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Four orphans from India met their new parents yesterday at Toronto International Airport, and 8-year-old Mercy soon was in the arms of her new mother,(...)
Four orphans from India met their new parents yesterday at Toronto International Airport, and 8-year-old Mercy soon was in the arms of her new mother,(...)

Four orphans from India met their new parents yesterday at Toronto International Airport, and 8-year-old Mercy soon was in the arms of her new mother,(...)

Date11/28/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Four orphans from India met their new parents yesterday at Toronto International Airport; and 8-year-old Mercy soon was in the arms of her new mother; Sherri Birtwhistle; 31; who's in charge of the Sheridan College Burlington campus. She has a big Raggedy Ann doll for Mercy and she'll take a week off to help the little girl get used to her new home. Mercy had lived in a Catholic orphanage.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0021437F
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