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306 DIAL 837 6000 or 837 6001 KANE and MT. JEWETT. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1965 TEN CENTS A COPY OVER' TT TTT71 REPUBLICAN 50 Victims of.

Hurricane of 2 3 Varren County Youths are Killed Kane Area Union H.S. To be Closed Tomorrow For VanOrmer Services Death Toll Near 300 Found in La0; THE MORNING AFTER Red Cross Reports 25,000 in Shelters in That State; Scores Of Persons Listed as 'Missing' Community Shocked by Death of High School Principal VanOrmer, Mrs. Kline Bush, Clinton Brooder, Lyle Orcutt and Frank O. Carlson. Final rites for Dalton G.

VanOrmer, Kane educator or 36 years and principal of Kane Area Union Senior High School who succumbed Saturday following a heart attack, will be held from First Congregational Church tomorrow, Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. Paul R. Miller, superintendent of schools, has announced that senior high school will be closed all day tomorrow in respect to Mr. Van By BILL CRIDER NEW ORLEANS JP) Truckloads of bodies from, outlying flood areas were expected at the New Orleans coroner's office today as the sad methodical process of gathering the dead from Hurricane Betsy continued. The Times Picayune, quoting a coroner's office spokesman, said 250 bodies were expected from the parishes of Plaquemines and St.

Bernard, which stretch along the Mississippi River south of New Orleans. jr, All I know is that we are ex us, 'x Mrs. Myrtle Marie Bush, 57, of 38 Pine Avenue, wife of Kline M. Bush of Bush's Pharmacy and a Kane resident for the past 15 years, died Saturday at noon at Community Hospital, where she had been a patient for more than two weeks. She had been in.

ill health for the last five weeks. Mrs. Bush, daughter of the late Lloyd L. and Dorothy Myers Wei erick, was born at Altoona Oct. 12, 1907.

She attended the Altoona schools. She graduated from the Altoona Hospital School of Nursing in 1929. She resided at Philadelphia and later at Wellsboro before coming to Kane 15 years ago. During her residence here, she frequently assisted her husband in the drug store, where her gracious manner made her many friends. Mrs.

Bush was a member of First Methcdist Church. She belonged to the Woman's Society of Christian Service and to the Martha Circle. She is survived by her husband, to whom she was married Nov. 22, 1933, at Philadelphia; one daughter, Mrs. Frederick (Mar jorie) Wright of Hickory; four sisters, Mrs.

Hazel Noel, Mrs. Verna Bourbon Street, famous section of wake of Hurricane Betsy the French Quarter in New Orleans, 4 CURVACEOUS QUARTET In lleadon Wreck YOUNGSVILLE, Pa. OR Three Warren County residents were kill ed Sunday in the headon collision of two cars on Route 6 about two miles west of this Warren County community. Fred Beardsley, 21, of Spring Creek, John Rodgers, 19, and Mark Smith, 20, both of Pittsfield, were pronounced dead at the scene. State Police Troopers Max Bizzak and William Timmins, who conducted the investigation, said the accident occurred after the Beards ley auto, westbound on Rt.

6, turned out to pass a car driven by Mrs. Mary Fehlman Grunden, 31, Youngsville. The Beardsley youth apparently did not see the approaching eastbound car operated by Rodgers. Meanwhile, the Grunden auto had veered to the right side of the road off the pavement. It was struck by the Beardsley car, which careened out of control after the crash.

Mrs. Grunden suffered severe shock and was treated at her home by a physician. The Beardsley youth was the only occupant of his car and Rodgers and Smith were the only ones in that car. Traffic Delayed State police placed the time of the crash at 2:45 a.m. Traffic was delayed for about 2 hours while the victims' bodies and the wreckage of the cars was taken away.

The Beardsley car, a 1959 Dodge, and the 1965 Chevrolet Corvair operated by Rodgers were listed as total losses. Damage to the Grunden car was estimated at $150. The triple fatality brought the accident death toll in Warren County so far this year to ten. Scene of the accident is about a mile east of the Pittsfield elementary school. JN ELK GOONTY DEATH ST.

MAKVSA 20 ycar old St. Marys mother Jacos murder charges in the death of her six months old daughter. A formal charge was placed by District Attorney Norbert Powell of Wilcox against Mrs. Phyllis Jean Grotzinger after coroner investigation disclosed the Infant died in multiple fractures and internal injuries apparently resulting from a beating. The child, Amy Lynne Grotzinger, was reported to have been found dead in her crib Friday morning at 6 o'clock when the father, John E.

Grotzinger, awoke to go to work. Charges in jthe qase were deferred until after final rites. A blessing was held for the baby at St. Marys Cemetery chapel at 2 p.m. Saturday.

Charges against Mrs. Grotzinger were placed latej following investigation by Distryrt Attorney Powell, the Elk County Coroners' office and state and township; police. Mrs. Grotzinger1 then was removed to McKean County Jail and is scheduled for preliminary hearing tomorrow. MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT Robert E.

Hochstine, 20, Bradford, was released from Kane Community Hospital today after treatment of bruises and abrasions received when his motorcycle crashed during heavy rain early yesterday. State police said Hochstine was thrown from his machine on Route 6 three miles east of Kane when he lost control. He was admitted to the hospital at 3:45 a.m. Sunday for treatment and observation. Markle and Mrs.

Ruth Franks of Altoona and Mrs. Leona Wallace I of Hollidaysburg; and four broth i a i 4 i 1 A 4 I 'f 1 i ULkftl JL LSifn i ir Mfii.ini.nm pecting an awful lot of bodies," a weary official said when asked about the report The coroner's office already had more than 50 bodies, many un identified. Most drowned in floods in suburban areas on the southern side of the city. Scores were "missing." The Red Cross said It has 25,000 evacuees in two big shelters and expected many of them to remain a week or two. A new emergency arose ai Baton Rouge, 85 miles up the Mississippi River, where a barge loaded with chlorine was sunk in the river, posing a threat of poisonous gas should the barge be punctured.

Billion In Damage? The damage toll left by Hurri cane Betsy's winds 150 sn.p.h. near the coast, 125 m.p.h. In New Orleans and 94 m.p.h. at Baton Rouge remained a matter of guesswork with estimates at about a billion dollars. Water was receding throughout the flooded area, both in New Oi leans and to the south.

However, the fall was Mow at New Orleans, where low lying areas normally protected by levees and an elaborate pflrppirig; system field flood water; lilje'', a' bavU wouldn't esUmfe. how long it.wilV take. One levee beside the industrial canal was cut in an effort to speed the drainage. Power failure, still a major problem to the city, hampered operations at the big pump ing stations. Physicians assisting the Red Cross screened refugees for possible communicable diseases.

Extra supplies of snake bite serum were on hand. Snakes are a serious problem in some south Louisiana areas during and after a flood. A power company official said repair crews working on emergency schedule had more than 40 per cent of the New Orleans system back in service. Profiteering Report Mayor Victor Schiro denounced scattered reports of profiteering. He said there were complaints that some prices had doubled or more.

In Baton Rouge, Gov. John J. McKeithen vowed a crackdown on profiteering. Officials said there were reports, not officially confirmed, of gasoline at $1 a gallon and bread at $1.30 a loaf. On the other hand, the Red Cross reported that many wholesalers and merchants donated large amounts of food and other supplies to the rehabilitation effort.

On orders from President Johnson, federal agencies sent men to lay the groundwork for rehabilitation work. Federal Housing Administration staffs worked, around the clock to find housing for the homeless. The Small Business Administration opened offices here and in Baton Rouge, Alexandria and Thibo deaux to offer low 3 per cent loans for home and business repairs. An FBI disaster squad was here from Washington to help in the slow, confused Identification of the bodies. is strewn with debris left in the the finals of the Miss America Smith, Miss Indiana; Nancy MINISTER'S DAUGHTER KILLED SATURDAY JAMESTOWN, N.Y.

Janice Kroon, 17, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. George R. Kroon of Jamestown, was killed shortly before midnight when the car in which she was a passenger wrecked on Rt. 17 between nearby Stedman and Magnolia.

The car, driven by John King, 18, Warren, skiddc across the road, went off the road and struck a utility pole rolling over. Miss Kroon was a niece of the Rev. Paul Kroon, a Lutheran pastor at Bradford, Pa. MEADVILLE MAN KILLED FRANKLIN, Pa. UP) Harry C.

Smith, 56, of Meadville, was fatally injured Sunday when his truck struck a culvert on Route 322. KILLED NEAR CLARION CLARION, Pa. OK Mrs. Ruth Amsler of Summerville, Clarion County, was killed in a two car crash Sunday night south of Clarion on Route 66. Talent and swimsuit winners pose together in Atlantic City, awaiting Pageant.

They are (from left) Pat Puckett, Miss Mississippi; Eileen Moore, Miss South Carolina, and Kathryn Balikie, Miss Nevada. Ormer. Services in First Congregational Church will be conducted by the Rev. David Gallup. Further serv ices will be held at 3:30 Tuesday afternoon at the Barefoot Funeral Home at Bedford, where the Rev.

Edgar Datesman will officiate. Interment will be in the Bedford cemetery. Death of Mr. VanOrmer, who was in apparent robust health, was another severe shock to the Kane area, which has experienced a succession of sudden deaths in the past few weeks in community leadership and responsibility. Mr.

VanOrmer who was aged 59, had been using a power saw to cut fireplace wood near his home at 415 West Hemlock Avenue. His wife Virginia went to the small wooded area hear their home to call him for lunch and found him dead. Coroner Gale Hollenbeck was called and reported death the result of a heart attack. He was born at White Sulphur Springs on Feb. 19, 1906, son of Mrs.

Pearl Brown VanOrmer and late Charles L. VanOrmer. Following graduation from Bedford High School, he attended Gettysburg College where he received his bachelor of arts degree. He received his Masters Degree from Penn Mr. VanOrmer State University.

He came to Kane in 1929 as an instructor in chemistry and biology and became principal of the high school in 1956. Mr. VanOrmer was a member and trustee of First Congregational Church and a member of the Congregational Church Service Club. He was a member" of Kane Lodge, F. and A.M.

and the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the National Education Association and Pennsylvania State Education Association. He was a past president of the Kane Area Teachers Association. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Virginia W. VanOrmer, to whom he was married Dec.

3, 1927 at Rock ville, Md. and his mother, Mrs. Pearl B. VanOrmer of Bedford. Friends are being received at the Hill Kelly Funeral Home from 2 to '5 p.m.

and 7 to 9 p.m. today. Masonic services will be held at 8 p.m. at the funeral home. The family has announced that, if desired, memorial contributions may be made to the D.

G. VanOrmer memorial fund. FRANK D. Frank O. Carlson, 80, of 198 North Fraley Street, retired glassworkcr and lifelong Kane resident, died Sunday evening at 9:10 o'clock at Community Hospital, where he had been a patient for the last two weeks.

He had been in ill health for several years and his condition had become serious during the past two "'weeks. Mr. Carlson, son of the late William and Louise Nelson Carlson, was born here Oct. 8, 1884. He attended the Kane schools.

He was employed as a grinder at the American Plate Glass Co. at James City for many years and at various times worked at the several window glass plants here. He was the foreman of the construction crew at the time the West Penn Power Co. lines were built between Ridgway and Kane. (Continued on page 6), I I I Bf CONG REGIMENT IS By EDWIN Q.

WHITE SAIGON, South Viet Nam (PIUS, war planes kept up round the clock bombings today of a Mekong Delta area where a Viet Cong regiment is believed encamped, a U.S. military spokesman said. The planes were trying to hit canals which can be used as escape routes by the guerrillas in the region 50 miles west of Soc Trang. U.S. officials said they believed the guerrillas were trapped by the bombings.

Ground troops were not committed to the action because of heavy rains and the large size of the Viet Cong force. A communist regiment usually numbers 2,000 men. The main part of the U.S. Army 1st Cavalary air mobile Division began landing at Qui Nhon today. Advance groups were already ashore.

The arrival of the 20,000 "Flying Horsemen" pushed US. troop strength in 'Viet Nam somewhat beyond The exact figure was not disclosed. As the troops came ashore from the ships Buckner and Darby, they were taken by helicopters to their secret base areas. The Buckner brought 2,180 men and the Darby 2,705. The division, trained especially for guerrilla warfare, was expected to be deployed to South Viet Nam's central highlands.

The unit's home base is Ft. Benning, Ga. Qui Nhon is 260 miles northeast of Saigon. Raid by B32s In air action Sunday, B52 bombers of the Strategic Air Command carried out their 22nd announced strike of the war, hitting the Ho Bo woods 20 miles north of Saigon. The planes flew in from Guam.

Twenty three U.S. Air Force F105 Thunderchiefs blasted the Yen Khoai military barracks 35 miles northwest of Hanoi for the third straight day Sunday. A VS. military spokesman reported the planes knocked out an antiaircraft site and destroyed 23 buildings, damaging 16 others. At the same time, 34 other U.S.

planes hit various targets in North Viet Nam. KANE MAN LISTED IN SERIOUS CONDITION Berrier E. Peterson of 333 Oak Street. Kane, suffered a severe heart attack last night and is reported in serious condition at Cleveland, O. Mr.

Peterson and his wife had gone to Cleveland Tuesday to spend some time at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Carl Goodwin. Summoned to Cleveland late last night were three children residing here, Mrs. June Huntzinger of Chestnut Street; Marvin Peterson, 331 Oak Street and William D. Peterson of 626 Elk Avenue.

with Barbara Streisand; "The Mag nificent Yankee," with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, and "What Is Sonata Form?" a Leonard Bernstein conducted New York Philharmonic young people's concert. The second major category for outstanding individual achievements paralleled the first. The Lunts, Miss Streisand, Van Dyke and Bernstein also won In this category. In the outstanding program achievements in news, doeujmentary, information and sports, "The Louv re" swept the field. The loving look at the famed Paris museum took all awards but one In this category.

The only other to rate an Emmy was Leonardo Da Vinci," part of the ABC "Saga of Western Man." Final score: NBC 14 Emmies; CBS 11, and ABC 3, ers, toward, Ernest M.and Weierick of Altoona and Ralph Weierick, now in Germany." Friends will be received at the Hill Kelly Funeral Home at the usual calling hours, 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 o'clock today. Funeral services will be held at Hill Kelly's Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, with the Rev. Howard C. Patterson of First Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in Forest Lawn cemetery.

CLINTON i BROODER An illness of several months duration resulted in the death of Clinton C. Brooder, 62, 319 Jane way Street, at Kane Community Hospital Saturday, Sept 11 at 2 p.m. Mr. Brooder was a native of Kane, born here June 24, 1903, the son of the late Daniel and Eunice Brooder. He attended local schools and was employed as a welder in the Dresser Manufacturing Division at Bradford.

He had been in failing health since last November and was seriously ill one week. Mr. Brooder was married to Frances Rinella of Huntsville, in St. Callistus Church here Dec. 23, 1937.

Surviving are Mrs. Brooder and one son Alan, at home; a sister, Mrs. Kathleen Kasaback, Bradford and one brother, Robert, Walling ford, Conn. Also surviving are several nieces and nephews. Mr.

Brooder was a member of St. Callistus Church and the Moose and Elks lodges. Friends are being received at the Cummings Funeral Home this afternoon from 2 to 5 p.m. and this evening from 7 to 9 p.m. The Moose lodge will conduct its ritual at 7:30 p.m.

with a Rosary service at 8 p.m. The Elks lodge ritual will be held at 8:30 p.m. Final rites will be held from St. Callistus Church at 9 a.m. tomorrow with the Rev.

Carl L. Lippert celebrant at Requiem Mass. Interment will be in St. Callistus Cemetery. Clifford Lyle (Mike) Orcutt, 76, of East Kane, retired leaseman and area resident for 75 years, died Saturday morning at 11 o'clock at Community Hosital, where he had been a patient since Wednesday.

He had been In ill health for the past 14 months. Mr. Orcutt, son of the late Eugene and Bessie Stophel Orcutt, was born Oct. 18, 1888 at Penfield, Clear, field County. He came to the Kane area with his parents in 1890.

He was employed as a leaseman on the Oakes lease before his retirement. He had previously worked as a glass blower at the American (Continued on page 6). CAR TRUCK WRECK Two pfrsons were treated and released at Port Allegany Hospital following a car truck mishap early Sunday near that borough on Route 6. Oran Burgess, 27, Bradford and a passenger in his car, Duane Hultz, 29, Port Allegany, were cut and bruised. Burgess was said to have lost control of his car, which struck a parked truck owned by Robert Hewitt of Port Allegany.

Total damages to vehicles was estimated at less than $300. FIVE DAY FORECAST Western Pennsylvania: Temperatures will average near normal in the south and two or three degrees below normal In the north with only minor day to day changes. Normal high is 72 to 76; low 53 to 54. Rainfall about Wednesday and Friday will average around a half inch. of an international cult, has died FATHER DEVINE DEPARTS Gregg Turner, an instructor at Kane High School for 25 years, has been named acting principal of Kane Area Union Senior High School following the unexpected death of Senior High Principal Dalton VanOrmer over the weekend.

This was announced by Supt. of Schools Paul R. Miller today. Mr. Miller aiso announced that classes will be suspended at the senior high school here only on Tuesday, the day memorial services will be held here and at Bedford in memory of Mr.

VanOrmer. Also, Mr. Miller said, a memorial service, conducted by Senior High students, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the senior high school, in memory of Mr. VanOrmer.

A decision on future ndnnnisLia tion of the senior high school, will be made by the Kane Area Union District school board this week. Members of the ten man school board will visit the Hill Kelly Funeral Home in a body at 7:30 o'clock tonight, Mr. Miller said. Mr. Turner took over Ivlr.

Van Ormer's duties today. He and his wife, the former Alice Johnson of Kane, reside at 323 Bayard Street here. Mrs. Turner is also a high school instructor here. Kane High Graduate Gregg Turner, son of the late Mr.

and Mrs. Burt A. Turner of Kane, graduated from Kane High School in 1930, receiving a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1936 and a Master's Degree, in administration, from Columbia University in 1956. He took additional work on his doctorate at Pennsylvania State University in 1962 and 1963. During the past 25 years he has (Continued on page 6) Lunts, Bernstein, Streisand And Van Dyke Get Emmies HOLLYWOOD (JP) Dick Van "My Name Is Barburn," a special 'rvv nS mmmxpmmim pliti Sister of Kane Woman Died Mrs.

Mary Bonfilio has returned to her home on Elk Avenue here after attending the funeral services for her sister, Mrs. Rose Scrivo, who died at Buffalo, N.Y. on Sept. e. Mrs.

Scrivo was born in Kane March 20, 190., attended Kane schools and was well known here. She had been in ill health since December and seriously ill for the past six weeks hefore her death She Is survived by her husband Jo seph, a son, two grandchldren. a sister, Mary Bonfilio, and a brother John Philipps of Niagara Falls, N.Y. Dyke, the Lunts, Barbara Streisand and Leonard Bernstein and an almost two hour parade of television's technical experts dominated the 17th annual Emmy award show, The Television Academy, In an announced drive to streamline the award presentation, dropped categories from 29 to six. Most of the winners, however, were still technicians unknown to the general public.

The show, presented over NBC TV Sunday night, lasted more than two hours. There were only two mfaior! entertainment categories: outstanding program and individual achievements in entertainment. Four Emmies were awarded for the program achievements. They went to "The Dtck Van Dyke Show; Father Devine, spiritual leader of a heart attack at his spacious estate in Gladwyne, near Philadelphia. His widow, Edna Rose Ritchings (with him in this recent photo), his "spotless virgin bride," was at his bedside,.