October 12, 1916: The Kicksetti totem on Front Street which is the property of Willis Hoagland, is having its cracks filled with putty and will be repainted in its original colors. The work is being done by William Tamaree. This should be only the beginning of the movement to preserve the totem poles of this region. Fred Wilson, manager of the sawmill, last Saturday received a cable order for 10,000 salmon boxes from C.J. Carlson of Taku harbor. The prospects are that the Wrangell sawmill will run later this season than ever before, and also that this season’s cut will be the largest of any year so far.
October 10, 1941: Thirteen men will be called for service in the Army from Wrangell under the Selective Service act and must be ready to report at their induction station on Annette Island on October 23, according to notification received by the local draft board yesterday from Gov. Ernest Gruening. H.A. Sephanus, Superintendent of the Sebastian-Stuart packing plant at Tyee, who was on the North Sea south bound this week, says there is no truth to the report circulated during the fishing season that the dock at Tyee had fallen in due to the weight of salmon. There was plenty of salmon this season, Mr. Sephanus reported, but there wasn’t enough to break the dock down at Tyee.
October 7, 1966: With 54 write-in votes, Paul Guggenbickler was elected to the two-year unexpired term on the City Council in Tuesday’s city election which brought 178 voters to the polls on the rain-drenching day. Donald E. Silvester was runner-up with 21 write-in votes. No candidate had filed for the vacancy. Richard B. Stough and A.V. Ritchie, Sr., unopposed, were elected to three-year terms on the council. Stough polled 139 votes, 78 in Precinct No. 1 and 61 in Precinct No. 2. Ritchie totaled 123 with 71 in No. 1 and 52 in No. 2. All unopposed, Gary Floyd was elected to the five-year term on the school board, Einar Ottesen to the two-year unexpired term and Mrs. Mabel Fennimore to the one-year unexpired term. Names of 29 local residents were written in on ballots for the no-candidate council seat. Nearly everyone along the street got a complimentary vote. Guggenbickler got the most with the aid of a little sticker campaign over the weekend.
October 5, 1991: Do you know a rock that should have a marker on it? Or an existing marker that should be moved? A place that several boats have run aground? Then you should help the U.S. Coast Guard with their waterway study of Ernest Sound and Zimovia Strait. Master Chief Petty Officer Mike Umbriaco said he is gathering public comments on the area and soliciting information from known users of the waterways, such as tug boat companies and local industrial users, and will turn all the information over to the Coast Guard’s Juneau Office. Then, he said, the Coast Guard will determine if the navigational aids are meeting the needs of the boating public. “We’re trying to make the waterways safer and we need the help of the people that use them,” Umbriaco said. He said the study would also use the records of the Coast Guard Cutter Elderberry, whose crew is responsible for maintenance on the navigational aids in the area.
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