Lakehead University Forestry Association - Yearbook (Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada)

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WE MUST BE LIKE THE PINE TREES THAT ARE STRONG IN WINTER. WE MUST BE STRONG IN SPITE OF THE TRIALS AND TEMPTATIONS OF LIFE. CONFUCIUS

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WEYERHAEUSER The 1977-78 Weyerhaeuser Committee was pleased to present two knowledgeable guest speakers on November 25, 1977 to discuss the Sharing of Responsibility for Regeneration in Ontario. Mr. A. Herridge, Asssitant Deputy Minister of Ontario ' s Ministry of Natural Resources, presented his paper titled A History of Reforestation in Ontario followed by a presentation by Mr. R. Loughlan, Manager of the Ontario Forest Industries Association. Mr. Loughlan ' s paper dealt with the Implications of the OFIA Reforestation BrieP ' . The discussion which ensued afterwards was enjoyed by the large crowd on hand as both speakers fielded questions from members of the audience. The theme of this year ' s Lecture Series was very appropriate at a time when the provincial government is seriously considering major changes in its forestry statutes.

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THE PAUL BUNYAN STORY It was in Paul ' s 25th year that he found Babe, the blue oxe. The winter was especially bad that year. Men spoke over campfires to thaw their words that froze as soon as they spoke them. One day while col- lecting firewood, Paul spotted a small baby ox frozen blue with the cold. Taking it back to the camp, Paul nursed the ox back to health, and decided to keep it as a pet. Like Paul in his early years, the ox grew quite rapidly. It soon outgrew the barn Paul made for it, making it almost as large as Paul himself. From that moment forward, Babe the blue ox was Paul ' s inseparable companion, and workhorse for the lumber camp. Soon after finding Babe, Paul had the idea to go out on his own, and start his own lumber camp. He took some of his father ' s men, and proceeded to build the largest lumber camp in the world. In order to save space, he built the bunkhouses to be stacked one on top of the other, creating the first high-rise living complex. Their dining hall was something to see too, one single table six miles long. The cook was always complaining that by the time his men finished serving lunch, it would be time for dinner. It was so big that to go from one end of the camp to the other, you needed to take a week ' s supply of food.