September 5, 1918
Tom Fugita, well known in Southeastern Alaska as a successful restaurant man, has recently returned from a trip to Japan and taken over the Wrangell Restaurant. Tom has an enviable reputation as a chef, and it is not a bad thing for Wrangell that he has returned from the land of cherry blossoms and is again on the job of relieving the hungry public.
September 10, 1943
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bennett and three children Ardeth, Alaska and Ila, arrived here this week from Petersburg and intend to establish their future home in Wrangell. They brought with them 85 platinum blue and Arctic white foxes and have leased the Axel Rasmussen place out the highway for fox farming.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett have been fox farming in the territory for a number of years, most of it to the Westward, with the last two years in Petersburg. The three children of the family have entered Wrangell public school.
September 5, 1968
Wrangell’s Road Runners were judged the best band of three entered in the Chamber of Commerce’s first annual Battle of the Bands Sunday night.
The event, which took place in the high school gym, saw entries from Petersburg and Ketchikan competing for prize money.
The winning band got $150 and the other groups were each presented with $75. Other bands in the event were the Norways of Ketchikan and the Illusions of Petersburg.
The Rev. John Rogers, chairman of the program said sponsors had broken even on the event. The Chamber of Commerce had advanced the committee $300 to pay for the transportation and expenses of the bands’ competing.
Approximately $525 was raised by the sale of $2 tickets and this paid back the Chamber and provided prize money, Rogers said. Plans are being discussed by the Chamber to expand the program into a statewide contest. Rogers said chambers throughout the state are going to be contacted to see if they will have preliminary contests in their communities and send the winning bands here for a state event.
Judges for the contest were Bob Anderson and Georgena Paddock, who play as the Bob and Gena duo.
September 9, 1993
A committee appointed by the City Council has finished selecting candidates for the job of drawing up schematic designs and cost estimates for building a new museum.
Three or four candidates were selected Monday from about 40 firms and individuals who presented their qualifications for the job, said museum board member Lillian Prevette, a member of the special winnowing committee.
Names and qualifications of the candidates selected will be presented to the City Council in mid September, Prevette said. Three of the four finalists are from Alaska, but none is from Wrangell. They were chosen from those who responded to a request for qualifications the city sent to a list developed especially for the purpose, she said.
Firms and individuals on the list are experienced in public buildings such as museums, hospitals, and so forth.
The pre-selection committee is made up of the city manager, Duane Gasaway, council member Ray McGurk, and museum board members Wil Fykerude and Prevette.
The city allocates $15,000 a year for the museum.
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