SURPRISE VALLEY RECORD - CEDARVILLE, MODOC COUNTY, CAL. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27TH, 1934 Howard Westervelt had the misfortune of having his leg broken in two places yesterday, when a cow fell on him. HERE & THERE IN SURPRISE VALLEY BY? OBSERVATIONS: - Jim Hill racked with a miserable measles fever … murmurs of a Cook – Erramouspe nuptial to be immediately forthcoming … "Shorty" Hansen trotting 10 feet behind San Painter Sunday afternoon and shouting conversation to him … Charlie Stevens full of wit and evasive answers … and carloads of people returning from Romero, where they attended Eagle’s picnic … it was a complete success … and why shouldn’t it be? What with kangaroo court, dancing, tug-of-wars, a baseball game and the eats, not to mention the everlasting liquid refreshments … and have you noticed Clyde and Ferne? It seems to be frequent … At the Cedarville theatre, Mrs. Bill Bordwell smoothing her husbands’ hair and patting him affectionately on the head … Bill and Lila Mullins out in public the first time for weeks … Cedarville’s getting Rays of Sunshine and Denehys’ big butter and egg man chucking occasionally at unexpected moments … and whose darn clock went off during the show? Little Betty Craig – a perfect little lady … Steve Zaulet who giggles and giggles … Curtains and crowd surges out to a freezing night … Bump Tripp subscribes to the Red Book and McCall’s Magazine – has for years and particularly enjoys Ursula Parrot … Mrs. Frank Wheeler and Mrs. L. Bohlman temporary I.O.O.F. chefs and the chief instigators of food for the candidates’ ball … tom Wylie who says he’s arranged for Hallie Tierney and Bud Tyeryar to lead the Grand March together at said Candidates’ Ball. He also mentioned that Hattie and George should march right along behind the leaders, but that they’re being warned – we’ll wager they won’t do it … John Franklin and his son Clendon have taken over the Blacksmith shop and Garage at Lake City … the dance at the Locust Grove was well attended and the weather was decent enough for a change, to allow summer clothes … and who is the perpetual bench sitter on the Fort Bidwell Pool Hall Porch? WE SEEN YOU! (With apologies to Wolo) You were in the "News exchange" on Main St., and were listening intently. You were very interested but you ventured to say little … trait. Which we admire … and you were in a position to say more than the others were saying because you know more about the person – er – we mean topic than they did … you laughed up-roarously four times, and you told one awfully funny story about a patient … you wore a figured dress and a white pancakey hat … you have blue eyes and a family, whom you finally dashed home to see …? DO YOU KNOW? That to date over 45 cases of infantile paralysis in San Francisco have been fatal? 2000 cases are reported in Los Angeles and Susanville and Reno have quarantined a dozen or more cases. Health officers urge everyone to thoroughly wash and sterilize any textiles, clothing or merchandise, in fact, which has been shipped from points outside Modoc. They stress the importance of watching carefully any ill children and of calling a physician immediately in case of any doubt. The dreaded disease had taken strange forms in its present sweep in that the paralysis settles in any part of the body. Lungs and throat are particularly likely to be affected as well as the usual spinal cord and extremities nerves. Reports show that the majority of victims are young people, whose ages’ range from 16 to 25. That Lake City is as thick with measles as it is with tee totalers? That Lem Toney, rest while nurse, has a technique all his own where household duties and child management are concerned? That Merriam should and undoubtedly will be out next Governor? That Jim Rolph was one of the few Governors that California has ever had who treated Modoc County with the respect due it. He was a traveling man and the fact that he included Alturas in his itinerary will jot him down as a jolly fine fellow. Who the very attractive looking girl was parked in Paul Kemble’s car? That we apologize to Al Cox for having called him John. That two out of every five smokers are hesitant about three on a match? This superstition originated in the trenches during the World War in 1917. By the time a match had been flared in a dark trench long enough to light three cigarettes, the enemy would evidently detect it… and fire, naturally toward the spot where the last soldier to light a cigarette was kneeling. HOMER BLAIR IS WANTED BY MODOC OFFICIALS Homer Blair, well known in Cedarville and who for the past months has been the caretaker of the Ben-Mac Mineral Springs, east of Cedarville, is now wanted by the authorities on the charge of passing a worthless check. One in the amount of $6.00 was passed at the home Drug Store in Alturas and another at the K & D Service Station in the amount of $10.70. VISITING BOYHOOD HOME Clyde Dyke, of Pacific Grove, is here visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Dyke and other relatives and old time friends. It has been a number of years since he visited this valley. He is a graduate of the S. V. High School. He is in the Pharmacy business at Pacific Grove. BREEZY NEWS NOTES FROM ALTURAS Mrs. Gus Steffins and daughter Marilyn of Fairfield, California arrived in Alturas last week to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. McGrath. Keith and Eleanor Wilson of San Jose arrived here Sunday, where they will visit their father, Dr. G. N. Wilson. Little Miss Betty Sloss of Susanville is visiting with her grandmother, Mrs. Ella C. Sloss of this place. Born in Alturas, California, June 24, 1934 to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kersey, a six-pound daughter. Born in Alturas, California June 22, 1934, to Mr. and Mrs. Steve Wistos, a daughter. William Tierney passed away Monday afternoon at the general hospital. He has been ill for sometime and last week was operated on, which he did not rally. (1:4) Harry Jarvis was caught shoplifting in the Home Drug Store. He was fined $25.00 or 12 days in jail. He will spend the 12 days in jail. William H. Tierney SUCCUMBS MONDAY AT COUNTY HOSPITAL William H. Tierney, of Alturas, who has been in ill health for sometime took suddenly worse last week and was operated on at the General Hospital. Following the operation his condition grew steadily worse and on Monday afternoon he passed away. William H. Tierney was born in Eureka, California, on February 25, 1877 and passed away at the General Hospital in Alturas, on June 25, 1934. He leaves to mourn his passing his wife, Mrs. Daisy Tierney and three children, Maxine, Cyril and Billy, one sister, Mrs. May O’Brien, of Olympia, Washington and five brothers, George M. and Thomas J. Tierney of Sacramento, Ray C. Tierney, of Alturas and J. F. Tierney of Roberts, Idaho. Obsequies will be held from the Catholic Church in Alturas, tomorrow, (Thursday morning) at 10 o’clock, with Father O’Toole officiating and the remains will be laid to rest in the Alturas cemetery. Mr. Tierney came to Modoc County in 1910 and has resided in Alturas since that date. (1:5) BIRTH OF A SON Born: At Oroville, Cal., June 18, 1934, to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hutchinson, a 7 ½-pound son – Walter Harold Hutchinson. Mother and babe are doing nicely. The following was taken from the Oroville Mercury: "It’s about time young man; Girls had the whole show. The girls no longer have things entirely their own way." A son was born at Oroville, Curran Hospital last night to Mrs. Harold Hutchinson, of Oroville. Previously "Old Doc Stork" had a straight record of six girls. FORT BIDWELL HIGHLIGHTS Word has been received by the writer that Miss Louise Homewood and Miss Georgia Baty of Adel, Oregon will leave the first of July for a months’ tour through Alaska. Mr. and Mrs. Al Droubie and family, of San Francisco, are visiting the S. Santiago home. Mrs. Droubie was formerly Julia Santiago. Ollie and Vance Messner spent the weekend with their mother, Mrs. Lula Ladd. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Watson, of Medford, Oregon have been visiting Mrs. Watson’s sisters, Mrs. Ed Peterson and Mrs. Ike Skillman. Mrs. Marian Hawkins of Reno, Nevada is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ike Skillman of Bidwell. George Henderson and family, left for Los Angeles last week to take Eva, the oldest daughter, down as she has work there and will remain permanently. LAKE CITY MAN SHOOTS WAY INTO French HOTEL Early Monday morning at approximately two twenty, Sam Painter, of Lake City, shot at Pedro Seminario three times. The first bullet went wild into the air, but the last two hit the front door of the French Hotel. Pedro had gotten up to see whether or not the door was securely locked when the shots were fired from a spot between the street and the porch of the Hotel. Evidently the escutcheon plate on the door where the bullets struck saved the day for Mr. Seminario, who was standing just inside the door. One bullet glanced completely off the plate and the entered the lobby. However, its course was luckily altered by the corner of the surface plate. Painter, a recently released recluse from the Stockton Insane Asylum, was under the influence of liquor and he had been very much at large during the weekend. Saturday night he drew his revolver on Constable Everett Cavin in the latter’s pool hall. After hasty telephone calls Deputy Sheriff Ray Tierney came from Alturas Monday morning and took Painter back to Alturas and placed him in the County Jail, where he will undoubtedly be dealt with accordingly. LAST RITES HELD FOR MODOC MAN JOHN WALL, 83, DIES IN ASHLAND, Oregon FROM HEART FAILURE Funeral services were held last Friday afternoon for John Wall, 83-year old pioneer, who died Monday in Ashland, Oregon, following an operation. Heart failure was the cause of death. The funeral was held under the auspices of the Knights of Pythias at the Kerr funeral chapel. Interment was made in the Alturas cemetery. Mr. wall, who had been a resident of Alturas for more than 50-years, was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10, 1850. He was a prominent holder in Alturas and many of the business buildings of the city are constructed on lots he once owned. Much property in Alturas still belongs to him. Survivors are a son, Ed Wall of Pine Creek and a daughter, Mrs. C. A. Sweeney, of Alturas. He had gone to Ashland eleven days ago for medical treatment. – Modoc County Times (3:1) PAIR ARE WED SIXTY YEARS Rio Oso, (Sutter County) June 23. – Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hardy of Rio Oso, recently celebrated their sixtieth anniversary at a dinner party in the home of their daughter, Mrs. Gordon Greene. The couple were married in June 1874, at Searcy, Arkansas. Hardy was born at Holly Springs, Mississippi and enlisted in the Confederate Army on January 1, 1862. He served until April 26, 1865. Mrs. Hardy is a native of Searcy, Arkansas. She is a graduate of the Mary Sharp College at Winchester, Tennessee. The Hardys have reared seven children. All of the children attended the wedding anniversary fete. The children are: Dr. Clara B. Hardy of Hollywood, T. C. Hardy of Pomona, Mrs. Marion Rinehart of Cedarville, Modoc County, Mrs. Francis P Willis and Mrs. Charles R. Robertson of Ontario, Robert Hardy and Mrs. Gordon Greene of the Wilson District. – Sacramento Bee NEWSY NOTES FROM NEW PINE CREEK The funeral of Euell Bussy, who died at Lakeview on Wednesday of last week, took place from the New Pine Creek Baptist Church on Friday afternoon at 2 p. m. He was the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bussey of the West Side. A very large crowd was present. Rev. Lee Hall, local Baptist minister officiating. After the services at the church the remains were laid to rest in the New Pine Creek cemetery. Euell Franklin Bussey was born at New Pine, Oregon, November 14, 1914 and died at Lakeview June 20th, 1934, at the age of 20 years, 6 months and 29 days. He was converted and joined the New Pine Creek Baptist Church at the age of 8 years and had a profound faith in the teachings of the Bible. He has a sweet, generous disposition and was loved by all who knew him. He leaves to mourn his passing his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bussey, of the West Side, Oregon. One sister, Mrs. T. W. Harris and two brothers, Glen and Donald, a grandmother, Mrs. Mary Miller, of New Pine Creek, Oregon, besides aunts and uncles and other relatives and a host of friends. (6:3) Grover Dick and family, of Boise, Idaho, are visiting relatives and old time friends in this section. Mr. Dick left here in 1909; he has 160 acres of land near Boise and from what we can hear has been very successful in that line of business. John Dick and family were visitors in the State Line town last Sunday. John is a successful farmer on the West Side, where he went has been for several years. NEWSY NOTES FROM LAKE CITY Mrs. Josephine Toney has been quite ill due to measles and complications. She is reported better at this writing. Layton Painter was quite badly bruised and shaken up Monday, when a horse hitched to a rake he was driving fell, causing the other horse to fall on top of it. This caused Layton to fall in front of the rake. The horses sprang up and started to run, but fortunately Layton got out of the way and only suffered from bruises and the shock. The accident happened at the William Odbert place. Mrs. I. C. Bachtel received word last Thursday that her nephew Lutie Miller had passed away at Davis Creek. She left at once for that place and found a mistake had been made. Mr. Miller was very much alive, but a great nephew, Mr. Bussey had passed away. Mr. Bussey had been ill for sometime and his death was not unexpected. ~~~~~~ Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds Modoc County, California "The Last Frontier" www.rh2o.com/modoc --- Our outgoing mail is checked by avast! AntiVirus. Avast! Is Free To Home Users.