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January 28, 1915: According to information given out by the local cable office, the Government has seen fit to place in service a new night letter rate, which will take effect February 1st. The new rating will help in several ways, by taking part of the load off the wires at the busy time and make the charges much cheaper, the new rate being 12 cents per word for a ten word message as to 16 cents by the present day rate. Messages can be filed at any time but will not be sent until the day work is cleared from the wires and will be delivered the next day, or if it goes further than Seattle the night service will be carried all the way through. The new rate not only applies to Seattle messages but takes in Alaska as well, hence a message can be sent to Ketchikan or Juneau at the rate of 3 cents per word for ten word message.
January 26, 1940: The Jenkins Café, formerly operated here, reopened this week in the location where the City Café has been operating for the past year. Bill Jenkins, well known Wrangell man, is in charge. Fred Sagamaki, who operated the City Café, is planning to continue in the restaurant business in another location. Viola Lofftus was chosen to be the new President of the Cannery Workers Auxiliary Union at an election of officers held last Friday at the crab and shrimp canneries. Margie Binkley was named Vice-President and James Cauly was re-elected Agent, Secretary-Treasurer. The six members of the Executive Board are: Alice Wies, Nellie Devenney, Frances Villarma, Myrtle King, Barney Oldfield and Myrtle Severson.
January 22, 1965: The Wrangell Advisory Committee to the Alaska Board of Fish and Game will meet at January 28, at the ANB Hall. Nominations and elections of new officers and members will be the highlight of the evening. Tom Richardson, local Commercial Fisheries biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, will give a short summary of the sport and commercial regulation changes for 1965 recently enacted by the board in Juneau. The public is invited. Four new members will be elected for terms of three years each representing the fields of hunting, longlining, plant worker and public at large. One additional two-year term representing seining will be filled.
January 25, 1990: Wrangell Forest Product Ltd's contract to manage the Wrangell Sawmill has been terminated, effective Feb. 1, when Alaska Pulp Corp. will resume direct oversight of operations. According to a statement to employees issued by WFP owner Steve Seley Jr., Alaska Pulp, the mill's owner, will assume management responsibilities as of Feb. 1. Seley's Wrangell Forest Products pulled out of its deal to buy the Wrangell sawmill in December 1988. At that time, WFP officials said they had a four-year contract to act as managers of the mill, with another four-year option to renew. However, rumors had been circulating in Wrangell recently that WFP's management of the mill would end in February. In response to press inquiries, Seley had not denied the rumors. Instead, he and his managers said they felt it was inappropriate to discuss their business affairs in the news media. Seley confirmed the rumors on Jan. 19 in issuing a statement to all WFP employees. Neither Seley nor Alaska Pulp Officials said whether WFP's management contract expired or was terminated by one or both parties. Seley's statement said workers would remain in their existing jobs with the Alaska Pulp takeover.
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