CANADIAN “QUINTS”

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 December 1934, Page 9

CANADIAN “QUINTS”

A PROGRESS REPORT. TORONTO, November 11. The W((rld-famous Dionne quintuplets of Callendar, Ontario, as they approached the age of six months — they were born May 28 —had a combined weight of more than fifty pounds and v’ere making normal progress. Even Marie, the smallest, was more than eight pounds, and the heaviest were in the eleven-pound class. The babies are normal in every respect, and Ih’ A. R. Dal’op, w r ho brought them into the world, lias said that in 27 years of experience he has not seen more attractive infants. They look so much alike that identity necklaces are being secured for them. Tn a solemn service performed at the Dafoe hospital erected for. them the babies were baptised by the Roman Catholic parish priest of Corbeil, each being given three names. They are Marie Reinc Alma, Emilie .Marie Jeanne, Cecilie Marie Emilda, Annette Liliianne Marie and Yvonne Edouilda Marie. Ovila Dionne, proud father of this amazing family, already has announced that when the quintuplets grow up he wants them to marry honest French-Canadian farmers and remain in Northern Ontario. No “smooth-tongued city slickers” will carry them off if he has his way. .