1944: Sailors Cileo and Turner at Eastern Aircraft

"Gobs?" "Tars?" Those two very outdated 19th century appellations were applied to navy guys way back in the 19th and early 20th century. Thankfully, I haven't heard that term in years. The two sailors tell a remarkable story in this interesting example of two members of the "Greatest Generation," and how they both served on the same ship without meeting each other, and how they miraculously showed up the same day at the Eastern Aircraft plant in Ewing to inspect one of the Grumman Avengers, when they learned that they were ship mates. Talk about a small world! The name Cileo is not unknown to me. I remember "Jenny" Cileo was a Kuser student and I often saw her walking down Newkirk Avenue past our Hartley Avenue home on her way to and from Kuser School. The article above incorrectly spells "Volusia" Avenue; where the Cileo's lived.