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Paul is using the tombstone project to gain his Eagle rank. Many thanks to Paul and his helpers for this much-needed effort.
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Nevada Tombstone Project Manager
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15TH, 1933
SULLIVAN RECEIVES INJURIES IN WRECK
Last Saturday evening, while returning to their home at Duck Lake Station,
"Sully" Sullivan and George Brooks had the misfortune of running against a
huge poplar tree just across the bridge south of Eagleville, in the Ford
Model "A" coupe they were driving.
Sullivan’s head was jammed through the windshield and he was badly
lacerated. He also received minor cuts on his right hand. Brooks was
uninjured. Sullivan was brought to Cedarville and was given treatment by Dr.
Kennedy. The car is reported to be damaged beyond repair.
MARRIAGE ANNULLED
The marriage of Mabel Kee and Glenn Kee, New Pine Creek residents, was
annulled yesterday in Alturas by Judge E. C. Bonner on the grounds that
Glenn Kee had not been divorced from his first wife.
LAKE CITY NEWS
Grandma Heard is very seriously ill again, at this writing.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Toney and small son and daughter and Emory Cole returned
last Monday from Long Beach, where all had been taking medical treatment.
All came home, much improved in health.
Last Saturday evening, about 40 self-invited guests surprised Mr. and Mrs.
Denver Shaddon and Mrs. Mollie Kistler at their home east of Lake City. The
occasion was a welcome extended to them by their friends here. Five hundred
was the entertainment of the evening and all report a pleasant time.
Thomas J. Wylie and mother, Mrs. Martha Wylie, made a trip to Alturas
yesterday morning, visiting Kester Wylie, attorney, who is quite ill with
influenza.
A telegram from Myrtle Hudspeth of Long Beach to her brother, A. R.
Allenwood of this place, stated that while they were shaken up considerably
in the recent earthquake, they were not harmed to any great extent.
Dorothy Slippey of Alturas spent the weekend with her cousin, Melba Roberts
of Surprise Valley.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gloster of Alturas were in Cedarville last Saturday,
visiting with Mrs. Gloster’s’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Cloud of this
place.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1933
FORT BIDWELL MAN IS MARRIED IN SAN FRANCISCO
Word has been received from San Francisco of the marriage of Carl F. Bucher,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bucher of Fort Bidwell, to Miss Montez Stout,
formerly of Oklahoma, but who for the past two years has been residing in
San Francisco. The young couple, expect to make their home in the city. The
bridegroom has been employed in the Shell Oil office for six years in San
Francisco and is widely known throughout Surprise Valley.
E. J. Fee, Fort Bidwell rancher, was the victim of a broken jaw Monday, when
the saddle horse, which he was riding fell with him. He was taken to Dr.
Jewett, at the Fort Bidwell Hospital to receive medical treatment.
SUDDEN PASSING OF A PIONEER WOMAN
Mrs. C. A. Higgins, one of our oldest pioneer women, passed away at her home
above Round Valley.
She had been quite sick for sometime; in fact, since the first of the year,
but her death came suddenly, like the blowing out of a candle.
She had made her home on the ranch above Round Valley, raising her family
and administering to the needs of her neighbors for nearly 50 years in true
pioneer style.
She was aged 78 years, 10 months and 10 days at the time of her death. She
leaves to mourn her passing three daughters and one son – Mrs. Gutzman, Etta
Hudspeth, Jessie Lamont and Curtis Higgins, Jr. – and also a number of
grandchildren and great grandchildren.
She was buried Saturday in the Adin Cemetery. (3:3)
Mr. and Mrs. Crooks, of Alturas departed for the south last Saturday, where
they will make their home. Mr. Crooks was formerly connected with the
Vannice chain store in Alturas.
Mrs. Joshua Strief and daughter, Mrs. Paul Anderson, and son, Fred Strief,
were visitors at the county seat last Friday afternon. Mrs. Strief was there
to consult a physician.
LAKE CITY NEWS
Grandma Heard is reported somewhat improved this week.
Horace Hobbs was quite sick last week but is reported convalescing.
Mrs. Joshua Strief was taken to Alturas last Friday to consult a physician.
Mrs. Strief has been ill most of the winter and it was thought advisable to
consult another physician.
Mr. and Mrs. George Heard and daughter, Maxine and son Kennon were Alturas
visitors Saturday. Mrs. Heard was attending a Board of Education meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Muzzy and daughter, Lois were Alturas visitors Saturday.
Mrs. Muzzy and Lois were having dental work done at Dr. Auble’s office.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Ward and daughter, Betty were Cedarville visitors
Saturday. Betty was having dental work done. Ray Ward came home with them
and spent his weekend vacation.
Mr. Cunningham of Eagleville was operated on at the Alturas Hospital last
Saturday.
Mrs. Grace Beebe and son, Vance, were business visitors in Alturas last
Thursday afternoon.
Don Leaventon of Lookout was in Alturas having dental work done last
Wednesday.
Dean Wilson of Eagleville was in Alturas last Sunday, visiting with his
brother, Dr. G. N. Wilson, of that place.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Watson and Mr. and Mrs. Dave Reed of Alturas were
visitors in the valley last Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Leon T. Smith returned last week from Woodland, where she underwent
medical treatment at the Woodland Clinic.
Mrs. Carrie Woods returned last Monday from Winters, where she has spent the
past four months visiting with Mrs. Sallie Turner of that place.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1933
The CHATTER BOX
No, sir, you folks can’t beat Jesse Strotts to the draw, for just after
hearing it announced over the radio that it was lawful to promote the
general advertising of the new three point two beer, I happened to drop in
and sure enough there was a sign already up advertising beer.
And several of the pinochle fans are wondering just how in the devil Jesse
is going to play cards and tend to the bar on and after April 7th. As it is
now, they say (that is, when he is busy playing cards) he says to just go
and help yourself. Wonder if he’ll do the same when he gets his three point
two on tap.
Yep; Lloyd Tripp is still busy. This time on the end of an axe handle and
say, Lloyd, don’t you know that that is a woman’s weapon and if you don’t
leave it alone, you might cut yourself. Nevertheless, Lloyd and Walt ____
are vying for honors as to who or which of the two will get their flower
gardens in first.
HIGH WINDS TIPS CAR OVER
While driving in his Cadillac sedan last Saturday, Arthur Flournoy, Likely
rancher, had the misfortune of turning over. On rounding a curve the car
appeared to skid and while skidding the strong gale which was blowing is
blamed for the car tipping over. No one was injured and little damage was
done to the car.
COMMITTED TO STATE HOSPITAL
Pat Kelly, 83, itinerant, appeared before Superior Judge F. M. Jamison last
Monday morning, to be examined for insanity. Being found insane, he was
committed to the State Hospital in Stockton. Ray Tierney left with Kelly
later in the day for the Stockton Institution.
YRIBBAREN AND LLOYD AUTOS IN STREET CRASH
An automobile collision occurred late Saturday night on Second and Court
streets, in which Fortunet Anaut, driver of the Yribbarren car, was slightly
injured and a young lady, Miss Angelina Goni, was cut over the eye and on
one cheek. Three stitches were taken in Anaunt’s head wounds and the cuts
sustained by Miss Goni were serious enough to leave a scar. The other car
was driven by Walter Lloyd of Canby. No one with him was injured. It being a
stormy night, the drivers stated that neither saw the other and a collision
resulted. Both cars were considerably damaged.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hays of Cedar Pass were visitors in Cedarville last
Friday.
LAKE CITY NEWS
The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Steele was quite sick Monday
afternoon, due to taking several pills that she thought was candy.
Old Doc Stork flew over the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ethelbert Harris, leaving a
dear little baby girl.
Fern Steward is taking electric treatments at the Harry Toney home.
Grandma Heard and Horace Hobbs are both reported improving this week.
Mrs. C. V. Muzzy was called to the bedside of her mother, Mrs. S. M.
Williams, who is very low at the County Hospital, Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Hoyt of Alturas were in Cedarville last Friday. Hoyt is
acting as salesman for C. E. Ebbe of Alturas and is taking orders for the
new beer, which is to be on sale the morning of April 7th.
Born – At Cedarville, March 22, to Mr. and Mrs. Ethelbert Harris, a
daughter. Both mother and babe are reported doing well.
Mrs. Homer Beeson of Owl Creek district was in town last Friday visiting
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Cummins.
Mrs. Rhonda Stevens of Fort Bidwell was in Cedarville last Thursday visiting
with her mother, Mrs. George Sweeney, of this place.
Mrs. Jane Jones of Lake City received a letter from her daughter, Mrs. Eva
Luther, of Southgate, stating that although they were very much frightened,
her home and store were not damaged by the earthquake and also the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Adams was not damaged.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Boston left yesterday morning for Wadsworth, Nevada,
where Raymond has secured a position.
Mrs. Elmer Minto of Eagleville was in Cedarville last Friday visiting with
her sister, Mrs. Lloyd Tripp, of this place.
Guy W. Gooch is at Eagleville this week doing cabinet work for Mr. and Mrs.
D. H. Grove.
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Modoc County, California
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SURPRISE VALLEY RECORD – CEDARVILLE, MODOC COUNTY, CAL
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1933
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED RECENTLY
MISS MARGARET HILL AND Mr. PHILIP PETERSON TO WED
During a formal valentine dinner at Lambda Chapter of Phi Omega Pi, Monday
February 13th, Miss Margaret T. Hill of Cedarville announced her engagement
to Mr. Philip H. Peterson of Fort Bidwell. The Chapter house was decorated
with spring flowers and the mode of announcement was un keeping with the
occasion.
Miss Hill is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hill, a Junior at the
University of California at Berkeley and an officer of the Phi Omega Pi
sorority. Mr. Peterson is the son of Mrs. Sadie Peterson, of Fort Bidwell,
Cal.
No date has been set for the wedding.
GONE TO THE HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS
Old Annie (Indian woman) died at her camp west of town last Wednesday
morning. She was an old timer here and lived quietly alone, plying her
vocation, that of glove-making, at which she adept. Her funeral was held
Thursday afternoon at the Indian burial grounds, south of town. (1:2)
DOUBLE FUNERAL FOR LASSEN COUPLE
The double funeral of Willard P. Carrick and his wife, Mrs. Jessie Carrick,
of Susanville, was held at that place last Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Carrick died Sunday night and her husband died Monday morning, just
twelve hours apart, of pneumonia.
On Monday evening, Elmer Gerking, a brother of Mrs. Carrick, was taken to
the hospital with the same ailment and last Tuesday night the Carrick’s
oldest boy, 19, was taken to the hospital with pneumonia. (1:2)
EARLY HISTORY OF SURPRISE
In a recent issue of the RECORD under the caption of "Early Surprise Valley
Pioneer gives data on first teacher in Valley", Mr. Felix Allen recently
gave some history, which I as a pioneer, wish to correct or put Mr. Allen
straight as to the subject mentioned.
The first school taught in the Valley was by Miss Maria Ford in 1866 in a
one room of a double log house built by Jim Kellogg and Neal Powley on what
is still called the Powley place just north of the Paul Robinson ranch. In
the early summer of 1867 the school house at Lake City (Spoken of as logs
and poles) was built and Ebenezer Orn taught a short term in the fall of
that year and another short term the following spring. Then came Leonard
Coulter, who taught the first winter school. So far as I know, Mr. Allen is
correct in regard to the school at Goose Creek, except the date, which was
the summer of 1869, when the house was ready, Miss Sarah A. Dickenson,
better known as Mrs. Angeline Shartel, was engaged as teacher. However,
there were a number of schools in the valley before this one; Miss Susan
Buchanan taught an early school at Bidwell, she afterwards became Mrs. W. B.
Whittemore. At a spot, Gravelly Ford, not far south of the Mrs. Kate Street
place, a Mr. Rickey opened a school before Cedarville had one.
About the whipping of Bill Glenn; the soldiers were after three men. Glenn
Johnnie Cannon and I think the third one was Tom Lang; there had been
trouble between them over their gambling, a soldier or two had been shot in
Lake City and hearing of a dance to be held at Goose Creek, the soldiers
thought it a good chance to get even. Tom Lang did not attend the dance,
Bill Glenn had gone to Lake City for more whiskey, leaving Cannon the only
one in attendance. Some of the soldiers surrounded the building while others
entered – when Cannon saw the soldiers at the door, he jumped out of a
window, hearing the click of guns, he sprang back thru the window and hid in
the crowd. The soldiers ordered every one out of the house, single file,
thinking to catch him that way. Miss Maria Ford was quite a tall lady and
wore a long green cloth cloak. Cannon, being a small man, slipped under her
cloak and passed out without detection. He ran down into the lowlands near
the lake, reaching Lake City early in the morning, where friends hid him
till the trouble was over.
Bill Glenn did not fare so well, a group of soldiers met him in the road and
whipped him soundly; he too was cared for in Lake City until able to travel
when he left the valley.
Some two weeks later, Tom Lang disappeared over night and it was thought the
soldiers caught and whipped him to death, killed his horse and threw both
over the bluff at the foot of Neasham Hill, the lake at that time being full
of water.
Earlier than this, a man named Goff was hung to the cross bean of a wagon
gate that led to the brown ranch near Lake City. Some of the rope hung there
for years until worn out by the wind and the weather.
The man killed by Bill Powers was a stranger by the name of McManus and not
Hugh McManus, as stated by Mr. Allen. Hugh McManus was a resident of Fort
Bidwell for many years and was there gathered to his fathers.
The origin of the name of Cedarville has been questioned. In early days,
Main Street ran in front of the old log cabin in the Park; at the crossing
of the north fork of Cedar Creek stood a lone Cedar tree, a fine specimen
and the only one so low down in the valley and from that tree the name was
taken. A year or two later, a covered wagon was seen camped at the tree, the
next morning the wagon and the tree were both gone, the tree to supply fuel
and the vandals of the covered wagon to parts unknown. The fire charred
stump stood by the roadside for many years, a reminder of the willful
destruction of a thing of beauty and the pride of Cedarville.
Mark Fitzgerald was the first child born at the county seat of Modoc County,
then Dorris Bridge, October 28th, 1874.
Mrs. M. L. Fitzgerald
Pioneer of 1867
YOUTH PASSES THURSDAY AFTER ILLNESS OF SEVERAL WEEKS
OBSEQUIES OF BOYD HERREN HELD SUNDAY AFTERNOON
After an illness of but a few weeks, Ronald Boyd Herren (Herrin), 15-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Herren passed away at the Hotel Surprise on
February 24th, 1933. Being bedfast for only a very short time, his death
came as a shock to his many friends, as well as the entire community. His
funeral was held Sunday afternoon from the M. E. Church, Rev. Virgil A.
Vinyard conducted the services, assisted by the choir Directed by undertaker
Lloyd Tripp. Six of his boy friends acted as pallbearers and his remains
were tenderly laid to test in the Cedarville cemetery by the side of his
little brother, who passed away several years ago.
Ronald Boyd Herren was born at Cedarville, November 27th, 1917 and passed to
the Great Beyond February 24th, 1933, at the age of 15 years, 2 months and
27 days. He was a graduate of the elementary school and since that time has
taken an active part in the work on his fathers’ ranch in Nevada, where he
was stricken with the illness, which removed him from our midst.
He leaves to mourn his passing his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. L. L.
Herren, of Vya, Nevada; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Strotts, of
Cedarville; six aunts, a number of cousins and a host of friends. He was of
a lovable nature that invited friendships to which he was deeply loyal.
Although he is with us no longer, his memory will be cherished by all who
knew him. (1:6)
OBITUARY OF MRS W. L. SHIRK
Funeral services were held here last Saturday afternoon for Mrs. W. H.
Shirk, who passed away at her home in Berkeley last Tuesday evening. The
body was shipped via Klamath Falls and arrived here Saturday afternoon and
the funeral was held late that day. Several members of the Lakeview Eastern
Star Chapter were present at the funeral, despite the extremely cold weather
that day.
Her remains were laid to rest beside her husband, whose passing occurred in
Lakeview, in 1917. A number of old time friends from Lakeview were here to
attend the last rites, while many who could not come dispatched floral
tokens.
Mrs. Shirk, whose maiden name was Anna Crow, was born in Plumas County,
California, where she spent the early years of her life. She was married
December 26, 1881, to William H. Shirk and then the young couple secured a
large tract of land in Harney County, Oregon and engaged in the cattle
business. In 1900 they disposed of the stock interests and moved to Reno and
a little later to Lakeview. In 1905 Mr. Shirk with a number of Lakeview
businessmen, organized the First National Bank of Lakeview, which later
merged with the Commercial National Bank. After a number of years in the
banking business in which he gained a wide circle of friends. Mr. Shirk died
suddenly from a heart attack. After this sad loss Mrs. Shirk moved to
Berkeley to make her home.
A son and a daughter were born to Mr. and Mrs. Shirk, C. L. Shirk, popularly
known as Roy, is a resident of Oakland, California. The daughter, Hazel,
died at the age of sixteen months.
Mrs. Shirk was active in fraternal and religious organizations in the
community in which she made her home. She leaves relatives and a host of
warm friends who deeply regret her death. (1:6)
MODOC STOCKMAN NEARS EIGHTY-SIXTH BIRTHDAY
Likely, Cal., February 29 – Many changes in northeastern California have
been witnessed by John D. Flournoy, who celebrated his eighty-sixth birthday
last Saturday, since he settled here with his young bride n 1871.
During the years Flournoy has not only built up a large fortune in lands and
cattle, but has found time to serve his community in many ways as well.
Flournoy is living in Alturas the winter with his helpmate, who has shared
his joys and sorrows for almost fifty-five years. Mrs. Flournoy herself was
the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Jackson, of Contra Costa County, who were
among the earliest pioneers of California.
Flournoy, as a lad of 17 in 1864, rode all the way on horseback from
Missouri to Southern Oregon, driving a large band of cattle.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1933
Mrs. Bud Lewis is caring for mother, Mrs. Bob Young, who is slowly improving
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Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds
Modoc County, California
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