July 26, 1917:
Messrs, Kirk and Overbeck of the U.S. Geological Survey were in Wrangell early this week to make arrangements for a cruise in this district. The
services of W.C. Waters with his motorboat “The Glenora” were obtained and the party
left Monday afternoon, northbound. They will proceed to Juneau, Mr. Overbeck’s destination, where he will secure passage on a steamer to the westward, as his present work takes him to that part of Alaska. Mr. Kirk, the fossil expert, will cruise about in Icy Strait and vicinity, returning to Wrangell in the near future. Later he will make a tour to the West coast, gathering information and specimens from Prince of Wales Island.
July 24, 1942:
It is unreliably reported that a certain Wrangell man
had twelve bottles of hooch cached in his cellar, and his wife told him to empty the contents of each and every bottle down the sink. Here, in his own words, is how he made out: “I withdrew the cork from the first bottle and poured the contents down the sink, with the exception of one glass which I drank. I extracted the cork from the second bottle and I did likewise, with the exception of one glass, which I drank. Then I withdrew the cork from the third bottle and emptied the good old booze down the sink, except a glass, which I drank. I pulled the cork from the fourth sink and poured the bottle down the glass, which I drank. I pulled the bottle from the cork of the next and drank one sink out of it and threw the rest down the glass. Then I corked the sink with the
glass, bottled the drink and drank the pour.” “When I
had everything emptied I steadied the house with one hand and counted the bottles and
corks and glasses with the other, which were twenty nine, and as the house came
by I counted them again and finally I had all the houses and bottles and corks and
glasses counted, except one house and one bottle which I drank.”
July 21, 1967:
While the local art show held here July 8-9 was still in progress the committee received a call from Mrs. Betty Myser of Ketchikan asking to have a slate of judges appointed to choose two oil paintings to be shown in the Governor’s mansion in Juneau for six months. This showing is under the auspices of the Alaska State Council for the Arts of which Mrs. George Hale is chairman. Chosen by judges Edward B. Rasmuson, Terry McConnaughey and Edward J. Bradley were the oil painting, “The Seal Hunter” by Yvonne Traylor and the
watercolor of the Community House with Totems, by H.K. Beane. The work of two other local artists will be displayed at a later date.
July 23, 1992:
With the City Council’s approval on July 14 of a final payment of $147,797.60 to Ritchie Transportation, the Shoemaker Bay Boat Grid was officially considered completed. The grid, which has been under construction since this spring, was first talked about five years ago. Actual planning began about two years ago when funding came through for the breakwater extension. Total cost of the project was $369,494.
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