In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago.
September 30, 1915: Manager J. H. McGehee, of the Alaska Co-operative Fishing & Packing Association, last Tuesday confirmed the story printed in the Sentinel last week in regard to moving their plant from Wrangell to the Wrangell Narrows. According to Mr. McGehee, the new plant will be built about two miles up in the Narrows toward Scow Bay. The plant to be built at this time is about the same as the one now operated on St. Michaels Dock, but they plan to enlarge it extensively next season at which time a large cold storage plant will be installed and ice manufactured. The plant will be moved to the new location in the course of a week and it is expected to be ready for business within three weeks.
October 4, 1940: Some 10 or 12 years ago F.A. Cooper, pioneer Wrangell resident who lives out the north road, planted some plum trees. His friends laughed at him, contending he couldn’t raise plums with any degree of success this far north. This week Cooper was doing the laughing while his friends were getting samples of some of the finest blue plums they ever saw in their lives. Plum-grower Cooper got a bushel off one tree. Mrs. Cooper canned 30-odd quarts and they gave lots of them away to their friends. Aside from his plums, orchardist Cooper grows fine apples, berries, and other fruits and vegetables with marked success.
October 8, 1965: Two write-in candidates, Mayor-elect R.L. (Dick) Ballard and councilman-elect S.W. (Bill) Jenkins carried the polls Tuesday after determined stickler campaigns. The Mayoral race, expected to be close, resulted in a decisive victory for Ballard. Ballard, running on a community improvement platform, carried 154 of the 267 votes cast. Incumbent Mayor Doris Barnes had appeared on the ballot without an opponent. In a prior election there were no candidates and Barnes was elected on a write-in ballot. In the race for council seats S.W. (Bill) Jenkins, also a write-in, polled the highest number of votes carrying 329 and a three-year council seat. Frank Murkowski carried the second seat with 105 votes, and Gordon Mason took the two-year term with 106 votes.
October 4, 1990: Twelve children of Wrangell’s Baha’i community participated in activities to observe the United Nations’ “World Summit for Children” last week. The children observed this event first with a discussion about the plight of the world’s children—and possible solutions to the problems. Later in the week, they participated in a candlelight vigil with singing and prayers for the children of the world. The Baha’i children were informed that this observance was being held worldwide between Sept. 23-30, and in New York City, Sept. 29-30. The purpose of the observances was to attract the attention of the nations’ leaders, the public and the world in recognizing the importance and urgency of the nations’ leaders signing the U.N. sponsored “Bill of Rights for Children.” The children also wanted to urge the nations to participate fully in the World Summit for Children and make the following commitments: Have children’s well being be a priority on the country’s political, economic and social agenda. Work for ratification and implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Save the lives of 50 million children this decade. Ensure the future health, education and opportunity to live a life free from poverty within a sustainable environment. The children also learned that this candlelight vigil observance and the success of the World Summit for Children were being endorsed by the United Nations, American Federation of Teachers, Freedom from Hunger Foundation, the National Education Association, World Vision, Save the Children, Christian Children’s Fund and others.
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