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Expect Wizewood Will Start Production Soon

September 16, 1959 -- The clearing and grading operations in preparation of a construction site for the new one-and-a-half million dollar Wizewood Limited, waferboard plant at Hudson Bay, will start early next week.

In a telephone interview, J. Korodi, general manager of the firm stated that he and Wizewood President, W. Thorpe, Prince Albert, "Expected to be in Hudson Bay early next week to complete arrangements for construction to begin."

Mr. Korodi, indicated that if weather conditions were favorable, actual construction could start in about two weeks.

Since a meeting with local businessmen in August, little has been heard of the Company's planning. Mr. Korodi explained that a great deal of work and planning required completion before actual construction could begin.

Construction of the plant is expected to take almost a full year, so that production of the waferboard is not likely to start before next August or September.

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