Word: oliva
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Callander, Ont. last week Mr. & Mrs. Oliva Dionne and all their twelve children, including the quintuplets, received the blessing of Pope Pius XI, brought from Vatican City by onetime President Frank Blied of the Catholic Central Verein. Said Mr. Blied: "By the grace of God, this is a blessing to the entire community. This is a different theory than birth control. This is the emancipation of humanity...
Prolific, 34-year-old Oliva Dionne, of Callander, Ont., has long pouted over the fact that he has little control over the welfare and fortunes of his famed five daughters, Yvonne, Emilie, Annette, Marie and Cecile. The Ontario Provincial Government has never been seriously concerned over the other seven living Dionne young, but has kept the Quintuplets in separate, guarded quarters. Last month Papa Dionne demanded a general inquiry by the Ontario Government into the handling of the Quintuplets' affairs by strong-willed Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, Judge J. A. Valin and Percy D. Wilson, his fellow members...
...Oliva Dionne, manly father of the famed quintuplets and-as is apt to be forgotten-of six other children too, said good-by to his famed five who chanted: "Reviens, papa, demain. Demain, sans faute." Three days later he was seeing the sights of New York City, having his first airplane ride. Said he: "For eight or nine years, ever since I first saw airships flying over North Bay, Callander and Corbeil, Ont.-on the lookout for forest fires, you know-I've wanted to fly. It's the biggest thrill of my life, since the birth...
Medicine has controlled their every moment ever since Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe delivered them. Their birthday party this week will be a strictly hygienic affair. They will wear special party dresses with embroidery and ribbons, but their parents Oliva & Elzire Dionne, their five older brothers and sisters who are to eat most of the birthday cake, will be obliged to wear white cotton hospital gowns over their everyday clothes. If any one of them has a cold or even looks ill, he will lose his invitation to the party...
...Their eleventh (Oliva) was born July...