Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23
GEORGETOWN

e GEORGETOWN
John Robert Wilson, age 81 year!
u 8 months and 16 days. son of tn
Il late Mr. and Mrs. Theodore +. vii
son, of Stockley. died at his home
q between North Race street an,
North Railroad avenue, Thursda.
morning. April Is, after an Hines
e of about six weeks of heart trouble
= Funeral services were held Sunda!
afternoon at o'clock at Gracl
> Methodist Church. i'm charge of th'
pastor. the Rev. W. p. Kesmodel
; Interment in Union cemetery.
He is survived by his wife. Mrs
Armenia NJ. Wilson and one son
James, a guard at the Sussex Ord
nance Plant. near Milford. One sis
ter, Mrs. Paul Short. North King
street. this city. and one brother
Eldridge Wilson of Philadelphia
also survive as well a half-brother
Ernest Wilson. of Dagsboro. and
two-half sisters. Mrs Fred Lynch
of Milford, and Miss Florence Viii
son a school teacher at Westiield
n. J.
G. W. Willin Dies
George w. Willin. age % years
died Wednesday. April IA. at the
home of his sister. Mrs. Frederick
W. Blizzard. West Laurel street
following an illness of about len
days of heart trouble. Mr.. Willin
son of the late George Willin one
time sheriff of Sussex county. was
born in Georgetown. Besides being
sheriff, his father for many years
was a prominent merchant here.
Mr.. Willin left Georgetown when a
young man and went to Concordia,
Kansas, where he worked in a
general store. Returning East. lie
affiliated himself with a local
printing firm an dthen went 10
Philadelphia, where he worked for
more than forty years. He served
his apprenticeship with the Della
ware Democrat Publishing Com
pany. He worked AT the ease" in
some of the leading printing estab-
lishments in Philadelphia. Eleven
years ago he retired and returned
to his native city. and since that
time he had been making his home
with his sister. Mrs. Blizzard.
Mr.. Willin's hobby was the com
pilation of historical data and
sketches of the lives of his friends.
He had familarized himself with
the dates of birth and death OF
people. more especially his friends
Besides Mrs. Blizzard, he is sur
vived by another sister. Mrs. Mar
tina J. Mumford. widow of Thomas
Mumford, for many years an en-
plOyee in the L. S. Mint in Phila-
delphia. His brother, the late
Charles Edgar Willin. was for many
years prominent in Masonic circles
in this state. being at one time
grand high priest of Royal Arch
Masons
Funeral services were held on
Saturday afternoon AT 2 O'Clock
with the Rev Omar Z. Jones. pas
tor of Wesley Methodist Church,
officiating. Interment in Union GEM
etery on South Race street. here.
L. Newton Tyndall. "a years old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy b. Tyn-
dali, living at Knowles Cross Roads.
five miles from here. has been APP
pointed lieutenant in the aviation
corps. A few days ago he was
awarded silver navigatOr's wings at
the Hondo Army Air Field at Hon
do. Texas. His final examination
was 80 and he stood second in his
class. the largest ever to graduate
at the Army Air Forces largest
school. The only man
higher in the examination was one
who held masters degree and be-
fore entering the service was an
instructor in Cornell University.
Lieutenant Tyndall has been nam
I'd an instructor in the Army Air
Forces Navigation School at San
Marco, Texas. There are only three
such schools in the country. the
hird one being at Monroe. Louisi-
ina. The young man is a graduate ,
If the Georgetown High School.
lass SO and attended Perkiomen
Preparatory School in 1897. The
navigation cadets at Hondo fly ap- y
$1,000 moles on train
ng missions. Before they earn {
heir wings, they learn to navigate
" the stars, compass, radio and
,ilotage. the latter being observa-
ion of familiar landmarks
Word has been received by Mr. !
nd Mrs. ]. F. Dee, living near
Iere, that their son, Lieutenant
ohm F. Dee, Jr., of the Army Air S
'orces. has been promoted to the D
ank of captain. He is now an Off
er in charge of the Anyways Com
System at large base
4 South America. Only months
go he was a sergeant. He enlist
d in September, 1871, and COM t
leted the work of the Air Force d
.adio School at Scott Field. He
hen graduated from Officers Can
idate School in Miami, Fla. He is =
graduate of st. Catherine School 4
/ New York and of Manhattan b
School. He received g
is bachelors degree in business c
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