Yesterday's News

May 19, 1917: Miss Mary Louise Bihler, teacher of

primary department of the Wrangell public school, gave an exhibit of the children’s work in her room last Friday afternoon. The four walls of the room were covered with written exercises, drawings, free hand cuttings, tablemats, caps, and various other articles made by the

children. A number of miniature hammocks made by the

different pupils were all so nearly alike, and the weaving so perfectly done, that they looked more like a factory product

than the work of school children.

May 22, 1942: Ten Wrangell high school seniors will receive their diplomas at commencement exercises to be held this evening in the high school auditorium. Winding up the school year in the Wrangell schools sheepskins are Betty Binkley, Jane Eyon, Walter Firzgibbon, Emmy Lee Forrester, Bernard Iverson, Reginald Johnson, Elizabeth Kee, Barbara Paulson, Clifford Thopson, Lew Williams Jr. Bernard Iverson is Valedictorian of the class and Betty Binkley, Salutatorian.

May 5. 1967: The 1967 slate of Queens was introduced at the kick off dance last Saturday night at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall. Margaret Gross, Fourth of July Chairman, introduced Edward B. Rasmuson, president of the Chamber of Commerce, who in turn introduced the girls and presented them with their tickets. Patty Brinker, sponsored by the National Bank of Alaska, Terry Winslow, Elks Emblem, Peggy Gross, American Legion and Auxiliary, Lorett Stokes, Wrangell Lumber Co., and Paula Norris, Alaska Wood Products Inc. Lorraine Johnson, the reigning queen, drew for the Centennial trip award and the name drawn was that of E. F. Lehman.

May 21, 1992: The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities will hold public hearings to discuss features of a new ocean class vessel scheduled to be added to the Alaska Marine Highway System in 1996. The new vessel will replace the Malaspina and run the route of the Tustumena when that vessel is being repaired, according to Richard Ploss, project manager for the Marine Highway System. It will cost about $75 million he said. The Malaspina was built in 1962 and is one of the oldest vessels in the fleet, Ploss said. It is one of eight ships that serve more that 30 communities along 3,500 miles of Alaska coastline, according to department statistics.