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June 20, 1919 The town of Petersburg will celebrate on the 4th of July and will extend a general invitation to everyone in this section of Alaska. It is expected that a monster celebration will be staged. Committees as follows have been appointed: Finance, L.C. Berg; Music, K.L. Steberg; Sports, C.E. Swanson; Dance, Lars Stokke; Printing, R. Euge; Speaking, Henery Roden; Decorations, Martin Todal; Treasurer, C. Clausen. June 16, 1944 At the last meeting of the Hospital Guild, Mina Olson, superintendent of the Petersburg Hospital, reported insta...
June 13, 1919 A special election will be held by the citizens in Petersburg for the purpose of ascertaining their wishes regarding the bonding of the town. It is proposed to ask Congress to allow the town to bond itself for the purpose of raising money to build a hydro-electric plant and to build a new modern school house. The town must be bonded to move ahead with raising the necessary monies. June 9, 1944 A distinguished visitor in Petersburg this week is Joergen Galbe, Royal Norwegian Consul, with headquarters in San Francisco. This is the...
Women, 29 years old and under, with limited or no access to health care can get exams and reproductive health services on a sliding scale at the Petersburg Public Health Center’s Woman’s Health Clinic, June 24 - June 26.The clinic will offer exams and reproductive health services, as well as STD testing. All services will be provided by a nurse practitioner with Public Health Nursing, the Alaska Division of Public Health. Appointments are required. To schedule appointment, call Petersburg Public Health Center 772-4611.... Full story
June 6, 1919 That the Masters and Pilots Association has unanimously endorsed the project to dredge Wrangell Narrows is the word brought to Petersburg by Captain Charles Glascock and Pilot Howard Bulenne, of the steamer Admiral Watson. June 2, 1944 Earl Watterworth has been in town for a few days inspecting the local Coast Guard Auxiliary unit. He has just returned from establishing a similar unit in Sitka and says the Juneau unit and the local one are doing very well. The Petersburg unit had pictures taken yesterday by a C.G. photographer. Jun...
Natalia Evelyn McDonald and James (Jay) Patrick Fitzgerald were married on June 1 aboard the GlacierRun, skippered by Ron Loesch, at Le Conte Glacier. Celestial Jade Fenter officiated the ceremony in front of family and close friends. Natalia is the daughter of Larisa and Wallace McDonald of Petersburg. Jay is from County Cork, Ireland, where the pair have made their home....
Named to the spring semester Dean’s List honor roll at Montana State University - Bozeman were Kayleigh Eddy and Kyle Hagerman. Jeffrey Erickson graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree with Honors from Lehigh University on May 20, 2019....
One time the Odin came across a dead or almost dead killer whale so the crew towed it into Red Bluff Bay. At high tide they towed it further into the bay and using old purse line, they pulled it as high into the drift logs as possible and tied it down good. In later years this was their net needle factory. There were still some scattered bones around when I was on board later. The old timers would make net needles out of the rib bones. They said these bones were harder and not at all porous...
May 30, 1919 C. A. Arness, president of the Arness Lumber Company arrived Friday with the new tug boat which was purchased in the south. The boat is called the Wanderlust and is equipped with a 60 h.p. Speedway engine and makes an average of 12 knots and better. The boat will furnish a speedy means of communication between Petersburg and various camps and do the lighter towing. May 26, 1944 Roy Otness, our new fire chief, has taken on his responsibilities by asking different students what they would do if our school was on fire. Here are a few...
Jeffrey Erickson was named to the Dean’s List at Lehigh University in the Spring 2019 semester. The following students will graduate from Oregon State University in Corvallis on Sat., June 15: Bret A. Martinsen with a Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology degree and David S. Beardslee with a Bachelor of Science, Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences degree....
From left to right: Brad Connell, Elder Laumau, Valkyrie Lynette Odegaard and Casey Hosteler compete in a shrimp picking contest during the Little Norway Festival Pageant. The contestants had an undisclosed amount of time to peel as many shrimp as possible. Odegaard and Hosteler tied for first place with 1.75 ounces of peeled shrimp. Meanwhile, Odin's ravens Huginn (Sheena Canton) and Muninn (Orin Pierson) were circling the contestants trying to distract them. The two ravens sit on either side...
The top Festival drawing winner of $1,500 was Svea and Brandt Burrell. The $2 raffle winners: Jess Peterson won two round trip tickets with Alaska Airlines, Jenny Martens won a $500 Chamber of Commerce gift certificate and Ase Andersen won $250 in cash. Strongman results: Lightweight Women: Rachel Newport; Heavyweight Women: Alice Williams; Lightweight Men: Kyle Cheeny; Heavyweight Men: Sam Jensen. Guns & Hoses Fire Truck Pull: The Petersburg Fire Department, or Hoses, won the...
