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November 30, 1923 – The Thanksgiving Eve masquerade this year was a most enjoyable and successful affair. The hall was crowded and the costumes were many and varied. The hit of the evening was Barney Google and Spark Plug, enacted by Alva Allen with Mat Rayner and Jonas Hallingstad as the “front and hind legs of the ‘orse.’” Mrs. Lillian Renke as the Irish hod carrier was very clever and caused considerable comment. Chris Gronseth as the snowman was a decided novelty, his costume showing considerable ingenuity and much work. Mrs. Hans Wick...
After helping her friend Kerry Kirkpatrick set up a solo exhibition at Juneau Douglas City Museum last year, Suzanne Fuqua realized the time has arrived to introduce herself to her community as an artist. Clausen Memorial Museum will host Fuqua's first ever solo exhibition from Dec. 1 through Dec. 14. The art show titled "Before, After, and In Between" will showcase a collection of around 50 paintings in a range of styles and mediums produced by Fuqua over the past five years. There will be...
November 23, 1923 – the local Post American Legion has been busy getting its new club rooms in shape for opening. These rooms will also be used as Scout headquarters and to house the new community library which the Legion is sponsoring. The need of a library in our town has long been felt. The Post urgently requests that if you have any books that you have finished with – and every home should have some – give same either to Mr. Locken or to the librarian, H. H. Storey, and the books will be called for immediately. A nominal fee for the privi...
November 16, 1923 – What for a time looked like a serious accident occurred to the steamer Northwestern as she was pulling away from the Petersburg dock last Saturday. In rounding the red spar buoy into the channel opposite the town, the vessel refused to answer her helm and plowed into the sand bar in front of the Hanseth homestead. When she finally stopped, her bow was within a few feet of dry land and she was apparently tightly stuck. Scows were immediately towed to the scene and considerable concentrates from the forward hold were l...
Ashley Lohr's newest art show opens at the Clausen Museum this Friday, November 3, with a reception from 5 - 7 p.m. Her digital paintings, works on canvas and enamel earrings will be on display through November 14. This is Lohr's 14th solo exhibit at the museum since moving to Petersburg in 2008 to work as Petersburg High School's art teacher. Like getting married, earning a masters degree, and having two children - Rosie, 8, and Finn, 5 - her solo exhibits serve as mile markers in her life....
November 2, 1923 – The big steamer Northwestern of the Alaska Steamship Company stopped at Petersburg northbound this week and landed thirty tons of freight. Under the command of Captain Charles Glasscock she made a perfect landing without difficulty of any kind, although it has been said for years by the commanders of the larger boats that on account of the heavy tides it could not be done. The adding of the Northwestern to the boats calling at Petersburg is the direct result of action taken by the Petersburg Commercial Club over the period o...
October 26, 1923 – Sea water burns at Prince Rupert. What might have been a serious fire causing much damage to property was narrowly averted on the waterfront yesterday afternoon, says the Prince Rupert News. Gasoline had been spilled on the surface of the water from pumping the scow at the Prince Rupert Boat House. A passer-by coming along threw a match into the water after lighting his pipe and the combustible liquid still floating immediately ignited. The flames ran up to the scow occasioning a great deal of smoke and coming perilously c...
The Viking Swim Club (VSC) annual dinner and auction takes place this Saturday, Oct. 28. Doors open at 6:00 pm upstairs at the Elks. The event is the youth swim program’s largest fundraiser, generating around 35% of the program’s budget through the evening’s raffle and auction. The effort helps pay the salaries of the coaches, supports swim meet travel costs, and helps keep membership dues affordable. VSC is not a school district activity. It’s a three season long activity for Petersburg kids. And this year’s auction is also honoring the 50th...
Western Marine's dredging crane scrapes up sediment and hard blue clay from South Harbor and releases the clamshell claw into the collection barge. The sound echoes in the harbor. Dredging is done to remove sediment and debris that has accumulated in the harbor over time. The South Harbor dredge project commenced last winter and resumed in October after being suspended for around seven months due to environmental regulations. The project is expected to conclude at the end of the...
October 19, 1923 – The Wrangell Commercial Club voted unanimously in favor of the division of a new territory out of Southeastern Alaska and voted unanimously in favor of holding a convention at Juneau to consider the question and to make arrangements to inaugurate a campaign to bring about the division. The action of the Wrangell Commercial Club was based upon the request of the Ketchikan City Council that the people of Southeastern Alaska give serious attention to the matter of Territorial division. The Wrangell Commercial Club, acting u...
Brian Stoody is a bike park consultant for the Petersburg Bike Park project. He was flown in from Juneau last weekend to ensure the project continues safely on track. Stoody has past experience working on the Under Thunder city bike park in Juneau, and also as the lead designer and builder for the construction of the Eagle Crest bike trails project in Juneau....
Chouinard Mountaineer's Ax In 1966 Yvon Chouinard revolutionized the curved ice ax for climbing. He developed a longer shaft with a dramatically curved pick. He said, "A curve compatible with the arc of the ax's swing would allow the pic to stay better in the ice." His idea worked and began a revolution in ice ax design known as the "curve-a-lution." This mountaineer's ax was used and donated by Zac Hoyt and is currently on display in the special exhibit, "Devil's Thumb," at the Clausen Museum...
Jeigh Stanton Gregor takes the oath of office on October 16 to serve on Petersburg Borough Assembly. Clerk Debbie Thompson conducted the swearing in, then Stanton Gregor took his seat at the dais for Monday evening's assembly meeting....
Local painter Beth Flor's oil painting "Tranquil Respite" was selected from over 625 entries for the International Guild of Realism's Fall Online Exhibition. The juried show will feature works representing twenty countries. The paintings will be displayed on the guild's website from October 20 through December 20, 2023. Many more of Flor's oil paintings are being featured during the month of October at Firelight Gallery and Framing in downtown Petersburg....
Jon Hammer, in costume as Jack Skellington, brings the creepy Halloween vibe to opening weekend of the 7th annual Pumpkin Patch hosted by Anchor Properties. Face painting and fall season fun are all part of the festivities, which will be open throughout October with times and details listed on the Anchor Properties Facebook page....
October 12, 1923 – Work has been started on the erection of a Catholic Church on the recently purchased property on Third Street, opposite the little school house. The new structure will cost between three and four thousand dollars when completed, according to a statement made by Father Gallant, of Skagway, who is here overseeing the work of the erection. Arrangements for the erection of the building were completed some time ago and the lumber arrived last week from Wrangell. Father Gallant stated that, for the time being at least, the work o...
Josh Rathmann and Ryan Welde visited Good Beginnings for Fire Prevention Week. The students got to explore the ambulance and learn about fire safety. From L-R Kaili Simbahon, Tomi Taylor, Cameron Versteeg, Flora Smith, Maeve Uppencamp, Josh Rathmann, Ryan Welde, Levi Clemens and Hayley Short....
