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ptivv vv i p m acton volunteers assist ontarios largest manhunt for kilbride qirl abductor despite what police term a pterbuman search effort by at least 18000 police and volunteers from all over southern ontario 10yearold marianne schuett of kilbride was still on the missing list at press time today the qirl object of ontario largest manhunt disap peared after four oclock thursday afternoon and it is feared the was abducted by a middleaged man driving a latemodel foreign type station wagon witnesses reported seeing the girl as she walked home from school thursday stop to talk 1o a man in a car near her home two houses away frorrf the school to date rewards totalling 5500 have been posted for information leading to the conviction of her abductor her distraught parents mr and mrs milton schuett of kilbride have pleaded for her safe return and even offered to sell their modern home anctturrithem6neyovetriforilytheirdaughter can return safely to them the girl described as small for her age is the se cond child in the schuett fam ily her brothers john and stephen are aged 15 and five when she disappeared mari anne was wearing a red car coat a red plaid skirt blue socks and running shoes she wore a white blouse under her red cardigan she weighed about 70 lbs several neighbors reported she was a shy girl and had re fused when neighbors offered her rides to school even in bad weather witnesses who approached police to help after her disap pearance said a few weeks earlier a man had offered a ride to a kilbride school class mate of mariannes descrin- tions of the foreign model car first a renault and later an opel were given by several witnesses while two men saw her get into the mans car sev eral said they saw her talking to the driver police on sunday issued an artists sketch of the suspect which was circulated to news papers and other press media the man was described as thin dark haired and aged 35 to 40 but the police drawing indicated the man might be older than that he also wore dark glasses the incident which touched off nationwide sympathy for the distressed family began xaureday afternoon when the gididid not return home from school at the usual time her mother telephoned the school to see if she had stayed late only to find that the caretaker was the oiy one in the school mr schuett then phoned sev eral neighbors but no one had seen her daughter at 5 pm the and a friend mrs dorothy nykoruk searched the kilbride area in nykoruks car police were notified at 530 pm and soon several police were on the scene organizing men and women from the community into search par ties mr schuett was at work at ford motor company in qakville at the time and rush ed home when notified of his daughters disappearance soon mr wilbert ford the school caretaker was organiz ing women of the district into a coffee and sandwich brigade to feed the searchers many of whom were going without their supper toassist the po licemen they searched on into the night covering the kilbride district and while some stay ed through the jiight others went home to rest before join ing the search at 530 the next morning friday meanwhile the halton county emergency measures organization mili tiamen police carrying walkie- talkies motorcyclists dogs and men on horseback were joining the hunt fridays allday search start ed with about 200 men and grew to over 400 as the day wore on and publicity spread radio and tv stations sent re porters to the scene to assist in publicizing the need of searchers and food two planes went aloft and more dogs were brought in to assist late in the day const jerry rerryberry a motorcyclist of ficer with milton opp found a blue running shoe on high way 25 near 17 sidcroad in esquesing township 20 miles north of the village of kil bride mrs schuett said it was her daughters but police could not be certain as it was a common type of shoe worn by many children neverthe less at that point it was the oaly substantial clue to her whereabouts pomca froan many municipal and opp detachments joined the search on friday several more clues were turned up but none proved as significant as the shoe at speyside while classes continued at the sdhool the school grounds wise converted into an emer- odncy centre complete with fand services radio communi cations centre maps and a st john ambulance station while children frolicked on the play ground at recess time they surrounded by police acton volunteers tuesday evening an appeal was broadcast asking local gar age operators or farmers who might have an information on towing a damaged car to re port to burlington police apparently oil slicks and scrapvmarks and two sets of tire tracks indicate a car was towed from a spot on no 17 sidcroad near no 25 highway just a half mile from where a running shoe identified as the missing girls was found a small foreignmade car was there thursday afternoon it is believed that car had a brok en oil pan with the discovery of this clue the search was directed toward the speysidc area again wednesday morning with po lice cruisers assembled to bring officers to direct the days plans all r4 renault station wag ons in the province will be checked out by police acton boy scouts and young people belonging to project ac tion assisted in the search on saturday and sunday they combed assigned areas of the countryside near speyside some of them in swamps with water as high as their hips they were given lunch bv oth er volunteers gordon clow used his two- way radio equipped truck to assist the searchers army and militia personnel searched as far north as the acton area on sunday searchers horses dogs and hel icopters meanwhile farmers firemen factory workers boy scouts postmen scuba divers and women flocked to the area they ranged in age from teenagers to grandmothers the wanted man police artists after talking to witnesses who say they saw marianne schuett of kilbride get into a mans car thursday provided this drawing of the suspect he and the girl have been the object of a countywide search and a provincewide alert by saturday it was turning out to be the provinces larg est manhunt but after over 5000 men and women had combed over 500 square miles of fields swamps gullevs and roadsides in both the kilbride and speyside areas there was still no trace of the girl at one point early in the day pol ice were appealing on tv and radio stations for more volun teers and searchers but before the day ended they were plead ing with people to stop coming and stop sending food the volunteers had far ui passed the need i police were flooded with new clues as the day wore on one man turned up the license number of the wanted car with an ouiia board which was checked out and proved a false tip a woman reported a vision of a girl in a nearby lake and scuba dners search ed the waters for hours with out turning up a clue sightings of the car and the wanted suspect came in a flood and each one was meti culously checked out by the police without anv success sunday the svarih resumed and official guest imaies of the crowd ranged above the 10000 figure organizers were swamped again with food and coffee as commercial firms anc bakeries despatched truck- loads of refreshmvnts to feed the horde the oiunteers jjiuded bv police from a anetv of area detachments method callv checked concessions and back roads throughout halton and neighboring counties in hopes of finding the missing girl the response was so over whelming police were forced to call a halt to the mass search by volunteers on the monday that day instead po lice e m o volunteers and se lected citizens made more thorough searches of several areas response to the weekend search was overwhelming bur lington police said women of the community served hot meals in the church basement the salvation army sent in a crew of workers to help feed i the hungry and estimateswent as high as 80000 sandwiches the women prepared while the men scoured the district for traces of the girl hundreds of gallons of coffee and milk were consumed school buses taxi- armv trucks and private trucks were quickly volunteered bv many to transport the searchers to the areas under police guid ance one army truck carry ing 40 volunteers rolled over and one teenager was serious ly injured while another 11 were treated at hospital and released some police forces cancell ed all leaves and placed their men and cars at the disposal of the search organizers num erous known sex offenders throughout this part of on tario were questioned by po lice when police issued the sketch of the wanted man sun day district police stations were flooded with calls from people who thought they had seen the suspect one officer at milton opp who received three telephone clues within 10 minutes on monday said we are checking every clue thoroughly we may make 99 investigations for nothing but the looth one might prove to be a help as of tuesday the rewards had climbed to 5500 the at torneygenerals department put up 2000 burlington board of education 1000 burlington council 1000 the hamilton spectator 1000 and- local 707 uaw at ford a fur ther 500 hopes of finding the little girl alive and safe have dim inished each hour since her disappearance police said the abductor probably wont strike again in this area but parents are warned to remind their children it is dangerous to talk to strangers or accept rides with anyone a burlington police safety officer had given a lecture at kilbride school less than two weeks before the incident and one of the points he stressed to children including mari anne was that they should not get into cars with strang ers from the parents and neigh bors descriptions of how tim- churchill presentation for newly weds held at hall by mrs r f mcarthur friends and relatives of mis vicinity are sorry to hear mr bill thompson of acton is in guelph general hospital un dergoing surgery a very pleasant evenipg in spite of the fog and rain was enjoyed by a large number of friends at ballinafad commun ity hall on friday evening april 21 in honor of the recent marriage of mr and mrs bill smith dancing was enjoyed to music of mcdougalls or chestra they were presented with a beautiful dinette suite for which both expressed their thanks lunch was served by those in charge to conclude a nice evening mr and mrs bob kerr were at kemptville and attended the wedding on saturday ap ril 29 of miss barbara vander daart of kemptville to mr barton mclean of naparree on their return home they stopped in at hampton to visit mr and mrs john knox and brought pats brother ken knox assistant agricultural representative of oxford coun ty home with them for a visit mr and mrs charles binnie attended a dinner at the home of mr and mrs william may nard in brampton on sunday in honor of mr and mrs cecil best of peterborough who were celebrating their 25th id marianne was with strang ers police advanced the theory she might have known the man believed to have offered 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