eorg1 a r-ORESTRV The Perfect Ecological Tool A Tree Protects You Against SUN WIND SOUND DUST ASH POLLEN SMOKE ODORS GASES EROSION HUMIDITY Georgia Forestry June 1971 No.2 Vol. 24 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 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 STATESBORO DISTRICT Route 2, Statesboro 30458 CAMILLA DISTRICT P. 0. Box 429, Camilla 31730 AMERICUS DISTRICT P. 0. Box 1369, Americus 31709 NEWNAN DISTRICT P. 0. Box 1080, Newnan 30263 McRAE DISTRICT P. 0. Box 96, McRae 31055 MILLEDGEVILLE DISTRICT P. 0. Box 881, Milledgeville 31061 ROME DISTRICT P. 0. Box Z, Mount Berry 30149 WAYCROSS DISTRICT P. 0. Box 1160, Waycross 31501 GAINESVILLE DISTRICT P. 0. Box 1076, Gainesville 30501 WASHINGTON DISTRICT Route 2, Box 266, Washington 30673 Second class postage paid at Dry Branch, Georgia. CONTENTS Ice Storm Hits N. Piedmont........................................................................................3 Industry Expansions Announced ................................................................................4 The Perfect Ecological Tool ........................................................................................5 REAP Announced One Million Acres Planted......................................................................................6 S. E. Unit Nears Completion Conservation Seminar Held ....................................................................................7 Beautification Projects lnitiated..............................................................................B-9 Promotions Forestry Faces and Places................................................................................1 0-11 Forestry Queens Vie for State Title ..........................................................................12 Lanier County Tops FFA Field .................................................................................13 Logging the Foresters...........................................................................................14-15 Cruising The News We Are Forestry Capital We can't think of a better place to hold a forest festival than Ware County. Ours is one of the major forestry areas of the Eastern half of the nation. Ware and neighboring counties are the leading pulpwood producers in Georgia which leads the nation in this field. Long ago we discovered that there's gold in pine trees. If you want to classify trees as a crop, as many do. tree farming is the largest agricultural pursuit in our area. Not only do we grow a lot of trees and replant religiously for the future but there are many businesses and industries in Southeast Georgia related to the tall pines. Waycross was selected by U. S. Plywood-Champion Papers Inc. as the site of a major plant because of our strategic location in the heart of Southeast Georgia's "Pine Empire." The stature of the late scientist Dr. Charles Herty looms larger as time goes on. He saw the future of the pine forests and did something about it. The 14th annual Ware Forest Festival gets underway today. The events include a colorful parade, a banquet featuring a prominent speaker, the selections of the Ware Pine Queen and Ware's Master Tree Farmer, forestry skills contest and, of course, the big barbecue at Laura S. Walker State Park. Our economy is geared closely to the forest industry. The festival therefore has great significance to us. We hope everyone will participate in the events this year and reflect on the importance of forestry to the continued growth and well-being of our area and our nation. (From the Waycross-Journal Herald) And Now - - Super Trees In an age when much of the news is bad, we note with pleasure the report just issued by the Southern Forest Resource Council, which indicates that the South's forest industry is on the threshold of a major new period of growth. New super-trees--genetically superior specimens of pine and hardwood--will provide increased production for land devoted to tree farming. The South is uniquely suited to the growing of trees, for it has in comparison with some other areas, less industry, more undeveloped land and a longer growing season. At present, 198 million acres are covered by forests in 12 Southern states. Even with this vast acreage, the Council report says, more land will be needed if markets are to be satisfied. The demand for wood products con tinue to grow. The South's pulp and paper industry, now a $10-billionayear business, plays a principal role in supplying the nation. In the years to come, the South because of its unique advantages, apparently will carry the main responsibility for filling the nation's need for timber. The new super-trees are part of the answer to the problem of how best to meet the increased demand. If the nation's expanding wood requirements constitute a problem, it is the sort of problem which the tree-growing South needs more of. (From the Marietta Daily Journal) An early Spring ice storm hit the Northern Piedmont area of Georgia, causing moderate to extensive timber damage in some rural and residential areas. Damage was most prominent between Atlanta and Gainseville. Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Commission, stated that woodland and homeowners should acquire professional assistance in salvaging and treating timber. He emphasized that many of the young trees, which appear badly damaged, will, in most cases, straighten up during the Spring and Summer. Those that don't can be cut later. In order to prevent depressed and glutted markets, only trees that have no chance of survival within 60-90 days should be salvaged, according to Commission Forest Management Chief W.H. McComb. These trees are those that are broken off below the crown or uprooted. McComb pointed out that trees with any live limbs remaining should not be cut at this time. Bent trees, with roots still intact, can be left. Shirley advised woodland owners to Ice Storm Hits N. Piedmont Photo cou rtesy D. R. Nelson, Decatur. Trees broken off below the crown or uprooted should be cut (upper}. Bent trees, with roots still intact, can be left (left}. Pruning wounds should be treated (right}. Removal of debris is necessary to avoid insect invasion (bottom}. contact their local Forestry Commission forester or industrial forester to inspect the timber stands and advise on cutting practices before beginning their salvage practices. McComb said that the downed tim ber does pose a threat from insects and disease and wildfire. He urged landowners to closely check their damaged trees for signs of insect activity. The fallen tops and slash make it difficult to operate equipment in addition to providing additional fuel on the ground . Shirley urged all citizens to exercise extreme caution with fire. Approximately 30 percent of Interstate pulp will be made from aged yellow pine stumpwood from which chemicals have been extracted at the Hercules Inc. plant at Brunswick. Photo by Bell and Stanton, Inc. jobs will be provided in the area . To facilitate wood procurement, five ad ditional wood concentration yards and two new satellite chipping plants are included in the project. Anderson emphasized that high pri ority is being given to protecting en vironmental quality. The new mill will incorporate the most advanced air and water protection equipment to enab le it to meet all quality standards. The new unit will be capable of producing a wide range of chemical cellu lose and paper pulps by three different processes, the New Process 12, the prehydrolyzed k raft process or the conven tional kraft process. It will be designed to produce the higher quality pulps for A valuable new source of wood fiber for the manufacture of paper. aged tree stumps, has been developed by two Georgia industries. Interstate Paper Corp. has announced that it will use 125,000 tons per year of yellow pine stumpwood as a wood source for the production of linerboard at its Riceboro mill. Hercules Inc. will provide the stumpwood from its Brunswick plant. Hercules extracts pine chemicals from the stumpwood, and at present burns the residue as fuel. Discovery of the new paper pulp source was announced by Howard D. Epstein, president and William J. Ver ross, vice presi dent and general manager of Interstate. Epstein said the stumpwood would provide up to 30 percent of Interstate's pulpwood requirements for the next 10 years at present production levels. He pointed out that the processed stumpwood would be mixed with green pine chips for conversion into pulp . Epstein added, "the stumpwood we plan to use each year will amount to 86,000 cords of green pulpwood cut from the living forests. This is the equivalent of the average annual growth of 175,000 forest acres in Georgia ." Several months of research and testing by both companies, with the assistance of the Herty Foundation Lab in Savannah , established the feasibility and 4 Industry Expansions Announced the process for using stumpwood in the manufacture of kraft Iinerboard. Interstate produces linerboard at its Riceboro mill for use in making corrugated paperboard for shipping containers. cords of pulpwood annually from ~outh eastern Georgi a counties. This will be obtained largely from independent pulpwood produ cers. It is estimated at least 350 additional pulpwood harvesting ITT Rayonier, Inc. has announced it will build a 175,000-ton-per-year chemica l cellulose production unit. _It will be an addition to the company's mill at Jesup . Charles E. Anderson, president, ITT Rayonier, sai d the project, including satellite woodyard and wood chip production facilities, will require an investment of $86 million. It will increase the firm's employment, in the area, by over 300. When completed in the fourth quarter of 1972, he pointed out that this expansion will give the Jesu p mill an annual production capacity of 480,000 tons. This will make it the largest, most versatile chemical cellulose manufacturing complex in the world. The expansion will require 435,000 ITT Rayonier, Jesup, Ga. Photo by ITT Rayonier. ) the growing acetate and high performance rayon markets. It will also be capable of manufacturing standard kraft paper pulps, chemical cellulose and flock ing. What was the environment of your city this morning, of your home, of your office, of your backyard and of your farm. People everywhere have become vi tally concerned with the words environment and ecology as wel l as the total environment. Trees mean many different things to people, and as the population increases these differences become more pronounced, and take on a new importance. Trees, to the homeowner. are aesthetics, beauty, home for birds, noise abatement, nature's air conditioner, water purifier, the play area, and the landscape of the community . Trees, to the hunter, are the habitat for game, providing cover and food. Trees, to the fisherman, provide a basis for food in the streams and lakes, filter the water, reduces water temperature in summer and helps maintain stream flow. Trees, to the recreationist, are a place to hike on scenic trails; to study plant life, bird life, and animal life; a restful place to relax; shelter from the elements of wind and temperature; and a place to camp. Trees, to the city, a watershed insuring a continuous supp ly of good water , A Tree Protects You Against SUN WIND SOUND DUST ASH POLLEN SMOKE ODORS GASES EROSION HUMIDITY and the basic requirement for a park or playground area. Trees, to landowners and the public, are vital in preventing soil erosion, providing flood control and an income from an investment. Trees, to the woodland owner, are a raw material to grow and sell to industry, hopefully for a profit. Trees, to industry, are a raw material for processing into items for trade. Trees, to the wage earner, means a job to support himself and or family. Trees, to local and State govern ments, are a basis of tax revenue for government. The tree and the forests are big enough in Georgia to meet all of these needs if we use the knowledge we possess toward meeting these needs. A great discovery has been made. It takes carbon dioxide gas and converts if into oxygen. It filters out of the atmosphere dust, dirt, pollen, smoke, odors and other air-borne particles. In addi tion it acts as an ai r conditioner. But, that's not al l ; it takes in polluted water and purifies it and recirculates the water back into the atmosphere. The discovery, the perfect ecological system , a tree ... 5 REAP Announced The U .S. Department of Agriculture has allocat ed $150 mill ion in Rural En vironmental A ssistance Program fu nds among the 50 States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands for 1971, according to Clifford M. Hardin , Secretary of Agri culture. Georgia's REAP slice is $4 .6 million . Under the program, the federal govern ment will pay about 50 percent of the cost of practices that achieve permanent benefits. Practices, that provide tempo rary benefits, will be available only un der certain circumstances and at a re duced level of federal cost sharing . The REAP, formerly the Agriculture Conservation Program , permits resump tion of the federal cost sharing of vari ous beneficial conservation practices, and better both the on and off-farm env ironment. On the farm side, emphasis will be on those practices contributing the most to the improvement of conditions for both the general public and farmers . Major considerations in authorizing cost sharing of any practice installation will be the resulting public benefits such as pollution abatement , enduring soil and water conservation, recreation , wildlife and open space as well as the degree of permanency ach ieved. A major thrust will be to reduce water pollution which results, in large part, from agricultural, industrial and municipal wastes . Water retaining and retarding measures on farms, such as dams and ponds, permanent grass cover, waterways, buffer strips and tree plantings, will be stressed . Off-farm benefits w ill be promoted by concentrating funds to solve community environmental problems through special projects and pooling agreements. The 1971 REAP will reflect changes desired by the president, and , consistant with a House-Senate conference report, will make provision for t he continua tion of 1970 program practices and procedures at the option of county committees. The program will be administered by the Agricultural Stabilization and Con servation Service of the USDA. The Department's Soil Conservation Service, Forest Service and Extension Service will provide technical and educational assistance Fire Act Signed Into LaY! Governor Jimmy Carter signs Fire Law Act into law. Participating in the signing ceremonies are, 1-r, Representative L. L. Phillips, Savannah; Harold Joiner, executive director, Georgia Forestry Association, Atlanta; and Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Commission, Macon. Photo by Jessie Sampley . 6 Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter has signed into law an Act making the careless setting or escape of fire on to another person's property a misdemeanor. Ray Shirley , director, Georgia Forestry Commission, states that the Act makes unlawful the starting of a fire in any woodlands, brush, field or any ot her lands not owned or leased, and without permission of the owner. The Act also includes the confinement of fire to one 's property . The landowner must take the necessary precautions before, during and after the fire to prevent its escape to another's property. Damaging any material or device used in the detection or suppression of wild fire is covered by t he Act . The di scard ing of ignited objects t hat may cause a forest f ire is noted. Shirley cited the all inclusive Act as an aid to the Forestry Commission in preventing wild forest fires, and t o the landowners in their control and prescribed burning programs as well as providin g protection against carelessness of others. The Bill was introduced by Representatives L. L. Phillips, Sopert on, and Joseph A. Battle, Savan nah. Georgia Forest S.E. Unit Nears Completion Survey t(t~,~;;): Survey Complete ~ Survey In Progress The forest survey of Georgia's 37.7 million acres is more than 39 percent complete, according to the mid -May report of Thomas R. Bellamy. field supervisor for the survey. Bellamy stated that the southeastern section of the coastal plain (Unit One) is 78 percent complete. Completion of the Unit is expected by July 1. The survey is scheduled over a three year period. Bellamy pointed out that to complete the statewide survey will require visiting and tabulating conditions at 6,796 separate forest plots. The survey team consists of five twoman units. The Georgia Forestry Commission is providing one man each on two of the units. The field survey office is located at Jesup. Plans are to move the office in the vicinity of Macon the latter part of June. The State headquarters for the survey field work is the Georgia Forest Research Council at the Georgia Forestry Center near Macon . J Conservation Seminar Held Participating on the "Forests" panel were, 1-r, George Dainty, SF/; Charles Place, Jr., Georgia Forestry Commission; and Lamar Merck, Union Camp Corp. A one day conservation seminar for Education majors was held in April at Statesboro. The seminar was co-sponsored by the Georgia Forestry Commission, Southern Forest Institute and Georgia Southern College, Statesboro. The purpose of the seminar was to introduce future teachers to ways and means of injecting conservation into their classroom teaching utilizing the the school grounds and calling for assistance from industry. State and federal conservationists. Dr. Philip F. C. Greear, Head, Biology and Earth Science Department, Shorter College, Rome, keynoted the one day meeting. Others participating in the seminar and their topics were Dr. Charles Wharton, professor, Georgia State University. Atlanta, Current Con servation Issues and Don Smith, chief forester, Southern Forest Institute, Atlanta, The Wise Use of Natural Re- sources. Panel discussions were led by Bob Oertel, assistant state conservationist, Soil Conservation Service, Athens, Soil and Water ; Andy Ryfun, manager, En vironmental Services, Brunswick Pulp and Paper Company, Brunswick, Bill Estes, director, Air Quality Evaluation Service, Georgia Department of Public Health, Atlanta, and Don Smith - Air ; and George Dainty. educational manager. Southern Forest Institute, Atlanta, Chuck Place, forest education assistant, Georgia Forestry Commission , Macon , and Lamar Merck, field representative, Procurement, Union Camp Corporation , Statesboro - Forests. The panel, Applied Ecology in the Classroom, was headed by Dr . Arthur Strickland and Dr. Ronald Hoenes, both of Georgia Southern Col lege . 7 Beautification Proiects Initiated The 1-20 and 1-285 interchange beautification project was spearheaded by Mrs. James E. Rast, center, HANDS chairman. Cooperating in the project were Mrs. R.M. Sherman, 1971-72 vice president, DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs; Hal Rieves, State road design engineer, Georgia Highway Department; and Julian Reeves, deputy director, Georgia Forestry Commission. A challenging beautification project was initiated this past Winter at the 1-20 and 1-285 interchange. The planting of 40,000 trees included dogwood, crepe myrtle, redbud, sawtooth oak and loblolly pine. Mrs. James E. Rast, Home And Neigh borhood Sponsors (HANDS) chairman, said the project involved 68 of the 135 acre interchange. Future plans call for the planting of the 1-85 and 1-285 interchange during the 1971 -72 planting season, Mrs. Rast added . Mrs. Rast pointed out that the beau tification program was a cooperative effort between the DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, area Boy Scout troops, Georgia Highway Department and the Georgia Forestry Commission. The Highway Department personnel, under Hal Rieves, State road design en- A "clearing house" for conservation projects in Augusta and Richmond County has been organized. The Richmond County B-C (Beautification-Conserva tion) Club was established in March. Headed by Mrs. Herbert W. Youngblood, the governor's representative on conservation in the area, the B-C Club was founded following a community wide Arbor Day program. Mrs. Youngblood said the Club consists of chairmen from the various conservation oriented organizations in Augusta and Richmond County. Its primary functions include assisting clubs who are seeking conservation projects, and where clubs have similar activities, coordinate them into a community project. The Club goal is to make Augusta and Richmond County more beautiful, perpetuate the natural resources of the county and boost other organizations in formulating conservation projects, Mrs. Youngblood added. Present emphasis is being placed on roadside beautification and tabbing his- One of the 8-C Club's projects will be identifying State tree champions in the county. Mrs. Herbert Youngblood and Ranger T.M. Strickland inspect a redcedar. Other State champions in Rich mond County are catalpa, crepe myrtle, ginko, redwood and soapberry trees. torical monuments in the area. The other officer of the BC Club is Mrs. Nancy Andrews, secretary-reporter. Arbor Day Cited Pines------ - . . Pines & Flowering Trees . - LANDSCAPE PLAN Interchange 1-285 & 1-20 East Atlanta,Ga. Scalo I: 100:0 gineer, landscaped and staked the area and hauled in mulch . The Boy Scouts hand planted the ornamentals under th e su pervision of Forestry Commission for - esters. The result should be an upgrading of the environment of the interchange. Former First Lady Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower joined other Georgians in the State's 81st Arbor Day Observance. Miss Richmond County Pine Seedling Kim Murph y pre- sented Mrs. Eisenhower with a packet of dogwood trees commemorating the occasion at "Mamie's Cabin" at the Augusta National. Kim is the six year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Winton Murphy of Augusta. T.M. Strickland, ranger, Richmond County Forestry Unit, Georgia Forestry Commission, assisted in the coordination of Arbor Day acti vities in Richmond County. 9 8 Promotions Daniel, seven months. The family is a member of the First Baptist Church of Statesboro . Forestry Faces .,..... .--.. ~ J i .~ i { BANKS COUNTY ' .' -."..''-~. ) ' ,~ Billy P. Barber, Metter Area forester, has been promoted to Gainesville District forester, announced Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Commission. Barber assumed his new duties in March, succeeding Ollie C. Burtz. Shirley said Barber was named to the post because of his overall working knowledge of the Commission's programs, and the thoroughness and excellence that he has exemplified in carry ing out his previous responsibilities. A registered forester, Barber will locally coordinate and direct Commission. programs, and supervise District Area foresters and personnel assigned to the District office. Barber came with the Forestry Com mission in August 1957 as ranger of the Clay County Forestry Unit. In 1958, he was elevated to Camilla District ranger . The following year, Barber was promoted to assistant district forester at Camilla . He was assigned to the Statesboro District in 1967, and promoted to Metter Area foreste~ in July 1969. A native of Donalsonville, Barber graduated from the University of Georgia School of Forest Resources in 1957. There, he was a member of the Forestry and Agriculture Clubs. He is a member of the Society of American Foresters and the Georgia Forestry Association . He is past presi dent of the Metter Rotary Club. Barber and his wife, the former Lena Granberry of Donalsonville, have two children, Susan Theresa, four ; and James 10 Nelson Brightwell has been named head of the Cooperative Extension Service forestry department. He fills the vacancy created by the death of C. Dorsey Dyer last July. Brightwell's appointment to the Uni versity of Georgia post was announced by L.W . Eberhardt, Jr ., Extension director. The new department head has been a member of the Extension forestry staff since 1953. In his new position, he will lead a team of four foresters and one wildlife biologist. Before joining the Extension Service,_ Brightwell worked two and one-half years with the Georgia Forestry Com mission . He was the Stephens County forester for two years; then was the assistant forester for the Toccoa district. As Extension forester, he has written numerous publications and magazine articles on forest management practices. In 1970, he received the Di stinguished Service Award from both the Georgia and National County Agents Associa tions. A native of Muscogee County , Brightwell attended Columbus High School, and was graduated in 1944. He served one and one-half years in the U .S. Navy , and then enrolled in the University of Georgia School of Forest Resources. He was awarded the bachelor of science degree in Forestry in 1951 and the master of Forestry in 1962. .... There are 113,200 forest acres in Banks County. This represents 76.5 percent of the land area. Approximately 50 percent of the forest acreage is farmer -owned . Industry owned forest acreage is eight percent. The forest acreage has a growing volume of 168.1 mill ion board feet of sawtimber and 1.2 million cords of pulpwood . In 1969 there were 16.419 cords of round pulpwood produced . The highest productive year was 1967 when 20.468 cords were harvested . Since 1946, production has totaled 124.229 cords of round pulpwood . There are four wood -using industries in the county employing approximately 50 people with a payroll of $129 ,588. The products of these industries include rough and dressed air dried lumber and dressed kiln dried lumber. .... Dr. Sydney B. Kinne, Ill has been named manager, Operations Research, Georgia Kraft Company , Rome. Other appointments announced by Raymond W. Hanson, vice president-administration included Stephens L. Harp, Jr., corporate operations research assistant, and Dale C. Campbell succeeds Dr . Kinne as operations research manager-wood and woodlands. ~Hugh E. Mobley, Jr. has been assigned to the Macon Forest Fire Lab. He is the Southeastern Area 's liaison with Research, announced Douglass A . Craig, Area director. And Places Memorium JOHN H. GOFF ..... A towerman with the Toombs Coun ty Forestry Unit, John H. Goff, 52, is dead . He came with the Unit in January 1959 . Goff came with the Georgia For- ~ estry Commission in December 1951. The Montgomery County native worked seasonally with the Montgomery Coun- ty Forestry Unit until 1959. T.B. Clif- ton, ranger, Toombs County Forestry Unit, cited Goff for his efficiency in forest fire detection. John W. Mixon, center, metro forester, Georgia Forestry Commission, Atlanta, has been named president of the Southern Chapter, International Shade Tree Conference. Other officers are, 1-r, Francis W. Orrock, Fredericksburg, Va ., secretary -treas- OLIN R. JOHNSON ...... A train accident took the life of Olin R. Johnson, 59, patrolman, McDuffie- urer ; Mrs. Marilyn Guerra, Prince George County, Md ., immediate past president; and James Oates, Richmond, Va., president-elect. The officers were elected at tpe annual Southern Shade Tree Conference in Durham, N .C. Phot o by Herald-Sun Papers, Durham . Warren Forestry Unit. He had been with the Unit for 19 years. A native of War- W. CLYDE GREENWAY the South as originator of many com - ren County, Johnson was en route to a landowner's property to plow firebreaks. William Muns, Unit ranger, characterized Johnson as dependable and dedi cated. The tragic mishap took place at the Uniroyal Road crossing east of Thomson . Ray Shirley, Forestry Commission director, praised the services of both ..... W. Clyde Greenway, 61, Southern territory director of civic affairs for Sears, Roebuck and Co ., is dead. Greenway had been associated with Sears since 1944. During Greenway's 26 years with th e company and the Sears-Roebuck Foundation, he became well known through munity action programs. Among those are the Conservation Awards Program conducted in 10 southeastern states and the Home and Neighborhood Development Sponsors program (HANDS) carried on under the auspices of garden clubs in the South. Recently Phil Campbell, under secretary of Agriculture , announced the ap- men, pointing out dedication to job and pointment of Greenway to the depart- to the cause of forest .conservation . ment's National Arboretum Advisory CLINT DAVIS ..... Clint Davis, 62 , a retired member of the U.S. Forest Service and former staff writer for the Atlanta Constitution, has died. From 1933-37 , he was an outdoor writer and photographer for the Consti tution. In 1937, he joined the U.S. Regional Forest Service in Atlanta as direc- Council. Greenway serv_ed as director of the Georgia Forestry Association , Atlanta Baptist College and the American Vo cational Association . He was a member of the Georgia Advisory Council on Vo cational Education and immediate past president of the Georgia Agribusiness Council. tor of information and education programs in the Southern states . T. E. L. WEATHERS In 1946 he went to Washington , D .C. .....Tom E.L. Weathers, 49 , a Waynes- to head the Smokey Bear Forest Fire boro businessman, is dead . He founded Prevention Program . Davis became di - the Weathers Wood and Timber Com - rector of the service 's information and pany, and was vice president of Dixie education program in 1955, a position Wood, Inc., Milledgeville. Weathers ship- he held until his retirement in 1968. ped pulpwood to Union Camp Corpora- A native of Unadilla, his home was tion, Savannah, prior to founding his Silver Springs, Md . W. Clyde Greenway firm. 11 Forestry Queens Vie For State Title Patricia Dianne Brown Miss Muscogee County Columbus Ellen Burke Miss Ware County Waycross Marian Chappell Miss Henry County McDonough Carol Cofer Miss Liberty County Hinesville Robin Hemphill Miss Fannin County Blue Ridge Denise Killebrew Miss Early County Damascus Susan Little Miss Richmond County Augusta \~f~:- -~-A ;; , .~ ._ 1;~ . ' -- I ..Jill. L JoAnne Pickney Miss Macon County Oglethorpe Jo McClurg Miss Troup County LaGrange Janie Thomas Miss Oconee County Watkinsville Maria Walker Miss Telfair County McRae The 1971 annual meeting of the Georgia Forestry Association will be held at Jekyll Island in the Aquarama, June 13-15. President Gerald B. Saun ers, 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 13. The convention's general session will be held on June 14 with. the banquet that evening, he added. Harold Joiner, executive director, GFA, Atlanta, said that the speakers are headed by Governor Jimmy Carter. Gov. ~rter will be the banquet speaker. The 12 general session speakers will direct their remarks to Air Quality, Forest in Agri culture and Ad Valorem Taxes. Another convention highlight will be the crowning of Miss Georgia Forestry . Approximately 25 counties will present forestry queens for the coveted title, Joiner added. In addition to those pictured , the counties are Ben Hill, Bryan , Chattooga, Clinch, Columbia and Cook. Others are Candler, Emanuel, Glynn , Lee, Mcintosh, Montgomery, Paulding and Thomas Counties. 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 forest industry at various functions throughout the State. The Association will coordinate her activities. The 1970 Miss Georgia Forestry Is Sharon Sirmans of Adel. Other business will include the election of officers and the presentation of awards. These will include the Perfor mance of Excellence Awards presented to Georgia Forestry Commission super visory personnel representing their re spective Areas and Units. ' I Lanier County Tops FFA Field The Future Farmers of America Chapter of Lanier County took top honors in the State FFA Forestry Field Day. The Greenville and Louisville Chapters placed second. Some 143 contestants, representing 13 chapters, participated in the field day. Schools represented were Pickens County, Greenville, Patterson, Swainsboro, Turner County and Randolph County. Others included Lanier County, Early County, Douglas County, Jackson County, Rabun Gap, Commerce and Louisville. A target shooting event was sponsored by the Progressive Farmer Magazine and judged by Leroy Hackley, wildlife ranger, Georgia Game and Fish Commission. This event was not counted in the Field Day competition. First place winners in the various events were Mike Waddell and Bruce McCoy, Greenville, planting; Floyd Gilbert, Randolph County, selective marking; Rickey Watson, Lanier County, pulpwood timber estimation; Bob Joyce, Lanier County, sawtimber volume estimation; Richard Smith, Greenville, tree identification; and Olin Cannon, Louisville, ocular estimation. Others included Randy Sirmans, Lanier County, land measurement; Richard Presley, Commerce; Aubrey Corbitt, Lanier County; Rusty Youmans, Patterson; and David Patrick, Swainsboro, log scaling; Gary Green, Douglas County, insect and disease comprehension; and Charles Strickland, Louisville, scaling stacked pulpwood. The winner of the rifle shoot was Oswell Smith, Ag Teacher at Patterson. The Louisville Chapter, Robert McGill, Ag Teacher, placed second. Paul Jones, Sunland School Plan, Progressive Farmer Magazine, Birmingham, Ala., presented the rifles. Leroy Hackley, ranger, Georgia Game and Fish Commission, supervised the event. The Lanier County Chapter, directed by W.H . Keene, received an inscribed plaque and $100. The Greenville and Louisville Chapters, under J .R. Cook and McGill, respectively, received a James C. Turner, Jr., center, chief, Forest Protection Division, Georgia Forestry Commission, Macon, presented the FFA Field Day awards. W.H. Keene is the Vo-Ag instructor. Participating in the awards presentation are, kneeling, J.E. Browning, Jimmy Browning and Rickey Watson. First row, Randy Sirmans, Aubrey Corbitt, Turner, Mickey Fourakers and Keene. Second row, Clyde Conie, Bob Joyce, Roy Radford, David Yancey and Duncan Tomlinson. plaque and $25 each. The first place winners, in the individual events, were awarded $20; second place, $1 0; and third and fourth place, $5. J. L. Branch, State supervisor, Agri cultural Education, Atlanta, lauded the FFA Field Day Program and its value to the youths in the years to come. Miss Barbara Sartain, chairman, State Projects, Future Homemakers of America, also praised the accomplishments of the group. Malcolm Dillard, consultant forester, Vocational Agriculture Department, emphasized that the FFA field days create competition among the FFA 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 spon- sored by the Trust Company of Georgia, Atlanta, and its six affiliated 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 James C. Turner, Jr., chief, Forest Protection Division, Georgia Forestry Commission, Macon. William White, vice president, State FFA, presided. The statewide Area FFA Field Days were coordinated by Dillard and Eugene Carswell, area forester, South Georgia. 13 LETTERS ecology. From everyone's response, I sincerely think this has been the most interesting program of the club since I joined. As was evident, most of the members in the club arP. new and have much to learn. Logging ..J ARBOR DAY Thank you for sending the photographs for my file and I want you to know it was a real pleasure for me to have played a small part in Arbor Day. Nancy Belk, Secretary Twilight Garden Club ASSISTANCE The Georgia Forestry Commission is certainly due a vote of thanks for the wonderful work they do. Mamie Doud Eisenhower My report on lumber has just been completed. The information that you sent me was a great help in writing my paper. I sincerely appreciate your thoughtfulness and consideration concerning my report. Thank you so much for your assistance in our Arbor Day program. Thank you again for all the material that you supplied. The Dalton Junior Woman's Club owes much to the Whitfield County Forestry Unit and the State Forestry Commission. Mrs. Jack Lee Gates Fl RE SUPPRESSION I would like to express my appreciation for the excellent job the Carroll-Douglas Forestry Unit did on controlling the fire on Taylor Gin Road, 411/71. I personally would have suffered a great loss, includ ing my home and furnishings, if your division had not come to our rescue. Billy H. Green EXHIBIT May I express to you and your staff our appreciation for furnishing an interesting exhibit for the 1970 Georgia State Fair. Your cooperation helped to make our Fair successful despite some rainy weather. R. M. Wade General Manager Georgia State Fair TREE SYMPOSIUM The staff at the Georgia Center joins with me in expressing our appreciation to you for the splendid contribution you made in making the Tree Symposium a success. Sandra Davis EDUCATION Many thanks for arranging the visit for our first southern forestry practicum to the Georgia Forestry Center. The presentation was excellent! I was particularly impressed by your use of those 5 minute TV movies --and I am hoping we can steal your idea for use up here in Wisconsin! Gordon R. Cunningham Associate Professor Department of Forestry University of Wisconsin I would like to thank you for your cooperation. We enjoyed visiting with you and we would very much like to visit you all again. We would like for you to thank Mr. Brooks, Mrs. Moseley, and Mrs. Washburn for taking time out to talk to us. Thank you very much. The P.E.C.E. Class Macon, Georgia The Smoke Rise seventh grade wants to thank you for coming to our school and telling us about the forest and how it is used . I guess in many ways I've taken advantage of the forest property because I always figured there would always be trees. Thank you very much for coming. We all learned a lot. Shawn Windon Secretary, 7th Grade Gail Hilliard, 19, Waynesboro, is the 1971 Miss Gum Spirits. The Valdosta State College Sophomore was sponsored by S.O. Spooner, Jr., Valdosta. Miss Hilliard prevailed over ten other contestants at the annual meeting of the American Turpentine Farmers Association. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben H. Hilliard. A number of compliments have been made by the Center staff in relation to the fine group attending the Conference. Again, may I say thank you for a job well done. appreciate very much your cooperation in allowing us to hear Mr. Wilson Wright and Mr. Jerry Spillers, representatives of the Georgia Forestry Commission, on February 19, 1971. Leonard A. Hampton Georgia Center for Continuing Education .University of Georgia CONSERVATION Just a word of thanks for your very enjoyable and enlightening program on forestry and 14 The representatives gave an excellent presentation and I am sure the one thousand students who attended the programs throughout the day were very much enlightened on the subject of forestry. C. E. Sprayberry Principal Austell Junior High School This snow sculpture was the result of the creative talents of personnel of the Murray County Forestry Unit. The sculptors included Charles Dunn, ranger, and John Green and Kermit Tankersley, patrolmen. Photo by Chatsworth Times. The Foresters Service Awards 20 YEARS Anderson F. Brown ..........Utility Worker Macon, Ga . Mar. 31, 1971 Miss Doris Ann Easler.. .. ..:rowerwoman Roberta, Ga. Mar. 31,1971 Noah H. Head .... .......... .....Towerman Monroe, Ga. Mar. 31, 1971 Theophilus Johnson ...... ...Patrolman Cairo, Ga. Mar. 31, 1971 Miss Sadie Belle Nettles... .Dispatcher Homerville, Ga. Mar. 31, 1971 Jesse J. Rowe .... ..... ...... .... Patrolman Waycross, Ga . Mar. 31, 1971 The Georgia Forestry Commission's "Mr. Tree" took part in ribbon cutting ceremonies opening the Atlanta Camp-0-Rama. Cutting the ribbon was Fredrick W. Sturges, editor, The Outdoor Group, Davis Publications, Inc. Assisting were young ladies from the Southern Management Exposition Co. TREE SEEDLINGS...The South's forest industries distributed and planted more than 465 million trees during the 196970 planting season, according to a Southern Forest Institute survey. In Georgia, 69,286,557 trees were planted and distributed . The Georgia Forestry Commission accounted for another 46,581,076 tree seedlings . PULPWOOD VALUE .. .A Southern Forest Institute Report shows that Georgia led all Southern states in the value of pulpwood harvested for the 22nd consecutive year . The value in 1969 was $160,677,000, approximately $8.4 million above the previous year. A record high $899,118,000 was set in the South for purchases of pulpwood harvested and delivered to 121 pulp and paper mills. MEETINGS ...Oak Symposium, Aug . 1620, 1971, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va .. .Georgia Chapter, So ciety of American Foresters, Sep. 9-10, Callaway Gardens... National SAF, Sep. 26-29, Cleveland, 0. The new president of the Southern Forest Institute is Daniel C. Lewis, right, vice president-administration, The Chesapeake Corporation of Virginia, West Point, Va. New SF/ vice president is Fred C. Gragg, center, vice president and assistant managerwoodlands, Southern Kraft Division, International Paper Co., Mobile, Ala. George E. Kelly was re-elected executive vice president of the association. Photo by SFI. 15 Georgia FORESTRY June, 1971 Golden Eagle Flies Again! federal recreation area entrance permit 1971 a Th1s $10 Golden Eagle Passport will admit the p urchaser and pe r sons accom pany ing h im in a pn vate noncommerc i al ve h ic le to designated areas. o r the purc haser and immediate family where entry IS by other means The PasspO