February 21, 1918: Here is a suggestion for a saving plan for the household, one that is tangible and easy to follow. Let parents organize their tots into Home War Savings Groups so that the children can earn their pennies and not have them donated to them, by keeping their rooms in order, doing the dishes, running errands dusting, etc. By earning their pennies in some definite and regular manner and then purchasing Thrift Stamps with them, children will gain in the spirit of self-denial, they will become conscious of rendering a real service to their Government and the habits of Thrift thus formed will prove helpful to them as long as they live.
February 26, 1943: Word from Wrangell boys on the fighting front comes this week in a note to The Sentinel from James B. Cauley, who is with a group of other Wrangell boys somewhere in the Pacific theater of operations. Jim’s letter passed the censor so we pass it on to you: Dear Lew: During this time of turmoil and strife, we are apt to forget what the boys at home are doing. However, your generous contribution of the Sentinel gives us a great deal of pleasure and many happy moments. We eagerly look forward to receiving the paper and to see what is happening during our absence. Our local boys now consist of T/5th Ronnie Carlstrom; Pfc. Armstrong and Sig Veseth, Pvts. Bradley, Johnson, Cremer, and Prescott. The boys are in fine condition, never more fit in fact. Our isolated post does deprive us of many things, but we think nothing of that, only of the day when we will be able to walk down the gangplank to a freer and more peaceful world. We read with a great deal of interest about the Home Guard. More power to the boys and with it goes our moral support. I would like to say more, but you know there are restrictions. The boys send greetings to all the people of Wrangell. In closing, we wish to thank you for sending The Sentinel. Keep up your morale building. Best of luck to all of you out there from the folks here at home. We are all always eager to hear from you.
February 29, 1968: The Yokohama Dockyard of the Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Company launched the main section of the 276,000 DWT oil tanker ordered by the National Bulk Carriers, Inc. of the United States. Using the most modern ship building techniques as befitting the leading ship building nation in the world, the new giant ship’s body will be completed this March when her stern and prow sections are attached to the central core. This ship is the first of three on order from the National Bulk Carriers and is capable of transporting 350,000 kiloliters of oil per run. An indication of her size is the fact that height of her bridge is equivalent to that of a 15-story building.
February 18, 1993: Before Don and Harriet Schirmer left Wrangell to spend a year teaching in Mongolia, they were told the Mongolians were the most hospitable people in the world. That is a charge they say would be hard to refute. “It was a grand experience. We were really treated royally,” Don said recently in an interview at the couple’s home at 8 and half mile Zimovia Highway. Don said the standard code of courtesy in Mongolia is such that a person can walk up to anybody’s Ger (the traditional dwelling of the Mongolians) and the owner must serve his guest. Whether the Mongolians actually treat their fellow countrymen with this kind of hospitality was not known to Don, but he said it wouldn’t surprise him based on the way he and Harriet were treated.
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