Ottawa Ski Club - the Gatineau Valley Historical Society

YEAR BOOK 1951-52
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church to assuage my conscience. A
good sermon, but somewhat dis·
turbed by oontinuous clanking of
steam coils.
Sunday, April 1 (+38°): Soft snow
and: slushy. Henry Sedziak and Ken
Prior :take our picture ·at Top-of-the·
World. Spent lazy day on sunbenches
listening to the hum of oon·
versation. :Spring is in the offing, since
talk is all about summer cottages,
holidays and the like, with never a
word about skiing, the normal topic.
It is a human trait to kick a man
whe~ he is down or scorn a sport
living on ·borrowed time. But the
tide will turn again, and next Decem·
ber 'the keen north wind will ·prevail,
powder snow will cover the trails and
once more skiing will be king. Mr.
executive and members, who have
profited by his excellent service il'or
:four years. The curtain is down, the
props .are being rapidly removed by
the warm ~:~pring sun, the show is
over. That's all there is-there is no
more.
O'Halloran tens me he missed last :+:---~----~----~- :lf.
Sunday because he thought trails
would be hard. He is oold enough to
know not to judge Gatineau Hills by
Sparks ·Street. Home at ·5.20.
Sunday, April 8 (+43°: Parked at
Kingsmere and walked up lane with
Harmon of bright, sunny morn. Put
skis on at Excelsior and down Canyon
on corn snow, then Di:ppers_:_:perfect,
save for open creek at foot of
Little Dipper. Got badly sunburned
on benches. Met Randy Zachareassen,
charming miss· from Norwegian Legation,
who •arrived in Canad•a in Feb·
ruary and has not missed a .Sunday
at Fortune. In ·her party were Armas
Joki, Finnish Legation, Kal Hoppinen,
Finnish-born Lisgar tea.cher, Louise
Kavanagh and Margaret Allen. Bill
Brennan our faithful caretaker is
unwell and fears he will h·ave to quit.
This will be deeply regretted by -the
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