The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-05-07
Local Items


 Local Items
 Miss Meredith Mitchell arrived on the Victoria Saturday to take charge of Bishop Rowe General Hospital succeeding Miss Ann Palmer Miss Mitchell came here direct from Spo- kane where she had been visiting but her home is in Helena, Montana, where she nursed at St. Peters Hos pital. Her training was received at St. Yincents in Billing, Montana.
 The SS Yukon on her present trip left Seattle with the record passen- ger list of the year - 426 passen- gers aboard. 2l9 cabin passengers and 206 5teerage.
 Mrs. W. II. Carson was a passenger on the Yukon Monday for Cordova to join her husband who is interest ed in a nearby cannery.
 Mrs. J. W. Pritchett, editor of the Wrangell Sentinel, will leave Seat tie today on the North Sea, after a six weeks vacation trip to the states She will resume editorship of the Sentinel next issue.
 According to the report of the treasurer of the Alaska Tuberculo- sis Association received here recent ly. total 1886 collections for seals up to April l, 1887, totailed s4,552.- S2 as compared to S3,416.84 for 1894 and S4,170.00 for 1885. Only five percent of the gross is sent to the National Tuberculosis Associa ton, the balance beng kept D the Territory. After expenses were paid, the total net receipts for the three years was $9,119.76. $6,460.0O was given the Territorial Health Depart ment in cooperation on the Tuber- cular Survey leaving balance on hand on April l, 1887 of $2,659.76.
 Dr. Rae Lillian Carlson will ar rive on the Northland tonight to spend several days in Wrangell to examine eyes and fit glasses
 The Ss Victoria arrived from the south Saturday afternoon with the following passengers for Wrangell: From Seattle, Bert Laws, Meredith Mitchell, s. Hawkins, and from Ketchikan, Dick Farkas, Emil Olson, D. K. Purlory and Roscoe Townsend.
 Miss Ann Palmer, who has been superintendent of Bishop Rowe Hos pital for the past two years, left on the Victoria Saturday for Skagway where she will be married to Dr. E. Hildebrand of Whitehorse, Y. T. The couple will make their home in WhitehOrse.
 The SS Alaska docked at Wran- gell southbOund at p. m. Monday. Vern Marsh, Ben Bowery and Ben Grimes took passage for Ketchikan.
 The SS Yukon, northbound, arriv- ed in Wrangell at l p. m. Monday with two passengers for Wrangell. Mary Stinger and c. Taus left the ship here. Miss Mary K. Cawthorne took passage for Petersburg and John Newmarket to Juneau.
 MT. and Mrs. R. E. Lundvall, m teTested in a mine at Portage Bay, were passengers on the Yukon for Valdez.
 Mrs. M. B. Mover. who has been visiting with MT. and Mrs. R. w. Mize, left for her home in Juneau on the Victoria Saturday.
 Ben Grimes, Territorial Sanitary Engineer, was in Wrangell over the weekend in connection with the new regulations now in effect under the Sanitary Code.
 MS Cameo, maintainence vessel of the American Can Co.,, was in Wran- gell Wednesday.
 A special Mothers Day service will be held at the Salvation Army Sunday afternoon at 2:30. Mothers are invited to attend with their children. A plant will be given to the mother and grandmother wno has the most children present. MT. A. Krone will be the special speaker for the afternoon.
 Lieut.. H. Thurstien of Petersburg was the guest of Mrs. Carruthers be- tween boats. Lieut.. Thurstien is on her way to northern Sask. where she