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The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Page 39

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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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39
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8ATURPAY. JANUARV'B, M2. THE OTTAWA JOURNXl 39 "I RIVERSIDE W'i i "7 i PARK S-, --a. -A O.i .1. I--v i i Junior Snow.

Removal lt' aVoung community effort here loiStJliverside Park youngsters join forces to clear a jnowd-up driveway left to right. Mark Godby, of 4031 Cromwell Drive, Jim Dugmort, 12, of 1020 Cromwell Drive, Scott Godby, and Gavin Godby 1.. I i Biz exDansion Diana U-lll1 make Riverside Park one of Ottawa's largest subdivisions by the end of I. At present some 225 homes are completed or 'i nearihz completion, with 130 families already Accommodation for 1,700 families will be built by the end of 1963, and the subdivision will cover 225 acres. Only the Eastern part of the community is developed as yet Full city services are guaranteed linger terms of sale by the builder, CanWau Construction Com? pany.

Residents payJor secyices as part of the original cost.ol ha The services include sanitary And storm sewers, three-inch road paving, ctfrbs and boulevardsand streei lights. rs-U yl----' If and wheikajcommunity association is formed by residents, the main need1 will be development of recreation facilities for the children of the community, Riverside Park, like all newer subdivisions, has the approved five per cent parkland set aside for residents to develop as they see fit. I t- Story by Bruce Yemen of he: JournaL Photos by Rudi Wolf Dominion Wide Southern District is planned for the Ridgemont I Park area, just across Bank, Street to the East of Riverside. A planned public school on Waikley Road near karkness Avenue, will serve the community, and construction Is under way on the Brookfleld Road High School, just to the North. Nearby are churches of various denominations.

Shopping facilities are ample at the Billings Bridge Shopping Centre And several Bank Street stores in the recently developed Southern area of the city. The proposed extension of Bronson Avenue fo to fpeed'iU wage-earners to -the business district of Ottawa. Amnnir th rwwinlff nf Rivprslrlp Parr are fewer civil servants than might rbe expected In Ottawa, whue professional men are quite numerous. Average income for the area Is estimated at $8,500 and average age of householders is between 38-40 years. Unlike many new communities, Riverside has a balance of younger and older children.

Houses, including city services, cost from 490 to $21,890. It is only in the last few months UMttiamuies.regaa.mpy;rogirt Expansion to 1.700 families will mean develop-: ment of land South of Waikley Road. Some 700 units will be built In the Westection of the community, now separated from the present Eastern part by a cnk ngni-01-way. 1 -fr-V'; Train Leaiinq oh Track One A recent arrival from' tos AngrW Califiirrlia, fhe fdward Jarrett fimlly lives at 2J Colmalt Street. to Riwrside Park.

Here, neither Stusrt Grant, left of 10GS Crwa Drive, Joins in" the fun o( playing with r-- the family's electoclmn system. Left to right. Gay rrr7.T;i I A Jk. A A A. a at av JUaKAUa vaV A sua i illiaaAiaiisaaal.

II Musical Interlude A- Playing to a fascinated tuditnce DourIii Kerr and nfhfinonth old Andrew Kerr) the Journal Mystery Resident is shown here hitlinf a tricky note an hm clarinet. He can' also hit the jackpot ior SIS if tin parents arc Journal tame delivery subscribers and he answers a simple question any weekday at Dm Journal City Desk. If they are not subscribers he still stands to win $5. The Kern lhr at 1067 Cromwell Drive In Riverside park. ,1 The covered rink to be built by this city In the 'J 4.

ill Ptatter Session Football Families Some of lr very bPst.rsjQs.oT rtougn Kraer oeien- Jarmt' 41, Lynn, 11 Mrs. Jarrett, atve stalwarts Jim Ctmroy and Gary Schreider. are pic-holding Gary, WWlhX'and Eddie, eight r' turedjhere Enjoying a bit.of sfory telUmt are; fS riahCfrortt Joan Conroy, three. Jennifer Conroy. four.

and Mrs. Conroy. Mrs, Schreider and son Gary. Jr. are 'hich one next? Ask a pairof Riverside Park teens -envying soeae up-tempq record hits on a new record player In the homejef Z.

Beauiiea, at 3706 Ulster Crescent In the picture are Use BeajiJIeu, 13( left, 'lav' friend. DarquTse -Yelle, of 500 Besserer Street in the with young Gary nndmtandahrf gvtng -the Cold shoufeler lo a deceptively frirrxCy-lookuig Tigerat The Conroy live at 993 Cromwefl Drh. -nd the Scfcreidcrs are nearby cat Wiseman Crescent 1 I tiV a as. fitttttttAlstsaAAaiAAslSiaaaatittajX4A.

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