Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE .4sHBL'R1.4N RIFLILS .-XT .XIIIJNIGIIT The army came at midnight They took our ancient bashers To take our guns away Ammo stores and F.N.s They left us naught but ancient swords The wireless and the bayoncts To pass the time of day, And even good old Brens. IVbat really happened Because small arms and ammunition had been stolen from certain areas in Quebec, the Government decided to remove into safekeeping all weapons held in armouries or by small units in the so called sensitive area-i.e. centres within easy reach of Quebec Cor otherb would-be terrorists. As Ashbury was on the list of units in the danger zone the army was instructed to pick up its weapons. The Chief Instructor of the Ashbury Corps was advised that the removal would take place at 9.45 p.m. f2145 hoursb on February 21st. Unfortunately the vehicle broke down, and it was not until after midnight that the detachment arrived. The mere presence of armed men, in vehicles, at that hour, carrying rifles created something of a stir and the School authorities were not at all pleased. Unfortunately an eager young reporter picked up the scent and played games with the facts. The reportorial and political consequences were both weird and amusing. H ofw it 'was reported Not only did this incident become hot news, but it got T.Y. cover- age and was also debated on the floor of the House. Newspapers across Canada carried the story, inevitably using the incident for a rousing game of political football. In many papers reference was made to Ashbury, the Eton of Canada, with its now world famous Cadet Corps . Hansard carried the full text of the debate in the House on Tuesday February 25th 1964 and again on February 26th. It makes delightful reading. So wide was the newspaper coverage that a Clipping Service pro- duced articles from NS. to B.C., the known count being over 50. Finally Time carried an article in its Nlarch 6th edition with a photograph of a recent Ashbury Corps on parade. Xlacleans issue of April 4th concluded the affair. using as did one or two other papers, a Cartoon to illustrate the removal of the weapons. lt can certainly be said that the publicity introduced Ashbury to readers right across Canada- with noticeable results. This years en- quiries about the School have been greater than ever and from a much more widespread area. The students took the business in their stride and went out to put on one of the best Cadet Inspections in many years.

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4 hs THlf BAND - 1963-1964 Bavle Row: C. B. Munro, D. H. Xlaclaren, R. D. VVils0n, T. C. Nixon, A. Resnik. .Uiddlc R0-Ir: G. A. Haase, A. ll. Nearby, C. B. H. Stone, H. B. O'Neill, L. V. H .XlcAninch, R. P. XVennberg, I. Xl. Levine. from Row: G. D. Barber, j. T. XVeir, S. A. Leadman, C!Sgt. I. H. Parker, N. F. Snel- grove, T. K. Campbell, R. B. Southam. THE GUARD OF HONOUR-1963-1964 Brwrk Rout R. B. McNair, D. A. Hayley, A. P. D. Gamble, D. A. Reid, J. R. Dodds A. VV. Currie. lfront R0-12: C. H. C. Grant, D. Nlulaner. B. J. Berry, B. j. Cooper. D. XlcQuaig T. N. Driedger, R. S. Saunders. Offifcr: Cfl.t. XY. Booth. fllmvzrz C. l.. Collyer. .Wi

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3,1 THE ASHBURIAN BP TB F O 0 T B A L L FIRST TEAM The 1963 football season was an extremely satisfactory one. The first team entered a city football league for the first time and, after a slow beginning, did very well. The fine effort of this team was remarked upon by the coach of the Champion Rideau team when he accepted the league trophy. There were many individual highlights to the season, some of which were: Lash catching the fastest Stanstead backfielder from behind, Sinclair and Stansbury doing the heavy work against Hillcrest, Reid's breakaway runs against Northwood and Stanstead, Rawley's running against Ottawa U. High Schooi and Westmount, Smallian and Horner combining to defeat Bishops, Berry running down the kicker and getting the ball against Rideau juniors, Cotton blocking a kick against Eastview, Hunt's running against Rideau Intermediates and the Old Boys, XVenn- berg breaking away against VVestmount, Keffer's excellent running and defensive play against everyone, Garton kicking extra points. Interesting strategic development were the VVennberg Bounce , the Reid Fumble , and the Berry kick-pass , all called very cleverly by Smallian. Every game was a fine team effort but those that stand out were: the entire team against VVestmount and Stanstead, but the offence in particular, the defence against Eastview and Hillcrest. The most excit- ing game was that against Bishops, which was won on the last play with a new pass put in that week. The most important game for the team was the victory over Hillcrest. This game indicated the spirit of the squad, Hillcrest had beaten Rideau and were undefeated, our defence had been completely changed after a 37-0 loss to Rideau. Although the score was low in play Ashbury had the edge the whole game. The most satisfactory part of the year for the coach was the co-operation and willingness on the part of the players. Many were playing new posi- tions and all were playing a new system. In spite of this there were very few penalties and there was an excellent distribution of scoring and ball- carrying. As a conclusion to these general remarks the players for next year should be reminded of the formula that was included in last vear's letter to all prospective football players: i Conditioning + Determination 4- Co-operation I Success