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.
CHANGE OF CLOTHES AFTER CANOE FLIPS: Robert McCombie (foreground, left) and James Needham, who swam to shore when their canoe overturned in the Huron River's Delhi rapids Saturday noon, assist their companion, Rufus Joins, in changing from soaked clothing to dry togs which the boys carried in waterproof packs. Joins was stranded on an island until rescued by boat.


