March 31, 1921
It is with genuine pleasure that we add to our exchange list the Wrangell (Alaska) Sentinel, the Sultan (Washington) Star announced. “The Sentinel is a neatly printed, newsy well-edited paper, and apparently has the generous support of the businessmen of Wrangell. Now, you old sourdoughs of the Skykomish Valley whose feet are itching to go back to the scenes of your triumphs or defeats in the frozen northwest, mush into the Star office and read the news from your old stomping grounds. The Sentinel will be kept on file for your accommodation.”
April 5, 1946
Mrs. Doris M. Barnes became Wrangell’s first woman mayor in the city elections last Tuesday. She won a 50- vote margin over F.G. Hanford, 183 to 133. Mrs. Barnes not only becomes the first woman mayor of Wrangell, but is probably the first woman in Alaska to be elected to that distinctive position. A record of 318 ballots were cast in an all-time high for the city election. There were 18 absentee ballots cast and two votes were thrown out by election judges as illegal.
April 1, 1971
The Alaska Wood Products Mill is scheduled to reopen today after a shutdown of two months which was imposed by a declining market for hemlock. Mill Manager Buzz Sedlack said mill equipment was tested yesterday and that the first shift was scheduled to go to work at 7 a.m. today. The Alaska Wood Products Mill works primarily with hemlock and will be producing a new finished 4-by-4 product specifically tailored to meet a new market in Japan. The market was pinpointed recently by a team sent to Japan by Wrangell Lumber Company. The mill had notified his former workers by mail that jobs were available again at the plant.
April 4, 1996
Representatives from the Kennecott Greens Creek mining company began a recruitment tour Tuesday night in Wrangell, and will continue their search throughout Southeast Alaska to find miners for the gold and silver mine scheduled to reopen July 1 on Admiralty Island. Nearly 60 people filled the folded chairs, and stood in the back of the Wrangell Community Center, to listen to the hiring team talk about the 100 jobs expected to be filled by the end of the year. Jerry Knapp expressed the opinion of several people attending the meeting: “It’s an opportunity for people to look into.” Jerry Davis added another sentiment shared by the packed room: “Right now it means moving.”
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