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Screaming with grief and fury, Margaret, 10, and Daryl Anne Timbrell, 16, yesterday attacked the social worker who came to get their foster sisters. J(...)

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Screaming with grief and fury, Margaret, 10, and Daryl Anne Timbrell, 16, yesterday attacked the social worker who came to get their foster sisters. J(...)

Date9/28/1967

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Griffin, Doug (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Screaming with grief and fury; Margaret; 10; and Daryl Anne Timbrell; 16; yesterday attacked the social worker who came to get their foster sisters. J. W. Donnachie; assistant director of the Kitchener Children's Aid Society; flew to Mrs. Ruth Connolly's aid; but couldn't separate the girls. Mrs. Arthur Timbrell had refused to give up the sisters after her application for adoption was turned down.

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