The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-05-26
LOCAL ITEMS

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the motorship Northland Saturday
morning. They we're Miss Sue Hard
ing for Ketchikan and ". J. Saw
yer for Seattle.
Miss Margie zehm came over by
small boat from Petersburg Sunday
She is a sister of Mrs. Nels Stems
land and will be employed in the
American Bakery during the sum
mer.
Father T. 0. Ryan of Cordova ar
rived on the Mount Mckinley and
will have charge of the parish work
here during the absence of Father
Monroe who is leaving on the North
Sea for a few weeks stay in Seattle.
While in Wrangell Father Ryan will
be a guest in the home of Mr.. aud
Mrs. George T. Barrett at Wrangell
Institute.
Mrs. Henry Ronning left on the
Mount Mckinley Wednesday night
for Tacoma where her mother is
critically i'll, according to message
received that morning. During Mrs.
Ronnings absence her beer parlor,
Helens Place, will be under the
management of her sister, Mrs.
Julia Gamenzind.
W. S. Stump who spent the latter
part of the week in Wrangell on
professional business, returned to
Ketchikan Sunday night on the Aleu-
tian. lie was accompanied on the
trip by his three-year old son.
T. Y. Garry is carrying his left
arm in a sling this week as the re-
suit OF breaking two bones in his
wrist when he fell while playing a
game of soft ball on the school
grounds Monday night.
Mrs. Mary k Cauthorne, adYis-
ory nurse in the division of child
and maternal health, arrived on the
Northland on an official visit to
confer with Miss Helen Johnson,
public health nurse at Wrangell. She
left on the North Coast that night
to take her annual leave and will
visit with relatives in Virginia.
Mrs. Frank Denney arrived from
Chichagof on the Northland and
will spend the summer in the home
of her husbands mother, Mrs. Van
H. Fisk. Mr.. Denney, who has
taught in Chiehagof for several
years, is remaining there for the
summer.
Mrs. Kenton Halverson has bought
the eurio shop owned by the late
Mrs. Fred Wigg, located at the turn
of Front Street. Newly painted in a
soft yellow, the little shop is easily
discernible from the head of the
street. A large sign painted by AL
bert Osborn, Mrs. Halverson's broth
er has been erected across the top
of the building.
Two more beaver catches were
sold in Wrangell this week. Walter
Simpson sent in ten from the
Canadian side of the Stikine and
Fred Swift eight from Berg's Bay
near Aaron's Creek. Both men sold
to c. L. Wies at an average price
of $3.50, the market in the past
two weeks having dropped ten per
cent
With Mrs. Margie Binkley in
charge of entertainment, members
of the Cannery Workers Auxiliary
Union had a very enjoyable social
hour after a short business meeting
in the Sisters and Brothers hall
Tuesday night.
Bingo, with grocery prizes, was
played first, after which cards and
Chinese checkers were played. A
delicious lunch was served by Mrs.
Ralph Devenney, Mrs. Loyal Blink
ley, Mrs. Jack Stokes and Mrs.
David Gay. Music and dancing were
the closing entertainment of the
evening.
DR.. and Mrs. E. ]. Wheeler left
on Wednesday of this week on their
new fishing boat the Genedor, op-
Grated by Andy Bake, on its first
scouting trip for fish, their destin-
alton being the Sitka area. They
plan to be gone one week from
Wrangell
The Hazel B No. 2, Captain Hill
Darlington, left Tuesday Afternoon
on its second trip of the season tt
Telegraph Creek. Passengers were
Clyde Baker, Ray Baker, Glenn
Lynch, Howard Neinhuse, Franz
Armstrong and R. Peterson, bount
for Boulder creek in the Dease lax
mining district of the Cassiar, A. J
Marion of the Marion and Hop
transfer business in Telegraph creek
and Charles Johnson.
Returning at s o'clock this morn
ing the No. 2 brought from Tele
graph Creek, Walter Simpson, Clar
ence Wrigglesworth. Ken Hallas
Walter Julian, Pete Curran, Will
Vance and Joe Weir. who vii
transfer tomorrow to the Hazel
Nc 3, Captain e. E. Kalkins, an
tbo oop,inu month