluated to insure the effective operation of the fire suppression and administration phases

of the program . The program is under the provision of the Georgia Operational Survival Plan which designates the Com mission the task of providing a means of fire defense in forest and rural areas.
Ray Shirley, Commission director, emphasized that the growth of the industrial type community and its ever

changing population, along with the farm -machine age, has resulted in a commun ity change that sees an expansion of urban communities. It is in this area that we must work together to provide a fire protection network that wi II adequately serve both rural and urban Georgia, he added .

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The time spent in sizing up a fire is important to its quick suppression.
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Cooperatively, the Rural Fire Defense Program objective is to minimize the loss of

life and property as a result of uncontrolled fire in rural areas.



From 1962-68, there have been an average of 8,831 uncontrolled forest fires per year. The average annual burn has been 45,831 forest acres. In addition, personnel have combatted an average of 5,343 non forest fires per year. This includes grass, equipment, buildings and others.

The primary function of the Forestry Unit is the prevention, detection and suppression of wild forest fires. Where there are no organized fire departments, the suppression of all fires is the Forestry Commission's responsibility.
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Rural R.C. And D.

wood -using industries include two sawmills, a chipping plant and six pulp

companies which purchase stumpage.

Proiect Initiated

Approximately 24 million board feet of sawtimber and 87 ,000 cords of pulpwood are cut annually from the program

area. The tri-county timber owners are

area's forests produce only about 37 percent of their potential.
There are 2,400 individual woodland

realizing 1.3 million dollars annually from stumpage returns. In addition, 1,488,575 naval stores faces produce 1.5 million dollars worth of resin an-

owners with an average ownership of

nually.

139 acres. Of the total woodland acreage , only 1,200 acres are owned by nonprivate interest.
The estimated annual payroll from forest industries is one million dollars with employment at 400 persons. The

The work plan was prepared by the Georgia Forestry Commission in cooperation with the U. S. Forest Service and Soil Conservation Service. Ray Shirley, Commission director, Macon, said that the USFS is coordinating the

forest activities and providing financing

for the state work.

The overall program is under the

U. S. Department of Agriculture with

the SCS responsible for the administra-

tive activities.

George C. Norris, coordinator, tri-county R. C. and D. Program, and AI Jacobs, project forester, map out a program to develop forest resources in Montgomery, Treutlen and Wheeler Counties.

AI Jacobs, Commission project forester, is furnish ing technical assistance in carrying out a program to develop forest resources in the county . In doing this, he will work with landowners, sponsors and cooperators.

A 10-year Resource Conservation and

Jacobs said the Forestry Commission

Development Program has been initiated

has been designated to provide data for

for Montgomery, Wheeler and Treutlen

the forestry phase of the Resource Re-

Counties, according to George C. Norris,

port. The report will show present area

project coordinator. The program was approved in July 1968.

Treutlen County woodland owner Carl Phillips has the first detailed forest

and volume of timber in the project, its prevailing condition and forestry pro-

The forestry phase of the work plan management plan completed under the blems involved . The report will contain

is expected to provide benefits valued at tri-county R. C. and D. Program. Dis- recommendations for putting land best

an estimated 9.6 million dollars during cussing plans for the seed tree area is

suited for forestry purposes into the

the 25 to 40 year benefiting per iod.

AI Jacobs, project forester.

highest possible production.

To bring the forest resources up to

full production , it is estimated that land-

owners should plant 18,000 acres, do

stand improvement on 124,800 acres

and convert 22,600 acres of low quality

upland-hardwood to pine.

It is proposed that 2,000 new man-

agement plans be written for woodland

owners during the ten year period. The

program calls for 25,000 acres of stand

improvement and 70,000 acres of re-

forestation .

Multiple use benefits are anticipated

from prescribed burning which will im -

prove game habitat and hunting. Better

water controls on hardwood sites should

increase the duck population. An in-

crease in game food and protective cov-

er is expected to be achieved by coor-

dinating timber management plans with

game management.

At present, there are 338,220 acres

or 72 percent of the tri-county area in forests. However, only 10 percent is considered adequately stocked. Due to

Brown Nevels, project wildlife biologist, and AI Jacobs, project forester, discuss firebreak layout in relation to prescribed burning plan. The prescribed fire will be used

overcutting and high-grade cutting, the

to improve food sources for wildlife habitat.

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Retirement
Faithful Service A wards are presented to John H. Buckman, Jr., center, and Sibley S. Sayer by Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Commission.

John H. Buckman, Jr. and Sibley S. Sayer, ranger and tow erman , respective ly, of the Oglethorpe County Forestry Unit were recognized for their outst and ing service at the recent joint meeting of the Broad River Soil and Water Conser vation District Supervisors and State forestry personnel in Lexington.
Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Fores try Commission, presented faithful ser vice awards to both men who are retir ing at the end of June. In ma king the presentations, Shirley cited the men's contribution to forest protection in keeping Oglethorpe County green. Their dedication has been a tribute to them as men and to the State as employees.
The effectiveness of thei r efforts is illustrated in the Unit being awarded in 1961, 1963 and 1965 for outstanding general performance by the Georgia Forestry Association . The 1963 and 1965 awards were for the best fire records in the State.
Buckman, a native of Morganfield, Kentucky, has been with the Forestry Commission for 16 years. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia with a BS Degree in Agricultural Education.
Sayer has been with the Forest ry Commission for approximately 16 years. He is a native of Lexington .

Ranger Of The Quarter

Floyd M. Cook, forester, heads the

the Commission in the collection of

Muscogee County Forestry Unit which

dogwood, redbud, black walnut, black

is dedicated to the task of protecting

gum , tupelo gum and sycamore seed .

the 55,000 private forest acres in Mus-

Cook does an outstanding job in pro-

cogee County, and assisting woodland

moting forestry. News media, county

owners in other phases of forestry.

meetings, the Chattahoochee Valley Fai r

In 1968, personnel worked 42 wild-

Exposition, a Keep Green Edition, For-

fires which burned 149 forest acres.

estry Pageant, Junior Forest Ranger

This is an average size of 3.55 acres per

Camp, Smokey Bear Reading Cl ub and

fi re. The major fire cause was debris

Career Day are used to project forestry

burning.
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During the year, Cook assisted 86

before Muscogee Count ians. He parti cipates in local functions, cooperating

landowners in all phases of forest man-

with the Chamber of Co mmerce and

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agement. This involved 5,153 acres. The

work included marking 500 cords of

pulpwood, 115 acres of weed tree con-

trol, 700 acres of prescribed burning

Floyd M. Cook

other similar organ izat ions. Cook received th e Georgia Forestry
Association's Third District Outstanding General Performance Award in 1968

and 300 acres of tree planting. The forester conducted surveys on

year. The naming of the tree species on all the watershed lake sites was started .

for the Unit's fine work. He was cited by the Columbus Fire Department, in

beaver activity, wood-using indust ries,

There were 153,850 tree seedlings

1966, for support rendered during Fire

strip mining and insects and disease.

planted in Muscogee County in 1968.

Prevention Week .

As the field fo rester for the Bull Since 1959, 2,811 ,650 Forestry Com-

Unit personnel, in addition to Cook,

Creek Watershed, t en acres of cri t ical mission grown seedlings have been plant- are Robert D. Gill ey, patrolma n; and

area were planted during t he past fiscal ed . This past year, personnel assisted

Leon E. Newsome, dispatcher.

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An Island Of Green

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An island of green is expanding in an asphalt covered section of Atlanta near the Stewart-Lakewood Shopping Center. Students at Perkerson School became interested in tree planting following a visit by John Mixon, metro forester, Georgia Forestry Commission.
Miss Rose Drake, seventh grade teacher, is most enthusiastic over the tree planting project. Mrs. Miriam Phillips, principal of the School, has given the green light to the faculty and students to proceed with their project.
It all began last Fall when Miss Drake was teaching a unit on leaves. She called Mixon to help with the course and at Mixon's suggestion, began planting seedlings and identifying both the young seedlings and those trees already on the school grounds. Miss Drake took the class to nearby woodlands and had the students observe the brilliant Fall coloration. The students. made leaf collections and written reports of their hikes.
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The children, by saving their pennies, nickels and dimes, have since purchased not only seedlings but flowers as well. Each class in school has planted at least one seedling, and now over 35 little trees are being carefully looked after by the students.
Assisting the students financially is the local PTA. Mrs. Beverely Upchurch, PTA president, said the Perkerson PTA group unanimously approved of this project which will mean so much to the school and community in years to come.
Mixon has found at least 40 different tree species on the school grounds. Through the cooperation of the Atlanta Board of Education, plastic name tags are being made for each tree species and eventually all trees will be identified .
A Kwanzan Cherry tree has been planted by the students as a memorial to second grader Johnny Gable who was killed while crossing a street last year.
One additional project Mrs. Phillips

and Miss Drake are excited over is a lane of State trees being planted from each of the 50 States. The response to
the children's requests has been excel-
lent with 32 trees received including the Kukui Tree of Hawaii.
A letter from the students to Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson describing their efforts to beautify the school grounds
brought an immediate response from the nation's former First Lady. In it, she praised the students efforts and urged them to continue their work.
Both Mrs. Phillips and Miss Drake point out the increased pride each child has in seeing their school grounds blossom out in colorful array each Spring and Fall. Miss Drake stated that the children keep a constant watch over their young trees and plants, and in years to come will remember when they, as students at Perkerson School, did their part in making their community school an island of green.

Greenville Takes

The Future Farmers of America Chapter of Greenville High School took

FFA Field Day

top honors in the State FFA Forestry Field Day. The Pelham FFA Chapter, placed second .
Some 150 contestants, representing 15 chapters participated in the field day. Schools represented were Treutlen County Training, Swainsboro High, Louisville Academy, Lumpkin H & I, Randolph County, Pelham High, Berrien County , Patterson High, Washington Central, Greenville High, Milton High, Jackson County , Greene County, Houston County Training and West Fannin .
The competitive events included planting, selective marking, estimating pulpwood and sawtimber volume from standing trees, tree identification and ocular estimation of tree height and diameter. Land measurement, log scal ing, insect and disease comprehension and scaling stacked pulpwood were also judged .
A target shooting event was sponsored by the Progressive Farmer Magazine and judged by Leroy Hackley and Sam Ramsey, wildlife rangers, Georgia Game and Fish Commission . This event was

not counted in the Field Day competition .
First place winners in the various events were Walter Sealy and Howard Pollock, Pelham, planting; Frank Pirkle, Jackson County and Alex Morrell, Pel ham, selective marking; Jerry Mathis, Berrien County, pulpwood timber estimation ; Charlie Thomas, Houston County Training, sawtimber volume estimation ; Freddie Brown , Jackson County, tree identification ; David Ritch, Patterson, ocular estimation.
Others included Billy McMillan, Berrien County, land measurement; Bud Garner, Greenville, log scaling; Ronnie O'Neal, Greenville, insect and disease comprehension; and John Carden, Greenville and Freddie Whitston , Pelham, scaling stacked pulpwood.
The winner of the rifle shoot was T. C. Weaver, Ag teacher at Jackson County High School. Paul Jones, Manager Georgia Division Progressive Farmer Magazine, Savannah, presented the rifle.
The Greenville Chapter, directed by J. R. Cook , received an inscribed plaque

T. C. Weaver, advisor, Jackson County FFA Chapter won the rifle for taking first place in the marksmanship contest at the State FFA Field Day. Paul Jones, manager, Georgia Division, Progressive Farmer Magazine, Savannah, makes the presentation.
and $100. The Pelham Chapter, under Ruden e Stewart, received a plaque and $50. The first place winners, in the individual events were awarded $20; second place, $10; and third and fourth place, $5 each .
Malcolm Dillard, consultant forester, Vocational Agriculture Department, po inted out that the FFA Field Days

create competition between FFA Chap-

ters whose members have acquired a

basic knowledge of Forestry, and who

possess skills in the various phases of

Forestry. It gives the FFA advisor a

means of creating an interest in Forestry

for FFA members, he added .

William R. Bowdoin, vice-chairman

of the board and director, Trust Com -

pany of Georgi a, Atlanta , commended

the F FA Field Day Program and its

value t o t he you t hs in th e years to come.

The State FFA Field Day was spon-

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sored by the Trust Company of Georgia,

and its six affiliated banks. They are

The First National Bank and Trust Com-

pany of Augusta, DeKalb National

Bank of Brookhaven, The First National

Bank and Trust Company in Macon, The

Fourth National Bank of Columbus, The

First National Bank of Rome and The

Liberty National Bank and Trust Com-

panyof Savannah .

W. T. Reno, manager, Farm and Forestry Department, Liberty National Bank and

The awards were presented by W. T .

Trust Company, Savannah, presents plaque to FFA Field Day winner Greenville High

Reno, manager, Farm and Forestry De-

School. J. R. Cook, advisor accepts. Five members of the ten-man team are J. W.

partment, Liberty National Bank and

Tidwell, Thomas Estes, Bud Gar!ler, Ronnie O'Neal and David Smith.

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LETTERS

Logging The

For e st ers

FIRE SUPPRESSION
I would like to commend one of your F ire Rangers. It certainly isn't so pa inful to pay tax when you know some of t he benef its derived from it .
On Saturday, March 22 , about 2 P.M ., my neighbor, M r. Johnny Bell , on Hereford Farm Road , (next to my farm, Triangle S Farm) which is east of Orchard Hill, set a brush fire and it caught in a broom sage field . With a high wind it was burning very fiercely . I saw this and rushed to the fire. It got to about 50 yards from my fence. The Bells cal led the forest rangers and in a few m inutes a ranger appeared. I watched the gentleman who came whose name I understand is John Osbolt. He unloaded a caterpillar type tractor and in a very few minutes -he had the fire out. He saved about 150 to 200 acres of timber from burning and, as this was my home place, I know it hasn't burned off in sixty years. Not only did this save me money, but it also saved a very beautiful piece of wooded timber.
Sincerely,
0 . M. Sims Chairman of the Board Larkin Coils, Inc. Atlanta, Ga.
TOUR
Please accept our sincere apprec iation t o you and to the Georgia Forestry Commission for the time and effort put forth on our recent tour of the Crisp-Dooly Unit and the Morgan Nursery. The students expressed a real interest in the operations and were duly impressed by the efficiency and teamwork of the operat ions as well as by t he knowledgeable ex planat ions.
Please ex tend our th ank s to Mr. Olin Witherington , Rowe Wall, Mr. M ack Neal and L.S. Tondee fo r t hei r splendid cooperation .
Sincerely,
Arch ie E. Patterson Professor of Forestry University of Georgia
SCHOOL PLANTING
We wish to thank the Forest ry Department for their vis it to our Center and for planting our pine trees, and especi ally the visit of Smokey the Bear. This meant much to our Scout troops, and we do hope we will soon have a row of flourishing pine trees.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Harold M. Seymour A d m i n i st r a to r The Cerebral Palsy Center of Atl anta, Inc.
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A Resolution by the City of Atlanta has been passed by Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. and

the Board of Aldermen thanking John Mixon, Commission Metro Forester, for his

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generous contribution of time and talent in assisting the City Parks Department with

their Seminars and in-service training. Jack De/ius, Parks Director, made the presenta-

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OFFICERS... Georgia Forestry Commis-

PROMOTION ... Michael Kageorge has sion Forest Management Chief W.H . Mc-

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been named assistant area director in Comb heads the Ocmulgee Sub-Chapter,

State and Private Forestry for the South- Georgia Chapter, SA F. Other officers are

eastern Area , U. S. Forest Service, At- Southern Pine Woodlands Manager S.L.

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lanta. Area Director Douglass Craig, in Anderson, Jr., Armstrong Cork Co ., vice-

making the announcement, said chairman; and Bill Millians, Jr., Commis-

Kageorge has been forest supervisor of sion Sixth District forester, sec-treas.

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the Ottawa National Forest.

This is the first Sub-Chapter in Georgia.

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Georgia's Star students and teachers recently toured the Georgia Forestry Center near Macon. One of the tour highlights was a simulated attack on a forest fire utilizing the Forestry Commission 's aerial tanker.

An inspection team from the U. S. Forest Service is greeted on its arrival in Columbus by Miss Jane Smith, Muscogee County Forestry Queen. The team, H. E. Howard, left, and A. W. Greeley, third from left, both of Washington, D. C., were accompanied by Ray Shirley, second from right, Georgia Forestry Commission director, and Douglass A. Craig, Southeast Area, USFS director. The group went on an inspection tour of the Bull Creek Watershed. Photo by Columbus Enquirer.

Ann Brightwell, 18, is the 1969 Miss Gum Spirits. She succeeds Miss Lindia Garrett of Valdosta. The Lowndes County High School senior won out over nine other contestants at the annual

meeting of the American Turpentine Farmers Association. Miss Gum Spirits plans to attend college and study music. She was sponsored by J. B. Newton of Wiggins, Miss.

The Hands Committee of The Federated Garden Clubs of Macon, in cooperation with the Georgia Forestry Commission, recently held a Shade Tree Workshop in Macon. Speaker Mrs. John Schofield is chairman of the Committee, and Mrs. Francis G. Clark, seated, is president of the Macon Federation. Forestry Commission participants include Ray Shirley, Commission director, speakers right, and metro foresters Louie Deaton, left and John Mix on.

VISITORS...More than 70 members of the Georgia Conservancy, Inc . were in Macon recently to visit facilities at the Georgia Forestry Center. Stops on the tour included the Georgia Forestry Commission, Georgia Forest Research Council , Southern Forest Fire Laboratory and Eastern Tree Seed Laboratory. The Conservancy was headed by E. J . Seiferle of Decatur.
FORESTRY POST... H. E. Ruark, director, Georgia Forest Research Council, has been named to a national board of advisors to a Congressional ad hoc committee on environment. The board will keep the committee informed on matters as they relate to environment.
RETI REMENT ...A. H. 'Rick' Antonie has retired from the U. S. Forest Service after 37 years of government service . A native of Ortig, Wash ., Antonie was with the Southeastern Area, State and Private Forestry, Atlanta, when he retired .
PERSONNEL. ..James W. Richardson, woodlands manager, Great Northern Paper Company, Southern Division announces the promotion of H. J . Malsberger, Jr. to assistant woodlands manager; Charles W. Anderson to operations superintendent; and Noel H. Haskins to timberlands manager.
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Georgi~ FORESTRY
June, 1969
PLEDGE
AS A VISITOR TO THE PUBLIC LANDS I PLEDGE TO:
e KEEP THE LAND CLEAN AND FREE OF UTIER e RESPECT AND TREAT THE LAND AS MY OWN e LEAVE GATES AND FENCES AS I FIND THEM e OBEY STATE GAME AND FISH LAWS e BE CAREFUL WITH FIRE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

SECOND-CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT DRY BRANCH, GA.