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The Ontario Intelligencer 1953 (Click on thumbnail photos below for larger view)

'Marina' Service Station Last Word in Appointments

You could define it as an "oasis in a boating desert. Actually it is the only "marine" service station in this part of nautical Ontario.

To say that it fills a long-felt •want on the part of yachtsmen and power-boat owners not only of the city and immediate district but of Lake Ontario, is to put it mildly. No longer does the visiting yachtsman have to tramp "up town" to get fuel, or other nautical supplies.

Now he has practically everything from a new aoat to a quarter-inch screw at lis fingertips. The Wills Marina takes care of that.

Owned and managed 'by "Pete" Wills, the Marina is a waterfront subsidiary of the uptown Wills Hardware. Its well-appointed compact buildings contain practically everything the inland sailor needs. He can ask for diesel engine fuel or a shower bath, and have his requests granted. Telephone and taxi services are immediately, available.

And the marina is located in an deal spot. It is situated south of he Wharf Street Debating Club and directly opposite Victoria Park.

The sheerest landlubber could easily be converted to a lake-going "sailor" by merely browsing through the well-stocked , store rooms of the Marina. As a matter of fact Captain Lou ,j Crouse, of Northport, ex-sailor, explorer, prospector, who is the (general factotum of the Marina, can rig you out in a jiffy. He'll supply you with a boat,fuel, sails, maps in fact anything that your nautical heart desires.

The amiable "Cap" has everything at his fingertips. He pointed to charts yesterday and remarked, "We sell lots of these. One chap bought fourteen the /other day, and because he had a'borrowing'neighbor returned and bought another fourteen.