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ADEQUATE AftEAS AND FACIU TIES

FOR ALL AGES

Director Charles A. Collier

Prepared and Edited By Barbara J. Rankin-- Recreation Director

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THE SERVICE OF STATE PARKS August is the month that will bring together the great athletes and sportsmen of the world. Bob Richards , three-time Gold Medal winner of the Olympics J said, "Sports test everything that a person is, everything you are comes out when you play the game." How well this quotation might be applied to the park visitor and the outdoor sportsmen.
On the giganticscoreboard on the Olympic field will be these words, 11 THE OLYI'JIPIC GAMES TEND TO BRING HARt>10NY WITH THE QUALITIES THAT GUIDE MANKIND 11 Replacing OLYMPIC GAMES with the words GEORGIA PARKS, this quotation could very well serve as our motto for the spirit of realizing the service which many of our parks provide mankind. Striving for peace of mind, and the enjoyment of life can be our victory on the Georgia Park Olympic team.
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SERVICE - William Wordsworth Small Service is true service while it lasts: Of humblest friends, bright creatures! Scorn not The daisy, by the shadov1 that i t casts, Protects the lingering dew-drop from the sun.

SUGGESTION

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REVERDY CLARK - EMPLOYEE OF STATE PARKS DEPARTMENT

By Milford C. Howard, Forester
rrhc foot traffice on recreation areas c2.uses soil compa-:cion and thus re~...t.wes water infiltration and soil moisture. The increased overland flo-v; of viate:.."' creates neu erosion p}.'Oblems.

Reverdy Clark, an employee of the
General Office, died of a heart
attack July 193 1960J at Kingsland;
Georgiaj while on a business trip
through South Georgia. The staff of the Department of State Parks
wishes to express its sincere sympathy to l\1rs. Clark and their two children.

Terracing of farm land is recognized Ets 2. i;:;ay of slowing the overland flm~- of water and of : .urbing erosion.~~ I'c is equally effective on J:>ecreation areas along v:i th o:~her proven e~osion control meas~res. The sheet r>ill, OJ:> gully erosiol1 and the exposed tree roots so evid0nt on many p-L1b1ic areas should be an:ple evicenc ~~ of the neecl fo:e e:.."'osion contro1 as 2. pa.l"'t of area planning and ma:i.r:t;enarlce.
0::1 :;;:-o;:;:.iJ.s of medil:.m gi'ade vmod chips o:: r::a-i-Jdust help restOJ:>e the turf, fu1nj. sh protection to tl~<:;e roots, c::x:.d maintain soil friability. The c::.cldi tion of a complete fertilizer J high in ni troge::1, v-riJ.l stimulate vegetative grm<Tth .smd natural re-
co.\. Tcl.-:y.
:?lc,;o~33 accept my apologies for not beins; able to send the Park Views to ;:.rou earlier this month, but we have been very busy z~:.:1d I was out of tlE G::n'l.eral' Office for ten days. We ~Till try not to be late with our monthly publication o.ny more this
yes~e.
Life is made up, not of g:;:-eat sacrifiGes or duties, but of little things, in which srniles and kindnes8, and small obligations given habitually, are 1!>J"hat pres(~rve the h.::2.::::'t and secure comfort.

NE~'l.S I'l'EI"l

Mr. Temple R. J"arre11 has joined
the National Recrention staff to provide services forlT.erly given by riJ:r. "k'Jil}.j_8.2n Hay. Mr. Jarrell
has 'i-Jorl{ed fo:::> the recreation profes:::~ion for m."J.n~,r years. He
has been director for several large city recj:>eation programs,
be sl des workinG T>J"i th the group planning section of the United
Community Service, U.S. State Department, as a teacher and spe'~ialist in ~he Panama Canal
Zone, and bet~<reer.c 44 and 45 was
Director of Recreation of defence wo::.."l:::ers ;at Oa.kridge, Tenn.

The Department of State Parks wishes to extend our wholehearted
cooperation to Mr. Jarrell in
~relcoming him in our office any time.

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JYti\NY THPJTKS

r!Jany thanks to the Lake Reporter for its excellent r:;~o:o:y on the Georgia State Parks in the .August edition. This paper is doing an excellent job trying to help our agency promote water safety.

Many thanks to the Petroleum Council of Georgia for its m~ny news releases on Georgia State Parks.

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HOVJ AUGUST GOT ITS NAME

CAMPFIRE RECIPE - ONE-POT MEAL

Sextilis used to be the name of thi s month, when i t was the sixth month
of the Roman Calendar. In 8 B.C.
Emperor Gains Octav i us G'l'stw:: gave his name to the month i n commemoration of fortunate events which had occurred in August.
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(Makes 6 servings wh i ch will fill
4 hungry people.)
In a pot , brown 1~ lbs. of hamburger. Add 1 or 2 chopped onions and ~ to 1 chopped green pepper (or their equivalent j_n dehydrated form) , 1 can undiluted condensed tomato soup. Salt and pepper to your taste.

DATES TO REMEMBER
American Camping Association, Southeastern Section - September 22-25 ; Piedmont Hotel~ Atlanta ) Georgia. Outstanding speakers include Stanley Michael , President-elect, American Camping Association.
National Recreation Association meeting, Washington, D. C. , September 210ctober 1.
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Georgia Recreation Association meeting, second week in dctober
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Southeastern State Park Directors Conference, Callaway Gardens , October 5-6-7.
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HURRAH!
The 1960 fiscal year annual progress report is being printed and will be distributed to park superintendents within the next few months. This booklet will give you a complete summary of the work which has been done in each State Park during the last year . It is taking some t ime to assemble , as we are tryi ng to use a great deal of our i llustrations so that it will be interesting and readable.

For Camper's spaghett i add two No. 2

cans of spaghetti; Spanish Rice ,

add 1 small package precooked rice ;

Macaroni Beef, add ~ pound ~ackage

macaroni (cooked separately ); Hunteris

Stew add 2 cans red beans and chili

powders ; Chili , add 2 No. 2 cans red

beans add 1

and chi li large can

pcoowrndearn; dSfgawlbC. odrnic)ed

cheese ; Hungarian Hot Pot, add 2

cans baked beans.

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COOKOUT DISHWASHING

Dishwashing should be done immediatly after a meal so that insects are not attracted by food remnants. Scour greasy pans wi th sand or forest duff. Put water into cooking pans and boil
them up over the f i re for easier cleaning . A film of soap rubbed over
the bottoms of kettles will make it easier to remove wood soot later,
but darkened pans are better for cooking. Rinse dishes and utensils
by dipping in a pan of boiling water or scald by pouring water over them.
Put clean things under netting or in
plasti c bags.

Do not throw dish wat er around camp area for it will attract pests. To dispose of greasy or soapy water, pour it through a screen of grass, pine needles or leaves, and burn the screen i n the fire.

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STATE PARK NEVJS
BOBBY BROWN - Roads throughout Bobby Brown Park have been scraped by the County Road Department.
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VICTORIA BRYANT - Grading has been completed around the new shelter and new barricade posts erected.
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ELIJAH CLARK - The camping area at Elijah Clark has been filled to its capacity most of this surruner. Every state except Hawaii has been represented by either campers or picnickers. Canada and England have also been represented. The Superintendent is glad to note that more people from Georgia are camping in the park.
The highlight of activities for Elijah Clark has been the nightly campfire meetings. Campers gather around the fire and persons with special talents perform for the group. Sometimes just group singing, but quite often interesting stunt sJ dances, jokes, folk songs, and films are presented. Musical instruments such as the accordian, harp and guitar have been played.
Approximately three to four hundred people have attended these campfire meetings at one time and many parents have expressed the belief that the children have been benefitted from these meetings.
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GEORGIA VETS. - On the 30th of July, Georgia Vets had 600 men and lO L~ vehicles of the 560th Eng ineering Battalion of the Georgia National Guard to stay overnight at the Park on their return from Fort Stewart, Georgia .

On the 6th of August, 375 men of the Alabama National Guard made an overnight bivouac on the way down to Fort Stewart for two seeks of training.
August 13th was the closing date for t he Camp Safety Patrol.
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STEPHEN C. FOSTER -Mr. Ross Allen and his three sons, from Ross Allen's r eptile institution at Silver Springs, Florida visited Stephen C. Foster Park and also toured the Okefenokee Swamp.
On the tour which covered about 30 miles, Mr . Allen's son leaped from the front boat in the party and caught by the jaws, with his hands an 8 ft. alligator.
There were several snakes and small alligators caught on this tour, but all were turned loose after taking pictures of them . Mr . Allen was pleased with the parks conservation practices.
The park is being swamped by coons and deer J also a good many bears and wild cats have been seen.
A. H. STEPHENS - One of the most interesting groups to visit Liberty Hall and the Confederate flluseum was from Oregon, a lawer, his wife and two adult sons. They were touring the south and the lawyer was viewing all court houses . The places were systematically marked that they wanted to see, and A. H. Stephens was one of them. There are many people who spend the night in the park. All visitors speak of how well kept the park is.
Among the many out-of-state visitors who visited Liberty Hall and the Museum are: Indiana, Mississippi, Maryland,

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STATE PARK NEWS
Oregon, Virginia, Arizona, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Texas, California Massachusetts and Alabama. Count:ties were Argentina, Vienna, Austria and France .

AMICALOLA FALLS - During the past f ew weeks the following people were e&corted to Amicalola Falls
Park by Mr. John A. Frierson of Atlanta, Georgia : Raden Soedigdo,
Indonesia ; Abdulkerim M. Aker, Tripoli - Libya; Mohieddin Socni,
Tripoli - Libya; Hadi Siklani, Tripoli - Libya; Kyong Sun Song ,
Korea< Boontham Chinnong , Thiland
(Siam)

WALASIYI INN- Mr. J. W. Searcy, Manager of Walasiyi Inn, reports that since spraying for worms, the
mountain looks like summer instead
of winter . The pictures sent in to the General Office showed the trees
bare of leaves; since spraying, the trees have put on new leaves and
are certainly more beautiful . He also commented t hat he would like
to have been in the fish bait business, as t here were enough worms to
make a million dollars .

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BLACK ROCK r~OUNTAIN - July has been

a busy month at Black Rock . The

4th of July weekend there was a

very large attendance. There have

been young people from the various

camps for picnics almost daily.

Camps visiting there were Dixie for

Girls;

Dixie

for

Boys;

Athnes

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Camp Chattooga; Camp Pinnacle ;

Camp Highlander; Camp t~erridell for

handicapped childre n; On J uly 15

the Florida Club from Macon County,

North Carolina visited the park,

there were 183 members present for

the day.

VOGEL - Bonnell Akins announced that during the three-day period of the 4t h of July there were ~ 5 ,083 cars on the park; which by actual count means that 22, 873 persons visited the park during ;~- the 3-day,holiday. The record during the 3 days was Sunday, July 3, with 2,169 state cars and 157 out-of-state cars entering the park.
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HARD LABOR CREEK - A very interesting article concerning Hard Labor Creek appeared in ~he Madesonian newspaper . It gave an account of the fact that thousands of tourists were brought into Morgan County annually, and t he park employed a number of county residents . This department is always glad to see a local county recognize t he importance of one of our parks.
Two assembly shelters have been installed and stained ; much work has been completed in the state maintenance shop located at Hard Labor Creek.
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CHERAW - Crews have continued cutting of the new cleared area, and recovering of buildings .
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FORT YARGO - There has been a continuation of repairs to the new spring and clearing of unde rgrowth in the new picnic area .
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INDIAN SPRINGS - Lights have been installed in t he tent camping area and picnic shelter .
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STATE PARK NEWS (Cont'd)

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KNOW YOUR STATE PARKS

REIDSVILLE - Visitors from Florida, Indiana, Washington, D. C. and Ohio have been campers in the Reidsvi lle State Park during the last few weeks. Those employed in the Park find them interesting .
The pool is a most welcome place for the weary traveler, hot and tired after being on the road for many hours .
Swimming lessons began at the pool
July 25 . Bill Hughes, lifeguard,
is teaching adults and children.
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YOUTH WORKSHOP HELD AT TIFTON, GEORGIA
The state Youth Workshop sponsored by the Georgia Recreation Society
was held July 24 - 28. Teen-agers
from all over the state attended and found very helpful i nformation in planning teen-age recreation programs for the coming year.
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Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer since to remain constantly at work will cause you co lose power of judgment ... Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller, and more of it can be taken in at a glance, and a lack of harmony or proportion is more readily seen.
Leonardo Da Vinci
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CLOUDLAND CANYON STATE PARK HAS NEW LOOK SINCE CLEANING AFTER ICE STOR~i
Dade County Times - The sign reads "Do Not Cut Green Timber" but the warning seemed to be unnecessary. Stacks and stacks of wood as far as the eye could see would supply picknickers and campers for months to come.
Cloudland Canyon State Park's new look since the ice storm in March is one of bareness , eerie in the distorted tree shapes visible in many directions. Following the thaw ; Superintendent J. M. Crawford could barely walk through the main camping area, so littered i t was from fallen trees and branches .
The debris, when cleared away gave the park a clean, empty appearance where once the closeness of green woods could make one imagine a time when civilization was just beginning
But a glance across the gorge brings one up to the present time, for there is nothing to compare with such a scene except the battlefields of war. From the distance the trees look as i f some giant had flung them down like so many matches shattering them against the mountainside .
60,000 persons are expected to visit the park this year. Sinc e records
show only 9,254 visitors for 1954 ,
Mr. Crawford's first year as superintendent , Georgians and residents of other states are finding that Cloudland Canyon is a desirable place to while away leisure time.

During June of thi s year 5,738
persons took advantage of the
picni cking and camping facilities,
while on Sunday, July 3, the
largest number of people on record
visited the park, nearly 1,000 for
one day.

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Know Your State Parks (Cont'd)

Mr . Crawford was especially pleased
t o see so many Dade Countai ns redi scover i ng the beauty and pleasure
of the park during t he hol i day we ek-
end. He believes the park to be a potenti al money maker for the county.

when t heir des t i nat i on i s somethi ng
a s beautiful and unusual as Cloudland Canyon (right at our own bac k door) , what's a l i t t le bump he re and there or a l i ttle dus t on your
car ?

Since March, 15 new tables, one new shelter and two outdoor alumi num restrooms have been built . Twenty bar becue grills are on order and a new c ampi ng area has been cleared. At present lights and running water are being installed.
The bluff has been fenced i n with steel cab l e to make s i ghtseeing a littl e safer . According to Mr. Crawford, a t elephone is a necessity, but until more fami l l es move nearby , it will not be possible to get a line built .

OUT-OF- STATE CAMPERS CALL GEORGIA PARK AREA "BEST 11
Visi t i ng at Kolomoki By Ame l i a Barksdale Herald Correspondent
Blakely, Ga . - Campers at Kolomoki St ate Park say the way to see Ameri ca i s to se c ure the smallest amount of camping material you can get by with, load it on top of your automobi le and start out .

Surprisingly, around 200 campers a week pass through the roughly-hewn gat e s . Mr . Crawford has even noted cars from Canada and one from Indi a . After the gates are c l osed at 10 : 30 p . m. he usually has to get up once or twi c e a night to admit new campers . Some campers stay ov ern~ ght, while other s may stay for two weeks , e i ther setting up tents or using trailers .
A confederate flag flies alongsi de the U. S . flag at the conc essi on stand. He re are avai l able so f t drinks and souvenirs , among them items made from rhododendron wood . There are pa intings for s ale , done by Mr. Crawford ' s grandson, Larry Dodson, who is 17 years of age and an art student .
The road out to the park could use some work to smooth out the wash board wri nkles , but tourist don ' t seem to mind.

Mr . and Mrs . M. J . Hoffman of Bradenton, Fla., and their two teen-age daughters hearti ly agree that a c amping vacati on i s t he ''v er y best '' to have.
The Hoff mans are endi ng the last of the i r two-week vacati on at the c amp i ng area at Kolomoki State Park near here . Thi s has been the second summer the fami ly has toured camping areas throughout the Southern States wh i le on the i r vacation . During their present tour the HoffmaL3 camped out in Ohio and Tennessee as well as at Kolomoki .
11 If you plan your vacation to follow state parks you will always have a grand place to stay . '' Mrs . Hoffman sai d , but eve r y member of the fami ly agreed that the state parks in Georgia are the 11 best in the South 11 and had only words of praise for the park superi ntendents and attendants .

Mrs . Hoffman admitted that she was the reluctant one on the fami ly's fi r st camp- out.

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"Some friends of ours in Florida kept insisting that we go camping with them .. . even for just one night. Although I was not in favor of spending the night out of doors we agreed to go . That one trip turned out to be so interesting and made it possible to visit a spot we could never have gone unless we had camped that we realized wSat fun it could be~
Upon returning home~ it was r1rs. Hoffman who talked her husband into buying the double-braced tent that fits on their station wagon, making two small rooms for the family wh i le camping. They acquired other camping equipment as they found it necessary~ she said .
Mr . Hoffman said that when on an outing the entire family "pitches in" and set up camp in about 30 minutes. Most of the time they spend two or three nights at one place after setting up camp, he said .
They usually choose a place at a triangle between two trees . A folding floor is put down and the tent is erected over the floor and attached to the back of the station wagon. Beds are placed on each side of the tent and a thick rug leads the way to a large bed in the station wagon . On the outside, a plastic canopy is stretched over the entrance of the tent and camp tables are usual~ ly arranged under the trees. The canopy is a protection from rain and sun .

One of the girls said she discovered a coral snake recently at the edge of their camp at one of the parks in Florida and Mr. Hoffman killed the snake. However, Kolomoki is kept so well mowed they said there was no necessity to use the snake spray.
Mr. Hoffman said one of the most important things to find out about a camp is to be sure the camp has lights which will be left on all night. He said another important item is to be sure there is supervision of the camp throughout the night and also to find out if there is running hot water at the camp.
He told of one fami ly who camped next to them in Tennessee who carried their maid with them to assist with the children, do the laundry and to prepare meals . At another camping area a family parked beside them in a white cadillac and set up their two bedroom tent, built with an open hall between the divisions.
"I t's the life, ~ the oldest daughter said as she left for a dip in Lake .Kolomoki.

The Hoffman's carry a f.irst aid ld t,
pressure spray for insects, a spray for snakes and keep a small lantern burning all of the time to turn away mosquitoes . After camp is made they put up screen on the station wagon.

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THE GEORGIA
CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL COMMISSION TO COIDmMORATE
THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES

According to John G. Thomas, City ~1anager of Eastman_, DODGE COUNTY-
EASTMAN co~nittee is working on plans in that area.

NEWS LETTER

JULY 1960

Preparations for the CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL are beginning to snowball
in Georgia with city-county committies being created throughout the state.

Other localities which report committies being formed are JASPER
COUNTY-MONTICELLO_, TROUP COUNTYLA GRANGE, AND MERI\VETHER COUNTY-
GREENVILLE.

Reporting the first-planned local project_, the NILLEDGEVILLE-BALDWIN
COUNTY group plans a re-enactment of the Ordinance of Secession there
at Georgia's wartime Capitol, Jan-
uary 19, anniversary of our seces-
sion from the Union. This will be-
gin a three-day ~r.ogram which in-
cludes a giant parade and ball, reports W. K. Holt, manager of the program and of the local Chamber of Commerce . Governor Vandiver and
his staff will attend these events.

The state Commission would like to see the formation of a local committee in each of the counties.
A comprehensive guide for local activities during the Centennial, MANUAL FOR GEORGIANS, has been received by each committee as it has been formed and by mayors and county co~nissioners. Additional copies are available if needed. From time to time the material in the manual will be supplemented.

Madeline Anthony is serving as chairman of the LUMPKIN COUNTY-DAHLONEGA committee. Adding impetus to the Centennial plans in that area, the Blue Ridge Rifles, a reactivated unit of the 52nd Regiment, meets regularly.
The MUSCOGEE COUNTY-COLDr1BUS group named Tom Sellers chairman.
In operation over a year_, the BEN HILL-FITZGERALD committee has plans for an idea which well could develop into a national theme for the Centennial.
In Savannah, Irvin Metz, of the Chamber of Con~erce, and Malcolm Maclean, Mayor Pro Tern, have been appointed to the CHATHAM COUNTYSAVANNAH unit.
A committee in COBB COUNTY-MARIETTA is being set up by C. E. Crissey and Troy Adair.

A schedule of wartime events_, by dates, will be sent to local groups very shortly.
Meeting in Atlanta this month, the chairmen and staff directors of the eleven Confederate States will exchange ideas and plans which wil~ aid all Southern states in formulating better programs.
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Names and addresses of chairmen and other members of local committies should be sent to the state commission in~ediately.
Charles Stelling, Staff Director, GEORGIA CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL COMMISSION, Governor's Office, State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia

LETTERS FROM VISITORS
Dear Sir:
Thank you for the informative leaflet enclosed in your let~er
of 2nd August, 1960. I am also
very pleased to hear of your action in referring my request to the Georgia Department of Commerce.
One other thing - I know this is wildly off the subject, but I thought that you, as a loyal American citizen, m:i.ght like to know that we in East Anglia observed your 'Radio Balloon' satellite for the first time at 10:20 P. M. on Friday, August 12, quite clearly . Congratulations! A fine achievement.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss) J. A. King Norwich Norfolk, England
As you will note, this letter was received from a lady in England; we thought it would make interesting reading.

The Honorable Carl E. Sanders, Augusta, Georgia recently sent to this office a very nice letter which had been sent to 'trim ,<:oncerning Georgia State Parks. We are very glad to re-print these words for your enjoyment.
Dear Carl:
How does one say "Thank You" to the State of Georgia? My I express my appreciation to you in the hope that you will pass along to the proper department .
Last week my boys and I spent six days camping in Unicoi State Park. Carl, I have never been so delighted! The facilities there are excellent and all of the personnel most courteous and helpful.
We met campers from many other states and without exception they praised the Georgia State Parks as being the finest in the nation-this makes a native feel good, hey!
Hope that you and your family are well .
Best Regards,
(Mrs.) Maryanne Baggs

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LETTERS

Dear Sir:

I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your effort in tryi ng
to locate Mrs . Young ' s glasses which we lost during our recent camping trip to Georgia Veterans State Park.
Your park certainly is well run and clean. The friendliness and help you gave during our stay was most appreciated.

Yours truly,

Paul D. Young

Dear Mr. Crawford:

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I want to thank you again for your kindness in allowing us to camp in your park the night of June 2. It was already dark when we got up there, but you came out and took us t o your group shelter where we spent a very
comfortable night.
It is people like you and facilities such as your Georgia State Parks that make our annual FFA Educational Tours so very enjoyable and worthwhile.
As a high school teacher of Vocational Agriculture , I have taken my boys to all parts of the United States and into Canada.
I am sure that we will come back to Cloudland Canyon State Park on some of our future trips, and I certainly hope that you, Mr . Crawford, will still
be there. I am sending a carbon copy of this letter. Will you please forward it
to your superiors? Thanks.

Very truly yours,

James W. Edwards

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Dear Sir:

Last week my family made a , trip to your state parks. We stayed at Seminole, Hard Labor Creek, and Red Top Mountain Parks. At all parks we were treated with every courtesy.
It isn't often I write a letter like this , but I feel we should thank you and the park employees for all the kindness in making our vacation a huge success.

Yours truly,

(Mrs.) Dudley D. Hatc h