February 20, 1919
The other day the reporter met Mr. Parrott in the express office where he was making a shipment of ginseng to New York. The little shipment amounted to only 18 pounds, but it will net Mr. Parrott $4180. It is now almost six years since Mr. Parrott put in his ginseng farm on Sergief Island, near Wrangell. He has the plants in beds 190 feet long and six feet wide. When the foliage is on, the beds are almost covered. Mr. Parrott first got the idea that ginseng of a superior quality could be grown in Alaska from a perusal of a fur dealers’ price list which quoted a higher price for ginseng grown in Quebec than that grown in the Alleghenies.
February 25, 1944
Fairbanks probably will get the Bishop Rowe Memorial, Bishop Bentley told the Wrangell Chamber of Commerce at its luncheon meeting yesterday. Paying compliment to Wrangell for its able effort in making an offer to establish the memorial here, Bishop Bentley said that in as much as Fairbanks is more centrally located to the work of the Episcopal missions in the north, it had virtually been decided to build the memorial there. It will be in the form of an office and residence for the Bishop, and will include accommodations for staff members traveling to and from the various outposts and generally serve as the headquarters of the Episcopal Church in Alaska, he explained.
February 20, 1969
Mrs. Lillian S. Nolan of West New Haven, Conn., supreme president of the Emblem Club, will make an official visit to Wrangell Sunday. Traveling with Mrs. Nolan is Supreme Marshal Mrs. Forrest Benjamin of Milford, Conn. Here from Ketchikan for a visit is past president of the Wrangell Emblem Club and present Supreme Assistant Chaplain, Mrs. Helen Smith. Mrs. Smith came to attend the Purple Bubble Ball last Saturday and is the houseguest of Mrs. Lenora Moore.
February 24, 1994
A story in the Sept. 30, 1993 issue of the Sentinel reported that a bird boarded a U.S. Forest Service boat earlier that month at Gut Island, and refused to be shooed away by the three Forest Service employees during the entire trip down the Stikine River back to Wrangell. Once here, the bird flew into the Delta Western office. From that point on, former editor George Roth said the bird’s exact whereabouts were unknown. According to Bill Haines, who lives at 5-½ mile Zimovia with his wife, Marie, the bird visited a couple downtown businesses and ended up at the NAPA auto parts store, where it lighted on Dick Crockett’s hat. When Crockett left, so did the bird, staying perched on his hat as he drove away and out the road. Crockett made a stop at the Haines home, where the bird took up residence.
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