Georgia forestry, Vol. 23, no. 2 (June 1970)

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INITIAL PLANTING COMPLETED ON BALDWIN STATE FOREST Pages 8-9

Georgia

FORESTRY

June 1970

No.2

Vol. 23

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

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

OFFICIALS A. Ray Shirley -Director Julian D. Reeves- Deputy Director
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

CONTENTS
Radio Network Redesigned ........................................................................................3 The 1970 Fire Season In Pictures............................................................................4-5 Reeves Named Deputy Director................................................................................. 6 American Farm Plant Is Best ...................................................................................... 6 Land Use Symposium Set...........................................................................................7 Check Species Before Buying..................................................................................... 7 Initial Planting Completed- Baldwin State Forest.. ................................................. 8-9 Forestry Faces And Places ........................................................................................10 Sign Warns Of Fire Danger ........................................................................................11 Ranger Of The Quarter............................................................................................. 11 County Queens Vie For State Title...........................................................................12 Greenville Keeps F.F .A. Field Day Title ................................................................... 13 Logging The Foresters......................................................................................... 14-15

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

Vidalia
Lavonia Homer Eastman Cogdell

Cruising The News
Arbor Day-February 20

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

v DISTRICT

P. 0. Box 96

McRae, 31055

DISTRICT VI - P. 0. (?ox 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

Governor Lester Maddox has proclaimed February 20 as Arbor Day. This is the 80th anniversary of Arbor Day in Georgia.
In proclaiming Arbor Day, Governor Maddox has called upon all citizens of Georgia to support, aid and take part in the protection, development and perpetuation of our great forest resources. He noted that our forests constitute the greatest agricultural crop of the state.
Arbor Day isn't a legal holiday, but it is a very important day--a day we pause to pay tribute to the tree. It is a day which school boys and girls throughout our state usually conduct a program and participate in a memorial planting ceremony on the school grounds or in a public park.
Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Commission, stated that the state's forest lands provide the raw material for the timber industry which contributes over one billion dollars to our state's economy.
Today, Georgia doesn't wait until Arbor Day to plant trees. The nurseries of the Georgia Forestry Commission each year grow millions of seedlings which are transplanted in every county in the state.
But Arbor Day does give Georgians a chance to see how a tree is properly planted. It gives him a new appreciation of the tree, which means much in the lives of all who enjoy the great outdoors.
Arbor Day, then allows each citizen to re-dedicate himself to the protection, preservation and perpetuation of our state's leading crop--Trees.
(From the Vidalia Advance)
Forest Fire Danger
Forest fires are easily started but not easily stopped. Out of control, they may cause widespread terror and destruction. Tree-top flames. moving with incredible speed and laying waste to everything in their path, are an awesome spectacle.
Approach of the season in which most forest fires occur counsels every possible precaution. Sheer carelessness accounts for most forest fires, which, in addition to destroying thousands of acres of timberland and hundreds of homes yearly, take their toll in human lives.
Leaving a bonfire in the woods to burn itself out, supposedly, is inexcusable. Tossing a lighted cigarette from a moving car is extremely thoughtless.
The surest way to prevent forest fires is by the employment of common sense by every one in or near woodlands.
(From the Brunswick News)



Radio Network Redesigned



AIR TO AIR

TRANSMISSION



AIR TO Gf!OUND I





Initial steps have been taken to eliminate voice interference throughout the Georgia Forestry Commission's communication system.
Ray Shirley, Commission director, said that the system will increase both field and administrative effectiveness. It should improve the movement of fire suppression equipment and the imple menting of fire suppression action.
Henry H. Cannon, Commission radio engineer, designed the system that provides for a separate frequency for mobile to mobile transmission, and a clear channel for air to air and air to ground transmission. Incorporated into the system is cross channel communication which enables personnel to talk on one frequency and listen on another frequency.
To bring about this change, Cannon set up four separate frequencies com pared to the two frequency operations now in effect. All base stations, offices and fire towers will be able to monitor the frequencies separately without interference from another frequency .
James C. Turner, Jr., chief, Commission Forest Protection Division, said the change was necessitated by the heavy traffic that occurs during high fire oc currence periods. He pointed out that the two channel system was carrying headquarters, tower, truck, tractor and aircraft communications.
Turner added that the new communications system is in effect in the Forestry Commission 's First District, with headquarters at Statesboro, and in the Si xth District , with headquarters at Milledgeville.
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From January through March, 5,428 wildfires burned 33,438 acres in Georgia; There were 20 fires that burned in excess of 100 acres. Of these, three burned over 300 acres. They occurred in Camden County, 579 acres; Gilmer County, 367 acres; and Bartow County, 347 acres. The number of fires and acreage burned included fires threatened as well as burned timber.
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THE FIRE SEASON
1970
IN PICTURES


For the first quarter of 1970, Forestry Comm ission personnel suppressed 1, 153 non forest fires. These included fires along interstate right of ways which posed a threat to traffic safety. Others were a threat to woodlands.
Rural Fire Defense Units throughout the State have saved more than $1.2 million in property over the first quarter of 1970. They worked 611 calls of which 189 involved structures and equipment. Another 247 fires were on open land. In addition, they assisted the Forestry Commission with 143 forest fires. Throughout Georgia, there are 98 coun ties with 143 departments. These departments are operating 189 pieces of equipment that are on loan from the Forestry Commission. There are 66 requests pending action.


Reeves Named Deputy Director

Julian Reeves, personnel officer, Georgia Forestry Commission, Atlanta, has been named deputy director, an nounced Ray Shirley, Commission director.
Shirley said Reeves was named to the post because of his overall working knowledge of the Commission's programs and the thoroughness and excellence he has exemplified in carrying out his previous responsibilities.
The new position, Shirley added, involves the coordination and direction of Division programs and the supervision of personnel activities. Reeves will also continue his activities as personnel officer.
Reeves, a native of Palmetto, Ga., came with the Commission in June, 1954 .as ranger of Fulton County . In July , 1955, he was promoted to assistant district forester at Newnan. A year later, Reeves was made forest management field assistant in Atlanta. His duties as Seventh District forester,

Julian Reeves
Rome, began in February, 1957. In 1964, the deputy director completed a two -year tour with the U . S. Forest

Service, Region 8, Division of State and Private Forestry, Atlanta , under a cooperative agreement between the Com mission and the USFS.
On returning to the Commission in 1964, he was a Iiaison officer between the Forestry Commission and other State agencies and the USFS. In 1965, he assumed the add it ional duties of personnel officer . Reeves was named program coordinator for the Atlanta Metro Forestry Program in July, 1967.
A graduate of the University of Georgia School of Forestry, Athens, in 1953, Reeves has a Master in Forestry received from the University in 1954. He is a member of the Society of Ameri can Foresters and the Fulton Industrial Kiwanis Club.
Reeves and his wife, the former Virley Marie Dufrene of Raceland, La., are members of the Audubon United Methodist Church of which he is a member of the Administrative Board .

American Farm Plant Is Best

Miss Charlotte Cunningham
"The American farm plant is the best the world has ever seen," stated the Honorable W. S. Stuckey, Jr ., congressman , Eighth District of Georgia, on addressing the 34th annual meeting of the American Turpentine Farmer's Association in Valdosta .
The congressman pointed out the
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need for cost cutting research in the naval stores industry, particularly in view of the industry 's severe labor shortage. He had high praise for the research being carried out at the Naval Stores and Timber Production Laboratory at Olustee, Fla.
Congressman Stuckey cited the vast impact of American Agriculture on the nation's economy . Yet, the farmer is beset with low income and the continuing migration from farms to cities is posing problems .
Other speakers included T. A. Harrington, project leader, Naval Stores and Timber Production Laboratory, Fla .; Robert F. Colyer, product manager, Gum Naval Stores, Union Camp Corporation, Jacksonville, Fla . and John Laws, president, FRP Company , Bax ley .
Miss Charlotte Cunn ingham, 21, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Earl Cunningham of Valdosta , was selected Miss Gum Spirits of Turpentine. Miss Joyce V ickers, 19 year old daughter of



Congressman W. S. Stuckey, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Vickers of Doug-

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las was first runnerup .

Jim L . Gillis, Jr., president, ATFA ,

announced that the following directors

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were elected from Georgia . They are

Lindsey Grace, Screven ; E. R. Pilkinton,

Douglas; Downing Musgrove, Homer-

ville; and S. 0 . Spooner, Warwick .

Land Use Symposium Set

agencies, industry and the general pub-

Environment of High Qu ality through

lic. The meeting was initiated by the

Land Use Pl anning.

Georgia Chapter , Soil Conservation So-

Concluding the two day session, pa-

ciety of America and the Georgia Insti -

pers will be presented on Putting Land

tute of Community and Area Develop-

Use Plans into Operation and Using Re-

ment, University of Georgia . Co-sponsors include the Georgia A ssociation of

sources for the Benefit of the Total Public.



So il and Water Conservation Districts,

Speakers will include several well

Association of County Commissioners

known land planners and conservation-

in Georgia, Georgia Conservancy, Geor-

ists from Georgia.

Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Commission, will discuss forestry in relation to the panel topic, "Priorities On Uses Of Land Space".

gia Regional Development Association, Georgia Forestry Association, Georgia Sportsman Federation and the Georgia Outdoors Writers Association .
Major topics to be explored include

President Nixon in his recent message to Congress said "Like those in the last century who tilled a plot of land to exhaustion and then moved on to another, we in this centur y have too casually and

A Symposium, set up to achieve an understanding of the needs for and to

a case for Rural Land Use Planning, a Professional Conservationists Interest in Land Use Planning, Priorities on Uses of

too long abused our natural envi ron ment. The time has come when we can wait no longer to repair t he damage al-

explore various facets of land use plan-

Land Space, Urban -Rural Land Use Re -

ready done and to establi sh new criteria

ning, has been scheduled for July 6 -7 at

lationships and the Need for Compro-

to guide us in the future." Georgia's



the Center for Continuing Education,

mise - A Generalists Viewpoint.

Land Use Pl anning Symposium will ex-

University of Georgia, Athens according

Oth er topics are Flood Plain Land

plore the need for comprehensive land

to Frank E. Craven , Macon, general

Use Planning, Land Use Planning for

planning in Georgia made necessary by



chairman of the Symposium .

the Coastal Tidelands, Implications of

the State's surge in population and in-

The program agenda has been de-

the Land and Water Conservation Needs

dustry coupled with Georgian 's more

signed to be of interest to planning

Inventory, Use of the Soil Survey in

leisure time and income, according to



agencies, conservationists, government

Land Use Pl anning and Maintaining an

Craven.

Check Species



Before Buying



Any get rich quick scheme for grow-

Tree Growers Association, P. 0. Box 48,



ing Christmas trees in Georgia should be thoroughly checked out by landowners

Tifton, Georgia 31794. One landowner in the Atlanta area

according to Ray Shirley, director, Geor-

has reportedly lost approximately



gia Forestry Commission and Terry J. Williams, president, Georgia Christmas

$6,000 to one organization which is promoting the growing of Christmas trees in

Tree Growers A ssociation . Reports have

Georgia.



reached their offices concerning out of

Tree species generally recommended

State organizations promoting species

for Christmas trees in Georgia include

of Christmas trees that are not adapted

Eastern redcedar, Arizona cypress, East-



to Georgia's soil or climate.

ern white pine and Virginia pine . Before

Landowners approached by any or-

planting any species other than these,

ganization should check with their Geor- landowners should check with the above



gia Forestry Commission Area Forester,

listed organizations for their recom -

county agent, or the Georgia Christmas

mendations.

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Approximately 70 miles of roadside beautification were completed The species p lanted were rfogwood, redbud, crape m yr tle, forsythia and southern magnolia. Others were Savannah holly, bufordi holly, .Chinese tailor tree, euonymus and deodar cedar.

A n eight acre racial varia tion study area was laid out and plan ted with 77,000 longleaf pines. This will be worked into a seed producing area and a seed orchard. About 500 l ongleaf pines were plan ted to fiel d graft next year's longleaf p ine scion material.

The construction of a fie ld office was started The office is located on U.S. 44 7 south of Milledgeville.

Initial Plantiri g Completed Bald~in State Fo.rest

The forest management and development program involved the planting of 220,000 improved loblolly pine and 770,000 improved slash pine_ This included the planting of 60 acres o f barren and eroded land
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The Georgia Forestry Commission has completed its initial planting program on the Baldwin State Forest.
Ray Shirley, Commission director, in making the announcement said the plantings involved plantations, racial variation studies and a seedling seed orchard. Other work involved a beautification project along approximately ten miles of highway, a woodland inventory and the construction of a field office, he added .
The plantations consist of improved loblolly pine and improved slash pine. The racial variation studies involve longleaf pine and spruce and eastern white pine obtained from Maine. The seedling seed orchards include longleaf pine and slash pine.

Woodland and drainage areas comprise 594.8 acres

of which approximately 392 acres are in woopl ands

that contain commercial and merchantable trees.

With the exception of the beautification project,

the work has been confine"o to the south section of

the forest which involves 2,205.5 acres. The total

forest area is 4,365'."5 acres.

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The Baldwin State Forest. was transferred to the

Georgia Forestry Commission frpm the State Board

of Public Health in September 1969 by an_executive

order of Governor Lester Maddox.

Shirley emphasized that the development of . the

forest through better management along with mul-

tiple use of the forest will reap increased benefits for

the citizenry of the State.

The initial planting of seedling seed orchards was completed
with the setting out of 3,755 slash pine grafts, 705 loblolly
pines and 7,500 sawtooth oaks. 9

Forestry Faces And Places

Retirements

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ATKINSON

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There are 173,400 forest acres in At -

kinson County . This represents approxi-

mately 85 percent of the land area .

More than 65 percent of the forest

acreage is farmer owned. The forest

acreage has a volume of 258.4 million



board feet of sawtimber and 1.4 million

cords of pulpwood .

The production of 80,111 cords of



round pulpwood in 1968 put Atkinson

MISS ELSIE SCOGGIN

County over the one million cord mark

since 1946. The 1968 production was

Miss Elsie Scoggin has retired ending

the county's highest productive year. In

16 years of service with the Georgia

1968 there were 21 gum producers in

Forestry Commission. She came with

the county working 409,582 faces.

the Forestry Commission June 1, 1954

There are 20 wood-using industries in

as secretary for the Rome district office.

Atkinson County employing about 328

In addition to her secretarial duties,

persons with an annual payroll of ap -

Henry A . Swindell is the area forester

Miss Scoggin has operated two radio

proximately $825,000.

for the four county area of South Bryan,

systems, one a forest fire control net

Liberty, Long and Mc i ntosh. He works

work and the other an administrative

out of the Liberty County Unit at Mid-

network .

way.

Tom Mauldin, Jr., Rome district for

Swindell came with the Forestry

ester, presented Miss Scoggin with an

Comm ission in June 1958 as a reforesta -

engraved plaque , wristwatch and other

tion assistant at the Horseshoe Bend

gifts. In making the presentation, Maul

Nursery at Glenwood . In 1960 he was

din said she was a most dedicated and

promoted to assistant First District for -

loyal employee who has made many

ester at Statesboro.

friends for the Georgia Forestry Com

The native of Ludowici is a graduate

mission.

of the University of Georgia School of

Forest Resources. There, he was a mem-

FRANK H. DAVIS

ber of the Argonatus and College 4-H

Club.

Frank H. Davis, a veteran Georgia

Swindell is a member of the Society

Forestry Commission employee of al

of American Foresters. He is chairman

most 20 years, has retired. He was a dis

of the board of directors and past presi -

patcher for the Charlton County Fores

dent of the Hinesville Jaycees. He holds

try Unit.

Leland Moore, an entomologist with the

membership in the Cherokee Rose Coun-

Jasper Stokes, Waycross Area Ranger,

Georgia Forestry Commission, has re-

try Club and the Bradwell Booster Club.

had high praise for Davis saying that he

signed to accept an assistant district f or-

The forester was honorabl y discharg-

was a most loyal and dedicated em

ester's position with the Gilman Paper

ed from the U . S. Army in 1965 with

ployee . He consistently played a key

Company, Madison, Fla . Moore, a native

marksman and Sharpshooter medals.

role in the suppression of forest fires by

of Brunswick, came with the Commis-

Swindell and his wife, the former

his quick analysis of the fire and dis-

sion in 1964 to service the Commis-

Stella Maddox of Eatonton , are mem-

patching equipment to the fire scene .

sion's pest control activities.

bers of the Hinesville Baptist Church.

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Sign Warns Of Fire Danger

Personnel of the Glynn County For-

estry Unit have erected a new sign to

keep motorists appraised of the current

fire danger in the county.

Placed at the juncture of U. S. 341

and Ga . 303, north of Brunswick, the



sign has a removable section in which

the current fire status is displayed .

Clarence Hilburn, ranger, and H. L.

Neal, area forester, said the sign will be

used to display one of the five classifica -

tions of fire danger . This is determined

by the Georgia Forestry Commission's

local weather station .

The fire classifications range from

low through moderate, high, very high

to extreme.

This is the only sign of its type in the

State. The 12 foot high, double-faced

disp lay has a life-size Smokey the Bear.

The legend tells the fire danger in the

county at all times.

The sign is in a landscaped park in

the triangular section, surrounded with

a chain fence and planted with box-

H. L. Neal, Jr., left, Brunswick Area forester, and Clarence Hilburn, ranger, Glynn

woods, gardenias and sasanquas . The

County Forestry Unit, check fire danger sign erected at junction of U. S. 341 and Ga.

plot has also been seeded with grass.

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Ranger Of The Quarter

R. T. Kirkland, ranger of the Ware County Forestry Unit, has been with

wildfires to 7.21 acres per fire . In addi tion, 103 non forest fires were suppress-

the Georgia Forestry Commission for 19 years. The past 13 years has been in the ranger position .

ed . In an effort to prevent forest fires, there were 284 miles of firebreaks plow ed for 54 landowners.

During this period he has been an

Through the Unit, forest manage-

active leader in forestry activities. This

ment assistance is available. There were

year he was chairman of the Ware Coun-

53 landowners assisted on 14,896 forest

ty Forest Festival. He has served as the

acres . Another 59 woodland owners

festival's co-chairman and for six years

were provided prescribed burning advice.

chaired the decorating committee for

Lewis Gillis is the project forester and

the festival's banquet and forestry pag-

L. Jasper Stokes is the Waycross Area

eant. He has worked with the forestry

ranger.

pageant since its inception in 1957.

Reforestation was given an assist with

Kirkland promotes the services of

Unit personnel gathering black walnut

the Unit, including fire prevention and

seed. There were 36 persons assisted in

forest management, through the news

ordering 558,600 tree seed Iings.

media , Okefenokee Agriculture Fair, Forest Festival and Rodeo parades and

R- T Kirkland

The Unit personnel are Patro lmen John S. Brady, Freddie M. Brannon,

youth and adult groups.

Performance Award for the Eighth Dis- Stephen S. Burnett, Jimmy C. Mclaney

For the Unit's overall performance, trict on three occasions, 1960, 1967 and Jesse J. Rowe; Towermen Herbert



Kirkland has accepted the Georgia For- and 1970.

L. Corbitt and Freeman E. Westberry

estry Association's Outstanding General

In 1968-69, Unit personnel held 140 and Towerwoman Mrs. Sue E. Dowling.

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Forestry
County Queens Vie For State Title

Paulette Brown Miss Emanuel County Swainsboro

Deeon Bryant Miss Troup County LaGrange

Brenda Anne Davis Miss Muscogee County Columbus

Susan Everett Miss Ware County Waycross

Teri Hicks Miss Macon County Montezuma

Kathy Huguley Miss Lincoln County Lincolnton

Barbara Mathis Miss Fannin County Blue Ridge

Donnie Miller Miss Jefferson County Louisville

Valeria Norsworthy , Miss Richmond County Augusta

Gayle Miller Miss Glynn County Brunswick

Martha Self Miss Henry County Hampton

Sharon Sirmans Miss Cook County A del

Teresa Webb Miss Johnson County Wrightsville

The 1970 annual meeting of the Georgia Forestry Association will be held at Jekyll Island in the Aquarama, June 7-9. President Gerald B. Saunders, president, Alexander Brothers Lumber Company , Columbus, will preside.
Saunders said that a delegation of more than 700 foresters and landowners are expected. A Luau will kick-off activities on June 7. The convention's general session will be held on June 9 witb the banquet that evening, he added .
Harold Joiner, executive director, GFA, Atalnta, said that speakers will direct their remarks to the Third Forest, How Forestry Reaches Into The Urban Communities Of The State and Timber 12

Salvage In Connection With Natural Disasters .
Another convention highlight will be the crowning of "Miss Georgia Forestry" . Approximately 31 counties will present Forestry Queens for the coveted title, Joiner added . In addition to those pictured, the counties are Ben Hill , Bryan, Candler, Chattooga, Clinch, Co lumbia and Decatur.
Others are Dooly, Effingham, Grady . Harris, Laurens and Lee Counties.
Liberty, Mcintosh, Pickens, Thomas and Walker 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 re ceive 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 1969 "Miss Georgia Forestry" is Sarah Amelia Walls of Brunswick .
Other business will include the election of officers and the presentation of awards. These will include the Outstand
ing General Performance Awards presented to Georgia Forestry Commission field supervisory personnel.

Greenville Keeps FFA Field Day Title

The State FFA Forestry Field Day was a repeat of 1969. The Future Farmers of America Chapter of Greenville High School took top honors. The Pel ham FFA Chapter placed second.
Some 150 contestants, representing 15 chapters, participated in the field day. Schools represented were Houston Co . Training, Greenville High, Treutlen Co. High , Pelham High and Swainsboro High .
Others were Louisville Academy, Ash ton and Lynwood High, Randolph Co. High , Jackson Co. High and Milton High.
Greene Co . High, Southside High, Patterson High, Lanier Co. High and West Fannin complete the Iist.
A t arget shooting event was spon sored by the Progressive Farmer Maga zine. It was 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 Sealey and Howard Pollock, Pelham, Planting; Jeffrey Bell , Jackson Co ., Bill Carmichael, Swainsboro, Alex Morrell , Pelh am and Larry Washington , Greenville, Selective Mark ing, Jeffrey Bell, Jackson Co., Pulpwood Volume Estimation, Timothy Harper, Ashton and Lynwood, Sawtimber Vol ume Estimation, Thomas Estes, Greenville, Tree Identification andJ .E. Brown ing, Lanier Co. and Allen Meeks, Swainsboro, Ocular Estimation .
Others included Marion Taylor, Ran dolph Co ., Land Measurement, Ronnie Queen , West Fannin, Log Scaling, Jim my Clark, Louisville Academy , Insect and Disease Comprehension and Kirk Cantrell, West Fannin, Pulpwood Scal ing.
The winner of the rifle shoot was Austin Avery, Ag teacher, Swainsboro High School. The Milton High chapter, Alpharetta, placed second. J.T. Smith is the Ag teacher . R.E. Patterson, manager, Sunland School Plan, Progressive Farmer Magazine, Birmingham, Ala ., presented the rifles.
The Greenville Chapter, directed by J.R. Cook, received an inscribed plaque and $100. The Pelham Chapter, under M. R. Stewart, received a plaque and $50.

Harold Joiner, executive director, Georgia Forestry Association, Atlanta, left, presents plaque to FFA Field Day winner Greenville High School. J. R. Cook, advisor, accepts . Team members are Bobby Keller, Grady Barber, Gene Massengale and Mike Waddell. Others, not present, are Thomas Estes, Ronnie O'Neal, Mike Washington, Larry Washington and Joel Washington.

The first place winners, in the individual events, were awarded $20; second place, $10; and third and fourth place, $5.
James W. Smith, personnel assistant, Industrial Relations, Union Camp Corp.,
R. E. Patterson, manager, Sunland School Plan, Progressive Farmer Magazine, congratulates Vo-Ag Advisors J. T. Smith, Milton, and Austin Avery, Swainsboro, on their teams showing in the marksmanship contest.

Savannah, commended the FFA Field Day Program and its value to the youths in the years to come. '
Malcolm Dillard , consultant forester, Vocational Agriculture Department, pointed out that the F FA field days create competition between F FA chapters whose members have acquired a basic knowledge of forestry, and who possess skills in the various phases of forestry. It gives the F FA advisor a means of creating an interest in forestry for FFA members, he added .
The State FFA Field Day was sponsored by the Trust Company of Georgia, Atlanta, and its six affi liated banks. They are the First National Bank and Trust Company of Augusta , DeKalb National Bank of Brookhaven, The First National Bank and Trust Company of Macon, The Fourth National Bank of Columbus, The First National Bank of Rome and the Liberty National Bank and Trust Company of Savannah.
The awards were presented by Harold Joiner, executive director, Georgi a Forestry Associ ation, Atlanta.
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Fl RE SUPPRESSION

Logging The

LETTERS
"FIRE WEATHER" FILM
have recently had an opportunity to see the film, "Fire Weather" produced by the Georgia Forestry Commission. The film was also shown at the weekly staff meeting of t he Associate Director for Meteorological Operations.
All who saw the film, including myself, were impressed by its excellence. We are gratified by the credit given to the Weather Bureau F ire Weath.er office at Macon for the services they provide to forestry interests.
George P. Cressman Director, Weather Bureau U . S. Dept. of Com merce Silver Springs, Md.
EDUCATION
Mr. L. E. Schaeffer and Mr. Rand y Clements, "Smokey" - brough t a day-full of good cheer to the four classes for mentally retarded children at Westside Jr. High . They presented an excellent program and the ch i ldren were so delighted... Especiall y pleased when the fol lowing Saturday they saw "Smokey" i n the parade. The men who bring these programs to schools, make a lasting impression on children. A million th anks for a job well done.

A few weeks ago I had a fire on my place which I reported. In a short time a young man, Ed Baggett, arrived with truck and bulldozer and was at work heading off the fire and had ordered another dozer since it was a very dry and windy day. In a little over an hour the fire was cut off and my men were able to take over- putting out individual trees, etc.
I would like the Thomas County Forestry Unit as a whole to know how much I appreciate this quick and efficient attention to what could have been a large loss of young planted pine and damage to my older trees and containing a fire which could have burned houses as well.
Parker Poe Pebble Hill Plantation Thomasvi lle, Georgia
On Saturday night March 7 we called the Troup County Unit to a fo rest fire west of Highway 29 near Gabbettville. The f ire was raging and there was a high wind and we had no way to control it. We called the number listed in the d irectory and Mrs. Pearl Sanders answered the call. It was not long before the men were at the fire and stayed until it was under control.
We want to thank everyone who had a part in the work for your prompt answer to the call and for staying with the job until it was finish ed.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Hart Gabbetville, Ga.

Harold K . Mikell has been named assistant director of the Florida Division of Forestry. The announcement was made by Doyle Conner, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture.
helpful in each instance. You will note that each of these sites falls in a d ifferent District, but there was no difference in the contribu tion of you r personnel.
E. A . Davenport, Jr. Wood Procurement Dept. Union Camp Corp. Savannah, Ga.
TOUR

Mrs. Alice Mallory Special Education Teacher Westside Jr. High School Valdosta, Ga.

PRESCRIBED FIRE

On a recent trip to Crawfordville, we visited the Taliaferro Forestry Unit. We were met and escorted by the two patrolmen on duty, Ricky Reese and Jim Grygo.

CONSERVATION

want to express my sincere appreciation to

The two young men were most polite and



Mr. M. D. Waters and Mr. Durrence for the

helpful. They took my children on a tour of

fine job they did in burning our woods near

the station, explain ing their various duties

Collins. I was impressed with the interest the

and the function of the equipment.

Members of the Capitol View Garden Club

two of you displayed, and the conscientious

wish to thank Mr. Kenneth Bailey for being

manner in which the job was carried out.

I was impressed by the neatness of the Unit

our guest speaker at our' March meeting and in

and the courtesy of the patrolmen.

bringing us such an interesting and informa-

Tattnall County is indeed fortunate to have

tive talk on "Conservation".

men of their caliber in the forestry service.

Mrs. Walter B. Johnson



Mrs. R. Bruce Deloach

G. E. Braswell

Augusta, Ga.

Atlanta, Georgia

Jacksonville, Florida

ARBOR DAY

SCIENCE 1 TV SHOW
Enclosed are two col or photos of Smokey and Gay le Brown taken during your part in our Science 1 television show. Also enclosed are the same pictures in color slides. I thought their use in your slide presentation about forestry and Smokey the Bear, would be helpful.

F.F.A. FIELD DAY
We are grateful for the excellent cooperation given us by members of the Georgia Forestry Commission at the three recent F.F.A . Field Days. These Field Days, staged at Baxley, Toombs Central, and Louisville, were very

On behalf of the citizens of Rincon, thank you for the dogwood trees which you recently furnished our town. We planted quite a number of them and distributed the balanc.e to citizens which we felt would plant them in places to beautify our town.
We hope this will be the beginning of a real

beautification program for our town.

Danny Royal WETV Television Station

successful in every respect. I feel we must give a large share of the credit for this success

W. F. McKenzie



Atlanta, Ga.

to members of your organizat ion who were so

Mayor

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Foresters ...

Service Avvards

35 YEARS
D. T. Spells.... .. ..............Homerville Area Ranger February 1, 1970
L. Jasper Stokes............ February 1, 1970
25 YEARS
Mrs. Marion C. Jordan ...Stenographer Washington District Office Febru ary 1, 1970
Lawton F. Sanders........ Patrolman Bryan County February 1, 1970
20 YEARS
Paul I . Bowers.............. . Patrolman Crawford County November 1, 1969
Charlie G. Claxton ........ Ranger Burke County January 1, 1970
Frank E. Craven ............ Forest Education Chief Macon, Ga . January 1, 1970

W. W. Grizzle.. ...... ........ Ranger Lumpk in County February 1, 1970
Austin E. Guinn , Jr...... . Ranger Crawford-Taylor Unit October 1, 1969
Waymond C. Huggins.... Ranger Walker County January 1, 1970
Grable L. Ricks............. Ranger Laurens County October 1, 1969
Tillman G. Kirkland ...... Dispatcher Coffee County January 1, 1970
Henry L. Whelcher. ....... Patrolman Hall -Ban ks Un it December 1, 1969

SUB-CHAPTER ... Ronald L . Cleaver , dis-

trict forester, Catawba Timber Co., El-

berton, is the first chairman of the



Athens Area Sub-Chapter of the Georgia

Chapter, Society of American Foresters.

Other officers are Warren G. Carson ,

district forester, Georgia Kraft Co.,

Greensboro, chairman elect; and Donald

D. Hook, plant physiologist, Forestry

Sciences Laboratory, Athens, sec. -treas.

COVER PHOTO ... In answer to Mrs. Cecil L . Cannon of Atlanta, Brownie Troop 114 of Macon is the cover photo of our March 1970 issue. Their leader is Mrs. Kay Snell.

Dl RECTOR ... Aibert Engstrom, longtime employee of the Forestry Division, Oklahoma State Department of Agricul ture, has been named director of the division . He succeeds Donald E. Stauffer director since 1946, who was promoted to chief, agricultural operational services for the department. The announcement was made by James N . Ballinger, president, State Board of Agriculture .

One of the highlights of the recent Georgia Forestry Commission Urban Forestry Workshop was the demonstration of symbols used by the Commission in forest conservation promotion. They are "Smokey the Bear" and Mr. Tree_ Mr. Tree is the creation of Louie Deaton, a metro Atlanta forester. Assisting with the demonstration are John S. Dickinson, Dawson, and Frank Craven, chief, Commission Forest Education Division_
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June, 1970
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