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'I want these girls arrested,' social worker Ruth Connolly screamed as she was hurled to ground by two Timbrell sisters outside their Preston home. An(...)
'I want these girls arrested,' social worker Ruth Connolly screamed as she was hurled to ground by two Timbrell sisters outside their Preston home. An(...)

'I want these girls arrested,' social worker Ruth Connolly screamed as she was hurled to ground by two Timbrell sisters outside their Preston home. An(...)

Date9/28/1967
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Original Toronto Star caption: 'I want these girls arrested;' social worker Ruth Connolly screamed as she was hurled to ground by two Timbrell sisters outside their Preston home. An hour-long fight resulted from Kitchener Children's Aid Society attempts to remove foster children Peggy; 5; and Valerie; 3; from home of Mrs. Arthur Timbrell.
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A foster mother in Preston, Mrs. Arthur Timbrell, fights to adopt the two young sisters in her care, rather than have them separated. Meanwhile, The S(...)
A foster mother in Preston, Mrs. Arthur Timbrell, fights to adopt the two young sisters in her care, rather than have them separated. Meanwhile, The S(...)
8/19/1967
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(...)
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(...)
9/28/1967
Perhaps for last time, Mrs. Arthur Timbrell reads bedtime story to the little sisters she wants to adoptéPeggy (left) and Valerie. Children's Aid Soci(...)
Perhaps for last time, Mrs. Arthur Timbrell reads bedtime story to the little sisters she wants to adoptéPeggy (left) and Valerie. Children's Aid Soci(...)
9/27/1967
Happily Unaware of the tensions surrounding them, sisters Peggy, 5, left and Valerie, 3, played outdoors with Aileen Timbrell, 13, yesterday while Mrs(...)
Happily Unaware of the tensions surrounding them, sisters Peggy, 5, left and Valerie, 3, played outdoors with Aileen Timbrell, 13, yesterday while Mrs(...)
9/1/1967
Huddled together in the same bed, perhaps for the last time, two tiny sisters, Valerie, 3, and Peggy, 5, sobbed themselves to sleep last night at home(...)
Huddled together in the same bed, perhaps for the last time, two tiny sisters, Valerie, 3, and Peggy, 5, sobbed themselves to sleep last night at home(...)
8/10/1967
Bitter and Discouraged Mrs. Arthur Timbrell sat in office of her lawyer, Thomas O'Neill, yesterday to confer with him about report of the government i(...)
Bitter and Discouraged Mrs. Arthur Timbrell sat in office of her lawyer, Thomas O'Neill, yesterday to confer with him about report of the government i(...)
1/12/1958
Mrs. Arthur Timbrell Today, She calls report 'highly unfair'
Mrs. Arthur Timbrell Today, She calls report 'highly unfair'
1/11/1968
Mrs. Frank Gendron, and David, 3, She wants to adopt a sister for her adopted son
Mrs. Frank Gendron, and David, 3, She wants to adopt a sister for her adopted son
9/24/1971
A group of women and children smiling and hugging.
Warm smiles greeted 10-year-old Neroy as he met his adoptive mother, Lorraine Hemming of Burlington, and new sisters, Pamela, 18, standing left, and Techla, 15
8/20/1975
Downcast Preston Foster Mother Mrs. Arthur Trimbell wept today when she was told by Waterloo County Children's Aid Society that she could not adopt tw(...)
Downcast Preston Foster Mother Mrs. Arthur Trimbell wept today when she was told by Waterloo County Children's Aid Society that she could not adopt tw(...)
8/10/1967
Mrs. Arthur Timbrell Foster mother
Mrs. Arthur Timbrell Foster mother
8/10/1967
Peggy, Valerie Timbrell
Peggy, Valerie Timbrell
9/27/1967