YEAR BOOK 1959-60 PRICE 25 CENTS !'"""""'"""'"""""'"""'"'"""""""""""""""'"""""'""'"""'""""""""""""""""'""""""""'"""'"""""""""""""""""""'"""'"""'"""""'"""""""""". PEPSI-COLA TROPHIES EMBLEMATIC OF CANADIAN JUNIOR SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS - ------------------~ - ~I Canadian Junior Men's Ski Team Championship Canadian Junior Women's Ski Team Championship I Thetford l\1ines, Feb. 26, 2 7, 28, § 1960 - • .UIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllliiiJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIJ\IIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll/llllllllllllllllllllllllllllliiiiiiiiUIIIIIIIIIUIIIliiiiiiiUIIIIIi ; THE OTIAWA SKl CLUB YEAR BOOK Official Publication of the Ottawa Ski Club SEASON Editor: WILLIAM L. BALL CLUB PHOTOGRAPHER: FERDIE CHAPMAN FRONT COVER DRAWING BY CLAIR FORSTER Editor's Address: 28 Wendover Avenue 2................. OTTAWA SKI CLUB CAN ADA'S MOST COMPLETE LINE OF .. · Ski Equipa~ent • For the past sixteen years, members of • the Ottawa Ski Club have made • HEGGTVEIT'S their headquarters • for all their ski requirements. • Our experienced Staff are courteous • and willing to give you the benefit • of their many years of actual • experience in this great : whiter pastime. Bring in the whole family as soon as possible while the • choice of merchandise is at • its best. • If You are a Novice or Top Competitor, We Can Outfit You • Expertly and at Prices to Suit Your Budget. Beggtveit Sporting Goods Ltd. .. .131 .. QUEEN. .. .. ..ST. .. .. ... .. ... ..PHONE . ............... CE 2-5656 . YEAR BOOK 1959-1960 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OTTAWA SKI CLUB HONORARY OFFICERS Honorary President: SIGURD LocKE BERG H onorar.)J Vice-Presidents: SENATOR NoRMAN PATERSON FRANK BEDARD EXECUTIVE 1958-59 President: A GEORGE McHUGH, Q.C. First Vice-President: Second Vice-President: RoN LEFFLER )AMES S. PATRICK Chairman of Ladies' Executive: ]ESSIE FEAR H on. Secretary: Directors: ]. S. CuDMORE, w. L. BALL -Ski Instruction I 3 B-lackburn Ave. R C. BARBER -Legal Adviser ]. S. BLAIR -Liaison with Hull City Transport H on. Treasurer: CHARLES LoGUE FRANZ BA:ER -S~i Jumping ]OHN BROWN -Trail Riders ELMER CASSE.L- Pink's Lake Lodge Auditor: LLOYD STEVENSON F. CHAPMAN - r rails ]. D. FRIPP -!\1emhership and Publicity GARY PERKINS -Ski Patrol and First Aid DAVE WRrGHT -Competitions TYPOGRAPHY BY PROGRESSIVE PRINTERS StylE for thE S~i Sl opEs -starts with trim, tapered elasticized_ pants·, which you may top to taste: With a big bulky wool sweater such as our artist has sketched. Or with one of the new weather­ proof n y 1 on jackets. Find the latest in ski styles at Murphy-Gamble's,! Sportswea.r- Second Floor Y E AR BOOK 1959-1960 5 E D IT OR IAL t'iii""HIS SIXTEENTH ISSUE of the Year Book marks an important ~ milestone in the history of the Ottawa Ski Club--its Golden Anniversary-and Clair Forster has designed an a'Ppropriate cover for the occasion. You have a new editor this year, one with no previous experience in the field, who was pressed into duty by a desperate executive. VVith the loss of Jim Patrick, founder and editor of the Book for the past fifteen years, no suitable and willing candidate for the job he did so conscientiously could be found. Your directors seriously considered dis­ continuing publicati•on but the 50th Anniversary of· the founding of the Club seemed to· demand at least one more edition. The job does not seem too painful in retrospect but there were times when I felt that "an editor's lot is not a happy one". When I accepted the position I extracted a promise from your directors that there would be no procrasination a'bout submitting their reports. They assured me that all I would be required to do was collect the reports and articles in a neat bundle and take them over to the printers sometime in November. This was an understatement and my advice to prospective editors is to have a chat with the Collector of Income Tax. He has a quietly efficient way of getting his copy in. With the club bourgeoning under the enthusiasm of the last five years it is small wonder that President McHugh has difficulty in containing the satisfaction he takes in the club's progress. In its usual place near the front of the book you will find Jim Patrick's last diary which ended on February 1. Following the diary is the tribute to Jim, written by Bert Marshall, Past President of the Club. It indicates our loss in his death and an appreciation of his contribution to the Club's development over the years. Bud Clark, one of our most illustrious sons, a member of two Olympic Ski Teams and Past President of the Canadian Amateur Ski Association, traces the part the O.S.C. has played in the C.A.S.A. and the development of skiing in Canada. Ferdie Chapman, industrious Director of Trails, gives a short account of a •big year's work in co-o·peration with the Trail Riders. John Brown, Captain of the Trail Riders, bursts into poetry and then settles down to the more mundane task of describing the efforts of these hard working young men. Harmon Cahill, for many .years an indefatigable trail blazer, was persuaded to tell us something about the trails which radiate out from Camp Fortune. Mr. F. W. "B-iii" Baker, the Weatherman, flips through his rec?rds and leads us on a folksy review of the past winter's cussedness. Sk1e_rs can take comfort that he only records the weather. If he could caii 1t we would be picking roses in February. 6 OTTAWA SKI CLUB • ~··~• ~··~· ~·•i>0• C.O•A•i4>• ~··~· W• ·~· M• •><b<• Ml·~·•i>V• -~..M>'o!>~~ ~ e ~ : ~ . ~ . ~ . ~ : i IN OTTAWA : ~ . 0 • ~ IT'S OGIL VY'S : ~ . 0 ~ "-' . % SPORTSMAN'S : (!) . ~ 0 . <\-> . ~ LODGE . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 for a .• ~ . ~ complete . ~. selection of . ski . equipment . I. : * . ~ NICHOLAS and I ! BESSERER STS, I ~ ~ ()~ .t~Mttd ! : .. i =~~<S>~<it :to ............................ .. YEAR B OOK 195 9 -1960 1 In Fifty Years Young- your editor attempts to pick out some of the highlights in the history of the club. T£ Mort or Joe Morin were still around this would not have been too difficult, but in the absence of much in the way of printed records the memory of old-timers can be a bit shakv. Gary Perkins, Director of Ski Patrols, reports on the bumper year his group had. However, if you have to get hurt skiing you couldn't choose a better place than the Camp Fortune Area. You don't need an appointment-Gary's people are always ready to give you personal attention. Still on the subject of injuries, you will find an analysis of the effectiveness of release bindings by the editor. Increasing concern over the toll of skiing injuries caused me to do some research last summer. I was tremendously encouraged to fincl how effeCtive properly adjusted safety bindings can be. Much of the time I was working on this article the temperature stood at 90•. · The report on the Midget Ski Program indicates that 1959 was the biggest year for the youngsters. It is sometimes difficult to distinguish cause from effect but the present great era of the club-a membershjp increase from 2,500 to 7.800 in four years--certainly coincides with the expanded pro_gram for children. Besides carrying out an instruction and racing program. the instructors of the Midget Ski School ran a ski exchange at Camp Fortune for two week-ends in the fall. Some $1,200 worth of skis, boots, poles and clothing changed hands. No charge was made for this service. The popularity of the "Trading Post" has encouraged us to hold it annually. In a lighter vein I have described the "daring" racing of the "has beens'' and "never weres". This ·bids fair to run second only to midget competition in popularity. If time trials on a standard course becomes an actuality this winter there will be plenty of opportunity for the less serious racers. John Clifford's account of how $100,000 will be spent on further developments at Fortune should satisfy , the most sceptical that his membership fees are not being frittered away. Thanks to the imagination and courage of people like John and Ron Leffler, our Vice-President, we have what is probably the greatest ski club in the world. Franz Baier, who has been selected as Olympic Jumping Coach, gives us his account of last winter's jumping and plans for the future. John Clifford and John Blair have gathered together the results of last year's competitions in a report on the competitive season. We again hear from Jessie Fear on square dances and ladies' activities. • *• 10 OTT AWA SKI CLUB .~------------------ -- -··~ Ckalet CARIBOU c(odge 4miles from the north side of MONT TREMBLANT LAC SUPERIEUR, P.Q. .----- --- Phone: ST. JOVITE 645-r-21 --·-----· l. ------- ----------- · --· ~~-- -· I ! l COMPLIMENTS ' l AND BEST WISHES t FROM ALL OF US AT ~ II . ~ O'KEEFE * • O'Keefe Brewing Co., Limited OTTAWA DIVISION I I .--------------- ----------.-.---------- --~---------------------. YEAR BOOK 19 59 - 1960 11 the materials for its construction but we just haven't had the time to complete it for this season. I cannot let this opportunity pass without a word of praise for our members who brought honour to our club in many competitions. Their exploits will be described in more detail by others. I must mention, specifically, our AnQe Heggtveit, whose success in the Kandahar in Europe earned her a life-membership in The Kandahar Club and the rare award of the "Diamond K". My sincere thanks to the members of the executive whose work made possible the dub's most successful season. Thanks, too, to John Clifford, our property manager; whose long experience and foresight in matters pertaining to the Ski Club operation has been invaluable. Come up and see us some time soon and what you will see will, we believe, induce you to join us.