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ISLAND RESCUE AFTER CANOE OVERTURNS: Eighteen-year-old Rufus Joins of 30 Willow Run Expressway, Ypsilanti township (background, left), shivers on an island while W. G. Cook, 24, of 3741 E. Delhi Rd., Scio township (in boat), rows out to him. In the foreground (left to right, backs to cameras) are Robert McCombie, 19, of 2903 Grove Rd., Ypsilanti township, James Needham, 17, of Belleville and William Bastedo, 16, of 60665 Huron River Dr., Superior township, who were with Joins Saturday noon when their canoe overturned while attempting to run the Delhi rapids in the Huron River. Dexter firemen had control of the trailing end of the rope on the boat and pulled boat, Cook and Joins to shore through the swift waters. (Ann Arbor News, March 12, 1956)

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