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PINCHOT, PENNSYLVANIA'S NEW FORESTER 



T? OREST conservationists throughout the United States 

 * will view with favor the appointment of Gifford 

 Pinchot as Commissioner of Forestry for Pennsylvania, 

 as announced by Governor Sproul on March 10. Mr. 

 Pinchot has been a member of the Pennsylvania Forestry 

 Commission for a year. During that period he vigor- 

 ously attacked the policy of Robert S. Conklin, who has 

 been Commissioner of Forestry for the past sixteen 

 years and whom Governor Sproul has now made a mem- 

 ber of the board of water supply commissioners. 



Mr. Pinchot accepts the position because of his deep 

 interest in the work and his love of forestry and expects 

 to institute various new measures in the management of 

 the state forests. He says of his appointment: 



"To stop forest fires and put back into the productive 

 a&ea of the state that 5,000,000 or 6,000,000 acres of un- 

 productive land within our commonwealth, once among 

 the richest forests of America, but now useless and bar- 

 ren, is in my judgment one of the biggest things that can 

 be done for the State of Pennsylvania. I answered the 

 call of the Governor to help him do it." 



In commenting on Mr. Pinchot's appointment, Gover- 



nor Sproul said: "I have commandeered Mr. Pinchot's 

 services. We have in him a citizen, who is the foremost 

 figure in forestry in the United States, and I thought 

 we should have the benefit of his services at home. Mr. 

 Pinchot has been used to handling national problems, but 

 Pennsylvania is an empire in itself. 



"Pennsylvania and the six states bordering it contain 

 about 30 per cent of the entire population of the Union, 

 and our state forests, which soon will be accessible by 

 good roads, will be a benefit to all of those people. Our 

 forestry work is one of the inspiring problems before 

 us, and Mr. Pinchot's enthusiasm for that work and his 

 devotion to it are recognized everywhere. 



"There is no politics in his appointment. He and I 

 sometimes do not agree in our politics and may not in the 

 future, but we do agree in our desire to serve the state 

 and in our belief that public good is the best political 

 asset. 



"There is no reflection on Mr. Conklin in the change. 

 I have stated to him that no criticism that ever reached 

 me of his department has reflected in any way on his 

 official integrity or his personal honor." 



NATIONAL HONOR ROLL, MEMORIAL TREES 



Trees have been planted for the following and registered with the American Forestry Association, which 

 desires to register each Memorial Tree planted in the United States. A certificate of registration will be sent to 

 each person, corporation, club or community reporting the planting of a Memorial Tree. 



LITTLE ROCK, ARK. 

 By Headington Chapter, U. S. D. 1812: Frank 

 Adam Heisserer, Melchior M. Ebcrts, Fay P. 

 Washington, Frank Doriey Hussman, Lewis Pal- 

 ine, Clifton McDonald, Charles Sol Narkinsky, 

 James Marion Lee, Jr., George S. Martin, James 

 Boyd Jeffries, Jr., Curtis McElroy, C. G. McCoy, 

 William Lee Lir.der, Allen B. Hearin, James P. 

 Clarke, Leo Massar, John Randolph Wassell, 

 Wesley Philip Boyce. 



MILTON, FLA. 



By Santa Rosa County Chapter of American 

 Red Cross: Corporal David Frank Wilson, George 

 Wiggins, Lt. Norman Ashton Garrett, Curtis 

 McSwain Council, Robert Kimmons, Frank James 

 Hopkins, Dewey Martin, Oscar Reuben McLean, 

 Rollin Ellis, Ralph Redd, David J. Keller, 

 Albert Broxson, Charlie Simmons, Robert F. 

 Edeker Leroy W. Beck, George Glover, Albert 

 Anderson, Daniel Bradley, Walter Morton, Chil- 

 dren of Santa Rosa County. 



TAMPA, FLA. 

 By Civic Association: Cora Belle Davis. 



ATLANTA, GA. 



By Atlanta Women's Club: Tom Skeyhill. By 

 Uncle Remus Association: Joel Chandler Harris. 

 By Woman's Pioneer Society: Charles H. Hunter. 

 By Joseph Habersham Chapter, D. A. R. : Mrs. 

 William Lawson Peel. By New Era Study Club: 

 Charles L. Smith. By History Class: Henry 

 Woodfin Grady. By Modern Topics Club: Corra 

 Harris. By the Reviewers: Frank L. Stanton. 

 By Atlanta Music Study Club: Edward Mac- 

 Dowell. By Georgia Colonial Daughters: Dr. 

 Lucian Lamar Knight. By Council of Jewish 



Women: Emma Lazarus. By Atlanta Chapter, 

 D. A. R.; Mrs. Lollie Belle Wylie. By Shakes- 

 peare Club: William Shakespeare. By Atlanta 

 Writers Club: Miss Mildred Rutherford, Jack 

 London, John Masefield. 



CRAWFORDSVILLE, GA. 



By Woman's Club of Crawfordsville: Glenn 

 Thomas Lavender. 



HEPHZIBAH, GA. 



By Woman's Club: L. L. Atkins, Capt. John 

 F. Carswell, Lieut. James A. Carswell, Charles A. 

 Carswell, Drew Christie, T. F. Christie, Capt. S. 

 A. Clark, Sgt. Robert C. Coffield, Lieut. Thomas 

 H. Frost, Lieut. Robert C. Frost, J. C. Henderson, 

 Robert A. Harden, W. A. Harden, Paul A. Harden, 

 J. F. Hartley, Thomas L. Kclley, Capt. Alex. T. 

 Murphey, Jim C. Murphey, Sgt. George E. Mur- 

 phey, Lieut. David G. Mann, Bowdre M. Norris, 

 Hugh L. Rhodes, Guy C. Smith, Walter B. 

 Trammell, G. A. Uhlm, J. C. Uhlm, M. I. Uhlm, 

 W. B. Skinner, George W. Vance, Denver Win- 

 ter, W. W. Winter, Fred E. Turner, Samuel S. 

 McClelland, Roy W. Woodward, Sgt. Ellet C. 

 Walker, John G. Weathersbee, L. G. Sumeran, 

 Roberson Foreman, Adam Rearden, Jesse Jones, 

 Willie Jones, Paul Templeton, Cheney Templeton. 



QUITMAN, GA. 



By Hannah Clarke Chapter, D. A. R.: Lieu- 

 tenant Wilbur Oglesby: 



WHITE HALL, ILL. 



By White Hall Art League: Amos Walker. 



MARQUETTE, MICH. 



By Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railway Com- 

 pany: John H. Vidlund. 



MANTEE, MISS. 



By Mantee High School: Clarence Springer, 

 Allie C. George, Guy George, Lynn George, John 

 C. Caples, William Caples, Alfred Caples, Ber- 

 nard Pate, Leo Hunter, Robert Scott Hunter, 

 Leonard Scott, Ira Forrester, Elmer Womack, 

 Jodie S. Davis, Braden Skelton, Claude Barton, 

 Tommy Osbourne, Ben Johnson, John H. Moody, 

 Clannie O. George. 



ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO 



By Tuesday Night Club: Alice M. Young, Ade- 

 lene M. Tallman, Ruth A. Butcher, Lula F. Sid- 

 well, Margaret Greig. 



PENBROOK, PA. 



By Penbrook School: William James Taylor, 

 Charles Henry Waltz, Robert Raymond Farling, 

 Arthur Stoak, Walter B. Hinkle. 



PROGRESS, PA. 



Progress School: George Dewey Umholtz, James 



B. Martin, Ralph B. Kramer, Robert Heinley 

 Hoke, Oliver Zeiders. 



MITCHELL, S. D. 



Mitchell Park Board: John Curtis Berry, Leroy 

 George Fox, Wm. H. Jordan, Peter V. Brethorst, 

 Lloyd A. Bishp, Howard Barton, William H. 

 Coacher, Emil H. Carlson, Raymond S. Calkins, 

 Wilbcr T. Derr, John W. Kempton, Emil Laur- 

 son, David McConnel, P. H. McManamen, Father 



C. E. O'Flaherty, McKinley Pound, Emil Rosen- 

 quist, Lester L. Slagle, Arthur Earle Shale, R. 

 Carroll Thompson, Carroll B. West, Harry A. Han- 

 son, Harold W. Gage, Edward Schmidt, Oliver 

 L. Scott, Clarence McCune, Ray L. McLean. 



TEXARKANA, TEX. 

 By High School: J. C. Watts. By Forestry 

 Committee: Our Soldiers, Bowie and Miller 

 Counties. 



