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May 9, 1924 – Petersburg needs more houses for rent. It needs more rooms and apartments. It needs more hotel accommodations, especially for the summer months. Carl Rogers of the Arctic Hotel is fully awake to the need of looking after transients, as well as the economic benefits to be derived by the townsmen generally, by making it attractive for tourists to stop off here. He is planning on an addition to his present quarters. Alaska is becoming more and more of a tourist resort. Men with the money to spend are beginning to seek out the n...
This Bibelen på Norsk, or a bible translated for Norwegians, was published in 1910 and likely transported to the "New World" by an immigrant who considered it a prized possession. The date February 19,1910 with an inscription that indicates it was a gift to Dagmar Johannessen from his Bestefar, or Grandfather, I. Loyndal. Portions of the bible were translated into Old Norse as far back as the late 13th century. In 1816 the Norwegian Bible Society was founded as part of a broad international...
May 9, 1924 – When asked about the shortage of bait at Petersburg for halibut fishermen, Earl N. Ohmer said, “The shortage of bait is due to the fact that there is at present no plant here in which to freeze the bait, or to keep it frozen. What is needed is a cold storage plant.” Mr. Ohmer knows whereof he speaks. He is a member of the firm Alaska Glacier Seafood Company, which packs and ships shrimp meat. He is a buyer and shipper of salmon and halibut and other varieties of fish, a member of the City Council, Chamber of Commerce, and knows...
The Alaska Marine Safety Education Association (AMSEA) will offer a Fishing Vessel Drill Conductor Course in Petersburg on May 11, 2024 from 8:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. in the Petersburg Parks and Recreation Activity Room. The cost for the class is $125.00 for commercial fishermen and $225.00 for all others. Participants qualify for up to $95 off the purchase price of their next personal floatation device (PFD). Interested mariners may register online at www.amsea.org or call (907) 747-3287. The class will cover cold-water survival skills; EPIRBs, si...
Alaska On-Board Crewmember Training will take place June 1-3 in the John Hanson Sr Community Hall. The three-day workshop provides hands-on training for beginning commercial fishing crewmembers. Gain crew skills, learn marine safety, get an up-close look at commercial fishing boats and gear, and meet people in the industry. The program is led by Alaska Sea Grant, Alaska Marine Safety Education Association, Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association, and Alaska Marine Conservation Council. This workshop, limited to 15 participants, costs $50 and i...
May 2, 1924 – Herman Papke, rancher and homesteader on Wrangell Narrows just below Scow Bay, is doing wonders in propagation and crossing of species of small fruit, berries and vegetables. He has some apple and cherry trees which seem to be doing well. He has successfully raised loganberries and some of the finest raspberry bushes yet seen in Southeastern Alaska. The soil is dark loam with a blue clay subsoil and just enough sand admixture to let the air through. It was necessary to clear away trees and stumps and then to run deep drainage d...
One hundred and one local youth performed in Mitkof Dance Troupe's spring recital Myths & Legends on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon in the Wright Auditorium. MDT teachers have been considering the theme for quite awhile and were thrilled with the line up of mythological creatures, including garden gnomes, fairies, amazons, werewolves, genies and griffins. Kelsey Lambe said, "I thought the costumes were on point this year!" "I think it was one of the most fun shows to produce! We [teachers]...
The Norwegian bunad is a traditional costume worn on special occasions such as confirmations, graduations, weddings, and Norway's National Day – Syttende mai or May 17th, when parades of people in bunadan celebrate throughout the country. Bunadan are based on the old folk costumes of farming societies in Norway. Every region has its own unique design with embroidery, colors and patterns differing from village to village so that each person's bunad becomes an indication and celebration of the r...
Taking action in support of public education in Alaska, which continues to be flat funded by the State while costs rise, no less than 100 community members joined together on Wednesday in a March for Education to urge legislators to permanently increase the Base Student Allocation funding and offer retirement for public service employees. Wearing "red for ed," the large gathering marched from the school through the streets of downtown Petersburg, holding signs that read: ● "Thank You P...
April 25, 1924 – There is no settlement in sight for the strike of the Alaska fishermen. Alarm is expressed that if the strike is not ended soon it will be too late to send boats North for the best of the fishing season. The Alaska Packers Association and Alaska Fishermen’s Union have been deadlocked some time over the matter of wages for the coming season. The packers declare several boats have been sent South with mixed labor outfits and that one ship was sent with a full non-union crew. Peter Olson, secretary of the Union, said that if the...
Bud was born on February 13, 1947, to Gainhart Samuelson, Senior, and Mildred (Massey) Samuelson. A lifelong resident of Petersburg, he grew up living with his mother and siblings on Hammer Slough. Summers were spent with his father at Portage Bay, where he loved fishing and hunting and grew determined to one day run a commercial fishing vessel of his own and to be a good provider for his family. After graduating from Petersburg High School in 1965, Bud landed a job on Andy Wikan's boat,... Full story
April 18, 1924 – Boats which sold halibut to the Glacier & Deep Sea Food Company Tuesday for 9 and 5 were Audrey, 2,000 lbs; Irma, 500; Alfa, 500; Gertrude, 1,500; Hulda, 1,200; Rival, 2,500; Era, 2,500; Thelma, 3,500; Success, 7,500. Boats which sold to Storfold & Grondahl the same day were Lund, 6,000; Valhalla, 2,500; at 9 and 5 cents. Boats which sold to Ness Fish Company were Sunset, 8,000; Unimak, 8,000; Neptune, 4,000; at 9 and 5. The Glacier and Deep Sea Food Company shipped on the Alameda 63 boxes of halibut and 20 boxes of shrimp. T...
Between the cumbersome and hard to handle solid metal clothing irons of the 1800s, that had to be heated in a fire or on a stove, and the modern electric iron with multiple precise setting there was the Coleman Cool Blue Enamel Instant Lite Iron, a gas driven homemaker's tool of the 1930s. Invented by the Coleman Company to save time and to be used indoors, these irons were sold between 1929 and 1948. They came in cool colors of blue, turquoise, and green. Each iron came with a stand, pump,...
April 11, 1924 – H.J. Jorgensen already has a large number of signers for a roadway proposed to be built from the city limits to Sandy Beach. It is a needed improvement. Sandy Beach in the summer time is the playground for Petersburg people, owing to the fine sandy beach there, and the roadway would give an outlet for autos and growing business interests. When roads were first started in Juneau, there were but a few autos, but with every mile of road built, the number of machines increased rapidly and the same will hold true for Petersburg. A...
"Scenario, scenario, scenario. This is only a drill. There has been an airplane crash at the end of the runway," a voice called out from the emergency fire dispatch radio on April 6. "Repeat, this is only a drill." An emergency drill that occurs once every three years took place Saturday afternoon when members of the Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services and Search and Rescue simulated a response to an airplane crash at the Petersburg airport runway. The first unit to...
