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H A P P Y NEW YEAR t!

As we come to the beginning of another

thankful for what we have and the progress that the Department has made in providing the citizens of Georgia with more and better park facilities. The year 1961 has been one in

completed.

As 1962 begins, we are Year's resolution

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the top in the nation.

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The Department of State Parks is very proud to have had the opportunity to present Service Award Certificates to some of its personnel. The following members of our staff received these certificates:
15-year Faithful Service Award Certificates
LUNNIE EARL ASTIN Hard Labor Creek State Park
THOMAS DODSON CARTER Hard Labor Creek State Park
MRS. CLARA J. CAMERON General Office, Atlanta

10-year Faithful Service Award Certificates
ROBERT H. RIGGEN Hard Labor Creek State Park
GRAHAM MORRIS General Office, Atlanta
EWART G. HINSON Little Ocmulgee State Park
RALPH \~. GLOVER Chehaw State Park
CLAYTON H. MORGAN
Laura s. Walker State Park
RANZE HARPER Jefferson Davis Memorial Park
W. S. FRICKS Fort Yargo State Park
THOMAS E. DARDEN Alex. H. Stephens State Park
J. LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN Black Rock Mountain State Park
JAMES CASPER ARNALL General Office, Atlanta
MRS. SARA ARMSTRONG General Office, Atlanta

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A NEW START
I will start anew this morning with a higher fairer creedj
I will cease to stand complaining of my ruthless neighbor's greed;
I will cease to sit repining while my duty's call is clear;
I will waste no moment whining, and my heart shall lmo-v.r no fear.
I will look sometimes about me for the things that merit praise;
I will search for hidden beauties that elude the grumbler's gaze.
I will try to find contentment in the paths that I must tread;
I will cease to have resentment when another moves ahead.
I will not be swayed by envy vJ'hen my rival's strength is shown;
I will not deny his merit, but 1 1 11 strive to prove my own;
I will try to see the beauty spread before me, rain or shine;
I will cease to preach your duty, and be more concerned with mine.

SALVAGING AN IRONCLAD
Travelers in Georgia who are interested, and those who are just plain curious, can watch salvage crews busily at work on the Chattahoochee River on a project to bring the old Confederate ironclad Muscogee to the surface so she can be preserved in a naval museum at Columbus.
During the war, this ship boosted the Southerners' hope to such a degree that one Confederate officer wrote his sweetheart: "She will be very formidable, will mount five heavy guns, each capable of whipping a fleet of Yanlcees. You may rest perfectly secure now."
She was begun in 1863, but there was delay, and in 1G64 this officer wrote that he had visited Navy Secretary Mallory to encourage him to complete her. It was not done before Wilson's raiders swept through in April 26, 1865, and fire put an end to the vessel.
The project for her recovery, backed by a $25,000 state appropriation, is moving along. Already a 20-foot fantail section has been raised.
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THE U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY at Annapolis, Md., recently was presented a set of Southern Crosses by the Washington Division of the U. D. C., in memory of Admiral Raphael Semmes, the Confederate who scourged the seas in the C.S.S. Sumter and the C.S.S. Alabama during the first three years of the war.
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Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River, with a total area of 58,376 square miles.
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THREE tiiSHES
A fairy allows me three wishes, Three wishes for a friend;
N0\'1, honest and true, that must be you,
So three to you I send.
I wish you a body so healthy That living is pure delight;
Your vrork every day like happy play;
Your sleep like a child's at night.
I wish you a mind so responsive That nothing escapes your ken;
The Creator's plan, nor the notes of Pan,
Nor the good in your felloH men.
I wish you a heart prone to loving, That all may be dear to you;
Your friends indeed, all those you need,
And those who need you, too.
I've wished you my three best wishes,
But the three are really one; God grant you wealth - just perfect health,
Until your day is done.
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FACE THE SUN
Alexander the Great's horse, fearless in battle, had to be tethered facing the sun. It was afraid of its shadow.
So, too, with man. We are a curious blend. Of faith and fear, of hope and gloom, of strength and weakness. And yet, the choice is ours. Look backward seeing only where we failed we dwell in doubt and shadow. Look forvmrd face the sun and each new day becomes a welcomed challenge.
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OUT OF THE HAIL BAG
Dear Mr. Collier,
I wish to express my appreciation to the Department of State Parks for the 10-year Service A\>Tard Certificate sent me last Hednesday.
I have enjoyed my years of work here at Little Ocmulgee State Park, and I trust I shall be able to serve quite a few years to come.
With best wishes to all for a very Happy Christmas Season, I am
Sincerely yours,
Ewart G. Hinson r~cRae, Ga.
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l'JELCOME!!
~ffi. PETER PALMER has joined our office staff as the State Parks draftsman. \'Je hope that he will enjoy worldng to improve our many State Parks.
Welcome to the staff, Mr. Palmer.
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Georgia v1as a leader in providing higher learning at public expense, and was the first to charter a state university - the University of Georgia in 1785.
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DeSoto, in 1540, 80 years before the landing of the Pilgrims, was the first known white explorer to traverse Georgia's Indian trails.

PARK NEWS

VICTORIA BRYANT (continued)

gARD LABOR CREEK STATE PAID<
submitted by T. D. Carter~ Supt.
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J)Uring the month of November, He had the following groups us1ng our Group camps. (This was actually on the last weekend in October but not included in our last report.)

I have not had much attendance for the last month; mostly just sight-
seers. He have had two rainy Sundays in a row. Sunday is about the only time I have many people out
this time of year.

First Methodist Older Youth~ Atlanta, Ga.

LAURA S. \JALKER STATE PARK Submitted by C. H. Morgan, Supt.

Westminster Fellowship of Decatur presbyterian Church, Decatur~ Ga.
Senior Class, Tucker H~gh School, Tucker, Ga.
We had a total of 195 Camper days.
\ve also hacl. a total of 2G Tent and
40 Trailer Camper days during the
month.
Five B.S.A. troops did Pioneer Camping, \Ii th a total of 9 l!. Camper days.
Our total attendance for the month was 2L~l9. Since it was nice and warm Hith very little rain, we had
13 different school, church and
family groups use our Day Use facilities.
We enjoyed seeing everyone at our In-Service Training Program and especially enjoyed Josie's delicious food and George 1 s 'IITOnderful hospitality.
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VICTORIA BRYANT STATE PARK Submitted by F. H. Hill, Supt.
I want to thank the Department for the L~ nev.r grills I received last Monday. They will sure malce a great improvement to our shelters. I have been doing a lot of improvement to the grounds in my park.
We are having a lot of rain out here.

Just a feH events will keep us in the news this month, otherwise we would be blank.
VJe were prouc1 to raise our flag to half mast on December 7th in honor of those whose watery graves will never be changed in our lifetime at Pearl Harbor.
In a ceremony befitting, we destroyed - by burning - 3 of our old U.S. flags.
To all of you Park personnel who have investments in gum farming you should have seen the demonstration put on here before approximately l.!.OO people. It is a mechanical chipper for naval stores. This gadget would chip 25 trees and put the acid on, too, in 3 minutes. Virgin pine, yes sir. And I don't want any of you people telling me next year in Cordele that you can beat that. A fine Bar-B-Q was served with cold drinks and coffee. No, we did not make a dime. But we did meet some people from all across the country.
He have had 2 large hay rides from Waycross High School - at night, of course.
Three troops of Boy Scouts have been the recipients of our fine Pioneer Camp site. We sho 1 did read the riot act prior to their detrucking.
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LAURA s. ~JJ\Limn (continued)
Just received t\"'O new lavm mm..rers, rour iron stoves, the necessary supplies to put another picnic shed in good vwrlcing order -- vmter and lights, and all of our supplies for next sumrner 1 s business, plus the reflector paint and eight neu wooden tables.
Mrs. Steedley fell and brolce her knee cap in about three places but iS home nou and on crutches. This did not break into MR. Steedley's hunting and fishing trips.
Since our house sits back from the highway approximately 200 yard~, we decorated a large cedar tree dlrectly in front with most glaring and 11 come hither' lights He coulc1 find. And it is a beauty. Ue are glad to lend a little spirit for Christmas in our community in the
way of a tree.
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CROOKED RIVER STATE PARK Submitted by H. K. DeLoach, Supt.
Thought you might like to print this in the next park paper:
QUOTATION
I asked God for Strength, that :i: might achieve; I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey.
I asked for Health, that I might do greater things; I was given infirmity, that I might do better things.
I asked for Riches, that I might be happy; I Has given poverty, that I might be wise.
I asked for Pmver, that I might have the praise of men; I vras given weakness, that I might feel the need of God.
I asked for All Things that I might enjoy life; I was given life, that I might enjoy all things.

I got nothing that I asked for but everything I had hoped for. Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were answered. I am, among all men, most richly blessed!
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SEMINOLE STATE PARK Submitted by E. C. Johnson, Supt.
I think tha t a very easy way to put on wood sta1n or creosote would be to take a mon and cut about half of it off - that gets you farther away from the creosote and it doesn't burn You as badly. As for staining wood, you can do a neat job with a mop.
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LOUISIANA: A tourist business of
$1 billion a year was envisioned by
state and tourist officials of Louisiana.
Secretary of State Wade 0. Martin, Jr. asserted that tourism is the cheapest way possible to increase the state's economy.
"Those who benefit are many, 11 he said in addressing a joint meeting in New Orleans of the tourism committee of the Louisiana legislature and the board of directors of the Lovely Louisiana Tourist Association.
Martin said tourism novv means
about $547 ndllion a year to Lou-
isiana. Po]_nting out that competition in the field is tough, he sal'd , ll VJe must take advantage of Nhat we have here in Louisiana. We can compete with Florida and other places. ''
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A third of all monumental granite used in the nation is produced in Georgia.

THE AMERICAN DREAI'fJ
"The watchers on the ramparts of destiny hold an informed anc1 imperishable faith that this vast experiment "With humanity on the earth shall be triumphantly justified.n
America is young. He must not believe America has reached her zenith. Decline and fall must not be her lot. The role of this nation in the future of mankind can be glorious and great - but only viith great leadership. The strength of a nation is the strength of its people. The strength of a people lies in their integrity, their vision, their faith not in their material possessions.
The American Dream, as envisioned by the youth of America, is a dream of a new American Hay of Life.
This new American way of life will be an abundant life, but the abundance will be of things social and ethical and spiritual; not just more new and finer cars or more new and shinier things of any kind; but better health, greater educational and cultural opportunities, freedom from vice, debasing influences and racial hatred, and the freedom to grow and to dream still greater dreams.
The young people of America could, with the right leadership, become God's chosen people to lead humanity out of a morass of confusion and a quagmire of hatred and fear. This kind of leadership, however, will not come from an adult generation that spends more money on liquor and gambling than on education and religion.
Are we selling the youth of America short Hith our emphasis on material values and on pleasure at any cost, even the cost of character? Is there in our American life no "moral equi valent 11 for war? Is there no ll'eat CAUSE to capture the imagination and fire the enthusiasm of American youth? Is America, at this critical moment, a country without a cause? Is this an era in American history without a challenge?
Each great epoch in history has produced a great leader. 11ill the leader of the next great epoch be an American? 1H1at are we doing to develop such a leader?

THE AMERICAN DREAM (continued)

Men of destiny who have shaped the course of history have been men of great personal power, not great wealth. Moses, St. Paul, Martin Luther, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi - these were man of great personal power, a power which evidently emanated from their spiritual concept of life.
Have we forgotten that moral strength is still the true measure of a
man and of a nation?
The crises this nation must face during the next two decades will call for a leadership greater than this nation has yet known.
---from A.C.A.
by c. vialton Johnson

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New Positions Given in NPS
The addition of three assistant directors in the Washington
ottice of the National Park Ser-
vice was announced recently by Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall. The move is part of plans to strengthen the organizational structure of the Service to meet the rapidly increasing needs for parks and recreational areas.

KENTUCKY: A record $280 million
was spent by tourists in Kentucky
in 1960, according to announcement
by Charles Warnick, state director of tourist and travel promotion.
He told the Kentucky Tourist and Travel Acvisory Comraittee that the
figure was $11 million higher than in 1959, 't-IThen the first travel
business survey was made in the state.

The three new appointees, all veteran park men, will be in charge
ot new program areas of Public
Attairs, Resource Planning and Design and Construction. In the administrative shifts, no vacancies have been created and no recruiting is contemplated. The moves are part of a current re-examination of the National Park Service administrative structure, which has been
little changed since a 1953
reorganization.
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The first Protestant Sunday .School in America was founded in Savannah.

The survey was conducted by Lewis C. Copeland of the department of statistics at the University of Tennessee.
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Georgia contains the largest area of private woodlands of any of
the states. Of her 37! million acres, approximately 23 million are woodlands, and in 1953 the state
ranked first in newly-planted timber acreage.
In So*ut*h G* e*or*gi*a, *i*t is pos-
sible to obtain vegetables from gardens every month in the year, if a variety of seeds suited to the seasons are planted.

GEORGIA'S ECONOMY

HOH RAPIDLY MAY vJE EXPECT THE GEORGIA ECONOHY TO GROW IN THE PERIOD 1960-1970?

Assuming that there is no significant change in the international situation, that practically all the people wanting work find employment, migration loss continues to drop,
educational level continues to rise, and that we move with alacrity to solve some of the State's most pressing develop-
mental problems, total nonagricultural employment should
rise 30 percent; population 18 percent; and personal income
in current prices on the projection date, 72 percent.

Projections for four major areas of the State's economy are:

1960

1965

1970

Nonagricultural Employment {thousands)

1,041

1,161

1,355

Population {thousands)

3,955

4,203

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Personal Income (billions)

$6.4

$8.2

$11.0

Retail Sales (billions)

$4.1

$5.3

$7.1

The rate of growth from 1960 to 1965 should continue about
like 1955 to 1960. From 1965 to 1970 an upsurge is anticipated from the sudden rise of 35 percent in number of young people maturing into the labor force and by a flood of new products, processes, and equipment entering the market

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