May 28, 2005 Looking Back is a regular feature of the Modoc County Record, a weekly newspaper, published in Alturas, CA. The following is transcribed from the May 19 2005 issue. Looking Back 111 Years Ago � 1894 BERT SPICER is now proprietor of the Alturas-Lakeview stage line, having taken possession last Saturday. 91 Years Ago � 1914 SUPERVISORS will meet again this week to advertise for bids on the new courthouse. This is the third go-round and it�s hoped a bidder can be found that can get the work started this spring�. School has at last resumed in Cedarville following a smallpox epidemic. Most all of the schools in the county have now closed for summer vacation. Miss Catherine Gloster will teach a private school this summer. 71 Years Ago � 1934 RAY METHVIN has graduated from the Curtis Wright flying school in Los Angeles. � Professor P.A. Sample of New Pine Creek High School has been named an active member in the California Writer�s Club. 51 Years Ago � 1954 Jim Reid is the new Mayor of Alturas�. Ingraham�s Hardware is all ready for a gala Grand Opening of their new off Main Street store�. Temperatures soared to 85 above in Alturas this week�. The V.A. has given an OK to Wes Judy to build 16 Veteran�s homes in Alturas. 31 Years Ago � 1974 Ernie Hawes, a veteran scouter in the Pit River district of the Modoc Area Council, was awarded the coveted Order of the Silver Beaver. The Silver Beaver award is the highest award that scout council can present and only a limiter number are given each year to deserving scouters. Several items have caught my eye in this weeks Looking Back. See where Bert Spicer bought the stage line 111 years ago. Now notice the opening of Ingraham�s new store in 1954. Bert (Bertie) Spicer, son of the 1894 Bert Spicer was a partner in the new Ingraham store with Lovell Ingraham. Also the year 1954 reminds me that my son has a birthday this June and he was born in 1952. I guess that I am really looking back. Two of my teachers are again listed in this issue: Catherine Gloster (Miss Catherine) and good old Pap Sample. He was the Principal of the New Pine Creek high school before it was closed and then transferred to good old Modoc Union High School. Both are memorable teachers. I started life as a �leftie�. Miss Catherine did not allow any lefties in her first grade, so I had to switch to the right hand. I have been screwed up ever since, and my penmanship is proof. I am not positive, but I believe those vet homes were built on 12 acres of land that I once owned, and traded for a brand new 1949 Chevrolet. The wisdom of youth.