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Improved Fire Protection and
Reforestation Included in Report
Macon —I ncre ase d forest
management assistance, added
and improved fire protection
facilities and a reforestation
program aimed at the future
highlighted the Georgia Forest
ry Commission 1962 annual
report.
Commission Director Ray
Bhirley praised the cooperation
extended the Commission by
all Georgians in the fight
against the Southern Pine
Beetle epidemic. Through com
bined efforts, a State Insect
and Disease Committee was es
tablished. The Commission
with the support of the comm
ittee obtained emergency funds.
Governor Vandiver allocated
$492,000 of which $300,000 co
vers the period of this report,
July, 1961-June. 1962. The
U. S. Department of Agricul
ture allocated $305,000 in mat
alnng funds.
More woodland owners, 4,260.
were given forest management
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assistance than in any other
year in Commission history,
Shirley added. Weed tree con
trol operations were performed
on woodlands of 282 landow
ners. In addition technical as
sistance, 183 cases, was provid
ed on the 17 Georgia water
sheds in an effort to improve
soil and water conditions
through good forest manage
ment.
The Commission Director
placed emphasis on the estab
lishment of an all time average
size fire record, 5.37 acres per
fire. The acreage burned was
also reduced by 11,600 acres
lover 1960-61. This was ac
| complished with the addition of
two counties, Jeff Davis and
Peach, being brought under or
ganized protection. The in
| crease of 211,900 acres brings
'to 153 countries or 23,563,000
I forest acres of the States
25,772,200 forest acres under
protection.
The report showed that of
the countries under protection
25 are combined. County units
combined this past fiscal year
are Marion-Schley, Houston-
Pulaski, Tift-Turner, Craw
ford-Peach, Forsyth-North Ful
ton, and Lamar-Pike-Spalding.
The cost-per-acre for combined
units range from 10-13 cents
and for non-combined units
13-16 cents.
The decrease in average size
fire and acres burned was due,
in part, to the strengthening of
the fire detection program.
Three additional light patrol
planes were assigned to the 4th,
sth, and 7th Districts which
provided the Commission with
patrol craft in each district.
Two Navy torpedo bombers are
being converted into aerial
tankers. These were obtained
through the surplus program
of the Federal Government.
Greater emphasis was placed
on the tower detection system
with detailed manning sche
dules prepared for each county.
The inovation of a radio in
terchange between truck and
tractor has increased fire sup
pression efficiency. Tractor
operators can keep in contact
with patrol planes and other
suppression units in the operat
ion area.
Seat belts were made a per
manent fixture in all commiss
ion vehicles including tractors.
The move has reduced crippl
ing injuries and made employ
ees more safety conscious.
Shirley stated that these
factors paid-off in greater effi
ciency and savings last Oct
ober and November when the
worst fire conditions since 1954
hit the State. During this per
iod there were 2,074 wildfires
that destroyed 7,738 forest
acres. During the same period
in 1954, 1,567 fires darkened
17,405 acres.
The annual report shows that
a program to develop trees
with superior qualities and
genetic characteristics desired
to produce higher quality wood
products is more than 50 per
cent complete. There are 31,729
living grafts in the Commiss
ion’s three seed orchards. This
represents an increase of 86
percent in Jiving grafts since
1958.
The Reforestation Division
received a financial boost when
Georgia obtained free use of
$1,260,863 forestry facilities.
President John F. Kennedy
signed an act providing for the
various States to continue using
Soil Bank forestry facilities
without cost to the states in
June. The Commission const
ructed the following facilities
with Soil Bank funds from
1956-60: Morgan, Page, and
Walker Memorial Nurseries;
expansion at Herty Nursery,
and seed extractory, cold stor
age building and Eastern Tree
Seed Testing Laboratory at the
Forestry Center, Macon. Geor
gia received the largest amount
of federal assistance than any
State to provide the forest
trees needed by landowners.
In the 1961-62 fiscal year,
3,262 Georgians were shipped
54,342,250 seedlings. Another
61,475,000 pine seedlings were
obtained by Georgians from in
dustry nurseries. These figures
are several million above the
post Soil Bank years when the
Commission supplied industry
with seedlings.
An effort to provide the best
services possible was made
with the establishment of a
two-month in-the-field train
ing course for new personnel
on the Waycross State Forest.
A State wide training session
provided instruction in radio
communications, fire control
I operational procedures, use of
forest fire weather forecasts,
' fire suppression safety, and use
, of tools and equipment.
Study areas in weed tree
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Gov. Sanders
Signs Bills
Info Slate Law
Governor Carl Sanders has
signed into raw the State’s
record $954 million appropri
ations bill to finance State
spending for the next two
years.
Governor Sanders said he
hopes that anticipated increa
ses in revenue during his ad
ministration will finance the
State’s spending program with
out a tax increase.
Recent reports from the State
Revenue Department indicate
that Governor Sanders’ predic
tion of increased revenue is a
good one.
State Revenue Commissioner
Hiram Undercofler announced
that current revenue collections
are running ahead of last
year’s.
Figures released by Com
missioner Undercofler shew
that revenue collections for the
first nine months of the cur
rent fiscal year show an in
crease of $23.3 million over the
corresponding period a year
ago.
Governor Sanders figured his
budget on an anticipated re
venue increase of $22.1 million
during the upcoming fiscal
year.
Governor Sanders also signed
a measure that makes automo
bile inspection compulsory. The
bill, authored by Macon Sen
tor Taylor Phillips, will be
come effective in 1965. The
new law requires annual in
spection of all motor vehicles.
Governor Sanders has ap
pointed ten members to the
Board of Commissioners of the
2 from Newton
Seek Admission to
Medical College
Augusta—The Medical Col
lege of Georgia has received
309 formal applications, includ
ing two from students living
in Newton County, for admiss- i
ion to the 1963 freshmen class
of the School of Medicine. A
current tally shows that Geor
gia students from 86 counties
have submitted applications for
the 100 available places, all of
which are being reviewed and
evaluated by the medical
school’s Committee on Admiss
ions. The committee is expected
to complete its work and have
advised all applicants of its
decisions within the next five
weeks.
The number of applications
received this year represents a
substantial increase over those
of the past year, when 249
were processed. School officials
attribute much of the increase
to a successful visitation prog
ram inaugurated in 1961, in
which members of the College
administration and faculty are
consulting with students and
pre-medica! advisors on the
campuses of senior and junior
colleges throughout the state.
Applicants for admission to
the School of Medicine are
considered on the basis of
academic qualifications, app
raisals from college instructors,
scores on special Medical Col
lege Admissions Tests, and the
ability to make the social and
psychological adjustments ne
cessary for the successful study
and practice of medicine. Also
utilized in reviewing applicant
qualifications are personal in
terviews, physical fitness and
information from personal re
ferences.
“The work of the Admissions
Committee is so thorough,”
reports Dr. Boyd D. Sisson,
I committee chairman, “that at
trition or drop-out rates for
reasons of academic difficulty
generally range below five
percent.”
The Medical College of Geor
gia is an independent tax-sup
ported unit of the University
System of Georgia.
control, prescribe burning, and
direct seeding were initiated.
In addition a research project
on gum and oak chip storage
and a release on interior and
exterior plywood was comp
( leted. “Georgia Wood-Using
Industries, a Utilization Report
and Directory” was prepared.
In addition the Commission
contributed personnel and their
expenses toward the complet
ion of the forest resource sur
vey conducted by the USFS.
Shirley added that with
Georgia's forest acreage in
creasing more than 1.5 million
acres in the past ten years,
there is an even greater need
for good forest management
practices. Through a policy of
service and assistance and a
well rounded training program,
the Commission will provide
landowners the ‘tools’ through
which they can realize the
greatest income from their for
est resources.
Department of Industry and
Trade, completing the member
ship of the new Constitutional
Board.
The members—one from each
Congressional D i s t r i c t—will
join the appointees of former
Governor Ernest Vandiver in
formulating the policy of the
new State Department, which
was formerly called the State
Department of Commerce.
Governor Sanders appointees
were: First District, James
Crockett of Vidalia; Second
District, John Parkerson of
Tifton; Third District, W. T.
Roberts, Montezuma; Fourth
District, C. Jay Smith of New
nan; Fifth District, Clark Har
rison, Jr. of Decatur; Sixth
District, Tom E. Greene, Jr. of !
Macon; Seventh District, James ;
V. Carmichael of Marietta;
Eighth District, George Baze
more of Waycross; Ninth Dist
rict, Ralph Cleveland and Juli
us Bishop of Athens from the
Tenth District.
The new Board is scheduled
to select a Department Dir
ector as one of its first orders
of business.
Governor Sanders, who pled
ged to sell Georgia to indust
railists, told a group or visit
ing businessmen that he hopes
they will return to Georgia,
“next time with your pocket
books and plants.”
The Governor told the visit
ors— who were in Georgia on
the State’s annual Red Carpet
Tour--that Georgia has put the
past in its proper perspective
and has turned its eyes toward
the future.
Governor Sanders said Geor
gia’s governmental climate is
one friendly to industry and
business.
A general plan for meals for
a week will save time, work
and money, says Miss Nellie
C. Boyd, Cooperative Exten
sion Service Nutritionist.
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Watson Kimbrell
Completes Recruit
Naval Training
GREAT LAKES, ILL.—Wat
son F. Kimbrell, 19, son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. L. Kimbrell of
Route 4, Covington, Ga., com
pleted recruit training, Feb. 28,
at the Naval Training Center,
Great Lakes, 111.
During the nine-week in-
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Pot Plants, Azaleas, Hydrangeas, Easter Lilies,
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BEAUTIFUL ORCHID CORSAGES in all colors. /
A great display of plastic memorial wreaths
and permanent arrangements for the home.
We wire flowers anywhere in the World
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fitness, basic military law,
military drill, customs and
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swimming and survival, first
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Each recruit receives tests
and interviews to determine
future training and assign
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Thursday. April IL 1963
No camper should be without
a kit for minor emergencies, say
the Mercury outboard camping
experts. Include a short candle,
two needles, waxed thread, a
small piece of heavy cloth for
minor tent repairs, two dozen as
sorted nails and screws, side-cut
ting pliers, five feet of copper
wire, darning cotton, and water
proof cement.
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