SURPRISE VALLEY RECORD - CEDARVILLE, MODOC COUNTY, CAL WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1935 THROUGH SMOKED GLASSES BILL KENNEDY of the service station, out selling gas at early dawn. RAY ABRAMS, STEVE Zaulet and others putting a new John Deere Drill together HIGH SCHOOL BOYS preparing a new track "DUTCH" JACOBS LOOKING for a game of pinochle EVERETT CAVIN EATING his 10:00 o’clock breakfast L. N. PABST WASHING his Buick after a "puddling" trip to his ranch at Eagleville "TUCK" ADAMS AND F. L. Gifford working overtime peddling gas due to the recent gas war MRS. SEMINARIO busy washing the French Hotel windows SHORTY KOENIG AND CASEY HENRY off for Bull Creek, where they are building a stone house CASSIE JOHNSTONE carrying her white Tom cat to the store WALTER KOBER AND MARIE ESPIL returning from a trip to Nevada JAKE RECHSTEINER cranking his "Lizzie" left-handed TOM KENNEDY AND L. A. WHEELER arguing as to the best way to Dismal Creek GASOLINE PRICES drop at the Garages and Service Stations due to the gas war. Now 21 cents and 20 cents per gallon AL COX AND WIFE of the Cedarville Theatre looking over the intricacies of the linotype in the Record office GLENN TELLER returning a day late from Alturas, where he had been visiting? PROF. MOORE of the Eagleville Grammar School taking the April foolers to the cleaners TOM WYLIE putting on his 1935 license plates last week TOM ACTY looking for the water Master during the Sunday rain IKE COCKRELL returning Saturday from the bay region LEE ALLENWOOD taking his part in the Senior Play exceptionally well MABEL AND LAUREEN ADAMS hiking to the bridge party in the rain TOM JONES AND LLOYD TRIPP discussing the "gas war." (our supposition) CONSTABLE FRANK ALLEN investigating his first case ED GREEN SPENDING SUNDAY in Cedarville RANGER AND Mrs. NOREN returning from the Indian relic grounds in Nevada WALT REA explaining Huey Long’s economic plan RAY HILL peddling milk during the rain storm WARNIE SLINKARD punching holes in the atmosphere with a new Chevy truck TOM KENNEDY looking for his wife after returning from a Sunday’s fishing trip PROF. EAHART and his orchestra entertaining the audience with several selections prior to the presentation of the Senior Play PETE DONNELLY acting as chauffeur after the bridge party last Saturday night, lest some of the fair sex by drenched by the downpour MRS. LEE HERYFORD, MRS. OSCAR STEWARD, Mrs. Harry Wilson, Georgia Wood, Dona Stanley, and several others, getting permanents Sunday by Mrs. Corda Hartin, of Lakeview MARTIN ESPIL driving a band of sheep to the Nevada range MANY ATTENDING THE SERVICES at the full Gospel Church Mrs. VIOLA CRAMTON with her "bummer" lamb AL BATY TURNING his saddle horse loose and walking home with John Ennis MRS. HAROLD POWERS visiting with her mother, Mrs. Simon Bennett in Cedarville AND THAT’S ALL FOR THIS TIME LAKE COUNTY PIONEER PASSES Mary E. Woodcock, 80, of Lakeview, Oregon and known to many of the old timers of Surprise Valley, passed away at her home at that place, March 31st. she was born February 7th, 1855 in Harrisburg, Oregon and came to Lake County in 1898. She passed away at the ripe old age of eighty years and two months. (1:5) JOHN C. STEWARD OF EL CERRITO IS DEAD Another death of a former Surprise Valley resident, John C. Steward at El Cerrito, news of which reached us this morning. His remains will be brought here for burial. (1:5) Mrs. MARY MUSSELMAN PASSES THIS MORNING After our forms were on the press this morning, we learn of the passing of Mrs. Mary Musselman, who has been critically ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Jurrell for the past year. (1:5) ADIN MATRON IS CALLED BY DEATH Mrs. Charlie Harvey of Adin passed away at her home at that place last Wednesday at the age of 59 years. Funeral services were held last Friday and the body was interred in the Adin cemetery. (2:2) CAR GOES OVER GRADE IN CEDAR PASS MONDAY SEXTET OF GIRLS ESCAPE WITH MONOR BRUISES; ROLLS OVER 6 TIMES Returning from a trip to Chico attending the Older Girl’s conference, Miss Eleanor Wirth, of the H. S. Faculty in company with her pupils, Dorothy Steele, Vera Rinehart, Marjorie Tyeryar, Fay Kennedy, and Kathleen Wylie had a serious misfortune early Monday morning of having the Ford Cabrolet in which they were riding go over the embankment on the high point on the grade above the Cold Springs, in Cedar Canyon. At the point where the machine went over a vast vacant hillside, of several hundred feet, stared them in the face. The car rolled over six times and most of the sextet, were thrown out about the first turn over, but Miss Wirth stayed with the machine until it lodged against a tree a hundred feet or more on the downgrade from the highway. The accident happened about one o’clock in the morning and at that hour there were no motorists passing to help the victims of the accident. Miss Wirth and Miss Dorothy Steele walked the entire distance from where the car went over to the Dorton place at the mouth of Cedar Canyon, about five miles through rain, snow and mud. As both had lost a shoe in the turnover they were forced to wear on she each and tied up the other foot in a sack. Their feet were badly swollen from the effects of the long hike. The occupants of the car suffered no serious effects from their experience, although, we understand Fay Kennedy was injured somewhat, when the car rolled over her, pushing her down in the snow. Vera Rinehart sustained a wrenched back, while the others suffered slight bruises and lacerations. The car was not badly damaged, due to the fact that it turned over in the snow drift. The top was torn off and the left door damaged where it struck and lodged against a tree. In all probability the heavy drift of snow saved the lives of the occupants of the machine, as it went over the treacherous grade at this point. Miss Wirth was driving with utmost care and precaution and the accident was unavoidable on account of slippery roads and frozen brakes. NEWSY NOTES FROM NEW PINE CREEK There was a lot of excitement in our city last evening when the town fire bell rang and the tooting of auto horns sounded, which soon brought a big crowd of citizens to the Dr. E. H. Amsden house which was on fire. The flames had gained such a headway that it was impossible to save anything from the house to speak of . Doc Dorris, who had the house rented, lost all of his clothes and household goods and estimated his loss about $1,000.00. Dr. E. H. Amsden, who left here several months ago to make his home in Portland returned here one day last week and intended to move into part of his house on Monday. The Doctor asked the writer on Friday to make mention in his notes that he would be back home this next week. The house burned to the ground. It was a large two story building, built in 1912. Dr. Amsden carried $1,000 insurance on the building. But Doc Dorris did not carry any insurance. Here is another good lesson to property owners; everybody should carry insurance. Eugene Emerson and family moved the last weekend to the Crom Sawmill. Mr. E. E. Crom will no doubt be one of the first sawmill men to start operations from all accounts and he knows the sawmill business from "a" to "z". The very best luck, brother Crom and may you have the best season of any in the past, this year. John McDonald moved on Sunday to the Ed Smith place, near Fleming Brothers. Mr. McDonald is working for the Willow Ranch Box Factory and has a wife and family of eight children. Jimmie Vincent, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Vincent was quite ill for a few days recently, but we are glad to report that he is up and around again. We were very fortunate in this section to have the Willow ranch Box factory run all winter. Had it not been for this factory, work would have been very scarce; several from here are employed there. Thanks to the enterprising proprietor of the box factory, Miss Meta C. Bouin. ~~~~~~ Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds Family Researcher of "The Last Frontier" Modoc County, California --- Our outgoing mail is checked by avast! AntiVirus. Avast! Is Free To Home Users.