SURPRISE VALLEY RECORD, CEDARVILLE, MODOC COUNTY, CA
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1936
MANY ACCIDENTS OCCUR OVER THE WEEKEND HERE
An Indian woman was killed Sunday afternoon, while on her to the Surprise
Valley Fair.
Daisy Steele of Alturas was instantly killed when the car in which she was
riding blew a tire and left the road coming down the mountain a short way
this side of the summit.
All the occupants of the machine were thrown out in its mad rush down the
hill and Wes Steel, husband of Daisy and driver of the car, was badly
injured. Two other Indians were also hurt.
Jimmy Thomas and Jimmy Yates of Maxwell and Clarence Smith of St. Paul were
injured when their machine overturned on the grade Saturday night. Thomas
has a broken collarbone and the others, cuts and bruises.
At the Cedarville Fair, Jesse Russell sustained a broken arm when he was
bucked from a horse.
Virginia Hemm of Alturas, received a broken leg when the horse she was
riding in the parade dislodged her and John Justis of the Alturas
Plaindealer staff sustained a slight concussion when he was try to chin
himself on a board at one of the concessions here. The board broke casing
the boy to fall on the back of his neck. The injury is not considered
serious, but he will have to remain in bed for several days.
Daisy Steele the Indian woman, killed Sunday was buried Tuesday in Alturas.
She was well known in and around Alturas and had resided there for many
years. (1:1)
McCOMBS – WEILMUNSTER
Thelma McCombs, daughter of George Greiner and Aldon Weilmunster, of Lake
City were married Monday evening at the church in Cedarville by the Rev.
Virgil Vinyard, Shirley Wilson was brides maid and Bruce Steward was best
man. The bridegroom is the only son of George Weilmunster.
Those attending were Rudy, Cecil, George and Nolan Greiner, Mr. and Mrs.
George Weilmunster, Maretta Weilmunster and Miss Vilate Taylor.
Mrs. Marie Henderson, nee Espil, suffered from burns to her face when
attempting to open a can of heated tamales; in opening the cane the contents
flew into her face.
John Bacon, who was seriously injured in an auto wreck last week is
improving rapidly.
YOUNG WOMAN SUFFERS BROKEN LEG IN RUNAWAY
Miss Virginia Hemm, high school girl of Alturas, had her leg broken Sunday
at Cedarville when a horse, from which she had just started to dismount
became frightened when a firecracker was set off nearby. The accident
happened on the Main Street when she was riding with Miss Eva Henderson of
Fort Bidwell.
The hors ran across the street and dashed between a pump and a tree,
brushing the girl, who was clinging to the saddle, off and throwing her
against the tree. The young girl was given first aid by Dr. Waldo Pate and
was then brought to the general hospital in Alturas, where she is reported
as getting along nicely. She the daughter of Mr. Hemm postal clerk in the
Alturas post office.
WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK DIES FOLLOWING EXTENDED ILLNESS
William Kirkpatrick, old time employee of the N. C. O. and later of the
Southern Pacific died at the general hospital here today. He had been ill at
the hospital for about three months suffering from a complication of kidney
and heart ailment. He was 69 years of age.
He only known relative is a nephew Oasis Kirkpatrick of Lake Valley, Oregon.
Came down today.
NEWS NOTES FROM NEW PINE CREEK
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ernst returned to their new home in Crockett, California,
the last weekend after a visit in this section for a few days. Mr. and Mrs.
Ernst have many warm friends in this section, who wish them the very best of
luck in their new location.
LAKE CITY ITEMS
Mr. and Mrs. Bide Steward have announced the engagement of their elder
daughter, Miss Winola to Mr. George Gens. The wedding will take place at the
First Baptist Church of Lake City, September 6th, at 8:30 p. m.
Miss Winola is a recent graduate of the Surprise Valley High School and has
spent most of her life at Lake City. She is a dear, sweet doll and very
popular with the younger set. Mr. Gens came here from Oakland over a year
ago, is unknown to the writer, but as Winola has seen fit to choose him as a
life’s partner, we know he is a splendid young man. May they have a life
time of love, joy and happiness.
Miss Winola Steward will be the guest of honor at a shower at the George
Heard residence next Friday, September 4th.
Mrs. C. V. Muzzy and daughter, Miss Lois, spent last week at Davis Creek and
Buck Creek visiting with Mrs. Muzzy’s sisters, Mrs. M. S. Renner and Mrs.
John Davis, Jr.
Rumor has it that Alden Weilmunster and Mrs. Thelma McCombs were married a
Cedarville by Rev. V. A. Vinyard Monday evening, August 31.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hudspeth were visiting at the O. P. Robinson home last
week. Mr. Hudspeth is an uncle of Mrs. Robinson.
Mrs. Glen Coughran is reported ill this week.
Harold Steward has been quite sick for the past few weeks.
VALLET TEACHER BECOMS BRIDE
The announcement of the wedding of Miss Carmen Fay Dieguez, formerly teacher
of Pioneer School in this Valley, came as a surprise to their many friends.
On August 29th, at little Monterey Mission, the scene of many early
California weddings, became the setting of this quiet wedding.
The bride was given away in marriage by her uncle, Dr. Riley; only relatives
of the couple attended the ceremony.
The bride is a graduate of San Francisco Teachers College and she also
studied a year at George Washington University.
Mr. Alfred Bowman, the groom, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bowman,
prominent lumberman of Berkeley. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree
in Engineering from College of Engineering in Oakland and served in the
capacity of engineer in the Federal Radio Commission at Washington, D. C.,
during the republican Administration. Mr. Bowman is now manager of the
Bowman Building Supply in San Francisco. He is a member of the Delta Epsilon
Fraternity.
The couple will spend their honeymoon at Del Monte and Carmel. Mr. and Mrs.
Bowman will then return to San Francisco where they will make their home.
Mrs. Bertha Robinson and son, Paul left for San Francisco Thursday. Paul
will enter a hospital for a minor operation.
LOCAL ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL
Born, September 2, 1936, in Alturas, California to Mr. and Mrs. Hilyard
Powers, a daughter.
Born at the Modoc Mineral Wells near Cedarville on August 31, 1936 to Mr.
and Mrs. "Turk" Kafader of fort Bidwell, a son.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Streif of Concord spent last weekend in Surprise Valley
visiting with friends and incidentally taking in the fair.
Mr. and Mrs. Kafader of Fort Bidwell are the proud parents of a baby boy
born Sunday night at the Bennett Hot Springs.
ROBERT NELSON PIONEER MINER OF ADIN DIES
Robert Nelson, aged 69 years, a pioneer resident of Adin and brother of Mrs.
Margaret Harper of Adin, died at the general hospital here August 29, the
same day he was brought here by his nephew, George Harper of Adin, to
receive treatment. Mr. Nelson was a native of Arkansas and a miner by
profession.
Funeral services were held at Adin Sunday at 2 p. m. Rev. Monosmith being in
charge. (4:5)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1936
MODOC CAPTURES HONEY AWARD
Modoc County won the sweepstakes award in the honey competition at the State
Fair, with Butte, Orange and Sutter counties.
The Modoc grower most responsible for the prize honey was Mrs. C. G. Van
Ness of Cedarville.
ORLEAN VAN LOAN IS MARRIED IN RENO
Friends of Orlean Van Loan of Likely received word this week that she was
married in Reno last Thursday to Ralph Ganyon of Susanville.
The ceremony occurred on the 31st wedding anniversary of the bride’s
parents.
The young couple will reside in Susanville where the groom is in the employ
of Feher and Worley general merchandise store.
Mrs. Ganyon is well and favorably known in Modoc County, having been born
and raised at Likely the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Coffman, many years
proprietors of the Likely Hotel.
MORRIS JONES INJURED SATURDAY IN AUTO WRECK
Morris Jones was injured Saturday night south of Alturas when his auto hit a
cow. He was picked up by a CCC truck after he had gone through the
windshield and brought to the Alturas hospital.
CCC BOY KILLED IN AUTO CRASH
Sunday night, a CCC pick-up overturned on the Alturas-Cedarville highway
killing James W. Emerson, 19, of Martinsville, Va. and injuring another
youth.
The accident occurred just west of the Tom Vale ranch on a straightaway. The
youth injured in the wreck was John Cline, 22, who received a broken leg.
Emerson’s skull was crushed and his neck broken. The wreck was found by Jess
Willard King and Norville Moyer, returning from Cedarville and they
extricated the injured youth and brought him to town. Meanwhile, Fred
Brookmiller had stopped at the scene of the wreck.
Deputy Sheriff Ray Tierney took Billy Lott and Moyer and King back out to
the wreck and they turned the machine off the dead boy. The body was turned
over to Coroner J. F. Kerr.
Captain W. H. Smith of the state highway patrol investigated the scene of
the accident Monday and reports the wheel of the truck apparently got into
the ditch and could not be straightened.
Where the wreck occurred the terrain was virtually level. (1:3)
FORMER VALLEY MAN IS KILLED
The body of Clarence Walton Phillips was found on September 3, by a rancher
of McFarland by the side of his wrecked automobile, four miles northwest of
McFarland, in Kern County.
Investigators from the sheriff’s office said it was apparent the automobile
had overturned after hitting soft earth and had righted itself after hurling
Phillips violently to the pavement.
Phillips’ neck was broken, according to the coroner, who came from
Bakersfield to make an investigation at the scene of the accident.
It had not been ascertained where Phillips was driving at the time of the
accident.
The veteran ranch worker recently got his first old age pension check and
$18.70 of it was found on his person.
Surviving him are his widow, who lives in Huntington Park and a brother,
George W. Phillips of Selma. The body was taken to Delano for burial. (1:7)
LAKE CITY ITEMS
Last Sunday, September 6, at 8:30 P. M. the first Baptist Church here was
the scene of a beautiful wedding ceremony, when the lives of Miss Winola
Steward, older daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bide Steward and Mr. George Gens
were united by Elder T. E. Griffith, Pastor.
Promptly at 8:30 as the beautiful strains of the wedding march played by
Miss Mary Weilmunster, the groom and his attendant, Mr. Joe Geroux came
slowly down the west aisle to the flower decked altar, Miss Maxine Heard
beautifully dressed in a pastel shade of green organdie, carrying a
beautiful bouquet of asters, acted as bridesmaid. She led the procession
down the right aisle of church, closely followed by the bride on the arm of
her father. The bride was beautifully attired in white satin, veil and
orange blossoms carrying a bouquet of white asters.
The little twins, Reita and Weita Toney, acting as flower girls, carried the
wedding veil.
At the altar the bride and attendants were met by the groom and best man.
The beautiful ring ceremony was ______? and soon Mr. and Mrs. Gorge Gens
marched to the vestry where they received the congratulations of their many
friends.
The church and altar were elaborately decorated in early autumn flowers.
After congratulations were over the bride and groom slipped away to the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Bide Steward where they received their friends.
The guests were allowed to view the many beautiful and useful gifts received
by this charming young couple. They were also treated to candy, nuts and
cigars by Mr. and Mrs. Gens. (This article spells the name Gens while in the
Davis Creek article spells it Guse).
Leap year has sure played havoc with our bachelors, five have already been
captured and most four months left to go: Cecil Herd joined the ranks of the
"hen pecked ones" last week. He’s going to Oregon to be captured. We did not
learn the bride’s name, but she’s Mrs. Heard now.
One of our local boys became so "skeered" he goes to a lonely camp near
McCloud for the summer. He said he had work, but we know why. One of our
local gal’s thought she had one cornered but he has escaped to Canada –
better luck next time.
Billie Odbert says he’s sittin’ with fingers crossed, but from looks of
things he’s crossed ‘em too late.
Sunday evening while enroute to the wedding reception at the Bide Steward
home, V. H. Childs collided with a cow and calf, killing both and badly
wrecking his new V-8 coupe. Fortunately neither Childs nor Phillip Largent
were badly hurt. How they escaped is a mystery. The accident occurred in the
lane north of the O. P. Robinson house.
Mrs. M. M. Quirk underwent a major operation at the general hospital,
Alturas, last Thursday. She is reported doing nicely.
Miss Maxine Heard expects to leave here Friday for Chico, where she will
enter the Chico Teachers’ College.
DAVIS CREEK ITEMS
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maxwell and son Arnold of Lakeview, Oregon were visiting
with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Streif of Lake City, Cal. Mrs. Maxwell was formerly
Miss Wanda Heard of this place.
LOCAL ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL
Miss Alice Noren, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Noren and Randall Bush, son
of Fred E. Bush were married in Reno Wednesday.
GREAT GRANDSON BORN
A great grandson of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Flournoy and a grandson of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Flournoy of Likely arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Enefor of Oakland, August 17. The young man was named Edward Harold.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hutchinson of Oroville. Mother and
child are doing nicely.
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Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds
Family Researcher of "The Last Frontier"
Modoc County, California
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