Nov. 4, 1926

All of the guild committees are working to make the coming fancy work sale on Nov. 13 a big success. The sale will open at 2:30 in the afternoon, upstairs in the Redmen Hall, and tea will be served during the usual tea hours. The evening sale will begin at seven o’clock. At eight o’clock, a whist party will be the feature. Cards and supper will be 50 cents and supper alone will be 35 cents. While the ladies will be especially interested in the fancy work, the card party, which will be the first of the winter season, should appeal to the men of the community.

Nov. 2, 1951

Engineers making a survey of port facilities in connection with a proposed car ferry system for Southeast Alaska were in Wrangell during the past week. They were brought here by J. M. Hawthorne, president of the Alaska Ferry and Terminal Co., of Juneau, who is working out the ferry plan. The ferry company’s plan calls for car ferries to operate between Haines, Skagway, Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell, Ketchikan and Prince Rupert, British Columbia, with the Rupert terminal making connections with Canadian railroads for the Midwest and Eastern Seaboard. Terminals in each of the towns are proposed to accommodate car loadings and unloadings.

Nov. 3, 1976

The planning and zoning commission on Oct. 28 agreed to prepare a list to present to the city council of structures to be designated as possibly qualifying for condemnation by the next meeting of the commission on Nov. 11. Upon the recommendation of the council, and zoning board member Ken Mason, the commission will concentrate on pointing out those derelict structures that present a health and safety hazard to the community.   

Nov. 1, 2001

Ways to increase harvest of Anita Bay chum salmon was one of several topics discussed by community participants, commercial fishermen, state and federal fish management staff, and advisory committee members during the public meeting held Oct. 29 by the Wrangell Fish and Game Advisory Committee. Monday’s local advisory committee agenda included discussion of potential problems that might affect harvest of Anita Bay chums and potential conflicts that may arise between users in that area. One of the main tasks for the meeting was to start the information-gathering process by recording input from community members and to get a wide range of ideas for possible inclusion in the formal proposals to the Alaska Board of Fisheries.