The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-11-07
MacCREARY APPOINTED POLICE ChIEF BY
 CITY COUNCIL

DIly Douugu at Ita meeting IasJ ulsuL al Gy nau approved tme re- yOmmenuauUn 0I the pouee eou- nullee ot appointment of (. MacCreary Us Ponce Chief for Nraugel MaeCreary is well known Wrangeu man, resident oi the town LOT many years. Other applications read by City Clerk koDeIN Wickman were from Carl b. Nelfelt, Petersburgs John Hurn, and Roy Heron, the latter all Of arangell
 Mayor Doris Barnes presided al che meeting with a 1uu Council present uuul arrival o1 the Can adiau boat when Councilman Joyce nay asked to be excused To meet the boat. Other gouncilmen pres enB were Lee Euis, Lenule Eng sJrom, Howard Baltzo, Andy Bar TOW, anu Peter Mccormack.
 A liquor license was approved Tor the Elks new cocktail bar.
 Following approval of the Road Commission to award Wrangeil sI5,oUU for harbor improvements, Council appointed Lee Ellis 10 be iu charge of such improvement and see to the completion oI the shrimp cannery dock, according tO ln agreement made with him at ]. past Council meeting. Ellis promls- ed to get started on the work next week
 l.. 5. Chisholm appeared at the Council meeting to press claim Tor $346.l3 which he alleges is que him following his dismissal as City Attorney and Assessor in 1945-I540. Mr. Chisholm referred the Council to a law, passed by the Territorial Legislature of l941 which forbids Councils to dismiss employees of the City except flor cause and o4y after the employee has been given a chance to be heard. At the time of his dismissal ID February, 1916, MT Chisholm was ill the south, due to the illness of his wife, but he contends that he was available for legal advice at any tune the city needed it and said he had completed his tax as sessment work before going south He contended he could not be dls missed from the city payroll with out being notified and that tno Council dad no cause as he Was at all times ayaiIabIe for service.
 Present CounCu members wno were on the Council at that time, were Andy Barlow, Lee Fills 4nu Lennie l1lgstrom, although Eng strom was not at the meeting ot Feb. when Chisholm was dis missed mo- was Mayor Barnes, "Do was south at the time.
 Cou4c4men Lee Eu.s a.d Andy Barlow explained that his dismis sal arose from the fact that he had been gone for some time and that it was claimed, at the time, that the City Clerk did not have his ad- dress and as it was necessary for the Council to retain the services of a Juneau attorney for city ad- vice
 An odd note was enjected when Andy Barlow asked that the min utes of the Feb. 6, 1946 Council meeting be read and it was found that there was no mention in the minutes of the action of the Coun- cil on MT Chisholms dismissal in them. Nor did they report dismis- sal of Police Chief Forrest Steph- ems which took place at the same meeting. Therefore, it could be as- stunned from the minutes that the Council meeting of that date that I, such action had never taken place. l
 Councilman Peter Mccormack, | and Mayor Barnes, in view of the case as presented by MT. Chisholm, were of the opinion that the sum was legally due MT. Chisholm, es- pecially as he had completed the assessment work and as such city officials are hired for the Council | year, and Mccormack made a mo tion that the money be paid but |