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December 11, 1913: Last week the Karen took a party consisting of Harry Gartley, E.E. Noble, K. Johnson, H. Coulter and Leo McCormack to the flats on a duck hunt. They didn't break the record but they did get storm bound behind High Island for four days, they say the waves were rolling so high that the Karen was doing the submarine act. They have not decided which one of the party was the Jonah; sh-h-h methinks Leo Knows… On Tuesday last, Stikine Tribe No. 5 I.O.R.M. elected the following officers to serve the coming term. Sachem, Charles Benjamin; Senior Sagamore, Fred S. Johnson; Junior Sagamore, Chas H. Borch; Prophet, David Lewis; Trustee, J.H. Wheeler.
December 9, 1938: The local American Legion is continuing the custom inaugurated two years ago of sponsoring a community Christmas tree. They will bring in a tree a week before Christmas and keep it brilliantly lighted until after the Christmas festivities. The Elks Lodge, through a committee headed by James Nolan, will work with the Legion. Santa Claus and a treat for every Wrangell child will be provided on Christmas Eve day. Wrangell Institute children have been invited to come in for the occasion and treats for 400 are required.
December 13, 1963: Warren Christianson of Sitka was elected president of the Southeastern Conference as the meeting came to a close last Saturday and William K. Boardman of Ketchikan, Ernie Haugen of Petersburg and John Fox of Haines were re-elected to three-year terms on the board. Other officers elected were Don House of Wrangell, vice-president; and Jerry McKinley of Juneau, secretary-treasurer. Among the recommendations of the conference were that intermediate type airports be constructed at Wrangell, Petersburg and Ketchikan.
December 8, 1988: Wrangell High School debaters competed in a five-school tournament in Sitka Friday and Saturday. The Wrangell students accompanied by their coach, Cynthia Karns, were Jeff Brown, Becky Watson, Jeremy Maxand and Stuart Bryson. Included were debates and various individual events such as interpretations, orations, extemporaneous speeches and acting, according to Karns. Brown, a senior, and Watson, a junior, teamed up to win two debates and lose two. Bryson, a sophomore, and Maxand, a freshman, lost all of their debates. The Wrangell students also competed in individual events. Brown took two fourth places, one in humorous interpretation and another in extemporaneous. Watson took seventh in humorous interpretation. Maxand took sixth in humorous interpretation. Bryson placed sixth, and last in dramatic interpretation. Brown and Watson won the affirmative debates they participated in, but lost their debates from the negative viewpoint. “All of our debates were close.” Brown said. Maxand and Bryson lost both their negative and affirmative debates. “We really didn't have enough evidence and we were disorganized,” said Maxand. “We bombed the Friday debates, but did better the next day because we stayed up until midnight working on our plan.” “I was pleased with both teams,” Karns said. “We'll do even better next time.” Brown made his humorous interpretation speech on “How to Obtain the Maximum Enjoyment from Crackers.” His extemporaneous was about the assassination of President Kennedy. Maxand was placed in humorous interpretation with two speeches about kids. Watson's humerous interpretation speech was a selection called “New York's My Home.” Bryson's dramatic interpretation was a chapter from Mark Twain's “Tom Sawyer.”
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