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Helen Fuertges

 Helen Fuertges traveled as a Gypsy Coed in 1937 to Ontario Canada to see the Dionne Quintuplets.  She is now Mrs. John Hickey.  She & John lived in Camp Grove Illinois.

In 1937, six Bradford girls, Darlene Dorgan, now Mrs. Charles Bjorkman, of Riverside, Calif.; Ruby McDonald, now Mrs. Lloyd Nutter, of Peoria; Helen Feurtges, now Mrs. John Hickey, of Camp Grove; Clare Breen, now Mrs. Francis Russell, of Tiskilwa, the late Miss Eleanor Butte, and Miss Marge Dorgen took off in the “Silver Streak” mainly to visit the home of the famous Dionne Quintuplets in Ontario, Canada. While on this trip, the girls were entertained at dinner at the home of Dr. Allen Roy Defoe, in Callendar, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Defoe was the doctor who delivered the Dionne quints.