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Terrace Bay News, 27 Aug 1947, p. 2

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- Page #2 In a statement to the press earlier this week, R, Boultbee, district forester, Port Arthur, asserted that the fire hazard in this district is extreme for the first time this summer and he urged everyone to take every precaution to pre- vent forest fires. Staggering facts issued by the Canadian Forestry Association give some indication of the colossal A match afire loss of forest resources caused by forest fires when you throw it in Canada, starts a fire before you know it. 6000 annual forest fires destroy an average of 400 million cubic feet of our country's heritage as 2,500,000 acres of woodland are obliterated. This represents a yearly path of devastation a mile wide all the way from Halifax to Vancouver and northward to the edge of Alaska. REMEMBER §8 out of 10 Forest Fires are caused by human CARELESSNESS. DON'T GIVE FIRE 4 _ CHANGE! wows FISH AND GAME ASSOCIATION Plans for the September dinner meeting were discussed at an executive meeting of the Association held August 20th, attended by President, Doug Johnson, Vice-President, Ed Cavanaugh, Secretary, Tom Kelly, Executive Members, Dave MacDonald and Ted Jones Jr. The exact date of the meeting which will be held after the close of the dAnglers' Contest on September 15th will be announced shortly, 4ANGLERS' CONTEST With less than three short weeks remaining in the Anglers! 'Contest sponsored by the Fish and Game association, Chairman, Rupe Clowes, advises that many of the boys are out almost nightly trying to better the records already set. The official Judge, Postmaster Ed Cavanaugh, will weigh in fish until 9:00 p.m. nightly. Anyone connected with the LongLae project may enter the contest for which prizes of $5.00 and %2.00 are offered in each class for heaviest fish. All.fish must be angled in this locality. Leaders in the contest to noon August 26th:- CLLSS TYPE OF FISH LELDERS WEIGHT OF FISH ih Speckled Trout lst W.Heinrich (LongLac Woodlands Dept) 4 lbs. 2nd R.Whitebrerd (LongLae Warehouse) 2 lbs. 10 og. 2 Lake Trout lst P.Leschuk (Fraser-Brace) 9° lbs, 13. as 2nd J.Enstrom (LongLac) 9 lbe.. 10: om. 3 Pike lst P.Leschuk (Fraser-Brace) 1? Zoe. Poe 2nd G.DeLong (LongLac) 9 lbs. Lom, '4 Pickerel lst J.Enstrom (LongLac) 3 Thee 9 oe : 2nd S.McCormsck (New Idea) 2: lbs. 13. ome Be MAGAZINE COLLECTION FOR HOSPITAL Magazines for use in the Terrace Bay Hospital ar will be picked up from Townsite homes by truck on Tuesday, September end. een

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