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'"Babe'"' Marchildon Star article. "Phil "Babe"' 29-year-old rookie. Penetanguishene's most famous baseball player hit the pages of the Toronto Star last Monday. Star reporter George Gamester referred to Penetanguishene's Phil Marchildon in his column, Names in the News, last Monday. The following is the Marchildon of Penetanguishene became a Canadian sports sensation back in 1942, after his strong right arm had rocketed him from the bush leagues of Northern Ontario to Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics, where he won 17 games as a However, the early 1940's was no time for a husky Canadian to be playing baseball, so Phil joined the RCAF as a tail gunner, was shot down over the North Sea by an ME 110, and spent a year of hardship in German prison camps before the war's end. Five weeks after his return to Canada, he was back on the mound for the A's to be greeted by 35,000 fans -- 10 times the number that usually turned out for the hapless team. In the next two years he went on to win 13 and 19 games and narrowly miss a no-hitter, truly They're still asking for autographs extraordinary feats with a cellar- dwelling club. But unfortunately, in 1948, delayed reaction predicted from his war experiences caught up with Phil, and his major league career ended in chronic bad nerves, loss of pitching control and consignment to a string of ever-lower minor league clubs. Today, Babe Marchildon is a gray- haired 60-year-old father of two who owns a house in Etobicoke and still works in the Toronto hospital bed factory where he's been happily em- ployed for 15 years." In a later edition of the Citizen's 13 series Penetanguishene, we'll take a look at the career of Babe Marchildon and sports Penetanguishene's past. Babe Marchildon still has not been forgotten, 27 years after he last pitched in the big leagues. In the Star article Babe is quoted as saying "I get cards and letters every week. They're still asking me for autographs." Marchildon will be asked to return to Penetanguishene for our 'Old Home Week' celebrations. part other the that doctors had on the history of pop's new shop Four-year-old Keith Rankin didn't need a haircut but he wanted his father to use the blower on his hair at Eric Rankin's new barber shop on Main Street across from Fiesta Hair Styling. Eric Rankin completed the move from his old barber shop across from M and E Discount to the new location on Monday. Tom Shields also opened his Enter- tainment Centre on the same day. The centre, featuring records and tapes is located in the same building as Eric Rankin's new barber shop. Shields will also handle orders for record players and tape decks at the Entertainment Centre. In addition he is preparing to open a travel agency in the same store. Staff photo notables from Elise DeVillers She's no ordinary woman Elise DeVillers is an ex- traordinary woman. She's a lawyer and in a profession dominated by men if that doesn't make you a bit out of the ordinary she has other extraordinary _--_qualificati- ons. To begin with she's a late comer to the legal profession, one of those few people who take on a new career after being deeply involved in another profession. Prior to studying for law she taught high school in Orillia and Ottawa for a period of six years. Her teaching subjects were French and Latin, subjects which she acquired her honours degree in at University of Ottawa. The final thing about her which is slightly out of the ex- traordinary is that she works in the same firm with her brother Ted DeVillers who has practised with the firm of McKinnon, DeVillers and Horton for the past three years. Like the rest of the DeVillers family Elise was born and_ raised in Penetanguishene receiving her high school education at the Midland-Penetanguis- hene and District High School. She is fluently bilingual and considers it an asset to the law practice. After four years at the University of Ottawa it was on to the Ontario College of Education in Toronto and then six years in the teaching profession. But why the switch to law? "IT wanted to do something more definite, where you could see the results as you go along,"' she explained, 'I enjoyed teaching but it wasn't concrete enough. Law changes but it is still more definite than teaching." When Elise DeVillers was attending law school women were a distinct minority, but now she says this is changing. "Eight per cent of my graduating class were women" but for the whole province this year women make up one third of the first year law students she said. On the whole Elise Devillers finds that people are ready to accept a woman lawyer. There are still some moments of surprise though when she answers the phone. "They expett a lawyer to be a man, so when you talk on the phone they expect the secretary until you identify yourself" she said. Large businesses still prefer a male lawyer to handle their work she claimed but in today's world being a woman and a lawyer "doesn't present insurmountable -- problems. As for working with her brother she likes it. "I ar- ticled with him and I'm used to it." There is one other slightly extraordinary thing about being in the same law office with her brother. Although Elise is the younger lawyer in terms of years practised, she's older than her brother. Elise DeVillers, altogether -- an extraordinary woman who is the latest member of the Penetanguishene-Mi- dland legal circles. Metric means more money The provincial government will be gran- ting county and regional school boards grants of 75 cents per board pupil to aid the boards in the conversion of textbooks, technical equipment, and general materials to the metric system. At a recent meeting of the Simcoe County Board of Education, director of education Jack Ramsay noted that the changeover from the Imperial system of measurement involves some serious changes. The grants would certainly ease the burden of the conversion, he noted. The grants will apply to all public elementary, secondary, and separate schools in Ontario. He noted the large part which the young people will play in teaching parents the new system. GAMMEL, SYMONS & GRIFFIN Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries, are pleased to announce that GREGORY A. RICE has joined the firm which will continue the practice of law under the new name of GAMMELL, SYMONS, GRIFFIN & RICE 298 First Street, Midland. L4R 4L3 COMPARE Va"' V2"' and 1' check. Polyester cotton mix. WHERE IS CANADA'S LARGEST FASHION FABRIC DISCOUNT STORE ? CFABRICLAND distributors GINGHAM (COMPARE ELSEWHERE AT $1.79 yd) GEORGIAN MALL N | ae | W--e CUNDLES ROAD Ss HIGHWAY 400 N. 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