Dionne Quinns Have Quiet 15th Birthday
OTTAWA, May 28. i The Dionne quintuplets who won fame and fortune just by being born, , celebrated their fifteenth birthday quietly to-day. Their father, Oliva Di onne, ordered that the birthday be jusi a family affair for the first time in th girls' lives. In their fifteen years, they have been stared at by at least 1,000, 000 people. The father deeided that fo: to-day all reporters, photographers aiu1 curiosity seekers would be banned frorn the premises. A gay two-day party wa? planned on the 340 acre Dionne farm bought with part of the 1,500,000 do! lars the girls have earne'd for posmg foi motion picture cameras and magazim advertisements. The five dark haired sisters, Emile. Cecile, Yvonne, Annettte and Marie to day received presents from all parts ot the world and probably will give them to charitable institutions as in previous years. The sisters weighed a total of ten pounds at birth but now are strapping girls 5ft 2in in height and weigh about 9st 41b each. They are taking first yeai : high school elasses aiong .with hand pieked classmates, ip a private schoo! conducted by Catholic nuns, on the Di onne farm. The quintuplets are seldom permitted to leave the farm because when they do, people still treat them ay curiosities and make them feel uncom fortable.
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Chronicle (Levin), 30 May 1949, Page 5
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