In the Sentinel 75, 50 and 25 years ago.
December 27, 1940: About 35 shooters and a few
spectators turned out Sunday for the first annual turkey shoot of the Stikine Sportsmen’s Association of Wrangell, keen rivalry making it a highly successful affair. Seven
turkeys were knocked off by the sharp-eyed crackshots, the birds going to Lloyd Benjamin, Chet Steear, Chad Wyatt, Howard Messinger, Cliff Kilkenny, Lloyd Ripley and
Elvin Lindsley. Some very good scores were shot. The leather medal for missing the target entirely went to President Fred Hanford of the Association. President Fred said he missed on purpose because they were a little short of targets.
Other shooters said the association prexy just couldn’t hit the target. At any rate, no turk for Hanford. Committee in
charge was made up of James Lovett, Rudolph Kock and
Chet Steear, who extend their thanks to Miss Sue
Smith and Lloyd Benjamin for assisting with the
scoring.
December 31, 1965: John H. Holmberg, chairman of the executive committee of the National Bank of Alaska, this
week announced the promotion of four new vice
presidents within the chain. Included in the list was the promotion of local banker and community leader Frank H. Murkowski. Murkowski moved to Wrangell in March of 1962 to accept the position of Assistant Cashier and Manager of the local bank and was later promoted to Assistant Vice President and Manager. Since his arrival he has been active in
community leadership serving as president of the
Wrangell Chamber of Commerce in 1963, 1964 and 1965. He has been active in the Wrangell Elks Lodge, Lions
Club and Junior Chamber of Commerce. He was also Vice President of the British Columbia and Alaska Associated Board of Trade in 1964. This year he was elected to serve as a director of the Southeast Conference.
December 20, 1990: City workers are preparing a plan to locate 16 new phone booths across the community. The
City Council at its Dec. 11 meeting directed employees to
prepare a list of possible sites for the booths, then
return to the council for approval. Alascom is proposing to install about 16 phone booths in the community, 10 of which they’ve suggested for the harbor and dock areas. The booths would be erected on city property. Alascom officials have said they find that cruise ship passengers, ferry
passengers and other visitors to town require more
phone booths than those now in Wrangell. Public pay phones now are outside the Elks Hall, at the Stikine Inn and at the Alaska Airlines terminal and ferry terminal. General Telephone officials said additional pay phones are outside the harbormaster’s shack, at the Totem, Marine and Brig bars, at the Salvation Army hall and thrift store, at the swimming pool, community center, high school and public safety
building.
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