SURPRISE VALLEY RECORD – CEDARVILLE, MODOC COUNTY, CAL.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1929
PEARL MILTON SUICIDE
Pearl Milton, 44, of Malin, Oregon, committed suicide by strangling himself
in a ward at the Woodland Clinic Hospital early Monday.
The victims’ body, with a leather strap fixed about his neck, was found by a
nurse making early morning calls on the patients. Milton had been admitted
to the hospital March 17th and was suffering form an incurable disease.
Ethel Hotchkiss, a sister of Milton, lives at Cedarville. (1:1)
BOSTON – LEABART
Married at Waukegan, Illinois, March 16, 1929, Lester E. Boston to Miss
Louise Leabart. The bride wore a royal blue crepe dress and carried white
roses and lilies of the valley. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Leabart of Terre Haute, Indiana. The young couple will make their home at
Waukegan, Ill. Lester is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Boston of this
place and a graduate of the Surprise Valley High School and has many friends
here who wish the young couple unbounded happiness and prosperity.
L. E. Bunker and son, Herbert, were over from Alturas last weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Sharp were over from Alturas, visiting in Cedarville.
Harry Stephens was down from Fort Bidwell the first of the week attending to
business matters.
Mrs. Ollie Pennio is over from Alturas visiting her sister, Mrs. Rella
Larkins at the Hotel Surprise.
Mrs. William Stephens of Fort Bidwell was operated on for appendicitis at
the Wilson Hospital at Alturas Monday.
E. R. Boston, W. A. McCombs and Spot Wallace were at Alturas last week to
serve as jurors at the Ray Haney trial last weekend, but were excused.
Golden Prior of Chico and Mrs. Ella McCloud of Sacramento, are visiting old
time friends and acquaintances of Surprise Valley this week.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Walts have moved from the Simon Bennett house to the
Martin Espil house, where they will make their future home.
George Penland was poisoned last week with Drano and was a very sick man for
sometime, but at this writing, he is much improved.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ash of Fort Bidwell and Mr. F. E. Bush of this place made
a business trip to Alturas Monday.
Jeddy Brown, old time resident of Lake City, died at Klamath Falls, Oregon,
after an operation. His body was interred in the Lake City cemetery on
Thursday. (8:1)
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1929
LAKE CITY NEWS
We understand that Mr. Reed, who has been conducting a store and soft drink
establishment is about to sell out his business interests and go to Reno.
Mrs. I. C. Bachtel, of this place and Rev. Vinyard, of Cedarville, were
called to Pine Creek, Oregon, to see Mrs. Dan Funk, who was severely burned
by the explosion of gasoline last week. Mrs. Funk is improving.
Mrs. Charlie Hill is moving to the Lake City Hotel, which she leased for one
year with the privilege of buying. Mrs. Daniels is packing a few things she
kept to send to Oakland, where she expects to make her home with her
daughter, Lelia Hays. She has four daughters in the bay cities.
Mrs. W. N. Clark and Mrs. H. Hobbs left Wednesday for Ashland, where the
former will undergo an operation.
STEVENS IMPROVING
According to recent advises received from P. B. Gross, Auburn, Secretary
Placer County Chamber of Commerce, from Susanville, W. H. Stevens, founder
of the Fall River Meat Company, whose health has been in a precarious state
for the past five or six months, is now able to join his family at meals
once more and appears to be making slow but steady progress toward
recovery. – Tidings
Mrs. Dora Benner has been running a tractor and helping put in the crops on
her fathers’ ranch. Mr. Dyke broke his leg sometime ago and it will be a
couple of months before he will be able to attend to his farm work. Frank
Green and Mrs. Benner are going ahead with the work and will soon have the
crops in and fences repaired and all the spring work done.
William Rinehart and wife are in from Guano this week.
Mrs. Hallie Tierney is confined to her bed this week by illness.
Everett Woodruff was up from Eagleville the first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Harris made a visit to Lakeview the first of the week.
Roland McDonalds and Forest Paxton were over from Lakeview Sunday visiting
friends.
Mr. Kruse of Los Angeles but formerly of this place, is here visiting with
Arthur Stiner.
Arch Johnston and U. G. Leroy have rented the Wentzell Ranch three miles
south of town.
Mrs. Fred Strief returned from Los Angeles the first of the week where she
has been visiting.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McConnaughy, who have been at Lakeview for sometime
returned to their home at Fort Bidwell the first of the week.
Miss Anderson Teacher of the Surprise Valley School stole a march on their
many friends and were quietly married Saturday, March 30th, to Ethelbert
Harris, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Harris. Both are popular young
people and are well known in the valley.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1929
JOE PARMAN PASSES
William Joseph Parman, son of Henry and Martha Parman, was born in Gentry
County, Missouri, October 31, 1853. Died at the home of Harold Parman, near
Lake City, April 17, 1929. Aged 75 years, 5 months and 17 days.
He with his parents, left Missouri in the spring of 1857, bound for
California. His mother died on the plains of Nebraska during the journey.
His father, with the family, continued on the journey to California reaching
here in the fall of 1857 and spent the first winter near what is now the
town of Redding. In the spring of 1858, they moved to Grand Island, Yolo
County, residing there until the fall of 1872, when they came to Surprise
Valley, where he has made his home most of the time since.
He leaves to mourn his sudden departure, one brother, Jesse Parman of
Eagleville, Calif., one sister, Mrs. R. J. Gesner of Chico, Calif., one half
brother, George R. Parman of Reno, Nevada, two half sisters, Mrs. F. A.
Pryor of Oroville, Calif., and Mrs. Nettie DeForest of Cedarville, Calif.
Also, many nephews and nieces and a host of friends.
He had been an honored member of Surprise Valley Lodge, No. 235, F. A. & A.
M. for many years and his funeral was held under the auspices of that order
last Saturday at Eagleville. (4:4)
Mrs. Fannie Bowers is seriously ill with pleurisy this week.
Oletta McGinnis of Long Valley was in town Saturday.
Clifton Slinkard and wife are visitors at the A. N. Slinkard home, from
Quincy, Calif.
Born – April 17th, 1929 at the Heryford ranch, five miles south of town to
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Heryford, a daughter.
George Parman came up from Reno this week to attend the funeral of his
brother, Joe Parman, who was buried at Eagleville Sunday.
Mrs. Ethel McCoy and Mr. and Mrs. Harris of Salem, Oregon were here to
attend the funeral of Virgil Miller last week. Mrs. McCoy was accompanied on
her return home by her daughter, Mrs. Virgil Miller and baby.
Virgil Allen Miller was born April 26, 1893 and passed away at the home of
his mother, Mrs. Fred Hill, in Cedarville, April 13, 1929, aged 35 years, 11
months and 18 days.
He was married to Miss Veda McCoy of Salem, Oregon. He leaves his wife and
baby, his mother, two brothers and two sisters to mourn his death.
His death was caused by intestinal flu, after an illness of nine days. He
was foreman of the M. C. Ranch in Warner Valley for the past few years. Many
friends regret his death and sympathize with the bereaved family. (8:4)
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Felger and daughter, Mrs. Thomas Wilson were in
Cedarville Tuesday transacting business with our local merchants.
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Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds
Modoc County, California
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