September 2023
BRISTOL, Florida – Even though he was born in a U.S. Army base hospital in Heidelberg, Germany while his father was stationed there during his time in the service, there was never any doubt in Henry Green’s mind that his place in this world was in the woods of Florida. He’s been working out here since he was a boy in the ‘60s; now he’s a man in his 60s, and there’s still nowhere else he’d rather be.
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COVER: Florida's K.P. Green Weathers The Storms
BRISTOL, Florida – Even though he was born in a U.S. Army base hospital in Heidelberg, Germany while his father was stationed there during his time in the service, there was never any doubt in Henry Green’s mind that his place in this world was in the woods of Florida. He’s been working out here since he was a boy in the ‘60s; now he’s a man in his 60s, and there’s still nowhere else he’d rather be.
Article by David Abbott, Managing Editor, Southern Loggin’ Times
SOUTHERN STUMPIN': Mississippi Bound
Come the fourth weekend in September, many members of the Deep South’s community (me included) will be headed for Starkville, Mississippi. Touted as the nation’s oldest live logging demo, the Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show returns again this year on September 22-23.
Article by David Abbott, Managing Editor, Southern Loggin’ Times
Rhoad Crew
MCBEE, South Carolina – If you’ve followed the Fast and Furious film franchise over the last 20+ years and counting—or even if you’ve only seen the memes on social media—then you know it’s all about family for Vin Diesel’s car enthusiast character. But that focus on la familia is not exclusive to the fictional Toretto clan. It’s always been about family for a lot of southern logging companies, too, and Rhoad Timber, LLC is no exception.
Article by David Abbott, Managing Editor, Southern Loggin’ Times
BULLETIN BOARD
Our Best Leisure Selections From Our Not-So-Sharp Minds
FROM THE BACKWOODS PEW: Ribbons
Wouldn’t it be great if life was like that? If a colorful ribbon, a marker, declared to us where to turn, where to stop. On a logging job, bright blue ribbons tied along a stream might represent a protective area to be left undisturbed. Maybe God could put up some ribbon that said, “Don’t go to that party,” or “Don’t take that drink.” Let God wrap your life with his ribbons; you will find it will keep you and your family from wandering out of the woods into the wasteland.
Excerpted from Woods, Worship, and Wasteland, Bradley Antill, author
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SAFETY FOCUS
Steel Shard In Worker’s Eye: A Reminder Of The Importance Of Protective Eyewear
Florida’s K.P. Green Weathers The Storms
Article by David Abbott, Managing Editor, Southern Loggin’ Times
BRISTOL, Florida – Even though he was born in a U.S. Army base hospital in Heidelberg, Germany while his father was stationed there during his time in the service, there was never any doubt in Henry Green’s mind that his place in this world was in the woods of Florida. He’s been working out here since he was a boy in the ‘60s; now he’s a man in his 60s, and there’s still nowhere else he’d rather be.
Green, 64, owns K.P. Green Logging, a family business he inherited upon his father’s death seven years ago. The company takes its name from his dad, Kenneth Paul Green, who put the K.P. in K.P. Green Logging. The man himself takes his full name, Kenneth Henry Green, from both his dad and his granddad, John Henry Green, who was an early feature subject for Southern Loggin’ Times in the early ‘70s. A cousin and a third Kenneth, Kenneth Alan Green, also named for Henry’s dad, works on the crew with Henry.
The Greens trace their family heritage of logging and farming in this area back several generations. “My great-great granddad owned 70% of Calhoun County,” Green says. “It was all timber back then. That’s where we were raised up in that river swamp; that’s where my granddaddy loved to log. If he wasn’t logging down there he’d just as soon go to the house. I grew up helping my dad and my grandpa. We farmed and had cattle, to, but mostly, I’ve just logged.”
Crew, from left: William Foxworth, Henry Green, Alan Green, Joseph Lambeth, Mark McGill, Shane Tolley, Donald Jourdan
Green’s crews have been working in a lot of storm-damaged timber still from Hurricane Michael five years ago.
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