August 29, 1941: Due to the unprecedented dry spell, the water supply of Wrangell is running low and city
authorities are urging conversion of
water by all citizens of the community. The dangerously low level of water in the reservoir creates a fire hazard,
Mayor E.J. Wheeler stressed, in urging that everyone in the community be as careful with the use of water as possible until the emergency is broken by a good rainfall. This is one of the longest periods in Wrangell history without rain of sufficient quantity to supply ample moisture. Intermittent showers have fallen during the summer but not enough to keep the streams at anywhere near normal level. Many streams are virtually dry and all but a few are so low that salmon cannot go up to spawn.
August 26, 1966: An
executive meeting of the Dry Straits Committee of the Chamber of Commerce for next Monday noon was announced by Chamber President Richard Sykes at yesterday’s
chamber luncheon. Don House, chairman of the Dry
Straits Committee said his group wanted to review plans recently received on the construction of a bridge across the Strait by the department of highways. The bridge is part of the state road program to
build an access road to the Canadian border and a link connecting Wrangell and Petersburg.
August 29, 1991: Wrangell exhibitors took six class
championships in the 23rd Southeast Alaska State Fair Aug. 14-18. They garnered 32 blue ribbons for first places, 14 red for second, and 8 white for third. The 22 exhibitors had 67 entries in 14 of the 23
classes shown. Class championships went to Yvonne Traylor for a “Wrangell 1887” oil
painting; to Ira Merrill for a raku-fired ceramic mask with goat fur and for a hand-formed ceramic mask with fox
fur; to Linda Wickman for a hand-painted saw blade; to Barbara Crabtree for a
crocheted picture, “Hummingbirds,” and to Elva Bigelow for embroidered pillowcases.
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