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AUG 21 1956 
 
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IJNlVERSlTV 
 
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AU~UST 
1956 
 
 GEOR G IA F OR EST RY 
E d itorial Paper Industry 
 
Good Management Pays 
 
(From the Macon Telell raph) 
 
A report from the V.S. Forest Service that the nation, as a whole, is now llrowin/2" as much wood as it is cutting is indeed cheerinll. Fut we would not grow complacent. 
P survey hy the Southern Pul r- 
wood Conservation Pssociation shows the productivity of the forest lands of the ~outh is rated at only 40 per cent capaity. Properly manalled timher lanrl, says the same association, wi}} produce 90 per cent of capacity. 
Rou!lhl y speal<ing, this means a we 11 mana !led tract of timber- 
land can increase in value $12 
per acre, while the usual stand increases only $4.80 per acre. 
A well manalled tract of woodland is one which has adequate fire protection, proper reproduction by natural means or by planting, and proper, or selec- 
 
t j ve cut t i n/2". 
The Georgia Forestry Commission is doin/2" an admirable job in forest fire protection and education to bring our l annholders and others into a re- 
a 1iza tion of the menace of 
forest fires. The SFCf, the ~oil Conservation Service, the foresters are a 11 doin!l a llood job in teachi n/2" proper methods of selective cuttin/2". fut we have not arrivecl at the state where we may he complacent about our good deeds. 
It is of vast importance that we of the Southland continue to improve our timber mana{!ement. The need for woocl increases every day. . . for kraft paper, for construction, for furniture, for ~oxes and crates, for countle ss uses. 11 'e cannot afford to bE'; content with our s tatus of ~ rowin/2" as much as we are cuttin/2", nationwise. 
 
Vol. 9 
 
GEORGIA FORESTRY 
August, 1956 
Published .Monthly by the 
GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSIO;-..r, State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia Guyton DeLoach, Director 
 
No. S 
 
Members, Board of Commissioners: 
 
John M. McElrath, Chairman . 
 
Sam H. Morgan _ __ Savannah 
 
Oscar S. Garrison _ 
 
Homer 
 
C. M. Jordan, Jr. _ H. 0. Cummings _ 
 
_Macon _____ A l a m o 
Donalsonville 
 
Georgia Forestry is entered as second class matter at the Post 
 
Office under the Act of August 24, 1912. Member of the Georgia Press Association. 
 
EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITORS _ 
 
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James C. Turner Joe Kovach, Donna Howard 
 
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DISTRICT OFFICES, GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION: 
 
DISTRICT 1-Route 2, Statesboro 
 
DISTRICT VI-P. 0. Box 505, Milledgeville 
 
DISTRICT 11-P. 0. Box 26, 
 
DISTRICT VII-Route 1, 
 
Camilla 
 
Rome 
 
DISTRICT 111-P. 0. Box 169, Americus 
 
DISTRICT VIII - P. 0. Box 1160, Waycross 
 
DISTRICT IV-P. 0. Box 333, Newnan 
 
DISTRICT IX-P. 0. Box 416, Gainesville 
 
DISTRICT V-P. 0. Box 328, McRae 
 
DISTRICT X-Route 3, Washington 
 
Provides Jobs 
For Thousands 
(From the f~me News-Tribune) 
Just a quarter of a century ago, the late Dr. Dlarles Herty, a Georllian, discovered whereby pine trees could profitably be made into paper. 
As a result of Dr. Herty' s 
discovery, paper ancl pulp mills are now one of Georgi a's leaclin/2" industries. 
The mills not only provide employment for thousands, but also are important to thP expansion and conservation of our woodlands. 
Consider Rome Kraft Company, for example. It provides jobs for more than half a thousand persons in the mill itself. It buys pulpwood from hunclrecls of farmers in North Georlli a and Northeast Alabama. fnd, adjoinin/2" the mill isanotherfactory, th~t of Inland Container Corporation, which makes packin/2" containers from the paperboard made at Rome Kraft. l11ese boxes in turn, are used to ship other products made rillhL in this area. 
The paper industry in one of the most rapidly llrowing ones in the South. 
A new mill has just been announced for Pu~sta. In South Carolina, the state legislature will meet in special session to enact a 1aw whPrehy a Pri tish corporation can bui lcl a mi 11 in that state. 
The llerty Founclation Laboratory is supported by various paper manfacturers. It carries on the research begun by Dr. Herty. 
For a number of years, the laboratory was under the direction of Dr. Reavis Sproull, a native of Northwest Georllia and a Berry llraduate. 
 
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Hart, Rockdale 
Initiate Forest 
Fire Protection 
Ins t a lla tion of for estr y pro vrams last mon th in two more counties ho l sterecl Georf!ia' s lead over the e ntire nation in to t a l private and state forestla nd now under oq:ranized fire pr otection . 
l rnder joi n t plans, Roddale Coun ty has tPamPd-up with \ewto n Coun ty and Hart a nd Frankli n counties have combined, thu s raisin~ to 145 the nu~~r of co u nties now under the vi~i lant eye s of the \porvia Forestry Corrmission . 1l1e two counties adrlerl 113,800 acrPs to t hat already under survei l l ance, hrinvinv t he total protec t ed area in feorvia to 21 ,U51,2o2 acres. Rockdale's fore s t aren comprises 43,50(J acres and Hart has 7U,3UU ACrPs of wood l8nrls. 
Ceorvi a I onv ha s hPen the na t ion 's pAce-setter in fon~ st fire control And h as l>roadenPrl its lectd steCJrlily within the past fpw years. In 1954, it torpPO the other 47 states with 1 37 of its 159 counties under o r vanizPd rrotection. /'t that 
t irne more thAn 2()~4 mi 11 ion of its 24 million acre s of tree s 
w<Js undPr s u rvPill<Jnce. Av<Jin in 1Y55, Ceor v ia adderl six more COUnties to its fire rrotPCtion provram to retai n the l ead <Jnd raise its protected area to inc l ucle 143 roun ties comprisinv almost 21 mil l i on <Jeres. 
Today, only 14 Ge o r f? i 8 counties with 8 total <Jrea of less th<Jn threP mi 11 ion fore s t acres remain without orv<Jni zed fore s t fire protection. l 1l t imate <Jim of the Commi s sion is to ext end its fire control prof! ra m to incorpor<Jte all of the st<Jtp's 159 counties into a well-orvanized s t<Jtewirle protection pl8n. 
 
Georgia A gain Leads 
South In Pulp Output 
 
Ano t her reco r d pulpwood production mark last year increased leorf!ia's already substantial lead over all other Southern states. Accordin~ to fif u res re leased by the U. S. Forest Service, Ceor~ia's total pulpwood outpu t in 1955 was 3,7o0,000 cords--about one-fifth of the total produced in all 12 states included in a recent survey. Alahama ranked second with only 1,929,000 cords. 
Clinch County morethan douhled its 1954 production to top all other counties with an unpreceden ted 324,000 cords. Only 11 cou n ties in the entire 12 Southern states area mana~ed to cut more t h an 100,000 cords. And, i n cludin~ Clinch, four were in Georvia. ll1e other three were Charlton with 144,3o0 cords; Wayne with 110, o8o and Brantley with 102,142. 
I n reachi n ~ the all-time hi~h produ ction level c~orvia stepped up its pulpwood output 23 per cen t over the previous year. Althouf!h the larvest increase was made in the cut tin~ of pines, hardwood harvestinv for pulpwood also made substantial vains. 
Over-all figures showed a re- 
 
cord hi~h of 18 mill ion cords was cut in th e South durin~ 1955, representin~ a 10.7 per cent increase over the "year previous. It also pointed out that pulpwood production in the South has almost doubled since 1947, and is three time s ~reater than in 1940. 
A total of 73 pulp mills were drawin~ wood from the South at the time of the survey' o9 of which actually were located in Southern states. Current pulping capacity of these mills was set at 34,100 tons per day. Geoq<ia and Florida are leaders in the number of mills by states with a combined total of ten mills. 
The survey was made hy the U. S. Forest Service Experiment Stations in t\sheville, N.C., and New Orleans, La., in cooperation with the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association in Atlanta. 
Survey officials observed that construction of new mill s plus the expansion of pre sent pulp and paper mills can be expPcted to create new production re c ords for years to come . 
 
HOW OTHffi STAlliS CO~IPNtEU 1\'1111 GEORGIA'S 1955 PUI.PWOO[) OUTPUT 
 
GEORGIA 
 
ALABAMA 
 
1,929 
 
MISSISSIPPI              1,908 
 
F LORIDA 
 
             1,829 
 
L OUI SIANA            1,650 
 
N. CAROLINA - -- - - - - - 1,574 
 
S. CAROLINA        1,513 
 
V IRGINIA 
 
        1,406 
 
TE XAS 
 
       1,204 
 
ARKANSAS      877 
 
T ENNESSEE- 327 
 
OKLAHOMA I 38 
 
Numb er s are I ,000 cords 
 
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GEORG IA FORESTRY 
 
More than ten r~or~ia Voca tional a~riculture teachers last month attended a sPries of four statewide clinics designed to instruct them in the latest phases of forestry. 
1l1e clinics were sponsored by the Trust Company of Geor~ia's $50,000 pro~ram to promote development of the state's forest resources. Tiley were held at Athens, Carrollton, Vienna and Swainsboro. 
Under the direction of the State Department of Education, the week-Ion~ courses were conducted by J. Reid Parker of the University of Geor~ia' s School of Forestry, Edward 1\reis, 
vocational forester, and Dr. w. R. Brown of the l ni versi ty 
of Geor~ia's lDlle~e of Educa~ tion. Kreis has heen appointed by the StatP Poard of Education as full-time forester in the trust company's lon~- ran~e plan. His duties includP direction and supervision of forestry instruction in Geor~ia's vocational a~ricul ture hi ~h school pro~rams. 
Durin~ the c 1 in i c s the 
~eachers received instruction 
A BIG CBOP--Ed Kreis, left, vo- 
cational forester, State llept. of 
Education, watches as M. C. Be rry, 
voc ag instructor at \\'este rn lligh , aJad E. M. Brown o 1 East Cowet a 
practice using calipers at the 
carroll ton clinic. 
 
from expert forestP r s f rom th e Geor~ia Forestry Commissio n , U. S. Forest Service a nd leor~ia's School of Forestrv. J ames TurnPr, chief of information and education for t he Commission, spokP on firP control 
measures. He especia 11 y stressed 
methods of suppressi n ~? and preventin~ forest fires a nd thP characteristics of fire and combustion. lie also clemon stral ed and outlined srecifir pro l>- 
lems and future plans. 
 
Julian Reeves a nd T. 8. Hankin so n , a l so of the Com mi ss ion , he l d discussions a nd d emon s tr a ti ons on recen t deve l opmen ts i n h ardwood control a nd c u tti n ~ practices. Other in s tructo r s i ncl uded Dr. Br ovm, Kr eis, .J o hn Coorer and l!r. I awre nce \l'a lk er. 
TI1e cli n ics were offered i n an e f for t to expand fores t ry in stru ct i on I n Ceorl!ia hi ~?h 
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W ':: AG 1EAOIERS SllJUY FOIW.SlUY- -High school voc ag teachen s ec a demonstration, above, of fire SllJprcssion e quipment. Below , T. B. llankirt~on , left, ~tana gemcnt Field As sistant, points o u t qual i ti cs o f a good pine tree to T. C. Cliett, Alamo, .John Bolton, \~aynes boro, and M. L. LOgue of (;il.fiOn. 
 
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ForestQ' plus fairs equals statewide attraction again this fall. 
 
Two Future Foresters 
 
Win Gair Scholarships 
 
Two University of Ceor~ ia For est ry School scholarships recently were awarded to a pair of outstanding students who have shown aptitudes and desires for car eers in forestry. They are Bi ll E. Patterson of Metter and Dani e l ]\;. Crumpton of Claxton. 
Youn g Patterson, a recent ~rad  uate of Metter Hi~h ~chool, was awarded the $2,000 annual Gair Wood land s Corp. forestry scho 1ars hip. It provides payment of $500 a year for the four-year study course. 
The future forest e r i s the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. ft. Patterson of Metter. While in school he was a prominent figure in all student activities, includin g the Student Council, Pe ta Club, 4-J! Club, FF~ 01apter, f'ram atic Club, ~cience Club and Key Cluk Jle also was active in sports as a member of th e school' s track and footbal l teams. 
Selection for the award was mad e in Savannah hy the fi nal award s c orrmi tt ee composed of Archi e E. Patterson, acting dean of th e University of Geor~ia' s Forestry Schoo l ; Leon Har ~reaves, assi stant to the director of the Ceor~ia Forestry Commission; 
 
Henry J. Malsber~er, ve neral manage r of the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Assn. and E. D. Martin, forester fOr Gair l"oodland Corp. Patterson was se lected from a ~r oup of s ix out standing hi gh schoo l c andidates after thorou~h ex aminations and intervi e ws by the awards commit tee. 
Danie 1 Crumpton, now a junior at the llni versi ty of Ceor~ia Forestry .Sc hool , was awarde d the annual $500 Rayonier Scholarship to continue his studies in forestry. He was selected from among a ll junior forestry students at the school by a committee of the faculty. Th e Rayoni er .Sc holars h ip is ~iven each year to a fo r estry student in his junior yea r on the basis of leader s hip, scholarship and personal ihte~rity. 
Crumpton, son of Elder and Mrs. f.. R. Crumpton of Claxton, has been active in all forestry activities at the univer sity. He has served as both secrPtary and vice pres ident of the Forestry CluJ , and recently was named presulent. He 1s a member of Xi Sigma Pi, national honorary forestry fraternity, and .Alpha Zeta, a~ricu I ture honor or~ anization. 
 
Outstandin~ examples of Ceorgia production will he displayed this fall at fairs all over the state. And, hi~lighting each of t he more than 95 gala affairs will be exhibits representing Georgia's leading product-trees. 
Each year the Georgi a Forestry Commission hi ts the sawdust trail with attractive displays to point up the importance of fore st ry in Geor~ia and to relate timely messages offer ed to improve the quality of our forest products. In keeping with the ~ay, col orfu 1 atmosphere of the midways, the exhibits are brigh t and eye-catching. Elaborate designs and ingenious fla shing lights adorn them, and large crowds are attracted wherever they ar~ shown. 
Desivned and built by the Commission's Information and Education Department, the exhibits are displayed at the fairs annually. They are rotated so that a different exhibit is s hown each year. Several entirely new displays are constructed each season to replace those dama~ed or outmod ed during the showi n~s. 
Among the most popular exhihits are those pointing up Geor~ia' s number one forestry problem--improper cutting practices. Using a series of giant-size picture slides, automatic flashing li~ht s illuminate three sepa r ate picture sequents on the display , showing causes ~nd eff ects, remedies and benefits derived from proper cutting practices. The exhibits are localized by a color map s howing how the local coun ty's cuttin~ practices compare-wi thneighhoring counties. Other displays stress fire prevention, and sti 11 others use the ever-popular Smokey Pear to put across their forestry message. 
 
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GEORGIA FORESTRY 
 
Wahsega!l Valdosta!! Laura Walker!! 
Sites Of 4-H Forestry Cainps 
 
The annual 4-H forestry camps this year helped more than 300 forestry - minded teen-a~e boys and g irls ~a in a better under standing of practical woodla nd lore. Sponorsed by Union Bag and Paper Corp. 1 8outhern Bell Tel ephone ancl Telerra ph Co. and 
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American Turpen t ine Farmers f ssn. 1 t he three camps were held at Laura S. l''alker St ate Pari<1 Camp Wahsega and Valdosta . 
The week-long outings were held each month consecutively from June t hrough August. At Laura Walker and Camp Wahsega, the participants received valuable instruction in sound forest practices, including fire con- 
 
trol, tree indentification, hardwood control, use and care of saws , reforestation, t hinning, forest insects and diseases, mensuration and harvesting and marketing. The Valdosta camp deal t exclusively with gum and turpen tine f orestry. 
Each o f th e 100 youngste rs 
atte n ding th e c amps e a rn ed th e right to participate through previous work accomplished in individual forest ry projects . While at the camps they were given an opportunity to get a more detailed insight into professional f orestry activities from expert forester s . Th ey al- 
 
s o gained practical experience by applyin g the camp instruction while on fie ld trips into the forests. 
All three c amp sites were chosen because of their location , in an a ttempt to give every Geo r~i a 4- H' e r i nt e r es ted in forestry an opportunity to attend . The Laura Wa lk er camp att rac ted girl s an d boys f rom South Geor g ia and the Camp Wahsega outing catered _to or t h Georgia youths. The Valdosta camp , located in the he art of the turpentine area , wa a ttP.nrl ed by a select gr oun o f camner s ir.te r es t ed in gum and t urpen t ine forestry. 
Special tours t hrou gh woodusin g industri es and experimental forest projects were added hig hli ghts during the c amps , as well as various recrea tional and sports competitions. 
Camp instructors were expert foresters f rom the Southern Pulpwood Conservation As s n., Union Fag and Pa per Corp. and the Georgia Forestry Commission. 
1. '!al Arnette, Union Pag & Paper Co . I C:\:pla ias how forestry products are Measured. 2. Wayne County Agent Ha rry Hutcheson su ou 4-H' er proper seedling planting wethocls. 3. Tree growth rate determination is s 11own by 
Larry Torrance, Coffee COtmty Agent. 4. Insect damage of pine tree is checked by W. 
Cowart, Long Onnty Agent, and 4-H memller. 
 
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$tWen PIUJ.HUJiecl 
7o dlit;he~t /old 
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In keeping with the Georgia Forestry Commission's policy of promotions, Director Guyton DeLoach recently announced that several persons have been advanced to higher positions. 
Dr. L. A. l~rgeaves, Jr., who previously was Assistant to the Director, is now serving as Assistant Director of the Commission. 
J ames C. Turner, Jr., ha s assumed the position of Chief of Jnfor mation and Education, replacing R. E. Davis who has resignerl. 
Turner Barber, former district forester of O::mulgee District, ha s bPen appojnted to sPrve as Assistant Chief of Fire Control. James Reid, formally acting as Assistant District Forester at Ocmu lgee, has been promoted to replace Barber as District Forester. 
Julian Reeves has been elevated from Assistant District Forester, Managenent, to Forest ~'hnagement Field Assistant. 
Druid 1\. Pres ton ha s moved up from Ran!er of Newton County to Assistant District Forester, ~lanagement, at ~ewnan District Office. 
At the Atlanta Office, James N. Parkman, Jr ., ha s bee n promoted to Administration Assistant. 
 
Top Winners Announced 
 
In Home Project Contest 
 
Bobby Cone, ~pert on FF A Olapter member, won first place in the annual Boys Home Project Contest. Frank Senkbiel of Sylvester took second place and Alfred White of Appling County placed third. The contest is sponsored jointly by 
Union Bag & Paper Corp. and the 
Georgia Department of Vocational Agriculture. 
For winning first place honors, Cone will receive a $100 cash award to defray expenses to the National FF A convention to be held this fall in Kansas City. Senkbiel and \'mite will receive $50 and $25 respectively. 
The Soperton youth, who plans to study forestry in college, engaged in several outstanding projects to walk off with top honors in the statewide competition. Among them we re the planting of 11,400 seedlings on his 13-acre tract, helping Union Bag Forester Tom Glass to mark for thinning three acres of pulpwood, cupping 80 trees for naval stores, building 
 
3,703 yards of firebreaks with a tractor and harrow, prunning two acres, erecting signs on all plots controlling all undesirable hardwoods on the area and marking boundaries all around the project. He also made a Biltroore stick, a fire rake and a fire flap. The contest judges were especially impressed with (bne' s knowledge of general forestry. 
Senkbiel's activities on his 12acre project included planting 6, 000 seedlings, thinning of three acres for fence posts, building 416 yards of firebreaks and the poisoning of undesirable hardwoods on two and a half acres. In addition, he made a tree indentification notebook and performed outstanding work in the Sylvester School forest. 
Third place winner White planted 7, 200 seedlings, non-conrnercially thinned and pruned a large acreage and carried out several other interesting projects. 
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OBSEltVATIOI'i OF ;\'ll\~ING PROJECT-- Gobuy Cone, left, Soperton IIi gil FFA member, points out ill1 interesting phase of his state winning nome (Jroject to (left to right) 11.11. Glisson, Soperton FFA Advisor; J. 1\'. Gmum, Union 13ag District Forester, aud R.li. Tift, union Bag ConservatiOII torester. 
 
 Barrow Receives Land Grant For Development Of Forest Resources 
 
HORSEPOWER FORESTRY--LOgging activities in steep terrain sometimes prevents use o1 machinery. On a woodland tract in ~Juscogee County, horses are used to drag felled trees down to level ground. In photo aLove, a prepared log is starting its trip doonward alter all branches and ~ have been rCJOOved. 
 
Muscogee County Loggers Use 
 
Proper Timber Cutting Methods 
 
A good example of proper timber cutting practices can be seen at a large tract of woodland in northern Muscogee County. 
Located near Whitesville and 
Wi i 1iams road and owned by J. W. 
1jl ackmon, the trees are being harvested by loggers of the Alexander Lumber Company according to reconrnended specifications set by the Georgia Forestry Commission. 
In line with the ColliTiission's f orest management program, mvre than a half million board f eet of Blac kmon's timber was marked for c utting some months ago under the supervision of Musc ogee Forester Floyd Cook . The mark i ng s ervice is offered free to pri vate landowners to encourage sel ec t ive cutting. However, to insure that proper harvesting i s completed after marking, landowne r s are required to post a dep osit of 50 cents per thousand board f eet of saw tirrher and 13 cents a cord for pulpwood. If cutting is d one 
 
according to the Comrrassion's markings, the landowner's deposit is returned. 
At present, the loggers are completing the last phase of the selective cutting activity at the Muscogee tract. Timber marked by the Commission for cutting included 465,000 board feet of pine, 7,692 of yellow poplar and 3,500 of gum. 
Ranger Cook explained that after the saw logs are cut out, the remaining tree tops usually furnish from one to two pulpwood-size logs. Harvesti11g these not only increa~es the landowner's return, he added, it also protects the remaining stand from harmful insects which thrive and multiply in the tops. 
He also pointed out following logging operations with pulpwood harvesting helps reduce flammable material left behind on the forest floor. 
 
Barrow County has received the first tract of land donated to thf' State Board of Education through a $50,000 appropriation offered by The Trust Canpany of Georgia for development of the state's forest resources. The 18-acre tract is located two miles from Winder on the edge of Ft. Yargo State Park. 
Formerly owned by the Peoples Bank of Winder, the land was deeded by the bank to the Barrow County Board of Education after the state board rendered a $250 check as a down payment. After donating the land, the bank presented the check to the Winder Chapter of the Future Farmers of America to be used in development of a forest project. 
ln deeding the tract to the school board, the bank specified the land should be used for forestry instruction in vocational agricu lture. All proceeds that may be derived from it must be used to further vocational agriculture education in the school. 
Thi s initial land grant is the first step in a long-range program established by the board of directors of the Trust Company of Georgia. With the $50,000 appropriation, the board plans during the next two or three years to promote forestry and development of Georgia forest resources. A portion of the funds will be contributed to the State I3oard of Education for employment of a full-time forester to serve on the State Supervisory Staff of the State 1:partment of Vocational Agr icultural Education. The forester will be responsible for planning, direction and supervision of forestry instruction in the state's vocational agriculture high schools. 
A second portion of the funds will be given to the University of Georgia Forestry School to conduct sumner school s in forestry 
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 Rangers In 
The News 
 
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The C>POrf"iCl Forestry f.sso cie~ t ion recPnt l y e~dopt e d a re- 
s olution in tribute to the late Done~ld J. V ~dde ll, d e an of the 
 
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l 'niver s :ity of Ceorgia' s School 
 
of Fores try. 
 
F.ntered into the forestry !!roup' s rerme~nen t minutes' the memorial exp rP ssPd thP e~ ss ocia 
tion' .s sy mpathy over Dean 
 
TO\VER,JAN HONORED--Prior to the retirement ol I:S2-year-old towennan Joseph Lowery, (seated at table head), the O>wmission' s Seventh District personnel honored him at a dinr,er r.urty. 
 
\l 'edde 11 ' s dP<lt h e~nrl praised 
hi m as ''a use ful c1t1ze n, a f"Ood and loyal friend and an honest couns el.'' 
 
Joseph C. Lowery is f"Olnf" to retire. After 18years continuous servi~e atop the Hermitaf"e Tower in Floyd County, the 82-year-old 
 
was hired by former Floyd County Ranf"er Geor l!e ~~'. POf"f"S who preceded him into retirement last 
year at th e al!e of 67 . Since 
 
P. copy of thP r esol ution was orderPd to be forwarded to the Georl!ia Press ''as <:1 mark of our respect'' and a second copy wa s forwarded to the dee~n' s family 1n expression of our deepes t sympat hy .'' 
 
towerman is callinf" it quits. He finally admits thP effo rt of climl,inp- to the top of t hP 100foot towe r three times a day i s too mu c h for his al!inl! limb s. 
Lowery sta rt ed hi s lonely vigil 1n 1938, when he was 64, 
 
JOininf" the Georl!ia Forestry Commission, the vete ran towerman ha s me~de 19,710 trips up thP spiralinf" steps 
!turin!! his tenure e~s a fire s potter, Lowery was ste~t:ioned in the only .wooden tower now in 
 
at a sa l ary of $20 a month. He existencP inCo rl!ia. All others 
 
ThVl:STIGATOR ATIENDS POLICE 11"0STITIJ1E--John R. Gore, (left), Chief Investigator of the Georgia Forestry Comm iss ion, chats 
 
have been r e p! aced by mod e rn steel sentin e l s. 1'\ow, in addition to Lowe ry' s retirement, the 
 
with O>lonel J}avid A. McQwdlcss, Director, Southem Pol ice In- 
 
Commission i s planninf" to retire 
 
stitute, Louisville, l{y., while Mr. Gore was attending the Soutliem Police Institute recentlv. 
 
thP ancient landma rk :in which the s harpeyed o ld f"Pnt I eme~n has se rved. f. new stee l Hermitaf"e 
 
Tower wi 11 rise e~hove the Floyd 
 
County for PSt!'i to rei :ieve the 
 
weakeninl! wooden one. 
 
At a s pecial di nn er pe~rty 1n a Rome rPstaurant, members of the Seventh Distrirt paid tribut e to Lowery and hi s lorw serv i ce. They presented him with an in scri I>Pd f"Old watch. f.sked if thPre was anythinl! he wanted beforP retirinl! from sPrvice, Lowery rep I i ed that his only wish we~s to remain on duty lonl! enoul!h t o sPrvPin thP nPw tower. He f"Ot his wish. liP will remain on duty I Ollf" Pnoup-h to move into the steel firP tower IPforP l eavinl! to spend the rest of his yea r s wi th his wi fp, Annie, and their two children. 
 
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GEORGIA FORESTRY 
 
Some 180 fttla nta youn gs t e r s this summer will get t hei r first glimpse of behind- t he - scene activities surrounding Geo r gia's f ahulous forestry i ndustry. It's all part of a program sponsor ed by the Ptlanta Athletic Club. 
LTnder the direction of Sam Martin, Gainesville assistan t district forester in charge of management, three separate groups of pre-teenage l ~ys and girls wi 11 participate in the day camp activities hetwPen t he first of June and ~1iddle of Pugust. The three camps are divided into two parts. The first portion will be held at Eastlake Coun try Club and the second at Franklin Lake at Pine 
Mountain State Park. 
During the three nay encampment at Franklin Late the young campers will learn interesting woodsmanshi p practices as well as usefu l facts about forestry. They wi 11 visit the Harris County Forestry Unit where Ranger Edwin Marsh wi 11 give the city-bred youngsters a ''Smokey Fear's eye view' ' of how a Georgia Forestry Commission county unit operates. In addition to a general tour of unit facilities, the surnrJ1er campers wi 11 1earn fire-fightin~ techniques ann use of fire suppression equipme nt. They also wi 11 climb th~ fire tower and get on-the-scene e xpe n e nce 1n fire netection. 
 
New Tourist Attraction Found In Chipley Callaway Tree Farm 
 
The Callaway Tree Farm near Chipley, one of the South's newest and most p ic turesque tourist attracti ons, is being illustrated in a n o il pain~ed, full-page , color adver t isement appearing in several na tional magazines and spons ored by the Sinclair Oil Corpora ti on. 
The attention of millions of reade rs and future "vacationers" will be drawn toward the attractive ad entitled "America's Tree Farms . . A Great, Green Glory to See. . " l ocated in such publications as T i me , U. S. News and World Repo rt, Na tional Grange Monthly, Natural History Magazine , Saturday Re v ie w and Na t i anal Geographic. 
 
It is the purpose of the oi l company in sponsoring the adve rtisement to promote the more widespread enjoyment of America's woodlands and the growing movement dedicated to good f orestry and the American Tree Farm System. 
A more and mor e familiar sight to travelers is the green and white Tree Farm sign along the nation's highways which indicate that trees are grown as a renewable c rop on private ly owned lands, large and small. They are also evidence that wate r, s oi l and recreational acres are being conserved for the future . Georgia l eads all other states in Tree Farm a c reage . 
 
A'ILANTA AntLETIC CWl) F"OI1E5TRY CMPS-- In top photo at right, Sam Martin, assistaut district management forester, Gainesville, shows Smooey Bear's fire prevention poste r s to young da_v caR1J1ers ~.t F.ast Lake Country rlu b. Bottom rignt photo s oows Martin conducting the group on a tr ee i t! e nt lfir <ltion field tour. 
 
 Voc Ag Clinic. 
 
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schools. It is believed that 
 
after taking partin the course& 
 
the teachers will be in a better 
 
nns.ition to offer forestry in- 
 
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~truction to their high school 
 
classes and to farme rs who need 
 
help with woodland management 
 
problems. 
 
Each of the four cli nics consisted of classroom instru~tion and field trips. Some of the problems discussed included reforestation, fire control, thinning, disease and insect control, estimating standing timber and ha~vesting. 
 
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The three winners accredited their FF A advisors with the aid through guidance and inspection that helped them place in the competition. Advisors of the winning youths are H. H. Glisson, Soperton; 
W. L.. Tomlinson, Sylvester and. 
A. R. Tuten, Appling County. 
Judges were Union Bag employees John Gnann, district forester, Land ~pt.; Bob Tift, conservation forester, Conservation Dept. and Al Davenport, assistant superintendent, Conservation ~pt. All prizes were awarded by the Union Bag and Paper Corporation. 
 
Georgia's ever-increasing mountain of pulpwood harves ted each year continues to soar to new heights. Last year, Georgia forests provided 3, 760,000 cords of pulpwood to continue its recordsetting pace in the South' s unprecedented pulpwood production climb. Oirrent estimates indicate the continuing paper shortage. plus forecasts in many quarters that if present trends prevail, the demand for pulpwood wi Il double by 197 5. 
 
Barrow Grant 
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forGeorgia vocational agriculture teachers. 
Half of the initial grant will be contributed toward purchase of 100 tracts of 10 to 15-acre forestlands. These tracts will be deeded to 100 state high schools having vocational agriculture training facilities. The land must be used to demonstrate forestry methods and practices or as a laboratory for school forestry, nature and conservation purposes. 
Contributions of the trust company at $250 per tract will be conditioned in each case on the remaining funds required to purchase each tract secured locally. 
 
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SMOKEY VISITS TOBACCOLAND-Personnel of the Second District Office in camilla enbered a float designed to help prevent forest fires in the recent Tift County Tobacco Festival parade, (photo at top). ~]Ore than 25, 000 persons witnessed the event. The Tifton area realizes frum ten to twelve million dollars a year. 
Above photo sh<Ms the attractive new Sixth District Forestry Headquarters located near Milledgeville. Many similar modern structures are being built throughout the state to replace outmoded, inadequate existing ones. 
 
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August, 1956 
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Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Atlanta. Georgia 
The University of Ga. 
The Geor&e Foster Peabod-., 
Athens> Geor, ia.