February 22, 1917: Silas Silverman, son of Sam Silverman, the well known mining man, arrived from the south on the Spokane last Thursday evening and sailed for Seattle on the Princess Sophia the next evening. Mr. Silverman is at present engaged in mining with his father at Sydney Inlet on Vancouver Island. He made the hurried trip to Wrangell for the purpose of bonding some properties on the Stikine at Devil’s Elbow and Glenora where he will begin operations as soon as the river is open to navigation. There are many rumors of other mining activities along the Stikine the coming season.
February 20, 1942: “Main Event” of the coming weekend holiday is the Firemen’s annual masked dance to be given at ANB hall tomorrow night. Ordinance No. 1 in the records of the Town of Wrangell is one creating the Volunteer Fire Department. This occurred in the early nineteen hundreds. The ordinance, as passed at the time, gave each Volunteer Fire member the sum of One Dollar for each fire he attended but this was revised in 1929 to give the department $18.00 a fire, where equipment was used, and $10.00 for each false alarm.
February 24, 1967: Mrs. Pauline Nims recently announced that the architect plans for the Wrangell Museum have arrived. Mrs. Nims has sent out letters to several organizations and individuals requesting their assistance in the Museum remodeling. The initial Museum grant of $15,000 will only go so far in this project and any individual contributions of cash or work will help stretch this grant. Plans are being made for local artists Arts and Crafts show sometime during the summer. This show will include painting, sculpting, carving, driftwood art, and jewelry making. All local artists are encouraged to begin on projects now and by summertime a good assortment of art objects will be available. These items can be sold at the show if the artists desires. Following the art show, many of the items will be on display at the museum. There has been a lot of interest in the Wrangell Exhibit for the Alaska 67 exposition in Fairbanks. Work is in progress.
February 20, 1992: Put on the brakes and throw it into reverse. Alaska Pulp Corp. workers who were celebrating the release of 160 million board feet of timber just last week by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals are nervously awaiting word from the same court this week. A lawsuit that has stretched over six years may not be over yet. Eric Jogensen of the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund told the Sentinel that the plaintiffs are considering asking the judges to review the case, citing a misinterpretation of the Tongass Timber Reform Act. Buck Lindekugel, staff attorney for the Southeast Alaska Conversation Council, told the Sentinel that they have until Feb. 26 to file the request.
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