University of Arkansas Monticello - Boll Weevil Yearbook (Monticello, AR)

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Harrington. UAM also sent contestants to participate in technical events. Field Day winners were: Compass and Pacing — Gene Launius; Dendrology — Buddy Hale; DBH Estimation — Alan Morgan; Photogammetry — David Jeffrey; Pole Classification —Dee Zimmerman; Timber Estimation — Mike Pinkett; Wildlife —Pam Shirley Tim White; Wood Technology — John Stivers. OPPOSITE: The chips fly as Steve Harrington sinks the axe in pole felling. ABOVE LEFT: Kim Walker and Kathy Hicks saw away at the women’s crosscut win. ABOVE: Practice, practice, practice. That’s all it takes to coerce the rotating axe to hit its mark. LEFT: Log chopping is perhaps one of the most physically demanding events. Forestry 93

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Buddy Hale was the sole first-place winner at Conclave. He took top honors in dendrology, the identification of trees by their family, genus and species names. There were four second-place winners. Alan Morgan nabbed second in DBH Estimation, Gerald Cayce in Pole Climbing and Mike Pinkett in Chain Throwing. Jim Tadel also finished second in log birling. Birling, not to be confused with log rolling, is the traditional lumberjack water event in which two contestants attempt to throw one another off a spinning log. Roger McClendon was the only other points winner with a third-place finish in Bow Sawing. OPPOSITE TOP: Field Day is not all competi- tion. There’s also time to sit around and watch events, or to anticipate one’s own. OPPOSITE BOTTOM: Archery drew a crack field of contestants. Buddy Turner won the event, with Steve Harrington placing second. ABOVE LEFT: Pole climbing is a fast event. That slick piece of timber is twenty feet tall, and Gerald Cayce, the winner shimmied up it in 3.7 seconds. TOP: Amid the competition, there’s time for some down home pickin’. ABOVE: Another one bites the dust. Jim Tadel wipes out yet another challenge in birling. Be Ci=ééé4.e....6g .. yaaa