August 2, 1917: At the last meeting of the Civic Improvement Club it was decided to purchase from Mrs. Minnie Rosenthal of Seattle the lot adjoining the school property on the southeast. This lot is to be used as a children’s playground, and will be deeded to the town. The price paid for the lot was $400. It has a frontage of 39 1/3 feet, and extends from Second Street back to Cassiar Street. The mere purchase of a lot for $400 is a small matter when considered solely was a business transaction. But this purchase of a playground for the school children by a few Wrangell ladies organized into a club is an example of true philanthropy. It required no little effort for the ladies to raise the money needed. The money was not raised by a splurge, but little at a time, and it required constant and patient effort for a long period. The town council, appreciating the efforts of the club, recently voted to duplicate any amount expended by the club in connection with the local public school. With $400 now available from the council the conditions the coming session will be greatly improved over last year.
July 31, 1942: L. J. Palmer, biologist with the Fish and Wildlife Service, arrived in Wrangell this week aboard the Game Commission vessel Grizzly and will spend about 10 days on the Stikine flats making a study of waterfowl in that area. He is accompanied by Mrs. Palmer who is his field assistant. The couple was taken over to the flats by F.G. Hanford, President of the Stikine Sportsman’s Association of Wrangell, Wednesday and will stay at the duck house on Brown’s island while Palmer is making his survey. Fish and Wildlife Service is particularly interested in the Stikine Flats as the result of the vast bird life which frequents it.
July 28, 1967: Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Adams who were married recently in Harrington Park, New Jersey, and traveled mainly by hiking 5,000 miles to see Mrs. Adam’s godmother Mrs. Frank Webb of Wrangell. They left Harrington Park June 24 and went to Atlanta, Ga. and from there to Houston Texas, to visit Mrs. Adam’s sister and family and then back through the National Parks in Montana, on the ferry arriving here July 18. Mrs. Adams graduated from junior college and Adams has had two years of Cornell University in New York he will be going into military service in army security division when they leave here.
July 30, 1992: In cooperation with Ducks Unlimited, the Wrangell Ranger District is proposing the construction and placement of 10 artificial nesting structures for Canada geese on Wrangell Island. According to District Ranger Keene Kohrt, the artificial nesting structures are designed to be less accessible to predators. Small platforms on tree trunks or tall stumps appear to be the most effective design for geese in this area. These structures would be placed along drainages and wetlands on the island that are known to be used by the birds.
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