January 18, 1917: On Tuesday evening a banquet was given at the Wrangell hotel by several of the business men in honor of the Wrangell basketball team. Cash Coulter was apparently the one who originated the idea, and saw that it was carried out. It was one of the most pleasurable events that has taken place in Wrangell this season. Hon. P.C. McCormack acted as chairman, and as soon as the guests were seated made a few appropriate remarks explaining why the banquet was given, and praising the basketball team giving Wrangell a lot of advertising along some line other than that which it has received through the story that has been told so often that we all know what it is.
January 16, 1942: Recruits for the Woman’s Ambulance and Defense Corps are now being sought in Wrangell. A meeting has been called for 8 o’clock Saturday night in the Fire Station which all women in the community are urged to attend to hear details of the Corps, it is announced by Lieut Eve Wold (Mrs. William H. Jensen), who is representing the group here. Aims and purposes of the organization will be completely explained at the meeting. “In this emergency every trained hand available will be needed,” Liet. Wold said “The women have found a new place and a new way in which to work shoulder to shoulder with the men in this war.”
January 20, 1967: The cargo vessel San Eduardo, under charter to load logs for the Japanese trade, berthed at Wrangell Lumber Company this week giving the port a truly international flavor. The San Eduardo is under Panama registry carries an Australian captain, a Scotland first mate, and mostly a Chinese crew with a few Caucasians from various ports of the world. Columbia Maru, frequent caller and one of the first to take lumber cargo from the port, was anchored awaiting her turn when the San Eduardo clears. Several other vessels are scheduled in the next few weeks to take lumber cargo from WLC.
January 16, 1992: It hasn’t been decided what to do with the national forest receipts revenue, but the City Council and the School Board agree on one thing: Save some for a rainy day. Lin Laughy, Wrangell school superintendent, said judicious use of the money could help “alleviate some of the yearly wrangling for funds from the city.” The city received $662,635 as its share of the national forest receipts. Twenty-five percent of revenues generated by the national forests are returned to the states where the forests are located. The state then distributes the money among the communities in proximity to the national forest. The money is mandated for school use. At a Jan. 7 workshop, members of both the City Council and the School Board noted the variability in the funds from year to year, and expressed a realization that they couldn’t rely on getting these kinds of funds every year.
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