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January 5, 1923 – Following custom, the bachelors of Petersburg will give another of their annual dances at the Sons of Norway Hall on Saturday night. For many years it has been the custom for the bachelors in town to give a big dance to which everybody is invited just before the start of the spring fishing season. The dance will be entirely free to all, the entire expenses being paid by the hosts of the evening. January 2, 1948 – At a meeting of the Territorial Board recently the application of the Town of Petersburg for funds to con...
January Petersburg experienced record snowfall on New Year's Day with 17.5 inches of new snow on the day, bringing the total snow depth to 40 inches according to the National Weather Service. The Petersburg Borough Assembly passed a resolution requesting a discussion with the U.S. Postal Service about providing additional services in Petersburg following continued issues with staffing, irregular hours, and long lines. All-purpose vehicles became legal to drive on roads in Alaska, including in...
December 29, 1922 – Harry Naylor, who had been in the hospital since last Friday suffering from a gunshot wound died at four o’clock this morning, death being caused by tetanus or lock-jaw. Naylor was accidentally shot in the arm at Farragut Bay while on a hunting trip with Hervie Jorgensen a week ago Wednesday. First aid was given and a boat was rushed from town to bring him in. Every possible thing was done, but early Wednesday morning symptoms of tetanus were observed. There being no supply of the serum necessary to treat the disease her...
December 22, 1922 – The Kake mail boat Trygve broke her tail shaft and went adrift at Point McCartney last Sunday forenoon and for three days considerable anxiety was felt for her safety. She arrived Petersburg safely on Thursday morning in tow of the Americ which had been sent out in search of her. The Trygve made Kake last week and was bucking a hard Taku wind on her return trip when the shaft parted. Paul Adams, a native of Kake, was a passenger on the boat for Petersburg. He at once took the skiff and rowed a distance of seven miles to Kake...
December 8, 1922 – A Ford passenger car arrived in town on the mail boat from Juneau this week for Ole Scarbro and will be used in a general jitney service. This is the first strictly passenger car to arrive in town and its first trip down the street occasioned considerable interest. December 12, 1947 – The custom of Christmas ships for Alaska will be revived this year after a 10-year lapse. With a Santa Claus to distribute candy, fruit and nuts to children and sprays of holly to their mothers, a show will be put on at each port, officials sai...
Petersburg's Sons of Norway Hall saw a sizeable turnout for Wednesday night's pickled herring contest. The annual event-which celebrated its 45th year back in 2019 but was disrupted in 2020 and 2021 by the pandemic-made its triumphant return with dozens of seafood delicacies competing in five categories. First place in the pickled herring category went to Glo Wollen, her third ever win in thirty years of competing in the contest. Reigning champion Jim Edgars' smoked winter king proved...
Learn to safely preserve foods at home in a five-week series of online classes available statewide from January 7 to February 4, 2023. Sarah Lewis, an agent with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, will teach the Preserving Alaska’s Bounty series. Students will learn about and practice pickling and fermenting vegetables; canning fruits, berries and pickles in a boiling water bath; and preserving meat, fish and vegetables using a pressure canner. Classes will also cover dehydrating fruits and vegetables, making j...
Mantle ewers were a popular decor item in the Victorian years between 1837 and 1901. Not a vase, the body is actually sealed. Ewers were placed atop a mantle on either side of a clock, and as one antique aficionado stated, "were designed. . . to be forever dry and dusty." This piece was collected by Alice Frederickson and owned by Sybil Locken. Very civic-minded, Sybil helped establish the Episcopal Church, organized the public library, and was involved in many organizations as chair and...
December 8, 1922 – Official announcement has been made by E. Brokke, representative of the Norwegian Young People’s Society of the United States, who is now in Ketchikan, that Ketchikan has been chosen as the site for the Fishermen’s Home to be built by the organization. The institution will cost approximately $30,000, it is estimated and will be intended to give the comforts of home to many fishermen who come there regularly, periodically, or occasionally, and who now do not enjoy them. The organization which Mr. Brokke represents is affil...
December 1, 1922 – “I love them all – their father saved my life,” rejoiced Mrs. A. W. Thomas, widely known Alaska sportswoman, as she surveyed a family of eight spitz puppies in the basement of the Savoy Hotel yesterday. When Mrs. Thomas, the wife of an Alaskan canneryman, arrived in Seattle from Kodiak two days ago and brought with her Lady Queen, a pedigreed Spitz. Lady Queen celebrated her arrival here by bringing into the world a litter of eight pups. “Their father is Carlo, one of the best hunting dogs in Alaska,” explained Mrs. Thomas...
The northern end of Mitkof Island caught its share of strong winds Tuesday, with overnight gusts of 35 mph observed by the National Weather Service. The wind tore panels off the large commemorative mural on the side of Hammer & Wikan Hardware. A blown down tree damaged a Sandy Beach home’s utility connection. And, along Wrangell Avenue, two tall trees uprooted by the wind narrowly missed several homes; though one took a bite out of the Riemer’s garage roof and left Dave Riemer’s pickup truck...
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