Georgia forestry, Vol. 3, no. 5 (May 1950)

Georgia Forestry MAY 1950

Pag~ Ckle

Georgia forestry

Welcome to

New Record

the Forestry
Association
(FIUI 711E IIACDI NEWS)
Welcome to Georgia Forestry Association members meeting here today in 26th annual convention.
Unfortunately, there are a lot of useless or semi-useless or,anizations in this world today,but prac-
l ically everyone will a1ree that the orestry croup is an alert outfit industriouslY. workin1 toward aoah which wi 11 help Georda.
The association is made up of almost 300 individuals and organizations includin1 landowners, forest operators, foresters, banks and financial institutions, newspapers, representatives of all classes of forest J?roducts industries, public utilit1es, railroads and machinery and equipment enterprises.
Legislation directed toward the conservation and wise utilization of Georgia's greatest natural resource. her forests, is foremost among the aims of the _group. The organization has successfully sponsored legislati"n creating the Georgia Forestry Co11Tlission and expanding the fire protection activities of the Commission. The 'Keep Georgia Green'' program is also the brainchild of the association.
VJe' re sure we speak for every Hrklle Georgi.an when we say, ''Welc,.,me til \lacon'', to the Georgia """restry Aso;oci~;~tion.

(FROII THE DAWSON NEWS)

Announcement made by the Terrell County Forest Protection Unit office that 1110re pine trees have been planted in this county durin1 the past year than ever before is indicative of the increadng interest in the arowin1 of the highly valuable product, and it also means that land~ owners who have acres unfit for other purposes are doing some sound economic thinking.

The time when a farmer could plow

and plant and then let nature take its

course is gone forever. The present

day and

planning calls to see that a

for cer

ttahiinnkpinogrtaiohneaodr1

land is diverted to timber means

that in years to came benefits will

be received from the trees grown

thereon.

.

More and more the tendeny toward

diveraification h leadinalandowners

to utilize land to the best effect

possible, and right now the value of

timber and the remarkable demand for

pulpwood auakes the gra.ina of pine
trees an interestinM and profitable

way of supplentint the farm income.

There is no doubt about the advisability of arowin1 pines. This section is particularly f~vored in. that rapid growth of the trees is possible, due to climatic conditions, and that farmers and other landowners are realizing the value of planting the trees is one of the reasons for the progress of this section.

Georgia Forestry

Vol.t III

MAY, 1950

No. 5

'A monthly bulletin published by the Georgia Forestry Commission, 435 State Capitol, Atlanta. Enter~rl as second-clAss matt~r at the Post Office, AtlnntR, Geor~ia, uncl('r the act of Au~:ust 24, 11')12. MtmLr. Georgia Press Association

May, 1950
Forestry Associ~tion Names

Page Two

Master Tree Farmers, Hears Governor

Governor Herman Talmadge delivered the principal address at the 26th annual meeti'ng of the Georgia Forestry Association on April 14 at the Hotel Dempsey, Macon. Almost 300 embers and guests were in attendance at the conclave.
Talmad!Je outlined the record expansion 1n activities of the Georgia Forestry Commdaaion during the past year and told of plana to bring twelve additional counties under organized protection, thereby raising tne total of protected couQtiea to 91. Fmphaaizing that ''money spent to conserve and develop the State's timber resources in an investment which will not only pay hi; dividends to us, but will be insurance for the young people in our State'', the Governor stated that ''sufficient monies will be macle available by this Adminhtra-

tion during the coming fiscal year to

carry out a full-scale program in all

farticipating counties'' and that

'the present appropriation must be

augmented in order to insure every

count~ under protection a basic pro-

gram' . Talmadge,

"

Suffic ''will

ien be

t fun made

dasv"a11hsabi-~:1

so that county budgets will not have

to be reducedduring the coming fiscal

year.''

At the conclusion of his address, the Governor was presented with a Smokey Bear atandup poster conveying thanks for the Governor's efforts in behalf of foreat fire prevention. The preaentstion waa made by Association p~elident Kirk sutlive. (See Cove_r Photo.)

Sutlive delivered the presid~nt 's (COntinued on Page 10)

l . GIORGIA'S NflR !RH fARNKRS IANiD. Channing Cope, ext1'ese Zeft, salaes theNasts,-
1,-ee '"""" Atamis at the 1950 annuaZ seeting of the Geo,-gia 1onstry Association. lxhibi Ung the prizes they nceived asNaste,- !'ree 1araen a,-e, f'roa left to right: N.
I. lixon, Distrl. ct fo,-este,-, Jlaycross, lAho occePted the atal'rd on behalf ofI. c. fanehe,-,
Peano , tJr.o !laS unabZe to be p,-esent; J. P. LOII!be,-t, Rising fatm; fe,-r!eH Ande,-son, Dno1'e ; R. I. ruten, ALaao, and 11. K. S.ith, Junipe,-.

lt'hitfield Covnty fonst Rante'r Ralph Douglas, left, e~la.in.s to Assistant Range,. CnAJfo'rd B'raalett, 'right, /low to use the jeep fire suppression plow.

' Wh"itfield County Begins Protection

Whitfield Cowtty beaan oraanhed

'

forest fire __protection on April 1, bringing to 79 the total of counties now under protection in the State.

The Whitfield County Forest Pro;tection Unit is at present equipped ~ with a ~-ton jeep .fittedwith pressure

Ralph Dou1lae has assumed his duties as County Forest Ranfer. Douglas is a native of Whit ield
County and is well known throughout
the area. He is a high school grad;uate served in the Navy 14 months , and ~as formerly connected with the Thomason Luli>er Company. Douglas is married and is the father of two
children.

pump, water tanks, and suppression plow. This equipment will soon be augmented by the delivery to the unit -of a ~--ton h~P pickup, fitted with water tanks of 150-gallon capacity. All trucks and towers of the unit will be equipped with two-way FM radio for rapid, dependable communications in locating, approaching and suppressing fires.

Crawford V. Bramlet has been named

Two towers are to be used in detec-

Assistant Forest Ranger. Bramlet~. tion work in the county, one to be

his wife and son, reside on Route 5, located on Pockyr Mountain near Dal-

fl!\lton. The Whitfield County Forestry Board
has been appointed and includes Carl Puryear, Olairman; I. W. Carson, Secretary; W. C. Douglas, Harry S. Looper, and Russell Smith. All members of the Forestry Board are well known c~tizens and landowners

ton and the other in the northern part of the County. The Forest- Protection U~it is at present engaged in ~on struction of the Grassy Mountain tower. Prior to actual construction of the tower, access roads were necessarily constructed up the steep mountainside to the tower site.

lflli tjield Unit 'bui las tot~r on Rockyfa.ce Noun ta.in. H'e1re District Ranger Fendley Rol11es lines~ the tower foundation ho es.

llay, 1950

Paae Four

11<7-d/.,1/ Reelecu ~~,
SelecU <!~ 2Mee#f,

Bithlichtina the fourteenth amual Convention of the American TUrpentine
Farmers Auociation ~rative April 19 at Valdoata were the preaident'a annual report by Judae Barley Lan&dale, the reelection of all Geor1ia directora for another tena, and the aelection of lliaa Gum Spirits of Turpentine, 1950.

Lan&dale told the hundred attending the meetin& that g\D naval stores prOducer.- ahould eatabliah their own market price for roain. Be revealed that the Association ia conductina a survey to de~ermine at what price gum roain will move freely into conaump~ tion with wood roain and other compet! tive producta .

In the election of board of direc-

tors, Lan'dale and all of the follow

inf Geora1a membera were returned to

of ice: A. V. Kennedy, W.aycroaa; J.

M. . Cook, McRae; J. I:.. Gillh, Jr.,

S~rton; and R. 11. Reynolds, Bain-

bndge..



Lovely Miss Betty Sue Stoutamire, of Tallahaasee, Florida, waa chosen Miaa Gum Spirit of Turpentine '50, in the beauty conteat held at TWin Lakes followina the Barbecue Luncheon. Mba Stoutamire waa sponsored
by R. H. Gibaori, an AT-FA clirector.

Governor Herman Talmadge receives greetings and thanks from Smokey, the lire-preventing Bear! The Governor is presented with a specially-lettered Smokey standup poster at the 1950 annual meeting of the Geor,ia Forestry Association held at Macon in mid-Apri 1.
The presentation was llflJde by Kirk Sutlive, left, Association Presiden-t, following the Governor' address. Center -i B. II. Lufburrow, ExecutiveSecretary of the Association.

NISS GUN SPIRI!S Of !URPEKfiXK, 150. 'tti.ss Betty Sue Stou.tCJIIif"e, oj 1aHahassee,
!lorida, holds the victo,.-s cu.p ojtef" hn seLection in beauty 9on test at A!-fA 11ee t.

.,Page Five

Georgia forestry

The 1950 Emanuel County Pine Tree Festival held April 28 brou1ht a r" cord cr(llllfd, of aiore than 8, 000 persona to Swainsboro.

This fifth annual Festival - the bi11eat and moat elaborate of all beaan with a 1'li le-lon1 parade in the mornina. More thail SO colorful floats, several bands, and units of the armed forces made up the paradf'. The beautiful floats depicted the Festival theme ''Protected Pines Provide' ' , and represented each of the Fmianuel ~ty schools, oraanizations of the county, and commercial enterprises of the area.

The Garfield School float won first

place in the competition ~

schools. Stillmore School placw

second and Wealey School third.

Amon& the oraanhational floats the

PIJi '!Ri6 ROIAL'!I. boro, Pine '!ne 2ueen

N WI. t

is h

sheBrun.nnnyg'

BaUey,
Grodov
J

SII.GinsJohnson.


.4 -H Club won Demonstration EthxechCaOnaIIeIIICerlcuibal

first Club

spelacc~e,

~ thiO rdf . W floiMat

t e
I

he Home and the n amon1 W81 thi

.At extnu dih t is Princess Jo Ann l P and at ] F. Mathia

r Company, with

extreae eft Pdnce Bu.gh Johnson.



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May, 1950

the Hollaway Company placing second
and the J. W. Kea Company third.

Following the parade, Guyton De-

Loach, Director, Georgia Forestry



C~0r1k1111Sisudetnlives,poDkeirebcrtioerflyo,f

and W. Public

Relations, Union Bag and Paper Com-

pany,delivered the principal address

of the Festival.

As a ~~pe-cial feature of the 1950

~wFeaeasrtniavimnaela1FEotmrheaesntulreaylt.Ce oVuHniirtsya'iwsl iMdEoa.nwD,oufMrtdhresen.

Vir&il E. Durden, accepted the award

on behalf of her late husband. She

ias presented with a handsome framed croll bearing the citation. The ate Mr. Durden was one of the

county's pioneer timber conserva;-

tio and

nh a

tlso,n~a-tsiumbestsaunptpiaolrtfeorr

est of

owner, forest

protection and development.

I

(Continued on PaAe 8)

Yirfi~ &. ~rden naed post~uousy as

Konue County's Nan of the Tear t-n forestry.

Nrs. Yirgi~ 8. Du~en accePts the awa~ on

beha~f of her ate husband. N. O. Phit.ps,

right 11akes'

&.anue the pres

OountySchoo~ S entation. ( Ph.o t

uP o

eri by

nAt et n~dane_nt_ta,

.

{ourna~)

)

DJICIKG ROUID '!61 Pill '!RKI POLl in <me act of the beoutiju Pine 'free Pageant.

Page Seven

Ranpr W. G. SJ..Iona Spaldin1 Count.7. received a fine c~liment from &~perior COurt Jwlp Oleater A. Bera. Griffin. JUdie Brera wrote SlJBBDna as follon:
'l want to take- thh opportunity of thanldn1 you .nd your men for anawed~ a fire call to my property on the HipJ'alla Road nipt before last.
, I appreciate JOUI' efforts and I am _proud of you. At. first I was a1ainat the expense of your system. but since aeein1 it work for some time I am canvinced it h a 1ood thin1 for the people, that h. your depart-
~aent.
'I would a__ppreciate Metinl ~ Reoonally and all of your BleD.

Rancer Rubert D. Bi llue and the Wi1klnean COunty unit were praised recent!)' by thit Grand Jury. 1be" Orand Jury preaent..nt said. we wiah to coane"nd the Wilkinaan Count~ I'ire Protection unit for the aplendiil work they are doina. '

CoJu'.n~Ey.lwBaalaaeeirun,P.m- lyRiannjguerredofreJcoennetsly whl e chaai~ a 88Dke. 111e jeep hit was drivi.DIE hid a bl~t, thra~r ing the vehic"le out of caatrol. The jeep crashed an aditch bank and over turiled.

Blasin1ame received a mild head injury. multiple akin abrasions on the lace and cheat, a rilht cheat and pelvic injury.

P

L. atro

l

W. ma

J n.

o

nea rid

l

n

gJrw. 1l

t

Jones County h JJlalin,ame,

received multiple fractures o the

pelvis and internal injuries.

All join in wishing for Blaain1ame and Jones a quick and full recovery.

Ran1er William H. Nima. llorcan COunty, and his unit are the first public servants to be praised by the Madiaanian in a new aeries of articles. The article aivea a sketch of Nima' background arid a picture. and outlines tile work of the Unit.
The lladhanian says. 'of public servants. Morcan CcXmty has 818fty. Too often the services diey render co un-aunc. llr. NimS ia on the job both day and ni1ht whenneceaaary. Be and his force hive P-roved a 1reat asset to llor1an County. '

Randolph Rocldenberr_y Colquitt County R&ncer, and hie Dispatcher J. B. Ra~rn, recently received hiih praises from]. 0. Stewart. Moultrie.

llr. Stewart writes that as he and
J. T. Barfield were COIIIinc home one
nipt, we found that m,y barn was an fire. the fire beinf in the corn-crib. Smoke was roll~ rem the barn aa if acmeone were firin1 a' boiler with coalOfficer Barfield called Ran1er Roddenberry who c._ to ~~~r ftai'ID with Rayburn and two of their trucks within a very short tiae after Barfield had called t .... Within 30 ainutea after their arrival the_y bad the fire \ftler perfect control.. I aive these two bop the credit for at~ a $15,800 fire. I have never aHil an,ane re tborou~ in their work thim Roddenberry aDd Ra)'burn.

"Several weeks a10. IIY san P'r_. was burnina off a pasture and ver~

- after be ltarted burnlnc the

Sa.

ure era

,wetrhee~ se

t

hh p

fir astu

e re

fl of

tln1 erina

rhel.Jt. lbr they cot to IIY paeture

eo qUickl~, I do not know.

""Until a few weeks a10l I hard!~ knew tbet we had such va uable Mn in this CoUftty. I wilh that there were several such etatlana in this Count~ so that the County would be
protected the e aa aft)" City and
that each etatlan bad Just eucb MD aa Rocldenberr~ and RaybUrn.'

IIIIJ', 1950

Page Eight

4-H Forestry Camp Set For June

Georgia'it sixth annual 4-HClub

Forestry Camp will be held at Laura

Walker State Park, near Waycross,

June S-10, accordin1 to announcement

LyC. Fores

tDeor,rseayndDyRe.r,J.ExRteicnhaaiordns'oSne,rvEicxe-

tendon Service 4-H Club leader.

MOre than 100 boys, representii\1 at
least SG counties, are expected to
attend. Scholarahis- to attend the C8111p- are a...rded on the bash of 1ood forestry project work. Durin1 the past year more than 2,S00Georgia 4-H

Club members carried out foreiltry projects on areas of more than 10,000 acres.
. Field work. and ~tudf at the camp wlll cover fire flghtlng and fire prevention, firebreak construction, plantin1 forest tree seedlings, thinnin1 operations, timber management, approved naval stores practices and tree identification.

PINE TREE FESTIVAL
(Continued from Page 6)

~ David Rowland, seventh 1rade stu-

dent in Emanuel County Institute, was

naaied aa the 1rand winner in the

forestry enay contest. More than -

1 , 800 eaaaya were prepared by the

achoQl students of the cowtty on the

aub.!::~ '111e Importance of Forestry

to _ uel County'

_

Fire prevention demonstrations , and wood choppin1 and aawin1 competitions were conducted in the after~ noon by the E.nuel County Forest Protection Unit under the direction of Walter Stone, County Ranter.

The tala Festival day was fittinaly cli1118xed with - the crownin1 of the P~Tree FeativalQueen and her court and the presentation of the titantic. true-to-life Pine Tree Paaeant under the li&hta of the Swainsboro ball park.

Lovely llhaBunny Bailey, of Swains-

lohn- boro, received the crown and royal
robe aa Pine Tree Queen. Grady

aon was named he~ Kina, Utt e Jo

Ann
and

~
IIUih

was naaed aa the Princess Johnson waa chosen aa the

Prince.

The forestry pe1eant, a new and

unique feature of tbia year's Feati-

Yall n1 ezcellently preaented and

dep cted the iJIIPOrtance and value of the pine tree fr~ the day1 of Grecian

lory to the _preaent day of Tree ar~n,. The fa1~-movin apectacle

wa1 ca1t entirely from the rank of

achool1 of Emanuel County and na

u' nder the direction of Mn. Jack

Jenkina.

The Festival wss directed by the executive board which included: J.F. Mathia,ChainD&D,L.F.Bradford,VlceChairman, Earl Varner, Secretary, Woodruff Key and W. 0. Philli .

ORGAIIIAfiOIAL ILOAf IiiiR. CrOkd

'n Gt P'ne free lest,val ~tches as ~-6
C&ub j&OCJt ~scs fJarade. the giant c&ove~&eGj ~ elaborately constructed

'"
WGS

the tra (JuUed

db'yt'

onal green a trtJCtor.

and

white

and

Page Nine

Geo'l"gia fo'l"es t'l"y

gpe/1 g~ Meet MGI/17

The summer meetinf of the Southern

Pulpwood Conservat on Association,

Area 3, which includes Geol'gia, will

be held Wednesday, May 17. at the

General Oalethorpe Hotel, according to announcement

Sba~vaHn.naJh.,

Malabergercf Auociation General

Manaaer an Forester. The pro1ram of

the one-day meeting includes an all;-

day field trip followed by a social

hour, banquet and entertainment in

the evenin1. The day's events are

planned to be of special interest to

dealers and producers. Printed pro-

"JOE BEAVER"

1rams will be proVided prior to the meetin1 date.
Malsber1er stated that separate meetinas are beina held in each area in order to proviae pro,rama appropriate to local coooihons and to allow attendance by a larger number o! local persons. The Are~ 2 meeting w11l be held May 9-10 at Mobile, Alabama, and the Area 4 meeting,is scheduled for May 23-24 at Pinehurst, North Carolina.
B_y Ed Nofziger

J'on~~t Sen1oe, U. B. Department of Allrioultun
"~~ leMI., who yov worlc in the woods you have to watch wl.at YM1M doing every minute."

"AY, 195n
FORESTRY ~SSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING

(Continued froni Page 2)

arlrlress immediately following the speech by Governor Talmadge, Sutlive reviewed the past progress and accomplishments of the Association and told of the hi~ part of the organization in enlisting the cooperation and support of the public in forest protection and development.
Other speakers at the morning session .included James W. Cruickshank, Forest Economist, Southern -Forest Experiment Station, who discussed ''Plans for the Forest Survey of Georgia'', and Ma~lin Bruner, E. I. DuPont Company, who spoke on ''Olemistry and Trees'',
State Forester Guyton DeLoach opened the afternoon session with a review of the expansion made in activities of the Georgia Forestry Commission during the past year, and an outline of the objectives and difficulties that lie ahead as ex-pansion continues. DeLoach expressed appreciation for the cooperat1on and support received from landowners, the general public, and the newspapers and radio stations of the state. He expressed pride that ex-ransion of the Commission activities
'baa been successful in spite of the fact that we have just suffered one of the worst fire seaaona .in many, lll&ny year a. ' '
Highlightin1 the afternoon session was the naininc of Geor1ia 'a first Master Tree Farmers. The awards were ID&de at a Tree Farm Forum with Channing Cope u moderator. As part of the Tree Farm Forum, J. C. Me<.:lellan, Forester, American Forest Producta Industries, related the hilto~ of the Geor1ia Tree Fanu System. 1bo1e honored as Master Tree Farmers were: VerdeU A,nderaon, Demorest; J, W. Smith and sons, Junir,r; J, P. Lam bert, Dade County; R. Tuten, Alamo! E. C. Fancer, Pearson; and Centra Oeor1ia Council, Boy Scouts of America, Macon.
Sixteen new Oeor1ia Tree Farms were alao established in cereamies durinf the Tree Farm Forum. AU sections o the state were represented as the followinf were newly-certified as Oeor1ia ree Farmers: S. B. SP.eer, Ricbiiond County; Qair Woodlands Corporation, Savannah; Geor1e W.
c. Mosely, C81D:len County; Claude P~ and
Charles Harman Greenville; D. W. Weddell, Atb.ns; interstate Land and

Development Company, Jones and Twiggs Counties; Armstrong Cork Georgia Tree Farms, Inc., Crawford County; R. C. Adams, Bainbridge; William A. Green, . f':t;~nton; Canton Cotton ~ills, Inc., Cherokee County; Chicopee Manufacturing Corporation, Hall County; Mose Gordon, Commerce; W. F. Hall, Sparta; L. M. Moye, Jr., Lumpkin; Robert H. Rush,Hawkinsville; and J. T. Grady, L. M. Coffee and Archie Coffee, Dodge County.

Frank Heyward, Gaylord Container

Cseosrspioornatwioint1n

concluded the afternoon aq illustrated lecture

on the growth of pine plantations.

Following adjournment of the convention, five new directors of the association were elected at a meeting of the Association membership. Those named as new directors were A. R. Shirley, Valdosta, R. H. White, Jr., Atlanta,HohartManley,Jr.,Savannah, Kirk Sutlive, Savannah, and John McElrath, Macon.

The Ge~~~i~ Chapter, ~iety of
American Foresters, and-University of Georgiaa.Fprtry School Alumni 1\eld a joint meetin1 in Savannah on April
21.
The Society tr~ held a preliminary discussion of a licensin1 hill for foresters and the bill was read and unanimously approved in princi-ple. Detailed ifiacuuion of the Ucenain1 bill was set for the AuKUst meeting of the Geor1ia Chapter, S.A.F.

The'Georaia Forestry School Alumni diacus11ed W&JII and an of furtherinl the interest of the School of Forestry and collected funds for use in erectin1 a plaque of honor of Forestry School 1raduates who lost their lives in World War II. In the election of officers, the Alu.ti troup named Jim Spiers, Central of Georti Railroad, Prealdent-, Bob Dixon, Oamose Wood Preaervint Coapany, Vice-President, and Leon Harlreaves, Secretary-Treasurer.

Union Ba_g_ and Paper Corporation and

Qair Woodlands were hOsts to the

troup at a social hour and banquet

field in the evenin1.



Georgia Forestry
MAY 1950

Entered as second-cla.ss matter at the Post Office, Atlanta, Ga.