SURPRISE VALLEY RECORD - CEDARVILLE, MODOC COUNTY, CAL
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3RD, 1934
FATHER ACCIDENTALLY SHOTS SON (Headline)
Last Sunday morning about 10 o’clock another tragedy of the woods happened
when Alden Weilmunster, his father, George Weilmunster and Miss Thelma
Greiner were hunting in Daniels Canyon, just south of Lake City. The three
were together and the father left Alden and Miss Greiner on the other side
of the canyon and went around the south side of the hill in the anticipation
to "jump" a buck. In the meantime, the young man and lady started down
toward the creek to get a drink of water. It was about this time that the
father came out on the point of the hill and thinking that the young couple
were on the brow of the north hillside, he happened to see the brush moving
and thinking perhaps there was a deer in the bottom of the canyon, fired his
gun into the brush with the idea of scaring it out into the open, never
realizing that his son was in that locality. The gun was not aimed at any
particular spot but fired at random into the brush. When a scream of agony
came from that spot, Mr. Weilmunster knew that the bullet had hit his son.
Alden was hit in the back with a soft nose 25-35 express bullet, it struck
the right shoulder blade, on a sloping angle and thence into the third rib,
which was splintered, the bullet then exploded and lead and copper jacket
scattered throughout the right side. Three of the largest fragments of the
bullet lodged in the backbone.
The father left immediately for Celia Daniel’s ranch house for help and Miss
Greiner remained with the stricken young man. Dr. Kennedy was quickly
summoned and the injured man was brought to Miss Daniels’ home, where he was
placed in a truck and taken to the Alturas Hospital. Late reports state that
his condition is very grave.
RAYMOND Jones AND MISS EDNA Leonard MARRIED AT Reno, Nevada
Miss Edna Leonard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Leonard residing near
Bieber, became the bride of Raymond Jones in a ceremony performed by the
Baptist minister at Alturas Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Robinson of Bieber were the other members of the wedding
party. The newly married couple departed on a two-week wedding trip to Lake
Almanor and other points of interest.
Mr. Jones is cheesemaker at the Bieber plant of the Mountain Valleys Dairy
Products, Inc. Before coming here last year, he was employed at Lake City by
the same concern. He is the son of Mrs. Jane Jones, who has been making her
home with his ___ at Alton Jack farmhouse a mile northeast of Bieber. The
bride is one of Big Valley’s popular young people and graduated from Bieber
High School in 1932. Bieber Gazette. (The groom is a Lake City boy and has
many friends here who extend congratulations and wish the young couple
happiness and prosperity).
FIVE – YEAR OLD DAUGHTER OF Mr. AND Mrs. Chester SPALDING SEVERELY BURNED
Audrey, five-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Spalding, of Gleason
Creek, is in the Alturas Hospital in a very critical condition. It seems
that the child was playing with matches and in some manner her clothes
caught fire and her arm and body was terribly burned before the dire could
be extinguished. The mother in her desperate efforts to put out the fire,
placed the little girl under the pump and pumped cold water on her to put
out the fire. The entire left side of her body and arm are painfully burned
and the physicians give but slight hope of her recovery.
FRANK ROUSE, 6 KILLED BY TEXACO TRUCK TUESDAY
Little Frank Rouse, of New Pine creek, is dead by being accidentally hit by
the Texaco Oil truck, which was driven by Russell Porterfield of Alturas. It
so happened that little Frank and his boy friend were playing with a toy
boat and running it thru a culvert, just this side of the State Line town.
It happened that his little pardoner was lying flat in the roadside looking
thru the culvert and Frank came up from the other side of the road, not
seeing the truck approaching. The driver turned out to avoid hitting Frankie’s
pardoner and Frankie not seeing the approaching truck ran into it, and it
knocked him a distance of some seven feet. The verdict of the coroner’s jury
and Frank Rouse met his death in a collision with a Texaco truck driven by
Russell Porterfield in an unavoidable accident, the driver being exonerated
of any blame. The truck was coming at the speed of twenty miles per hour,
when the accident occurred. An autopsy was performed on the little body last
night by Drs. At the Lakeview hospital. (1:6)
EAGLEVILLE SNAPS
Mrs. Lena Harkey Scott arrived from Eugene, Oregon for a short visit.
Fred Street and Warren Adams each got their buck in Tuledad Saturday and
went back Sunday to bring them in.
Clarence McCulley, youngest son of E. M. McCulley, was another lucky hunter
last week. He bagged a fine seven-point buck in Cottonwood canyon.
Born – in Eagleville, Cal., Sunday, Sept. 23, 1934, to Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Cambron, a girl – Erma May.
Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Sullivan, of Middletown and Mr. and Mrs. Orville Hughes
of Kelseyville and Miss Mary Atkinson of Lakeport, arrived here Monday
morning and will spend a short time visiting and hunting the elusive buck.
Albert Kennedy, with his son, Bernie and nephew, Jack Kennedy of Lower Lake,
arrived here last week to spend a week hunting and visiting with Dr. and
Mrs. m. R. Kennedy and family, of this place. Albert is a brother of Dr.
Kennedy.
LAKE CITY NOTES
Wes Polander, Curtis and Marvel Vernon have gone to Malin for the "spuds"
harvesting.
Aunt Jane Jones is with us again. Raymond annexing a wife, Aunt Jane lost
her job as housekeeper. Welcome home, Aunt Jane.
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Strief and sons visited with Mr. and Mrs. Claude Heard at
Standish last weekend.
Marion Carter visited with her cousin, Barbara Reichsteiner at Cedarville
the first of the week. Barbara came home with her and spent the balance of
the week visiting here.
W. N. Clark came over from Ashland Saturday after his household goods. Mr.
Clark is employed in a garage at that place and expects to make his home
there.
The George Greiner family moved to their home at Alturas last week. The
Greiner family, have been living in the Painter home the past year.
Mrs. Glen Ward and Mrs. Arthur Ward were Cedarville visitors Friday. Mrs.
Glen Ward was consulting Dr. Kennedy for a foot trouble.
While Judge Franklin was busy skinning his kill, a forked horn, Bill Steward
slipped up and tagged his deer for him. Have eyes in the back of your head
after this, Judge.
NEWSY NOTES FROM NEW PINE CREEK
Henry Campbell, who has held a foreman position in Klamath County, moved his
family to that section last Sunday. Mr. Campbell is one of our steady,
honest, reliable young men, who can hold a good job and we wish him the best
of success.
Joe Wallace and family were visitors here from Bly last Saturday. Their son,
Joe, Jr., had the misfortune of cutting one of his fingers badly with an ax;
Dr. Leithead of Lakeview, dressed the injury.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rutto were here _____ from Portland, Ore. Mr. Rutto is in
the Second hand Auto Business. Mrs. Rutto was formerly Miss Alace Amsden,
daughter of Dr. E. H. Amsden. The Dr. accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Rutto on
their return trip to Portland, where he expects to make his home in the
future. Dr. Amsden has practiced medicine here for many years and was very
successful and was known as the best physician throughout the country in
cases of cases of pneumonia. The writer joins his many friends here wishing
him happiness and success to his new location.
News reached New Pine Creek from Westwood, California, that a 9-pound baby
girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Carlson on September 24th. Mrs. Carlson
was formerly Miss Bonita Dick, who has numerous friends throughout this part
of the country. Grandpa Morris Dick has been stepping pretty high since
receiving the news and wears a broader smile then ever. Grandma was at the
Carlson home when the daughter was brought by the good Old Stork, but it is
useless to say she is happy. The writer joins the many friends here in
extending congratulations.
Mrs. Earl Rinehart, who has been quite ill during the past week is now
improving.
FORT BIDWELL HIGHLIGHTS
Mr. Fulton Heard is still very ill at his daughter’s home here in Bidwell.
His sickness has been caused by a fall from a chair.
Last Thursday, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hickerson and daughter Marjorie were
visiting their new niece and granddaughter, the baby girl born last week to
Mr. and Mrs. W. Cambron of Eagleville. Mrs. Cambron was formerly Jewell
Hickerson of Fort Bidwell.
Mrs. Emma Verling and daughter, Helen Morgan of Alturas were visiting
relatives in Bidwell Sunday.
Mr. Kirk Hilderbrandt fell while stepping off of the porch at his home last
Wednesday morning and broke his right hip. He is very ill and as he is 90
years old there is small hope for him ever walking again. All of his
children from different parts of the country have been called to his
bedside. He is one of the oldest War veterans in the county.
George Fawcett who was operated on for appendicitis at Alturas was brought
home last Tuesday. He is improving rapidly.
W. J. Sanford, rancher from Wheatland, was in Surprise Valley last week
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Al Cox, local theatre people. Sanford is Mrs. Cox’s
father.
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Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds
Modoc County, California
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