1944-1945 Year Book - the Gatineau Valley Historical Society

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74 Ottawa Ski Club Year Book 1944--45 in their p-lace was a neat porch. The whole building had · been jacked up leve'l and set on new cedar posts. The outside had been log-sided, the knots shellacked, and the surface given two coats of white paint. Inside, Bill and his boys were busy putting "Insul-Board" on the ceiling. What a transformation! But I made one fatal mistake -I showed too much interest and enthusiasm. And this ls why: Bm, the crafty captain of the Night Riders, when he heard that I was going to spend a week or so in those parts, casually suggested that it might relieve · the boredom if I would undertake to give the lodge its third coat of white paint. He started off very gently but gradually increased the pressure, finally bribing me by offering the use of his battery radio set for the week. I succumbed. And heaven help the member I find parking his (or her) skis against that glossy surface! Early Monday morning my ever-faithful helpmeet deserted me for more pressing duties in the city, leaving me all alone in the fastness of Pink Lake with a large paint brush and a fivegallon can of white paint for company. Nevertheless, I had a glorious vacation-and here is the routine I followed: news over the rent-free ( ?) radio at 8 a.m.; breakfast at 9; reading til~ 10.30; exercise (with the paint brush) 10.30 till noon; swim; news at 1; and lunch at 1.30. My afternoon schedule was pretty \ much the same, although I always managed to work in a little siesta after lunch. In the evening I chatted with the Hancocks, read, and lounged around enjoying the invigorating mountain air and the calm stillness that comes with the setting of the sun. During that week I lived the life. of Reilly! I was the only regular guest at the inn and felt like Louis XIV, sitting alone in in the dining-room receiving the undivided attention of the kindly and generous Mrs. Hancock. She waited on me hand and foot. and even catered .to my personal taste in the matter of food.' Bill Irving and his young brother Bob came up W edneRday afternoon and worked tiil Friday night panelling the ceiling and doing fussy little jobs that required special attention. On Saturday there was an invasion of fourteen Night Riders. Bill had them all organized into gangs : some were painting the window-frames a brilliant red; others were applying "Masonite" to the walls, making shutters which were first-coated immediately, clearing up rubbish
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Page 82 and 83: Ski Terrain in The Rockies
Page 84: Meet the Woods wHEN YOU SEE HIM ON
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