Verle Cook was my Dads cousin and I didn't know anything about this marriage. Could anyone give me any more info on it? Also does anyone have the clipping re: Ivan Hammersley's death? I know it was an auto accident, but don't know the details. Any help would be appreciated. Marilyn in )R > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds" <r3346@sunset.net> > To: ORLAKE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ORLAKE] SVR 11-1935 1of2 > Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 11:36:52 -0700 > > > SURPRISE VALLEY RECORD, CEDARVILLE, MODOC COUNTY, CAL > > WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1935 > > ONE OF THE OLDEST RECORD SUBSCRIBERS RENEWS > > Here’s my subscription money; and you’d better stop my paper was > the startling announcement that came from W. E. Rinehart last > Monday morning. Ye Ed. gladly took his subscription money, but > queried to Rinehart, if he really wanted his paper stopped. Nope, > he says, I have taken the Record for the past 43 years, ever since > it was started publication and it’s just a part of my weekly > routine, to sit down and read the Valley Record. We might state > here that Mr. Rinehart is one of the oldest of the record > subscribers. > > FORT BIDWELL HIGH LIGHTS > > Billie Crow has been nursing a sprained knee the past week, thus > necessitating a pair of crutches. > > Born to Mr. and Mrs. Rolly Allen, former residents of Fort Bidwell, > a daughter at the general hospital in Alturas, November 1st. > > MUMMIFIED MAN IS FOUND BY WARDEN > > The mummified body of a man found in the Lava Beds Sunday, has been > identified as that of Cecil A. Mowrer, Klamath Falls tractor > salesman. The gruesome find was made by Game Warden, A. A. Jordan, > while on patrol duty five miles west of Timbered Mountain. > > Noticing a 1935 tan Chevrolet Coupe secreted in a thicket, Jordan > investigated, only to find the appalling sight of a man, apparently > a suicide sitting upright in the right hand side of the car, with > the entire top of his head blown off. Jordan after ascertaining > that the car was locked from the inside hastened to the nearby > Shaw-Bertram lumber mill from where he notified the Sheriff and > coroner, who left immediately for the scene of the tragedy. > > It was necessary for the officers to force the door in order to > make their investigation. It was found the Mowrer had placed the > weapon on the floor of the car, removed his shoes and used his feet > to discharge the gun. The bullet from the lethal weapon, a 30-06 > Springfield rifle, entered the left side of the victims’ head > emerging and ranging up through the top of the car. > > Contents of a grip and operator’s license identification, Mowrer, a > man 42 years of age, brown hair, blue eyes, weight 180 pounds and > height of 6 feet. Letters found in the grip dated prior to > Septembers 15th, combined with the badly decomposed remains, fixed > the date of suicide at about that date. Further lending evidence to > his theory was the fact that a rat’s nest had been built beneath > the hood of the car and the exploded shell in the rifle was badly > corroded. > > While no money or other valuables were found on the person of > Mowrer, deposit slips on a Klamath Falls bank revealed him as a man > of moderate means. > > The victim resided at 2135 Lacey Street in the Oregon City. > > Mowrer’s wife and the Klamath County Coroner were notified at once > and the remains were removed to that city Monday. > > Coroner Kerr’s official findings were to the effect that death was > due to a gun shot wound self-inflicted. > > Jordan, who has been stationed at the main office in San Francisco, > for the past two months, had resumed his local patrol for the first > time Sunday, following his return from the bay city recently. (1:4) > > ALTURAS NOTES > > Mrs. Robert Wade of Lakeview spent last Sunday in Alturas visiting > with friends. > > Born in Alturas, November 1, 1935, to the wife of John Drown, a 7 > and a half-pound baby girl. Both mother and daughter are doing > nicely. > > BREAKS ANKLE > > John Davis, Jr., Forest Ranger at the Buck Ranger Station was taken > to an Alturas hospital last week with a broken ankle and several > broken ribs and minor bruises, resulting from an auto accident in > Cedar Canyon. The accident happened near the Forest Service Camp > ground and was caused by a bent radius rod on the small pickup he > was driving; he could not make the turn in the highway and his car > went over the embankment, rolling over several times. > > LAKE CITY NEWS NOTES > > Cold, well yes! 7 degrees below zero Saturday night and 9 degrees > below Sunday night by the government thermometer at Grover Wimers > place. > > Pat Campbell is quite ill. Dr. Coppedge at Alturas is attending him. > > Mr. and Mrs. Ethelbert Harris left this week for the lower country, > where they will take over the management of Mrs. Harris’ mother’s > farm at Los Molinas. > > NEWS NOTES FROM NEW PINE CREEK > > Some people go to Reno to get a divorce but nothing like this for > New Pine Creek folks. They go there to get married. We mentioned > last week about Verna Cook and Murle Chappell getting married there > recently and this wee, we have the pleasure of announcing about > another couple from her getting married at that city. They are > Thomas Elliott and Burnie Gordon, who were wed there on Monday of > last week. The happy young couple returned to the state line town > on Tuesday and have taken up their residence in Mrs. Nellie Sniders > home. The writer joins with others in wishing all happiness and > success to the young couple. > > Another New Pine Creek couple were married November 30, (this > should be possibly October 30) they were Leola Walker, daughter of > Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pettys and William Smith, son of Mrs. Della > Smith. The young couple had first decided to be married on November > 9th, but suddenly went to Lakeview, looked up Judge Fred Reynolds, > who tied the knot, so that is the wedding lost to the Nevada City. > The Pettys arrived here from The State of Nebraska, Mr. Petty being > in charge of the E. W. Follett stock farm. > > Mr. and Mrs. Arlie Thompson of Central Point are visiting relatives > and friends here. Mrs. Thompson is a daughter of Mrs. Lydia Smith. > > > > ~~~~~~ > Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds > Family Researcher of "The Last Frontier" > Modoc County, California > --- > Our outgoing mail is checked by ZoneAlarm AntiVirus. > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > -- _______________________________________________ Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10