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The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Page 3

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The Ottawa Journal Outnumber Travellers Curious Ottawa's new railway station Is proving to be quite a crowd "'Hundred of capital arta residents have passed through its glass portals since the station sent. off it first train at 8,04 a.m. Sunday, They cant te see what hat previded la the way ef feeUtie fer train travellers coming lata end gain eat ef Ottawa. Levers ef the aid and tra-dHleaal received qtdte a Jest. The new station rotunda (actually a square) is starkly functional, thank to steel, concrete end glass construction.

It interior color combination is black and cream, with splashes of crimson. Architecturally speaking, it can best be described as airport hangar modem. Bottom half of the walls is concrete and top half glass. The roof is criss-crossed with iron beams giving it a hangar appeal One man who Is happy the new station is Station JUas- ter Cliff MacNam'ara. Surveying incoming trains, passengers moving briskly offVatforms.

through tunnels ana up escaia- aw 1,2 KORWAY BAY- ever bad. That': 'fkials Norway Bay Thb tnow described the eluded here Saturday. A record I 30 entranU comoeted honor in 92. AOT i for And Regatta, event. ideal summj A groups of m11lng photographer after ft Norway Bay Regatta, long frank Healy nd winners-, beWnd re Cathy rWi 14 Vears and over Crowds tors into the station proper.

Mr. MacNamira said It was a vast inprovemeat ovef the old Union station. "Here we've got an intercom1 I I CPR In The weather number snow. ttracted a large spectators to the evigny and Richard; Cumming were named joint innera of the Georee Her man Memorial Trophy award- ed each year to the regatta ijM0Kmmmmmm4k LONG WTANCs? SWIM XMAMPS SWIM young swimmers pose for eing named winner of the 1966 distance swim. In front are dman and Robbie Pat- inner.

(Journal Photo by Oomlnlon-'WIs) that cover all the station area, something we sever had at the old Union Station. Aad ta lighting Is fost must be a milli CO. 1 Swim champion. -Winner in rie Healy. Ui 71 0.

yXi if fell SELF-PROPELLED UNITS ARE the long dis tance swim boys 14 years end oven Robbie Peterson, Danny Cowley; boy 13 years, and under Frank Healy, Girl, 14 year ndoven Cathy Leadman, Martha Leadman; girls 13yeer and under Judy Nancy Megitl. Other winners in swimmini events MJoys: uuiy wit Hill, "-J ri is. dy Mcl Smith, Gordon i Paul Ebbs; Kanay Girle: Shirley Ann Lee, Kim Lawton. AnrFenton. Karen McLean, Ruth Cowley.

Wen TRACK AND FIcXI Eric Johnson, Grant Johnson. Tommy Charron. phen Kelly, Stephen Hucft, Richard Gordon MacLean, Paul Ebbs, Johnny Villeneuve, Bui. Paterson, Bruce Burkhol Murphy, Gregg Dunn. Robbie Paterson.

Garry McLean. John Ebb. Frank Healy, Girls: Dawn Smith, Debbie Daly, Lauren Christine Mc-Nab, Margaret Glinsky, beth SaHy Huck, Janet Ebbs, Keren Cindy Johnston, Lorl Bowes, Judy Sevigoy-13 years and wider -Ann Fenton, Julie Montgom Stahan, Brendh Runge, Patty uements, Peggy Doherty, glna. Ed Summers of Akron. OhioJ woo the open match rifle title with fide score of 1.184 out of I 3 JO, He had a comfortable 14- point margin over Nick Keganl of Ottawa who was second ml the open and first in the dosed.

I Mrs. Oint Dahlstroai of Cal gary bad a easy time wamingl the ktdiee' match rifle title shr we the only female entered. She-potted a respectable score of 2J87 eut of Up. at Ni Richard Cumming. on Sevisnv.

dauehter of Mr. Golden Avenue, Ottawa, the George Herman Met year tp the Norway Bay Tuesdoy, August 2, 1966 The Ottawa Jourrnlx "3 RCAF Officer Wins Queen Meda By PETE McNAUGHTON SOUTH MARCH. Ont. CP- Jonn Ruckpaul If hoping the Queen's Medal he won at the Dominion of Canada Rifle A-sociatioa championships Monday will have tome 'promo tional value. The 30-year-old flight lieuten ant from the air base at Com Lake.

captured the medal a top air force shot In the Sir Arthur Currie match, fired at distances ranging from 10 to 800 yards on the, government'! huge Connaught range near this community west pf Ottawa. He said later he his success in the event will convince the recreation association at his base to devote more money to shooting. "We've been trying to convince them for a long time." he said. "Maybe this wilt help. We (Vm'I even have a place to shoot.

We have to go IBS miles away to Edmonton." Ruckpaul won the -medal for the second time. His other victory came in 1963. He had not fired the government issue C1A1 rifle which competitors must use. In the Currie in nearly two year un til be fired seven practice shots Monday, before competing. Winner of the other Queen's awarded lop shot among serving members of the militia, was In doubt and DCRA offi cials were to consults with the defence department on the eligibility on one of the candidates.

Bob Clerk of Westmount. originally was declared winner on the basis of his 18 in the Currie the same score as Ruckpaul. However; Dick-Hampton of AIMston. Out, 'a member of the supplementary reserve after his retirement from1 the permanent force a few years ago, had 171 and the question arose whether he could be considered a serv-l ing member ml the militia. Cpl.

C. E. Hockett of Camp Gagetown, N.B.. had -top score In the Currie. lit of a possible 200.

Second was Cpl. E. C. (Sta) Stuart of Edmonton with 170. Both are active servicemen and ineligible for the Queen's Medal.

HAMPTON WAS THIRD Hampton was third, L. Cpl. Jv W. (Matt) Matthews of Ed- roonion fourth with It 'and Ruckpaul and Clerk fifth. Hampton, who' became lftth Canadian in nearly a cen-tury of, shooting- to win the Queen's, prize at the Common- wealth championships at Bisley.

England, last month, continued bis outstanding shooting with his third place finish in the Currie and second place finish hi the fberwood match. Clerk alto bad a fine day. In addition to finishing fifth in the Currie, be tied for second in the MacPougall first event '--counting toward the aggregate that determines Canada's 11-man'team at Bisley next year. Ruckpaul and Clerk headed 1 the list in the Helmer service conditions aggregate, based on the 10 snatches fired th the CIAI. Each had 411 of a possible S7t, one point better than L.

Cpl. Larry Rankin of Edmonton and three better than Stu- Matthews, was fifth with 471. Followed by Hampton with 471.. The annual matches continue untH Saturday, -x Ancaster Marksman Wins By One Point Sporting Rifle SOUTH MARCH; Ont CP)- uruce wilkins of Ancaster. has won the national sporting rifle championship' on bis second try.

-Wilkins. 33. a draftsman. edged veteran Clint DaMstrom of Calgary by a single point with a score of 1.331 out of 2.40 in eight matches fired Sunday and Monday. Wilkins had a sizable margin over DaMstrom, a 42-year-old geologist, in the number of shots hitting the X-ring a circle the size of a 23-cent piece in the centre of the target- Wilkins had 124 thou in the X-ring to III for Dahlstrom.

Herman Weber of Toronto pumped 428 shots into the cen tre of the target but his third-place score was 2J4. two short of Wilkins' winning total, -Mrs. Lou Wall of Hamilton. making her first appearance ia the ial finmpwrathipti won the ladies sporting rifle title, beating her, competitor, Mr. Ida Troilitaka of Tor onto, with a score of 2.323 to 2J0S.

for her opponent. TAKES JUNIOR. TITLE The iuaior title went to Ted Harrison Jr. of St. Catharines, the only He-had a score of 1181.

The other two national smallbore shooting championships. decided. Saturday and Sunday, were won -by Americans. Earl Hamb. a Detroit policeman, woa-the open pistol title easily with a score of 1,722 out of 1J08.

well abead of cond-place Pete Koateeki af-Matta- pen. Mem. wen had a oM.ni. AS' Qutntoa Mar of Victoria nn-ished third an woe the Canadian dotal title 'with a score of fourth-place Ron Wootger ol Re-1 5 ue? of the last an r. atwaaaF waaw- a FIRST OUT OF NEW STATIO tJwirnol Wwf DomkOon watt! 'fr-i TlCHAMPIONS, tatiori ng lines of tbeir root of the sta- transpor pas- the city Sunday rhere is service available.

Fare tor single person to the Chateau Laurier are about or snore passengers are charged 29 cents each. From an operations point the tiansiUon from o(d to new statlaa went smoothly despite the fact that workmen will be aromd until about Oct. IS puttmg final tnochr oa the sew statjoa. 1 Two train were late arriving according tn Mr. MacNamara.l "Our biggest opening day problem was.

shooing little boy off the tracks. We're lucky nobody got bit." Some 10 persons were hand Saturday night at the old Union Station to see the arrival train into the, M- station. jmlause greeted the CN from Montreal to the west when it arrived at 130 a.m. Sunday. yBay Cathy Collins." Barbara Ano Rick Cumming.

Randy Harris, Peterson. Julie Harris. CaUiy Barry Beardskey, Sue Gal-Wbnperis, Nancy Megill. lichen. Wuz Pa tenon, Nancy 4artha Megill, Jim Smith, Barb Gtd- Motorboating: Jun Ander- lichan, Scott MacLean, Margo David Runge.

Bernie Fenton. Geoff Amos, Ruth More. BniceRobinson, Chuck Woolsey. BeardsTey Waterskiing: Wuz Pater-Canoe and RowboaL' Tom son, Robbie Peterson, Ruth Mackey, Mrs. Mary Mackey, Woolsey.

A -i of Mr.yend Mrs. Jr. R. nd Mr: Larry Sevigny, 575 were nameO)oint winner ot norial Trophy awarded each RgatUchempion. II I U.

I in DCRA Matches AIMING FOR THE TOP i These four, men. all former Queen's Prize winners at Bisley. England, are af competing in the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association meet at Connaught Ranges. I TPKV ftjw A Tbey are. from left Norman L.

Beckett. Major R. W. Hampton, Giinnar Westling I WM II He' I 1 1 1 15 I and CoL Desmond Burke. Winners of this competition are eligible to compete at I lLl IT IC 1 4 iC i next jeer's Bisley matches.

ijoutm ro by Do Wia.) OaT aT rT "jC Competition Close iQrs 1.S83.. two poinu better than, SOUTH Ont, (CP) was decwedwinner on the) VI ULXH JTJTK. YJ IX I tf Maj. Edson Warner of Lennox- basis oiliest, fiiiai slicts championships with victories irtl HamrXon of AllirtonOnf I I Al the Bytown and mso I nnaer.UD in I I NEEDS KTUCBUM I I Batches. -I nuKmvriUaWC I i I i I "7 7- I who competes nntaiiy in the eUMmft small jlwre sttooting wlawawWwwas, awanl TI Mit al I 23 from COtyards ia the Bytown a thtt Sherwood.

Ia faeth matches, Warner's scorewas leejuaTled by other shooters but I I "The station lit njr at (new statJoo, lobjht a lovely sight. cabt stood Bloeline' Text Thefr company holds the taai tesSise tor mto SOUTH MARCH. Ont. eigluyman Province of Que bec Rifle Association team has Dundonald match at the of Canada Rifle As sociation ciuunpionships. The match, in which shooters fire rapidly from prone kneeling positions at distances of 20 end 30 yards; was shot Sunday.

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