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Moosquitoes are

__‘The village of Burns Lake
has a new secondary in-
dustry — a ‘‘Moosquito”
factory. ;
The . Moosquitoes —
mosquito-like creatures
manufactured from moose

whena freshly picked pail is
prought in, Mrs. Adams
aids i
The souvenir was in-
vented by Mrs. Keith Cut- -
sforth several years ago, but ,
‘was adopted by the fall fair’
association and will shortly"

Fall Fair symbol 7

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droppings and porcupine

quills — stand about three -

inches tall and perch
menacingly upon wooden
bases.

appear ‘as the symbol on

association stationery.

Mrs. Adams is assisted in
her basement Moosquito.
volunteers

_ factory by
Dorothy Stearns, Terry
Nunn and Sue Fleming.
Another fair worker,
Shirley Hawse, dedicated .
the following poem to the.

They are the official
symbol of the Burns Lake
and. District Fall Fair, held
September 3 to 6 this year,
and close to 1,000 of them -
will be in circulation by fall

fair week. Moosquito.
They are. manufactured
by Bev Adams and a group I-am but a humble
of fall: fair volunteers who ‘‘Moosquitp’’,
spend much of the winter Although I will not bite or
walking by the shores of sting. a
frozen lakes and filling ice A local moose composed my
cream pails with moose body
droppings. While a grouse designed my —
The “fresher the better” wing.

to make good Moosquitoes,
Mrs. Adams explained, and
therefore the droppings had .
to be collected in freezing
_ weather. -

Once collected, they were
dried, sorted into different.
sizes and glued together in

A few artistic members |

Of the Fair Association
Have patiently constructed
me
To send out to the Nation. —

I will be the Fall Fair’s

the shape of a mosquito mascot,
body and head. A piece of And I trust you will like me —

_ porcupine quill makes the too; yo,

_ beak, grouse feathers are For. I, and all —-

added for wings and furry _“Moosquitoes’’,
pipecleaners are fashioned Would like to go home with |
-to form the four spindly you. .

legs. a
They are then fitted with - a Each year on Labor Day —
sequin eyes and glued to her | _co-workers - are - Buyers. have mixed - others are tickled. weekend toes
rounds of birchwood which producing about. ten a day. reactions —— to the Despite the fact that they I hope you’ll come to the
are labelled ‘My Pet They sell in Burns Lake Moosquitoes; she said. . are not treated or preser- Fair a
Moosquito’?. The whole stores for $2.50 each, Someare horrified by the ved, the moose droppings Where I and. other

process involves about ten - proceeds going back to the idea of moose droppings in have no smell and are very Moosquitoes _
steps and Mrs. Adams and _ fair association. | their living room, while durable if not moistened. A Will welcome everybody |

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