B U ·L LET IN 1964

B U ·L LET IN
1963-64 Season, No. 3
April 1st, 1964
CANADIAN JUNIOR
SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS
1964
Report by Don Bohart
"Ottawa Ski Club Members may be
justifiably proud to have been hosts along
with the Pepsi-Cola Company of Canada to
the finest Junior Championships ever held
in our country."
These are but a few of the words of
praise that have come into our offices
from the breadth and width of Canada.
Not only was the meet a technical success,
it was a social success as well. One hundred and twenty-five young Canadians descended upon our Capital Area, many for ·
their first time. What they saw and accomplished is now legend. Some of the highlights are reflected in the photographs and
articles through this Bulletin.
The Prime Minister, The Right Hon. Lester B.
Pearson, chats with three visiting rompetltors durIng their tour of Parliament Hill. The youngsters
had an opportunity of meeting their MPs and to
he present in the Commons Gallery to wilness
Government In action.
Four tired but happy Cross Country enthusiasts
express their vtdory with smiles. Extreme left,
John Kratz, Sudbury, winner of Men's event. Extreme right, Anne Rowley, Ottawa Ski Club, winner
of the ladies' event.... Congratulations!
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a 20-mile badge; his big brother, David,
age 8, was able to apply a week earlier for
his. Gail Aller, age 11 , was the first young
lady to apply and receive a 200-mile badge
as well. Martin Aller, father of the trio,
earned his earlier in the season and should
be able to finish off the required mileage
for a second 200-mile badge. Walter J.
Roche, an ex-OSC Night Rider, is still
the top mileage getter, and as I write this,
he has applied and received all the badges
with his mileage pushing 500 miles for this
season to date. This is a remarkable feat
for a man in- this age group. In Norway,
from what I am able to ascertain, this
would qualify him for one of the top
awards given for touring. Peter Glynn Jr.,
age 7, now has his 100-mile badge.
John Gow, a serving Trail Rider has
earned a 200-mile badge; Ian Stout, another
TR, has his 100-mile badge. Serving Trail
Riders are not allowed to count their mileage on their weekly scheduled work during
the season for badges. The two abovementioned Trail Riders have earned the
badges by skiing on the trails after they had
completed their required work each week.
I expect to receive a number of other
applications from other TR's.
by Bill Mellor
The 1964 Canadian Junior Ski Championships are over and according to out-of-!own
reports reaching us, the meet was ·htghly
successful.
We were fortunate in having quite good
snow conditions, keen and able competition
and wonderful weather.
However, the
meet could not have been staged without
the generous understanding and support of
our members.
·
We are grateful to all concerned from those who allowed our visiting competitors priority in the use of the poma lift
at the Skyline, to those who worked for
three months in the planning phase and
many long hours during the meet itself.
We would also like to acknowledge the
debt we owe to all our other supporters,
outside the OSC. They include many of
the skiing fraternity from the Ottawa area
and elsewhere in Canada and a host of
other people from various organizations
and agencies.
May we extend our thanks to all
concerned.
Please apply for your Merit Badges
as soon as the season ends.
Gourmets
TV AND TilE CANADIAN JUNIOR
CHAMPIONSIUPS
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CBOT ran the Canadian Junior Championships from 2 to 3 p.m. on Saturday
afternoon - when all the skiers were out
skiing. The CBC admits this was not a
good time but says no sponsor would
agree to the Championships getting an
evening slot. The sad part is that those
who did see the film say it was the best
coverage of a ski meet ever made.
However, there is hope; the Championships could be shown at 11:30 p.m. on a
Saturday or Sunday night if enough skiers
phoned the CBC and convinced them that
dropping the British Movie for one night
would not be the end of the world.
So how about phoning 728-1771 and
letting the CBC know you want to see
our 1968 Olympians in action?
An item that might be of interest to
many members are the number of gourmets
who frequent the trail lodges, each trying
to out do the other. Table cloths grace
many a table in the bush at lunch time, so
I will recount some of the interesting happenings this season: A senior member bas
the habit of cooking his steak in wine each
Sunday, these steaks run between a pound
to two in weight, so this Sunday this connoisseur arrived at Western Lodge for lunch.
but discovered he had left his food at home,
but brought his fine bottle of South African
wine - there was a marked wiggle in the
track home by this gentleman. Two young
boys arrived at Western with all the ingredients for making pancakes, so after
much mixing the boys put their batter in
the pan, but evidently no one had instructed
them about buttering the pan - end result
- a mess that looked like scrambled eggs,
but to each his own . . • Then there are
the pizza makers, who tum out such a good
product as to inake the rest sit with envy.
An easy way to make hamburgers is to
prepare each pattie of meat at home and
wrap it in foil, all you have to do is stick
IT'S KLISTER TIME ONCE AGAIN
by Ferdie Chapman
Merit Badges
Applications for the larger Merit Badges
for touring have been received the last two
weeks from a number of the younger members who ski on the trails. Bryan Aller,
age 7, is the youngest member to receive
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conduct the search. Search headquarters
for any large scale search of the trails will
be the caretaker's house at Camp Fortune
Lodge.
the wrapped pattie in the oven and in
minutes, presto, a product cooked in its own
juices.
TRs Still Armed
There is no truth in the rumour that the
Department of National Defence bas disarmed the Trail Riders; we still have our
Kelly's Tools for brushing the trails.
1. Do not ski alone.
2. Those persons who go out on the
trails alone should leave word at
Camp Fortune of their route and
report in on their return.
3. If you don't know the trails, be
sure to have a map on the trip.
4. Club search units will search the
trails on the map first - the other
50 miles of bush roads and defunct trails in the Park are not
our responsibility. (A very small
number of Club members use the
off-map trails.)
Junior Touring Trophy
Mr. I. Norman Smith, Editor of The
Ottawa Journal, has presented a trophy for
touring. The trophy is the JUNIOR TOURING TROPHY; it will cover skiers up to
the age of 18 years of age (Midgets-Juvenile-Juniors) . The trophy will be awarded
yearly with the following as ground rules:
1. To the skier who has progressed the
most trail-skiing during the past year.
2. To the skier who has shown the most
interest in the trails, and/ or done the most
work on the trails during the year.
The Trophy, it is hoped, will encourage
more interest by the youth of the club
in the miles of trails the club maintains. A
most commendable gesture on the part of
Mr. I. Norman Smith.
THE COUNCIL
The Club's Council has met a couple
of times since coming into being as a
result of our new Constitution (see Bulletin
No. 1 of January 3rd, 1964).
The Council is preparing a set of
rules to guide the Directors responsible for
the election procedures at Annual Meetings
of the Club as well as studying a revision
of our voting rules. The Council has also
been discussing means of raising capital
for future development of hills and lodges.
Thanks
I want to thank the 14 checkers and
patrols who volunteered for Thursday,
February 27th during the Canadian Junior
Championship cross country races and the
ten ladies who helped in the serving of
meals in Fortune Lodge.
Search Parties
H. D. Fripp & Son
The Ottawa Ski Club maintains some 50
miles of trails in the Gatineau Park. The
maintenance of these trails is carried out
by the Club's Trail Riders, who also patrol
and police them. One of the many duties
carried out by the Trail Riders is the
mounting of search units for lost club members from time to time. I would ask your
co-operation in reporting lost persons
promptly; do not wait until everybody has
cleared Camp Fortune to raise an alarm.
Report any lost persons to the OSCAR
building near Alexander's Lodge, they in
turn will pass this along to the TRAIL
RIDERS. Failing this, report the alarm to
the Camp Fortune office, at which point
our telephone switchboard that connects the
area buildings is located. Do not report a
lost person and go off looking for the person
yourself, wait until you can supply the
TRAIL RIDERS with a description of the
m1ssmg. If you do not know the trail
system you are much better to let the
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numbers, flags, watches, communication systems, etc. The funds to purchase this gear
were provided from the profits of the Annual Trading Post. Incidentally, the Midget
equipment was not stored in the Membership Hut when it was destroyed by fire
recently.
1964 MIDGET RACING
The ever popular Midget Racing Programme concluded one of its most successful seasons on Sunday, March 8th, with the
running of the Annual Skimeister. During
1964, a total of 864 children participated
in the 14 competitions which were scheduled at Camp Fortune. Despite the lack
of snow this year, all events were held on
schedule and were enthusiastically attended.
Many of the children took advantage of the
racing instruction classes, held each Saturday afternoon and the improvement in
technique of the majority can be attributed
to the fine coaching of Ted Graves and
Doug Livingstone.
The Midget Racing Programme serves
not only to introduce the children to the
mechanics of ski racing, but it also provides the continuity for the production of
fine competitors who have represented the
Ottawa Ski Club in National and International competitions in past years. · A few
of the graduates who come to mind are
Anne Heggtveit and Vicki Rutledge and
more recently, Heather Quipp and Currie
Chapman. There is every indication that
some of this year's crop of Midget racers
will become future champions.
Many of the club members have remarked on the efficient manner in which
the Midget meets are conducted. These
comments can be answered with two words:
organization and experience. A hard working committee headed by Harold Fawcett
and including Craig and Emela Campbell,
Kent Boucher, Maurice Clayton, Bob McCormick and Bernie Shaver spent many
hours of preparation to ensure the smooth
operation of all Midget events. Alex McDougall, Bruce Heggtveit and Bill Ball,
who set all the courses this year, tailored
their combinations of gates to fit the
ability of these pint-sized comeptitors. In
the cross country events, which are becom'ing more popular each year, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Morrall, Ferdie Chapman and his
Trail Riders certainly deserve credit for
.their efforts to make this programme a
success. The ever reliable Fred Morris and
his jumpers handled all the Midget Jumping
competitions with flawless precision. John
Pringle Taylor, who once again looked
after the difficult task of computing the
'results of the Skimeister, deserves a generous
vote of thanks. Last but by no means least
are the parents of the competing children,
who acted as officials at all races. The
thankless jobs of gatekeeper, starter, timer,
'and computor were cheerfully accepted by
the racer's mother or father, who reaped
their rewards from the thrill of being a
part of this programme. Many of the
parents who acted as officials had little or
no previous experience, but their contributions during the season were greatly appre:ciated.
The following is a list of competitions
and trophy winners for the 1964 season.
Jan. 12-Preliminary Giant Slalom;
Jan. 19-Preliminary Slalom;
Jan. 26--Preliminary Cross Country;
Jan. 26--Preliminary Jump;
Feb. 9- Preliminary "B" Giant Slalom;
Feb. 16--Gatineau Zone Jump - Thor Weibust Trophy - winner Ian Campbell;
Feb. 16--Gatineau Zone Cross Country Frank Cooke Trophy - winner David
Boucher; Morrall Trophy (girls) - winner Erika Smialowski;
Feb. 23-Preliminary "B" Slalom;
Mar. 1-Gatineau Zone Invitational Alpine
Combined - Optimist of Carleton Trophy
- winner Steve Shaver; Brian O'Brien
Trophy - winner Betsy Clifford; Bud
Keenan Trophy (boys) -winner Gordon
White; Bud Keenan Trophy (girls) winner Debby Shaver;
Mar. 7 & 8-Gatineau Zone Midget Skimeister - Bruce Fawcett Memorial Trophy - winner Jeff Stubbins; Bruce Fawcett (for boys 10 yrs. and under) winner David Boucher; Emile Danjaw
Trophy - winner Betsy Clifford; Wally
White Trophy - winner Debby Shaver.
All children of Midget age were permitted to compete in the preliminary races.
Only "A" rated children were allowed to
enter the Gatineau Zone events. The two
"B" races were restricted to those competitors who had not attained an "A" rating.
During the past two years the Midget
·Programme has accumulated a complete
set of racing equipment, which includes
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OSC, Eva Kuchar, Sue Clift, Barbi Walker, Gary Matheson. Absent: B&rry Baumel, Andre
Pomerleau.
This team represents the best skiers from the Gatineau, Laurentian and Eastern Township zones within the Quebec Division. They won the privilege of representing their Division
through the perseverance and superior ability at previous elimination meets: The Quebec
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SKI JUMPING CHAMPIONSIDPS
by Fred Morris
My sincere thanks to all who worked
with us and helped to make these championship meets a success.
The month of March has been an extremely active one for the ski jumping
group of our club. The lack of snow
throughout the year did not hinder the
completion of the Canadian Junior Jumping
Championships at Camp Fortune.
MIDGET SKI SCHOOL
by Rene Rickenbacker
This year's Midget Ski School was a
success in every respect. Boys and girls
have been very enthusiastic about the
chance of getting lessons and showed this
by turning up in large numbers, accounting
for a record year in number of pupils. Apart
from one Saturday when ice covered all
the hills and the program was cancelled,
weather conditions were good and helped
a lot in encouraging parents to bring their
children to the Midget Hill.
Here are some statistical figures which
give a good picture of the success:
Jan. 4-525 pupils; 76 promotions; 77 instructors, conditions, good.
Jan. 11-258 pupils, 63 promotions; 55
instructors; conditions, icy - very cold.
Jan. 18-613 pupils; 107 promotions; 74
instructors; conditions, 30° - snowing.
Feb. 1-575 pupils; 89 promotions; 73
instructors; conditions, 30° - lots of
snow.
Feb. 8-577 pupils; 86 promotions; 58
instructors; conditions, excellent.
Feb. 15-541 pupils; 40 promotions; 57
instructors; conditions, excellent.
Total-3,089 pupils; 461 promotions; 394
instructors.
All children have been very good this
season and were on time which made it
possible to start classes at 2 o'clock sharp.
I would also like to take this opportunity
to thank the five Senior Instructors: Bill
Peterson, Roger Renaud, Maurice Lesage,
Dave McCorkell and Roland Beaudry, as
well as the Marshall, Chuck Ballard, for
their contribution. And here is also a
praise for all the instructors who did a
nice job in keeping all these children going.
Also thanks to the Ski Club's downtown office staff who readily gave assistance in every way, and to all Radio and
Television Stations who were very helpful
in making announcements phoned in on
very short notice.
The Ottawa Ski Club is very happy to
see the keen interest of all these children
and is looking forward to a new record
year next season.
Junior ski jumpers from across the nation participated in this event, the most
important one in the year for them.
Gordon Lund and Bob Morish from the
Alberta Division walked off with the first
and second place positions and Zdenek
Mezl from the University of Montreal
placed third. Injuries hampered our own
top Juniors, Pierre Pare and Pat Morris
from placing in any of the top positions.
The other highlight of the season was
the annual O'Keefe Tournament of Champions for the O'Keefe Trophy held March
14-15. Jacques Charland, veteran TroisRivieres competitor, took the Trophy for
the 2nd consecutive year. Here again injuries hampered our best senior jumpers
from placing. Former Olympian Gerry
Gravelle seriously injured his left leg in
a fall just before the Tournament, making
it impossible for him to compete. Rheal
Seguin, former international competitor and
holder of the Lockeberg Hill record of 211
feet, placed 4th despite the fact he suffered
a serious shoulder injury at Revelstoke,
B.C. the previous week.
Eric Peterson, OSC, placed second in
the Senior "B" Class while Ron Tapanainen, a young Finn from the newly formed
Toronto Ski Jumpers Club, came first.
The highlight in the Juniors was when
little Kim Fripp, an 11-year-old OSC jumper, fore ran the meet. Despite adverse
conditions that saw veteran jumpers pull
out of the meet, due to high, gusting winds
between 30-40 m.p.h., our Juniors made an
excellent showing. Pierre Pare took first
place with Pat Morris taking second position. Dennis Baker, jumping for the first
time in the O'Keefe Tournament, placed
third. Fourth place went to Zdenek Mezl,
University of Montreal.
Throughout all meets, our boys in competitions across Canada have made an
excellent and commendable showing in representing the OSC. This is indicative of
the hard and fine work our jumping coaches
here did in our training program.
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CANADIAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSIHPS- RFSULTS
Giant Slalom - Men
Ladies' Slalom
Currie Chapman placed second in this
event and also recorded the best time of ihe
day in his second run. Barry Baumel was
fourth; Andy Dobrodzicki, an individual
entry from the Ottawa Ski Club, placed
sixth with two strong runs. Mike Irvin
and Kim Rawley placed well up on the
list and Rawley was a scant 2.1 seconds
off the winner's first run time of 59.1
seconds. Don Brough and Bill Honeywell,
two additional local area entries, also placed
high.
Once more the Quebec gals came
through. Heather Quipp was first again by
a narrow margin over Ski jay Gary Matheson. Gary, by the way, recorded the fastest
time of the day for the ladies: 56.0 seconds. Anne Rowley, Queen of the Cross
Country event, placed 8th in Slalom and
her rival Ann Blair trailed a little, but
still finished 14th. In the combined Alpine
field, it was Quipp, Matheson, Kuchar and
Walker 1, 2, 3, 4. Congratulations, gals!
Giant Slalom - Ladies
This was attended by three Quebec
jumpers. Zdenek Mezl, Univeristy of Montreal was third. Pierre Pare, Ottawa Ski
Club, 9th and Patrick Morris, also of
Ottawa, was eleventh.
Heather Quipp of Kingsmere
handily, and 2nd, 3rd, 4th, fifth and
places were also secured by Quebec
sion girls. Ann Blair, OSC, finished
among a classy field of 30 girls.
Jumping Event
won
sixth
DivilOth
Cross Country • Ladies
For the third time the ladies excelled.
Petite Anne Rowley was first with a remarkable time of twenty-six minutes 41
seconds, a good two minutes better than
her nearest rival. Alison McLaren of
OSC placed 7th, and weiJ done too, Alison.
Vicki Fawcett and Pamela McCormick,
both OSC individual entries, finished within
the top ten.
Tbe Slalom Event - Men
For the Quebec Division men at least,
the slalom event was a little sad, in fact
it was a rout. Alberta took possession.
Most of the top Division guns were disqualified while descending the formidable
Anne Heggtveit hill courses, as were many
others. Back to the practice slopes, guys?
Two Ottawa Area individuals, however, entered very fine performances. Sixteen-yearold Bill Honeywell, a top student at Glebe,
placed third over all, and Don Brough,
another OSC product, was a very respectable sixth; Don attends Nepean.
Cross Country • Men
Prominent among the boys in this challenging event was Chris Grant who placed
6th, and not too far behind and with good
times were Guy Sprung and Alex Taylor,
Tbe MinUter of Health and Welfare, Bon. Jud7
LaMarsh, trle9 her hand at slanlng her autograpla
on the newly-appUed c:ast of Mary Jane Tabor, a
LaJ,;e Superior Division training casualf7.
Anne Rowle7 and John Kratz ~ompare notes at
the finish line. Anne went on to ~ l-W117 Ladles'
Combined honours b7 her fine Mnwlngs In Cross
Country, Giant Slalom and Slalom.
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both OSC stars in their own right. Pat
McLaren and Glen Morrall, two more wellknown OSC racers finished quite well back
but not last at least.
The final tabulations in Alpine Combined placed Quebec Team boys in the
cellar and the Quebec girls way out on top.
Nordic Combined went to Alberta as
did the Alpine Combined and Quebec did
not show.
As a team Quebec could not have done
worse, but as individuals, the record stands.
Our past has been studded with such names
as Heggtveit, Tommy, Wheeler, Midgley,
Gravelle. Watch the names mentioned in
these articles for great things to come, and
don't overlook those two fine forerunners
Susan Graves and Malcolm Hunter.
However, on Friday, March 6th, the
sun shone and the temperature dropped.
In sheltered Paradise Valley the great meet
took place. Lucille Wheeler Vaughan was
forerunner down the tight-set slalom course.
Inspired by Lucille, all the ladies came
down in great style.
After the race we all came to the
beautiful new Camp Fortune Lodge. Panni
Blacbut bad decorated the tables with daffodils and set a. blazing fire in the fireplace.
Mrs. Boland served us a delicious lunch.
Then the prizes were awarded. In all, 15
gold, 22 silver and 11 bronze pins had been
earned. Elizabeth Schreiver was top racer
of the day. On the winning relay team
were Rolande Midgley, Joyce Ricbens, Barbara Tevlin and Connie Graves.
On Wednesday, March 11th, the MiniMidgets held their closing races. Picking
a winner was very difficult as all had progressed so well. Everyone had fun and
plenty of good things to eat.
The films from the races have just come
back from the shop. We hope to have a
showing soon, so watch for a notice in
Alexander Lodge.
Starting March 17th, the baby-sitting
lodge opened on an hourly basis, if the
weather was fine. If in doubt, phone
827-2323.
The Ladies' Committee send their heartiest congratulations and best wishes to
Heather Quipp, daughter of Gen Quipp.
LADIES•COMMITIEE
The ladies of the Ottawa Ski Club have
been having a very active time this winter.
At the end of February, Connie Graves
organized the entertainment for the Junior
Championships meet. Helping her feed
the hungry skiers after the races were
Noreen Cunningham, Krystina Sparks, Elizabeth Scbreiver, and Ann Clayton. Janet
McKinley was at the Alexandra Hotel helping to settle them in. She also organized
the program sales. Working very bard on
the selling end were Mary Brough, Gypsy
Telfer, Mary McLennan, Noreen Cunningham, Rolande Latta and Krystina Sparks.
Mrs. Morrall's cross country group managed to serve the racers a complete lunch
at Camp Fortune Lodge. The able convenors there were Mrs. Olmholt-Jensen and
Mrs. Fawcett. Our thanks also to Craig
Campbell for arranging to have midget
racers Janek, Daniel, Stephen C., Ian, Hector, Debby, Stephen S., Gordon, Phillip,
David, Fredi, Erika and Michael carry
down the racers' jackets so they would not
be cold after they had raced. Em Campbell
rounded up folk singers from Ottawa and
Montreal and arranged a Hootenany for the
visitors at the Alexandra Hotel.
All during the week of pouring rain,
Diana Kirkwood faithfully sold tickets to
the Ladies' Luncheon and Ski Race. The
Thursday before, Mary McLennan, Janet
McKinley and Alec McDougall put on
their oilskins and chopped out an obstacle
course. By Thursday evening, things were
really a trifle grim.
RESIGNATION OF
CLUB MANAGER
It is with great regret that your Directors
announce the resignation of your Manager,
Mr. Peter O'Connor. The 14-hour day
and seven-day week became just a bit too
much for Pete to face another year. A
glance at our racing schedule will give you
a slight idea of the amount of work which
our manager co-ordinated. The Canadian
Junior Championships also added a great
load this year. Pete seemed to be available
at all times, and present at all meetings
which usually went on till 11 p.m. I can't
remember him on skis at all.
He asked us to announce his resignation
in this Bulletin to give us time to find a
replacement. Any iron men available?
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REPORT ON WORK DONE AT ALEXANDER WDGE
Contractor for renovations in basement .................................................... . $1,012.65
1,350.00
New well .......................................................................................................................................
Improvements to water system .............................................................................. 2,061.28
395.12
Improvements to electrical system ...................................................................... .
960.00
Architect's fee for proposed lodge ....................................................................... .
$5,779,05
REPORT ON WORK DONE AT LOCKEBERG WDGE
Contract price for 2nd floor and wash rooms .......................................... $11,923.00
2,560.97
Extras over and above contract price ..................................................................
1,660.00
New furnace and heating system ........................................................................
720.00
New well .......................................................................................................................................
648.48
Furnishings ................................................................................................................................... .
$17,512.45
This is the estimated total cost of these improvements with the exception
of the floor upstairs which will have to be completed in the next few years.
CAMP FORTUNE LODGE
FIRE WSS ACCOUNT Recoveries (from insurance)
Building and Equipment ................................................................ $58,404.24
1,985.00
Trophies .........................................................................................................
397.50
Lightning damage to pump ......................................................
Interest earned on short term deposits ............................................................
$60,786.74
568.05
$61,354.79
$61,354.79
Expended to Date
8,189.17
43,823.00
2,629.35
467.97
150.00
1,829.94
1,495.39
369.49
58,954.31
Unexpended at March 19th, 1964 ............................................................
2,400.48
Temporary Lodge ............................................................................... ..
New Lodg~ontract .................................................................... .
-Architects' Fees ................................................
Loss of Personal Property ............................................................
Estimating ................................................................................................. ..
Replacing Trophies ..............................................................................
Tables, Benches & Equipment .............................................. ..
Sundry Disbursements .....................................................................
Account Payable
Extras to contract including janitor's house ................................................
4,823.22
DEFICIENCY OF FUNDS ...........................................................................
$ 2,422.74
The estimated total cost to completion is $63,777.53.
floor will have to be covered in the next few years.
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In addition, the
TYPICAL Y.M.C.A . .
CANOE CLUB TRIP
enough to get things set up . right and had
time for pleasant relaxation around a fire
before retiring.
by Ken Prior
Next day, Wednesday, was our hottest
day. We entered Coulonge River and
Grand Lake on a day as beautiful as the
lake, except that it is not good for camp
sites. However, we made the best of it.
At least we had lots of flat stones for
setting up our grate; but the flattest place
we could find to set up our tent seemed
even less flat by around 2: 00 a.m.
Last August we made a five-day canoe
trip in LaVerendrye Park which is around
200 miles north of Ottawa.
We decided to start out at Whiskey
Creek, about 60 miles north of the park
entrance where there is a good parking
lot right beside the highway. It took a
while to get the final sorting and deciding
what was essential and what was not and
packing done; we then started out on
Whiskey Creek which was at low water.
We had a portage into Whiskey Lake and
we already had the whole country to ourselves. It was a bit early but we decided
to have it easy for the first day so we
made camp on a good site at the east end of
Whiskey Lake.
Next day we did Lac au Barrage where
we saw a magnificent bull moose having his
dinner on water plants on the shore. We
tried to creep up to him but he scampered
away. Anyway, we had a good sight of
him. We then did Lac Larouche and
camped at the public camp site with fellow
human beings again - a very nice trip.
There are many connecting lakes and rivers
in the area and I hope to be back next
summer.
Next morning we portaged into Cawatose Lake. We had a stiff head wind with
fairly rough lake all day and it took careful
navigation to find the portage into Camitogama Lake where we found another good
campsite again a fairly early camp
(about 5 o'clock).
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Canoe Club
Next day we did the rest of Camitogama
and entered Canimina Lake - really beautiful. We had lunch on an island in the
east end of the lake. It was a nice island
and we contemplated staying there for
the rest of the day but it was still a bit
windy and we decided we should camp in
some more sheltered spot. We continued
on into Nishkotea Lake where we ran into
a thunderstorm (or the thunderstom ran
into us). Again it was a bit early but we
decided to camp and after quite a bit of
searching we decided on a sand beach which
is not too desirable, as it is difficult to keep
the sand out of everything. When the rain
stopped and we got everything comfortable,
we had a very pleasant evening. One nice
thing about this trip was that whatever
adventures we ran into, whether with the
rain or wind, we always made camp early
The Club owns canoes, tents and
cooking equipment. All members
need to buy is a sleeping bag.
'Trips of 1, 2 and 3 days and up
to two weeks.
Paddling Instruction by Olympic
competitor John Beedell
A Meeting will be held at the YMCA
on Friday April 24th at 8:00 p.m.
For further information
write or phone
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OSCAR • SKIING SAFETY
A NIGHT ON THE TRAnS
by Laird Lawton
by Bud Keenan
This is one hill skier and OSCAR who
had his eyes opened one moonlit Saturday
night not so long ago! I received a call
from an old school chum who was one
very worried father! He hadn't seen his
nine-year-old son for several hours and
was still up at Fortune at nine p.m. looking
for him. Well, as I had been lost twice
while trying to find my way from Fortune
to Kingsmere Lake and on to Wrightville
(I got home once at 11:30 p.m. and at
1:30 a.m. the next time) I could understand
his feelings. Also when most hill skiers
look at that map of the trails it seems like
one rather complicated mess.
When I arrived at Fortune Lodge I soon
developed a new respect for our Trail
Riders and their grizzled old leader, Ferdie
Chapman! They had already covered the
trails to Keogan and Western Lodge and
many of the trails in between. Running
along on their cross-country skis with batteries strapped to belts and headlamps
showing whether or not a skier had passed
that way before, they started out again to
cover other areas designated by their chief.
Every ski track leaving the main trails was
examined and followed. Two Mounties
arrived in their patrol cars, and seeing that
the search was in good hands, left to cover
the roads. A local radio club which arrived
to help was also asked to cover the surrounding roads as there was always the
chance that the boys might have worked
their way down. A gentleman and his son
on a Huski (motorized sleigh) covered
the Parkway from Fairy Lake up.
Director Frank Morrall and his racers
left the Canadian Junior Championships
banquet at the Chateau Laurier, changed
and went up.
Offers of help kept arriving until three
a.m. but Ferdie politely refused them as
too many people in the area would only
have confused matters.
These boys search one area then close
it off and according to Ferdie can cover
the whole fifty miles of our trails in a
few hours.
In another article in this issue he
will tell you the correct procedure in case
one of your party doesn't show up. Follow
his advice and save yourself and many
others a great deal of work.
Our heartiest congratulations to our
Trail Riders and Ferdie Chapman.
We have tried to keep the members advised of the safety requirements in the
Ottawa Ski Club throughout this winter and
asked your support to keep skiing safe.
The men and women who have done
most for the skiing safety of the Club are
forty - five
well-trained,
hard - working
OSCARs (Ottawa Ski Club Aid & Rescue).
Safety gates have to be checked and the
Patrol Leader and his 8-man patrol have
been on duty from 9:00 a.m. in Camp Fortune or Skyline each Saturday or Sunday
until after closing time.
Each Patrol
Leader is responsible for the area his patrol
is covering for their day of duty and two
of his OSCARS are on telephone duty for
2-hour periods throughout the day. In case
of an accident, use the CAMP TELEPHONE located in the tow shacks.
Towards the end of the season, Patrol
Leader Larry Rowan, made the excellent
suggestion that in the morning, OSCAR
pick the hill he intends to sweep after closing and he skis there fifteen minutes before.
Everyone reports when the sweep is complete to the Patrol Building so that no one
is left with a casualty and no help.
I feel satisfied that the First Aid has
been first class and efficient and that the
members have been given the best of
OSCAR's ability. We hope the members
who needed our services were satisfied and
that the luckier members know we will be
there when and if they need us.
A couple of final reminders to close a
short but worthwhile season.
PARENTS OF TODDLERS - Urge
small children to play well away from the
fascinating, bubbling creek that is so centrally located all through the valley. The
patrol had two fishing expeditions during
the winter and retrieved one wet, cold but
otherwise unharmed little boy. Fortunately, the second was a false alarm but the
OSCAR was just as wet from exploring
under the ice.
The PEEWEE HILL area nearer Pinault
Hill is an easier slope and more suited for
'skiing-toddlers' as well as being well away
from the creek.
DON'T LEAVE SMALL CillLDREN
playing by themselves while you go for even
one run on the hill.
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There were a dozen or so small trucks
selling large sausages with a dry slice of
bread and a gob of mustard. You could
also buy beer or wine or schnapps. In fact
the most beautiful girl I saw in the whole
country had a keg around her neck like a
St. Bernard, and was climbing the mountain
calling "Schnapps, Meinherr, ein Schilling!"
THERE IS NO SNOW IN THE ALPS!
by Bud Keenan
Oh, sure, no snow! Heck they mean
there's only six feet instead of twelve! At
least that is what I thought as we sighted
Europe under us.
But, by golly they meant it! Yes there
was a half inch on some of the northfacing slopes but not a flake on the south.
From Zurich to Innsbruck, Nichts. On
climbing the mountain at Iggls, site of the
men's downhill, I did find some snow, very
nice snow, but there were soldiers standing
all along it and they wouldn't even let
me walk across! Seems like they had
carried it all up there themselves and it
was not to be abused by anyone less than
an Olympic team member. It must have
been a hairy experience racing down that
thing with bare ground and rock on either
side.
To get skiing, any skiing, we had a twohour train ride to Kitzbuhel where the snow
conditions were like Tremblant at Easter
on a bad winter! Frozen grass and mud
with some icy snow. Still, better than
nothing.
Since coming back I've heard complaints
about prices, but I don't think they were
any more than at North American ski
resorts.
Still, it was disappointing not to find
the low prices we had heard of.
In spite of the lack of snow and only
getting in 8 days out of 21, I still found
the trip worthwhile and extremely educational. Being forced to remember high
school French and German and wartime
Italian was good for the grey matter.
Living with and meeting people from behind
the Iron Curtain, and finding that they
were human, too, was an experience that
should be available to all to help keep this
old world at peace.
It was embarrassing though to find that
Czechs and Hungarians knew more about
our pro hockey players than we did! To
me "Hockey Night In Canada" is just a
good time to read the paper, but over
there I found tremendous interest in the
game and thanks to Father Bauer and his
team Canada became popular with the
spectators.
I didn't go to a game but my friends
told me that our team had the support of
the crowd at every game, and the cry "go
Canada, go!" was heard loud and often.
Beside the downhill run I found the
bobsled and rodeln runs. These look almost
similar to someone who is as familiar with
bobsledding as the average Canadian but a
rodel is something like a kid's sled and
they ride on them sitting up, holding on to
a strap from the front and steering with
their feet. Not for me! They did this
under lights most evenings too. Our bobsledders were the real surprise as you
know, and our hopes were with them, as
our only chance to beat North Korea and
get off the bottom of the list.
To get to the other races at a new
development called Lizum, we had to take
a bus for a long climb to the plateau and
village of Axam, where we had to change
buses, buy a ticket and go up for another
twenty minutes to the valley where the
chairlifts started and the races ended. These
were strictly shuttle buses. I think they
had every bus in Austria there. You get
30 to 40 thousand people all wanting to
go home at once and it is one large traffic
jam! You see, there was also a several
acre iParking lot at Axam which was
jammed with cars, but all those people
had to take a bus too for the last climb.
There were police or soldiers every few
hundred yards along the road each with a
walkie-talkie radio, tow trucks were at
several points and a terrific amount of work
was obvious. The snow here had been
hand-laid, too, and the courses were enclosed by snow fencing and soldiers.
According to one big wheel with the
U.S. Olympic Committee, we are fairly
certain of getting the 1972 games. It seems
we missed '68 by only three votes. If we
do, we will have a tremendous job to do,
but if done properly, it could be a powerful
aid for World Peace. It would mean subsidizing air fares, hotels, food, lift passes,
to get as many sports-minded people from
other lands as possible over here to meet
us and like us. It might tak·e our whole
Defence Budget, but it would be worth it!
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Saturday, March 28th, 1964
CLASS "A" LADIES
1. Mrs. Mary Smialowski
CLASS "B" LADIES
1. Mrs. Katharine Smith
2. Mrs.Elizabeth Schreiver
3. Mrs. Mary McLennan
CLASS "A" MEN
1. David Midgley
2. Guy Laframboise
3. Ted Graves
CLASS "B" MEN
1. John Clifford
2. Ray Grinnell
3. Bud Keenan
FORTUNE LODGE
TEMPORARILY CLOSED
As members have probably noticed, we
have been having a little trouble with the
attractively designed roof of new Fortune
Lodge. Until we've got the bugs worked
out, it has been thought best to close the
Lodge. In this way, we will be sure to have
the Lodge in full operation for the start of
next season.
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THE SEASON IS NOT OVER YET!
Judging by the Easter week-end - best skiing yet - we should be skiing on April
12th at least. But the big race of the year will be held this coming week-end.
THE CUSPIDOR
TEAM COSTUME RACE
(2 men and a girl)
SUNDAY, APRIL Sth, at 1 p.m. on SLAWM lULL
MANY PRIZES FOR - e Most original costume e Best family costume - family
of at least one adult and one child - no limit on number of kids (limit of two
parents) e Best senior costume e Best junior costume e Best midget costume.
In addition, one season tow pass each will be awarded to - e Fastest member on
winning team . e Most original costume.
GATINEAU SKI ZONE
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COLISEUM, LANSDOWNE PARK
Friday, April 17th, 1964
CONTINUOUS MUSIC
TWO BANDS
Jules Dilabio's Orchestra and The Esquires
REFRESHMENTS
8:00 P.M.
$2.50 PER PERSON
After two roaring successful Ski School Dances, this gala event
is open to all Ottawa area skiers.
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