The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-07-11
HERE -. AND -. THERE


Willie Anderson on the police force
Petersburg - Howard Jensen. en-
gineer aboard the Grizzly Bear in
Ketchikan for the Alaska Game Com
mission, has been transferred back
to Petersburg to work with Wild
life Agent Hosea Sarber aboard the
Black Bear With Mrs. Jensen and
two children they are now re-estab-I
fishing themselves in their home
town.
Petersburg - Hack White, pres
ident of the Rotary Club here left
July TO attend an assembly of Ro-
tary presidents and secretaries at
Kelowna, B. c. Joined by Mrs. White
in Seattle, they will attend the
meeting, visiting relatives enroute|
at Bellingham where Mrs. White
has been for several weeks. They
will return to Alaska about July
oath.
Amaknak Island - Word has
reached here that work will be start
ed Immediately on this eastern Aleu-
tian island for the establishment of
Naval base. Commander William
Updegraff of Portland, Oregon, it
is said, will command the off-shore
base on orders of Secretary Knox.
Ketchikan =Bertel W. Johnson
, of the Fish and Wildlife service,
stationed at Wrangel1 last summer,
is in the navy now. Johnson left
here last week after receiving word
that he was being summoned to ac-
tive duty in the thirteenth naval
district. Steele Culbertson will take
over the Ketchikan office.
Ketchikan - Mr.. and Mrs. J.
E. Johnson of Ketehikan left last
week for Philadelphia where Mr..
Johnson will represent Alaska at an
Elks convention. They plan to go to
Washington, D. c. and to visit rel
atiYes in Wisconsin before returning
to Alaska at the end of the summer.
Kodiak - The building boom in
Kodiak is forging ahead with new
homes springing up everywhere in
the city proper and outlying dis
tricts. The business section is keep
ing pace as we'll. Two new buildings
are rapidly nearing completion
which will house stores and apart
ments. Construction on the road
from town to the naval base is pro-
crossing steadily making Kodiak
more accessible to shoppers from the
base settlement.
Kodiak = Manley E. Sweazey,
vesident supervisor for the North
Life Insurance Company, a visitor
in Kodiak, narrowly escaped death
when the horse he was riding, while
alone on a bear hunt, fell over
cliff sending horse and rider 40
feet straight down to the beach be-
low The accident occurred on Mem
orial Day. Sweazey started to ride
along a well defined trail down the
outside shore of the Cape, when the
ground suddenly gave way under
the horses feet. An avalanche of dirt
and volcanic ash which fell with
| them, probably saved horse and ri
der's life. A new rifle Sweazey car
in two and a camera badly dam
aged. Horse and rider are now re-
covered from their sprains and
bruises.
Ketchikan Gas vapors, ex-
ploded by baekfire on the seine
boat, Hustler, last Saturday wreck
ed the boat and seriously burned
Joe Johnson, owner of the craft. He
was taken to the Ketchikan hospital.
Juneau Herring studies are to
be made by Ed Dahlgren, assistant
aquatic bioloist and L. Kolloen, jun
ior aquatic bioloist, who passed
through here recently bound for
Kodiak and Prince William Sound
4 Only one operator is fishing for her
ring in Southeastern Alaska this
year under the limited quota, the
men said, Storfold and Grondahl who
operate a reduction plant in Chat
ham strait
Valdez Ole Rogne, old-time
! resident here was drowned recently
when truck he was driving plung-
ed over an embankment pinning him
beneath it. He was an eaployee of
the Alaska Road Commission.
Ketchikan = Edward Atkins, II,
who suffered injured nerves at the
base of his brain when accidentally
hanged by companions while play
ing, is reported gaining slightly al
though doctors said it was too soon
to know what his chances are for
recovery The accident occurred June
1 4 and the boy has been unconscious
since. He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs
Walter Atkins and is in the Ketch-
ikan hospital.