ALLEN BACON PASSES AT Alturas
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon for Alyn Rankin Bacon,
43-year old resident of Cedarville, who died at Alturas at the Modoc General
Hospital following a lengthy illness.
Bacon was taken to the hospital seven months ago following an attack of flu,
which left him in a weakened condition.
He came to Modoc County from Boise, Idaho, at the age of five. At that time
his mother and sister made their residence at the Curtis-Williams ranch near
Blacks canyon.
Bacon is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mabel Bacon, and three sons, John,
Richard and Larry Bacon. Three sisters, Mrs. Mae Fitzgerald of Elko, Nevada,
Milly Bacon also of Elko, and Mrs. Frank Williams of Oakland and a brother,
Richard Bacon of Elko.
The funeral services took place at the Kerr Chapel and were conducted by the
Rev. Horton Colbert of the Alturas Congregational Church. Interment was in
the Alturas cemetery. Music at the funeral was furnished by Miss Arletta Van
Horn and Mrs. Robinson. (1:5)
Mr. and Mrs. Lossie Hays, who have been living on the Oliver Cramton ranch,
just east of Cedarville for the past few years, are moving to the Frank
Murphy ranch, near Eagleville, this week.
A fine baby girl arrived at the Cummins home to Mr. and Mrs. Homer Beeson on
September 8th, 1931 in Cedarville. Both mother and babe are doing fine.
Tom Smith and nephew, Carl Morse left yesterday for Oakland, where the
latter will undergo medical treatment.
Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Rice, of Reno, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Harold Powers,
of Eagleville, this week.
Bert Simmons, who has been visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Ton Smith of this
place, returned to his Visalia home the first of the week.
SEPTEMBER 16TH, 1931
MAN KILLED IN WRECK THURSDAY
Last Thursday evening while on the way to Alturas about seven o’clock, the
writer came upon the scene of a frightful accident, which occurred on the
highway east of Alturas, about half a mile from the Popular Auto Camp.
A Ford Sedan driven by Roland Hammersley and occupied by his mother, Mrs.
Omar Hammersley and an uncle, Ivan Hammersley, of Goose Lake Valley, was
passing a car driven by Jack Callaghan, of Alturas. It appears that both
cars were traveling at a great rate of speed and the Ford driver attempted
to pass the other car, when the right rear wheel of the Ford caught on the
front fender of the other car causing the driver to lose control and a s the
machine left the highway, it turned over several times throwing all of the
occupants out. Mr. Hammersley was thrown thru the top and died instantly.
Mrs. Hammersley was seriously injured having a fractured vertebra of the
neck and other injuries; she is now confined to the Hospital at Alturas.
Roland was severely shaken but escaped serious injury.
The Ford was a total wreck and the Callaghan car had a fender bent and one
wheel wrecked. (1:2)
HEARING IS POSTPONED FOR ONE WEEK
The case of Fred McKinley of San Francisco, which was to have been heard in
the Justice Court in Susanville last Thursday has been postponed, until
Friday, September the 18th, owing to the illness of the prosecuting witness.
McKinley is charged with criminal assault upon Miss Barbara McGrath of
Alturas. The attack is alleged to have been made on the Madeline Plains, in
Lassen County during an airplane ride from Reno to Alturas on the 22nd of
August.
ED. GHRIST GIVEN FREEDOM COUNTY JAIL
Ed Ghrist, who was serving a county jail sentence of one year, was given a
parole last Saturday by the Modoc County Parole Board. Ghrist was sentenced
on May the 25th of this year and had 260 days more to serve.
Under the terms of the parole, he must report once each month to Sheriff
John C. Sharp.
STIRRING DAYS ARE RECALLED AT MODOC PIONEER BANQUET
Following an annual custom of many years standing, the Alturas Parlor of the
Native Daughters of the golden West, entertained the pioneers at a dinner on
Admission Day.
Few are living in Modoc County that crossed the plains, before the advent of
the Union Pacific. Several of the older pioneers were unable to make the
journey from their homes to the banquet hall. Among the covered wagon
pioneers present were; Mrs. Mary Ivory, Colonel William Thompson, Mr. and
Mrs. John D. Flournoy of Likely, C. A. Higgins and Mrs. C. C. Auble of Adin
and Mrs. Addie F. Ralston.
C. A. Higgins is the only Confederate veteran of the Civil War left in Modoc
County. He was in one of the last desperate battles between the North and
South, when 750 comrades of his division were left dead on the field and the
raged regiment of which he was a member simply marched back home rather than
stack their arms in surrender.
Colonel William Thompson, who is in his eighty-sixth year, crossed the
plains as a small boy in the middle fifties, his family becoming prominent
in Oregon political life. Thompson himself won much honor as an Indian
fighter in the early days of the west and later as a newspaperman and
author. In the early sixties, John D. Flournoy rose a saddle horse all the
way from Missouri to the Sacramento valley driving a herd of cattle.
Following the special old-timer dinner, a special program led by Mrs.
Mildred Boyd, president of the local chapter, rendered for the entertainment
of the old folks.
BABY DAUGHTER BORN AT SAN JOSE
Born September 10, 1931, to Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Brevod, a 7½-pound girl. –
Ardis Joanne Brevod
SEPTEMBER 23RD, 1931
GETS LEG BROKEN YESTERDAY
Yesterday, William Cockrill, of Eagleville, met with an accident in which he
sustained a broken leg. It seems that Mr. Cockrill was trying to back his
car out of the garage by hand power; he put his foot in between the front
bumper and the wall to brace himself. The car was backed a few feet, when it
started to come forward and could not be held back. The bumper caught Mr.
Cockrill’s leg between the studding on the garage and the bumper, thus
fracturing the bones. Dr. Kennedy is attending to the injured member.
Dr. Henry Hansen and family, who have been visiting at the Chris Hansen
Ranch for the past two weeks’, returned to their home in Ukiah last Sunday.
Mrs. Even Gaustad informed us that her son, Leslie, who has been undergoing
treatment for sometime at a hospital in the city, is now convalescing at the
home of his sister, Mrs. Christine Hartsinck, of Oakland.
Mrs. SHOEMAKER DIES AT OAKLAND
Sacramento, Cal., September 20, 1931 – Mrs. Nellia May Shoemaker, 63, widely
known in Congregational Church circles throughout Superior California and in
this city, died yesterday in Oakland after an illness of sometime.
The funeral will be held Wednesday morning at the Calvary Congregational
Church in Oakland, of which church her husband, Rev. John R. Shoemaker, is
pastor.
The body will be forwarded to Sacramento for interment at the East Lawn
Cemetery, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Rev. Lawrence Wilson will
officiate at the graveside service.
Mrs. Shoemaker, also an ordained minister, together with her husband, were
missionaries tot he Modoc Indians at Fort Bidwell for a number of years.
Since 1931, Rev. Shoemaker has been affiliated with a church in Oakland.
(1:3)
FOUND GUILTY BUT DEFEDANT GONE
Frank Estes was arrested recently by George Wood, Constable of the Long
Valley township, on a complaint brought against him by Tom Sufferena (unable
to read first letter of last name), charging him with the theft of wire
taken from his sheep corrals at Badger Flat. It seems that the wire was
taken off the fence, and found in the possession of Estes. A grand larceny
charge was preferred against him in the courts in Reno, but it seems that he
escaped the nets of the law at this place and a second trial, before Justice
of the Peace, Bert Kimbell, of Vya, Nevada, was held last Saturday. A jury
trial was had and he was found guilty, but he failed to appear and at the
present time the judge has not passed sentence upon him. No word has been
heard of Estes’ whereabouts since the trial last Saturday.
A. P. Norton, of this place, is now at the Naval Hospital at Mare Island
receiving medical treatment. He is expected to return home during the coming
week.
Miss Roma Penland, who has been visiting here for the past few weeks,
returned to her home in Roseville last Sunday.
The Stork appeared at the Lakeview Hospital on September 14, 1931 and
brought a baby girl to Mr. and Mrs. Cressler Robinson, of Warner Valley.
Mother and babe, Thelma Jeanne, are reported doing well.
Mrs. Frances D. Jones was granted a divorce from Preston Jones in a decree
signed this week by Judge E. C. Bonner. The wife, who sued on grounds of
non-support, was awarded the custody of two minor children.
SEPTEMBER 30TH, 1931
POPULAR COUPLE SURPRISE FRIENDS
ED VAN DOREN AND RILLA LARKINS ARE MARRIED IN RENO THURSDAY
Stealing a march on his many friends, Ed Van Doren, genial proprietor of the
Western Garage, quietly got in his Dodge Sedan last Wednesday, goes to
Alturas and picks up his bride-to-be and off to Reno they go and dog-gone
me, they got married and we didn’t know a thing about it until the Reno
papers arrived and we saw a report of the wedding. Anyway, the paper stated
that Edward Van Doren, of Cedarville, Cal., and Mrs. Rilla Larkins were
united in marriage Thursday, September 17th, 1931, by Rev. R. C. Ritter,
Methodist minister of Sparks, Nevada. After a brief honeymoon trip they
returned to Cedarville, where they will make their home. Ed is now passing
out the cigars and the happy couple are receiving congratulations from their
many friends, who wish them unbounded happiness as they travel life’s
journey.
Born at Lake City, Cal., September 24, 1931, to Mr. and Mrs. Harve Darst, a
daughter.
Pete Heard, a former resident of Eagleville but now of Fresno was a visitor
in the valley this week. He was accompanied by his daughter-in-law.
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Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds
Modoc County, California
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