In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago.
November 18, 1915: As announced last week, the Wrangell Orchestra is forging ahead fast with their plans for that big dance on Thanksgiving. The original plans have been changed somewhat and the dance will be a good old
fashioned Hard Time Dance, which is just the right kind for everyone to have a jolly good time. So prepare for the time of your life and get your oldest, raggiest and worst clothes laid out for the occasion. Good music is promised and everyone will have a good time. The admission will be: Ladies Free and Gentlemen one dollar. Remember the date, Thursday evening, November 25th at the Rink.
November 22, 1940: It’s a safe bet that 99.9 percent of Wrangell, if not more, went to bed last night assuring
themselves that they didn’t want to eat again for a week. Thanksgiving Day was celebrated according to best
traditions with seemingly everyone getting his fill of the well known traditional bird. A community service, held in the Salvation Army Hall, in which ministers of the various local denominations took part, was well attended and made a fitting start for the day of Thanksgiving, and many
family and friendly dinners had their place in the day’s
program. The main pre-Thanksgiving event was the Elks dance given Wednesday night at the ANB Hall. A good crowd was in attendance and many of the dancers carried off turkeys. Harold Martindale was chairman of the dance
committee and reported complete satisfaction in the
turn out.
November 26, 1965: A full commitment by Dr. Davis W. Dale of Seattle to set up a resident practice in Wrangell was received by the City Council at a special meeting Monday evening. Dr. Dale had contacted the city in answer to an advertisement in the AMA publication by the city for a
resident physician. The first game of the interscholastic
basketball season of 1965-66 is tonight. Tentative starters for the Wrangell High School Wolves are Bobby Urata, Ed Rilatos, Cliff Chamberlain, Mike McCormack, Rick Rilatos and Dave Cabot. Main games are scheduled for 8:15 Friday and 7:30 Saturday. The Wrangell High School Pep Band will entertain both nights and the drill team will perform during Saturday night’s halftime.
November 22, 1990: Operations at dozens of Canadian gold mining properties across the border from Wrangell are
slowing down for the winter, but some exploration and
construction work still is under way. At the same time,
mining companies, government officials in Canada and Alaska and local Wrangell businessmen are assessing the future and making plans. Plans are developing for building roads to the mines - roads leading from both the Alaska and Canadian sides of the rugged, mineral-rich region in Northwest British Columbia. To date, the commerce with Canadian gold companies has brought millions of dollars into the Wrangell economy since 1986 when Skyline
Corp. out of Vancouver, British Columbia, began hauling mining equipment through the Alaskan port. The impacts have been felt throughout the town of 2,500, whose
ancestors have experienced mining booms from the Stikine River gold rush of 1861, to the Cassiar rush of the 1870s, and as a back door to the Klondike in 1890s. As this “fourth gold rush” began in 1986, the local airport gained the title as the second busiest for international flights anywhere in Alaska - only behind Anchorage International Airport. And, while international arrivals at the Wrangell airport were down slightly this past summer, the town still is experiencing a rush of revenue and jobs as a result of the Canadian mining industry.
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