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The Windsor Star from Windsor, Ontario, Canada • 2

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The Windsor Stari
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Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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THE WINDSOR DAILY STAR, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 19577 41,000 New Water Mains to Reach More Than 5,000 Feet Club Hears Rotary Gain Ex-Governor Traces Ask Town To Okay Debentures Project to Start When Financing Given Approval By DICK WARD Growth Since 1905 WALLACEBURG Origin and growth of Rotary International was traced Thursday night for local Rotarians by a past district governor of the club, Lloyd Megee of Clarkston, Mich. Mr Megee, special speaker at the Wallaceburg club's regular weekly, dinner meeting in Knox WALLACEBURG Detailed plans of a projected $41,000 Presbyterian Church basement spoke on the topic: "Don't Sell Rotary Short" The Rotary movement, the speaker recalled, had its beginning in Chicago in 1905, with the formation of a "pilot" club. Today, it boasts a membership of 445,000, representing 9,400 clubs in 101 countries of the world. "And new clubs are still being waterworks construction program were announced Thursday by William Sutherland, chairman of the Wallaceburg Water Commission. The project, entailing laying of more than 5,000 feet of new water-mains and installation of 120 new and replacement services, will be one of the biggest undertaken by the commission in many years, he said.

In all, eight streets will figure in the program. Mr. Sutherland said that work will be started as soon as financing is arranged and approval obtained from the Department of Municipal Affairs organized at the' rate of one every day," he added. Mr. Megee urged his listeners to uphold the principles of the club.

"Remember," he said, "attendance alone doesn't make you timists, who helped with the actual painting, and Rotary Club, which supplied the paint From left, Frank Mabey, a Kiwanian; Maurice Slater, a Jaycee and general chairman of the project; and Dan Carther, member of the Optimist club, wield brushes at ground level. PAINT MISS CARROLL'S HOUSE Members of three Wallaceburg service clubs Thursday night repainted the entire outside of the two-story Duke St home of Miss Ila Carroll, founder of the town's Happycraft Club. As-sisng the Jaycees were Kiwanians and Op In Toronto. First step in this direction will STYLE FOR PACER Paddy's Volo, a three-year-old gelding owned by Roy Patterson of Pontiac, and Bothwell, rides to the races in style in a house trailer converted to include room for the racer. Mr.

Patterson, right leads Paddy's Volo to the trailer, watched by Cliff Allan. (Star Kent Bureau Photo) be taken next Tuesday night, when town council will be asked to authorize issue of debentures for the works, he added. a true Rotarian. You also must shjw willingness and desire to be of service to your community and others." Introduced by Alan P. Bran-der, also a past district 'ie speaker was thanked by Harvey Sills, president of rhib, who presided at the meeting.

The special draw was won by "Pat" Patterson. Harold Frost led the sing-song. Plans were announced for a bus trip to a baseball game in Detroit on Aug. 7. Members were reminded that their regular meeting of July 25 would be cancelled in favor of an intor- Merlin to Strain Sunocos Sunday The entire project is expected to cost In the neighborhood of $41,725.

Mains will cost $32,500 WALLACEBURG Merlin Legionnaires, hottest team in the Phantom Shooter Preys On Motorists, Yachter Windshields, Window Are Shattered At Electric and Mitchell's Bay WALLACEBURG Local Provincial Police could very" well label a current investigation "The Case of the Phantom Marksman." loop, will be looking for their sixth straight win when they invade Steinhoff Park here Sunday for a Chatham Distrrct Softball League game with Wallaceburg Sunocos. and the services another $9,225. Since the program will be undertaken under the Local Improvement Act, a portion of the cost will be assessed to bome-owners on a frontage basis, with the water commission underwriting the rest. club visit with Algonac, Mich. Rotarians the evening.

Birthday congratulations were extended to E. V. Ayres, Roy Mathany and Hugo Craig. Currently camped in second place in the league standings, Legionnaires are expected to start either Benge or McLeod on the mound. Pitching chores for Wallaceburg likely will be assigned to either Leguis or Besse.

The game is expected to pro Officers said Thursday they had received three complaints from the Electric-Mitchell's Bay district of car windshields and a boat window being shattered by missiles from either a pellet gun tion BB shot, was used to inflict the damage, since in none of the cases did the "ammunition" actually penetrate its target. "It looks more like the work of a pellet gun or slingshot" said one officer. Parked Car Bopped By Backing Truck WALLACEBURG Minor damage resulted Thursday afternoon, town police reported, when a truck backed into a parked car I vide stiff competition, since the locals will be going all-out to rack up their first victory of the year over the Merlin nine. or a snngsnot. on Queen St Lion's share of the water main construction will take place on Lafontaine where a line is to be installed from Elgin St.

to a point 95 feet south of Sophia St An 852-foot line will be con-structe'd on Forhan St, between Dufferin Ave. and Elgin and 522-foot lines installed on Murray from the town limits to Duke and on Anne from Dundas St. to the town limits. Park St. is scheduled to get a 510-foot line from Main St.

to a point 70 feet east of Collins while a 475-foot line will be laid on Francis from Elgin St. to Berth Rd. Other streets earmarked for watermain construction are: Lis-gar a 452-foot line running from Elizabeth to Elgin and Const. Henry McFarlane said the auto, owend by Frank Van-Der-Veeken, 11 First was In the first incident, the cabin window of a visting American yacht moored at Mitchell's Bay, was damaged. Two nights later, front windshields of two cars parked near the Electric baseball diamond, were similarly shattered." Authorities said it appeared no ordinary air rifle, with regula-1 parked on the north side of the OLDEST WOMAN DIES LEWES, Eng.

(Reuters) Believed to have been the oldest woman in Britain, 106-year-old Mrs. Elizabeth Etheridge, died at her home Thursday. A widow for more than 62 years, she was one of a family of 17. Wallaceburg Theatre CAPITAL "Rock, Pretty with Sal Mineo, John Saxon, Luana Patten; and "The Big Land," with Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien. road, when struck by the heavier vehicle, operated by James B.

Kervin, R.R. 2, Port Lambton. Damage was confined to the car. OVERALL SCENE, AS VOLUNTEERS WORKED AT ALL HEIGHTS (Star Wallaceburg Bureau Photos by Dick Ward) Big Job Requires Only Tivo Hours Joseph Cresc, a 280-foot line stretching from Anne St to a point 280 feet south. All told, 5,013 feet of six, eight and 10-inch pipe will be used in House Painted By 23 Clubmen New Desks Of Plastic Petrolia Firm Pioneers Step WALLACEBURG Two hours Exhibit Old, New Planes Double Anniversary At Selfridge Base was all it took 23 overall-clad service club members here Thurs the project Most of the new services 17 of them will be installed on Anne St in the Dauw Subdivision.

One, a two-inch service, will be installed in the new St Elizabeth Separate School, now in the advanced stages of construction. The program, Mr. Sutherland explained, will "round out" the town's vast network of water-main installations, as well as day night to paint the complete outside of a sprawling two-story house on Duke St PETROLIA Students of many DETROIT Horse-and-buggy era planes will line up with Canadian schools- are soon going The stunt was engineered by the Wallaceburg Junior Cham aircraft at Sel fridge Air Force Base here Satur to be numbered among the users of plastic products, the result of a Petrolia firm's pioneering step in the use of molded synthetics ber of Commerce as a high light of the enterprising or day. The event will mark open house at the base celebrating the supplementing existing facilities. Once the necessary approval has been received' he added, work to replace hardwood in school ganization's annual Up 50th anniversary of the U.S.

Air Force and the 40th birthday of fgsdtassis jf Ufc-ww i JULY Clean Up Campaign." Giving will be started at once on the Selfridge. "most urgent" works. desk construction. Imperial School Desk one of the town's younger industries, is the first company in North America to use molded fiberglas and plastic to make book boxes and seats for the them a hand with the project were members of three other local clubs: Kiwanis, Optimists and Rotary. Protestants Deplore Decorations A static display of aircraft and guided missiles will open at 10 a.m.

World War I aircraft will appear on the flight line side by side with the most modern operational planes of the U.S.A.F. nil uwuim mini i mi i PS? Is Refrigerator Month The actual painting was under WASHINGTON (AP) A pre taken by Jaycees, Kiwanians and desks it supplies schools in Eastern Canada. dominantly Protestant organiza Optimists. The Rotarians supplied At 2 p.m., military jet pilots So Mady9s Are Co'Operating With The company's other plant, at the paint. tion deplores the fact that President Dwight D.

Eisenhower has will put their supersonic aircraft Vancouver, is manufacturing Site of the paint-a-thon was the through their paces in the skies signed legislation permitting two Kelvinator 1 to similar line of equipment for the white frame home of Miss Ila over the base. members of Congress to accept western provinces. Carroll, 217 Duke founder of Highlighting the show will be decorations from the Vatican. James B. Bruce, Sarnia, the a 23-minute demonstration by the Wallaceburg's Happycraft Club for company's eastern division man Minutemen," famed precisions handicapped youngsters.

The vol ager, said that the plastic product The criticism came from the Protestants and Other Americans United for Separation of Church and State, through its executive stunt flying team from the Colo was finding ready acceptance unteer painters converged on her rado Air National Guard, in their among consumers. residence at 6:45 p.m. One-hun F-80 Shooting Stars. Bring You The LOWEST PRICES IN CANADA ON 1957 KELVINATORS director, Glenn L. Arsher.

The unique plant is actually the As a result of the legislation, former Petrolia skating rink. The dred and twenty minutes and six gallons of paint later, it had been completely redecorated from the the Republicans, John McCor- Arrest Ends former natural ice skating and hockey centre, -which had seen mack (Dem. Mass) and John Rooney (Dem. N.Y.), are per many years of service, underwent extensive renovations when taken Investigation mitted to accept and wear awards of the ecclesiastical order of St C7 over by the company in 1953. 4 Gregory.

Statutory permission is Year-round employment is 12 SARNIA After intensive rooftop down. The Jaycees, Kiwanians and Optimists tacked the job in expert fashion. Working from scaffolding and ladders, they first scraped the siding before applying the fresh paint. While carrying out the task, they consumed three cases of soda pop. required in the case of foreign to 15 workers, with augmented police investigation, Freeman awards generally.

staffs at work during peak periods Wright of Walpole was arrested Thursday on a charge when heavy volumes of orders are Red Tag Sale Feature CUSTOM DELUXE MODEL NOW ONLY received. of having carnal knowledge of a Spinster's Will Valid, Jockey, Mortician Gain 13-year-old girl. He was re manded to July 18 for plea when he appeared in Magistrate's Court cnairman ot tne project was Maurice Slater, a director of the MORRISON, 111., (UP) A cir He was arrested by Const. Don Jaycee Club, lie extended a special word of thanks to the Do Davies of O.P.P. Sarnia detach This year, for the first time since the transfer, the building is again undergoing renovations.

A new roof is being placed on the plant, and external insulbrik coating applied. It is located on Tank St, a short distance from the Petrolia business district cuit court jury upheld the will of a crippled spinster who left a $65,000 estate to a disc jockey who used to play requests for minion Glass which supplied ment. The offence is alleged to have occurred on the island. 22D the scaffolding and paint her. TEN OTHER BEAUTIFUL MODELS TO CHOOSE FROM First Sturgeon DURING THIS SPECIAL SALE AT GENUINE SAVINGS Going Ahead (No Trade' Required) While plastic parts of the desks C7 PORTHURON What is Miss Jessie Jeanette Wilger, 53, of Sterling, 111., who took her life in 1955 with an overdose of sleeping pills, also bequeathed FROM REGULAR PRICES are purchased ready-molded, Mr believed to be the first sturgeon caaght here since 1955 was pulled Bruce said that the desk frames On Highivay 7 are shaped from steel tubing in $32,000 in real property to a funeral home director who often took her riding in his ambulance.

from the St. Clair River Thursday. The 16-pound, 43-inch fish the company's plant, and the desks assembled and finished there. was landed by Dan A. Greeson, 145 Englewood, Detroit, who was ishing from shore near here.

See MADY'J For Best Windsor Values Replaces Mayor SARNIA Aid. M. M. Gowland Wallaceburg Births was named acting mayor in the 4735 lecumseh Rd. E.

VH 5-1117 FREE PARKING IN LOT NEXT TO STORE WALLACEBURG Births rec absence of W. C. Nelson at a SARNIA Grading operations on Highway 7 east of Sarnia are in full progress, with work crews preparing the section of road scheduled to be widened to three lanes and resurfaced this year. The work is slated to cover that section of highway east of Sarnia to meet the strip widened last year, west of the Forest Town Line. Rapid progress is also being made on the multiple lane junction of London Rd.

and Highway 401 at Perch Creek. special meeting of Sarnia City Council late Thursday morning. orded Thursday to 10:30 p.m. at Sydenham District Hospital Spain, Poland Sign Direct'Trade Pact MADRID, Spain, (UP) Spain has signed a trade agreement with Poland, its first such pact with an Iron Curtain country, it was announced today. The pact calls for the direct exchange of $18,000,000 worth of goods which heretofore have been reaching either country through third-pajty nations.

were: i The meeting was -necessitated OPEN DAILY VERMEERSCH to Mr. and by the sudden recurrence of the mayor's illness. Mr. Nelson, hos Frank, 443 Murray a daugh- ter. i 9 A.M.

TO 9 P.M. pitalized Wednesday, was released from St. Joseph's Hospital Thurs SIMPSON to Mr. and Mrs. Fred, 145 Running Creek a 6on.l day morning..

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