Georgia forestry, Vol. 4, no. 2 (Feb. 1951)

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Geor~ia Fores t ry

Cooperation Strong T heme

(Fr on th e Manch es t e r Me r cu r y)
The most dangerous forest fir e s e ason of the ye a r i s now a t hand , a nd it behooves a ll citizens of the Tri -County a r ea t o cooper ate f u lly with fir e s u pp r e s s ion pe r sonn e 1 in t he t h r ee c ounties t o red uce l oss to ou r p r ecious natur al resou rces.
We recall this same per i od last year when Geo r gia suffered its wo r st f or es t fire season i n 10 years. Hu ma n ca r e l e s sness and incendiarism top the l is t as t he causes of t hese fi r es.
Fores t ry and fofes t p roducts i n dust ri es are a multimi ll ion do ll a r business in Geo r gia, and t he woo dlands of !eriwether, Harris, and Tal'bot Counties provide jobs and a good living for a great many of our c i ttze ns. To protect these j ob5 and to

1ns u r e th e we lf ar e o f the s e pe opl e and of a ll of us, i t is i mp era t ive tha t we do o ur u tmo s t to cu t d own and fu lly e l imina t e fire losses.
All three of the Tri-Counties now coopt> r ate in the s t a t e-aid forest protec ti on pr ogram and are better equifped than ~ver before in h1story to ight forest fires.
F i re fighting c r ews stand ready for 24 hou r, r ound- the-c lock duty, t o mov e in a nd fi ght fir e s wherever started . But the y need the help of every citizen i f they are to be suc ce s fu l in t hei r efforts. And an ounce of prevention is wort h a hunred pounds of cure i n for e t fire fighting.
Care with flames hi ll pr e vent mos t fo r est fires, and mak e us nll the wea lth i e r and happ ier thereby.

Pulp , P a per, S erve South

(From the Atl anta COnsti tution)

The pu lp and pape r industry i s one of the by prod ucts o f Geor g ia' s and t he South's b igge st natural a sse t s -the ir pine for e t s wh ich spr aw l ove r most of the l and .
1o r e t h an on cot ton, mor e t han o n p ea n u t s a nd tob a cco , we lean econ om ica lly on t he pine tr e e. It s l umbe r is th e da rli n g of the na ti on ' s ~uil din g t rad e s industry . It furnish e s mo st o f the wo rld's na v a l stor e s . It i s h e l pful in c ountl ess other wa ys .
~or e and mo r e we a r e beg i nn i ng t o r ea li ze t ha t in t he p ine tr ee we have an i mpo rt an t c r op . We u s e d to j us t l et the pine s g row a s they wou l d and the y did pre tt y we ll on the i r own. But we l ea r ned that if we con side r our p ine s a s a c rop, nurt uring a nd using them wi se ly , t hey are va stly mo r e p r of itab l e .
P1r1 e s, f or example , g rown on good land y i e l d f o u r t imes as much lumbe r as pine s g r own on the ave r age scrub land.
Pi nes yi e ld mill i ons t" Geo r g i a ' and the Sout h. We know t h<lc c1mbe r ing
is Georgia's biggest stng l e industry .

Rut on l y a c omp a ratively f ew p eop l e r ea lize how importan t to our economy i s the pu lp and pape r indus t ry .
I n Geo r g i a, f o r e xamp le, we have si x tr emendou s pulpmi ll s emp l oy ing an e st imat e d 5, 000 pe r son s who d raw a tot a l of $17,000,000 a year in wages. In addition, 5,000 , 000 persons gain emp loymen t f r om t he p ulpwood indust ry or i ncome fr om t he pulpwood i nd ust r y or income from pulpwood st um p a ge amoun t ing to $27 , 500 , 000.
Ca pitol inve st men t of t he indus -
tr y is mo r e t ha n $7 5. 0 00,000 .

Georgia Forestry

Vol. IV

FEBRUARY, 19 51 No. 2

A monthly bu ll e tin publ i~hed b y the Georgi a Fo r est r y Commission, 435 State capitol, Atlanta. Entered as second-cl a s s ma tter at the Post Of f i ce , Atlan ta, Ga ., unde r t he a c t of August 24 , 1912. Member, Georgia
P re ss Associ at ion .

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Pictured a bove is the bas ic desipnof the 1951 CooPerative J'ores t fire Prevention ca-mpaign . The new slogan , "YO(J CA li S:rOP THIS SRAlt!EfaL ft'ASTE", i s t ied to that
of tree ding campai ns !JJhich h:It;e as thetr chief "'essu.ge, "REMEMBER, ONLY YOU CA.~ lrV!IIT GRE'T IRES.'' The ne!J, .;ampaif!n tltene e!flf;ha~izes ~raphically and. dramat ally 'hat "i'CfJ A1i STOP 'l!HlS 3" '"'f , W49 '1'f."

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Georgia Forestrv

P~ ,QdMJcicd~,o.n Meet

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Bank participation in forestry programs served as the central theme of the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association's annual meeting at the Atlanta Biltmore Hotel January 23-24 .
Georgia's well-known banking figure, Earle Cocke Sr. , shared the spotlight during the Tuesday morning session with T.M. Bake r, of the Federal Land Bank of Columbia, South Carolina, the only federal land bank in the nation to make l oans ro encourage tree farming, and G.C. Ware , Chairman, Forestry Committee, American Bankers Association.
Cocke . President o.f the Fulton National Fank of Atlanta , described t o the mo r e than 250 SFCA me mbers a n d gu e sts the tr ee -pl a n ti n g machin e prog r am ins t it ut ed b y hi s b ank and r eport ed 241 Ge or gia Ba nks parti c i pa t i n g. "He r e, " he s aid, "is a program where eve r ybody wi n s --..,eol-'l e of the coun t y, the ra il roads, ana even t he banker himse l f -- bot h as a banker and a l andowner. ''
Baker, out 1ini ng the his tory of his bank's encouragement of good forestry, said the organization oegan in thf' Par ly 1010's to examine

possibilities of extending credit on timber lands. He concluded the program had been " entirely satisfactory'' and lauded the pulpwood industry fo r its cooperation.
The SFCA' s Genera 1 'V!anager and Forester, Henry J . Malsberger , said the progress reported for the pulp-
wood industry in 1950 served as evi-
dence that "this voluntary approach to the private timberland owner is reasonable, effective , democratic, and a means of pointing the way to an adequate supply of trees today, tomorrow , and in the future."
Tuesday afternoon speake rs we r e W.J. Damtoft, 1\ssistant Secreta ry a nd Treas urer , Cha mr>ion P a p er and F i br e Company , who s p o k e on "Fifty Ye ars o f Ind ustrial Forestry P rogress; " E . W. T i n ker, Execut ive Secre tary , American P ape r and Pulp Assoc i a t ion , wh ose topic was "Importance o f the South ' s Pulp and Paper indus-
t r y;" R . ?f . Wo r tham, J r. , retiring
P r esident, SFCA; and M.H. Collett, Assis.tant to the Vice President, West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company.
Tames D. Arrington , humorist of Coll1ns, ~1ssissippi, addressed the annual banquet.

LI?ADER' AT PULPWOOD COJifi:REN,!i!--M . H. CoLLet, Assutant to the Vice President, lt'eH
ft , rJnf rs ,~th R. W, Wortham Jr., r~tirin2
~~otof!raph. irt .ude J Gr1/u Jr., It'~+: r y, I t ~tt nai ap r 'ompan 1 , Jeer e-
i ty of m rt f r oer

February, 1951

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Fire Danger High,

Despite Rains

Keeping down timber losses from woodsfires in Georgia wi ll be an e ven more di fficult ta sk today than it was during the state's forest fire sea-son of last year.
Such is the report of Guyton' DeLoach, Director of the Georgia Forestry Corrrnission, who po inted out '1a zardous cond itions for fo rest f ires in G~orgia a re e ven more prevalent today ti-Jan they were last Feb ruary.
DeLoach issued hts r>port fo llowing s tatewide inspection tour s of many o f the Commission's 86 counties now under f ire protection and said, " Only through the whole-hearted cooperation o f the public c an we expect to keep our fire losses below t hat of last season . "
Pointing ou t that 27,000 of Geo r gia's valuable woodland acres already have been destroyed in fires during the first four months of the current forest fire season, the Commission official warned that "too many persons have been lulled into a false sense of secu rity because the

State has had somewhat heavier rains this season than 1as t.
''lhose who think this factor will reduce the forest fire danger dur ing the remainder of the current fire s ea:!JOn are mistake , " he declared . "Although it is true that most o f the Georgia areas have reported increased rains, the fact remai ns we have had a near-record-breaking cold season."
DeLoach emphasized tha t this ext reme cold has resulted 1n pasture, gras slands, and woodland underbrush being more cured and easily turned- despite increased rain.
"Another fac t or," he added, "\\Tiich has increased the danger of forest fires this season, is the increase in turpentine prices. Such an increase a lways means more stands wi 11 be open to turpen t ining t h an when prices are lower- -- as they were last year. Opening more stands means more burning off of unde r brush. P ro pe r c ontrol burning under adequa t e
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H~H WILL BE 'IJOME' fOR COMMISSION'S DISfRlU'f J'ORKSTERS--Pictured is the drawing oj

h :ldquart r ln..i'd;"lg uhi,.h will be constructed in the nine forestry district oj

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Georgia Forestry

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Announcement of a star-studded panel of many of the nation's top forestry leaders is expected to attract several hundred persons to Savannah February 15-17 to attend the annual Southern Forestry Conference .
The convention theme for this year is "Private Enterprise in Forestry."
Heading the l ist of outstanding
speakers will be Sen. Allen J. Ellen-
der, of Louisiana, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Forestry and Agriculture . Herman Work, Chief Forester, Virginia Pulp and Paper Company; Rep. Robert L. F. Sikes, of Florida, Chairman of the Permanent Unofficial House Forestry Bloc, and Arthur ~1 . Nelson, Chief Forester, Flintkote Corp., will also speak. Governor Herman Talmadge wi 11 also address a luncheon group if his legislative program permits.
Savanna h ~ayor Olin Fulmer will deliver the welcome to the group, and W. M. Oettmeier, Fargo, President of
the American Forest Farmers Association, will deliver the president's address.
Additional conference speakers are A. H. Ward, past State Commander of the Ame rican Leg ion for South Carolina and an active agricultural ex -
tension worker, who will deliver the keynote address; Roy Car t er, Professor of Wood Ut iliza t ion , North Caro lina State College; 1\1. T. Barrow , Chief Forester, Camp \~anufacturing Company; Mathias W. Ni ewenhous , Chief Forestry Advisor , National Security Resources Board ; 01ar!es L . Tebbe , Coordinator, U.S. Forest Sex vice, and Harold S. Newins, Director, School of Forestry, University of Florida.
Oettmeier also will give the final address of the Conference Saturday. Another Saturday discussion willbe b y Ke nne t h B . Pome roy , Offic e r in Ch:Jr gP, Lake C it y , Fl o rida .
Included among discuss1on t opics wi 11 b<> ' 'Timber land Olvn<" r s' Part i n the '\lational Em rg<"ncy, ' ' and

''Contributions of Forestry Groups Toward Advancing Private Forestry".
Highlights of the session will include a special forestry exhibit in which every phase of forestry activity both in management and firefighting will be included.
Exhibitors will include the Georgia Forestry Commission, the- U. S. Forest Service, and American Forest Products Industries, southern pulp and paper industries, saw manufa~ turers, tree planter manufactLrers, and mill equipment representatives .
On the opening day, Thursday, February 15, a SouthernForestry Golf Tournament will be held on the Championship Course at the Oglethorpe Hote 1, and bridge wi 11 be f eatured for the women attendi ng the Conference .
Attendance is open to al l friends of forest conservation. Timberland owners, operators, and representatives of forest industries are particularly invited to attend the 1951 conference.
Smokey Says:
SAY- -TJ-IANKS FOR REPoRTING THAT f(:)REST FIRE To Trl E
FORE5T FIRE WARDEN~ Wf 60T IT IN 1iME---YEAH,51..112E SAVEO A LOT OF iiMI3R Fl<oH Bt.JR!\1-
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" A stitch in time . "

February 1951

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Keep Georgia Green Week

F ebruary 18-24

Governor Herman E. Talmadge has o fficially proclaimed the week of February 18-24 as Keep Georgia Green Week and has called on a 11 Georgians to cooperate fully in 11elping to prevent woods fires and hold down the loss and .destructiveness that results fromwildfires.
"Keep Georgia Green Week," the Gove rnor declared, "is :,et aside in t he hope that the observance will impr ess upon a ll Georgians the necessity o f protecting and deve l oping t he for ests that prov ide the r aw mate rials for a $.300 million business every year and furnish a livelihood for mo r e t han 120,000 o f t he s t a t e ' s citizens . I wan t to urge a ll c it izens of the state to coope r a t e fu lly wit h t he Geor gia Forestry Courniss i on, the Georgia Forestr y Assoc i a t ion and 111 1 ot he r woodland p r o t ec t ion o r gan izations in helping to p r even t and comba t woods f i res . "
Hugh W. Dobb s, pr es iden t of the
Geor g i a Fores try As soc i at ion, s a i d, " For t he fourth year the Associ a t ion is s pon so r ing the Keep Gr een movemen t in Gec r g ia and asks e ve ryo n e to r e me mbe r th a t our wood l ands a r e one of our gr ea t e s t n a tu ra l resour ces and our most e xtens ive ag ricu lt ural c rop inGe o r gi a . When we bu r n our woodl a nds we not only a r e dest roying many hund r eds of d oll a rs in valuab le ti mb e r th a t might be ha r ves t ed now, but we ar e taking away f r om our f u tur e p rosper i t y. During t his week long obs e r v anc e , which wi 1 1 b e rna 1;ked b y s pecial p r ogr a ms , news st o r ies , and r ad i o b roadcasts , we a ppea l to the cit izens of Geo r gia t ::> watch over their woodlands with ca r e and diligence. We ask all Georgians to be e spe ci ally car e ful wi th fir e i n and near t he woods no t o nly du ring Ke e p Georgi a Gr e en Week, b ut to r ememb e r to Keep Geo r g i a Gr ee n a ll yea r l on g. "
FtJrthe r emphasis was p l ace d on Keep Geor gia Gr een Week by Guyton DeLoach, Director, Geor gia Forestry CorTII1ission . "The Geo r gia Forestry Association," said DeLoach, "1s setting an excellent example in sponsor1ng the Keep Gre~n Week and is lending vi tally needeci support to

the forestry p r ogram thr oughout t he state."
DeLoach assured Governor Talmadge and President Dobbs that " activi t ies of the Forestry Commission are con-
tinuing to expand and each of the 86
County Forestr:,r Programs is being strengthened. Citizens of eve r y pr o tec t ed c ounty are coming to r ealize the ou ts t anding service thei r Forest ry Unit renders i n i ns uring them cash income b y p r o t ec tin g the i r wo od l and s . We u rge o ne and a ll to obser v e a ll f ire safety ru l es, r ededicate themselves to he l ping i n p r even ting woods fi r es, and to pr ac t ice t hese rules every day throughou t the year to Keep Geo r gia Gr een . "
The Geor ge Foster Peabody School o f Forestry , Unive r sity o f Georgia , ha s been na med one of 25 col l eges and unive rsi t ies in the Uni t ed St ates now a c cr edi t e d for profe ssional instruction in for e stry , according t o a nnounc eme nt b y Cha r l e s F . Evans, p r e sident o f the Society o f American Fores .t e rs, the accr edit i ng orga nization .
The new list of accredited institutions has been approved by the Counci l of t he.Socie t y on recommenda tion o f t he Committ ee o n Acc r ed itin g. The acc r ed i t i ng procedu re is based on f actual da t a submitted by each institu t io n , fo l l owed by pe r so n al i nspec t ion by a visit i ng commit t e e, which evaluates those quali tie s of forestry cur ricula which are d i ffic ult or i mpossib l e to stat e i n que stionnai r e .
Of 34 institutions offe ring forest ry curricula of pro fes sional ca l ibre, 28 a ppl ied for examinati on and inspection by the Society during the reacc r editing of lQSO. Three institutions, not previously accredited, were added to the forrner list of 22.

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Pu4h ~~tee Pla,JUv; J ellv Elliott

Everyone's getting jnto the pine tree planting act in Troup County-and that includes the schools and c hurches.
Their participation came about last month through the activity of the Troup Farmers Foundation, which announced that all s chools and churches of all denomina tions i!1 the county were eligible to receive a "free gift " of p ine seedlings.
Chu rches and schools which placed 1a rge enough orders with the Foundat i on al so received the machinery and labor to p lant them. Small orders were p lanted by volunteer l abor of the schools and churches themselves .
The Foundation, which orde rs all its s eed lings f r om the Georgia I.-orestry Commission, has been carrying out a program of encouraRing pine tre~ p lanting i n Troup, Coweta, Harrts , Heard, and Meriwether Counties. Farmers have been pl acing their ord er o;; witha Foundat i on rep1escntativ e in LaGrange who, ha s them planted on the indi vidual's land wi thout that pers.-m even having t;o lay a hanr:l on a seedling.
Charges have been $2.75 a thousand f or seed ling and $3 .25 a thousand for planting them. The t ractor , planting machine, and labor have been furnished by the Foundation and are included in the above c ost .
The Fc-undation's e fforts, according to E 1 }' R. Callaway, one o f the Trust~es will have resulted in ap-
r ,.,nmat 'y 1 'llilhon pine SE"edlin~s ~eing set out in the fi ve counti~ during the plnnhng season.
Indicative of the conn1ent the Foundation's prog ram is b ringing is the f ollowing excerpt from a recent issue o f the LaGrange Daily News:
" The ef forts of the Troup Farmers Foundation a nd o f eac'-1 indi vidual m mber and <.ontn~utor arl' ~.., hf'

Featured Again
Geor gia radio listeners for the s econd consecutive year a re learning the 1 r forestry lessons to the t une o f a twansi ns guitat and a varif'ty of the o ld- fashioned " hoe-down'' t unes.
The lessons-- a nd the music-- are be ing brought by one of the nation's favorite hi llbilly combinations , Jellyl':lliott and his Three Knotheads . F.specially des igned fo r Southern auHences, the programs a re be ing
transmitted b y 40 radio s tations in
the state, each of which is ca rrying t he full 13-week series o f quarterhour recordings.
TI1e p r ograms were heard on more than 30 Georgia stations last year.
Luring his audie~ce to t he radio with such old and colorful favorties a s "Boil 'Em Cabbage Down, " "Cinc innati Dancing Pig," "Ida Red, " and "Southern Hospitality," mae stro Jelly then explains the value o f our fo restlands, why we must pre vent for est f irrs, a nd how wise woodland managemen t wi 11 benefit the landoHner.
The recordings were produced a s a part of the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevent ion Program.
praised for promoting this g reat wo rk .
"The i dea o f sizeable forests 1n Troup C.ounty is a heritage f'> r com tng gFnt.rl.ltion~ tha t is I'Ve'l rx>rC" wonderf 1l tltdn auti fu l structures we ma y build in town, and larp:e p rofits we ~~ bank f or e ventual c onsurnptton by our rl'lativl's and heirs. T o leave t he world bett.er. in s ome measure, a t least, than it was when we came into i t, is b oth Biblical a nd just. And much planting a ncl planning for futurl' generat ions is one surt> way of doinp this."

February, 1951

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~Its RcuuJup
Rangers and Foresters in Today's News

A pat on the back v ia l e tt e r came recently to Range r T.M. Strickl and , he ad of the Ba ldwin County Fores try P r ogram. TI1e lett e r came f rom Mrs. va Hood , who lives n e ar Coope r v i ll e . She e xp r essed a ppre ci a t i on to Strickland and his crew for bringing under control a woods fir e on her ac r eage.
Mr s. Hood had called t he forest r y unit after wind whipped a lighted piece of paper , wh ic h she wa s usin g to light a fire under a . washpo t, into a nearby brush, st a rting the blaze .
"The Forestry Unit , " she said in he r letter , "cert ai nly provides wonderful protection, and I think Range r- St r ~ c kland a nd his men a r- e doin g a wonderfu l thing in the ir wor k. The y sav ed my house a nd barn f rom ge ttin g bur n ed a nd a l so saved the woods fr om a bad f i re , since only one acr e o f fo r es t land and th r e e ac r e s of o pe l"' land burned.

Long County Range r W. H. P a rk e r has b een busy helpin g FFA youths with the ir pine tr e e pl a n t ing program. The boys recently received 15 , 000 seed l ings for planting a s a gif t f r om the Union Bag and Pape r Company, and Long gave them adxice on the p r oper method of setting out t he seedlings . Ear li er the Ranger had exhibi t ed a free farm poster display in a down store.
The Che roke~ County P r otection Unit recently r e c e ived high praise for their unt i ring ef fort s t o c omba t
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P l ans for an ai r pa tro l to keep Glynn County's timber l and unde r su rveilance during the dangerous forest fi r eseasonnow are under way, according to Ranger Chester Betts. He said the air patrols will be equipped with two-way radio , with the pi lot notifying the 'Ranger headquarters as soon as a blaze is spotted.

Co'ue ta County R?.nger 0: . P. Eubanks
(tn Photo at rig h t) is at the two - way r~dio of one of the oldest, jeePs i ~ ~he ~~e of the Georg ia forestry Commisston . A ~ete ran of more than jour yea~s ser~i re , the vehicle has rack~d up more t~ n 55 , 000 miles. R?.nger EubanP~ still ~eca LLs the day back in 19~7 when he d otd the jeeP a>td ?. beautij1tL occupant , Swa i nsboro ' s v~ss Ann Garre t (X~Js tho~!?ia forestry of 19LJ7) into the lobby of _AtLanta ' s Ans_Ley ~oteL.. The occaston '1JG~ t:h G orf'i?. }ore t y As~ociation con1Jent1,0'1., and the Jeep 'we'l.t ~nto the lobby :tri.t h the i~e'l. f!Oing t~<L L bLa>t . "

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Ge rgia Forestry

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woods fires. James 0. Holcomb, a Forsyth County landowner, said in a letter to the Forestry Commission, "I am a person who likes to see trees growing; I 1ike to hunt also, and I hate at any time to see fire ravaging beautiful timbered tracts doing damage not only to timber but destroying game and its rightful habitat.
''I wartt to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to the department for the services they render and I'm hoping that more people will wake up to the same fact and let it be known to those who are striving to keep Georgia's forest green and beautiful.

''My brother and I fought fire on our farm recently for about six hours and finally brought it under control. The next day the fire broke out or was set anew. This fire was threatening a tract of about 60 acres, three tena.nt houses, two barns a nd one crib.
' ' The 01erokee County Protection Unit at Canton sighted the fire and carne to our aid .
"These men are to be corrrnended for their alertness and d i sregard for time of day , and their seemingly untiring efforts to stop forest fires.
"Our thanks and grateful appr e ciation both to these men and to the forestry department "

..JOE BEAVER"' By Ed Nofziger


Forl'St !!errioo, U. S Dpartment or Acricultun>
''Of course our trees arc worth their weight in old-you can build a houue with fr s"'

February, 1951

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\lor e than 25 0 membe rs and gue st s
ga the red a t Albany Janua ry 12-13 t o
a tt e nrl t he a nnua l mee ti ng o f t he Southeaste r n Secti on, Society o f Ame ri can F o r es t e r s. Th e me et i n g 9pened with a l:: usiness sessi on in t he banquet room of the New Albany Ho t e l.

Chief speaker at the Friday night
socia l hour and banquet January 12
wasEar l eNorma n, Washington , Geo r gia, a tt~r ney . W. Ki rk Sut l i v e, Di r ec t or
o f P1.1bllc Re l a ti ons, Unio n Bag & P a per C orpo r a ti o n , of S ava nn ah , wa s
t oastmas t e r . The two pane l d i scussions, " Pub l ic Assistrmce to the
Private Landowner in Forest \lanage ment" and "Is Public Regulations Necessary'" high 1i g l1ted the final day's meeting.

Archie E. Pa t terson a nd R . Va nc e Mil e s Jr. , we r e modera tors. Thos e p a rt icipa ting in t he p anel discussion we r e Ru s sell A. Bonninghau s e , Erdma11 Wes t , Fr a nk Alb e rt , Jacob l\1 . Stau ff er , Osca r G. Trac zewitz, Theod o r e A. Li e f e ld , All e n Nea s e , Ne lson Bl o cker , J. Tie r be r t S tone , William H. Fisher, Wil l a r d R. Hine, William H . \loo r e Jr ., Hen r y J. Malsbe r ge r , and John P . Ha l e Jr .

New section offic e rs insta ll ed were J oe McCu llough , Chief Foreste r , Co ll ier Co r po ra t ion, Ev e r g l ades , Flo r i da, c ha i r man ; Dan C . Ro y a l , Se l ma , Al abama, . and Gene Gerrme r , h e ad o ft he Sta teFo r e st Range r Sc hool, La ke City, Florida, se c r e tary- tr-easure r.

Out go i ng s e ct ion o ffic e r s we r e

B. E . All en , Savannah , c h ai rman; C.

Huxl ey Cou lt e r , Ta lla ha ssee, Flor i d a;

vic e chai r man, a n d J ames F . Spie rs ,

St a t e sbo r o,

s ecr e t a r y-t r e as urer .

All e n o ffi ci a t ed a t t he mee ti ng .

A held

a~ro1cdiaayl

houT and banauef were n 1 ght , January 2, at

the Radium Springs Clubhouse on

the Thomasvill e Hi ghway. Enter -

ta inment was provid ed during the

evening. The bus iness session in-

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supe rvision doesn' t 1ncrea s e the numbe r of .fires. Improper con t,.r ol w1th o ut a d e qua t e supe rvision will he l p make t his fi r e sea son fa r wo r se than the l ast yea r 's .
Geor gia's annua l heav y f o r es t fire season begins in Septembe r and l asts unti l ea r ly spring. During the first four months of the current season, 27, fi77 acres in p r otec t ed coun t i es a l one were burnerl .
During t ha t same pe ri od, l , 1599 fires we r e r eport ed by t he p rot ec t ed coun ti es .
" Each f ire during tha t pe r iod," DeLoach pointed out, " burned an :werage of 16 acres, and nea rl y eve r y one of these fires was s t arted by human care 1essness . "
Wa r n i ng t ha t th e fires thi s sea s on have incr eas ed i n number and i nt en sity mont h b y mo nth , the Commis sion Dire ctor cit ed 70 f ires which b urn e d 622 acr e s in Se ptember ; 272 fires which burned 4 , 147 ac r es in
Oct ob e r ; 531 fires which burned 6, 268
acres inNovember, and 826 fires which burned 16 , 640 ac r es in December .
Av e r ag e amount o f the l a nd s b urned by each fir e was about four
and a hal f acres in Sep t embe r ; 15 in Oc t obe r ; 12 in November, a nd 20 in
Dec e mbe r . J anua ry f i r e fig ur es, now be i n g c ompil ed b y the Commis si o n, a r ~e xpec t e d t o ap p r oach o r ~ v en t o su r pas s t he h i gh Decembe r total.
"Whe n t he re po r ts of the havoc wr eaked d uri ng l a s t winte r' s fi r e se a son wer e r e l e ased ,' ' De Lo ach added, " we wer e hi ghly e ncou r aged by the i nte r est s hown b y t he pub li c in preventing a r epeti t i on o f such a r e co r d . Now , abou't a y ea r l a t e r , we no t e tha t pre vious int e r es t has dec r e a s ed , despi t e the mo u n ti n g n um be r o r fir e s this seas on.
"Unle ss t he inte r e s t and c oope r a tion o f t he pub l ic in preven ting woods fi r e s is r ein t ens1f ied , " he de c l a r e d, "Ge o r gia st an d s to lose t hous andsmo r eo f its wood l and ac res."

Georgia F oreatry
FEBRUARY lt51

Entered as second c lass ma t t e r a t th e Pos t b ffice, Atlanta, Geo r g1 n .

GIFT & EXCHA NGE SECT ION UNIV. OF GEORGIA LI BRARIES ATHENS GEORGIA