The Way We Were

In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago.

January 20, 1916: Owing to the fact that matters seem to progressing rather slowly in regard to the Dry Strait survey, Mr. F. Matheson, who has the matter in charge, recently wrote to Delegate Wickersham regarding the affair and received an answer which states, “On December 8th I wrote to the Secretary of War asking about the report of the Engineer on the matter of Dry Strait improvement and on the 14th he wrote me saying that he had not yet received it from the District Engineer’s Office.” An engineer from the Engineer’s Office of the department at Seattle was in Wrangell last summer and made a preliminary investigation of the survey and it is thought by many that his report on the matter will be favorable.

January 17, 1941: Registration day is next Wednesday,

Jan. 22. On that day all male citizens as well as male aliens in Alaska who on that day or previously have reached their 21st birthdays and who have not reached their 36th birthdays, are required to register for Selective Service, commonly known

as the “draft.” In Wrangell, registration will take place in City Hall before a board made up of Leo McCormack, C.P. MacCreary and E.M. Campbell. All males in Wrangell

and the surrounding community, between the ages given above, are required by law to present themselves for registration. Later drawings will be held just as they were in the States recently to determine by lot who will be called to actual service.

January 21, 1966: In the final game of the Wrangell Narrows Invitational Tournament held in Petersburg last Friday and Saturday, Petersburg edged Wrangell 66 to 65 in the closest game of the contest. Wrangell was ahead at halftime 33 to 28. High for Wrangell was Bob Smith with 21 points. Vince Barwick followed closely with 14 points, Ben Lund 12, Dick Ridgeway 6, Bob Wickman 5 and Tom Gillen 5. Wrangell was selected for the tournament sportsmanship award and placed Ben Lund and Bob Wickman on the first all-tourney team. Friday night Wrangell met the Petersburg High School second team when Ketchikan was unable to attend. Wrangell upset the Petersburg team 62 to 42.

January 17, 1991: A Cordova man will move to Wrangell

in March to fill the vacant fish and wildlife protection

trooper’s post in the community. Col. Jack Jordan of the Division of Fish and Wildlife Protection, said Trooper Greg Hamm of Cordova will be transferred to the Wrangell position vacated by Trooper Bob Rodrigues last year. Funding for the moving costs were not immediately available when Rodrigues transferred to Kodiak, so Jordan said hiring of a replacement had to be delayed. Hamm has worked as a fish and

wildlife trooper since January 1981. He worked in Kodiak before transferring to Cordova, where he has served as skipper of a 40-foot patrol vessel, Jordan said. Jordan said he expected Hamm to be on the job in Wrangell about mid-March.