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June 18, 1914: The Hudson Bay Company has made arrangements to run a grand excursion of their fine river steamer Port Simpson up to Great Glacier on the Stikine River next Sunday, June 21. The steamer will leave the dock here at 8 a.m. sharp and will return about 3 p.m. giving about two hours at Great Glacier for those who want to get off on the ice and take pictures and otherwise enjoy the beautiful scenery. Lunch and dinner can be had on board the steamer for 75 cents per meal if desired. The fare for the trip will be $1.50 for the round trip, children half fare and under 5 years free. This is a beautiful trip and one that you should not miss. The steamer has fine accommodations for 150 people and for a Sunday excursion the trip to Great Glacier can not be beat. But remember, the boat leaves at 8 sharp so be on board early.
June 16, 1939: The F.C. Barnes, cannery tender of the Diamond K Packing Company, returned Wednesday night from a trip to Ketchikan with a load of trap wire. A picket line established the next morning by the Alaska Purse Seiners Union was respected by local longshoremen. The pickets are in the street outside Diamond K property, and unfair signs are posted outside each gate. Several conferences were held yesterday between local union leaders and F.W. Burnham, president of the Farwest Fisherman, Inc., of Anacortes, which operates one of the largest salmon canneries on the Puget Sound, and Frank J. Wright of Seattle. Mr. Burnham arrived here from Anacortes at 7 o'clock yesterday morning on the cannery tender Violet Ray and Mr. Wright on the Marguerite. The Farwest Fishermen recently leased the Diamond K at Wrangell from Pacific American Fisheries, who took over the properties this spring upon the withdrawal of Karl Thiele. Mr. Wright is to be the superintendent in charge.
June 19, 1964: Regional Forester Howard Johnson, addressing the Chamber of Commerce at its luncheon meeting Wednesday, said timber cut in the Tongass National Forest of Southeast Alaska, now at about 8 billion board feet annually, can be doubled without damaging the forest or other resources connected with it, such as fishing. The forester, here on an inspection trip with Timber Supervisor John Olson, discussed the forest management plan, its multiple-use program and recreation features. Johnson was formerly with the Forest Service in Alaska in 1953 to 1957, and after assignment in Washington returned to Alaska as Regional Forester.
June 15, 1989: Four teachers have taken early retirements from the Wrangell school system, creating some vacancies on the instructional staff. Business education teacher Joan Kading, librarian Pat Ercolin, elementary teacher LeRoy Fennimore and junior high teacher Ron Merritt all have accepted $8,600 early retirement incentive bonuses from the district. The district now is advertising for someone to replace Kading in the business education department. Bonnie Demerjian will be transferred from the elementary teaching staff to replace Ercolin. Dean Jaquish will fill the vacant fifth-grade teaching position, while John Martin will leave the kindergarten post to take over the fourth-grade slot Jaquish will vacate. In addition to the retirements, the district also has received a resignation from Janet Mosler, who served as special education instructor for the system. Francis said Mosler's husband, Steve, also has not signed his 1989-90 contract. He is not expected to return as school psychologist next year.
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