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October 7, 1918 Fred Watson, a recent arrival from the West Coast but well known in Wrangell, had a very narrow escape from a watery grave last Saturday. Mr. Watson has recently purchased a boat from G. H. Tozier and while walking along its side holding onto a slender handrail, the latter broke and Mr. Watson found himself in the briny deep. A pair of high top boots made swimming difficult and he went down the proverbial three times. Instead of staying down as he expected to do according to precedent, he rose again to the surface and this time...
September 26, 1918 Miss Grace Wigg left on the Sophia for Berkeley, California. She was accompanied as far as Seattle by her mother, Mrs. F. Wigg. From Seattle Miss Wigg will travel southward and will enter the school of pharmacy at Berkeley. She will be absent from Wrangell until next July. September 24, 1943 Chamber of Commerce at its regular luncheon meeting yesterday went on record to support Ketchikan chamber in its plea to get certain restrictions lifted in Southeast Alaska, particularly travel control inside Alaska, mail censorship and...
September 19, 1918 Ensign W. Kerr, financial representative for the Salvation Army for Alaska arrived in Wrangell yesterday. He has been on a trip as far northward as Atlin and Carcross collecting for local and war work. The Ensign stated that instead of having a harvest Thanksgiving effort and a war work drive at different times the two are being combined into one effort. The drive in Wrangell will take place Friday, Saturday and Sunday. “We have 50 ambulance cars on the war front,” said Mr. Kerr. “Three hundred ‘huts’ where refreshments and o...
Members of the Wrangell Cooperative Association moved a totem pole from Shakes Island to the cultural center on Front Street Thursday evening. According to Tribal Administrator Esther Ashton, the tribe plans to do some restoration work on this totem, and some others, in the near future....
September 12, 1918 School opened Monday with a total enrollment of 73 pupils. Only two of the teachers engaged for the year were on hand to begin work, Miss Armstrong being ill with quinsy, and Miss Allender having missed boat connections. Miss Armstrong has recovered so far as to be able to take up her work this morning. During her absence, Mrs. J. W. Pritchett took charge of the intermediate grades. A plan is being worked out by which the work in the school will be more equally divided than heretofore. The high school program will be...
Work has begun on the renovations to Shoemaker Bay Harbor. According to Harbor Master Greg Meissner, the harbor will be back in business sometime next summer....
Head Start preschool opened its doors Tuesday morning for its first day of school this year. According to Donna McKay, who has worked at Head Start for about 29 years, the school has 10 new students. Here, McKay can be seen teaching the class a song....
September 5, 1918 Tom Fugita, well known in Southeastern Alaska as a successful restaurant man, has recently returned from a trip to Japan and taken over the Wrangell Restaurant. Tom has an enviable reputation as a chef, and it is not a bad thing for Wrangell that he has returned from the land of cherry blossoms and is again on the job of relieving the hungry public. September 10, 1943 Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bennett and three children Ardeth, Alaska and Ila, arrived here this week from Petersburg and intend to establish their future home in Wrangel...
August 29, 1918 School will open September ninth, a week later than usual this year owing to the repairs that are being made to the interior of the school building. These repairs were very necessary from a sanitary standpoint and will improve the arrangement greatly besides eliminating considerable wasted space. Besides the alterations, two rooms have been painted and new blackboards will be installed throughout the school. August 27, 1943 The Coast Guard’s widely heralded 35-piece band will play a concert in the ANB hall here on September 7...
August 22, 1918 The dance given last Thursday night at the Wrangell Hotel for the young men who were going to enlist was a very pleasant affair. The spacious sample room had been converted into a ball room for the evening and had been tastefully decorated in the national colors. The flags of England, France, Italy and Belgium mingled with the stars and stripes. Many enjoyed the fine music and the dancing and nearly all remaining until the strains of “Home, Sweet Home” sounded. The affair was arranged by Mrs. R. V. Dailey and Mrs. T. R. Dai...
