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April 24, 1913: On the vote for passage for the third reading, the fish trap bill was killed in the Senate last Saturday. Sen. Sutherland, Tanner and Roden voting for passage and Freeling, Tripp, Millard and Ray against the measure. Sen. Sutherland, father of the bill, made a spirited talk in its defense and filed notice to reconsider when the reading had been voted.
April 22, 1938: Official observation of May Day-Child Health Week will begin in Wrangell on Saturday April 30. On that day at 2:30 p.m. in the High School auditorium a program will be given by the school children illustrating the progress made during the year in their knowledge concerning the protection of their own health and of the health of the community. The Wrangell Public Health Council is sponsoring this program and urges each and every one to attend. Two health plays, a health drill, health songs and poems are being prepared by the pupils of Miss Conrad, Miss McLaughlin, Mrs. Coulter and Mrs. Brodhead's rooms. The Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, under the direction of Miss Caldwell and Mr. Moe, respectively, will give demonstrations in First Aid. Miss Bender, Public Health Nurse, will talk on the history of the Public Health movement. Through the courtesy of Director Geo. T. Barrett and Miss Breen, in charge of Wrangell Institute Health Center, a group of Institute students will participate in the day's activities. Miss Shields, in charge of the High School Home Economics, will display what constitutes a well-balanced lunch for children attending school. At the end of the hour, tea will be served.
April 26, 1963: The Wrangell Chamber of Commerce committee Monday afternoon chose Miss Theresa McCormack, attractive and petite daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P.C. McCormack, as Ferry Queen representing Wrangell on the inaugural trip of the ferry Malaspina this weekend. Miss McCormack will go to Ketchikan to board the ferry with queens from other Southeast towns. Aboard the ferry, a committee will choose one of the Queens to be all Alaska Ferry Queen and the winner will be awarded a trip to the New York's World Fair, courtesy of the marine highway system. Wrangell's Queen is 5 ft., 4 inches tall and weighs 110 pounds. She is employed as a secretary and is a member of the third generation of the McCormack family in Wrangell. Her grandfather, the late P.C. McCormack Sr., came to Alaska in 1898 and was a member of the Territorial legislature in 1917, 1928 and 1929. He was in business here until 1923 when he sold out his store to L.M. and Ernest Campbell. Theresa's father, P.C. McCormack Jr., is operator of Wrangell Wharf, formerly McCormack Dock, and was a member of the Territorial Soap Board from 1953-57 when Alaska's first ferry, Chilkat, was planned as a link between Juneau and Haines. Theresa grew up in Wrangell and was born on July 8, 1941. Queen Theresa possesses all the attributes of a Queen, beauty, poise and talent. Her ambition is to be a secretary in the diplomatic corps of the U.S.
April 21, 1988: Former NFL player Paul Sorensen will speak to Wrangell High School students, April 28, kicking off a three-day Wellness/Substance Abuse Seminar sponsored by the high school and the Wrangell Council on Alcoholism and Related Drug Dependencies. Sorensen will present “The Road to Winning” to seventh to twelfth grade students. The presentation will focus on substance abuse, traffic safety and how to live a “winning” lifestyle, according to High School Principal Ken Meacham. Sorensen played football with the San Francisco 49er's. He currently does marketing and promotion work for Washington State University, as well as play-by-play for the university football games. Students will also attend an assembly Thursday afternoon on alcohol, drugs and suicide moderated by Delbert Boone, community relations director of Care Unit Hospitals in St. Louis, Meacham said. Boone will be assisted by Lee Schwartzentraub, a high school crisis counselor from Monticello, IL. and teens Toni Summers and Mike Wagner. Summers and Wagner are part of a group called “Life Savers,” a volunteer peer counseling and referral service that originated in Illinois. Parents and community members will have a chance to meet with the speakers at a community action seminar on wellness Thursday evening at 7 p.m. in the high school commons area.
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