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May 10, 1918 The canning of clams at the Alaska Clam-Canning Company’s plant near Tonka closed this week for the season. Clams have now started to spawn and are unfit for canning. The plant was started up on February 15, since which time 2,100 cases have been packed. The promoters of the enterprise are well satisfied with results so far, stating that the entire pack has been sold and that there is good demand for more. The canning of clams will start again September 1. In the meantime the plant will be operated as a salmon cannery, a o...
The Petersburg Borough Assembly will hold a Special Meeting Mon., May 14 at 6:00 p.m. to discuss the Planning for the Future meeting ideas, to entertain amendments to the proposed FY 2019 Operating Budget, to entertain implementation of the Borough’s Last Best and Final Offer with the PMEA union, and to adjourn to executive session to discuss the status of and strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the IBEW union. The meeting will be held in the Assembly Chambers of the Municipal Building located at 12 S. Nordic D...
May 3, 1918 A message received by the local exemption board Tuesday morning stated that fourteen men is the quota for Petersburg in the first draft call, and, further, “that it is desired to call this number of men to the colors in your jurisdiction as soon as possible. Please advise this office of the earliest possible date on which you can be sure to have the men ready for entrainment.” The quotas for other towns of the territory are as follows: Juneau 83, Douglas 20, Haines 3, Ketchikan 83, Sitka 16, Skagway 9, Wrangell 10, Nome 26, Anc...
The couches and loveseats inside Donna Martinsen's new home all face outward, toward Hungry Point, turned away from the modest flat screen in the corner. Martinsen and her husband, Jim, moved into a rustic blue ranch on N. Nordic Drive in May 2017. For 53 years they had lived in a house on Wrangell Ave. that overlooks their new home. "There was no straw," said Ms. Martinsen, starting into why they moved. "It was just, that house was too big for us." The couple are in their 70s and wanted a home...
As a teenager in California, Wally McDonald watched the community he grew up in become unrecognizable and commercialized, setting the groundwork for his later effort to preserve Petersburg's character. "I've just really appreciated this town over the years," said McDonald, who's owned an apartment complex on Hammer Slough for about 22 years. "And I just want to kind of maintain it for as long as possible." McDonald owns a four-unit apartment complex on Birch Street in the historic district of...
April 26, 1918 Notice Is Hereby Given, That all owners of lots situated within the corporate limits of the Town of Petersburg must have all rubbish cleared from their property by Friday, May 10, 1918. Any rubbish remaining on lots after that date I will have removed and the expense of such work will be taxed to the property. It is further ordered that no tin cans or other rubbish shall be placed on the beach or tideflats, but must be dumped from the docks or floats below low tide. Hans Wick, Health Officer. April 23, 1943 In a previous Student...
Reverend Bob Carter and Boy Scout Jakob Wikan prepare a wreath in memory or those who have passed away the previous year. The Blessing of the Fleet was held Sunday, April 22 and is sponsored by the Petersburg Ministerial Association, Petersburg Vessel Owners and Sons of Norway....
Monday, April 23, 7PM Wright Auditorium...
Coast Guard Buoy Tenders Elderberry and Anthony Petit from Ketchikan teamed up to repair the Wrangell Narrows Channel Light #38. The channel light was damaged in January....
KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska Native tribe in Kodiak has raised questions about a proposed land exchange between the federal government and a private owner. A representative of the Sun’aq Tribe said its tribal council will discuss the merits of a swap of privately owned Ayakulik Island off southwest Kodiak Island for federally owned tideland in Womens Bay south of the city of Kodiak. Ayakulik Island is valuable habitat but remote, said Thomas Lance, the tribe’s natural resources director. Womens Bay is important for fish and migratory water...
Johanna Grace Mattingly was born April 4, 2018 in Silver Spring, Maryland. She weighed 8 pounds 5 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. She was welcomed into the family of Nicole and Darby Mattingly....
Lisa Schramek Adams had her first solo Art Show last Friday at the Clausen Museum. Her work will be available to view for two weeks. She creates unique art like watercolor and ink on paper, ink prints, gouache on paper, that is transferred to fabrics. The recycling frames that she has been collecting make her art even more special....
April 19, 1918 The Marathon Fishing and Packing Company, of Seattle, has arranged with the Citizens’ Wharf Company to locate their floating cannery barge Amelia at Petersburg this season. The barge will be moored at the south end of the Citizens’ Wharf, and preparations are made to put up a pack of from 30,000 to 40,000 cases. The company will operate their own seine-boats and also buy from independent fishermen. April 16, 1943 The showing of moving picture films from Camp Little Norway, sponsored by Petersburg branch of Camp Little Norway Ass...
