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THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE<br />
The Ottawa Ski Club is now in its 51st year. As anticipated in "The President's<br />
Message" in last year's Yearbook, we have passed the 10,000 mark in membership.<br />
A membership as large as ours makes tremendous demands on the Ski Club and<br />
associated services. To satisfy these demands there has been a steady, continuous<br />
drain on our financial resources. There have been suggestions, if not demands,<br />
for new hills. It would, however, seem, prudent to concentrate on the improvement<br />
of the hills we have and avoid the heavy expenditure of Club funds which the<br />
development of a new hill requires. I feel that the season of 1961-1962 should be<br />
a period for improvement of the hills and other services at Camp Fortune and the<br />
Sky Line. We hope to increase the accomodation at the Sky Line Lodge by thi!<br />
addition of a second storey. Outside of this, it would seem prudent to use our<br />
funds for conservation and maintenance of what we already have developed.<br />
We were glad to see the senior jumping hill in operation and while its development<br />
is not complete, it is obvious that Franz Baier has designed a top-notch<br />
jump.<br />
A great deal of excellent work has been done on trails by Ferdie Chapman<br />
and his trail riders. We hope that the indicated trend towards trail skiing will<br />
continue and increase in volume. Gary Perkins' Ski Patrol and the St. John Ambulance<br />
should be commended for the care and attention they gave injured skiers<br />
during the season. I wish to extend my thanks to the directors of Ottawa Ski Club<br />
as well as the Club executive, to our property manager and to all others who have<br />
devoted so much of th'.!ir time to the interest of Ottawa Ski Club and its members.<br />
Without their generous support, it would be impossible to operate a successful<br />
ski club.<br />
I have purposely omitted going into details about the various activities of<br />
the Club as these are more satisfactorily dealt with in the ensuing pages by the<br />
parties who have intimate knowledge of the same.<br />
-7-<br />
A. GEORGE McHUGH,<br />
P resident, O.S.C.<br />
Madame<br />
Vanier<br />
graces<br />
a jumping<br />
competition<br />
Photo: Ruth Baier
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