s. T. Olin, first vice president of Olin Industries,
Inc., (right), Governor William G. Stratton (cen
ter) of Illinois, and Henry H. McAdams (left) of
the Alton, Illinois, Evening Telegraph were the
principals attending ceremonies signalizing the ex
tension of the McAdams scenic highway from
Alton to Marquette Park on May 13- The high
way in progress since 1934 was conceived by Mr.
McAdams’ late father, John D. McAdams. When
completed, the McAdams parkway is expected to
become a link in the Mississippi River scenic high
way extending from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico,
Ti7nber growth of the Olin
forests, constituting about
433,000 acres of heavily
timbered land in Arkansas,
Louisiana and Texas, is
harvested by the Forest
Products Division of Olin
Industries, Inc., as an an
nual crop under modern
forestry and reforestation
methods. Each year only
the equivalent of about a
year’s growth is harvested.
E. A. Freeman, Head For
ester of the Huttig, Ark.,
plant is pictured with his
son, Charlie, in one of
Olin’s forests. Young
Charlie will see some of
the seedlings harvested as
trees when he grows up.