The Way We Were

Oct. 9, 1924

W. A. Eberly was in town the first of the week from his fox ranch at Pat’s Creek. Mr. Eberly has recently added a muskrat division to his fur farm. He has secured 80 of these little fur bearers and placed them on his farm. He expects that the natural increase from this initial allotment will produce a profitable harvest within less than five years.

Oct. 14, 1949

The high school freshman class is undergoing the tortures and ignominy of being a freshman this week as the sophomores are enthusiastically initiating them into the ninth grade. The annual custom, featuring weird facial paint jobs, occurs about a month after school starts each year. A party was held this morning for the frosh, with boys coming in girls clothes and girls wearing boys clothes -– inside out. Those being initiated are Dolly Villarma, Elaine Simmons, Caroline Lewis, Daisy Lewis, Patricia Lewis, Kenneth Mason, Eddie Bradley, Harvey Churchill, Alvin Kaer, Jeane Watkins Betty Tonne, Lynn Schwartz, Harriet Miyasato and Dolores Metz.

Oct. 16, 1974

Wrangell shooters swept the Southeast Alaska Trap Tournament held in Sitka Oct. 5-6. Thirty-eight competitors from Juneau, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Sitka and Wrangell competed in the event, which was held in rainy weather. Wrangellite Larry Balloy, a spokesman for the Wrangell Rod and Gun Club, said seven events held over the two-day weekend consisted of 100 targets at 16 yards, 100 targets at handicap, and 25 pairs of doubles each day. The five men and one woman from Wrangell competing in the contest were Bill Erlanger, Orden Phillips, John Gaudio, Allen Lee, Ballot and Terri Balloy, his wife. Wrangell took nine trophies and more than $1,200 in prize money.

Oct. 14, 1999

The Wrangell Wolves volleyball team went to Juneau this past weekend for an invitational tournament open to schools from all over Alaska. Playing games against Ketchikan, Haines, Sitka, Juneau and even Anchorage, Wrangell was up against some tough competition. On Friday, they had a round-robin tournament. Wrangell beat Haines. The next day they did not come away victorious, but they did walk away with a second place standing overall. Wrangell has proved to be a team to be reckoned with. Some girls who deserve a little more recognition are those named to the academic team. These students with outstanding GPAs are Letitia Churchill, Valerie Strasburger, Dani Gross, Nicole Jamieson, Kaelne Wilson, Jennifer Davies, Sarah Schmidt, Camilla Owens, Celeste Montoy and Nicki Nikodym. These girls are involved with volleyball among other things and still manage to keep up good grades.