April 10, 1919
A committee has been busy at the Red Cross rooms the past week cutting refugee garments from material on hand. These garments consist of simply made girls’ petticoats and children’s shirts and they will be ready for distribution next Tuesday. While the pajama orders which the local Red Cross must finish as soon as possible is nearing completion, there are ten convalescent robes to be made at the sewing room and a great many refugee garments. Wrangell was unable to get the amount of old clothing for the refugees assigned as her share, but the town was thoroughly canvassed and the people responded generously. It is safe to say that a better lot of old clothes could not be gathered anywhere. Wrangell was asked for a ton, but having exceeded her allotment last fall by nearly 500 points, the committee feels gratified that even this much could be secured.
April 14, 1944
The United States Department of Agriculture and War Food Administration are attempting to increase food production in Alaska. At least 16 million home gardens is the goal set for 1944. Southeastern Alaska must produce its share, approximately 2500. Victory gardens in the States produced over 8 million tons of fresh vegetables last year. Without Victory gardens, a shortage of food of disastrous proportions would have resulted. It is very essential that Southeastern Alaska produce all the lettuce, broccoli, endive, kale, Swiss chard, peas, carrots, turnips, beets, radishes, rutabagas and other crops, for use fresh or to can for winter storage. There is not a piece of ground in Southeastern Alaska which, given the benefit of most of the sun and proper drainage, correct fertilizer and necessary amount of care, that will not produce the vegetables mentioned.
April 10, 1969
The National Institute of Mental Health for processing has approved the Gateway Community Mental Health Center application, endorsed by the City of Ketchikan. The center is to serve all of the people who live south of Frederick Sound. The plan as projected is that at least two members of the team will come to Wrangell and Petersburg monthly. Any patient from Wrangell or Petersburg or elsewhere in southern Alaska will be eligible for outpatient care throughout the month or for the partial hospitalization program if the patient is in Ketchikan. The team will provide diagnostic services, evaluation and consultation.
April 14, 1994
The Wrangell Museum will spend its final summer this year in the aging Church Street structure it currently occupies before temporarily relocating until enough money is raised to build a new home for the cultural resource.
The museums’ board of directors recently received the preliminary drawings for a new building to house Wrangell’s collection of artifacts and an estimate of $4.5 million to construct the three-level structure of approximately 15,000 square feet.
Housing Wrangell’s collection of Native artifacts and relics of white pioneer days in the current museum, which was built as a school in 1906 and expanded in 1912, is generally considered risky because of the dilapidated building’s leaky roof and outdated wiring.
The museum board has a $32,000 grant from the estate of the late James Nolan, a former Wrangell Drug owner and state legislator, to refurbish the basement of the Wrangell Community Center to house the collection.
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