SURPRISE VALLEY RECORD – CEDARVILLE, MODOC COUNTY, CAL. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1929 PEARL MILTON SUICIDE Pearl Milton, 44, of Malin, Oregon, committed suicide by strangling himself in a ward at the Woodland Clinic Hospital early Monday. The victims’ body, with a leather strap fixed about his neck, was found by a nurse making early morning calls on the patients. Milton had been admitted to the hospital March 17th and was suffering form an incurable disease. Ethel Hotchkiss, a sister of Milton, lives at Cedarville. (1:1) BOSTON – LEABART Married at Waukegan, Illinois, March 16, 1929, Lester E. Boston to Miss Louise Leabart. The bride wore a royal blue crepe dress and carried white roses and lilies of the valley. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Leabart of Terre Haute, Indiana. The young couple will make their home at Waukegan, Ill. Lester is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Boston of this place and a graduate of the Surprise Valley High School and has many friends here who wish the young couple unbounded happiness and prosperity. L. E. Bunker and son, Herbert, were over from Alturas last weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Sharp were over from Alturas, visiting in Cedarville. Harry Stephens was down from Fort Bidwell the first of the week attending to business matters. Mrs. Ollie Pennio is over from Alturas visiting her sister, Mrs. Rella Larkins at the Hotel Surprise. Mrs. William Stephens of Fort Bidwell was operated on for appendicitis at the Wilson Hospital at Alturas Monday. E. R. Boston, W. A. McCombs and Spot Wallace were at Alturas last week to serve as jurors at the Ray Haney trial last weekend, but were excused. Golden Prior of Chico and Mrs. Ella McCloud of Sacramento, are visiting old time friends and acquaintances of Surprise Valley this week. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Walts have moved from the Simon Bennett house to the Martin Espil house, where they will make their future home. George Penland was poisoned last week with Drano and was a very sick man for sometime, but at this writing, he is much improved. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ash of Fort Bidwell and Mr. F. E. Bush of this place made a business trip to Alturas Monday. Jeddy Brown, old time resident of Lake City, died at Klamath Falls, Oregon, after an operation. His body was interred in the Lake City cemetery on Thursday. (8:1) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1929 LAKE CITY NEWS We understand that Mr. Reed, who has been conducting a store and soft drink establishment is about to sell out his business interests and go to Reno. Mrs. I. C. Bachtel, of this place and Rev. Vinyard, of Cedarville, were called to Pine Creek, Oregon, to see Mrs. Dan Funk, who was severely burned by the explosion of gasoline last week. Mrs. Funk is improving. Mrs. Charlie Hill is moving to the Lake City Hotel, which she leased for one year with the privilege of buying. Mrs. Daniels is packing a few things she kept to send to Oakland, where she expects to make her home with her daughter, Lelia Hays. She has four daughters in the bay cities. Mrs. W. N. Clark and Mrs. H. Hobbs left Wednesday for Ashland, where the former will undergo an operation. STEVENS IMPROVING According to recent advises received from P. B. Gross, Auburn, Secretary Placer County Chamber of Commerce, from Susanville, W. H. Stevens, founder of the Fall River Meat Company, whose health has been in a precarious state for the past five or six months, is now able to join his family at meals once more and appears to be making slow but steady progress toward recovery. – Tidings Mrs. Dora Benner has been running a tractor and helping put in the crops on her fathers’ ranch. Mr. Dyke broke his leg sometime ago and it will be a couple of months before he will be able to attend to his farm work. Frank Green and Mrs. Benner are going ahead with the work and will soon have the crops in and fences repaired and all the spring work done. William Rinehart and wife are in from Guano this week. Mrs. Hallie Tierney is confined to her bed this week by illness. Everett Woodruff was up from Eagleville the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Harris made a visit to Lakeview the first of the week. Roland McDonalds and Forest Paxton were over from Lakeview Sunday visiting friends. Mr. Kruse of Los Angeles but formerly of this place, is here visiting with Arthur Stiner. Arch Johnston and U. G. Leroy have rented the Wentzell Ranch three miles south of town. Mrs. Fred Strief returned from Los Angeles the first of the week where she has been visiting. Mr. and Mrs. Robert McConnaughy, who have been at Lakeview for sometime returned to their home at Fort Bidwell the first of the week. Miss Anderson Teacher of the Surprise Valley School stole a march on their many friends and were quietly married Saturday, March 30th, to Ethelbert Harris, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Harris. Both are popular young people and are well known in the valley. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1929 JOE PARMAN PASSES William Joseph Parman, son of Henry and Martha Parman, was born in Gentry County, Missouri, October 31, 1853. Died at the home of Harold Parman, near Lake City, April 17, 1929. Aged 75 years, 5 months and 17 days. He with his parents, left Missouri in the spring of 1857, bound for California. His mother died on the plains of Nebraska during the journey. His father, with the family, continued on the journey to California reaching here in the fall of 1857 and spent the first winter near what is now the town of Redding. In the spring of 1858, they moved to Grand Island, Yolo County, residing there until the fall of 1872, when they came to Surprise Valley, where he has made his home most of the time since. He leaves to mourn his sudden departure, one brother, Jesse Parman of Eagleville, Calif., one sister, Mrs. R. J. Gesner of Chico, Calif., one half brother, George R. Parman of Reno, Nevada, two half sisters, Mrs. F. A. Pryor of Oroville, Calif., and Mrs. Nettie DeForest of Cedarville, Calif. Also, many nephews and nieces and a host of friends. He had been an honored member of Surprise Valley Lodge, No. 235, F. A. & A. M. for many years and his funeral was held under the auspices of that order last Saturday at Eagleville. (4:4) Mrs. Fannie Bowers is seriously ill with pleurisy this week. Oletta McGinnis of Long Valley was in town Saturday. Clifton Slinkard and wife are visitors at the A. N. Slinkard home, from Quincy, Calif. Born – April 17th, 1929 at the Heryford ranch, five miles south of town to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Heryford, a daughter. George Parman came up from Reno this week to attend the funeral of his brother, Joe Parman, who was buried at Eagleville Sunday. Mrs. Ethel McCoy and Mr. and Mrs. Harris of Salem, Oregon were here to attend the funeral of Virgil Miller last week. Mrs. McCoy was accompanied on her return home by her daughter, Mrs. Virgil Miller and baby. Virgil Allen Miller was born April 26, 1893 and passed away at the home of his mother, Mrs. Fred Hill, in Cedarville, April 13, 1929, aged 35 years, 11 months and 18 days. He was married to Miss Veda McCoy of Salem, Oregon. He leaves his wife and baby, his mother, two brothers and two sisters to mourn his death. His death was caused by intestinal flu, after an illness of nine days. He was foreman of the M. C. Ranch in Warner Valley for the past few years. Many friends regret his death and sympathize with the bereaved family. (8:4) Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Felger and daughter, Mrs. Thomas Wilson were in Cedarville Tuesday transacting business with our local merchants. ~~~~~~ Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds Modoc County, California "The Last Frontier" www.rh2o.com/modoc --- Our outgoing mail is checked by Norton AntiVirus.