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December 14, 1917 The launch Redfish, with Captain Jack Fraizier in command, and William Carl acting as engineer, sailed last Friday for Seattle, where she will be overhauled during the winter and brought north early in the spring for use in connection with the Big Port Walter cannery of the Alaska Pacific Herring Company. The Redfish, which was recently purchased from Jack Hadland, is one of the real old-timers of Petersburg’s mosquito fleet, but is still a very staunch and reliable craft. December 11, 1942 At the meeting of the Chamber of C...
Nolan Hugh Durst was born to Logan and Jenna Durst on Nov. 23, 2017 at Bartlett Regional Hospital, Juneau AK. He weighed 6 lbs. 11 oz and was 19 ¾" long....
Raymond Scott Gillen was born at 6:50am, in Sitka, Nov. 17, 2017 to Geoffrey and Camie Gillen. He weighed 8 pounds 15 ounces and was 22 inches long....
State representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins will be in Petersburg Thurs., Dec. 14. holding public office hours from 8-9 a.m. at Java Hus and from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the Salty Pantry. No appointment necessary, just stop by. If you have questions or can’t make it to office hours, email rep.jonathan.kreiss-tomkins@akleg.gov or call the Representative’s office at 747.4665....
November 30, 1917 — The local lodge of Moose, after a somewhat prolonged vacation, has again become active, and gives promise of holding its place in the future as one of Petersburg’s wide-awake social and beneficial orders. The wake up is largely due to the efforts of Dr. Pigg. The doctor is dictator of the lodge in Wrangell, and has also been active in organizing lodges of Moose in other places. November 27, 1942 — A special meeting of the Town Council was called on Wednesday evening to make arrangements for immediate storage and care of emer...
November 23, 1917 Some time last Saturday night the steamer Mariposa ran on a reef at Strait Island. The first-news of the disaster was received here Sunday noon in a message to the local agency of the company calling for two gas boats and lighters. The Fanshaw, Capt. A.W. Nickerson, left at once, and the Laddie, Captain C.M. Leines, and Baltic, Capt. Victor Swanson, followed shortly after, with Charles Norberg’s scow in tow. The latter two boats returned here Tuesday afternoon with five of the Mariposa’s lifeboats in tow. They had left the...
November 16, 1917 – The eleven-ton gas boat Helen of Wrangell, owned by Richard Hofstad, was wrecked at the north end of Level Island, November 1, at about 11 am. A storm was raging at the time, and with engine trouble the craft became unmanageable. Captain Hofstad and his engineer started for shore in a skiff which capsized and they were washed ashore. The men were unable to signal help from the point where they had stranded so were forced to spend a night there. November 20, 1942 – Practice was started last week on the Senior Class play “Li...
