January 25, 1917: The Wrangell sawmill will start up earlier this year than ever before in its history. When seen by the Sentinel man this week Fred Wilson, the manager, stated that everything is being done to get in readiness for an early start, and that while the date for beginning operations has not been set, it is expected that sawing will begin on February 1. The coming season will be the busiest the mill has ever had. Orders have been coming in since before the first of the year. Ever since the mill shut down on November 21 there has been a force of men at work setting everything in readiness for the 1917 cut. Several thousand dollars’ worth of new machinery has been installed and there is no doubt the coming season’s output will be considerably larger than that of any previous year.
January 16, 1942: We left Wrangell for Petersburg on the last Friday morning about nine thirty for what proved to be one of the most exciting trips any of us were ever on. The trip over wasn’t so very rough but I had to be the first to “hug the rail,” then Marion Neilson then Jessie Barlow. After about five o’clock our boys left the hall for a banquet the Petersburg high school girls gave for them. By the time this was over and the girls had cleaned up and rested it was time for the game. We yelled till we were all hoarse. And after the game there was never a happier bunch of kids. It couldn’t have been because we won 19 to 13.
January 27, 1967: Commercial Transport Minister Bonner said last week that new markets will open up for British Columbia if the United States allows all American firms to use the B.C. ferry system to truck goods to Alaska could make a coast wide trucking route a possibility and there is no reason why British Columbia goods could not be hauled to Alaska, he said in an interview. Bonner was commenting on legislation submitted in Washington by Alaska Democratic Sen. Ernest Gruening to amend the Jones act to permit movement of freight to Alaska via the provincial government ferry link between Vancouver Island and Prince Rupert, B.C. Under the act, American interstate cargo can only be shipped on U.S. owned and operated carriers. Bonner said if the British Columbia ferry connection was used for freight it would mean a new outlet for the province’s goods and help lessen Canada’s trade imbalance with the U.S.
January 23, 1992: A recently completed health survey shows a good deal of satisfaction with health care in Wrangell. As part of a state-issued Community Health Planning Grant, a local survey was conducted, and the community was invited to help address health care needs. The study is a joint project between Wrangell and Petersburg. The results of the survey were addressed at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon Jan. 16. Later that evening, the community was invited to attend a health care needs planning session at Evergreen Elementary School, where citizens had input into the direction health care should take in Wrangell.
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