The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-07-14
Local News

came QOWn on the 0dZel D ldSl week.
 Miss Helen Saarikoski returned on the Seattle Tuesday morning from an extended visit in the States.
 J. H. Wheeler, who visited his family here during the week, re turned to Petersburg on the Sc. attle Tuesday.
 Miss Adele Skelton accompan, jed her mother, Mrs. Bertha Skel- ton back to Petersburg for visit last week.
 Father Turnell visited Wran- gell this week. He went North on the Seattle Tuesday.
 MT. and Mrs. w. G. Birch and baby, MT. and Mrs. Shangle and Miss Thelma Shangle are camp ing at Pillar Bay.
 Mrs. Mcbride of Petersburg, and Mrs. Jim Allen were Wran- gell visitors this week.
 Miss Gertrude Crawford who has been visiting in Wrangell for a couple of weeks returned to Se- tattle on the Alice Friday.
 Mrs. Ellington was a passen- ger south on the Alice Friday. She had been visiting her son in Telegraph Creek for a time and came down on the Hazel B Fri day morning.
 Frank Watson arrived on the Hazel B Friday forenoon from Telegraph Creek and left on the Alice Friday evening for Van couver. MT. Watson is from Liard and went to Vancouver to file on some oil lands.
 Avery disastrous fire destroyed about 12 blocks of buildings in Marysville, California, following the Fourth. of July celebration. It was caused by fire crackers and extended to within a half block of property owned by Mrs. Louis Schott.
 Among those who spent the Fourth in Wrangell and returned to their duties out of town last week were MT. and Mrs. o. Gun derson, George Gunderson, Fred Gunderson, G. H. Tozier and Tom Lloyd who was in the party that came in from the Towers camp.
 Owing to the fact that Mrs. J. G. Grant and others interested are out of town this week, the card party planned for Friday night at the Wrangell Hotel by the Guild has been postponed in definitely.
 Rev. and Mrs. F. Thorman and son returned to Telegraph on the Hazel B this week. Accompany ing them back for a short visit were Miss Catherine Matheson and Miss Glen Matheson. They will remain until the Hazel B makes the next trip.
 A surprise party was given at the residence of MT. and Mrs. FL ton Barnes Saturday evening in honor of the birthday of MT. Barnes. The affair had been planned by Mrs. Barnes and when MT. Barnes arrived at the home of his parents in town where he had been sent to meet MT. and Mrs. Ernest Campbell and take them back with him, he found more people there awaiting his arrival than he expected to see. At the Barnes bungalow where the merrymaking began little later, very pleasant evening was enjoyed. Dancing furnished the entertainment and dainty re- treatments were served.
 At the special meeting of the city council Saturday night, the matter of giving Governor Scott c. Bone an appropriate welcome was considered and the following committee was appointed to make the plans for his arrival: Chair man, J. G. Grant, P. c. McCor- mack, H. D. Campbell, Donald Sinclair, George F. Barnes and H. P. Corser. This committee held a meeting Sunday afternoon and it was decided to meet the Governor at the dock, with the band if possible, and escort him to the hall where a short program l yryifh fho hopor or,oct oc tho ,r;p