In the Sentinel 75, 50 and 25 years ago.
April 18, 1941: Mrs. Henry Bowman and son Tiny returned to Wrangell aboard the Princess this week after being in
Seattle during the winter with her husband, Capt. Bowman, who will be along in a few weeks with a new boat to replace the Tiny Boy which was lost last season. The new boat, about the size of Gunderson’s Alaskan, is virtually completed and awaits
only the installation of engines. The Gunderson vessel Alaskan arrived in Wrangell yesterday from Seattle bringing Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gunderson, George Gunderson, Fred Cunningham, Tony Sarri and Wilfred Fykerude. The Gundersons and Cunningham went south recently to bring the vessel north for Gunderson’s summer operations at Johnson Cove.
April 22, 1966: Lee Phillips, 16, entered the first king in the salmon derby which opened Monday. It tipped the scales at 29 pounds even. Phillips caught his fish off the cemetery beach early the second morning of the derby. Through the courtesy of Chuck and Yvonne Traylor, Stikine Air Service will be an
official weighing station along with the Totem Bar and the
airlines, the derby committee reported. Officially checked scales will be at all three stations. Stikine Air will also sell
tickets. New family rates are in effect this year as well as a
special visitors permit, the committee said, and also Field and Stream award applications for large entries. A good showing of fish has turned up along the Wrangell shore with lots of feed, fishermen report. Some catches have been made at Grey’s and the Nose and the Back Channel.
April 18, 1991: Shovels, hoses, rakes, paint brushes and garbage bags – not to mention front-end loaders and dump trucks – will come out of storage next week for cleanup, fix-up, paint-up week. Wrangell residents are asked to get out and clean up their neighborhoods next week, with help
from Wrangell Pride, the Lions Club and the city. The week of April 20-26 has been set for the town’s annual spring
cleaning, according to Paula Rak, a member of Wrangell Pride. Students in Dean Jaquish’s class got a Head Start by having
their class pick up litter this week. Rak said the city would make available a front-end loader and dump truck for
picking up large items April 20-25. She said the crew would even haul away junk cars, providing the owner has the title for the car. From noon-4 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, the
Lions Club will hold its annual litter pick up. Rak says the civic organization will give prizes to teams of adults and children picking up the most trash. She said Wrangell Pride has
organized a lunch for the trash gatherers, with food donated by the Emblem Club and cooked by NBA employees. Rak has organized a litter pick-up along Zimovia Highway, and is recruiting other residents to clean up along their stretch of the road.
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