The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-01-01

ing about how we held our breath when Harry Mccormack used to duye a truck al a reckless speed o1 l lIILeen miles an hour, up and down sueep eIght-foot board streets. Not once dIu he kill a pedestrian, break HIS neck or completely wreck his little truck when il went off the sidewalk, although we daily expect cd such occurrences.
 l Fifteen years ago We dld- not nave eIectrle ngnL serylce through the uayngnt hours. As a conse- 4uence eIectric equipment ln the homes was limited to a few flat Irons ana IeWer coasters, ln contrast 10 the many homes now electrically equipped rom range, hot water heater, washing machine, ironer and vacuum cleaner down 10 curl ing irons and gadgets To neat the 0aDys bottle at night
 Ii We could turn time back to | Iiiteen years ago what would We seer Well, We would Iinu a thrly- Ing business ln the vacant Mathe- son building; cold storage plant ln the present aecaylng Dulldlngs of the CoIumDia & Northern Co.,; dlngy Iur store ln place oI the mod ern Ivory Snop; a cannery on the burned site or the Sanitary Cannery I property, four saloons, small saw mill running at fuIl capacity dur Ing the season and without the threat oI fiber boxes over its box actory.
 ! On tront street We would not see the WrangelI Cold Storage, the sec oHd Mccormack dock, the Sumption shrimp cannery, the Wheeler block, the BJorge block which houses the
 Mrangell Motors ana the Bills Club, the Tom FuJita block, Bear Totem otore, American Bakery, the John JIsen, Ole Johnson and Sorset & | Coulter blocks, Coliseum Theatre, the remodeled Uhler block, Capt Jllks buiIdlng, the curio stores Of Mrs. Georgia Clark and Mrs. Fred l Wigg, the Wyatt-Cramer Grocery, or the James Bradley store.
 The Wrangell Hotel would not have had its addition to the first and second stories nor the upper story built; the City Store would | be much smaller.
 Turning to the residences we would see smaller homes in place Of the present modern and larger homes of P. C. Mccormack, c. P. kirtland, Donald Sinclair, l. c. Bjorge, Arnt Sorset. M. 0. Johnson, Mrs. W. H. Lewis and many others. Because they were not yet built we would not see the residences occu- ! pied by George M. Bidwel, T. J. 1 Mcbride, Leo Mccormack, Frank Churchill, Mrs Mason, Sam Roman, l. M Campbell, s. Cunningham, C. E. Diemart, C. C. Mundy, C. P. Mac treary, George Gunderson, Mrs. c. C. Chapin, Dr. Turner, Knyg Johan- sen, ". D. Grant, Carl Bradley, IF. Angerman, James Green; the residence properties on Church street belonging to Miss Edna Sin clair, Charles Benjamin, P. c. Me Cormack and Ole Johnson; the Cath olic rectory and remodeled church, nor the Presbyterian manse and new church.
 The road ended near the Loftus home in the north end of town and at the old dairy site south. There were scattering cabins along the beach north and south from town instead of the many present attractive homes on each side of the road.
 Fifteen years ago there were neither the Standard Oil or Union Oil stations. The Anderson Boat Shop was not built. Front street was completely planked to only a short distance beyond the Ole John SOB store. From that point on, sus- pension bridges swung across from the eight-foot sidewalk to build ings on the waterfront High tides washed under the Salvation Army hall and the Sentinel building. Fifteen years ago we were with out the convenience of telephones: we did not have a public library and reading room; our water sys- tenn was small and inadequate even for the smaller population. The hospital consisted of few up- stairs rooms in which Dr. Pigg pro- vided nursing care for out-of-town patients.
 To further note our progress, We should contrast the court house of fifteen years ago, with the pres ent modern building; the picture show in Redmen's Hall with the I Coliseum Theatre; the makeshift hospital with the modern Wrangen l General Hospital; the three-room school with our new building, in which eleven teachers work with