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Appalachian Trail Club bulletin

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  • those who need assistance, to the extent that the members' time and facilities permit, should need no reiteration. Another point to which we wish to call attention is contained in Rule 3. It is a consequence of our emphasis on the initiative and artistic know-how of the individual that we believe he should not be unduly restricted as to subject matter. We believe, too, that P. A. T. C. people will appreciate a good picture made by a fellow-member, whether he made it in connection with his trail activity or in some unrelated field. While it is clear that among P. A. T. C. photographers the trend to color photography has been accompanied by a corresponding loss of interest in black-and-white, it is reasonable to assume that the latter will continue to get a fair measure of attention, especially from those who, as amateurs in the basic sense of the word, follow the process from releasing the shutter to presenting the final print. It is the hope of the Committee that this competition and similar events which it expects to arrange in the future will serve to stimulate to productive effort both those who are already active and those in whom interest which became moribund during the war years may not yet have been revived. —Photographs and Exhibits Committee SUPERVISOR HOWARD LEAVES GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL FOREST Milford C. Howard, Supervisor of the George Washington National Forest since 1937, has been transferred to Hot Springs, Ark., as Supervisor of the Ouachita National Forest in Arkansas and Oklahoma. Mr. Howard has been succeeded by Rowland F. Hemingway, formerly Supervisor of the Allegheny National Forest in northwestern Pennsylvania. During the nine years in which Mr. Howard served as Supervisor and the two more as Assistant Supervisor, P. A. T. C. members have come to know and love the George Washington National Forest. In this period Sexton Shelter was built at the headwaters of Jerrys Run, in an area noted for its magnificent hemlocks and other timber. Two existing structures on North Mountain were converted into Sugar Knob and Wolf Gap Shelters. Extensive trail systems have been maintained, and the relocation of The Appalachian Trail in the Pedlar District of the George Washington National Forest, necessitated by the building of the Blue Ridge Parkway, has been planned and much of the work has been done. All this has been accomplished at the same time that other extensive uses have been made of the Forest. Timber production was high, especially during the war years. Constant fire prevention work has resulted in achieving the goal of less than 10 acres burned annually per 100,000 acres protected. As Mr. Howard told the Club when he spoke at the annual dinner in 1945, the objective of the Forest Service is "the greatest good to the greatest number in the long run." Feeling as it does that it has lost one good friend, the P. A. T reaches out a friendly hand to Supervisor Hemingway. For not only the Club received the fullest cooperation from National Forest National Park officials, but it has learned that these officials seek utilize the experience of Trail Club members. PERSONALS Congratulations to all the recent brides and grooms, of whom v know about the following: Clara L. Bailey and George Ackerman, April 24, 1946. Christine M. Behrenberg and Albert R. Combs, May 3, 1946. Ruth Brown and Marshall F. Hammond, July 12, 1946. Estelle Dunlap and Edward Ray Wimberley, July 23, 1946. Leonore Laffitte and Boykin A. Reynolds, September 10, 1946. Gladys M. Sellers and Axel B. Hedstrom, Jr., September 14, 1946. hag
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