Georgia forestry, Vol. 22, no. 4 (Dec. 1969)

Georgia .

Georgia

FORESTRY

Dec., 1969

No.4

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

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

CONTENTS
Commission Facilities Certified .................................................................................. 3 Mass Producing Super Seedlings............................................................................... 45 Examination Asked For Licensed Foresters............................................................... 6 Foresters Hall of Fame Formed................................................................................. 6 Hall Of Fame Plaque Unveiled ................................................................................... 7 Georgia Chapter, SCSA, Honored ............................................................................. 7 Baldwin State Forest Conveyed To Forestry Commission ........................................ 89 Multiple Land Use A Public Concern ...................................................................... 10 Memoriam - Norman E. Brooks................................................................................ 11 Ranger Of The Quarter............................................................................................ 11 . RFD Program Expands............................................................................................ 12 Forestry Faces and Places........................................................................................ 13 Logging The Foresters......................................................................................... 14-15
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Hugh M. Dixon chairman
W. George Beasley M. E. Garrison L. H. Morgan Alexander Sessoms

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STAFF
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Gainesville, 30501 DISTRICT X Route 2
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FIRE EQUIPMENT NEEDED
Commissioner Dan Hall announced last week that the county had secured a "pumper", a piece of fire-fighting equipment for use in fire control throughout the county. This, in our think ing was a wise investment, and the equipment will serve a much needed service. And, as to the word "investment", the equipment was secured by Hall through negotiations with Director Ray Shirley and Ranger Andy Newby of the State Forestry Dept. at no cost to the county whatsoever.
As previously pointed out by The Sentinel and Trenton's Fire Chief Cleron Kyzer, the "fire engine" owned by the City of Trenton is not permitted to go beyond the city limits for the pur pose of extinguishing fires, due to certain codes, rules, regulations, etc. In other words, when a fire strikes in a rural section, very little, if anything can be done. Homes are destroyed because of the lack of any equipment to fight the flames. Such has been the case in many sections of the county, countless times.
The huge tank, equipped to use certain chemicals, as well as pump water from nearby streams, certainly affords a source of consolation to the people of our rural communities, who, heretofore, in most instances, had no alternative other than to save whatever possible, and then stand helplessly by and see their homes burn to the ground. A badly needed piece of equipment, we say, and surely it will furnish help at a time when most needed. Fire is "no respecter of persons", and is apt to break out anywhere---any time ... in homes... in forests.
(From the Dade County Sentinel)
AIRPORT SAFETY IMPROVED HERE
Thanks to efforts by the city administration and the cooperation of the Georgia Forestry Commission, the two municipal airports will have much improved firefighting capabilities shortly.
A well-equipped crash truck and a newly-trained volunteer crew will be available at both Lewis B. Wilson Airport and at Herbert Smart Airport.
The new setup is far from perfect. But it is so much superior to the virtually zero protection the two airports have had that thanks and congratulations are due the officials who got busy and upgraded the fire protection.
(From the Macon Telegraph)
LEAF BURNING IS DANGEROUS
Clear skies are predicted for Friday and clear to partly cloudy weather is expected Sunday. Burning at this time is extremely dangerous, said Larry Marler with the Georgia Forestry Commission. Ten to 15 mile-an-hour winds are expected Friday, and six to nine mile-an-hour winds are expected Saturday. No rain has fallen since October 8, and even then only .34 of an inch was measured. It has been some time before that also before any rain had been recorded. Leaves are drying and falling, and all these things make burning extremely dangerous, Marler said.
(From the Marietta Daily Journal)

Commission Facilities Certified
The Georgia Crop Improvement Association has inspected and approved for certification 298.8 acres in the Georgia Forestry Commission seed orchards and its tree seed processing facilities at the Georgia Forestry Center near Macon.
In making the announcement, Harvey C. Lowery, head, G.C.I.A ., said that loblolly pine and slash pine account for 293.8 acres. The remaining acreage is in white pine and Virginia pine.
Lowery stated that the first certified tree seed from the Forestry Commission orchards were collected and processed this Fall. An official sample is taken


The Tree Improvement Program had its beginning with the selection of trees with superior characteristics. Scions, or branchlets, were collected and grafted to seedling rootstock.
from each lot and tested for germination and purity by the Eastern Tree Seed Laboratory at the Forestry Center. This will continue into March 1970, according to Derrell Benson, Lab director.
Ray Shirley, Commission director, said the seed will be planted in the Spring of 1970 which will make certified tree seedlings available for the 1970-71 planting season . Shirley emphasized that the ultimate goal of the Commission in this program is to provide only certified tree seedlings.
The certification of the seed orchards and processing facilities marks 15 years of work by the Commission in the Tree Improvement Program. Shirley pointed

Harvey C. Lowery, left, head, Georgia Crop Improvement Association, and James C. Wynens, chief, Commission Reforestation Division, examine certified slash pine cones from the Commission's Arrowhead Seed Orchard.

out that with initial certification finalized, the Commission's Tree Improvement Program officially enters into the tree breeding phase which will make possible
More than 60 percent of the Forestry Commission's 1969 tree seedlings were improved stock. Improved slash pine and loblolly pine have been made available to the general public since 1964.

tree selections having increased yields over present stock . The Commission has provided improved loblolly and slash pine tree seedlings since 1964 with production totaling approximately 36 .6 million trees up to this planting season .
James C. Wynens, chief, Commission Reforestation Division, reports that practically all of the improved stock was sold out by the first of December and that more than 96 percent of the Com mission's tree seedling crop had been bought by that time.
Shirley cited the Commission's largest crop of improved seedlings, over 27 million trees, as the reason for the vigorous buying season. In fact, Shirley emphasized, this is the fastest our tree seedling crop has moved since the Soil Bank years of the late fifties.
Wynens added that in view of this situation , landowners need to place orders immediately as the remaining tree seedlings are being sold on a first come, first serve basis. A list of available tree seedlings and costs can be obtained from your local county forest ranger.
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Mass Producing Super Seedlings

A contemporary program of forest management must be provided to insure the South's continued and remarkable progress in the forest industry and conservation. This will include, among other phases of forestry, reforesting or forestation of lands with tree seedlings capable of producing an amount of wood equal to the ever increasing consumer demand.
In the past decade, the forest industry has become increasingly interested in the factors that will affect the future source of raw materials. This includes forest product demand, land use other than forestry; that is, utilities, urbanization, recreation, highways, and land taxation, making it uneconomical to grow trees in some areas.
To meet these demands higher quality production per acre, on an overall gradual declining area, must be made. The principle, of a science known as genetics, was chosen to join the other forest management procedures in meeting the consumers increased demands.
We are aware of the tremendous gains and accomplishments in improving various agricultural crops and phases of animal production. Immediate results can be seen by the cattle breeder in his efforts to improve his herd by the principle of selection. That is, taking out the animals with inferior traits and keeping those with desirable ones, then combining these desirable .traits by controlled cross-breeding. This principle is being used in tree improvement programs throughout the South. We are taking out the bad qualities in trees and keeping the good qualities by selection and breeding.
Up until the last few years and even to a certain extent presently, seed used in the nurseries for seedling production were collected from the wild, in the most convenient way. This meant seed collectors would be more inclined to collect from a large, limby, wolf type tree with a lot of cones rather than take the trouble to collect from tall, straight
crown trees with few cones. During the soil bank years when tree seed were at a premium, most emphasis on seed collection was placed on quantity of seed rather than quality.
How are we getting around this? 4

Most of the South's tree improvement programs are essentially the same. The best trees that can be found in the forest are selected and propagated, or increased in number, by vegetative propagation. This form of grafting is the most common method used. In other words, one tree selected in the woods will be propagated into thousands of the same tree because vegetative propagation retains the same identical characteristics as the original tree, with no outside intermixing of qualities such as results from seed cross-bred with surrounding trees.
These propagated trees, parent trees

or clones, are established in orchards similar to fruit and nut tree orchards. These orchards comprise hundreds of different clones or family lines planted so as to insure optimum crossing or intermixing. Congregating the seed produced from these orchards would naturally have to be better seed than could be collected from the wild . These orchards may also be established by the planting of seedlings from seed of controlled crosses of the originally selected trees. Further selection results in the best of the off-spring tfrom the various parent trees.

The harvesting of the Georgia Forestry Commission's first certified cone crop took place this Fall. The seed orchards were certified by the Georgia Crop Improvement Association following inspections in 1968 and earlier this year.

Commission's 1969 cone crop, and com-

pleted their certification inspection of

the Commission's cone drying kiln and

seed extraction facilities. Projected, this

means that it is possible for the Com-

mission. to offer certified tree seedlings

to the general public during the 1970-71

planting season.

At present, the seed orchards are be-

ing rogued of clones, or families of trees,

according to progeny test results. Trees

being rogued are below certification

standards. The roguing is another step

toward qualifying the orchards for high -

er standards of certification by the

G.C.I.A.

Nor is Georgia alone in tree improve-

The Georgia Forestry Commission's tree seed processing plant has been inspected and

ment. Most of the southern states east

approved by the Georgia Crop Improvement Association. Harvey C. Lowery, head, G. C. I.A., left, and James C. Wynens, chief, Commission Reforestation Division check out the cone tumbler which separates the seeds from the cones.

of the Mississippi River have an annual production of between 35 and 50 million seedlings, with states west following closely. Over 90 percent of this produc-

Before a large scale production of seedlings from these orchards is made, tests of the off-spring of these orchards are set up . These are known as progeny tests or literally speaking, off-spring testing. The genetic gain based on five year old tests, one in the Georgia program indicates a five to ten percent height and diameter increase with a result in 19 percent volume gain.
This represents an enormous dollar

tripled. We can see why the industrial interests of the South are putting forth great efforts toward tree improvement programs of the states and within their own industrial lands.
What are some of the other advan tages of improved trees other than more volume per acre? Since the parents of these trees were selected for their wood qualities, the offspring should have above average wood qualities. There are

tion is planned to be in genetically improved stock in the next ten years. All states have initiated a tree improvement program. Arkansas, South Carolina and Texas are beginning production of genetically improved seedlings this season.
It is not unexpected that with the anticipated drain on forest production, landowners, industry and government are working hand in hand to meet the challenge through the use of genetics.

value return on the initial investment to the landowner. By further improving these off-spring by future selection and

some indications of insect and disease resistance. If a stand of mature trees is established from improved seedlings and

- A. Ray Shirley Director

cross-breeding, we expect to show that these percent gains will be doubled or

natural generation is practiced, then the second generation of trees should be

Georgia Forestry Commission

considerably better than if they were

volunteer seedlings from natural wild

parent trees.

What is being done in the South? As

an example of the immensity of the

program, all the southern states, the ma-

jority of paper manufacturers and pri -

vate seed suppliers are developing or-

chards for improved seed production.

The Georgia Forestry Commission, a

pioneer in the program, has distributed

36.6 million improved seedlings, super

trees, since 1964. This is enough trees to reforest 58,750 acres. It has reached the

point where 60 percent of its nursery

production is improved stock, with over

28 million of the 47 million current

Trees that do not meet certification standards are rogued from the Commission seed orchards. Progeny tests deter-

crop being improved loblolly and slash pine.
This year the Georgia Crop Improve-

Five year old progeny tests indicate a five to ten percent height and diameter increase for the improved trees over

.

mine what trees are cut.

ment Association certified the Forestry regular stock.

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Examination Asked For Licensed Foresters
Editors Note: Due to the transfer of Robert W. Cooper, S. L. Anderson is the new chairman, Georgia Chapter, SAF. Randy McQuaig, Perry, has been elected chairman elect.

The 20th annual meeting of the Georgia Chapter, Society of American Foresters attracted some 200 professional foresters and their wives from Georgia . The meeting was held in conjunction with the University of Georgia Forestry Alumni Association, George D. Walker, president, Athens, and the Geor gia Chapter, Association of Consulting Foresters, Dan Crumpton , president, Warrenton, announced Frank E. Craven , SAF chairman, Macon .
The conference purpose, Craven add ed, was to discuss industry and landowner problems and to offer suggestions as to how foresters can meet them.
During the Chapter's business session, members voted to present a resolution to the Georgia Legislature requesting an examination to be given all Foresters who wish to become licensed Foresters in Georgia. In other business, the Chap ter voted to provide a year's scholarship to a deserving senior at the School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia.
Tt\e meeting theme was "The Economic Squeeze - Managing Forest Land For Profit". The keynote address "The Changing Economic Environment for Forestry" was given by Dr. John Fedkiw, senior analyst, U. S. Depart-

The 1970 slate of officers for the Georgia Chapter, SAF were installed by outgoing president, Frank E. Craven, right, Macon. E. A. "Gus" Woodall, Ashburn, left, is the incoming sec.-treas. and Robert W. Cooper, Macon, is the incoming chairman. Not present was S. L. Anderson, chairman-elect, Macon.

ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Other speakers and their topics were
Fred S. Whitaker, director, Forest Man agement, Owens Illinois, Jacksonville, Fla., "The Problems in Managing Forest Land For Pulpwood and What Can Be Done About Them"; T. E. Connell, forester, The Langdale Company, Val dosta, "The Problems of Diversified Forest Management and What Can Be Done About Them"; and Dorsey Dyer, extension forester, Cooperative Extension Service, Athens, "The Farmer's Problems and What Can Be Done About

Them". Concluding the two day session were
Ted Schlapfer, regional forester, U. S. Forest Service, Atlanta, "Government Problems and What Can Be Done About Them"; Mike Caldwell , Caldwell Realty Company, Macon, "Recreation and Real Estate Demands and What Can Be Done About Them"; and Bill Reno, manager, Forestry and Agricultural Department, Liberty National Bank and Trust Com pany, Savannah, "The Financial Problems and What Can Be Done About Them".

Foresters Hall Of Fame Formed

The first members of the Georgia Foresters' Hall of Fame were inducted during the annual meeting of the Georgia Chapter, Society of American Fores ters according to Frank E. Craven, Chapter Chairman, Macon. The meeting was held in Savannah in conjunction with the University of Georgia Forestry Alumni Association and the Georgia Association of Consultant Foresters.
Living Foresters who were inducted are Bishop F. Grant, Athens, a retired School of Forest Resources professor; Henry J . Malsberger, Sr., Atlanta, retired
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General Manager, Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association and William M. Oettmeier, Fargo, recognized as the first user of two way radio as a tool in forest fire prevention.
Deceased Foresters, recognized for their early contributions to Forestry, included G. Norman Bishop, Athens, late professor of Forestry at the School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, whose wife, Mrs. Louie Bishop, Athens, accepted a Hall of Fame certificate. I. F. "Cap" Eldridge, recognized as one of the early advocates of forest fire

control in Georgia, and Charlie Evans, credited with fostering the U. S. Forest Service's Farm Forestry program in the South, were cited. B. M. Lufburrow, Sr. , the first State Forester of Georgia, whose wife Mrs. B. M. Lufburrow, Atlanta, and son Burley Lufburrow, Jr., Hinesville, received a certificate, and Bonnell Stone, who promoted the establishment of the old State Board of Forestry, whose certificate was accepted by his son Edward M. Stone, Statesboro.
Recognition of these early leaders of Forestry in Georgia has been long over-

due, stated Craven. The Georgia Chapter, SAF, will continue the Hall of Fame over the years. A permanent plaque has been established at the School of Forest

Resources, University of Georgia, Athens. Names of these and future
recipients will be engraved on the large plaque.

Georgia Chapter, SCSA, Honored

The Georgia Chapter of the Soil Con-

~ervation Society of America has been

named as regional winner of the Socie-

ty's Chapter Activities Program.

The award was presented during the

opening session of the Society's three-

day national meeting in Fort Collins,

Colo.

According to Frank Craven, presi -

dent, Georgia Chapter, Macon, the Chap-

ter was recognized for its youth activi-

ties. The Chapter sponsors an annual

conservation workshop for 250 Georgia

boys and supplies counselors at Rainey

Mountain Boy Scout Camp. Work has

begun on sponsoring, in 1970, a Land

Use Symposium for conservationists and

Participating in the Georgia Foresters Hall of Fame ceremonies were Frank E. Craven, left, Chapter chairman and John W. Cooper, right, chairman, Chapter's Hall of Fame Committee. The foresters honored were 1-r, Henry J. Malsberger, Sr. , Atlanta; G. Norman Bishop, Athens, whose son Norman Bishop, Jr. and widow accepted the award; Bonnell Stone, accepted by his son Ed Stone; William M . Oettmeier, Fargo and Burley Lufburrow, whose award was accepted by his widow and son Burley Lufburrow, Jr. Not present were Bishop F. Grant, and widows of honorees, I F. "Cap" Eldredge and Charles Evans.

laymen in Georgia. Each year the Society recognizes
one of its chapters in each region for an outstanding activities program. The soil conservation organization has nine regions which includes the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

More than 800 natural resource con-

Hall Of Fame Plaque Unveiled

servationists from the United States and Canada attended the 24th annual meeting of the Society at Colorado State

The Georgia Foresters' Hall of Fame plaque was officially unveiled in a cere-

The Hall of Fame plaque will be kept on display at the School of Forest

University. The theme of the meeting was "Frontiers in Conservation".

mony at the University of Georgia in Resources in Athens.

Athens October 25, 1969. Professor

emeritus Bishop F. Grant was presented

an individual plaque as one of the first

honorees. The event was sponsored by

the Georgia Chapter, Society of Ameri-

can Foresters.

Mrs. A. M. Herrick, wife of the Dean

of the School of Forest Resources, un-

veiled the plaque following a short

speech by Hall of Fame committee

chairman John W. Cooper, U. S. Forest

Service, Atlanta.

"The Hall of Fame tradition will now

provide a means of honoring those per-

sons who have been responsible for the

outstanding success of the forestry pro-

gram in Georgia," stated Cooper in his

address.

There were eight men named to the

Participating in the unveiling of the Georgia Foresters Hall of Fame plaque are, 1-r,

Foresters' Hall of Fame at a Georgia

John W. Cooper, chairman, Hall of Fame Committee; Frank E. Craven, past chair-

Chapter, SAF meeting in September at

man, Georgia Chapter, SAF; Mrs. A. M. Herrick and Dean A. M. Herrick, School of

Savannah.

Forest Resources, University of Georgia.

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BALDWIN STATE FOREST CONV YEO TO FORESTRY COMMISSION

Baldwin
State Forest
South Section

The State Board of Public Health recently declared surplus 4,365.5 acres of land used by the Department of PubIic Health in the operation of Central State Hospital at Miltedgeville. This land was transferred to the Georgia Forestry Commission by an executive order o'f Governor Lester Maddox on September 25, 1969.
The executive order states that the State Forestry Commission shall not license any individual, firm or corporation to use said property; however, nothing contained in the order shall preclude its use by the general public.
The order does state that the director of the Georgia Forestry Commission, with the approval of its State Board, is authorized to enter into contracts and agreements with other State depart-

have control of approximately 54 acres of lakes for public fishing . Plans are to stock six lakes in the immediate future and add some man-made lakes later.
.The Department of Family and Children Services has also requested the use of 600 acres including existing houses and barns. This land joins present lands of that department which is used by the Youth Development Center. The land will be used for dairying, grazing and truck farming.
The State Highway Department has been granted the use of approximately 12 acres, by the Forestry Commission Board, for use as a maintenance and supply area.
The vineyard and apple and pear orchard will be maintained for the patients at Central State Hospital.
The remaining forest and other lands will be used by the Forestry Commission to develop a superior tree seedling seed orchard and as a testing area for genetically improved trees, Shirley add-

ley (Plans for the north section will appear in the March issue, 1970). Approxi mately 44 percent of the south section, 957.7 acres, will be used for superior tree seedling seed orchards and a testing area for genetically improved trees. The superior tree seed orchard will be planted in 7,000 longl eaf superior seedlings this year. Over the next five years, slash, loblolly, Virginia and shortleaf pines and a number of hardwoods will be planted .
Woodland and drainage areas com prise 594.8 acres of which approximately 392 acres are in woodlands that con tain commercial and merchantable trees. The remaining 202.8 acres are in flood ed areas that can be planted to desirable hardwoods provided the area is drained. Consideration is also being given to leaving the area in its present state and using it for wildlife cover.
The 60 acres of heavily eroded and barren land will be planted first. To insure adequate survival and growth, ex-

ments, commissions and agencies ed. He pointed out that approximately posed areas will be fertilized and mulch-

to use, manage, protect and utilize

1,000 acres will be used in the program

ed . This year's management and devel-

any surplus property described in the executive order.

over the next five years. On accepting the deed from Governor
Lester Maddox, Shirley said the Fores-

opment program includes the planting of 600,000 loblolly and slash pine seedlings.

trY Commission needs the land for con-

Second planting priority will be giv-

tinued progress in developing its Tree en to areas along the highways and

Improvement Program. The program boundaries. All species used for planting

Ray Shirley, Commission director,

reached a new level this year with the

will be improved stock. The species

said that under this agreement the

certification of our seed orchards and

used will depend upon the species of

Forestry Commission will lease 700 tree processing facilities. Shirley noted pine planted for the seed orchards.

Legend

PROPOSED LAND USE TYPE

ACIUS

- - SEED ORCHARD AND PROGENY TEST AREAS

- 9514

::::::;:;;:;: .:::::. WOODLANDS

- 594.1

~::, : :.:,,:.-. AREAS TO BE PLANTED ---------..----" 421.9

~ ERODED AREA$ TO BE PLANTED......------

60.0

. . LAKESANDPONOS.................... .. ---..-- ----- 544

- - - GEORGIA POWER LINE RICiHT.OF -WA'I ,,_,,,.......- ..,_,,_,

5 1.4

- - VINEYARD .....------------------ -----.. ... -

~ APPLE AND PEAR ORCHARD---------------

-

US 441 RIGHT.OF-WAV _______..........,_,...............,...._...........

24 .3 21 .5 1'

NATURAL GAS LINE- ------------------ 14.6

* OLD SCHOOL LOT.------------------ 1.0 NATURAL GAS STATION..---------------- ~

TOTAL

2.202.5

acres to the State Parks Department for a future park and recreational facility including camping areas.
A lease agreement is being entered into with the State Game and Fish Commission to develop and use the area as a game preserve . There will be game management for quail and dove and deer that will naturally inhabit the managed area . Hunting will be allowed

that the 500 acres of seed orchard, being used for the development of improved stock from genetically improved trees, has reached its capacity.
The 4,365 .5 acres is divided into two areas. The section south of Milledgeville, on U.S. 441, has 2,202 .5 acres, and the section north of the city, on Ga. 22, has 2,163 acres.
Proposed developments to be made

One of the important initial projects will be roadside beautification . The areas along U.S. 441 and Ga. 22 will be beautified with dogwood, redbud, redcedar, crepe myrtle and other natural area trees. The beautification project will involve approximately ten miles of roadway .
Shirley concluded that the proposed developments are made for the increas-

on a permit basis so that authorities on the south section of the Baldwin ed benefits that can be obtained through

would know how many and who was in State Forest by the Forestry Commis- better management along with multiple-

the fields at any given time . They will sion have been drawn, announces Shir- use of the Forest.

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Multiple Land Use
- A Public Concern (

Arthur W. Greeley
Arthur W. Greeiey, associate chief, U. S. Forest Service, Washington, D. C., challenged 275 forestry and conservation leaders to make multiple-use a practical device; for managing land and its resources requires that we be more specific in knowing what management objectives we are seeking and the steps we must take to reach those objectives. '
Greeley's keynote address kicked off the two-day conference on Multiple-Use of Southern Forests at Callaway Gardens. The conference was sponsored by the Georgia Forest Research Council, H. E. Ruark, director; and the Georgia Forestry Association, Harold Joiner, executive director.
Greeley, using the topic "MultipleUse Practices, Problems and Opportunities in Southern Forests", pointed out that "our job as land manager is to manage what is there in order to both protect the resource and increase its utility for the benefit of all men". He added, "our job is to recognize that there can be more or less intensity of management for a wide variety of uses, and to know enough about what's involved in intensive management so that we can, with out damage to the land, vary the mix of products by changing the intensity of management".
Greeley concluded that "our job, as we go into the seventies, is to accept the public 's concern on environment as a part of our professional concern, to decide what the constructive contributions are that we can make and to start mak-
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ing them". The need for the multiple use con -
cept in forest management was echoed by Sixth District Congressman John J. Flynt, Jr.
Flynt cited the importance of timber noting that in the pulp and paper field, the South has increased its production by 250 percent over the last 20 years. Over this span Georgia has been the leader.
"Parallel to the demand for consumptive timber products", Flynt pointed out, "is a steadily mounting demand for amenities of the forest environment, outdoor recreation, hunting and fishing, wilderness, and natural beauty."
He noted that our National Forests have been managed under a multiple usesustained yield policy foF several decades. The effectiveness of this multiple land use management is evident in the anticipated harvest of 13 billion board feet with sale of about $237 million in 1970. An estimated 171 million recreation visitations are expected in the National Forests, "as compared with an actual count of 156 million visitor days of wildlife use."
The job ahead, Flynt stated, "is to upgrade small forest ownerships so that they may be able to generate better opportunities to the individual owner and the community."'
John S. Gottchalk, director, Bureau of Fisheries and Wildlife, U. S. Department of Interior, Washington, took the ecological management approach. He emphasized that land management must be based on a total concern rather than on a piece-meal approach.
Gottchalk pointed out that "Our broad objective is to provide the proper mix, that combination of uses which best fits the public interest." The public has become alarmed about the deterioration of the environment. "No longer will we tolerate approaches which do not take into account the safeguarding of the fundamentals of existence."
We recognize that uses of forests, wildlife refuges, or whatever must be integrated, mutually supportive and not destructive, Gottchalk concluded.
William R. Adams, president, St. Re-

Congressman John J. Flynt Jr.
gis Paper Co., New York, N . Y ., said "multiple -use management must be purposeful, not by chance ; it must be planned, not haphazard; and it must function under a flexible system of use priority to suit the situation."
Adams, speaking to the conferees on "Environmental Quality and MultipleUse-- Industry's Role", pointed out, "We recognize the effects that forest cover and logging engineering methods can have on water quality and quantity, and we guide our ope~ations with considera tion for these factors. But, I think that the harvesting cycle creates some environmental backlash from those who are aesthetically disturbed by the aftermath of even a good logging operation."
He emphasized "that we should redouble our efforts to reach the public with our message that trees are a crop, to be removed periodically from the forest, while this same forest continues to yield wildlife, water, recreation and other benefits without interruption."
Dr. A. M. Herrick, dean, School of Forest Resources, summarized the conference with a look at future management of southern forests for multiple goods and services. He noted that forestry is multiple-use; which is to say , forestry is timber, fish and game, water, recreation and untold intangibles and amenities.
The two-day Multiple-Use Conference featured sessions on Current Practices, Principles and Problems, Specific Com binations and Planning.

Norman E. Brooks
Death has ended the long and distinguished forestry career of Norman E. Brooks, R. F., 64, of Macon. At the time of his death, Brooks was a forest engineer with the Georgia Forestry Commission, in charge of screening surplus equipment.
Ray Shirley, Commission director, stated that Brooks' untimely death is a tragic loss to both his family and the Commission. In his latest capacity, he played an important role in the immediate success of our Rural Fire Defense

Memoriam
Program by securing surplus equipment to meet the program's needs.
Brooks played an important hand, Shirley continued, in our tree improvement program , laying out the Horseshoe Bend and Arrowhead Seed Orchard and supervising the first grafting in the middle of the late fifties. His technical knowledge and skills can still be seen today and his dedication and loyalty to his profession is to be exemplified , Shirley concluded .
A native of Gordon , Brooks came with the Commission as a district forester at Baxley in 1941. He was put in charge of the warehouse and shop at the Baxley State Forest in 1943. A year later he was promoted to forest engineer and undertook the task of locating fire lookout tower sites throughout the state.
Brooks came to Macon in 1955 and began his work in the seed orchards. He continued in the reforestation field in 1958 when he was put in charge of the cone drying and seed cleaning and storage facilities at the Georgia Forestry Center.

In 1961 his talents were utilized in management. Brooks was made responsible for setting up research plots on weed tree control using fire and chemicals. He assumed his responsibilities of screening surplus equipment in 1964.
Brooks' forestry career began in 1933 following graduation from the School of Forestry at the University of Georgia. During the next eight years he worked primarily for the U. S. Forest Service on the Nantahala National Forest, Kisatchie National Forest and the CCCs in Arkansas and Georgia.
At the University of Georgia, Brooks was a Pi Kappa Pi. He served as president of the Forestry Club and Alpha Zi Sigma honorary forestry society~ and was a member of Alpha Zeta, a national honorary organization for agricultural and forestry students. He also served as business manager of the Cypress Knee.
Brooks was a member of the Society of American Foresters. He was a past member of the Forest Farmers Association and the Baxley Li!Jns Club.
He is survived by his wife, the former Jimmie E. Lavender ; a daughter, Mrs. Judith E. Baird; and a son , Thomas A . Brooks.

Ranger Of The Quarter

The Clarke-Oconee Forestry Unit is headed by James L. Stanford. He came with the Forestry Commission in 1958 as a patrolman in Putnam County, and was promoted the following year to assistant ranger.
In 1960, Stanford was named ranger of the Wilkinson County Unit, and remained there until 1965 when he assumed his present responsibilities. As ranger of the Wilkinson Unit, Stanford received the Georgia Forestry Association's 1962 Outstanding General Performance Award for the Comm ission's Sixth District.
Last year excellent forest protection and forest management programs were rendered the landowners of Clarke and Oconee Counties. Unit personnel suppressed 45 wildfires that only burned 79 forest acres for an average of 1.73 acres per fire. The state average was 4.51 acres. In addition, there were 39 non forest f ires suppressed . There are 105,600 forest acres in the two county area which represents 54 percent of the

James L. Stanford
land area. In a new area of forest protection, a
Rural Fire Defense Program was initiated in the High Shoals Community. The rural fire department entered into a cooperative agreement with the Commission and was furnished a fire suppression unit. In fire prevention, Stanford prepared

and mailed letters to all landowners having 50 or more acres. The county fair exhibit and Christmas parade float depicted Unit services. There were 4,380 radio and TV spot announcements relating to fire prevention. In addition , there were 32 speaking engagements that attracted 1,408 persons.
Forest management assistance was given to 39 landowners involving 2,124 acres. There were 150 cords of pulpwood and 88,000 board feet of sawtimber marked. The assistance included the preparation of two detailed forest management plans. Wood-using industry and insect and disease surveys were made by the assigned forester, Theron L. Devereaux. During the planting season , 358,400 tree seedlings were planted in the two county area. More than 2.7 million seedlings have been planted in the area over the past 11 years.
Other Unit personnel are Allen Gurley and James D. Shel t on, patrolmen ; and Miss Elizabeth M. Wilson, towerwoman.
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R F D Program

Expands

The month of October proved to be the most active period in the brief history of the Georgia Forestry Commission 's Rural Fire Defense Program according to Turner Barber, Macon , coordinator of the program . During October, a total of 21 major pieces of fire fighting equipment were issued to communities across the State to either initiate a fire department or strengthen an existing rural fire department. Equipment issued totals 148 pieces in 76 counties involving 107 departments.
Commun ities assisted were Clyo, Mt. Zion, Hampton , Soperton, Harrison, Trenton, Naylor and Willacoochee. Others were Hollingsworth, Lavonia, Dahlonega, Sandy Cross and Camak. In addition Decatur County and Lamar County obta ined equipment.
The City of Macon received two crash and rescue trucks which will be stationed at Herbert Smart and Lewis B.

Macon Mayor Ronnie Thompson, foreground, accepts two crash trucks from Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Commission. Other participants include, 1-r, J. R. Parham, Macon fire chief and Turner Barber, Jr. , coordinator, Commission 's Rural Fire Defense Program

Wilson Airports. Barber said the equipment is obtain-
ed from government surplus and put into running order at the Commission's Macon shop. Cooperators who enter into a cooperative agreement with the Forestry Commission have the responsibility to put the equipment into shape for fire fighting.
According to Barber, the cooperators

assist the Forestry Commission by handling grass and nuisance fires within a specified radius of their department. Their main job, stated Barber, is the protection of homes, businesses and other improvements where heretofore little or no protection existed.
Communities without fire protection can contact their local forest ranger for information regarding this program.

Promotion

Robert W. Cooper, project leader, Southern Forest Fire Laboratory, Macon, has been promoted to assistant director, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, U. S. Forest Service, Asheville, N. C.
Cooper succeeds Dr. J. B. Hilmon who was recently promoted and transferred to the Washington Office of the Forest Service. He is serving as chief of the branch of range and wildlife habitat ecology and management research.
Walter M. Zillgitt, station director, said Cooper will be in charge of research on forest fire, range, recreation , and wildlife habitat throughout the five Southeastern States. He will supervise 34 scientists working on nine major research projects that involve 94 separate studies.
In 1957, he was named center leader of the Macon Forest Fire Research Center, where he was assigned the task of formulating a program of research on 12

Robert W. Cooper
forest fire control and prescribed burning that provided the base for the research program at the Southern Forest Fire Laboratory when it was establishect in 1959.

Memoriam
Harry V. Crown, 46, former district manager for American Forest Institute in Atlanta, died Sept. 14 after a brief illness.
Crown was employed as a sales manager for a chemical supply firm at the time of death . He left AFI in April , 1969.
He was district manager for Alabama, Florida and Georgia for ten years. Crown worked closely with the Tree Farm Committees in each state, and served as executive of each state's Forest Industry Committee.
From 1948 to 1959, the former district manager was a staff writer and feature editor on the Jacksonville Florida Journal.
A native of Gainesville, Florida, he graduated in 1948 from the University of Florida with a degree in Journa.lism ,
Surviving are his widow and their four children in Marietta and his mother who lives in Jacksonville.

Forestry Faces And Places
Mrs. Billie W. Tovell, director, Special Activities, Southeastern Fair Association, has been named to an International Trade Show position with the U. S. Government. The Fair, through Mrs. Tovell, has always been most cooperative in alloting space so that Georgia's forestry story could be depicted to the thousands of fair goers. Through her efforts the fair honored forestry's place in the economy of Georgia by using as its 1964 theme, "Georgia's Woodland Wealth". The 1969 Fair completed 14 years as Atlanta's "Fair Lady" for Mrs. Tovell.

A pictorial display of views and places to see and visit in Georgia can be seen at the Welcome Center on 1-85 south between the Georgia-South Carolina line and Lavonia.

If there is a special forest conservation exhibit in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area, chances are Mr. Tree will be on hand. The innovation of Georgia Forestry Commission Metro Forester Louie Deaton, Mr. Tree entertains the small fry with his dancing antics and story telling. The seven foot tall walking, dancing and talking tree also has a serious side answering questions pertaining to forestry and shade tree problems.

Three Notch Road in Catoosa County got its not so usual name from three notches cut on trees along its course to mark a military trace in the early days.
Army scouts reputedly traveled along the early route, chopping the triple notches in random trees as a means of marking out an early military road over which armies might later travel.
While the route, located about three miles northwest of Ringgold near the Tennessee line, got its name from the system of marking, there is some dispute about the year of its origin.
Some sources indicate the former Indian trail became a trace when Gen. Andrew Jackson sent scouts to mark it in 1814. Other sources say the trace was marked in 1838 by scouts sent out by Gen. Winfield Scott, who conducted the "Trail of Tears" march of the Cherokees to Indian territory in the West.
At any rate the road was believed to have become an official road about 1838 and that it served Gen. Scott's troops in rounding up Cherokee Indians preparatory to their march west.
The road has retained its name for more than 130 years.
(From the Gainesville Times)

The stockholders of Georgia Kraft Co. have elected E. V. McSwiney and W. M. Ebersole as members of the Board of Directors. Charlton B. Daniel has been named community relations manager for Georgia Kraft Co., announces Robert A. Rock, vice president, Industrial and Public Relations.
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LETTERS

Logging The

4-H CAMP
Too often it seems that we take the assistance of the Georgia Forestry Commission personnel for granted. We have been assisted so many years by your personnel at our 4-H Forestry Camps that they seem to be a part of our own group.
We had a most successful South Georgia 4-H Forestry Camp this past week with 116 4-H Club Members attending. H. L . Neal served as an instructor during the entire week and Jim Henson assisted in putting on a fire control demonstration one afternoon. All during the week we were assisted whenever needed by such people as B. S. Booth and Ernest Cribb.
It would be difficult for us to operate without such help.
George D. Walker Extension Forester Cooperative Extension Service Athens, Georgia
EDUCATION
want to express my sincere appreciation to your organization for taking part in three of our recent Group Meetings and discussing " Conservation Educational Progress and Opportunities" in Georgia. You made a f i ne contribution to these meetings and I am glad that I had the opportunity to be with you and get to know you better.
George C. Martin, President Georgia Association of Soil and Water Conservation D istricts
ASSISTANCE
Mr. Archie R. McEuen and Mr. Lynn Hooven me t Miss Lovelace and me to make the forestry survey of her land. She plans to carry out all of their recommendations.
We want to congratulate you upon having such fine young men in your organization. They really know their work and we enjoyed being with them very much.
Your organization is certainly rendering a wonderful service to the landowners of our State and we thank you.
R. Shaefer Heard West Point, Georgia
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I just want you to know how much I appreciate the service of the representatives from the forestry division.
I was born and reared in Virgin ia, then spent the last 20 years in South Florida. When we moved to Atlanta, it was only then that I realized how I had missed and longed for the great old trees.
I simply wouldn't dream of allowing someone who came by to prune these trees, without checking him out with your department first. It would almost be like calling a doctor who was unknown, for a sick child.
Mrs. Woodrow P. Gaines Atlanta, Georgia
EXHIBITS
We continue to receive compliments and t o stack up the publicity on the first annual STAY AND SEE GEORGIA WEEK . You are to be congratulated on your foresight in exhibiting to Georgians, since the people closest to home are noted to be the best customer prospects.
We would like to especially compliment you on your exhibit. The forest setting with its falls and foliage was lovely, and, of course, your "talking tree" one-man-show was one of the biggest hits of the entire STAY & SEE GEORGIA WEEK with the children. My Assistant, Martha Thomas, thoroughly enjoyed watching the tree's interaction with the children , and said you made just the right comments to instill STAY & SEE GEORGIA ideas in their little minds!
We do thank the Georgia Forest ry Commission for its interest in telling Georgians the wonderful story of au r state, and appreciate the hard and diligent work of you and your co-workers to help us make STAY & SEE GEORGIA WEEK at Lenox Square the huge success it was.
Mozelle Christian (Mrs.) Manager Georgia Travel Council Georgia State Chamber of Commerce
Thanks so much for the effort you had to put forth to get your Forestry Exhibit in the Flower Show. We of the Designer's Study Club, appreciate everything.
It was of interest to the public and very educational.
Mrs. Cecil Day Designer's Study Club

CHAI RMAN ... R. T. Kirkland, ranger, Ware County Forestry Unit of the Georgia Forestry Commission will serve as chairman of the 1970 Ware Forest Festival, announces Liston Elkins, president, Waycross-Ware County Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the event. Kirkland has served on the Festival Committee for several years, holding numerous chairmanships, including that of co-chairman last year. OFFICERS...The National Association of State Foresters has named John Tiller, Columbia, S. C. its 1970 presi dent. Other officers are Ed Schroeder, vice president, Salem, Ore.; Paul Kramer, sec.-treas., College Station, Tex .; and Lester McClung, Charleston, W.Va. and Tom Borden, immediate past president, Fort Collins, Colo., both members-atlarge.
Project "Cone Harvest" was recently participated in by 40 county units of the Georgia Forestry Commission. The unusual simultaneous ripening of the Commission's loblolly pine cone crop at its Arrowhead Seed Orchard necessitated the all out harvest operation. Ray Shirley, Commission director, said this particular crop was extremely important since it had been certified by the Geor- l gia Crop Improvement Association.
FORESTRY AWARD .. .Frank Thompson, member of the Worth County High School FFA Chapter, received first place and $150 in the Union Ca.mp Home Forestry Contest at the State FFA Convention recently.

Foresters ...
Laurie Rowe, Miss Tobacco, is crowneq Miss Agriculture Queen for 1970 by Com missioner of Agriculture Tommy Irvin in ceremonies at Atlanta's Southeastern Fair on Agriculture Day. Others participating in the ceremony are, 1-r, former Atlanta Mayor William B. Hartsfield, president, Southeastern Fair Association; L. W. Eberhardt, director, Agricultural Extension Service, University of Georgia; Kerry Bode, the 1969 Miss Agriculture; and Frank Craven, chief, Forest Education, Georgia Forestry Commission.

DIRECTOR ...Milton Rose, investigator, Georgia Forestry Commission, has been elected to the three member Board of Directors of the Georgia Chapter, International Association of Arson Investiga tors. The term is for two years. Other members are Bob Gore, State Fire Marshall, three years; and Lt. W. S. Tucker, College Park Fire Department. The announcement was made by Captain Arthur Hutchins of the Georgia Police Academy .
MEETING .. .The Forest Farmers Association announces that its 1970 Southern Forestry Conference will be held in the Admiral Semmes Hotel and Motor Hotel at Mobile, Ala. on May 7-8. J. Walter Myers, Jr. is the executive director.
NEW TEXT .. .Dr. John D. Hewlett, associate professor , and Dr. Wade L. Nutter, assistant professor , University of Georgia, have authored a preliminary text, "An Outline of Forest Hydrology", which focuses on the soil and vegetation aspects of the hydrologic cycle.
SCHOLARSHIP...Guerry B. Doolittle, a junior at the University of Georgia's School of Forest Resources, is the re cipient of the $1,600 St. Regis Paper Co. scholarship for the two year period beginning Fa ll 1969. The Macon native was chosen from a group of nine outstand ing students at the Universities of Georgia, Auburn and Florida.

The first contestant for the 1970 Miss Georgia Forestry Pageant has been selected. She is Martha Self, the 1970 Miss Henry County Forestry Queen. Miss Self is the 17 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur A. Self of Hampton. The Miss Georgia Forestry Pageant is sponsored by the Georgia Forestry Association.

Smokey the Bear and several of his forest friends were exhibited at the Fernbank Science Center in Atlanta this past summer. Smokey was part of a nature exhibit which told of the importance of the Fernbank Forest and other natural resources. The animated exhibit was presented by the Georgia Forestry Commission end the
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DECEMBER, 1969

SECOND-CLASS POST AGE PAID AT DRY BRANCH, GA.

The Origin Of The Christmas Tree



Joseph of Arimath ea headed the first Christian mission to Britain soon after the Resurrection of Christ.
He arrived on Christmas Day and, atop a hill, near what is known today as the town of Glastonbury, England, he plunged his staff into the ground . Legend has it that immediately and miraculously it took root, budded and blossomed with snow-white flowers. It

became known as the "Holy Thorn of Glastonbury." That was over 1900 years ago. It still grows, and
white blossoms appear each year at Christmastime. The custom of decorating firs, spruces and pines at Christmas began many centuries after the miracle of the Glastonbury Thorn.