NO PAPER IN MICROFILM FOR APRIL 18, 1933
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1933
RETURNS HOME AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS’ ABSENCE
Mrs. Florence Mullins is home again after spending the winter with her
daughter, Miss Mary, who is teaching school in Alturas. Mrs. Mullins
recently returned from San Francisco, where she had been undergoing
treatment, having lost the sight of one of her eyes, she is improving and
the sight has been restored.
LIKELY INDIAN WOMAN IS STABBED
In an Indian celebration at Likely last Tuesday evening, honoring the memory
of four Chieftains, who had passed to the happy hunting grounds during the
early days. Harold Montgomery became overly intoxicated and became enraged
on account of his wife refusing to dance with home. On going home sometime
later the quarrel was renewed and Montgomery took a hunting knife and
stabbed his wife twice in the back and once above the eye, inflicting
serious wounds but she will recover.
Tom Coffman, Likely deputy, arrested Montgomery and brought him to Alturas,
where he was lodged in jail. His hearing came up last Thursday and he plead
guilty to the charge of assault with a deadly weapon and he was sentenced to
a term in San Quentin from one to ten years.
NEW CITIZENS ARRIVE
A baby daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Russell Taylor in Reno on April the
22nd, 1933. Both the parents of the new arrival are well known in Surprise,
but for the past year have resided in Gerlach, Nevada.
Born at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wheeler in Cedarville, California,
April the 23rd, 1933, to Mrs. Eunice Hunt, a son. Mother and babe are
reported doing well.
APPOINTED CARETAKER OF CEDARVILLE CEMETERY
Claude Mulkey has recently been appointed caretaker of the Cedarville
cemetery. He succeeds Walker G. Robinson, who served in that capacity for a
number of years and up till the time of his death last fall.
MODOC FARMER IS KILLED UNDER DISCS OF PLOW
Mark A. Livington, bachelor farmer of the extreme northwest corner of Modoc
County suffered a horrible death several days ago, when his team he was
driving on a disc harrow ran away precipitating him beneath the discs of the
machine. Livington was alone at the time and his body was found by
neighbors. Coroner J. F. Kerr and physicians who examined the body believe
that death came almost instantly.
The deceased was in the neighborhood of 55 years of age and leaves a mother
and brother in Roseburg, Oregon, his remains being shipped from here to that
place. He had lived in Modoc County for several years. (2:2)
Born at St. Helena Sanitarium, April 8th, 1933 to Mr. and Mrs. A. Meyer (nee
Charlotte Crampton) a 7 pound 7 pound baby, Ila Laurence
Nick Tisserand, who has been in Westwood, Cal., Gardnerville, Nevada, and
other parts during the winter returned to his old "stamping ground", in
Cedarville last Saturday, where he will again take up his position of oaring
to locals.
Harold Miller, Hazel Lessig and Mary Lopez of Westwood were in Cedarville
over the weekend and visiting with friends and relatives here.
LAKE CITY NEWS
Miss Winola Steward is improving slowly. She has been a very sick girl and
for a time grave doubts were held for her recovery.
Harold Parman was operated upon for appendicitis at Alturas last Wednesday
night. Dr. Kennedy was the attending physician.
We’ve heard some chicken in our time, now here’s one we would like to see
bested:
Mrs. C. A. Ward set a hen with fourteen eggs, a few days later she went out,
found the hen with fourteen eggs and two little chickens. Solve the mystery.
Mrs. Geraldine Ballard has been visiting with her sister, Mrs. M. M. Quirk
and family.
Messrs. George Heard and Harry Toney returned from Oakland last Thursday,
where the latter has been taking radium treatments for cancer.
EAGLEVILLE NOTES
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Cook, Elmer Cook, and Mrs. Guill were at Massacre Lake on
a still hunt for arrowheads a week ago Sunday. Elmer informs us that
discoveries totaled six. Lady Luck was evidently busy elsewhere.
E. B. Grove and family, who have resided in Alturas for the past few months,
moved to their old Eagleville home last Thursday.
Harold Miller, former resident of Surprise Valley, visited Eagleville the
past weekend with some relatives. They returned home Sunday to continue work
the following day. (From Westwood)
Russell (Shorty) Taylor, of Gerlach, is the proud father of a baby girl.
Mrs. Elmer Wurth, of Davis, arrived here first part of last week, where she
will spend a short vacation visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Hill, of this place.
Last week a truck and trailer, loaded with two hundred cases of eggs ran off
the road near Buntingville and scattered the load hither and yon over the
highway – scrambled eggs, we’d call it.
Delbert Fitzpatrick, of the Modoc County Times at Alturas, accompanied by
his young lady friend, were visitors in Cedarville last Sunday.
William Thompson and Carl Peterson, of Glenbrook, Conn., arrived here last
week, to visit for a time with relatives. Peterson left on his return trip
after a few days’ stay and Thompson will remain for a while and visit with
his uncle, Mr. Simon Bennett, of this place.
George Hammersley, Mrs. J. U. Gentry and sons, Lair and Layton and Miss
Peggy Heryford, of New Pine Creek, were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Heath Stanley Sunday.
Mr. Berry of the Commercial Loan Company at Lakeview was in Surprise Valley
Saturday attending to business matters.
L. A. Wheeler, John Hawkins and several others of the cat-fishing fans were
out on the banks of Pit River trying to land a mess of "cats". They report
fair luck.
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Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds
Modoc County, California
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