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On May 9, 2008 HELEN H. loving wife of the late Calvin Quill, Sr.; two sons Calvin Quill, Jr. and Rodney D. Quill; one brother Lloyd Hopkins; one sister Melvina Hawkins and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the Gary P. March Funeral Home, 270 Fred Hilton Pass on Thursday 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Family will receive friends at St. Joseph's Monastery, 251 S. Morley St. on Friday. Christian Wake 10:30 a.m., Mass of the Resurrection at 11 a.m. Interment New Cathedral Cemetery.

Angela Roberts Allegro. Class '73 Overlea High, and lived in Florida. Angela is survived by her husband Thomas Roberts, daughter Carly Roberts, sons Ensign Brent Tysinger USN and Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric Tysinger USN, sisters Theresa Zerhusen, Mary Jakubowski and husband Gilbert, Jeanne Quill and husband Gary, along with nieces and nephews.

"The Violet Quill Reader: The Emergence of Gay Writing After Stonewall," by David Bergman, Ed. 410 pages. New York: St. Martin's Press. Paperback, $14.95David Bergman undertook a noble, ambitious task. He assembled selections of the best published and unpublished chapters, short stories, essays, personal letters and diary entries of America's most prominent gay contemporary writers. Moreover, he explained the literary, historical and social significance of their work. The result is a sophisticated tome that should appeal not only to academics or gay people interested in their cultural heritage, but to lovers of good writing as well.

On May 9, 2008 HELEN H. loving wife of the late Calvin Quill, Sr.; two sons Calvin Quill, Jr. and Rodney D. Quill; one brother Lloyd Hopkins; one sister Melvina Hawkins and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the Gary P. March Funeral Home, 270 Fred Hilton Pass on Thursday 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Family will receive friends at St. Joseph's Monastery, 251 S. Morley St. on Friday. Christian Wake 10:30 a.m., Mass of the Resurrection at 11 a.m. Interment New Cathedral Cemetery.

LAUREL -- Jockey Mario Pino got Petite Quill first out the gate and the 5-year old mare went wire-to-wire to win the featured $20,000 Drumtop Purse in a breeze yesterday at Laurel Race Course.Petite Quill, winning for the third time in the last four outings, was stalked by Mrs. Highness the entire way but pulled away through the stretch to win easily over the closing Sallayna in 1 minute, 42 4/5 seconds for the 1 1/16 miles on the turf course.Card shrinksThe Laurel card yesterday shrank from 10 to nine races when the scheduled simulcast from Philadelphia Park was canceled.

"A Midwife Through the Dying Process," by Timothy E. Quill, Johns Hopkins University Press. 239 pages. $24.95It's hard to argue with one of the more memorable contentions of this book: No one should have to die with a plastic bag over his head. (The Hemlock Society recommends the bag as a suicide backup measure if an overdose of barbiturates doesn't do the job.) But by logical extension, in Dr. Timothy Quill's vaguely Orwellian version of compassionate medical care, terminally ill patient who wishes to hasten death should have sanitized, clinical protocols available - and physicians should have not only the freedom, but the responsibility, to administer them.

OAKLAND MILLS High's freshman class will be well prepared for the opening of school if the students read the "Quill," the Parent Teacher Student Association newsletter. Lunch and bell schedules, class levels, extracurricular activities, sports eligibility and PTSA meetings are all explained in the publication sent to the family of each freshman.It is full of information, and one of its best pages is a map of the school. Have you ever been in an unfamiliar building and wondered, "Which way do I turn for odd numbered rooms?"

Liz Quill spent four years at UMBC studying the language and civilization of ancient Greece and Rome.She made trips to Pompeii and the Acropolis and dug through Mycenaean ruins.So what is this diminutive 31-year-old woman, skilled in scholarly pursuits, doing running the mutuels department at Laurel and Pimlico race courses?For one thing, she is no stranger to the track. She grew up in Laurel, graduated from Laurel High School and remembers trips to the track with her father to bet on her uncle's horses.

This is probably the busiest week of the year for Elizabeth Quill, who runs the mutuels department at Laurel and Pimlico race courses. Quill, a Laurel resident, will report to work on Preakness day around 3: 30 a.m. and call it quits around 9 p.m. Quill, whose uncle, Sunshine Calvert, trained champions In Reality and Unbridled, can't tell you what steed to bet on. But she can tell you what she'll wear for her long day: "Most likely, a pair of Ralph Lauren...

Helen H. Quill, a retired seamstress and neighborhood activist, died Friday of cancer at her Southwest Baltimore home. She was 81. Helen Hawkins was born in a Dolphin Street rowhouse and later moved with her family to a home on Tyson Street. From her Tyson Street home, she enjoyed watching the elegantly dressed crowd entering the then-segregated Lyric Theatre, said her son, Calvin B. Quill Jr., of Baltimore. "She loved the notion of making beautiful clothes for others to wear," he said.

Helen H. Quill, a retired seamstress and neighborhood activist, died Friday of cancer at her Southwest Baltimore home. She was 81. Helen Hawkins was born in a Dolphin Street rowhouse and later moved with her family to a home on Tyson Street. From her Tyson Street home, she enjoyed watching the elegantly dressed crowd entering the then-segregated Lyric Theatre, said her son, Calvin B. Quill Jr., of Baltimore. "She loved the notion of making beautiful clothes for others to wear," he said.

1964: COAT OF ARMS The Harford County coat of arms was designed by George Van Bibber and adopted by the County Commissioners on Sept. 28, 1964. The shield in the design is gold, which symbolizes the wealth of the county and the richness of its fields. Across the shield are waving bands of blue signifying three major Harford streams - Deer Creek, Bynum Run and Winters Run. The crest is a two-handed forearm with the right hand holding a white quill symbolizing the pen used by those who wrote and signed the Bush Declaration, which supported independence and was signed by Harford residents.

Hugh Leonard, who lives in Ireland, is a playwright and screenwriter whose work is quite well known in the United States, especially among Americans fond of Ireland. His plays have included the Tony Award-winning Da and A Life. His screenplays include Widow's Peak. He has written extensively for television, particularly adaptations of major novels. He has published two volumes of autobiography, Home Before Night and Out After Dark. Now he's written a novel -- A Wild People (St. Martin's, 276 pages, $23.95)

Allen J. Quille, the self-made parking lot magnate who raised millions of dollars for political campaigns and educational causes, died yesterday of pneumonia at Sinai Hospital. He was 82 and lived in the Bare Hills section of Baltimore County. Although he left school at 16, Mr. Quille became ruler of an asphalt empire from Fells Point to Pikesville as president of Quille's Parking Co. and became one of the city's leading African-American businessmen. As a fund-raiser and donor, he directed his skills -- and his wealth -- to Democratic politics at the city, state and national levels, and his political ties brought invitations to dinners at the White House during the Carter and Clinton administrations.

This is probably the busiest week of the year for Elizabeth Quill, who runs the mutuels department at Laurel and Pimlico race courses. Quill, a Laurel resident, will report to work on Preakness day around 3: 30 a.m. and call it quits around 9 p.m. Quill, whose uncle, Sunshine Calvert, trained champions In Reality and Unbridled, can't tell you what steed to bet on. But she can tell you what she'll wear for her long day: "Most likely, a pair of Ralph Lauren...

It was judgment day at the University of Virginia. Michele Cooley, preparing to defend her dissertation before a panel of professors, glanced at the bust of Thomas Jefferson in the school's historic Rotunda. From his image, she drew strength -- for reasons someone looking at her might never have imagined.As a successful African-American earning her third degree at U.Va., Cooley had made a natural choice for her Ph.D. thesis: She had probed the factors responsible for black students' success.

Angela Roberts Allegro. Class '73 Overlea High, and lived in Florida. Angela is survived by her husband Thomas Roberts, daughter Carly Roberts, sons Ensign Brent Tysinger USN and Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric Tysinger USN, sisters Theresa Zerhusen, Mary Jakubowski and husband Gilbert, Jeanne Quill and husband Gary, along with nieces and nephews.

OAKLAND MILLS High's freshman class will be well prepared for the opening of school if the students read the "Quill," the Parent Teacher Student Association newsletter. Lunch and bell schedules, class levels, extracurricular activities, sports eligibility and PTSA meetings are all explained in the publication sent to the family of each freshman.It is full of information, and one of its best pages is a map of the school. Have you ever been in an unfamiliar building and wondered, "Which way do I turn for odd numbered rooms?"