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November 26, 1914: Dr. Pigg has moved his office rooms from over the Wrangell Drug Store to over the Post Office during the past week and is fitting up a very comfortable office in his new location. Dr. Pigg is also preparing to open the Wrangell Hospital in the same building as soon as carpenters get the rooms remodeled some. The new location is very well located for the new hospital and should prove a success.
November 24, 1939: Twenty nine states and the territory of Alaska observed Thanksgiving Day yesterday. Fourteen others are waiting to do their celebrating next Thursday, the traditional Thursday in November, while five states are going to observe both days, comment from one Kansas spokesman being that they were observing Franksgiving Day and would observe Thanksgiving Day next Thursday. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the first president to change the traditional date, and Mrs. Roosevelt observed the day with the children in the Warm Springs Foundation in Georgia. The Chief Executive, in speaking before a small gathering expressed the hope that the war would be over by next spring.
November 27, 1964: The drill team, under the direction of Miss Janette Mowbray, will perform at the halftime of the Friday night basketball game. The girls have been working hard to perfect their team and will add to the evening's entertainment along with the pep band under the direction of Don Riach. Both games will be broadcast from the local gym. The following are members of the drill team: Trudy Maxand, Pam McCormick, Carolyn Campbell, Dorothy Dow, Cheri Wilson, Linnea Brooks, Nancy Dow, Janette Gross, Jill Larsen, Lillinat Lewis, Betty Wickman and Terry Winslow.
November 23, 1989: Margaret Sturtevant will be honored at a reception set for Nov. 28 as recipient of the Beta Sigma Phi Woman of the Year Award. Sturtevant is a lifelong resident of Wrangell. She spends much of her time beautifying the town by planting and caring for flowers at City Hall as well as working on the hospital grounds, Visitor Center flower pots, Shakes Island lawn and the Presbyterian Church grounds. She has been active for many years with the Wrangell Historical Society, museum, the Fourth of July Committee and the Presbyterian Church. Sturtevant contributes her time to the operation of Shakes Island, the Wrangell Totem Project and the Kiksadi Totem Park. Much of her time also is spent working on projects around the community in addition to taking care her business, The Alley Cat. “Margaret is truly a worthy recipient of the Beta Sigma Phi Woman of the Year Award,” the group said in giving her the honor.
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