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25 Years Ago Obituary and Weddings Highlight Delmar Scene
The issue recalls the death of Mrs. Marie Quillen at age 87 near Two Johns. Sherman Hignutt dies after burns, with funeral at his home. A double wedding unites Myrtle Coates Palmer and Cora Shockley to Walter and Ralph Palmer in Rehoboth Beach. The piece covers road bids, juror lists, local deaths, and art news from Johns Hopkins with four young painters featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Quillen
John Quillen
Harvey Quillen
Two Johns
Barratt’s
Sherman
Sherman FE. Hignatt
Easton
J. E. Smith
W. E. Hills
Denton Cemetery
Myrtle Rebecca Coates
Walter Butler Palmer
Cora Mae Shockley
Ralph Palmer
Rehoboth
Walter Palmer
W. S. Grant
M. E. Church
Rehoboth Beach
Delaware
Miss Shocksley
Albert Coates
Coates
Robert Coates
Noming Grove
Virginia
W. T. Shockley
Greensboro
Maryland
Baltimore
Washington
Theodore Palmer
The
Baptist Church of
M. E. Church of
George W. Kelly, Jr
Joseph H. Spence
Fletcher Hignutt
Solomon J. Hurst
Walter M. Fountain
James Dew
William Price
Burrsville
William
Eliza Price
Caroline
Ridgely
Mr. Brumbaugh
Mr. Robinson
Everett Smith
Elias Pierson
L. Day
F. Starkey
J. Wooters
Johns Hopkins University
Hopkins
United States
Richard Boyce
Boston
Ted Butterfield
Lincoln
Nebraska
Martin Jackson
Philadelphia
Richard Baringer
Chicago
Lynn Poole
Johns Hopkins
Walters Art Gallery