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Four board members, including three incumbents were elected to the Chamber of Commerce board of directors in the November election. Incumbents David Byrne, Cate Kowalski and Barb King will be joined by Barry Morrison to serve two-year terms on the board. Chamber president Seth Scrimsher, vice president Dave Kensinger and Angela Christensen will remain on the board for another year, rounding out the 7-person elected board. The board will meet in December to elect new officers and appoint up to four persons to fill the remaining seats on the...
November 27, 1915 – The official statement of the Bank of Petersburg tells a remarkable story of rapid business growth and general prosperous conditions in Petersburg, when compared with the two previous statements. In the statement of May 3, 1915, the total deposits of the bank were shown to be $30,671.24. In the next statement, under date of August 7, deposits had increased to $42,154.92. The statement published this week, under date of November 10, shows total deposits of $86,766.66 – nearly treble the sum of the deposits on May 3. The...
November 20, 1915 – The building of the board walk along the beach at Scow Bay was completed last Saturday, and Olaf Arness has notified J. C. Hays, of the road commission, that the job is ready for inspection. The walk is 5,820 feet in length. Although the specifications called for but two planks in width for part of the way, Mr. Arness used three planks the entire length of the walk, and also renewed numerous portions of the old single planking. This extra work and material cost him about $50, which he contributed, in addition to taking t...
The Mitkof Mummers have been hard at work all month preparing their fall production, a musical for kids of all ages called The Elves and the Shoemaker. The all-volunteer cast is a mix of experienced performers, including co-directors Mary Ellen Anderson and Irene Littleton, alongside numerous talented newcomers. The troupe will perform three shows this weekend in Wright Auditorium....
November 13, 1915 – A message was received from the Pacific Coast Steamship Company last Saturday evening by Hogue & Tveten giving a notice of reduction of $2.50 in freight tariffs on fresh fish from Petersburg, making the rate $5.00 instead of $7.50. The matter of getting a lower rate on fresh fish was taken up by the Petersburg Commercial Club several weeks ago, when such action was suggested in a letter to the club from H. S. Finch. The matter gained considerable publicity, and co-operation of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce was secured. N...
Students and staff of the Petersburg School district along with community members met in the school gymnasium for a Veteran's Day assembly celebrating the veterans of the Petersburg community. Ninth graders took turns reading the Gettysburg Address and seniors did the same for President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address. The high school band played songs and teacher Jim Engell asked members of the audience to stand up if they had relatives who served during wartime. After starting with the...
November 6, 1915 – A regular meeting of the town council was held Monday evening. Present: Mayor Pryer; Councilmen Brennan, Bruce, Duryea, and Johnson. The committee on public works and public property reported having placed orders for concrete, paper roofing, and windows, to be used in construction of the power-house. A communication from Hans Wick asked for a raise in his salary as marshal. The council voted an increase of ten dollars per month, making the salary $100. Bills for material and labor aggregating about $1,700 were approved. T...
Petersburg Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht reported the following at the Borough Assembly’s November 2 meeting: Municipalities across the state are seeing evidence of pressure on courts and prosecutors to reduce pre-trial incarceration. Other chiefs report bail amounts set at arraignment have been significantly reduced and prosecutors have been directed to seek lower bail amounts to lower bed days in the jails. Presiding Judge Stephens has ordered the courts in our region to be closed for additional days to cut costs. This is expected to s...
October 30, 1915 – H. S. Finch arrived from Seattle Wednesday and is spending the week meeting friends and looking after business in this vicinity. He is well satisfied with his fish brokerage venture, and reports a steady increase of trade. Mr. Finch was in the fish business at Anacortes several years ago, and he finds this a big asset in his present undertaking, as many of his old customers are again dealing with him. Rather unexpectedly, the freighter Redondo arrived in port Thursday with 7,500 feet of pipe for the water system. The work of...
Serena Claire Birchell was born Oct. 7, at the Juneau Family Health and Birth Center to Rachel Allen and Jordan Birchell. She weighed 7 lbs. 12oz....
October 23, 1915 – Louis Israelson returned on the Farragut Friday night of last week from Cape St. Elias, where he was employed during the summer as a carpenter in the building of the lighthouse at that point. Good progress was made in the work this season. The crews have been laid off for the winter, but a large force will return next spring, and it is expected to have the improvement completed next summer. October 18, 1940 – Through correspondence with Mr. A. D. Lawrence, Superintendent of Railway Mail Service at Seattle, Postmaster Bre...
Alaska Salmon Traps – Tues. Oct. 27, 6:30 pm. James Mackovjak, author of Alaska Salmon Traps will talk and present a slideshow followed by an open house at the Clausen Museum with book signing, discussion and viewing of artifacts. New Library Catalog - Search for and request material from libraries across the State. Manage your checkouts, renewals and holds in one convenient location with your library card and PIN (last 4 digits of card #) at psglib.org. Toddler Time - Every Tues. at 11:15 am. Fun activities that encourage language d...
Autumn Maya Padilla was born in Ketchikan to Monserrat Llamas on Sept. 15, 2015 at 3:35 am. She weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces....
