APPALACHIAN NATIONAL FOREST 



ASSOCIATION 



TWO important meetings have been Mr. 1'lummer dealt with the work of 

 held by the A-Miciation during the Forest Service and its administra- 

 September in the inauguration of live features, illustrated by beautiful 

 its plan to obtain an active member- lantern slides, it was a running comment 

 ship; one in Lynchburg. Ya.. on Sep- . >n condition- and practices, and was 

 tember 17, and in Richmond. \'a.. .in m t entertainingly presented and en- 

 the 22d inst., in both places before ap- thusiastically received. Mr. Finney 

 preciative and earnest audiences. These dealt with the nee 1 fur forest extension 

 meetings are deemed by us of great im- by the government, along the lines of a 

 portance, because they are considered definite forest policy, urging of course. 

 by us as demonstrating, not alone the the acquisition of the Appalachian and 

 interest of the people in the for- White Mountain area, as of supreme 

 cause, but as proving the practicability importance, and then taking up the 

 of our plan for obtaining a membership Mate work that must be done in coop- 

 made up of organized clubs, etc., al- eration with the government and with 

 ready equipped for work as it were, and, individual owners, told graphically the 

 therefore, capable of giving influential plans of the .Wociation for furthering 

 and aggresive aid to our campaign, the work. 



They show that our plan for organiz- His address also covered the history 

 ing a branch of our Association in each of the fight for this Appalachian for- 

 southern city is practical; they -how est, and vigorously scored the politicians 

 that these branches can be better organ- who have heretofore prevented action 

 i/ed into a State Forest League: they i, v ('ongre--. At the conclusion of the 

 show that the people are keenly alive to speaking, the audience unanimously 

 the vital questions which are involved. ]i;i sxol a resolution endorsing the work 

 and most clearly of all show that the ,,,- t ] u . Association, pleading its coop- 

 earnest and thoughtful man and worn- eration, and the four organizations 

 an. want to be put to work on some V(iU . ( , t(( j ()jn lhe Association in a body. 

 practical lines that will accomplish re- A I)articular iy gratifying result was 



the gift bv Mrs. Cora L. Mosby, of 



he Lynchburg meeting was Lvnchbur . o f fifty acres of land as the 



under the joint auspices of the Lynch- - . . , ,, ;,,,. . . c . T- 



,, j r T i \\j >i u beginning of the \irginia State ror- 



burg Board of Trade, Woman s Club. /\, 



Retail Merchant's Association, and Civ- . 



ic League. It had been thoroughly ad- From thls lft - we feel nnlst; 



vertised by the energetic amf capable lar e resillts - for \ ve ^ convinced 



Secretary of the Board of Trade, Mr. there m "* he other patriotic women 



J. A. Faulkner, and a representative and men in A ir .^ inia whose generosity 



audience assembled at the Y. M. C. A. and patriotism must get stimulus and 



Auditorium to greet Mr. Fred G. Plum- inspiration from this gift to her state 



mer, of the Forest Service, and Mr. by a noble woman. 



John H. Finney, Secretary of our As- The Richmond meeting, held under 



sociation. Mr. Long, a prominent the Chamber of Commerce in their as- 



Lynchburg attorney, presided most ca- -embly hall, was equally interesting and 



pably. instructive. 

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