The Way We Were

November 7, 1918

The committee in charge of the benefit dance given by local Moose last Thursday evening spared no pains in their endeavor to make the affair successful.

Redmen hall was beautifully decorated in bunting and flags. Beneath the stars and stripes, on the wall opposite the entrance, hung the honor roll of the Wrangell Moose organizations with its nineteen names. The committee had secured good music and floor manager Ned Lemieux arranged the dances so that everyone had an enjoyable evening.

The dance netted the sum of $138.90, which will be put into the Moose War Chest, a fund which is used for the benefit of members of the order who are in the service.

November 12, 1943

More than $180.00 has been collected in the annual tuberculosis seal sale drive which opened here last week, according to Mrs. E. M. Campbell chairman on the drive.

Seals are already in the hands of most of the citizens of the community and those who do not have them can obtain them from Mrs. Campbell.

The Christmas seal sale is an annual affair in the Territory to aid in the war against tuberculosis and a large part of the money collected in Alaska stays in the Territory to aid Alaska victims.

November 7, 1968

City Council members have voted to ask the school board to return $50,000 in surplus funds to the city treasury to finance the Front Street paving project.

At a special meeting Monday night, councilmen voted to adopt a resolution requesting return of the funds.

Cost of the project totaled approximately $50,000. Of that, $4,000 will be paid by several firms and individuals.

November 4, 1993

Amid public concern that include accusations of “premeditated murder,” the Department of Environmental Conservation has extended the comment period on new water quality standards to Nov. 15.

Meanwhile, Wrangell’s public works superintendent says local water is tested so often and for so many things that he is not worried, and that the town’s standards are high enough for him not to worry about the health of his own family.

The Wrangell Resource Council urged the DEC to adopt the “most protective cancer risk level possible” and prohibit carcinogens from contaminating fish and water.