The Way We Were

­­­December 2, 1920

Miss Holland is somewhat disappointed at the fall-off in attendance of some of the nursing classes this week, especially in the night. The course will be finished by Christmas and as Miss Holland will travel over Alaska for the next two years for the Red Cross, giving home nursing instruction, she is very anxious that her first classes in Wrangell end as successfully as they began and that a large number of women get the certificates. While the course costs only the price of a textbook, it is worth many dollars to every woman to know how to care for sickness in the home, and Miss Holland requests that social activities be sacrificed until the course is ended whenever the two conflict.

December 7, 1945

The December meeting of the Women’s Civic Club and Library Association had a holiday atmosphere with a holly bedecked table arranged by Mrs. Frank Denny and Mrs. George Sumption and individual puddings topped with hard sauce and festive decorations. Mrs. John Coulter, librarian, reviewed the finances of the library for the past three years. As of February first, she will turn over her duties to a new librarian as yet not chosen by the Association. A report of a Board of Directors meeting was read wherein the use of the library monies was clarified. A few new faces were noticeable and the continued large attendance is very heartening.

December 3, 1970

Don House and crew are working furiously to finish the new Stikine Inn. House hopes the hostelry on the strait will be ready for business by the first week of January. The heat’s on in the new building so workers don’t have to hammer with the shivers any more. Actually, they have been using the fireplace for weeks. It’s very homey, skillsawing by firelight.

December 7, 1995

Residents of Wrangell may have natural gas to their homes in the future. Alaska Public Utilities Commission has given notice that Alaska Intrastate Gas Company (AIGC), has filed an application for a Certification of Public Convenience and Necessity (Docket U-95-82) to provide public natural gas utility service to several communities in Alaska. In order to provide service, AIGC proposes to transport liquified natural gas (LNG) to each community and construct a system of underground piping for distribution of natural gas to prospective customers.