The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-04-10
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 Municipal elections occupied many Alaska towns this week and prob ably most typical of strange things that voters do was the election in Wrangel of your Periseoper as. Mayor. But. as one frank voter put it. "eyen newspaperman can serve as Mayor if there is a good Council" " Wrangell voters demon strated that they had a good Coun- cil with a strong vote of confidence in their actions of the past year Councilmen Jorgen Ronning and George Gunderson veterans of the Council table, were returned to of. flee and Dr. [. J. Wheeler. former Councilman who has served as May or the past year but who declined to accept nomination for that office again, was drafted" as a "sticker" candidate for another term on the Council. Voters also put their stamp Of approval on the School Board by returning to office Leo Mccormack. upopposed With luck Wrangelrs Mccormack may tie Juneau,s Gro yer Winn's record of 20 years on the School Board.
 As is customary. We assume, in the political fields, we have been asked about our platform. Who ever heard of a politician without platform? So we have one and it is in line with that of the late Call yin Coolidge's preacher. Returning from church one Sunday, the fomer Presidents wife inquired that the minister had talked about The eYer- word-saying Coolidge replied. Sin. Seeking further enlightenment, Mrs. Coolidge asked what the pastor had said about it.
 He was against it", said Mir. Coolidge.
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 Over in Petersburg, Banker Ed Loeken was returned to the Mayors chair without opposition and elected to the Council were Arnold Was yickv Robert Allen and Charles Greenaugh Mrs. Alvina Stedman was elected to the School Board. Per iscoper bows to Mayor LOcken whose town cast 215 votes. Rest Wrangell could muster was 211. On basis of Petersburg's posted population we probably could prove just how much larger Wrangell's vote was but We won't. We'll concede Mayor Locken that four vote edge and admit Pe- tersburg is a good town, too.
 
 Up in Juneau, efficient Mayor Harry Lucas was returned to office for the fourth, fifth or is it sixth time? Mayor Harry is so popular up in the Capital City that no one ever thinks of running against him. Returned to the Council with him were Harry Lea, Floyd Fagerson and Ralph Biestline It takes two hands to count the number of times Biestline has served on Juneau's s Council All were elected without opposition, a handsome compliment in a town of 5000 or more. R. E. Robertson, one of Alaska's best known attorneys, was returned to the Juneau School Board.
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 Down in Ketchikan, where the voters always have themselves a contest. campaign and all the trim mings for any and all offices, At torney Harry Mccain and his In dependent" ticket rolled into office defeating the Citizens" ticket head ed by J. E. Johnson. On Mayor Mc- Gains ticket were O. NJ. Lien, Han ford Henning and Lem Mckay. His ticket advocated reduction of util ity rates. The "Citizens" ticket was anti-McCain, who had formerly served as Mayor. Ketchikan will now sweep from the streets all the now obsolete charges and counter charges Of the municipal election and plunge into the Territorial pri- mary with equal gusto and enthus- iasm. There is probably no other place under the American flag that