Feb. 11, 1926
An experiment is being tried in the hygiene class of Miss Larkin’s room to determine the effects of additional milk between meals on the children who are below standard weight, both from the standpoint of increasing their weight and raising the grade of school work. The local Red Cross is furnishing the milk for the trial, which will be conducted over 30 days. The children in the group were all taken to Dr. Clark’s office, where they were given the “once over” as a preliminary measure.

Feb. 2, 1951
About 20 young men turned out at the fire hall on Wednesday evening to meet with Lt Allen Marcum of the Juneau National Guard headquarters to learn how a guard unit can be started in Wrangell. Anyone interested in joining should contact Murlin Everson at The Sentinel for forms or information before Feb. 5. Marcum said the Wrangell unit, if formed, depends primarily on a drill area and a security room for clothing and equipment. It is being considered as an infantry rifle patrol and minimum requirements are one qualified officer and 20 enlisted men. Upon activation of the platoon, every enlisted man would be exempt from the draft.

Feb. 4, 1976
The school board is getting “quite heavy pressure” from the public to build a new school, the city council was told last week. Lance Ingle, school board president, said the number of inquiries about why plans are not progressing more rapidly on the new school project are on the increase. But, Ingle said in a work session between the school board and the council on Jan. 27, the land originally set aside for a new high school and grade school campus appears to be unsuitable, and the cost of the first phase of the school project is estimated at $4.58 million. The school district is not sure the money can be readily acquired or that Wrangell taxpayers would be willing to bear the burden of another bond issue.

Feb. 1, 2001
Believing that residents need a forum to resolve unanswered questions about the museum and civic center project, Valerie McCandless requested at the Jan. 23 city council meeting that a town meeting be called to fill that want. Mayor Fern Neimeyer responded, and at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, interested persons will gather in the high school gym to listen to a panel representing differing viewpoints and holding an array of information from architectural to financial to historical. There will be ample opportunities for audience questions.