Georgia forestry, Vol. 8, no. 10 (Oct. 1955)

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GENERAL LIBRARY
OCT 21 1955 UNIVC:RSHY OF G GRGtA .

GEORG I A FORESTRY

Editorial eo.Uect eCUM

Georgia's Invaluable Forest Industry

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(From the Douglas Oounty Sentinel)

( From the August a Chronicle)

Georgia's forests have been renewing themselves since the beginning of time. Except in areas where fires have completely destroyed seed sources or in fie] ds that have been cleared for agricul tu raJ use and are now being returned to forest, nature continues to do an adequate tree planting job.
Man's help sometimes is necessary to b r in g bad 1 y burned areas or old fields back into full tree production. Tree planting of commercial proportions began in Georgia in 1929 and has increased steadi] y since that time.
TI1e state operates tree nurseries for the supp1 ying of seedlings in the program of replanting Georgia ] ands. Many of Georgia's forest industries have carried out extensive planting projects on their own lands and have assisted sma1] ] andowners. In a campaign to bring idle acres into full tree production, Georgia bankers have purchased more than 150 mechanical tree planters for use by ] andowners interested in planting seed] ings.
All of the co-operators in the reforestation program have realized the tremendous effect that Georgia's trees and their products have on the overall economy of the state.

Counti ng those emp l oyed in the many allied wood processing businesses, it i s safe to say that one person .in every three emp] oyed by industry in Georgia earns hi s ] iving working in some phase of the forest industry. 1l1ou san ds more, employed by railroads, printing and pub] ishing businesses and in the building trades are at ] east in part dependent on forests and forest products
for their 1ivelihood.
The continued prosperity in
Georgia depends to a 1arge extent
on how wisely the state ' s renewab] e forest resources are protec ted, man aged and harvested. Georgia's forestland is now growing its second, third and in some instanc es fourth crop of timber. The economic importance to the stat e of all these stands has increased tremendous] y. Present day forest stands are contributing far more to the wealth of Georgi a than did the virgin timber that once grew on th e same
J and.

A new type of harvPst is being empha s ized in Georgia. 111e state is going all-out to collect 6/l,OOO bushels of pine cones thi s year to be used in reforestation.
Th e importance of this harvest may not be immediately evident to the fanner.
But Guyton DeLoach, director of thP Georgia Forestry Commiss ion, explains that results from
this year's cone collection will determine in a 1arge measure the
s uccess of future Georgia refores tation programs. 1l1e Cornmiss ion' s nurseries need cones for seed] in gs which farmers and ] andOWI1fr.~ ar e reque s ting at the rate of 100,000,000 per season.
Georgia pines are satisfying the appetites of many hun gry industries-bui] din g, turpentine and others. If the trees are not rep ] aced as rapid] y as they are consumed by these industrieil,
Geor gia one of thes e days wi 11
] oak out over its hi]] sides and find them bare.

Vol. 8

GEORGIA FORESTRY
October, 1955 Published Monthly
by the GEORGIA FORESTRY COI\Il\IISSIO.N,
State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia Guyton DeLoach, Director

No. 10

1\Iembers, Board of Commissioners:

K. S. Varn, Chairman ____ ____ __ ____ _________ _____ ___ ______________ _

\V aycross

Sam H. Morgan ___ ____ ___Savannah

C. 1\I. Jordan, Jr.__ _____________Alamo

John M. McElrath __________Macon

H. 0. Cummings __ _Donalsonville

County fairs and forestiy go hand-in-hand during Georgia's fall season. This year more than a mill ion and a half Georgians from the mountains to the sea and from the Carolina to the Florida and Alabama borders will see special forestry exhibits. These exhibits, presented as a part of the public information p ro gram of the Georgia Forestry f'ommissio n, will be shown in more than 80 fairs over the state by the close of the fair season.

Georgia Forestry is entered as second class matter at the Post

Office under the Act of August 24, 1912. l\Iember of the Georgia

Press Association.
EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITORS

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Richard E. Davis

Robert Rutherford, Donna Howard

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DISTRICT OFFICES, GEORGIA FORESTRY COl\L\IISSIO~:

DISTRICT I-Route 2, Statesboro

DISTRICT VI-P. 0. Box 505, l\lilledgeville

DISTRICT II-P. 0. Box 26, Camilla

DISTRICT VII-Route 1, Rome

DISTRICT III-P. 0. Box 169, Americus

DISTRICT VIII-P. 0. Box 811, Waycross

DISTRICT IV-P. 0. Box 333, Newnan

DISTRICT IX-P. 0. Box 416, Gainesville

DISTRICT V-P. 0. Box 328, McRae

DISTRICT X-P. 0. Box 302, Washington

OCTOBER, 1955
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Oct. 21 Keep Green Conference

To Bring 1,500 Georgians Here

For0stry and forest fire pre-
vention wi 11 hal d the statewide spotlight in Atlanta October 21
as Georgians pay tribute to the importance of keeping their
24,000,000 acres of woodlands
free of wildfire.
The occasion wi 11 be a state-
wide forest fire prevention and Keep Georgia Green confe rence sched ul ed on that dat e for Atlant a .
Called ty official proclamation of Governor Marvin E. Griffin, the conference will point out to al 1 Georgian s the necessity of constant vigilance in preventing wildfires .

will represent the various segments of Georgia's forest indu stries.
"Wildfire," the Governor said in annow1cing the meeting, "is the number one enemy of Georgia wood] ands. This menace to our future progress and prosperity wi 11 not Le con t r o 1 1 e d until every Georgian recognizes and appreciates the terrific inroads that forest fires make in our economy. The purpose of the Atlanta fore st fire prevention confer ence wi 11 be to spot ] ight the importance of con stant vigilan ce on the part of e very ci tizen in preventing and controlling forest fires."
r, Rush pointed out that the October 21 date for the meeting is

particularly appropriate, "since Georgia at that time will be in
the mid s t of its dangerou s fall forest fire season.
"With our hardwoods beginning to tak e on a dormant state a Hd with the usual fall accumulation of dead l eaves and litte r on the forest floor," he said, "thi s is the time of year when we mu s t pay special attention to heing careful with fire in or near th e woods. 1l1e October 21 meeting
will cal 1 attention to the need
for this care."
Mr. Rush and other forestry
leaders, however, pointed out that the meeting will emphasize the need
not only for care during the curr ent fall months, but during the
entire year as well.

Governor Marvin Gri tfi11 will
s;wak at tue Conference. The Goverr.nor call ed the meet-
ing at th e r equest of the Georgia Forest ry Association, which is arranging the meeting program under the supervision of Rouert H. Rush, President, and Harvey Brown, Association Executive Secretary.
More than 1,500 Georgian s interested in conserving and developing the state's most important natural renewal r esource are expected to attend.
Gove rnor Griffin and Georgi a Forestry Commission Director Guyton DeLoach will head the list of featurecl spea k e rs. Other
s peake r s, to be announced 1ater,

Keep Green Kickof Friday Oct. 21
Atlanta Join The Keep Green Boosters !

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CONCENTRATION POINT FOR CONE COLLECTION - Jerry Ridley, left, Putnam O>unty Ranger, inspects cones and records amounts delivered by \o\'i l l iam Dobbs, right, Vocational Agriculture teacher. Mr. Dobbs Voca-
tional Agriculture students at Putnam County lligh School gathered the cones, with the proceeds to be used for the purchase of equipment for
vo-Ag classes.

Georgia's "Operation Pine Cone" for 1955 officially opened 1ast month and now, with the cooperation of hundreds of collectors and dozens of dealers throughout the state, hasmov ed in to high gear.
The first slash pine cones began ripening 1 ast month along the counties bordering Florida and in the coast a 1 area of the state. White pine too, was one of the early ripening cone species, with citizens of the North Georgia mountain areas supp 1 yi ng this spec1es.
Later the col lection of long1eaf began, and even 1 ate r the lobl ally cal l ect ion.
Georgia Forestry Commission warehouses at the Georgia For estry Center at Macon and at l3axl ey are serving as deli very paints for cones. The cones , after a drying period, are placed in hoppers, in which the winged s~ ds are di s lodged.
Th e seeds will be used in a vast pro g ram of r eforestation under

which Georgia has slated an annual nursery production of 100,000,000 seedlings.
Many farmers this season 1earned that pine cones, which in other years had been a "forgotten crop" on their woodland acres, could y.teld dollars and cents cash values. They were further heartened from the by-word at the County Forestry Unit headquarters which served as most counties' delivery point-" Cash on Delivery."
The Georgia Forestry Commission is paying cone pickers 50 cents a bushel for longleaf pine and 90 cents a bushel for slash pine. Loblolly pine cones are worth $1.25 per bushel while white pine cones are bringing pickers $2 per bushel.
The quota set up for the 1955 cone call ection was 35 per cent greater than for the 1954 co llection.
Quotas set up at begnining of the season were as follows: loblolly, 15,000 Lushel s; slash, 50,000 bushels; and long ! eaf, 700 bushels.

ELlERT ~lOKE SPOTIEH - Mrs. Glovena F. Ballew, one of the newest of Georgia's lady lookouts, scans Elbert O>Lmty .skies for wildfire. Mrs. Bc\llew begins the moming from the base of the tower to the cab. Mrs. Ballew is one of 325 forest fire lookout to\\er operators employed bY the Georgia FOrestry Omnissim.
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Creation of a new pos1 tlon in t he Georgia Forestry Commission and promotion of three men were announced this month by Guyton DeLoach, Director, Georgi a Forestry Commi~sion.
Lester L. Lundy, former Assi si stant Fire Control Chief, takes over the new] y cnoated posL of Chief of Services and Supply. Mr. Lundy, as head of the Commission's Services and Supply division, wi ll co-ordinat e shop, warehous e , and other activities at the Georgia Forestry Center.
LESTER L. LUNDY - New dlief of Services and Supplies.
Curtis S. Barnes, former District Forester of the Fourth District in Newnan, has taken over Mr. Lundy's p9st as Assistant Fire Cant ro] Cllief.
James A. Henson, former Assi s tant District Forester of the Newnan D{strict, takes ov er the District Fores ter post l eft vaant by Mr. Barnes' promotion .
Mr. Lundy, a native of Bo ston, Ga., began work with the Commission in January 1949 as Assi stan t District Forester in charge of Fire Control at the Second District Office at Camilla. In 1951 he was trans f e rred to th e TPnth
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INDIVIOOAL mEE SI<LECITON thinning removes defective, diseased suppressed trees, leaves vigorous stand. T. B. Hatkinson, Matagemmt Field Assistant of the oxmnission, inspects trees in tenth-acre center plot of selectively cut area.

Milledgeville Research Plots

To Give Piedmont Thinning Data

On eo fPiednont Georgia's finest and 1argest planted slash piue stands-in the rolling terrain of Baldwin County just west of Milledgeville-is the site of one of the most comprehensive thinning studies ever undertaken in the stat e.
Coincident with the pioneering character of the experiments, and of equally significant public interest and benefit, is the fact that the est-ablishment of the the studies is pF~viding healthful and productlVe' activity for patients of the Milledgeville State Hospital, is providing subs tantial cash income to the State Welfare Department through the sale of pulpwood remov ed in the thinnings, and is also insuring a greatly accelerated gr ow th in timber production on these stateowned acres. The net proceeds from the management of thE forest accrue to the Welfare Department under an agreement with the Georgia Forestry Commission which controls and manages the forest with the Welfare Department providing 1abo r for the cutting.
The purpose of the study is to detennine the method of cutting

that is most profitable if harvesting plans, methods and procedures are carried through to conclusion. Stated different! y, the objective is to answer the age-old question as t.o which
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RA\\ TIIINNING PLOT shows indis-
criminate tree removal in this
type cutting. ManY good trees are
cut with residual having poorly fonned, diseased trees.

i n instructions on
ana procedures for TV ;1rograms. Below, ltangers get preview of the Commission' s newest fair exilibi t, 1 iglttcd p;U!el display emp:lasizing the need for good forest management ,rad ices.

At Rock Eagle

OCTOBER, 1955

School Bells ng For 136 Rangers

School bell s r e c e n tl y ran g a gain for t h e Geor gi a Fores try Corrm i ssion' s 135 Coun t y For est Range r s as they a t t en ded a we ek l ong training s e s s i on a t th e Rock Eagl e 4-H Center n ear Eaton ton .
Th e Ran ge rs , al on g wi t h pe r sonnel f rom th e Commi ss ion ' s 10 d i st ri ct offi ces , Atlan ta o ffi ce and the Georgi a For estry Center , fo l lowe d a ri gid and c lose trai ni ng schedul e which i nc luded e ve ry phase of Ran ge r and Commission acti vity .
Formal presentation of th e Commi ss i on' s brand n ew " Op eration Fi r Eme r gency " high lighted op en in g of th e tra inin g per io d.
and many of the c1 asses on fol-
lov<nr;days were devoted to individu .al discussion s , demonstra -
t ion s and pre en tations o f the Fire Control Divis ion's new pl an for compl ete uLilization of state personn el on qJ J l eve l s on l arge forest fi re .
H. E. Ru ark , Fire Control ChieJ, Georgia Forestry Commission , out lin ed the plan and explained its use was not alone for the large fires, but, ins tead , was in tend ed to serve a an operations p l an Jor wildfires f ro m the " county ] eve] on up ."
Other special speakers incl uded Guyton DeLoach , Corrmission Director, who reviewed the Commission's over-a]] plans and objectives for the future; Harvey Brown, Se retary, Georgi a Forestry .Association, who outlined the part the Georgia Junior Chamber of Commerce will play in the 1951) Keep Georgia Green con test, and Major T. W. Turbiville, U. S. Air Force, Ground Observer Corps, who described the role which the Commission plays in civil defense.
Preventive maintenance also was highl i gh Led at tile school, and Rangers fo llowed the familiar " 1earn by doing" method on vehicles ran gin g from pi ckup trucks to the l argest and most powerful of f ire suppr ession tractors and p l ows.
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AlETHODS OF
INSTRUCTION
tssistant Fi r e Con trol <llief J . c. Turn e r gives
tion . maintenance of light tractors is cover ed i n t raini ng session.
iafe ty was an i mportant feature of the trainin g session. Turner Barbe r , Fi fth District Forester, points out techniques of a r tificial respirfor Leon Ray, Emanuel County Ranger , left, a nd M. D. Wa ters , Tattnall Ran ger . Comm ission Director, ad dresses op eni n g sessio n of the
Con struction and use of fire dange r ba r omete r station is outli ned by Witherington, Third District Forester.

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WATER WILDLIFE RECREATION

<EOOGIA' S 1:<1lRI!SI' P01ENI'IAL IS FEA1URm IN KE.YNOIE EXHIBIT - Displ~zy shows
how state forest lands can be broogbt to doubled proruction with doubled in-
come and greatly multiplied benefits.

Forestry Headlined

At Southeastern Fair

Th e i mpor tance o f f or e sts and of fo r est conse rvati on t o Georgi a and t o the entir e Sou t h eas t was given t op p romine nce at t he r ecent Sou theastern Fair a s a dozen s~at e , fede r al and priva te forestr y organi zations di splayed a group of in tegrated exhibits .
Keyn ote o f t h e i ndi vi du al exhi bi ts was the tr emen dou s econ omi c pot entiali ty of Georgia's voodl and acr es and f or es t indus tri es. Now a $7 50 , 000 , 000 a year bu sin ess , th e e xhi b it th emes poin ted out, Georgia's f or est] and economy and in dustri es c ould be dou b l ed i n valu e under good for est mana gement p racti ces.
Thos e exhi bi t ing wer e the U.S. Forest Service , Georgia For estr y Commi ssion, U.S. Fi s h and Wild] ife Servi ce , Geor gia Game and Fish Commis s ion, Sou t h ern Pulpwood Cons e rva t ion Asso ci a tion, Ameri can Turp e ntin e Farmer 's

Asso ci ation, Ge or g i a Ex t e ns ion Service , Unive rsity o f Ge org1a
School of FOrestry , Southern Pine ~sociation, Georgia Fbrestry Asso-
cia tion, Lake City Experiment Station and pulp and IBPer industries.
Thi s ye ar, for th e f irst time in it s hi s tor y, t he Southea s t e rn Fair fe atur e d a For e s t r y Day. Obser ved on October 6, the spe -
cial day wa s proclaimed by f air
o ffi c ial s a s "the da y upon wh i c h Geor gian s ar e a sk e d to r ealiz e th e outstandin g rol e whi ch wood-
1ands p la y in th e economy of our
c ommuniti es and in our own individual dail y li ves."
Thousands of pe r s on s passed t hrough the for est r y exhibi t space durin g th e 11- day period f rom September 28 through Oc to ber 8 . Th e f or es tr y displa y wa s th e most ext en s i ve o f its kin d in the histor y of the Southeas t ern Fair.

lAKE CITY E'ERH1ENT SfATION FUBIT, below, features productioo of gun naval stores. Robert Gair O>mpany, Un ion Bag and Bnmswick Pulp and Paper are represented in products exhibit of Georgia pulp and paper industry.

L Southern Pine Association display points up the
versatili t y of Southern pine in construction and various types of \IOOdM>rk.
2. Fire Prevention is featured in the Georgia Forestry Association exhibit booth.
3. Recreational display by the U.s. Forest Service IW-ckons viewers to the national forests.
Hardwood control display and \\Ooltr, the fire stop feature exhibit of Southern Pulpwood O>nservaGian t -sized Smo~cy marks the building houses of
forestry exhibits. Georgia' s School of Forestry exhibit shows the
irution made bY its graduates to the ecmaey of South. Georgia Forestry O>nmission em(ilasizes Georgia's l!llulll1hc:!r one forest probl(llll: improper cutting prac-

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lliugl as Co u n t y Ran g e r Fred Bak er's reforestation program for the 1955-'56 planting season and

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for future seasons as we ll has

received a boost through purchase of a mec hanical tree p lan ter by the Board of ConmJissioners of Douglas County. The Ranger poi n ted out that very littl e o f Douglas County' s acr:.ea ge h as Leen refor es t e d on a 1 arge seal e since CCC days, wh en 5,000 acres were r eplanted.

RETIREMENT PAR1Y HONORS 'UNCLE BUCK' - Ran gers and Seventh District office personnel bid goo dby e to Dade County Ranger J. C. Pace, after more than a decade of fighti ng wild fi re s in North Georgia's rugged mountain terrain, retired last month. Pictured at the head table at the party held at Rome for Mr. Pace are, left to right, District Foreste r Fran" Craven; G. \\'. Boggs, for.mer Floyd County Ran ger who retired earlier this yea r ; Mr. Pace; Chattooga Co unty Ralph Clarli , a nd Chief Investigato r Bob Gore .

Th e lliugl as Co u n t y Sentinel recognized the importan ce of the purchas e of th e n ew plant e r by reportin g the event on th e first page of the n ewspa pe r. The n ews article contain ed in st ru ction s for borrowing and usin g the rnachin e and a1 so ou t1 in ed the fire c on t ro 1 act i vi t i e s o f th e Un i t.

1h e Pike County Lion s Club recently hi ghly conmencled the Pike County Forestry Unit for " greatl y redu cin g th e in c id e nc e of un controll e d forest f ir es in Pik e County."
Pobby J. Harrison, President of the Lion s Club, sa id, "The Un i t e xemp li fi es th e high es t ideal s

SMOKEY GREETS TOBACCOLAND CROWD - Smokey, better known to the foli\S around Moultrie as Patrolman Wi 11 R. Crosby, of the Colquitt County Forestry Unit, meets with Colquitt County Ranger Harry McKinnon, left, and Assistant District Forester Franl Eadie a s the 1955 Tobacco Festival gets underway at Moultrie. The truck is decorated with Smo"ey' s own forest fire prevention messages. The float was prepared in cooper-
. ation with the lieorgia Fo re stn Association .

o f pu b1i c s e r v i c e , a11 to th e gr ea ter safety , sec urity and prosperity of t he citizens of thi s count y."
Th e Club exp r esse d hop e that the Pik e Cou nt y Forestry Unit will c ontinu e its su ccessful ope rati on .

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Pula s ki anrl Dodge Coun ties hav e l ed th e way for an expected 150 county entrant s by being th e first to ent er the 19 511 Keep Georgia Green Contest. TI1 e counties wiJ l comp ete for covP t ed prizes amounting to a to tal of
$3 , 000. 00.
S. \\. Snith, of Hawkin sv ill e, was el ec t ed 01airman of the Keep Pulaski County Green Counci I ,
and \V. L. J essup, Jr. , of East man wi 11 lead Dodge County in
the highJ y competitive contest. Forest RangPr for Pu1 a s ki C.oun ty is John f:'ickinson, and J. D. lleauchamp is llodgt> County's Forest Ran ge r.

Ranger S cho ol.
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Othe r topics studi e d by the Rangers and fellow Corrmi ssion per sonn el included t echnique of fire ' suppression, saf e ty and
first aid, seedling di striLution, insect identification, fire reports, vehicl e and drivin g safety, we ather s tations, pr e s s and radio, t el evi s ion and s p ec ial proj ec t s , and visual airls and exhibits .
Sp ecial classes also we r e con du c t e d for radio t echnician s and for es t fire investigators of the Geor gi a For es try Comni s sion.

UJRTIS S. BARNE.."i, l et t , is the new Chief of Services and SUpplies.

James A. ucnson, right, takes over Barnes' fonner position as Foorth

District ~orester in Ne~lan.

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method of cutting provides the most long-run income for the 1andowner. At the sane time, th e e xp e riments will serve to show the economical life of slash pine planted in Piedmont Georgia.
As a project of the Athe ns-Macon ~e~e~rch Center, the study was lllltlated during the winter of 1954-55 as a cooperative venture betwee n the Georgi a Forestry Commi s sion and the Southeast e rn
Forest Experiment Station. The plantation surrotmds the Sixth District office of the Georgia Forestry Commission, and the 17-18 year old slash pine enfold the area in a continuous canopy of g r ee n p l an teJ with 6x6 spacin g on abandoned agricultural 1 and s. Prior to the start of the study, the area had never been thinned, th e stands were heavi l y stagnat ed, and fusiform rust and pitch c anke r were prevalent throu g hout the plantation.
Sixty individual plots, s e l ec ted at random, have been establi s he d with four basic tr eatment s of 15 plots e ach. In the selection thinning th ere are 15 plots with cuttin g at variou s inten s ities , and each seventh row removed for acc ess. In the 15 diam e t e r 1imit plots, 'cutting i s to various minimum dian e ters . In the row t hinning , there are five plots with

alternate rows r emoved, five plots with eve ry fourth row removed, and five plots with two out of every thr ee rows removed. Finalnally, in the fifteen control plots no cutting has been done.
Tims, with the three different types of thinning-selection, row, and diameter 1imi t- there are plots which en er g e with high, medi urn and low den siti es after thinning .
Each individual plot is three chains s qua r e, 9/ 10 of an acre, with a center plot of 1/10 acre. The cutting treatme nt s were applied to the entire 9/10 acre plot, but mea surements of individual tr ee s were made only on the center 1/ 10 acre. Thus, the surrounding area of similar1y cut timber within each 9/10 acre plot acts as a buffer zone and eliminates the e ffect of" edge opening" of the stands. Individual tr ees within the center plots are permanently numbe red for s ub sequent mPasurenents.
Directing th e operati ons on
the,ground is T. R. Hank inson,
Management Fi eld Assis tant of
the Corrmis sion. Hank i n son, an experienc ed t echni cal fore s ter and vet eran in f or est management, supe rvi ses the work of t h e 35- to-40-man c r ews of men ta l patients f rom th e Fores t ry De partment of the hospital.

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District Offi ce at Washin gton, where he served as Di strict Forester. In 1952 he was named as Assistant Fire Control Chief.
Mr. Barnes, a native of Mc Ra e , be gan his car eer with th e Commi s s ion in July 1949 as Ran ger of the llidge Count y Fores try Unit.
li e wa s transfe rred th e following year to the Third District headquart e r s in Am eri c us; and he served ther e a s Ass i s tant District Fore st er in Ch a r ge of Fir e Control until August 1951. At that time h e wa s promot e d to Di s trict For es t e r of th e Newnan District.
Mr. Hen son, a n at iv e of Copp erhill, Tenn., began work with th e Corrmi ss ion in Oc t ober 1950 as Ran g er of the Emanuel Count y For es tr y Unit .
A yea r 1ater h e was transfer r ed to t he First Di s trict offi ce in Statesboro, whe r e he served as Assistant Di s tri c t Forester in 01arge o f Management and 1ate r As 8i s tant Di s t r i c t Forester in Olarge o f Fir e Control. He wa s tran sfe rr ed to the Nevman District 1ast year.
A v e t e ran of the Navy Air For ce , Mr. lien son, in a ddition to his regular duties as Assistant Di s tri c t Forest er, has bee n pilotin g a C'.o mmi ss ion ae rial patrol p] an e durin g s eason s of heav y fire danger.
Al ] three men ar e g raduate s of th e l 1ni versi ty of Geor gia Schoo] of Forestry.

Georgia Forestry
October, 1955

THANKS
MR. and MRS.
OU1000R FAN
for
HElP\NG PREVENT
FORES1 F\R~cJ

THANKS
MR. SPOR'TSMAN for
HELP\NG PREVEN1' FORES'T F\RES ~

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Library University of Ggorgia
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