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Found after 40 years
Arthur Brown and his sisters were raised at the King William's Town Children's Home. In 1953 they went their separate ways. The girls married and Arthur lost track of them over the years. One of Arthur's Standard 4 classmates, Merle Erasmus, met up with him again in their 70s. After Merle's family met Arthur, they found that Merle at one point had lived in the same street as one of his sisters. A plea was published in You magazine's Desperately Seeking column, but no response was received. Undeterred, Merle placed another plea a few months later. Finally a man in Cape Town called, saying he knew where one of the sisters, Thora, was. A trip to Alexandria and Uitenhage followed for the siblings. Arthur's sisters had tried to contact him over a radio programme but he never heard that programme. His youngest sister, Evelyn, has still not been found. Due to an accident experienced during her childhood Evelyn experiences epileptic fits which had her admitted to a care home in Cape Town. The home has since closed down and Evelyn has not been able to be traced.