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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Daniel K. Hoch. 



treasurer berks county conservation 

 association. 



■county controller ; John Keim Stauffer, 

 secretary of the Reading City Planning 

 Commission, and others. 



The officers elected were Jonathon 

 Mould, president ; Solan L. Parkes, ex- 

 ecutive secretary; Daniel K. Hoch, 

 treasurer; Hon. Ira W. Stratton, fir.^t 

 vice-president. The hurgesses of the 

 boroughs of Berks County were all 

 made vice-presidents. I leadciuarters 

 are to be opened shortly and an aggres- 

 sive conservation campaign started. 



An interesting feature of the gather- 

 ing was the fact that John K. Stautier, 

 chairman of the advisory committee 

 and one of the most active of the pro- 

 moters of the association, was a number 

 of years ago editor and pabii he,': of 

 Amkrcan FoRESTR^■ and has ever Since 

 maintained his deep interest in forestry. 

 As indicating this he has secured the 



Wm. H. Luden. 



advisory board member berks county 

 conservation association. 



title to a large section of forested land 

 on Mt. Penn overlooking Reading and 

 he will make out of it a model forest, 

 conducted by scientific foresters, and 

 designated for the use of the people of 

 Berks County. This will not only pre- 

 serve the natural beauty of that side 

 of Mt. Penn but be an object lesson in 

 forest preservation which should set an 

 example for other owners of forested 

 land in that section of the State. Mem- 

 bers of the Conservation Association 

 are elated over Mr. Stauffer's decision. 

 In Mr. Jonathon Mould the associa- 

 tion i^ossesses a president who, having 

 retired from active business, will de- 

 vote much of his energy to the work 

 and in Solan L. Parkes he will find a 

 most energetic and hard-working as- 

 sistant. The success of the association 

 a])])ears to be already assured. 



