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EORGIA

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APRIL, 1961

OUTDOOR HOLIDAY

Cloudland Canyon

Fort Mountain

Vogel Unicoi



Amicalola Falls

8oat

Man.na

eRed Top Mountain

Geo. W. Corver




Nancy Hort



Fort Yorgo .

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New Hope eStone Moun1at.n Ltberty Hall Keg

Hord Labor Creek

Alex. H. Stephens

Senoia Indian Springs

Magnolia Springs

Franklin D. Rooseveh Roosevelt Inn

Lincoln

Yom Grande

Reidsville

Little Ocmulgee

Georgia Veterans
Veternns Memorial
Chehaw
Kolomoki Mounds

Jefferson Dovis

Seminole Bainbridge

laura S. Walker Stephen C. Foster

From the mountains to the sea, Georgia offers a wide variety of opportunities fur rest, relaxation and fun. Its geography and climate permit summe; r~f_orts in the Blue Ridge mountains r.f the north and yemround resorts on the Golden Isles along the Atlantic coast. Picturesque scenery, historic sites and excellent accommodations make travel a pleasure th1oughout the State.

GEORGIA'S STATE PARKS
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PARK NEWS
PORT YARGO Submitted by 'vJ . S. Fricks, Supt.
At Fort Yargo we have been working on our group camp. A new sho\'ver has been installed. Hope to get the neN cabinets in kttchen next week.
We hope to have our picnic shelters erected during the month of April. We will have a nice picnic area for this coming season with a new parking area near by. (If we get it graveled)
The lawn is looking good now at the old Fort.
STEPHEN C. FOSTER Submitted by George Sirmans, Mgr.
We have just complete d a. road into a three-acre undeveloped camping site, we hope this will take some of the load off our more developed camp site in the park.
The North Ge orgia Council of Boy Scouts of America are camping on Billy 1 s Island which is in the park 1 s jurisdiction. The re is
approximately 600 boys camping
h ~ re during a two-week period.
Billy 1 s Island is located 7 miles in the Interior of the Okefenokee Swamp, and is also near the head\'Taters of the Suwannee river. The island consists of 3,100 acres, which is covered in slash and loblolly pine and also masses of sout hern palmetto.
Originally, Billy 1 s Island was the stronghold of a tribe of the fie~ce Seminole Indian Nation, these Indians were driven from the
swamp in 1838.
In more recent years, there was a logging village located on the Island, (around 1915 to 1930) where

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lived more than 800 people, there
was a school, a church, a two story hotel and a movie theater, and what remains of this now, is only a part of an old steam engine which was junked while the logging operation was in progress.
LAURA S. WALKER Submitted by C. H. Morgan, Supt.
We are installing a new drainage system also a new pier or dock in the l ake .
Our new picnic shed is very popular--even with the bad weather-it stays reserved.
Trailer camping has been fine this month and with that new price, shows up well in the weekly report.
A new drainage field has been completed but it seems like we will have to put in new sewage system to cure everything.
The men are all set to start on the termites, also the mosquitoes are getting bad and we are going to try our new fogging machine this week.
The kitchen and dining room has been painted on the inside. The floor has been varnished and waxed. ~Je are now painting the bathhouE1e.
The most popular item at this park is the new pay telephone on the outside.
Am still a bit wobbly but gaining strength, see you in April, I hope.
CROOKED RIVER St~bu.itted by N. K. DeLoach, Supt.
Fifteen new wooden picnic tables have been received, assembled and stained, awaiting new picnic shelter. 6 tables are to be placed in the old shelter . .11 new shower stalls received and bei n~ installed in cabins.

Repa~rs have been finished on boat
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Nc1~1 ::!:nternational Harvester Tractor anc1. mower received and put in use. Underbrush at entrance of park is being cut and cleared away to give a clearer view of park as guests arriveo The park will officially open on Saturday, April 29, 1961. Already on increase in tent and trailer camping has been noted for the season, and it is expected the sea3on of 1961 will be the largest yet. Reservations for Boat Club cruises fro~ Jacksonville, Florida, etc. have come in for the coming year.
LI'l'ri'LE OCMULGEE Submitted by Lee 11/illcox, Supt.
Ti.1e neH camping area in Little Ocmulgee State Park is progressing a:.1d 1.-;e hope it will be finished by the first of the summer. vie are having quite a few trailer campers going from Florida back North.
A hot water heater has been installed at the Group Camp site. He have had a num'Jer cf motor boats on the lake and some fishing.
We have a ~ew storage building almost finished" The grounds of the park are be:ng cleaned and gotten in shape for the sur.-:mer season.
We had a Cub Scout meeting i'li th about 100 attending last week.
BLAGI\ ROCK HOUNTAIN Su'trrd tted by J. L. Christian, Supt.
We ha\-,'3 just completed laying an 1,800 foot water main to our new tent camping area. Have also erected t~0 aluminum confort stations in the area. We received 16 new wooden picnic tables last t.'i'eek from the shop. He will also complete our rock walls, before the end of the month, at the picnic area on Germany Road.

BAINBRIDGE Submitted by Harry 0. Shealy, Supt.
The past month has been spent in fertilizing and seeding the grass slopes in this park. The green looks as fresh and new as the United States and Georgia Flags that replaced the old tattered ones.
This park is ready for the annual deluge of picnicking parties and boating parties -- from S. W.
Georgia, S. E. Alabama, and N. \v.
Florida. It serves all three states equally t'i'ell.
INDIAN SPRINGS Submitted by W. R. Anderson, Supt.
VIe have had two beautiful \.'leekends during the month of March, t.'li th quite a few picnickers visiting our park. We opened the concession on these weekends.d
i'le had the privi ledge and pleasure of having Mr. St~Jble as guest speaker at our Jackson Exchange Club on March 21, and at that ti~e
he presented Mr. C. B. Hamlin with
a 20-yeal"' certif5.cate of faithful service along with the pin.
\<!e have had very fevl tent campers so far, but have had correspondence from a number of people enquiring about tenting facilities.
ELIJAH CLARK Submitted by J. F. Fortson, Supt.
Campers have alread~/ started coming to Elijah Clark. Fishermen and their families are enjoying weekend trips. Florida winter residents are stopping over on their way back to their homes. We are also having a good many Boy Scouts each weekend.
The concession building is being remodled and repainted. The floor repaired; chairs reupholstered; kitchen enlarged and rewired. We are still hoping that work on a sewage system will be started at an early date.

The annual "Easter Sunrise Service" \dll be held at Elijah Clark on Easter morning. The Rev. Bremmel
c. :c.;rr, Public Relations officer
for the Methodist Children's Home, Decatur, Georgia \dll be guest speaker. rllusic will be furnished by the Lincolnton High School Band, and songs by the choirs from the three Lincolnton Churches. Approximately five hundred or more persons are expected to attend this service.
REIDSVILLE Sllb!1li ttcd by C. P. Flowers, Supt.
Reid3ville State Park has received a new Ford pickup and a new 36 inch lawn mower.

FORT MOUNTAIN Submitted by Tom vJinkler
During the year of 1960-61, about
4 acres of underbrush) logs and
limbs have been cleared for tent and trailer area. New 30 ft. flag staffs have been placed in all areas at Fort Mountain.
vle have received 10 new 14 ft.
fiberglass boats with oars; 54
cushion-type life perservers; 10 sanitary outdoor toilets; 1 new pm..;er savJ; 40 concrete picnic tables and 10 woode~ tables; 1 new jeep traile:c; 1 lawn mower; 1 - 30 x 40 steel building and 2 newelicnic shelters have been erect4J_t

r~ater:tal:;; for a dock on the lake are on hand. The construction will
tesin within the next few days. We al3o have materials for another picnic 3heltcr. These IT1fl.terials have been stained and are ready to be erected.

A new kit~hen sink and c~w-net; 2 new rugs~ 1 new couch ~,d a new
chair have been purchased for the cabin, and a new rug has also been purchased .f:)r tl)e stlperintendent' s
residero8e"

All woodl'lork on the filter house has had a paint job.

AIJJICALGLA FALLS
Submitted by E. C. Collins, Supt.

Povrer Lines have be~n extended from the pool to the picnic shelter area.
The grou.."l<.ls are bej.ng mowed and readied for the spring season.

Hill have much j.mp:?oved camping facili t~tes th:l.s summer; 7 new camp
sites will be completed 1.:rhich will include water, tent mounds, tables and outdoor toiletu.

CHEHI-~.vJ
Submitted by Earl D.:.tt-Tson, Supt.
vie are happy to ~nnounce the completic~ of t~e offiGe. The porch of the Superintendent's residence w2.s conver"~cd into this office. It looks very n~,_ee.

16 camp s l t~s have b~en started
whic~ will alEo incl~de the facilities ;nen c::_Oi1ed a~)OVe e vle knOW that everyone v-lill e:rj oy camping at
Amicalola Falls in 61.
A. H. STEPHENS Subm5_ tted hy T. E. Darden.!' Supt.

A new picnic shelter has been erec"t:.;ed. The last fet-.r days of spring weather have bro-..1g~1t many people to Chehaw for picnicl<:ing.
Progress is being made on hiking trails.

A new steel huilding has been erected ~nd ten (10) new concrete picnic thbles hav,? [)een set t:p. A new picnic shelter with five new tables has been completed at the tent camping area.
A new Garl~nd range with hood and exhaunt fan he.::: i)een installed in the Grm..1p Co.mp kitGi1en.

All rest rooms in Group Camp have been freshly painted. Showers have been installed in the bathhouse at the tent camping area. This bathhouse has been painted also. All wooden tables at barbeque pit have been painted. We have received 10 nev-1 beds for the Group Camp, and the Group Camp dining hall floor has been freshly painted. All screen windows in the Group Camp have been repaired. He are in the process of getting the camp ready for campers.
The eontinental Car Company of Augusta is sponsoring a field day for the FFA Chapters in this area here at Stephens Park. Classes in different phases of Forestry will be taught, and there will be a weiner roast at noon.
VOGEL Submitted by Bonnell Akins, Mgr.
We are planning to officially open April 1, Spring cleaning will begin prior to that time, weather permitting. Reservations are coming in at a better rate than ever and we are expecting a good summer. We are hoping all major repairs will have been completed prior to opening date.
RED TOP MOUNTAIN Submitted by W. D. Clark, Supt.
The high water \'lhich had covered Red Top Mountain and George Hashington Carver's beaches, picnic areas, and parking lots has returned to normal.
Red Top Mountain has three deer. One white Virginia deer and two white-tail Georgia deer.
vle were happy to see Hr. Collier out again. He visited Red Top Mountain and George Washington Carver March 24.
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CAMP-OPERATED REGISTRY
Assistant Regional Director Herb
Maier, Region 4, National Park
Service, San Francisco reports a unique campground registry board he saw recently in the Inyo National Forest.
Located at the single entrance and exit of each campground in such a position that the driver can't miss it--in fact, he halts his car right in front of it before entering the campground--the registry board allows him to see at a glance those campsites vacant and available, their location and how to reach them.
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INDIAN FOLK SAYING
In beauty I walk, \\fith beauty before me I walk, 1:/i th beauty behind me I walk, \Vi th beauty above me I walk.
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TEN CGrilMANDMENTS OF SPORTSMANSHIP
Thou shalt finish the game thou beginnest. Thou shalt take losses without excuses. Thou shalt be humble in victory. Thou shalt honor the referee or umpire. Thou shalt share the glory of winning vii th thy teammates. Thou shalt be willing to give thine opponent every advantage thou askest. Thou shalt play for the sake of the game and the joy of playing. Thou shalt do team work unselfisly. Thou shalt honor the game.
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Mountaineer: "My boy's after larning; what d'ya have?" Teacher: "We offer English, trigonometry, spelling, music appreciation " Mountaineer: "Hal, give him some of thet thar trigonometry; he's the worst shot in the family."
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GEORGIA LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE GEORGIA DISTRICT - AMERICAN CAMPING
ASSOCIATION
HARD LABOR CREEK STATE PARK April 14-16, 1961
FRIDAY - Registration Early arrivals - fishing, hiking, etc. Lowering of colors - University of Georgia Camping Class Dinner Small Group Discussions - College Credit for Camp Counselors - Dr. Frances Hall, Prof. of Physical Education, Florida State University Camp Management - Mr. Nate Loshak, Jewish Helfare Board Waterfront Problems - Harry A. Kenning, First Aid and Water Safety Representative, American Red Cross General Session - Introduction of Speaker - Dr. Tully Pennington, Georgia Southern College Keynote Speaker - Dr. E. L. Palmer, Ithaca, New York Informal Singing - Marty Kurtz, Concharty Council, Girl Scouts of USA
SATURDAY - Raise Colors - University of Georgia Camping Class Breakfast Skill Sessions - Creative Drama Mrs. Helen Greenbaum, Dramatics Director, Jewish Community Center Campcraft - Edie Klein, Program Director, Jewish Community Center Nature Crafts - Roslyn Brock, Nature Crafts Counselor ~ndian Lore - Joe Mahan, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Columbus, Georgia Square Dance - Harry Popkin, Dir. Blue Star Camps Camp Music - Marty Kurtz, Girl Scouts of USA Nature in the Camp Program - Dr. Tully Pennington, Georgia Southern College Sociological Implications for today's Camps - Dr. Raymond Payne Lunch Skill Sessions (A repeat of morning skill sessions)
SUNDAY - Breakfast - Business r1eeting Worship Service - Dinner - Depart

FAMILY CAf\1PING WORKSHOP
HARD LABOR CREEK STATE PARK April 21-23, 1961
FRIDAY - Registration Movies - National Parks and other points of interest to camping families - Miss Barbara Rankin Department of State Parks
SATURDAY - Registration and setting up camp Jr. Skill Sessions - Miss Robin Jackson and Miss Dorothy Yarbrough Atlanta Recreation Department Introduction to Family Camping Dr. Hugh Masters, University of Georgia Skill Groups - Helpful hints on living in the out-of-doors - Miss Edie Klein, ACA Instructor Cooking in the out-of-doors - Miss Margaret Stanion, ACA Instructor Camping is Conservation - Ga. Game and Fish Commission - Ga. Forestry Corrmri.ssion - National Park Service Health and Safety is a part of Camping - Atlanta Chapter of the American Red Cross Exhibition of camping and equipment and written material Dinner, Rest Period, and Visiting Recreation for families - Mrs. Lucille Bailey, Atlanta Recreation Department Campfire Program - Mr. vlilliam L. Featherstone, Dept. of Interior, Richmond, Virginia, National Park Service
SUNDAY - Bird Watch - Breakfast Sunday Worship Services - Georgia Appalachian Trail Club - Nature Program - Mr. William L. Featherstone, National Park Service Lunch - Pack up - Depart
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CIVIL \'JAR CENTENNIAL C01'-1MISSION
Karl s. Betts, Executive Director
700 Jackson Place, N.W. Washington 25, D. C. Telephone: EXecutive 3-3300, ext. 641
FOR RELEASE SUNDAY, ~ffiRCH 5, 1961

No. 151 March 1, 1961

WASHINGTON, D.C. ----- South Carolina's Charleston, the city that echoed in 1861 with the first hostile firing of the Civil War, will present an authentic background both in scenery and costumes when the fourth national assembly of the Centennial Corrunission is held there April 11-12.
The atmosphere of the Civil Har era v.rill be noticeable on all sides and all of it will be by vray of welcome. Many male residents will wear beards, the hirsute ador1~~nts so reminiscent of the period. Hostesses will be gowned in the flowing dresses of the Sixties. Citadel cadets, manning the batteries that sounded notes of defense there 100 years ago, will be dressed in authentic Confederate uniforms. And as a final fillip, the outburst of cannon fire that Beauregard's troops poured on Fort Sumter will be reenacted v1ith pyrotechnics and not the fireworks of warfare.
Karl S. Betts, executive director of the National Commission, predicts the meeting will be the most important pertaining to the Civil War held in the last Century.
"Here for the first time," he said, "we will have an opportunity to assess ourselves on a basis of performance. By that time several of our more important opening ceremonies will have taken place, and our speakers will be expected to point out to us what lies ahead and how to improve our programs."
As a special highlight of the program, Postmaster General J. Edward Day and some of his deputies will be on hand to present to the American public for the first time the Fort Sumter cormnemorative stamp to be issued in memory of the occasion. This stamp will go on sale on April~ at the main post office in Charleston.