Georgia forestry, Vol. 32, no. 4 (Dec. 1979)

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FO RESTRY

Dec. 1979

No.4 Vol. 32

George Busbee Governor A. Ray Shirley- Director
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
H. E. Williams, chairman, Woodbine Felton Denney. Carrollton Eley C. F razer, I l l, AI bany
Jim L. Gillis , Jr., Soperton
Robert Simpson, Ill, Lakeland
STAFF
Frank E. Craven, Editor H oward E. Bennett, Associate Editor T homas B. H all, Artist
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HARVEST BALANCE URGED

Ones the ba ll get s ro lling, it is usu ally harder to st op. T hat si m p le fact of t en fo r ms the foundation for much of the opposit ion preserv ati o nists and environmentalists have to so-c.alled prog~ess.
Yet, as in ecology, there must be a balance, a pomt where "need" squares with "consequence."
Thi s is true in the search for alternative energy sou rces.
Sen. Herman Talmadge, speaking at Geo rgia Te ch recently, announced a m ajor legislative push to develop agricultural energy and wood fuels.
Talmadge said new and increased development of agricu It ural and wood fu els from the state's fields and forests ca n give Georgia a
"new cash crop," promote industrial expa nsion and rural development, create new jobs and increase incomes where they are most needed.
At the heart of Talmadge's proposed bill is the _accele rated use of Georgia's forests as a source of energy.
Opposition from conservationists cou ld be
expected, and justifiably so. It is reasonable to assume that once the state's forests become viewed as energy sources, there wil l be wholesale timber cutting.

But Ta l mad ge's proposal offers the bal ancing f eature that is necessar y to assure the p reservation of t he state's woodlands while offering new energy, employment and economic opportunities.
"By using only t he twigs, bar k and other forest wastes, we cou ld supply as much as 25 percent of (Georgia's) current energy needs now purchased at a cost of abou t $750 million annually," Talmadge suggested.
He explained: "In the mixed hardwood forests of the Appalachians, the logger who removes 1,000 board fee t of saleable wood leaves 1 1 tons of tops and limbs ly i ng o n the ground wh en he has fini shed. Thi s 'waste' materi al is equal to 750 gallons of number two fue l oi I or five tons of coal.
T almadge's proposal may sound futuristic to some, but the st ate of Georgia has already t ake n a leadership role in wood energy techno logy. The state Forest ry Commission was allo cated $500,000 last year by the Georgia Legi slat ure to co nduct a series of wood energy stu di es in cooperation with Georgi a Tech. And in the L au ren s are a, a wood energy system will be installed at the new correctional facility under construction in Chester.
(From the Dublin Courier-Herald)

SWITCHING TO WOOD

More industries than ever are usi ng wood for fuel, but more would make the switch from fossil fuels if they could be sure that wood boilers and gasifiers worked well, and that an adequate supply of wood was available. That's good news for rural areas such as Coffee County.
Th is was the major finding of a Georgia Tech survey of more than 200 industries in the Southeast to f ind ways to increase the use of wood for industrial purposes. The study was prepared for the Georgia Forestry Commission under the sponsorship of the Appalachain Regional Commission.
Dr. T. I. Chiang, a co-au thor of the study, said that a more reliable technology is the number one concern of the industrial boiler

users who responded. "Mo re than one-third of the industries
said that imp r ov ed technology is the most i mportant incentive for a switch to wood-fue le d boilers and gasi fiers, " sa id Chi ang. Gasifie rs turn wood into fuel gas whi c h can then be burned in boiler or direct-fired heaters.
The industrial users generally supported the idea o f government money for resea rc h to improve wood-burning technology.
Chia ng said that th e survey showed th at the use o f vvood fir ed boilers is on th e rise, particular ly in rural areas where th ere is a bet ter chance o f havi ng a guaranteed supply o f wood.
(From the D ouglas Enterprise)

CONTENTS
Patrol man Makes Dramatic Rescue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Patterson Named To Hall of F ame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Million Pines Center Dedicated.............................. .. . . . . . . . . 5 GFC Personnel Battle Western Fires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Early Pageant Winners Announced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beetle Invasion Brings Salvage Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Forester Tells Heating Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Fe ature Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Letters, Logging The For esters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
ON THE COVER- Little Miss Caitlin Brady, daughter of Mr. an d Mrs. Mike Brady of Macon, and brothers Chris (standing) and Cam Long, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Long of Jeffersonville, aid Smokey in decorating a Christmas tree deep in the forest.

ircumstances involving a house trailer fir e led t o wh a t cou ld have been a tragic loss of life, but due to some quick thinking and medical training by Charles Padgett, patro lm an, Jickens County Forestry Unit, Georgia Forestry Commission, Robe rt T a yl or, ~8 Ma nager of Operat ions, Amicalola Electrica l Me mbership Corporation, J as Jer, is alive t oday. It a ll began a round noon O ctobe r 1, 1979, when Padgett and J.D. J ohnson, 1 member of the Jasper Fire Department md the Pickens County Rescue Unit , Nere installing a radio in a rescue vehi ;le. A cal l came in about a mobile hom e Jn fire near the vicinity of the T ate and Naleska Highway crossroads and Ol d )tate 143 highway_ When Padgett a nd Johnson arrived at the fire, th e mobil e wme was engulfed in flames. They mmediately asce rtained no lives were in :!anger and began pumping water on the :raile r to cool it down. Arso n w as susJected so they returned to J aspe r to re'ill the tanker. Th e y ca ll ed the fire mar ;hal and returned to the fire to finish Jutting the fire out. While the men were spraying the 'ire, Robert Tay lor was on the scene to ;heck on the e lectr ical wires. Pad gett 1appened to turn a nd saw Taylor f a ll :hrough a rotted piece of wood into an lbandoned well. He immediately sound!d the alar m, ran to th e Amicalola truck md radioed Jasper to se nd an a m bulance md rescue truck. Pad gett then ran to :he well, and disregarding hi s own saf e:y, had Johnso n tie two fir e hosec; aound him a nd lowered him down into :he well which was 40-50 f eet deep. Padgett heard T aylor moani ng and <new he was sti ll a live. There w as water n the well alon g with logs, planks and Jther debris. Pad gett found that T aylor Nas having difficulty breathing. He ~uick ly c heck ed him, pulled him up and 1eld him so he cou ld brea the. T aylo r, ;onscious but in se vere pa in, had a ;ompound fr act ur e o f th e a nk le and a Jack injury. Th e str a in began to tell and Jadgett ca ll ed for help. J .D. John son ;ame down and helped hold T ay lo r out Jf the water. In th e meantime, a n ambu la n ce had 3rri ved a nd atte ndants lowe red oxygen to those in the w e ll. Then a stre tch e r Nas lowered. It was with a grea t deal of :lifficul ty that th e rescuers m anaged to >t rap T aylor in the stretche r du e to the narrowness of the we ll. J o h nson we nt up with the stretcher to keep it from bu m p ing into the bank. T ay lor is now recovering in th e local

QUICK THINKING,
MEDICAL KNOWLEDKiC~
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HEROIC ACffO' ARBF COMMISSION PATROLMAN SAVES MAN'S LIFE

hospital and walking with the aid of crutches. He w as to return home November 16. Th e veteran o f twenty p lu s years with the El ectrical Membe rship Corporation will be out for three to four months recuperating.
Whil e talking with Padgett recen tly, Tay lor said he saw the sheet of plywood but assumed it was a piece of wood out of the trailer. Closer inspection of the a re a late r revealed children's footprints around and on the plywood which could have resu lted in a c hild losing its Iife.
Charl es "Rip" Co lli ns, Ranger, Pick ens County Forestry Unit, has rea li zed the problem of aba ndoned we ll s found throughout Pickens County a nd in 1975 began a program of using his equipment to fill in these death tr aps. He estim ate s he has filled in alm ost 100 well s. A la nd owner must sign a permission form before Collins will fill in a well. He said by performing this service for county landowners, he feel s he is protecting people

and animals from f all ing into these wells. So it was, that a combination of
eve nts th at occurred on October 1, 1979 averted a loss of life. The fact that Padgett suspected arso n, caused hi s return to the trailer fire and the fact that he is trained as an Emerge ncy Me dical T ec hnici a n, having taken a 144 hour course at Pickens Tech and a 40 hour reclassification course, enable d him to give emergency treatment while in th e well.
Stan Dean, General Manager of th e Electrical Coop joi ned T ay lor in praising the quick thinking Pad gett whose tra ining and care for people resulted in saving a life_ Ray Shirley, Director, Georgia Forest ry Commission, also had high praise for Padgett, calling him a credit to the Commission and whose unselfish act of heroism e xemplifies person nel of th e Forest ry Commi ssion .
Th e Forest ry Commi ssion presented Padgett a commendat ion for hi s reacting to th e situat ion.

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Patrolman Charles Padge tt of the Pickens County Unit, GFC, th i rd frora left, receives

an award o f appreciation f or rescu ing an emp l oyee o f A m ica l ola Electric Membership

Coop. Others sh o wn ar e Pickens County Ranger Charles Collins, left; Frank Eadie,

Commissi on Distric F orester, Canton; and Stan Dean, Manager, AEM Coop.

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FIRE SPECIALISTS

AID RFD PROGRAM

Two new Rural Fire Defense Special-

ists have bee n assigned in recent weeks

to the Fores t Protec tion Depart men t of

the Geo rgi a Fo res try Commiss ion.

Don Freyer, RFD Program Coordina-

Arcl1ie E. Patterson, center, has been named to the Georgia Foresters Hall of Fame and is shown receiving a plaque from C. Nelson Brightwell, Athens, chairman of the Georgia Chapter's Hall o f Fame Committee, Society of American Foresters. Looking on is Turner Barber, Jr., Macon, Chapter Chairman.

tor for the Commissio n, sa id Roger Browning, fo rm er ly with the Hall County Fir e Dep artment in Ga ine svill e , and Milton My ers, who served with t he Gwinnett County Fire Depa rtme nt, were

Hall of Fame Inducts PaHerson

named to th e posts. Both men work from offices at the
Commission's headquarters in Macon.

Freyer sai d the firemen have a good

Archie E. Patterson, Athens, became est suppo rt ers a nd has encourage d mor e knowledge o f str uc tur al fir e su pp ression ,

the 25th forester to be in ducted in to students and foresters to become m e m - national e lectr ica l a nd heating co d es,

the Georgia Chapter, Society of Ameri- bers o f the SAF than a ny other Geor- th e avai la bility of training in all facets

can Foresters' Hall of Fame. The Hall gian. He has held m an y local, state and o f fire co ntrol and th e ma intena nce o f

of Fame was established in 1968 for the national offices in the SAF and as a sup press ion equip m e nt.

purpose of recognizing foresters who national counci l member helped direct

He sa id th ey perform a ll function s

distinguished themselves in their pro- Society pol icy. He has been nam e d a re lated t o providing tec hnic a l suppo rt

fession. To be named to the Hall of Fellow in the Society.

a nd expertise to the Rura l Fire De fe nse

Fame is the highest honor the chapter

His name will be added on a perma- Program. The coor dinator sa id they

can confer upon a forester.

nent plaque display ed in the foy e r o f provide detailed inform ati o n a bout th e

A plaque was presented to Patterson by C. Nelson Brightwell, Athens, Chair-

the School o f Forest Re so urces at th e University of Georgi a.

program to lo ca l government o ffi cia ls and gather master fire plan data.

man o f the Chapter's Hall of Fame

Committee during the chapter's 30th

annual meeting held in Savannah. Brightwell, in presenting the plaque,

Comm i ss ion Forester Recogn i zed

called Patterson "The Father of Forester Registration in Georgia," as he was

As Outstanding Tree Farm Inspector

a prime mover in having a bill intro-

duced in the Georgia Legislature to create the nation's first State Board of Regi stration for Foresters. ThE. Act was adopted in 1951.
Patterson, a professor of forestry for nearly 40 years at the School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, and a Clarke County Commissioner, has writt e n nume rous articles and has spoken in many parts of the United States on forester registration.
He at all t im es advocate s profession alism amon g fo resters and has directed thousands o f h is fo rm e r students toward the area of fores ter ethics and professiondlism. In a d d iti on , he is one of the 4 Societ 1 of American Fo res t ers ' sta unch

Fores ter Gene Roge rs of the Com mi ssion's Statesboro Di st rict has been recognized as an Out standing Tr ee Far r.1 Inspector by the Tree Farm organization in Geor~ia.
J.W. Gnann, Ch a irm an of Di strict 10 of the Tree Fa rm Program, said "I a m very proud to repo rt that Gen e Rogers .. . was selected as an Outstanding Tr ee Farm Inspector in the state for the per iod end ing June 1, 1979 ... Gene was one of only two inspectors so honored in the entire state."
The announcement was made in late September.
During a per iod of seven months, the

Comm ission fo reste r certifie d 15 new Tree Farmers and re -cer tified 37 Tree Fa rms.
Gnann sa id a number of Commission personnel are "working hard on the program and without their help, the program would not be as successful. .. we appreciate their help and support."
Th e chairman sai d the program, designed to e ncour age the private landowner to do a bette r job of managing the timberl and "at a time when we are concerned about the future timber supply in Georgia," is gaining momentum in the state.

Geo rgi a Forestry/ December 1979

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SHIRLEY

FRAZER

Society Honors

Nine Georgians

Ray Shirley, Director of the Georgia Forestry Commission, and Eley C. Frazer, Commission Board member, were among nine Georgians recently na med Fel lows by the Society of American Foresters, an honorary title which recognizes outstanding service to forestry and the Society .
Fellows are elected in odd-numbered years by a majority of members voting. Nominees must be recommended by written petition of 25 members or Fellows of good standi ng in the Society.
Other Georgi a foresters e lected to the honor at the recent annual meeting of the Society in Boston were:
George A. Anderson, Brunswick; Claud L. Brown, Athens; Douglass A . Craig, Avondale Estates; Frederick W. Haeuss ler, and Lou is F. Kalmar, Savannah; and Arthur W. Hartman and Walter J. Myers, Jr ., Atlanta.

ENTOMOLOGY GROUP
HEADED BY PRICE
Entomologist Terry S. Price of th e Management Departmen t, Geor gi a Forestry Commission, has been elected 1979-80 Chairman of the Georg ia Coun cil of Entomology .
Offici a ls of th e council sa id th e organization seeks to improve the economic conditions and general we lfa re of the people of Georgia by advancing the science of entomology through stimula tion of research, education , regul atory control and service activities.
Membership includes some 160 en tomologists throughout the state who are assigned to federal, sta te and co unty agencies.
Price sa id he is now m akin g plans for the group to gather in Macon in th e fall of 1980 for its annual meeting.
Geo rgi a Fo restry / Dece mber 1979

GOVERNOR DEDICATES MILLION PINE CENTER

Travelers on the Jim L. Gilli s Highway (1-16) can now take th e Soperton exit and come upon one of the most unique welcome centers in the state.
It's the Million Pines Welcome Center and it is housed in a 134year-old log cabin. A new wood shingl ed roof and a wide porch have been added to the structure and it is furnished with antiques donated by citi zens of Soperton and the surrounding area.
The center also features tools used in th e early day s of the nava l stores industry and an exhibit especially designed for the building by th e Georgia Forestry Commi ssion. Contained in a gl ass case is an edition of The Soperton News which was the fir st newspaper ever printed on newsprint made from
Th e old log cabin and its
furnishings provide a unique welcome for tourists
traveling Interstate 16.

Governor and other dignitaries address large group from front porch of the rustic welcome center .
southern pin e. The basic structure of the cen-
ter, which was recently dedicated with ceremonies attended by Governor George Busbee, Senator Hugh Gillis, County Commissioner J im Gillis and several other Soperton a rea le aders, wa s bu ilt about 1845 in Em a nuel County by Curt is Barwick (1823-1902). It was moved to Treutl en County ahout 1960 and again moved to it s present site this year when descendents of the original owner donated th e cabin to the City of Soperton.
The Forestry Commission work ed with J . Clayton Stephens, Jr., president of the Treutlen County Hi storical Soci ety, in creating an exhibit and selecting naval stores tools a nd rei ics for th e center.

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The group of Georgia Forestry Commission personnel, weary Georgia, pose briefly at the Atlanta airport before heading from days of fighting mountain fires and the long trip back to home to their families.

Volunteers Ready For Next Big Fire

[fJ or nine days they were cut off from the world without tele phones, television or newspapers. During their 12-hour working day, they sweated in heavy protective clothing in muggy 80 degree temperatures and when the late night thermometer dipped to 40, they tried to keep warm in sleeping bags.
There was no soap for bathing away the daily grim and meal s often consisted of C-Ration.
Most of the men in the crew of 20, however, vowed that they would do it all over aga in if called on to volunteer.
They were personnel of the Georgia Fo res t ry Commission who wer..! quickly asse mbled a t the Atlanta Airport on a hot August day and flown to Boise, Idaho to help battle one of the largest forest fires on record in the We stern Un ited States.
T heir f1rs t day o f duty included a 9Y2 m ile hike to one o f the fire scenes, fol lowed by a mile- long c limb virtually straight up a Mo ntana mountain.
Ranger J oe Cha rles of the Commission's Gilmu Cou n ty Un it at Ellij ay, was crew chief fo r the Georgians and told of the men wo rk ing with "a Pulaski and a shovel."

"It was a lot different than the way we fight fires here in Georgia," Charles pointed out. "But, of course, out there the terrain was very steep and there were abso lutely no trails ... no way you could use machinery."
He said there was very little undergrowth in the mountain region, but the sedge on the ground and heavy moss in the trees contributed to a "very hot fire."
The crew chief said the Georgia firefighters were stationed in a remote section that had been designated a "primitive area" and when they found time to bathe in the middle fork of the Salmon River, they were not allowed to use soap. "Soap would contaminate the water," Charles said. "In fact, we were told to pic:< up everything man made before we left the area."
The ranger said the only thing that reminded tl1em that they were not com pletely removed from civilization was the buzzing of helicopters in the sky. "There were so many of them that at times they were like a bunch of giant gnats," he said. On occasion, the copters would fly in hot food and supplies and pick up cards and letters the men had written to their families back in Georgia.

Ranger Joe Charles of the Gilmer County Unit, GFC, shows wife, Maxine, a map detailing the wilderness area the Georgia crew secured during the big fires.

He said the men had no fishing gear, but managed to catch trout out of the river with safety pins fashioned into fish hooks. "They also ran down grouse for a campfire feast and some sighted bear, deer, wild goats and elk while on duty."
Charles said the men in his crew "worked exceptionally hard ...they were well trc:ined and well disciplined and there was no griping." He said their morale remained high and "they got along
well with U.S. Forest Service people and others we worked with."
In fact, the Georgia Forestry Commission contingent received a very high Fire Crew Performance Rating from the U.S. Forest Service. Charles said they were cited for excellent attitude, physical fitness, production, safety, attention to fire fighting fundamentals and for other reasons.
Actually, the big fire in the West this year was not the first for Crew Chief Charles. It was the fifth time he has answered the call to help fight the sfubborn mountain fires . He has served as crew chief in all fires except the first one in 1954.
In 1970, he was in charge of a Geor gia crew sent out to Great Fall s, Montana and in 1973 he led a group flown to Washington state on a 10-day mop up operation that ended up in Montana. He returned to the West in 1977 for a 13day tour of duty that took his men from Idaho to California and then back to Idaho.
Charles, a native of Ellijay, has been with the Gilmer County Forestry Unit 25 years. He served two years in the Army and saw action in Korea as an infantryman. He is married to the former Miss Maxine Burnette and they have a son, Alan, and a daughter, Beth.
The ranger admits that danger is always lurking on the fire line, but he said his crewhad.only one "real close call."
"Back in 1973, our Georgia crew and a California crew were building a fire line on the side of a steep Montana mountain when we got word fr o m an aerial observer that we were completely surrounded by fire," Charles said. "There were five bulldozers in the vicinity that day and they hurriedly leveled a place for helicopters to land and rescue us."
If the call comes, Ranger Joe Charles is ready to go again.
Georgia Forestry/ December 1979

The first two local contests have been held to select girls to compete for th e 1980 Miss Georgia Forestry title next June at Jekyll Island. The early pageants were held in Henry and Treutl en Counties.
Miss Lisa Orr, 15-year-old Henry County Senior High School student at McDonough, was selected Miss Henry County Forestry from a field of 26 contestants. She was crowned by Mi ss Tammy Burl eson, the 1978 queen in her county.
The pageant judges selected Miss Sharon Johnson first and Miss Rita Miller second place winners in th e contest sponsored by the Henry County Farm Bureau Women. The new Miss Henry County Forestry is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Orr.
In the annual pageant in Soperton, Miss Suzanna Smith was crowned Miss Treutlen County Forestry. She was crowned by the former queen, Miss Barbara Brantley.
Second and third place winners were
PAGEANT WINNERS
Misses Gilda Anr. Driggers and Mich ael Mclendon and Little Miss Ange la Noble s was crowned Mi ss Pine Seedling.
The new Miss Treutlen For estry is a 16-year-old high school junior and the daughter of Mr. a nd Mrs. Winford Smi th.
The pagea nt was sponsored by Epsilon Rho Chapte r, Bet a Sigma Phi.
Th e young lady selected from winners in loca l contests throughout the sta t e will be crown e d Miss Georgi a Forestry next June at the annuai convention of the Georgi a Forest ry Association on Jekyll Isl and. She will receive a $500 schol arship and numerous other prizes.
Th e current Miss Georgia For estry is 17-year-old Kathy Padgett of Augusta.
Top photo, Miss Lisa Orr of McDonough wears her crown as the 7980 Miss Henry County Forestry. At left, Miss Suzanna Smith poses following her coronation as Miss Treutlen County for the new year.

WHEREAS: The infestation of the Southern Pine Beetle has reached epidemic proportions in Baldwin, Bibb, Butts, Chattahoochee, Clarke, Coweta, Crawford, DeKalb, Douglas, Grady, Hancock, Harris, Heard, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Morgan, Muscogee, Pike, Putnam, Stewart, Taylor, Talbot, Troup and Upson Counties; and
WHEREAS: The threat represented by this growing hazard has the potential of seriously affecting one of this State's most vital, economic resources, forest products; and
WHEREAS: The Georgia Forestry Association and the Georgia Forestry Commission are coordinating efforts to implement a cooperative effort designed to initiate a program toremove from the forest and utilize wood which has been affected by the infestation of the Southern Pine Beetle; and
WHEREAS: It is imperative that all Georgians understand, appreciate and participate to the fullest extent possible in the act ivities of the forest industry in Georgia to combat this very real economic threat to this important industry.
NOW, THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, I DO HEREBY
PROCLAIM & URGE: That all Georgians, particularly forest industry representatives and landowners, take all necessary precautions and recommended remedies and concentrate their efforts to bring under control through recommended salvage operations and practices the very real and serious threat which the infestation of the Southern Pine Beetle represents to our forest resources_
BE IT FURTHER
PROCLAIMED: That the Director of the Georgia Forestry Commission is hereby direct ed to focus his attention and activities to the hereinabove counties with particular emphasis upon coordinating and prescribing these immediate efforts which are necessary to insure a containment of the infestation and minimization of the economic loss which might othe rwise occur if the present disastrous renditio ns are not brought under control_
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the Executive Department to be affixed_ This 21st day of November, 1979.
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[I] here was a welcomed lull in the activity of the Southern Pine Beetle in 1978, but the stubborn insect came back in force this year to devastate tre es in epidemic proportions in some sections of the state.
Druid Preston, Chief of Forest Management, Georgia Forestry Commission, recently to ld a group that "in some counties during the summer it was the heaviest beetle infestation I have ever seen."
Ray Shirley, Commission Directo r, said at a joint meeting of the Commission's Board, U.S. Forest Service rep resentatives and other forestry interests, that he personally flew ,over Upson, Taylor, Crawford and other Mid-Georgia counties in June and was amazed at the extent of damage caused by the beetle.
He pointed out that the Commission is working with the landowner and industry in every way possible to control the infestation, but new and bette r methods are urgently needed.
Sh irley said forest industries throughout the state have been extremely cooperative in buying beetle -killed timber a nd as a result many landowners have been able to realize some compensation for trees destroyed by the beetle. He emphasized, however, that only about one-half of the killed trees have been salvaged.
Preston said approximately 309,000 cords - about 48 percent of the beetlekilled timber- have been salvaged.
Commission Entomologist Terry Price said landowners are being advised that the recommended control calls for the immediate removal of all infested
trees, as well as the clearing of all trees in a buffer zone 40 to 100 feet sur rounding the killed timber.
As scientists continue to search for more effective methods of dealing with the problem, H.E. Williams of Woodbine, chairman of the Commission's board, declared that the fir st priority must be the salvage of the dead and dying trees now in the forests o f Georgia. Board Member Jim Gill is, Jr., of Soperton, agreed with Williams but emphasized that "the final answer must come from research."
Robert C. Thatcher of Pinevi ll e, La., manager of the Southern Pine Beetle

Immediately following the issuing of the Proclamation by Governor George Busbee, the Georgia Forestry Association in cooperation with the Georgia Forestry Commission, called a meeting of wood industry personnel to discuss the problem of salvaging beetle killed pine.
As a result of this meeting, Commission District Foresters in Newnan, Griffin, Columbus, Americus, Washington, Athens, Macon and Milledgeville were named chairmen of Forestry Commission District Committees to be made up o f personnel from city, county, state and federal agencies, forest consultants, wood industry, Farm Bureau, landowners and o thers interested in stopping the Southern Pine Beetle, to look into the coordination of salvage e fforts in these areas. Industry pledged their cooperation in the e ffort. Both Bill Barton, President, Georgia Forestry Association, and Ray Shirley, Direc tor, Georgia Forestry Commission, stated the beetle must be controlled during the next four months before they become ac tive again in warm weather.
Program, U.S. Forest Service, said several important advances have been made in the detection and sup pr ession of th e
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insec t, but further study is necessary before broad tiel d app li cati on can be realized.
In looking ahead to 1980, Pr ice sa id there will be substantial beet le broods ove1 wintering to cause continued mor tality next sp r in g. He said landown ers are being advise d to work thi s winter w hil e beetles are dormant in clearing out a ll known spots o f infestation.
Ira Tiller. procurement forester with the Wilkes County office of Southland Timber Company, noted that cold weather has consi der ab ly slowed the advance of the beetle in th e coun t ies in which he serves. For a time, he said he had diff icu lty in keeping up with the rus h of landowners who ca ll ed for sa lva ge cutting.
"We now feel we are gainmg on the
Georgia Forestry/December 1979

Workmen in Washington load pulpwood which has been salvaged from beetle-killed tion a re found, the landowner is co n-

trees in the Wilkes County area. Many mills and timber companies are cooperating tacted by Commi s~ ion personnel and

in buying wood hit by the beetles.

advis e d of me as ures th a t sh o uld be tak-

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e n to h e lp pre ve n t t h e dama ge from spre ading .
Although w inter months wi II check

t he ac ti vity o f t h e deadly bee tl e, it will

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not m a rk th e end of the problem with th e stu b b o rn insect. T he Georgia Forestry Commi ss io n wi ll continue to main-

ta in a con sta n t. vigil across the state to

situation ," Tiller said, " but we still ha ve pest was killing trees in 79 counties and keep tr ace of its activity.

plenty to do."

the infestation re ached epide mic stage s

All la n d o wne rs a n d others who have

Tille.r's company maintains 14 re- in 24 counties.

p ro iJi e m s co ncerning t he Southern Pine

gional offices and contracts wood har-

The Commiss ion m a kes p e riodi c Beet le - or any other fore st pest or

vesting on the lands of some of th e flights over every section o f th e state t o di sease- are urged to co ntact the nearest

state 's la rge st pulp and pape r mills . The ke e p a bre ast - of in sect a nd di sease act ivi- di st ri c t office or county unit of the

compa ny also buys timber from private tie s. Wh e n significa n t spot s o f infesta- Commissio n.

la ndowners. "In fact," said the for ester, " some

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40 pe rcent of our volume come5 from

We ofte n h ea r t h at southern pine cut pine s ; in Virginra, the time was

small la ndown e rs who h ave less than beetl e-k ill e d tr ees ca nn ot be satis factor- closer to two years ... left dead in the

200 acres."

ily us e d fo r pul p or lumber. T h is is no t forest six month s or longer, wood in

Pe rsonnel of the Commi ssion' s For - true! Le t's exa mine th e facts. Resea rc h beet le-killed pines deteriorates and pro-

est Ma n agement Departme nt sa id m a ny res ult s fro m t he USDA Expanded South- duc es paper with lower tensile strength

oth e r compa nie s are also wo rking close- e rn Pin e Bee tle Resea rch a nd Applica- than that from unattacked pines. Not

ly w ith timberl a nd o wn e rs in th e sa lvage ti o n s Progra m sh o ws that much of t h e much tearing stre ngth is lost for trees

of k illed trees.

wo od is sou nd eno u gh for various pro- standing dead up to one year, but is

During th e he ight of t h e So uth e rn d uc t s.. .in T exas, research shows that aft e r that ...ave rage volume for plywood

Pin e Bee tle invasion of Georgi a fo res t s bee tl e-ki ll ed p in es d ea d up to one year

ven eer from beetle kills is not signifi-

t hi s summe r , th e Commi ss ion found th e had nea rl y as much pulp yi e ld as green- cantly lower than that frorn green trees. 9

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Ray Shirle y, Director of the Georgia Forestry Commission, right, receives the President's Achievement Award from the Georgia Forestry Association. Th e high award was announced at the association's annual convention, but Shirley was unable to attend due to illness. It is presented here on behalf of the GFA by Cash Harp er, Assistant to the Director, Georgia Forestry Commisc;ion.
State's Christmas
Tree Growers See
Encouraging Future

Georgians this year will buy more than a million Christmas trees, but only 15 percent will be grown in the state.
Th e future of the Christmas tree industry in Georgia looks bright, however, and it is predicted that most residents could eventually enjoy trees grown within the state.
The Georgia Forestry Commission each year cooperates with the Georgia Christmas Tree Growers Association in compiling a list of growers. Some allow buyers to come to the tree fJrm and select and cut their own tree.
This sales method provides the buyer with the freshest possible tree and at the same time provides a family adventure that could become an annual tradition.
Some Georgia growers a lso offer live trees with complete root system protected by bur lap for replanting on the lawn after the Christmas holidays.
orectorie5 provi ding a list of growers featuring tif)s on the maintenance of Christmas trees are available at all Geor 10 g1a Forestry Commission offices.

A portrait of Or. Charles Holmes Herty, who revolutionized the naval stores in dustry through his turn-o f-the-century experiments on what is now the Georgia Southern College campus, has been do nated to the college by his daughter. The large fr;:,med portrait will hang in the college's Herty Building adjacent to the Hert y Museum's collec tion of tur pentine artifacts. The portrait, which measured 28 x 32 '12 inches including the guilded frame, was donated by Herty's daughter, Mrs. H. Philip Minis of Princeton, N. J. He conduc ted his turpen tining experiments in 1907 on what are now the college grounds. Th e experiments revolutionized the naval stores industry.

Air Operations
Forester Phil Parrish, formerly assign ed to the Commission's District 17 as a farm forester and helicopter pilot, has been na med Air Operations Specialist with offices at the Macon Hangar.
In announcing the assignment, James C. Turner, Jr., Chief of the Forest Pro tection Department, said Parrish will t a ke over all tasks and assume areas of responsibilities involving aviation that were formerly performed by the late Hank Slentz and currently performed by Curti s Ba rn es and Don Frey e r.
Turner sa id t he shift in res pon sibilities will free Barnes to d evote full attention to other areas of fire control and Freyer will have more time to attend to the RFD Progra m.
Turn e r said Parrish is highly qualified in all ph ases of a ir operations through both military and civilian experie nce.
WOOD PROJECTS SET
Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland has announced plans to expand to six New England states a pilot fuel wood project which may help reduce home heating costs this winter.
In remarks to the Society of Ameri can Foresters, Bergland said the project, part of President Carter's energy program, could result in sa vings of from $11.2 million to $14.5 million for New England residents.
Bergland said every cord of fuel wood used in airtight stoves and fur nace s under the project will sa ve three barrels of oil.
Georgia Forestry/ December 1979

HEATING WITH WOOD

Forester Doug Joiner of Union Camp did considerable research before installing a moneysaving wood fuel system in his home. Here is his story.

FORESTER SAVES $700 ON WINTER HEAT COSTS

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BY DOUG
had expected some real savings when I got my new woodburning heater but my wildest imagination

JOINER
The next step was to cut and split some oak wood to season. Green wood may burn OK in fireplaces but at least 60

didn't come up to $700 savings in one winter.

percent of the wood for wood heaters should be dry. Split o ak ,

It all started a couple of years ago when many of us in

if ricked properly, will season adequately if cut in June o r

total electric homes started getting winter bills of $200-300

July.

per month. I knew I couldn't afford that kind of 'heating bill.

I cut and seasoned four pickup loads of oak and used three

Being a forester, I knew I could cut enough wood to heat my

more loads of green wood cut during the fall and winter. So m e

house entirely.

pine cut in "stovewood lengths", 8-10 inch es, d ri ed and spl it

A Department of Agriculture bulletin I ordered showed the

in small pieces of one to two inch thickn ,~ ss, w as necessary f or

relative value of heating with various fuels. By converting

good fire starting.

KWH's to "Therms" and doing a few more computations, I

Hooking the wood heater to a firepl ace is no t an easy job

learned that 25 pounds of wood would furnish as much heat as

but not too tough if you know how to do it. I used sheet

about $2.50 worth of electricity lin a woodburning heater of

metal to cover the fireplace but some of th e li t erature reco m-

about 65 percent efficiency).

mended asbestos mill board or both . It is very import ant to

This meant that a heaping pickup load of oak wood should

hook up th e heater properly, k ee ping both he ate r and stove-

give about as much heat as $250 worth of electricity with the

pipe far enough away from w all s, flo ors and ot her co mbust-

right kind of heater.

ibl e m aterials. Also a good floorpl at e of asbestos and sheet

I priced wood heaters and ordered a few books on wood

metal must be put under th e hea t er . No one should attem p t to

heating. The shocking facts learned here were that a common

install a heater without reading up on t hese th ings beca use an

fireplace is only 12-15 percent efficient compared to 25-30

improperly install ed hea t er ca n set your hou se on fir e.

percent efficiency for cheap wood heaters and 60-70 percent

Are wood heaters f o r everybody ? Pr o bably not! In t he

for good air tight wood heaters. After carefully looking at good heaters, I came to the conclusion that American made

Manchester Area, a light pic k u p load of wood delivered to your d o or cost $ 2 5-30 last ye ar. T his is th e eq u iva lent of

heaters of around $300 compared favorably with Scandanavian heaters costing $500. Tests have shown many of th e better built American heaters were just as efficient.
The subsequent decision was tough because I hated to give up my fireplace. There aren't too many top eff ici ency hea t ers that can be used like an open fireplace for a few hou rs enj oy -

$175-200 worth of electric heat if burned in a good woo d heater .
I cou ld not have heated my house entirely wi th woo d without good insu lation. Th is is th e best money o ne can spend in our age of high ene rgy cost s.
T he kind of wood needed for heating is readily available in

ment in the evenings. The downdraft heaters an a side lo ading o u r area . Much sm all o ak wood is wasted in modern timber

cabinet heaters were out. I cam e up with an air t ight hea t er ha rvesting operat io ns o r left damaged on the land. Such waste

weighing 460 pounds and costing about $500. Th is hea t er was wood can often be bo ught on the site for very little money.

lined with firebrick, would accomodate 20 inch wo o d (ac ross)

Some of the t imber companies will allow cutting at !it tle or no

like a fireplac e and w as gu aranteed to last th e lifet im e of th e cost in areas covered by scrub oak if proper permission is ob-

o riginal owner . I w as a littl e concern ed abo ut hea ting 2,600 t ain ed.

square feet on two levels w ithout a bl owe r but dec i d~d t o give

Wood energy can be the answer for many peopiP who are

it a try.

w il li ng and ab le to go to some extra troub le to save money.

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Georgi a Forestry/ Dece mber 1979

GEORGIA FORESTRY

When Mcintosh County Forest Ranger Preston Rozier learned that Oldnor Island was ablaze, he knew that he had to take some swift and desperate action!
The tower at Townsend reported a great column of smoke rising from the island some nine miles off the Georgia coast and the ranger and three patrolmen quickly armed themselves with fire rakes, flaps, back pumps and axes.
The foursome headed for the coast with no idea how they would get across nine miles of water to battle the fire that was destroying a beautiful stand of pines.
"When we got to the coast. .. to Shellman Bluff," the ranger said, "we had a streak of luck ... l ran into an old friend who is with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and he had a boat."
The Georgia Forestry Commission personnel and the boat crew loaded into
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MciNTOSH RANGER HAS U NIOUE RESPONSIBILITY OF GUARDING PINE AND PALM STUDDED ISLANDS AGAINST FIRE

the craft and took off for the burning island.
"We had to move fast," Rozier said, "because the tide was going out."
When the boat arrived at the 550-acre island, Rozier and Patrolmen Hayden Davis, J.S. Rozier and Danny Holmes

surveyed the situation and qurckly went to work to make a wide firebreak with their hand tools.
"We never worked harder in all our lives," Rozier said, "and when the fire hit the break it showered fire on the other side."
He said the break, hovyever, checked the momentum and they quickly ex tinguished the smaller blazes.
After it was all over, it was determined that lrghtning had caused the fire.
Suppressing a fire and saving hundreds of acres of valuable timber is not a unique experience for Commission personnel, but using hand tools to do the job on a remote island is not a challenge that faces most of the Commission's rangers and their crews.
The lady who owns the uninhabited island said she was very thankful for the way in which the ranger and his fellow firefighters responded to the difficult fire and she wrote a letter to Commission Director Ray Shirley commending their efforts.
Rozier has been fighting fires for the Commission for more than 30 years, but he said the island fire on that hot summer day in 1978 stands out in his memory as the most unusual. Oldnor is one of several in a chain of small coastal islands under his responsibility.
His favorite, however, is a 50-acre plot of pine and hardwood called Rozier's Island.
Ranger Rozier has owned it for 25 years.
Preston Rozier mspects some of the tall timb.r on one of the islands under the protection of the Commission's Mcintosh Countv Forestrv Unit.
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CORK OAK IS STATE CHAMPION
A huge cork oak (Quercus suber) at Georgia Veterans State Park in Crisp County has been declared the new State Cham pion Tree for that particular species.
John D. Woodward of the Holt Walton Experimental Forest, U.S. Forest Service, Vienna, was t he nominator of the big tree. His measurements show the circumference at four feet above ground level and below branch swell is ten feet and two inches.
Total vertical height is 47 feet and average di ameter spread of crown is 65 feet.
Woodward said the oak, located near the traffic circle in the park, is in good physical condition.
Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park is located n ine miles west of Cordele on U.S. Highway 280.
Photos by Way ne Adkins, U.S. Fo rest Se rvice, Maco n.
Georgia Forestry/ Decembe r 1979

Personne l and fri e nds of th e Georgia Forest ry Commi ss ion throughout the state were saddened October 22 to lea rn of the sudden death of Henry "Hank" S lentz, one of the Commission's veteran aircraft pilots.
Ha n k, who had been with the Commiss ion 27 ye a rs, di ed at his home late Sunday, October 21, 1a nd news of his death reached the Commission the following morning. Fun e ral services were he ld two days later at Memorial Chapel in Macon and burial was in Middl e Georgia Memory Gardens.
Hank was a native of Van Wert , Ohio, and was educated in Taft, Ca liforni a. He se rve d five years with the Army Air Corps w ith ran k of Major during World War II. Hi s career w1th the Commission began in Atlanta in the f a ll of 1952 and he was transferred to Macon when the headqua rters was moved to th e Middl e Geor gi a city.
Serving as se nior pi lot for th e Commi ss ion, Ha nk was a lso a n instructor a nd taught se vera l others who beca me pilots in the organiza tion .
Survivors 1ncl ude his wife, Mr s. Carol Nea l Slentz of Macon : two sons, All e n E. Sl e nt z a nd Ri chard M. Lyn c h, both of Macon; two daugh ters, Mrs . Laraine Toby of Longmont, Colorado and Miss Mary Frances Slentz of Macon; his mother, Mrs. Gladys Slentz of Taft, California; three brothers and five sisters .
He was a member of Cross Keys Baptist Church in Macon .
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I am informed th at it was largely throu gh the effort, interest and coope rativ e spirit of Forest Patrolman Wilbur Copeland o t. the Ware-Pie rce Forestry Unit, that we were finally able to gain control of the fire which enveloped the flat car of West Coast lumber which was found on fire in Train... Even though we had the support of five f ire departments, the situation was such that satisfactory access could not be achieved and it was through the ingenuity and perspirat ion of Mr. Copeland that the load of bundled lumber was pulled f rom the car so that f ire fighting personnel could extinguish the f i re.
Please express to Mr. Copela nd our sincere appreciation for his cooperative endeavor which enabled us to move the car clear of the main line and then exti ngui sh the f ire.
H. J. Pigge , Superintendent Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Many thanks for allowing Chuck Place to help us with the environme nt al educatio n workshop at Rock Eagle 4-H Center. Chuck did his usual good job o f instructing and representing the Commission.
The workshop was successfu l, and the 36 participants overall should contribute signi fi can tly to environmental education in Georgia and other areas of the South.
Thanks again for your f ine cooperation.
Stanford M. Adams, Director Off1ce of Information USDA. Forest Service Atlanta, Georgia

The Fort Valley State College Youth Conservation Corps is greatly indebted to the Georgia Forestry Commission for its support. Cliff Harg rove has led an excellent forest investigation session and also spent a day working with us on tree identification. We appreciate his time spent in the planning of the session as well as his leadership.
We also have worked closely w1th John Branan on severa l work projects at Arrow-
head Seed Orchard and Morgan Nursery. The work situations were always well organized and an excellent wo r k envi ronment made these work projects among the enrollees favorites.
We appreciate the help Chuck Place has offered in facilitating these activities. You have a very impressive staff and we have been pnvileged in working with them.

Cathy Belew

M. C. Blount

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We want to co mmend the L aurens County Forestry Unit for so quickly answering our cal l when our home was burf)ing. Had it not been for these men, we would not have a roof over our heads. We are so deeply gratefu If
May God watch over your men and keep them safe from harm as they so willingly do their good deeds.
The E. H. Floyd Family Route 5 Dublin, Georgia
am writing in regard to the quick actions of three of your employees who extinguished a fire in a mobile home in our county recently. Their ac ti o ns saved the resident s of the mobile home extensive loss from fire. smoke, heat and w ater damage.
The Dawson County Sheriff's Department responded to the fire by dispatching two fire knockers, both of which were built by your personnel. When Dawson County Volunteer F iremen arrived. they found th at the fire on the cooking stove had been brought u nder control by Forest Ranger Jerry Barron and Pa trolmen Randy Ches t er and Phillip Talley.
W e feel very f or tunat e to have th ese three men, along wi th i:1e ot her personnel you have, working in our cou nty . My personal b el ief is that your departmen t uses the t axpayer's money to the fullest. Your department is always willing to help in every possible way and we know that we can count on the Georgia Fores try Commissio n to render their services whenever the situation warrants.
Ran dall Townley, Chief D aw son Coun t y Volunteer
F ire D epa rtment D awsonvill e, Georgia
Thi s is to express my appreciation to you for se nd in g to our library the quart erl y publicat ion Georgia F orest ry . W e have some stu dents i~school w ho are planni ng on studying forestry an d this periodical is very much looked forward to in ou r library.
We look f orward to Georgia Forestry thi s year. Thank you.
Kay C. Widem an ( Mrs. Brad) Librarian, Westbrook School Dixie, Georgia
As a reader of a very Interesting artic le about the M1ss Georgia Forestry Pagea nt, I enJOyed the art icle very much along w1th other classmates. We think th at the article will encourage more young ladies to enter the contest in the future. And f or Miss Kathy Padgett, my classmates and I hope th at she has a ni ce year as Miss Georgia Forestry of 1979.
Althea Callaway Route 2, Box 5-A Union Point, Georgia
Just a note to thank you for participating in our recent triennial meeting in Atlanta. We had a good workshop, and your presentation "Regeneratio n Pl an For The South" was wel l received. The southern I&E Chiefs are to be commended for the thoroughness of this plan, and you fo r the fine presentation.
C. Nelson Brightwel l, H ead Cooperative Extension Service University of Georgia

LOGGING THE FORESTERS

Ml LLIANS

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WI L LI AMS

BRANTLEY

W.O. Ml LLIANS, JR., District Forester,

Georgia Forestry Commission, Milledge-

ville, has been elected to the office of

Secretary-Treasurer of the Southeastern

Section, Soci e ty of American Fores-

ters ...STEPH EN JACK HOLT, a native

o f Jackso n, T e nn., is the ne w Commis-

sion forester assigned to Macon, Marion,

Schley an d T aylor Counties ...WI LLIAM

TOWNSEND, patrolman with the Rich-

mond County Unit for seven years, has

been named ranger of the Burke County

Unit. He is a graduate of Butler High

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Augu sta ...CHAR LES

WILLIAMS, a graduate of Jenkins High

School who came with the Commission

as a patrolman in 1970, is now ra nge r of

the J e nkin s County Unit. ..ANDREW

BRANTLEY, a native of Swainsboro

who came with th e Commission in 1970

as a patrolman in Em a nu e l County, has

been assigned range r of th e Candl er

County Unit ... NATHAN A . BYRD, a

multiple use specia li st, U.S . F orest Ser-

vice , Tucker, ha s been named a Fe ll ow

of the Soil Conservation Society of

America ...THOMAS C. WISEMAN has

been appointed assistant to the execu-

tive vice president of Forest Far mers

Association and assista nt edito r of Fo r-

est Farmer maga zine.

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(1) Veteran Forester Frank Pullen of the Commission's Columbus District admires a piece of luggage presented to him during a recent retirement luncheon given in his honor by fellow personnel. He

served the GFC 40 years. (2) Patrolman Bill Williamson of Gray,

right, receives a Georgia Forestry Commission award of appreciation from Macon District Forester Lynn Hooven. The retiring patrolman had 28 years service. (3) H.P. Varnadore, Assistant Shop Supervisor, Macon, served the Commission 26 years and is shown here examining luggage presented to him during a retirement din-

ner. (4) District Ranger J. Pendley Holmes, Rome, third from left, is presented an award for 34 years of faithful service by George Collier, Forestry Commission Field Supervisor, during recent retirement ceremonies. Looking on are the ranger's wife and Rome District Forester Tommy Mauldin. (5) Three District Foresters receive Commission Safe Driving A wards on behalf of the personnel of their districts at the recent South Georgia Training Session at Norman Park. Left to right are Joey Hall, Americus; Rowe Wall, Columbus; and Jerry Lanier, Statesboro. (6) Accepting Safe Driving Awards for their districts and the A t/anta office are, left to right, District Forester Tommy Mauldin, Rome; District Forester

Frank Eadie, Canton; Orene Duvall, Atlanta office; and District

Forester Preston Fulmer, Newnan. The awards were presented at the North Georgia Training Session at the FFA Camp near Coving-

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SECOND CLASS POST AGE PAID AT ROME, GEORGIA

WISHING YOU AND YOURS A JOYOUS
AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
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