SURPRISE VALLEY RECORD - CEDARVILLE, MODOC COUNTY, CAL.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1934
Irma Cummins TO GRADUATE FROM MILLS COLLEGE
Miss Irma E. Cummins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Cummins, of Cedarville,
will be one of the Mills College Seniors to receive a Bachelor of Arts
degree on graduation day at Mills (last Monday). The commencement exercises
for about seventy seniors, of which Miss Cummins is partaking, will be held
in the Greek theatre at Mills College on Monday, June 11th, at 10:30 a. m.
Miss Cummins attended the elementary school at Cedarville and graduated from
the Surprise Valley Union High School in June 1930. She, being of the upper
five per cent of the graduating class, was accepted as one of the
recommended freshmen for Mills College in the fall of 1930.
In one year at Mills College, she proved to be an able student, one who took
part in all activities from the Freshmen Folk Follies to the Christmas
miracle play and one who especially showed skill and aptitude for all
sports. During her freshman year, she was a member of the hockey,
basketball, and baseball teams and was elected to the All-Star Basketball
team.
During the other three years, Miss Cummins has continued her sport
activities and been a member of the Music Club, the Spanish Club and the
Athletic Association. Not only has she gone out for athletics, but also for
dramatics for she has taken minor parts in college productions and has had
experience on the technical staff of plays.
Miss Cummins has majored in Education and Music with minors in History and
Spanish and has completed one year of supervised practice teaching in the
Oakland Schools in addition to her academic work. Her success as a student
teacher is assured, for she is being passed with distinction by the mills
College education department and will receive a general elementary teaching
credential with her B. A. Degree.
As recognition of her scholarship, Miss Cummins has received three student
awards while in college, thus enabling her, financially, to complete her
four years at the finest woman’s college in the West.
The RECORD, along with a host of interested friends, extends heartiest
congratulations to Miss Cummins upon her fine achievements. We understand
she will make a tour of Europe this year and further pursue her study in
music.
BREEZY NEWS NOTES FROM ALTURAS
Mr. and Mrs. William Gaddy, of Taft, Cal., arrived in Alturas Saturday to
visit for a couple of weeks with Mrs. Gaddy’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. T.
Ballard.
William Morrison, of Chico, Cal., arrived in Alturas Thursday to get his
wife, Mrs. Morrison and daughter, Katherine, have been visiting relatives
here for the past ten-days.
Mrs. Minnie Heard of Lake City returned to her home Saturday after spending
the week in Alturas, attending the Board of Education meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ballard made a trip to Medford, Oregon, Saturday
returning home Sunday.
Born in Alturas, Cal., June 9, 1934, to Mrs. Perry Essex an 8-pound
daughter – Sharion Rae Essex. Mother and daughter are doing nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Cook of Eagleville, were business visitors here Saturday;
they were accompanied by Mrs. Cook’s mother, Mrs. Guill.
Mrs. Quimby of Lake City was brought to the General Hospital Sunday for
treatment.
Mrs. Jack Layton of Susanville, Cal., is visiting with her sister, Mrs.
Hazzie Spicer and Mrs. Leon Estes, of this place.
LOCAL COUPLE MARRY AT Reno FRIDAY
Coming as a general surprise to their many friends in Cedarville and
Surprise Valley is the marriage of Albert E. Tandy, agriculture teacher of
the S. V. Union High School and Miss Ellen Bailey, who has had charge of the
Telephone Companies business in Cedarville for a number of years.
Leaving Alturas at noon Friday, June 9th, the happy couple journeyed to Reno
and arrived there about 4:20 and were married that evening. We are informed
they will motor to the Southern part of the State for a honeymoon trip.
Their many friends extend congratulations and best wishes to the newly weds
and may they live long and prosper.
NEWSY NEW PINE CREEK NOTES
Miss Emmie fisher had a bad auto wreck between here and Lakeview last
Saturday, which happened neat the Thuston place. A tire blew out, throwing
the car out of the road, the car turned over, breaking Miss Fisher’s arm and
otherwise badly bruising her about the body. Miss Fisher was taken to a
Lakeview hospital and is under Dr. Leithead’s care.
Mrs. Ona Wallace and her daughter, Miss Roma, went by auto to Bly last
Sunday; they went to get Mrs. Wallace’s son, Dale, who has been visiting in
that city for a week. They returned on Monday evening.
Mrs. Elsie Green left recently for Oakland, Cal., where she will be under
the care of an ear specialist.
When a telegram was sent to Albert Keller notifying him of the death of his
brother, Edward E. Keller, recently, a service was received on the telegram
stating that he had passed away about a month ago. Later another service on
the telegram was received stating that the first service was false and from
Earl Butler the writer learned that word was received that he had died
again; and later learned from a relative that he was headed south and
intended to pay New Pine Creek his usual visit this summer. So we ate
anxiously awaiting the arrival of our good friend so he can tell us why
Seattle had him dead on two occasions.
FIVE MURDERED AT Susanville MONDAY
Susanville, Cal., June 11, - A family feud claimed the lives of five
Susanville residents last night.
The dead are Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fezio, their son and daughter, Sadie and John
Fezio, 22 and 26, respectively, and Mrs. Anna Aminiani, 42.
The alleged murderer was Caesar allozi, a mill hand.
The trouble started last night when Allozi went to the Fezio home. He
stabbed Fezio to death in the bathtub, stabbed Mrs. Fezio to death in the
hallway. John Fezio also met his death there.
Mrs. Amistani and Sadie Fezio jumped into an automobile and started up the
highway. Allozi jumped in another and followed them. He caught up to the car
in which the women were fleeing, jumped into the machine and stabbed to
death Mrs. Aminiani, who was driving. The Fezio girl jumped out of the
automobile and started to run up the highway. He caught up with her and
stabbed her to death also.
A posse, headed by Sheriff Leavitt, apprehended the man and he is in the
Lassen County jail.
The only reason advanced by Allozi for the multiple murders was that it was
just an old family feud, which had been brewing for about three years.
"I decided to end it all last night," said Allozi this morning.
Both Fezio and Allozi were mill hands.
Susanville is aghast at the multiple murders. (1:5)
MODOC MOUNDS ARE MYSTERIES
RANGER DISCOVERS ROCK HEAPS THAT MAY DENOTE GRAVES OF IMMIGRANTS
Last fall while riding around on his daily duties Forest Ranger Alvin L.
Parker, in charge of the north Warners’ District of the Modoc national
Forest discovered a number of peculiar rock mounds in Fandango Valley east
of Willow Ranch. Later investigation showed that there were almost 100 of
these mounds placed in irregular rows. No accurate guess can be made as to
their identity but much local curiosity was aroused because of the fact a
large emigrant train was massacred nearby during the middle ‘50’s. Later, a
forest service employee picked up a fragment of a skull close to where the
rock mounds are located.
VALLEY IS HISTORICAL
Fandango valley is replete with early western history. Now covered with
abandoned farmsteads fast falling to ruin it was once a well-watered valley
with pine timber coming to the edge of the meadows and bottomlands. It was
first mentioned by Lindsay Applegate, who with a party of eleven men in 1846
blazed the trail later known as the Applegate Trail or South Route from
Williamette Valley to the Humboldt River, Applegate’s party, not long from
the eastern states themselves, were made homesick by the clusters of
mountain mahogany, which he afterwards stated reminded them of the apple
orchards back home.
EMIGRANTS WERE MASSACRED
The exact year is unknown but sometime in the middle ‘50’s a large emigrant
party, following the Applegate trail but ignorant of their exact whereabouts
broke over the summit of the Warner Mountains to a view of Goose Lake, then
a large body of water, gleaming in the sunshine. The sight so impressed them
after the long trek through the Nevada deserts, many of them believing they
had reached their journey’s end, that they hastily made camp and staged a
dance or fandango by way of celebration.
While the festivity was at its height, a band of Indians, which had been
hanging on the trail of the emigrants for days, burst in on the party and
killed every member. The story developed years afterward from the burned
wagons and from the Indians themselves.
Within the last quarter of a century residents picked up parts of wagons and
pocketknives and found the remains of human skeletons.
INDIANS ARE ANNIHILATED
Fandango Valley was the scene of many later Indian fights but none so
disastrous as this one. Settlers and United States Cavalrymen, working
together, retaliated in 1866, when they fought a band of the same Indians
and practically annihilated them.
Moving of one of the rock mounds and digging in the soil beneath discloses
no disturbance of the earth beneath and not even the oldest settler in this
locality can give any clue as to their origin nor as to whether they were
the work of white man or red. They will probably remain one of the mysteries
of the old Emigrant Trail through this section.
FORT Bidwell HIGHLIGHTS
Mrs. Harry Schadler has been seriously ill at her home north of Bidwell. At
this writing she is somewhat improved.
A cousin of Fred Ash, Irene Stumblefield, is here from Medford, Oregon,
visiting at the Ash home.
Mrs. Ella Neasham is visiting at Eagleville this week, with her daughter,
Mrs. Charles Nolan.
Fred Stanley and wife and baby are here from Walnut Creek, visiting Mrs.
Grace Stanley of this place and Mrs. and Mrs. E. J. Sharp, of Long Valley.
Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Whitlock, who have been seriously ill at the Modoc General
hospital for several weeks since they were injured in an automobile crash,
which claimed the life of Joe Oard, are improving. Mrs. Whitlock is able to
walk.
Two marriage license applications were taken out in the courthouse Monday.
Wilbur nay of Davis Creek, Cal., and Luella Neasham, of Fort Bidwell were
one of the couples; Pete Anderson and Jean Thomas of the Peterson – Johnson
lumber company was the other couple.
NEWSY NOTES FROM LAKE CITY
Measles seem to have broken out in the Soldier Creek vicinity. We understand
the George Heard, Mervin Toney, M. Quimby and Mrs. Josephine Toney families
have them.
Mrs. Marlyn Quimby was rushed to the General Hospital at Alturas Sunday
night suffering with a severe case of peritonitis, we are informed.
LOCAL JOTS
Davie Grove, Sr., stampeded off the home range recently and journeyed to
Davis Creek, where he attended the meeting of the Davis Creek Farm Center.
At that place he met J. D. Webb, an old-time friend, whom he had expected.
~~~~~~
Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds
Modoc County, California
"The Last Frontier"
www.rh2o.com/modoc
---
Our outgoing mail is checked by avast! AntiVirus.
Avast! Is Free To Home Users.