May 10, 1917: At the repeated requests of numerous friends who have been entertained again and again with Mrs. Burnet’s reading she has consented to give a whole evening of entertainment at the Redmen’s Hall May 17. Her entertainment should be considered one of the events of the year. The entertainment will be under the auspices and for the benefit of the Red Cross. The Red Cross needs money, more money, most money. There are field hospitals to be equipped, hospital ships to be furnished, and it must all be done quickly.
May 8, 1942: Commencement exercises will be held at 8 o’clock Sunday night at Wrangell Institute with the Rev. Walter A. Soboleff, pastor of the Memorial Presbyterian Church of Juneau, delivering the address. Twenty nine will receive diplomas from Principal George T. Barrett. They are Theodore Edward Williams, Anthony Lester Edenshaw, Beatrice Sophia Hudson, Charlie C. Didrickson, Floyd Harris Guthries, Jennie Lavarne Warne, Michael Constantine, Ann Marjorie Dundas, Kenneth Carl Benson, Victor George Peele. Helen Ann Jackson, Willis Jackson, Jr., Louie George Sam, William Wells, James Hobson, August Martin, Mora Rose Case, Jessie Anna Leask, Elsie Marie Gunyah, Phillip John Darrow, Marie Violet Rogers, Elsie Carmel Austin, Martha Louise Person, Chester Simon Dalton, Charles Paul Johnson, Juanita Jane Johnston, Walter “Babe” Williams, Sally Alexandria Barnes and Martha Patricia Boskofsky.
May 5, 1967: The Centennial Stampede boat is scheduled to arrive at 7pm in Wrangell May 6. Reports indicate that the Taku will be decorated in a Centennial manner and aboard her, with other officials will be Gov. Walter J. Hickel. A 40 piece Army band from Fort Richardson will play and Indian dancers from Ketchikan and Sitka will perform. Present plans call for a welcoming program to be held at the ferry terminal if the weather permits, and in case of rain at the high school gym. Mayor Richard Ballard, Wrangell’s reigning Fourth Queen Lorraine Johnson, the high school pep band, the square dancers, Twirling Garnets and members of the Centennial Committee will be on hand to conduct the ceremonies.
May 7, 1992: Alaskan support for true reform of Tongass National Forest management remains as strong as ever. The results of last autumn’s public review of the Forest Service’s draft Tongass Land Management revision are heartening. Community hearings and written comments on the Tongass plan showed strong opposition to the Forest Service’s stepped up logging and road building proposals and powerful citizen support for increased fish and wildlife habitat conservation on the Tongass. Subsistence, the personal and community wide use of game and fish by rural Alaskans was a priority of many who testified at public hearings.
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