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Died. John ("Uncle Johnny") Demarest, 98, member of "the oldest married couple in the world"; at Wyckoff, N. J., following gangrene in his right leg. Two years ago the couple celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary, when more than 1,000 neighbors and friends visited them, and President Coolidge wrote them a letter.
Died. General Sir George W. A. Higginson, 100, famed "Father of the Grenadier Guards" (see p. 14) ; at Marlow-on-Thames, England.