Feb. 17, 1921
Another author has sprung up in our midst in the person of John L. Anderson, who is writing a real history, a dramatic combination of adventure, pleasure, courtship, love, horrors and tragedy, which will later be published and offered for reproduction to the moving picture corporations. The title of Mr. Anderson’s book is: “From the Cradle to the Grave.” The work is now about completed and a copyright will be applied for at once. Mr. Anderson has lived in Alaska for many years and knows Alaska from Ketchikan to Nome. His book will no doubt be an interesting contribution to Alaska literature.
Feb. 22, 1946
Annual Roll Call for Red Cross membership starts throughout the nation March 1. George Fabricius is local chairman of the drive with Joyce Hay, secretary. “This year’s Red Cross campaign is just as important as those during the war years,” Mr. Fabrucius stressed today. “Funds not only go toward hospitalized soldiers and sailors who helped win the recent war, but also go toward aiding our men and women in the armed forces in occupied zones. A large amount also goes to our own community needs. I hope everyone will give to the limit to make his drive as successful as those of the past.”
Feb. 18, 1971
Logger Ed Hamilton of Olive Cove lost the motor from his skiff while enroute from Petersburg to Wrangell on Feb. 1 and spent three days without food or shelter on High Island before being rescued, the Sentinel learned. Hamilton, of Hamilton and Westfall Logging Co. on Etolin Island, was hungry but otherwise unhurt in the incident. The logger was enroute to Wrangell when heavy seas broached his boat near Five Mile Island and the outboard was knocked free and lost. Hamilton attempted to drift and paddle to Wrangell but missed his mark and ended up, at 10 p.m., on High Island, about three miles northwest of town. He started a fire and settled down to wait for rescue. After two days on the island, Hamilton was spotted by the pilot of a Petersburg-based floatplane and taken to Wrangell, where he boarded the tug Rose and went back to fetch his motorless skiff.
Feb. 15, 1996
Residents from 9.5 mile and beyond testified at the city council meeting last night to request a change in the way the city sets up its taxing zones. In their testimony, the residents suggested setting the tax zones according to the type of service, and whether there is access to the services. Councilwoman Zo Herriges-Sherman agrees. She asked the council to consider changing the city’s differential taxation zone ordinance. When the city completed construction of the fire substation at 5 Mile, according to Herriges-Sherman, and with water and sewer lines installed as far as the Roadhouse, the residents at 9.5 mile and beyond were moved to a new tax bracket to help pay for the services. However, William McMurren said the residents out the road question their property tax assessments. “It doesn’t have anything to do with services,” McMurren said property owners should challenge the assessor’s figures.
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