June 20, 1941
The newly coordinated Fish and Wildlife Service fleet of eight patrol vessels and an airplane put out Wednesday morning of this week on Alaska’s first intensive red salmon stream patrol. It’s purpose: to protect early streams from poachers, and over a period of time to bring back the early red run which has failed to materialize the last few years. Patrol vessels started gathering here last weekend. By Tuesday night all had assembled at the Fish and Wildlife float where they were joined by Assistant Executive Officer Homer Jewell.
June 17, 1966
Gordon Buness landed a 56 pound 8 ounce king caught at Point Ward. With a good guide and plenty of encouragement Gordon got up out of his rocker and landed his lunker in true sportsman fashion. This was his second fish of the year – his first a 30-some pounder caught in the same area earlier this year. Ed Frandsen entered a 45 lb. 1 oz. king from Steamer Point and Zona Landtrom was third with her 45 lb. king from the Point Ward area.
June 20, 1991
Wrangell was expected to make national television Wednesday through former Wrangellite Lorna Woods’ appearance on the 700 Club to discuss her involvement with a cult started in Wrangell in the 1960s. Woods, who was born in Wrangell and lived here until age 26, described her life with the Church of the Golden Writ of God, also known as the Family of Aurora Dea.
“It did not start out as a cult,” said Lorna in a telephone interview from her home in Hammond, Ore. “It was a study group. We studied the Bible and other religions. It just progressed from there.”
Lorna Woods explains its basic goal as “trying to take bodies to our version of heaven by not passing through death.” Members were not allowed to seek medical help and according to one member, believe that they came to earth “from another place” on a spaceship that was shot down.
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