December 6, 1917: Bishop R.J Crimont who last July was consecrated the first Bishop of Alaska for the Catholic Church is a genuine Sourdough. Recently he paid his first visit to Wrangell since his consecration. From Wrangell he went to Ketchikan where he found the hotels filled with people attending court and no rooms to be had. So he made his way up to the rectory, which of course was locked Father Kern being in Seattle. He then tried the church and finding it open spent the night there sleeping on one of the hard benches. The next day when some of the Catholic people discovered this presence and asked why he did not let them know that he was in town the bishop quietly replied: “I did not think it necessary to toot any horn to announce my arrival.”
December 4, 1942: Invitations are in order for Christmas dinners for service men in Wrangell, according to the USO committee in charge. Most of the men have already been invited for those disappointed in not having a uniformed guest at Thanksgiving got their bids in early for Christmas but in case new men should arrive, through transfers or additional personnel, the USO committee asks any Wrangell housewife desiring to help make the servicemen’s Christmas a little merrier with a family dinner, should contact Mrs. Lew Williams at The Sentinel office. Phone 1 and leave your name and number of men you can entertain.
December 1, 1967: Ancient Alaskan Indian lore interpreted in the measured, precise steps of classical ballet came to Wrangell this week. In the Monday performance at Wrangell Institute, a ballet company danced to a score composed by Professor Greeta Brown of the University of Alaska music department. The program, sponsored by the Alaska State Council of the Arts, featured a troupe of Ketchikan students. It is touring six Southeast Alaska cities. April Churchill dances the part of the Great One Over All in “The Raven” Ballet. The troupe of eight dancers performed an hour and a half program. Miss Churchill, who has studied ballet for six years under Virginia Klepser, is a step-granddaughter of Selena Peratrovich, so both Tlingit and Haida cultures are represented at the ballet. ANB-ANS convention delegates saw the ballet’s premiere performance in Ketchikan with one delegate commenting that it was the first time he has even seen a ‘blue-eyed raven.”
December 3, 1992: The search of the wreck of the tug May was scheduled to resume Tuesday, using a special underwater camera. More than a week has passed since the tug went down in Farragut Bay and the vessel’s owner said there is still no clear reason for the sinking. In an interview last week with radio station KSTK, Campbell Towing Co. President Carl Campbell said Coast Guard investigation that included extensive interviews with the ship’s surviving crewman have failed to reveal any definite answer to the cause of the disaster.
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