The Way We Were

January 17, 1918:

Wrangell chapter, American Red Cross Wrangell, Alaska. Dear Ladies: I received your package yesterday and wish to extend to you my heartiest thanks for same. I was rather surprised at first but I’m real happy now to think that, even though homeless, there is

someone in the great world to remember me, I expect to leave for France in a day or two and whereever I may be I shall at all times deeply remember the Ladies of the Wrangell Chapter of the American Red Cross.

Military life at this time of the year is rather tough as it is very cold and quarters are in

poor conditions, but we are all in for on cause and able to

stand almost anything. I had the honor of attending a show with

President and Mrs. Wilson on Christmas day, the entire

battalion was present.

January 15, 1943:

As President Roosevelt

has stated on many occasions, one of the tasks of the war is

to keep basic civilian activities an as near normal a keel as

possible during the emergency that the nation might be

prepared to continue its

commercial pursuits in stride when the actual fighting is over. One of the methods of doing that is to keep alive and active the community groups which direct their efforts to that end in keeping with the war tempo. In Wrangell, one of those groups is the commercial club, of formally known as the Chamber of Commerce but which could just as well be named the Wrangell Community Club. For its

objectives are those of the entire community, unlike Chambers of Commerce as they are known in large cities. The Wrangell Chamber is a cross section of the business community.

January 18, 1968:

All the 4-H project clubs are beginning a busy year. The Child Care clubs are being led by Mrs. Elsie Hansen and Mrs. Ruth Mason. Mrs. Hansen’s club meets on Tuesdays at 4 p.m. at her home.

January 14, 1993:

A special Port Commission meeting has been called for

January 15, to discuss the hiring of Greg Scheff and associates for the purpose of getting

permits to expand the port fill area. If hired, Scheff would do the preliminary work to

obtain permits from the Army Corps of Engineers necessary before any port expansion could begin. Eventually, the

Port Commission intends to have the fill area stretch from its present area near the City

Dock to connect with the fill area behind City Market.

Harbormaster Dave Mork told the Sentinel that the job will probably be too large to

complete in one effort, so the city may want to look at

constructing the fill area in stages. Mork said the commission may look at it as a ten year plan.

One reason the commission wants to get the Corps permits as soon as possible is so that it can utilize any rock made

available by the city and state to be used as fill. Whether that

fill material will be usable or not is dependent on the results of tests run by the corps on

samples taken from the harbor.