Georgia forestry, Vol. 6, no. 4 (Apr. 1953)

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GEORGIA FORESTRY

Vigilance Needec

Forestry Unit Means Business Enforcing Forest Laws

For Preventing Springtime Fire~
(From the Atlanta Constitution)

(From the Bulloch Herald)

Our local forest prote ction unit means busines s.
According to J. W. Robert s , Bulloch County Fo r es tRan ge r , one person has been fine d in Bulloch County for violation of the state forest fir e laws.
A guilt y p lea wa s entered r e cently in th e City Court with Judge Cohan Anderson presiding.
According to Mr. Roberts the state forest fire laws says a person may burn his own property, if he take s the proper pre cautions. He must notify all adjoini ng landowners twenty- four hour s be fore burning. The landowne r mu s t al s o prepare th e n e cess a r y fire -breaks to keep fire

from crossing to the lands 0 f all adjoining property owners.
It makes no difference whether a person intends for his fire to get out of control or not, if it gets on property other than hi s own, the person s tarting the fir e is guilty of a misdemeanor.
This is right and just.
Landowners trying to prote ct the ir for es tlands need protec tion from irresponsible people who insist upon burning their own lands.
We commend those who have the courage to prosecut e those who would ruin our forestlands.

Vol. 6

GEORGIA FORESTRY
April, 1953
Published Monthly by the
GEORGIA FORESTRY CO;\li\II SSION, State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia Guyton DeLoach, Director

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Members, Board of Commissioners:

G. Philip Morgan, Chairman -----------~------------- ________________ _________ Savannah

J ohn l\I. McElrath ____________ Macon

K. S. Yarn

___ Waycross

C. M. Jordan, Jr. ________ ________ Alamo

H . 0. Cummings ____ Donalsonville

Georgia Forestry is entered as second class matter at the Post

Offi ce under t he Act of August 24, 1912. Member of the Georgia

Press Ass ocia tion.

EDITOR

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Richard E. Davis

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Patricia McKemie

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DISTRICT OFFICES, GEO RGIA FORESTRY COM!\IISS IO ~:

DISTRICT !-Route 2, Statesboro

DISTRICT VI- P. 0. Box 505, Milledgevi lie

DISTRICT li-P. 0. Box 26, Camilla

DISTRICT VII- Route 1, Rome

DISTRICT III-P. 0. Box 169, Americus

DIST RICT VIII - P . 0. Box 811, \Va ycross

DISTR ICT IV-P. 0. Box 333, '\'ew na n

DIST RI CT IX- P. 0. Box 416, Ga i nesv ill e

DIST RICT V-P. 0. Box 328, Mc Rae

DIS TRICT X- P. 0. Box 302, Was h ing ton

Spring brings many good things to a land, but one evil accompany ing the season is that the fire hazard returns t o the woods. The winds are high, the timber's often dry.
Already from Hall County, from Dawson and Forsyth , there come reports of woods fires. Some of these, the rangers believe, were ''set.''
The spring fire s e ason calls for increased vigilance. Residents in the fares t areas must be careful not to violate common s e nse rules of fire prevention. Th ey s hould be al e rt to detect and r eport evidence of inc endiarism. Wood s burners must be punished.
There must be no r epetition of the disas trous fires which swept the mountain counties in the fall
of 1952.
MAN AGAINST FIRE has been the order of the day during recent weeks in many parts of the state as County Forestry Units have fought outbreaks of fires fan ned to intensity by high spring winds.
Here a heavy tractor and suppression plow of the Bacon County Forestry Uni t chokes off flames racing through young timber. Backfiring immediately on the inside of the cleared line prevents the raging flames from jumping i n to the unburn e d area , and quickly limits the death-dealing effects of the fire.

APRIL, 1953

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fltJUet 71{eet4 Leaders in forestry, industry, education and agriculture will convene at the Dempsey Hotel, Macon, May 13 and 14 for the 1953 annual meetings of the Geoorgia Forestry Association, the
alumni of the University of Georgia's School of Fares try, and the Georgia Chapter of the Society of American Foresters. The announcement of the joint meetings was made by Hugh Dobbs, Association President, Jack Hamilton, Alumni President, and Dorsey Dyer, Chairman of the
Georgia Olapter. Members of the Georgia Olapter
SAF, will meet on April 13 at 9 : 3() AM and will adjourn at noon. !In the afternoon, forestry school aalumni will gather at 3:00 PM.
l The three forestry groups will
hold an informal reception be,ginning at six in the evening, 1an d a joint banquet at eight o ' clock on the 13th, and a joint luncheon on th.e 14th.
Association members will convene at 9:00 AM on the 14th to hear discussions of the meeting's general themes "Keep Ge c:rgia green," "The Georgia Tree Farms P r ogram, " and "Assistance to Landowners. " Naming of the county winners of the Keep Georgia Forests Green contest, sponsored by the Association, and presentations of awards and cash prizes will highlight the meeting.
Judges for the Keep Green Contest, who now are examining county activity reports and visiting top ranking counties to determine the .vinner, are C. F. Evans, Atlanta, retired forester and past presi:ient of the Society of American Droresters; Elmo He ster, Atlanta ' Journal Farm Editor; and Carl
Flay, Assistant to the President, ! 1 F'ul ton National Bank of Atlanta,
the organization which sponsored mrchase of tree planters by banks :hroughout the state for lease to armers.
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Hish Winds - Trouble

A pril Weather Brings
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increased threat of wildfire to Georgia'swoodlands and fire suppression forces in many parts of the state have been faced with a high fire incidence during the past few weeks, despite the frequent rains that have occured during the period. The characteristically high springwindshave continued strong through the first weeks of April and have rapidly nullified the effects of many of the rains andquickly boosted the fire danger to a high point follo.ving the precipitation.
This summary of a report issued by Guyton DeLoach, Director of the Georgia ForestryCormnission,forecasts dry, hot days ahead that will be "just right" for many fires to spring up and quickly spread over large areas.
In his staterrent on fire cond1.-
tions at present in the state,
DeLoach pointed out that the most vital need in forest fire control today is effective fire prevention. ''It naturally follows that if more fires are prevented' there will be less need of fire fighting, fewer acres will be burned. and more trees will be left green and productive to continue and even increase income from forest operat ions as leading factor s in our state's economy.''
''During the spring planting season'' DeLoach continued,'' Our state is constantly in danger of being burned by fires unintentionally getting out of control. Farmers are cleaning off old fie Ids and clearing debris to prepare for planting. They find fire the best rreans of accomplishin~Zthese clean up operations," the Director
pointed out.

use rmde of it,' 'Director DeLoach pointed out, ''County Foresters and Ranger s are helping as much as possible in assuring that proper precautions are taken in control burnings. But they cannot be in all places at one time. It is imperative that landowners, themselves, take every precaution in preparing for starting any fire --by plcwinglands around the area to be burned and by having tools, equipmentandmanpo.ver availabl~in case a fire should get out of control,' 'DeLoach said.
''The lando.vners of our state,'' the Conrnission Director added, "will be heavy losers during the next few months unless fire safety rules al"'e integrated into their farmin~Z activities. These same landowners could avoid loss and actually gain in working tirre, wear and tear on machines, and in other ways if each one makes sure that his woodlands are at all times protected from that wanton killer-fire.''
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WINDS FAN SPRING FIRES--High winds coupled with dry weather during the spring months are exacting a heavy toll of Georgia woodlands.

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1953 Boys
Forestry Camp
Set For June
Preliminary plans for the 1953
Georgia fuys Forestry Camp, to be held this year at Laura Walker
State Park, Waycross, June 15-21,
have been announced by Guyton DeLoach, Director of the Georgia Forestry Commission.
More than 110 Future Farmers
of America Members from South Ge o r g i a , and ins t r u c tor s and speakers are expected to attend the camp.
The week of lectures, demonstrations, recreation and entertainment is sponsored by five member mills of the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association with the Commission conducting the camp.
Sponsoring mills are the Macon Kraft Company, Brunswick Pulp and Paper Company, St. Marys Kraft Corporation, Union Bag and Paper Corporation, and Gair Woodlands, Inc. All expenses, other than transportation are paid by the sponsors.
FFA members are chose.n to attend camp in each south Georgia county on the basis of past ach1evements in forestry and demonstrated interest in forestry. Organized county competitions are held with boys carrying out various forestry projects to qua 1ify for attendance at the camp.
Among the wide range of subjects the boys will study while at camp are thinning, mensuration, reforestation, marketing, insects and disease, harvesting, fire control, and tree identification. Demons trations wi 11 inc 1ude fire suppress ion, use of hand t0ols and equipment, nava 1stores practices, and operation of the bow saw. In all instructionemphasis isplaced on "learning by doing" with the campers actually practicing the fares try techniques.
An entertainment highlight of the week will be a field trip to theOkeefenokeeSwamp Park. Prizes will be awarded outstanding campers, and t,hose scoring highest on the comprehensive forestry exam given at the close of camp.

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February in Ge rrgia was a month filled with demonstrations on naval stores, reforestation, fire control, selective harvesting and other forest rmnagementpractices, conducted by many of the state's agricultural agencies, wood using industries and conservation associations, in cooperation with the Georgia Forestry Commission.
A series of ten naval stores demonstrations were held in nine South Georgia Counties under the direction of C. Dorsey Dyer, forester of the University of Georgia Agricultural Extension Service, and J. D. Strange, Valdosta, superior, for the Naval Stores Conservation Program. Demonstrations were held in Appling, Wheeler, Bryan, Evans, Toombs, Berrien, Long, Atkinson and Pe n Hill Counties. County Foresters and Rangers, and County Agents of the respective areas were in charge of the demonstrations with Area Foresters of the Naval Stores Conservation Program assisting
and discussing 1953 practices of
the program. At each event Dyer and Strange
demonstrated selection of trees to be cupped, new methods of installing turpentine faces, use of the bark hack and acid st imula-
LEARN MACHINE PLANTING-TYpical of instruction tobegiven at the '53 Boys Forestry Camp is this scene of FFA members practicing machine planting at last years camp. J. F. Spiers, left, Central of Georgia Forester, directs the gr rup.
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tion in clipping, and new methods of raising cups.
The forestry demonstration at thePaxleyStateForest highlighted the' 'Keep Georgia Green Week'' activities inApplingCounty.lhe program was a follow-up of the
1951 demonstrations set up on acid
stimulation and thinni~. Also during February, Professor
B.F. Grant, University of Georgia, School of Forestry, toured the state holding demonstrations in many carmunities.
Clay County also highlighted ''Keep ~orgia Green'' week with a series of forestry demonstrations. The demonstrations were scheduled for Arbor Day and plots were set aside three miles north of Fort Gaines. Professor Grant, Hugh P. Allen, Second District Forester of the Commission, C.J. McLeod, Assistant District Farester, Cy P_erkins, _County Pang~r, D. T. Sm1th, Sod Conservat1on Service Technician, Claude M. Cook, Vocational Agriculture Teacher, and D. C. Prumbalow, County Agent, led the program.
Professor Grant visited _Taylor County for two demonstrat1ons on forest mana~ment, use of power saws and fue control methods.
Two forest management demonstrations conducted by Grant in Wayne County were held to show producers how to better manage their woodlot in order to make their trees
more profitable. Among the de-
monstrations were thinning, improvement cutting, naval stores production, fire control, reforestation and weed tree control. Grant was assisted by Howard Dayle, Forester, Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association; M. E. Nixon, ~'engel Comrany, Rex Nance; timber division, Rayonier, Inc.; Henry Pac kus, Area Fores te r, Nava 1 Stores Conservation Program; and local pulpwood dealers and agricultural workers.
Grant led a similar forestry demonstration at Uvalda in Montgomery County, sponsored by the Er mswick Pulp and Paper Comrany in coorera t ion with the Commission, Extension Service and P. S. Forest Service.

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4 APRIL, 1953

Management Foresters

Attend Annual School

The second annual forest mana gerrent training school of the Georgia Forestry Cowmiss ion, held at Gray, Georgia, on March 2-6, brought together industry, U.S. Forest Service and Commission Foresters for ''a period devoted to intensive training of the Commission's management personnel in all phases of tree-growing services provided by the state,'' according to Guyton DeLoach, Director of the Commission.
''It was the Commission's purpose in this training session , as in others conducted at various times during the year, to concentrate on 'learning by doing' activities,'' CeLoach said. '' C'ur ultimate purpose is to provide the small landowners and forest opera tors of the state with the best possible services 1n cutting, utilization and marketing consistent with our limited funds and personnel,'' the Commission Director stated .
Representatives from the 10
forestry districts throughout the state were in attendance, including managerrent foresters, district foresters, and managerrent assistants of the Commission, and

representatives of Middle Geor-
gia forest industries, the e. s.
Forest Service and the University of Georgia School of Forestry.
W. H. ~\::Comb, assistant Commissian director in charge of forest managerrent, directed the sessions.
DeLoach and John M. ~\:Elrath, Jeffreys-~~Elrath Manufactur1ng Company addressed the group at the opening session. McElrath emphasized the ''Management Pr()gram from Sawmill ~erator's Viewpoint.''
From the University of Georgia School of Forestry, L.A. Hargreaves explained the importance of explicit reports and effective letter writing, and A. C. Worre ll spoke on ''Marketing Forest Products.''
J. A. Putnam, Southern Forest Experiment Station, Lectured on ''Management Hardwoods'', and ''Silvicultural Systerrn of Loblolly Pine'' was the topic discussed by E. V. Brender, South-
eastern Forest Experirrent Station, who guided the group on a tour of experirrental plots on the Hichiti
National Forest. C'n this field
trip John Barber, U.S . Forest ser vice, demonstrated poisoning of hardwoods.

Use and advantaf(s of' 'Plotless Timber CCuising - were explained and demonstrated by D A. Craig, L;. S Forest Service, Atlanta.
The gro up visited various wood using industries in the vicinit y forcl cser study ofwood utilization.
DECORATED- -John Hanmond, right, is cited for "meritorious service above and beyond the call of duty'' in the timber-warking battle of Fort Mountain. Frank Eadie does the honors as Hanmmd stands adorned with can top and stogie.
The Georgia Lumber and Veneer Company at Toombsboro and the Jeffreys-McElrath Company lands were among the sites and plants visited.

COMMISSION MANAGEMENT FORESTERS TOUR MACON PLANT OF JEFFREYS-MCELRA11f MANUFACllJRING COMPANY, LEFT, BELOW
,. J. A. Putnam, Southern Forest Experiment Station, Center, Right Photo, Lectures On Hardwood Log Grading
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GEORGIA FORESTRY

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May 1 has been set as the date for the eighth annual, and greatest, Pine Tree Festival. The 1953 Festival theme"Learn, I:hn' t Burn" will be depicted in decoration and pagen try, with greenery form-
ing a backdrop. Governor Herman Talmadge will
be the principal speaker and activities will incltrle the elaborate festival parade forestry exhibits, demonstrations, stunts, plays,

Phillips, School Representative; Noel Fowler, Carter Kea and Glenn Segars.
The Festival is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club with all civic organizations cooperating to make the gala day a success.
The ''Pine Tree Sitter'' stunt, originated for last year's Festival, will again be a highlight of the occasion. A large slash pine has been erected on the Court house square and the "Sitter" will, according to Chairman Glenn, ''stay up ,this tree the entire month of April preceed ing the f~::stival May 1.''
During the 1Q52 observance, Ray Prinson lived for one month in a tiny cabin, built among the branches of a tall pine tree on the pub1ic square. ''Each day,'' Glenn said, "by special arrangerrent with the telephone company, Brinson was interviewed over the loca 1 WJAT radio station, and he received letters, cards and telephone calls from all over Georgia, and from other states.''

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Miss Maurice Martin, 1952 Winner
movies and contests. The annual Festival has at-
tracted widespread attention, not only in Georgia but throughout the nation, as a novel and stimulating means ofemphas izing the importance of crops harvested from the county's 280, 986 acre a s of woodlands.
V. E Glenn, Superintendent of the Swains boro High Schoo l, and president of the Swai ns boro Kiwa nis Club, ha s bee n e le cted c hai rma n
of the Fe s t :ival Corrmi t tee . The Board of I:'irec tor s is composed of
Carlton De kle, Vice Cha i r ma n; County Agen Earl Var ne r , Secre tary; Roge r [ekle, Tre a s urer; F. Mat h is , Cha irman of Finance; W.O.

J[!n,JuP,coalikionetVUeUnJiw11 z,e Two newspapers and c 1ty and county schools in Polk County are cooperating with the Polk County Forestry Unit in a new venture in forestry education.
''Our Forests Today'' is a cooperative undertaking between the Polk County publ1c schools, the Cedartown public schools, the Cedartown .Standard, the Rockmart Journal, and the Forestry
Unit. The purpose is to teach forestry and its relation with life and good citizenship, to provide teaching guides and instruction materials for public school teachers, and to enlist the i nterest, cooperation and supr ort 0 f sc hoo 1 students and their rare nt s in th~ forest conservat ion program in Polk County.
The s eries will work in this ma nne r . Twic e each week, on Tues-

Sportsmen
Distribute
Pine Seed Hunters, anglers and sportsmen throughout Georgia are participating in the Georgia Forestry Commission's latest reforestation program by dis tri bu ting pine tree
seed in areas they travel while taking part in forest spo rts.
1l1e Commission ha s placed 500, 000 packets of seed in licensing offices of the Georgia Game and Fish Commission and each hunter or fisherman is given one packet with the purchase of a license.
Each packet contains six to ten seed with full planting directions printed on the packet. These instructions also relate the need of reforesting Georgia's woodlands to improve hunting and fishing grounds of the state.
"By thus soliciting the aid of our sportsmen and making them an integral part of this planting program," stated Guyton DeLoach, Director of the Commission, "we hope to impress upon them the urgent need of woodland management, reforestation and fire prevention. "hen the sportsman feels he has helped to grow more trees at his favorite hunting or fishing site, and has thus improved the area, he will think twice before being careless with wildfires. He will not want to see his recreational area burned, "DeLoach pointed out.
''We believe this drive will have a lasting effect on the im-
provement of our forest areas throughout the state,'' DeLoach said, ''not only by providing future timber crops, but through protection of existing forests."
days and Thursdays , a forestry column entitled ''Our Forests Today'' will appear in the Cedartown Standard, and each week an article will appear in the Rockmart Journal in the regular issue on Thursday.
Every second week on Thursday, a group of sample test questions will accompany the regular art icle. The test questions will be
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APRIL , 953

Ueum AT -FA Plans
April 15 Meet In Valdosta

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1he 1953meetingof the American 1urpentine Farmers Association Cooperative, to be held April 15 in Valdosta, '' wi 1] be another record- breaker," according to an-
nouncement by Ray Shirley, Association Secretary.
The annual neeting will be under the generalchairmanship ofGeorge Shelton, Sr., Valdosta. ''The meeting will follow the same pattern as those in recent years,"
Shelton stated, ''which means an interesting business session, good food and pretty girls on parade competing for the crown of Miss Gum Spirits of Turpentine of 1953.,'
Elect ion of directors and president of the Association will be an important part of the program. According to the by-laws adopted at the 1952 meeting, at least two directors are to be nominated from each Georgia District. The president is chosen from the board of directors.
Judge Harley Langdale, founder

. Un wn Ba~ and Paper Corporation 1s sponsor1ng a forestry contest for Future Farmers of. America membe~s _and chapte~s ln. South Georg1a 1n cooperat1on w1th _the State ~epartme':t of Ed_ucatlon.
To st1mulate 1nterest 1n better fore~ts for Georgia, LTnion Bag is leas1ng forestry tracts of not les s than 10 acres to school trustees, without cost to the school, for FFA chapters for a period of ten years.
en these tracts, members will
carry. out recorrrnended forestry pract 1ces as learned in their classrooms under the supervision of their Vocational Agriculture
Teachers, the conservation for-
esters of LTnion Fag, and County Foresters and County Forest Rangers .
Many chapters have already en-
tered the contest, and FFA members have planted their school forests with seedlings donated by Union Fag and Paper Corpora-

Prizes to be awarded by Pnion Bag to winners in this forestry program will include first prizes of $100 and second prizes of $50 to chapters judged to have done
the most outstanding work in forestry project work. The individual winning in each local chapter will receive a certificate of award.
The $100 award to the winning teacher and FFA member will be used to defray their expenses to the National FFA convention 1n
Kansas City. Winners for the state will be
se lee ted by representatives of l 1nion Bag and the Supervisor of Vocationa 1 ~gricul ture.

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PINE GROVE FFA SUIOOL FOREST-The Pine Grove FFA Chapter, now

election as president of the As- taking part in the school forest

sociation. Langdale named a com- project of Union Bag and Paper

mittee of five Georgia producers Corporation, conducts many varied

to nominate candidates for presi- pine planting programs. Henry

dent, and asked that his name not kneeling in right photo, and

be considered. Serving on the

George Mulligan show how the group

committee to consider the new planted seven miles of pine trees

nominees are Shelton, D. U. Carter,
Adel; Frank Staten, Statenville;
Clarence Newt m, Homerville and I H. F. Spears, Jr., Pearson. '
In issueing the statement that he waul d not be a candidate Judge Langdale said, ''I have been con-

on the highway from their school to Valdosta. Advisor M. J. Lane with Touchton, left, and Mulligan, in photo below, inspects four year old tines. Harry Coleman, right Photo below, demonstrates use of the Chapter post treating plant.

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nected with the association since

its birth, and I have seen many

up~ and downs for the industry, I

th1nk after these years, it is

well for others to serve.''

The stag supper on the 14th for early arrivals will be at the Valdosta Country Club, with Wal~ ter Autrey serving as chairman. Mrs. Billy Langdale is in charge of arrangements for the ladies' night recept ion and dinner, to be held that sa me e ve nin g at the Hotel Daniel Ashley.

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GEORGIA FORESTR Y

''Enforce Laws'' Judge Charges
Grand Jury
Wider recognition by jurists of Georgia's forest fire protection laws is resulting in greater enforcerrent and increased penalties for offenders.
In his charge to the Grand Jury at the opening of Gordon Superior Court on February 23, Judge James H. Paschall emphasized the importance of e nforcement of the laws for the protection of forests.
Judge Paschall cited statistics from a report of the Departrrent of the Interior showing the importance of the forest industry in the state's economy. He related that 166,000 individuals are employed in the forestry indus try in Georgia; the industry has an annua 1 income of $600 million more than the combined income from cotton and tobacco, and that three fourths of the world's supply of nava 1 stores is produced in Georgia's forests.
' 'There is no telling ho.v rna ny millions of dollars we .people of Georgia lose every year from farest fires, ' ' Judge Paschall said. ''During the past two years Gordon County people have realized thousands of dollars from forests they previous! y thought were worth little or nothing.''

Southern Bell Sponsors

4 -H Forestry Program

Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company will again this year sponsor the Georgia 4-H Club Forestry Program, according to announcement by Dorsey Dyer, Forester of the University of Corgia Agricultural Extension Service, and fl. J. Richardson, assistant state 4-H Club leader. The Extens ion Service will conduct the program.
Lane Hubbard, Corgia Manager of Southern Bell, said in making the sponsorship announcement, ''It was a privilege to those of
us in Southern Be 11 to sponsor
the 4-H Club Forestry Program in Georgia in 1952 and we are exceeding! y proud of the accomplishments of all the 4-Her' s who have participated in this program. We
are happy that we can again sponsor this program in 1953.
''We feel that the 4-H program is playing an important part in the deve loprrent of Corgia' s forest resources and in making our state one of the leading fore;; try states, not only of the South, but of the Nation,'' Hubbard added.
"The continuing intelligent development of our forestry resources will mean much to the we Hare of the state as a whole and to us as individuals."
In his rressage to 4-H club mem-

bers , Hubbard continued, "You boys a nd girls who live on farms in our state know of the importance of forestry. You know that Georgia is a leading state in the South in forest products. From our forests each year come timber and pulp.vooo, naval stores and other products.
''A large number of our citizens are dependent directly or indirectly on Corgia forests for their income. They realize that pine trees grow well on marginal land. They are putting land to use that forrrerly was of no value to agriculture.
' 'We welcome you into thi'i program because you will receive a great deal of benefit from forestry. Georgia needs more trees, and the people of the state are looking to you to complete reforestation projects and to protect the growth of pines already maturing in the state.''
Hubbard pointed out that 3,219 boys and 801 girls last year worked on forestry projects that included 16,909 acres of woooland. Chappel Collins, Jr., of Mitchell county was named National 4-H Forestry champion. Willard Colston, Habersham county, won the honor in 1951 and Lynn Ogden of
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WEST LUMBER COMPANY SPONSORS PLANTING PROGR~~- More than 250 Gwinnett County Future Farmers have qualified as expert tree planters by participating in tree planting programs at seven schools in the
county sponsored by West Lumber Company, Atlanta. L. C. Hart Jr., Company Forester, served as instructor and conducted the demonstrati ms with cooperation by Georgia Forestry Commission personnel and

the various FFA adv i so r s. In photo a t l eft, Hart, right, shows proper handling of seedlings to Sugar Hill FFA members. At right, Hart, Advisor Ra lph Head, left, and Assistant District Forester Raymon d Hill, center, check progress of Snellville members . Also participatingin the program were the Duluth, Bethesda, Grayson, Norcross and Dacula chapters. Signs will mark the various plantation sites.

8 APRIL, 1953

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Foresters And Rangers In The News

'' lliredevil '' is the new nick-

Fifty volunteers battled the

''A man who was planting pine

name for Chatham County Forest fierce blaze for almost five hours

trees lit a cigarette and threw

Ranger Ernest Edwards after his with ''just about every weapon a match down without first break-

daring fire fighting in one of the they could lay their hands on -

ing it,'' Gay said. ''The match

most destructive fires to ever brooms, shovels, bulldozers and started a fire and burned not only

race through Chatham's forests. water lines,'' according to Major

the newly planted pine trees, but

A wind -swept fares t fire, fanned William H. Kelley, Base Detach-

another man's pasture and into

by winds of up to 35 miles an hour, ment Corrmander of the Air National still another wooos. The fire

threatened an esitmated $11,000, 000 worth of Air National Guard
equipment and many civilian homes in the area. The flames leaped across a 50 foot runway and threa-
tened the entire Field building area, expensive vehicles, and ap-
proximately 200,000 gallons of
high octane gasoline, burning to
within 90 yards of the gasoline depot.
Vehicles were evacuated as firefighters fought desperately to

Guard. ~~jor Kelly in a letter to Ed-
wards, declared, ''This organization wishes to express its sincerestappreciation for the assistance given by you and your personnel in controlli~ the forest fires in the Travis Field area on
Sunday, 8 ~1arch 1953. The assis-
tance given by you and the other volunteer fire fighters helped save valuable g.overnment property,'' Kelley

almost destroyed a tenant house.'' Ranger Gay stated he 'had ra-
ther stand by for a contr~l burn than fight a wild- fire,'' and he urged those contemplating burning to plow a sufficient fire break, notify adjoining landowners and call the Terrell County Forestry Unit.
Giy described a fire in the county started from a man setting a fire in a field of broomsedge. ''There was no fire break plowed,''

keep the flames from igniting the building corrpound. Edwards mounted a bull-dozer," instructed crews to play streams of water

''Ironical'' is the express1on

he explained, ''and the adjoining landowner was not notified 24 hours in advance of the burnin~. The fire crossed onto another s

on him, and then drove headlong used by Terrell County Ranger

land and burned a beautiful field

into the flames to plow fire Lamar Gay in describing a forest

of clover that was ready for graz-

breaks.

fire in his county.

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"GRAY GHOST' PLAY DEPICTS FIRE STORY-The students and faculties of the Siloam and White Plains schools in Greene County recently produced the "Gray Ghost," a play depicting the tragedy of forest fires and the steps necessary in prevention and suppression of fires. Following each play Ranger H. E. Moore and Assistant Ranger Clarence Payne demonstrated fire fighting methods and equi ~ent employed by the Greene County Forestry Unit, right photo below. Students, Photo at right, man a forest lookout tower and after spotting fires, contact Rangers headquarters, left below. There the "Ranger" and his fire crew prepare for swift action in suppress-
ing the fires.

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COMMISSION PREPARES FOR 100 MILLION SEEDLING PRODUCTION -With the c OIJl) letion of the llorseshoe Bend Nursery i n Whee l e r County in the early summer, annual p r oduction by the Georgia

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Forestry Commission' s state nurseries is e ted to reach 100 million forest tree seed within the next two years. Production call of the new nursery will be approximately 25 mi seedlings yearly. The nursery will be pl : for the 1953-' 54 shipping season and will as the distribution terminal for southeast 1 gia for all species grown by the Commission

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Essay Contest Winners Named

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Edna Lea Weeks, seventh grade student of Mobile Granrnar School, Fannin County, has been awarded top honors in the state-wide Mark Trail Conservation Essay Contest ~onsored jointly by the Georgia federation of Women's Clubs and the Georgia Power Company.
Har llee Branch Jr., president
of the Power Company, and Ed Dodd, Atlanta artist of ''Mark Trail'' comic stripefame, presented awards
to ten Georgia school children in Atlanta on April 1 during the state convent ion of the Women's
Clubs. The contest was a project of the Forests and Recreation Committee of the Federation. Mrs.
Richard D. Fox, Jr., Dunwoody, is Conservation Chairman.
Cash awards totaled $500 and more than 3,000 fifth, sixth and
seventh grade students in Georgia entered essays on ''what Can We Do To Protect Our Forests and Wildlife?''.
The $150 first prize awarded Miss Weeks was accompanied by an orig ina 1 d r awin g by Dodd. Freddy Tibbetts , Gaines ville , won the $100 second pr i ze, and Ph i l M.:Rae, Talbotton , r eceived the $75 t hird pr1ze.
Winners of $2S honora ble rre n-
t ion awards we r e Ja n ice Harr ison, Eastanollee; Leigh Sanders , Cascade School, Atlant a; Martha Nell Rob i nson, Har twell; Ann Grogan, Roc krmr t ; Joh n Dub ber, Pal-
myra Sc hool, Albany; Joe Akin,
Midway School , Mi lledge ville; and Betty Ra bun, Thomson .

Many wood using industries are locating plants in <:eorgia and established firms are expanding operations as the increasing harvests from Georgia's woodlands make available more and more raw materials for processing.
Announcement has been made of the format ion in Atlanta of the Torphy-Fitzgibbons Lumber Company, a wholesale organization which will handle bothdomestic and Canadian woods. J.P. Torphy, of Miquelon, Canada, is president and J. G. Fitzgibbons, Atlanta lumberman, is vice president and general manager.
The Gainesville Box Company has been organized at Gainesville with the output of wood and wire boxes to be used primarily by the giant poultry industry of that area. The plant can produce 9, 000 boxes every 24 hours and they are delivered to customers flat and are locked into box shape as they are unpacked. Founders of the business are Harry Holland, president, Carl Smith, Vice-president and secreta<y and treasurer, and L. E. Holland, vice president.
Final judges in the contest were Mills B. Lane, Jr., President, Citizens and Southern National Bank, of Atlanta; Miss Elizabeth Mason, Regional Director of Women's Activities for the U. S. Forest Service; Walter A. Gresh, Assistant Regiona 1 Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The spec i al l oop wh ic h ma kes the fi na 1 clamp hold the box securely was invented by t he company.
The Jas per Lumber Company, Jasper, is now prod ucing boxes at the rate of more than 1, 000 boxes a day, and the mill is equipped to manufacture this item on a large scale. New eq u ipment installed for box operation i ncludes a boxboard rna tcher, three modern nailing machines, a double-header corrugated machine, one router, a dado machine, a press for printing on wood, and other machines. .Jack Adams is head of the lumber company.
The G. B. Hill Lumber Company, Cochran, is manufacturing fishing boats. The 12 and 14 foot boats, constructed of marine plywood, with weldwood glue and brass screws, are exceedingly light in weight.
A new building materials firm, the Carlton-lewis Supply Company has been opened by James E. Car 1ton and Donald Lewis to serve the entire Atlanta area. The company will retail a complete 1ine of building rna te ria 1s , including lumber, millwork, paint and hardware. The firm's new headquarters, including offices, warehorn e, display rooms and lumber s heds, is located at 1325 White Street, S.\\.
A modern veneer mill is now in operation in Sparta. The Sparta Mmufactur ing Corporation has ins tal led a ''Moore Veneer Dry
(C ont inued on Pa ge 10)

to at extreme left, land has been turned is being made ready for planting. At t, Nursery Superintendent Earl Wiegand, ?;radcr, and Assistant Nurseryman M. E. i~man, on tractor, construct road beds mgh the nursery. Above, pine straw
lected from nearby forests will be used
,Julch on seed beds for holding moisture

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n1 IS o 1 t ounty was the

state g1 r l winner l ast year, re-

ce1.v1. ng a tri.p to t he Nat1.ona l

4-H Club Congress in Chicago as

her ""''Wa The

rdde~n~trat1.on

Ofl7n to JUnior 4-H

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clpurbog~rarmnberISs

this year whereas only_ senior ~m-

hers could compe~e m previous

years. Boys and guls from ~hro-

ughout the state who are actively enr~lled 1n a ~-~ club forestry proJeC~ are eligible to compete

In VariOUS phases of the Forestry Program. _Boys and girls will ~ awarded tnps to the North ~org1a

4-H Forestry Camp at Camp Wahsega,

near llihlonega, July 20-25. Roys from North ~orgia counties and

girls from throughout the state

are e 1igible and they must pay

on!y transportation expenses to

and from camp.

Ten county agents and horne dem-

onstration agents are also to be

given trips to the camp.

Boys and girls in all Georgia

counties who carry out forestry

demonstrations and who are se-

lected as county winners will be

eligible to comrete for district

championships in one of six Gear-

gia Extension Service districts.

Prizes are offered for junior

members this year. Every county

winner who competes at a district

rroject achievement meeting wi 11

receive a one-year subscription

to the National 4-H Club News.

First, second, and third rlace

district chamrions will receive

cash awards. The Senior boy and girl winner

fJoUet ?lteet4,, ~~~,~~1!!!!~

(Conttnued F'rom Fag e '")

Five directors are to be el-

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ecte at. t e Fs"ofc1at1ond. s annua

condventiohn.As 1 .tee.n 1r. ehctfo" rs

con uct t e soCiatiOn, Wit Ive

elected each year for three year

terms. All sessions beginningwiththe
informal reception and ending
with the Association's closing

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pcaanpyact.oitys.peepouppl

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har dwoods are processed by t he

firm.

The Tay l or Cleat Company I.S a new timber-using corporation re-

centlyforrned inDoughertyCounty.

0.vners Ralph Taylor and Mrs. Dora-

thy Taylor, of Albany, and J.

meeting are oren to the public and all forestry enthusiasts are

Everett Taylor of Tifton state that the gene-al nature of the

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included in the column, and will
cover the four articles that have appeared in the Standard during

that week and the week immediately preceding, or the two artie les that have appeared in the Rockmart Journal. The teachers can prepare exams on the material

covered, using the suggested questions as a guide, and the stu-

dents can use the questions as a

business is ''buying, o.vning and
selling of timber and lumber products of all kinds the manufacture and sale of v~neer products of all kinds and boxes containers and other wocx:l p;cx:lucts. ''
The McRae Lumber Campany has opened a rine concentration yard' equirped with planing and green chain facilities, in ~Rae. ~em bers of the rartnershir are Robert H. Rush, lumber manufacturer of
Hawkinsville, and I. L.Hix, who
will be in charge of operations.

guide in proparing for the exams. The columns appearing in the
Standard and the Journal are to be required reading and study for all students in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades and high school students, with the forestry series covering six weeks.

The Kintner C.abinet Shop, owned and operated by Frank Kintner and C. \\. Pearson as rartners, has been opened in Tifton to do general millwork and make kitchen cabinets, screen windows and doors, built-in fixtures and similar
items.

in each county will get the National 4-H News and silver rredals. The 12 district champions - six boys and six girls -will receive free trips to the Georgia 4-H Club Congress in Atlanta in October to compete for state honors.

National ContainPr Corporation's I)('W pulp plant may ht> ready to begin oroerat ion by ''the lnst quarter of 10S3'' accord ing toJ.C. Pooth, auditor of thP comp.llly, now sta tioned in \'aldosta. \\ark is nCM' underway on l he giganl ic mi II near Clyattville.

Georgia Forestry
April 1953
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