August 16, 1917:
Oscar Case, of Wrangell, who enlisted with the Engineers at Cheyenne, Wyoming
shortly after the declaration of war, has recently been in training at Corpus Christi, Texas. A letter received from him recently by his parents stated that he was expecting to be transferred. His regiment is no longer at Corpus Christi, and as no news is given out concerning its whereabouts it is practically certain that he is now on the way to Europe.
August 14, 1942:
Mrs. S. D. Grant, Vice President of local chapter and knitting chairman, reported 8 sweaters, 2 helmets, 4 mufflers and 5 pairs of socks received from knitters during July. Those who knit helmets will be especially interested in the thanks of a Naval officer to a San Francisco production chairman for 50 wool helmets sent his men on active duty on a battleship: “There is nothing so dastardly demoralizing as to stand hour on end in a biting gale with perhaps rainfall adding to your discomfort. Chitty water seeps down your neck. Rain clothes reach saturation point, your eyes narrow to slits trying to avoid wind and rain, and feel the world has quite forgotten you. To the rescue,” he wrote further, “have come the good women of the Red Cross representative of the spirit we all have left at home. Warmth of their hand knitted garments is like warm American hearts.”
August 11, 1967:
The Farmers Home Administration will establish an office here September 1, according to Wallace Riehle, representative of the agency now station at Palmer, who was in town this week. Riehle said the present plan is for him to be stationed here and he was in search of housing for himself, Mrs. Riehle and three children. Mrs. Richard B., who has been with Farmers Home at The Dalles, Ore., is expected to be associated with the office here Riehle said.
August 13, 1992:
The second problem
bear of the summer was shot by police after it refused to leave the yard of a residence on Zimovia Highway. The
80-100 pound black bear was shot by police Lt. Dave Jack July 28 at the home of Jessie and Willie Howell. Police Chief Brent Moody said the decision to shoot the bear was a matter of two issues. “One, it was a problem bear, and the other was a safety issue because it was a house that it kept coming back to,” Moody said. “There were small children who could not even go outside. It was coming up onto their porch.”
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