In the Sentinel 75, 50 and 25 years ago.
November 18, 1938: The Hospital Auxiliary staged a very
successful benefit for the Bishop Rowe General Hospital on Armistice Day when 65 persons registered between the hours of 3 to 5 and attended the annual silver tea, postponed from last May. Perhaps the greatest surprise to the tea patrons was the fact that quantities of garden flowers, particularly
snapdragons, had been saved from the heavy frost of preceding days and were used to center the daintily arranged tea tables and wherever a vase could be placed. An informal program of piano selections among which were noted several wartime favorites, was played by Miss Dorisanne Barnes during the afternoon and many of the guests found the tea a delightful social occasion, meeting friends and lingering for the entire program. While the attendance did not come up to the record for previous years, the financial results were decidedly gratifying and have been exceeded on only two previous occasions. Several generous checks from business firms and individuals, and one from the American Legion Auxiliary were found among the silver offerings bringing the total to date to $103.35.
November 15, 1963: Gov. William A. Egan said this week a new reduced winter rate permitting a passenger car and driver to move the entire length of the Alaska Marine Highway System for $99 will go into effect Nov. 1. The reduction, applicable to passenger vehicles up to 20 feet in length,
provides savings of $53.50 on vehicles moving between Skagway and Prince Rupert. Between Ketchikan and Prince Rupert the saving would amount to $6.75. Corresponding reductions are afforded other communities on the system and on between-port movements. Designed to encourage
additional travel over the system during the winter the reduced rate will remain in effect until March 31, 1964. In establishing the new rate, the Division of Marine Transportation eliminated an earlier rate classification applicable to compact vehicles. The reduced winter rate has the effect, however, of providing fares for passenger vehicles up to 20 ft. in length which are below those now charged for compact vehicles.
November 17, 1988: Members of the Thomas Bay Power Commission will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday in Petersburg to
discuss, among other agenda items, the need for coordination between Wrangell Forest Products and the Tyee hydroelectric system. Thomas Bay Manager Warren Edgley in a Nov. 3 letter to City Manager Joyce Rasler sought help from the city in better coordinating service with mill operations. The cities of Wrangell and Petersburg as well as the Thomas Bay Power Authority and mill officials all would benefit from properly coordinating activities, the letter said. “A couple of recent examples are that we were totally unaware that mill operations were to be shut down or curtailed this week (Oct. 31 to Nov. 6),” his letter said. “Had we known in advance, only one generating unit at Tyee was required this week, we could have made plans and obtained any special material or equipment to accomplish some needed maintenance on the out of service generation unit. The second example is almost the opposite of the above,” he added. “Over a recent
weekend, the mill was shut down and only one generation unit at Tyee was online. Apparently some maintenance or repair activity was going on at the mill because they suddenly hit the system with a large demand lowering the system
frequency to almost the point at which the under frequency protective relays operate. While the cited example did not cause a power outage, the next time it happens, system conditions could be different and an outage could occur.”
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