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Show WILLS FAMILY WEIGHS TON One Member, a Boy, Tips the Beam at 230 Pounds and Is Six Feet Four j Inches in Height Sabillasville, Md. There Is a ton and a half of the Wills family, living in the country near this village, split into 17 active portions. Of these, the father and - the oldest is Theodore Colvin Wills, age sixty-four, who weighs 220 pounds, and the youngest is McDonald Wills, his son, who, although al-though only seven years old, weighs 100 pounds. Many of the sons, however, are very much heavier. Bruce Wills, fifteen years old, weighs 230 pounds and stands six feet four inches in his stocking feet. There are eight sons and seven daughters who are all giants. Neighbors point with prido to tho fact that there is not an ounce of superfluous flesh in the whole ton and a half and that none of its component com-ponent parts has ever used tobacco or i intoxicants. j The father is a carpenter and all the sons except big-little McDonald have taken up his trade. i |