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Carol Kandoll drapes a Quilt of Valor over the shoulders of veteran Tony Vita during the 2024 Veterans Day Parade....
November 14, 1924 – There is reason to believe there may be a slumbering volcano only a few miles from Petersburg in the vicinity of La Conte glacier. Smoke has been seen issuing from there by several parties during the clear, cold weather that has prevailed during the past two weeks. Ed Preuschoff, the fox rancher, had been told about smoke having been seen but put it down to fog or mist. However on coming to town last Monday he saw a spiral column of black smoke issuing from what he took to be one of the Sisters mountains in the vicinity o...
The USS Air Quail, photographed in Petersburg, Alaska, was one of the many ships hastily built in shipyards across the country at the onset of World War II to stop German U-boats from taking their toll on Allied shipping. Part of the Splinter Fleet, a nickname given to the wooden boats used by the United States military, these boats were less expensive and faster to build than destroyers, and required smaller crews The Air Quail was built in 1942 by Mathis Yachts in Camden, New Jersey. With a...
November 7, 1924 – And still they come! Truly Captain Fryer began to wrinkle his brows in consternation when he saw the girls lined up to board the “Lillian” on Saturday morning. But the wrinkles seemed to prove resourceful, for soon there were additional life savers on board; and by 9:45 all was set and the ship headed toward Wrangell. Many had been the warnings of solicitous friends as to the “alligators and whales in the shape of bad weather,” which the weather man would likely station between here and Wrangell. Perhaps the weatherma...
In costume as inflatable unicorns for the night, Erin Kandoll and her daughter Harlow dance to halloween-themed music as trick-or-treaters in Severson's Subdivision check out a fake dummy in the back of the Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department EMS ambulance on October 31....
Emergency Medical Technician class is underway at the Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department....
David Woolley and Britni Birchell got married last Saturday at the face of LeConte Glacier. The extraordinary ceremony took place with the couple and their wedding parties aboard the MV Golden Eagle and more friends and family witnessing the nuptials from nearby aboard the FV Monsters and the MV Sikumi....
October 31, 1924 – Thursday evening, November 6, in the schoolhouse, the Petersburg Parent-Teacher Association will once again convene. There is to be a business meeting which will likely not be long. The following program will be rendered for the pleasure of those present: piano solo, Miss Reep; reading, “Maggie Clancy has her say,” Lanore Martin; vocal solo, “The Hour of Memory,” Mrs. Martin Enge; and a reading by Miss Thorp. Refreshments are promised. So bring yourself, a friend and lots of pep and interest! October 28, 1949 – The ski tow...
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On Saturday, the Petersburg Lutheran Church Sanctuary hosted the Rain Country Quilters annual quilt show. Attendees cast their votes for best in show, and this year's honors went to Wende Westre's Ode to Mom, pictured hanging second from the left. This quilt, first started in August of 2022, was completed in partnership with four of Wende's close relatives to help commemorate her mom, Bev Hammer....
The Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker, or Eumicrotremus Orbis, is a species of bony fish in the family Cyclopteridae. Lumpsuckers are tiny round fish, typically measuring from one to three inches long. They have wide mouths with large lips and protruding eyes. Their rounded shape and small fins make Spiny Lumpsuckers feeble, haphazard swimmers, but the Lumpsucker has a pelvic fin that acts like a large fringed suction cup, allowing the fish to attach itself to solid objects. A Lumpsuckers body is...
October 24, 1924 – Pep, and lots of it, marked the meeting of the Commercial Club held Wednesday night with every member playing strong in the role of “Pepper.” As one member remarked, “It was the peppiest meeting we ever had!” Mrs A. Thomas reported as a delegate to the Alaska Week celebration. She reported a royal good time. J.B. Warrack has said to certain residents of Petersburg that he would subscribe $20,000* toward the building and equipping of a modern community hotel, provided a like amount could be raised among the townspeop...
Josie Sylvan breaks off a piece of a beached iceberg for baby Cannon to teeth on, as Iris helps herself, amidst the first flurry of snow this season at Sandy Beach — Oct. 22, 2024....
Businesses and organizations around the community took part in Wear Purple Day last week on Oct. 17, as volunteers and staff with Petersburg's nonprofit Working Against Violence for Everyone — WAVE — made the rounds as part of a donation drive taking photos with community members Waving for WAVE, a campaign of raising awareness about domestic violence and showing support for survivors in families and in the community. Petersburg Pilot staffers Dasha Contag, Olivia Rose, and Ola Richards gla...
On Friday, Oct. 11 Tongass Federal Credit Union hosted a silent auction and fundraiser to support Humanity in Progress a Petersburg non-profit focused on helping people within the community access food and basic needs as well as assisting those experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity. "Tongass reached out to us because they said they have a mission of 'people helping people' and were going to be hosting their annual meetings here in Petersburg this year and the local staff in town had...
Wearing Xtratuf boots and a black spiderweb dress, Dawsyn Jabusch smiles through rainbow face paint -complete with colorful glitter whiskers and brows- as she holds up a pumpkin during a trip to the Anchor Properties pumpkin patch this spooky season for some shenanigans on Friday, October 4....
October 17, 1924 – Local citizens have been busy with a view of getting a cold storage plant located at Petersburg. They have canvassed the situation with a view of getting signers on a prospectus and they report that the response was very encouraging. They also have been getting data on how many fish buyers might be secured to patronize a local plant, and estimates and costs for machinery and running the same. As soon as all the data will have been secured, it is the intention to call a general meeting for additional views of all of those i...
First Bank's Petersburg branch was filled with folks Friday evening, joining personnel from Ketchikan and Wrangell in celebrating the bank's 100th anniversary over drinks, hors d'oeuvres and raffle prizes....
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Anthony Petit gets into position to fix a red marker at the mouth of Wrangell Narrows on Oct. 14, 2024. The navigational buoy (62) had drifted out of position weeks ago, reportedly near the shore of Kupreanof Island. Coast Guard crew aboard the Ketchikan-based, 175-foot keeper-class coastal buoy tender retrieved the large, heavy red marker and reinstalled it back in the buoy's proper location at the mouth of the narrows, seen from the northern shore of Mitkof Island...
This cream colored wedding dress of fine silk and lace was donated to the museum by Camille Marifern. The gown consists of three pieces: the blouse, with its high neck collar and elbow length sleeves, has a wide lace ruffle across the bodice and back; the floor length skirt features alternating bands of silk and lace; and a silk cumberbund with rosettes center and back, completes the bridal attire. Ragnhild Tjomsland was Knut Thompson's sister. She wore this dress in 1908 when she married Louis...
October 3, 1924 – A shed is being built over the Petersburg Marine Ways thus to afford shelter for all boats during any weather while they are repaired. The firm has a whole winter’s work ahead. It recently received a telegram from Juneau saying a government boat was to be sent down for repairs, and the whole fleet of the Petersburg Packing Company is to be overhauled during the coming winter. The Petersburg Marine Ways is able to handle any boat work. It has one of the best equipped plants in Alaska, and the men in charge are expert in any...
Christine Slaght introduces the preschoolers to Smokey Bear during the Forest Service visit to Good Beginning Preschool to discuss campfire safety and the 5 wildfire prevention rules....
October 3, 1924 – Some of the largest and the most vicious brown bear in Alaska are found on Admiralty Island. It was one of these ferocious denizens of this wilderness with which Mrs. Flora Tate, of the Tate & Thomas Boarding House, came face to face while on a recent hunting trip on that island. Mrs. Tate, with but a few yards separating her from the bear, brought her gun into position, but her mother begged her not to shoot and so, bruin still lives to roam his native forests and mountains along with many others of his kind which keep p...
The Petersburg Arts Council's Moving Music Concert Series invited the community to join them last Saturday for a swing dance in the ballroom upstairs at the Elks Lodge. Matthew Wintersteen on the electric bass guitar and Canek Sosa on the drums kept the beat for a procession of local bands, including, pictured above, Nicole and Alec McMurren. Prior to the live music, an hour of dance instruction was provided for those interested in trying out Lindy Hop swing dance moves. Elsa Wintersteen,...
Last Thursday, families were encouraged to walk or bike to school for Roll and Stroll Day. The SHARE Coalition was on hand to distribute their first batch of free, high-quality bike and multi-sport helmets to anyone who needed one. The volunteers also demonstrated how to properly fit and wear the helmets. Any kids who were noticed by the crossing guards as not having a helmet were connected with the SHARE volunteers. A total of 22 helmets were given out that morning, and more helmets are on the...
