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May 6, 1921 The power boat Pilot was on her last trip when while setting the gear outside of Cape Spencer, near the reefs a storm came up and the rudder shifted and sprung the upper bolts so that they could not be put back. The anchor line also broke and the men aboard labored as best they could with the clumsy emergency rudder and sails, white foam dashing over the boat and breakers on every side. After battling over 24 hours, with every man aboard exhausted, as tho’ by a miracle, they reached the harbor. After getting in shape again they m...
Sam Caulum, with Petersburg Municipal Power & Light, hangs a banner on the lamp post at the corner of N. Nordic Dr. and Gjoa St. on Monday. Eighteen banners were hung along Nordic Drthe ., Harbor Way and the north end of Sing Lee Alley ahead of the Little Norway Festival and will stay up throughout the spring and summer seasons. The Petersburg Chamber of Commerce owns the banners, but PMP&L lends the chamber its staff and bucket truck to hang up the banners each year, said Utility Director Karl...
A snow covered Bear Claw Mountain reflects into the Wrangell Narrows at 7 A.M. on April 3....
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This man's copper Double Wolf Cuff was created by Mary Goddard, Tlingit artist from the Eagle Clan and Brown Bear House. The cuff is hand-carved, shaped and cut by Mary, and uses formline - a style incorporating curves, ovoids and other shapes into flowing designs. Formline design is used in Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian cultures to depict events, creatures, clan crests or other objects. Goddard was raised in Yakutat and learned from her mother Jennie Wheeler, who is also an artist. The Museum...
Jack Slaght, right, and EMS Coordinator Josh Rathmann, left, drive the Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department's Model A fire truck to Scow Bay on April 14. For the past year and a half, the truck had been in Juneau, getting a new paint job by SS Auto Body & Paint. Assistant Fire Chief Dave Berg said the paint job cost between $10,000 to $12,000. Slaght, who performed a major overhaul of the engine in 2014, took the truck to Juneau and brought it back on April 14 on the ferry. "I personally think...
April 29, 1921 The Petersburg-Scow Bay road will be surfaced and finished for auto traffic this summer and that work will start within the next month is the assertion of John Lanterman foreman in charge who arrived from the south within the past week. April 26, 1946 Fishermen will leave for the fishing season early next week in preparation for the opening of the halibut fishing on May 1. For the first time in four years there are a number of young men in boat crews as returned veterans, many of whom are also veteran fishermen. An estimated...
Amy Wilkes' third grade class picked up enough litter on two streets near Rae C. Stedman Elementary School to fill up a trash bag on Earth Day, April 22. From left to right: Hakon Eddy, Alex Deberry, Silas Stanton Greogor, Tori Miller, Nadia Joekay, Devyn Flint, Andrew Ayriss, Jamari Tate, Gillian O'Soup, Kyra Chrissley and Declan Olsen....
For the past several weeks, construction has been underway on the Vakker Sted affordable housing complex at the corner of Excel St. and N. 2nd St. According to site supervisor Marsha Birchell, with Burlywood, Inc., crews have laid the footers and foundational walls of the building. In the coming weeks, a crew of framers will begin framing the first floor of the apartment building, she said....
Rock-N-Road Construction, Inc. excavates along Mitkof Highway near the site of the Scow Bay pump station one replacement project on April 23. The project cost $744,695 and was funded by a loan from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, which was approved by voters in 2019. Utility Director Karl Hagerman said the pump station is being replaced to increase its wastewater pump capacity and keep up with the demand in the Scow Bay area....
Rae C. Stedman Elementary School staff handed out information to families on how to sign their children up for preschool, along with goodie bags filled with seeds, gardening books, hot dogs and other treats on April 23....
Samuel William McCallum weighing six pounds, four ounces and Bristol Lynn McCallum weighing six pounds, 10 ounces were born on April 4 in Seattle, Washington to Reba Temple and Seth McCallum....
Gage Aries Bullard weighing nine pounds, four ounces and measuring twenty-one and three quarters inches long was born on April 20 in Sitka, Alaska to George Bullard and Samantha Lindsey (Bullard)....
Working Against Violence for Everyone held an anonymous art show at the Clausen Memorial Museum from April 17 to 24. Hillary Hunter, of WAVE, said the art show featured 11 pieces created by survivors of sexual assault or other survivors as a means to express their emotions. Hunter said the artists used their art to show other survivors that their situation can get better or to process their pain and anger if they're currently experiencing sexual assault. "The people who attended the event were...
April 22, 1921 A chapter of the Mooseheart Legion will be installed in Petersburg within a short time by Mrs. Pritchett of Wrangell. The Petersburg women organized and applied for a charter some time ago and it is expected to arrive on every boat, the chapter to be instituted as soon as possible after it arrives. At the meeting held at the home of Mrs. Pete Jorgensen recently, Mrs Charles Pautzke was elected Senior Regent of the new chapter, and Mrs. Wm. Worth as Recorder. The new organization will have between twenty and thirty members. April...
A Public Works crew replaced planks in the Sing Lee Alley Bridge over Hammer Slough on Wednesday....
Commercial aviation in Alaska dates back to 1927. In 1936, Ellis Airlines was formed in Ketchikan by Bob Ellis. The fleet of 10 Grumman Goose amphibious aircraft were well-suited to travel in Southeast Alaska. Alaska Coastal Airlines of Juneau merged with Ellis in 1962, creating the largest fleet of Grumman Goose in the world. In 1964 one of the planes, which had a 50 foot wingspan, had an accident in Petersburg when a plane hit some wires. The airline's "West Coast" run included Ports...
April 15, 1921 That the water power development on Cascade Creek, Thomas Bay, fifteen miles from Petersburg is among the largest projects in Southeastern Alaska, is shown by the report on Mining Developments and Water-Power investigations in Southeastern Alaska just issued and copies of which have been received. The investigation of the water resources of southeastern Alaska was begun by the Geological Survey in operation with the Forest Service in 1915 and was designed to determine both the location and the possibilities of water-power sites....
Two students at Petersburg High School were finalists in this year's Poetry Out Loud competition. Myah Enriquez, left, recited "Enough," by Suzanne Buffam, "Rondeau," by Leigh Hunt and "The Ocean," by Nathaniel Hawthorne; Logan Haley, right, recited "Where the Wild Things Go," by D. Gilson, "Across the Bay," by Donald Davie and "Thine Own," by Josephine Delphine Henderson Heard. Enriquez said the competition helped her move past her fear of public speaking, while allowing her to express herself...
A branded Steller sea lion was spotted near Horn Cliffs earlier this month. The female sea lion, or W252, was branded as a pup on White Sisters Island in 2004. Sightings of branded Steller sea lions can be reported to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game....
Calm waters were lit up in South Boat Harbor at 11 P.M. on April 3 as low cloud cover moved in over Kupreanof Island....
April 8, 1921 The biggest social affair ever pulled off in Petersburg was held last Saturday night by the Petersburg Lodge No 702, L.O.O. Moose as a benefit for the Petersburg Hospital. The affair took the form of a masquerade dance, luncheon being served during the evening. The Moose committee in charge reported that the total sum of $292 was raised and will be turned over to the Hospital Board within the next few days. April 5, 1946 Smoked salmon, Alaska cod, halibut and red snapper will be turned out commercially by a new plant being built h...
Alaska Seaplanes commemorated their inaugural flight into Petersburg on April 5 with a ribbon cutting ceremony in their terminal at Petersburg Airport. The airline is now offering two daily roundtrip flights between Petersburg and Juneau. The flight schedule will include daily departures from Juneau at 8 A.M. and 4 P.M. and return departures from Petersburg at 9:30 A.M. and 5:30 P.M. "It feels special for us to start servicing Petersburg and help connect the other communities of Southeast,"...
Colleen Nicholson, left, was honored by the Friends of Petersburg Libraries during National Library Week as she is the last living member of the original 1954 Library Board, according to a statement from Sue Paulsen. Cathy Cronlund, right, presented Nicholson, 92, with flowers and remembered her work in the early years of the Library Board as a representative of the Friends of Petersburg Libraries on Tuesday. The local library started out as a single shelf of books in the American Legion Hall...
