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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 17, 1962
Page
5
The Orono Park Board Pas US May 15 to build a new wading pool to be ready by summer and open to the public June 1. Admission remains 35 cents for adults and fees for children rise to 5 to 10 dollars per family. A 500 loan from the Chamber of Commerce was accepted, with plans for an underpass to the bathhouse.
Crews combine in fire detection and suppression as Ontario's pulp and paper and lumber sectors employ about 26 000 people with annual salaries near 110 million. Including dependent industries, 89 000 are employed with 315 million in wages and 600 million in annual output for fuel and electricity. Pulp and paper leads Ontario in employment, exports and capital investment, with newsprint output around 1.5 million tons yearly. Lands and Forests Minister J W Spooner warns forests are vulnerable to fire and urges utmost care, noting a Christmas tree can take ten years to grow and large timber decades to mature.
Conservation Officers report smaller crowds at midnight Saturday openings with mixed results in major spots. Hastings Healey Falls Crowe Bay show fair to good catches while Rice Lake dips to poor. Bobcaygeon Rosedale Fenelon Falls Buckhorn and Gananoque areas yield limit catches and several five to six pound fish. Fire crews fight four forest fires burning four acres in the district.
Sixteen new cottage lots are available on Refen Lake in Sherborne Township Haliburton County. The plan is registered and applications may be accepted. Contact District Office Lindsay or field offices Minden and Gooderham for more information. Additional lots will be added to the current list in the General Information letter.
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