Laurelton Escapees

1929 - 12 escapees in March

Elsie May Allison / 19 / Coatesville – returned 1/1929
Aubrey Carlson / 22
Alberta Mae Eltman / 20 / m. Stanley Guthrie illegally – Bedford Co. - Returned 1929

1930

_______Greenawald / 23
Sarah Kissen / 23

1931

Martha Donovan
_________Stevenson / 23 / found in Bellefonte – 1 of 2 girls

1932 – 2 escaped field workers

_______ Bird / 16
Irene Maus / 27 / not of the brighter class
Mary Greco / 17 / not of the brighter class

1934

Miss ______ Powell / 17

1935 – 2 escapees were captured

Elizabeth Hoover – 1 of 2

1936

Hazel Ellis found in Pleasant Gap
Marie Foust kidnapped by family
Anna Urban 19 found in Pleasant Gap

1937

Jennie Barnhart / 24 / Bucks Co. - captured in New Jersey
______ Flamer / 22 / (c)

1940

Clara Beal was there in 1934
Stella Kazmierski / 23 / Lackawanna Co.
Dorothy Tullison / 26
Cullison?
Mary Snowberger / 30 / (1946)
Mary Kuick
Mary Thom_____
Stella Gissielski recaptured in 1955
Josephine Sczjanish/Szczpanish was returned
Miss Dorothy Dornan / 28 / Lebanon Co.
Miss Katherine Tornino / 27 / Philadelphia
Mary (Mayme?) Snyder / 34

1941

Clarence Valentine, an employee – guilty of aiding and abetting an escapee
Margaret Depas_________

1943

Anna Nabozney/Nobozney / 24
________Rudy
Margaret A.__________ / Altoona / Blair Co.

1944

Fern Edsell/Edsall escaped 1934, 1950 / Wayne Co.
Rosie Gray / 23 / parolee
Margaret Heim/Hein / 22 / found

1945

Clara Clum 39 Klare/Clare Crumm – was returned
Irene Frain / 33
Mary/Maisie Richardson / 27 (1950)

1946

Florinda Terris / 20 / 1 of 3 – 12/1946
_______ ?enberth / 18
Reba Rebecca Tome / Lancaster Co. (1948)
Margaret Eldridge / 19
Josephine Damaski / 34
Elizabeth Hoover / 31 / Philadelphia – was returned
Margaret Kelly – was returned
Jennie Shaler / 21 / Hughesvulle
Isabelle Simonds/Simons / 24 and / Pottsville (1950)
Elizabeth Santora
Clara Scholl / Berks Co.

1947 – 2 escapees

Julia DeWald (Daywalt) / 38 / parolee

_______Hahn

Margaret Staefanick / 32 / found in Pittsburgh
Mary J. Potter / 23 / parolee
?Mary Russell? / 23
Margaret Karmendi / 34 / Blair Co. / found in Pittsburgh – had been sentenced to 20 years in 1936

1948

Mary Markese / Allegheny Co.
Elizabeth Queen / 25 / N / Philadelphia (1950)
Clara Clum/Klare/Clara Crumm / 39? / Parolee – was returned
Elizabeth Santora / Philadelphia (1950)
Frieda Singer / 26
Loretta Kubick

1949

_______ Banning / 22
Mary Hatton / 17
Fanny Wade / 25

1950

Shirley Young
Elva or Eva Doney / 35
Hilda Make______
Margaret Pierce / 20 (1960)
Marcella Rose Falbert / 22 (1960)
Catherine Martin/Markin / 24
Imogene Brady / 20 / Indiana Co.
Mary Kirk
Miss Mary Thompson / 33 / Luzerne Co. – died when escaping while on parole
Priscilla Nancy Miller / 18 / Chester
Elizabeth Peterkin / N / 18 / Philadelphia
Mamie Phillips / N / 17 / Philadelphia
Grace Morgan / 21 / Philadelphia
Shirley Roane / N / 21 / Philadelphia

1951

Naomi Sophie Hauck / 29
Carrie Gerlatski / 23
Catherine McSorley / 19
Elizabeth Culp / 16

1952

Mary Dorofey / 29 / Cambria Co.
Margaret Hiles (?) / 24 / parolee

1953

Margaret Fish______
Grace Hull / 14 / Phillipsburg, Centre Co. or Clearfield Co.
Margaret Hind_____ / 1 of 2

1954

Audrey Ernest
Betty Lowther / Escaped parole in Sunbury / Fayette Co.
20 escapees written off after “lapse of time” with no clues after 3 years

1955 - April 9 escapees – 6 returned immediately plus others

Louise Barton / 22 / Philadelphia
Shirley Brewer / 19 / Philadelphia – from Farrell
Delores Brown / 22 / Philadelphia
Delres Bush / 17 / Pittsburgh
Patricia Deperist / 20 / Pittsburgh
Bessie Elman / 19 / from Cottage 9 / Erie
Victoria Fisher / 18 / (1958) Elk Co.
Florence Fisher / 18 / (1960) from Cottage 9 / McAllister/Philadelphia
Katherine Ihrig / 34 / Philadelphia
Jennie Lord / 24
Pauline Oberlander / 20 / Dallastown
Evelyn Oreskovich / 18 / from Cottage 9 / Greensburg
Esther Yeager / 17 / Northfield, NJ
Martha Shore / 22 / Burnt Cabins – picked up in Philly

1956

_______ Hauser / 17
________ Andrews / 16
Gladys Armstrong / 19
Elizabeth Dunlap / 18
Pearl Fisher / 32 / Armstrong Co.
Margaret Fry / 29?
Violet Persons / 27
Laura Platt / 26
____udah Swarmer / 22
________ Williams / 19

1957

Pauline Mrochko / 43 / (1960)
Zelma Reed / 35 / Parolee
Dolores Pilla / incorrigible / Philadelphia
______ ___rong / Chambersburg
Rosetta Jones / Philadelphia
Katherine Bower / 18

1958 – August 30, 14 girls escaped over two days

Barbara Knizley / 19 / escaped 20 times in 3 years / chronic runaway
Betty Jean Knizley
Ernestine Knizley
Betty Burdge (Berge) / 19 / chronic runaway / Philadelphia
Sarah Dickey / 18 / Allegheny Co.
Ida Mae Graham / 36
Betty Jane Reiger / 17
Elizabeth (Eliza) Johnson / 26 / Bradford Co.
Lillian Yokantas / 18 / Luzerne Co.
Ernestine Vanderpool / 19

1959

Gloria Steif / Ephrata
Doris Raymon / 22
Martha Mayfield / 22 / Philadelphia
Goldie Clark recaptured
Elizabeth Diehl / recaptured Philadelphia
Tyest Cu______
Dorothy Grimes / 16
Connie Zaleskie
_____cy Hagenschmidt
Marie Lindsey
Ruth Michael
Pauline Oberlander / also 1955 / Dallastown
Patricia Scanlon / 20
Girl from Easton / committed 5 years before / Northampton Co.
2 teenagers – Rita P.
Carol N. Houston & Pittsburgh

1960 – 5 escapees returned by Mifflinburg police

_____om Aristes
Esther Stevens
Mary Ann Bishman / Chester Co.
_______ Stevenson / 23
Daisy Bishop
one of these two admitted in court to 19 escapes
Elizabeth Bishop
Alice B. Fraidy / 15 / Marietta
Violet Hoffer / Huntingdon Co.
Leana Johnson / Bradford Co.
Elizabeth Kaile / 17/19
Florence Kailey?
Fern Roesch / 18 / was returned
Millie Rusak
Antoinette Stebok / 18 / parolee
Rosie Wilson / 25
Jeanette Young / 16/22 / Pittsburgh
Bertha Zimmerman / 25
Margaret VanAulen / 17
Marcella Fa_______ / 23
________ Hoffman

1961 & 1964

Harriet Cobley / 20 & 23
______ ________ / 16 / Lancaster Co.

1962

Nancy Barbero/a / 23

1964

______cy Payne / 21
Jane Henry / 23 / 1 of 5 / Huntingdon Co.

1966

Arletta Taylor

1976

Richard “Chester” Whipple / 45 / wandered away – d. 1976

1996

Andrew “Buddy” Glinka / 51 / died after being lost on the property
Leona Johnson / Bradford Co.

Other instances:

Janice Herrold / 1960? / frequent escapee / Danville

Violet Hoffer / Huntingdon Co.

Pearl Fisher / 32

Gloria _______ / 17

Margaret Slame / 13

Marie Foust / 1930 / kidnapped by family

Mary Snowberger / 1941 & 1946 m. Lewis Rudy, Jr. / 4 Rudy family members arrested for abetting escapees

Barbara Knisely / 1958 / 18 / Dale A. Hanselman / 39 / Mifflinburg and Elwood Pursley / 32 / Weikert arrested for contributing to the delinquency of minors and liquor code violations

Ernestine Vanderpol / 19

Men arrested 1960: Barry J. Nevel, 20, Boalsburg; Stanley Whitehill, 19, Center Hall RD; and Robert Reitz

Rosie Wilson / 1960 / Eugene Shaffer removed her

8 men arrested / 1961 / charged with being in cabins with 3 girls: Joseph Dunkleberger 19, Laurelton; Orville Dunkleberger, Millmont; James Starks, 19, Millmont; Melvin Schlegal, 22, Silverdale; Sam Ely, 19, Millmont; Vernon Schlegal, 18, Shamokin Dam; and 2 juveniles

George Brown / 1961 / Durham, NC / arrested – transported girl across the state line – FBI case

Robert Schell / 2/1959 / Hartleton – guilty of aiding an escapee

_______ B. Boyer / 1931? / Millmont – arrested for harboring 2 girls

Harry Boyer / 1931? / Hartleton / m. w/3 children / fellow workers kidded him about sheltering recently

Escaped girls (Mt. Carmel Item)

1960 - Barry Nevel, 20, Boalsburg; Stanley Whitehill, 19, R.D. Centre Hall; Robert A. Reitz arrested for harboring escapees

_________Prutzman / held for court for picking up 13-year-old girl – 1960

Jeffrey Stahl / 39 / Millmont – break-in 10/20/17