The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-03-19
DR. BANGEMAN APPOINTED
 CITY HEALTH OFFICER

Al it's meeting last night at City 1 Hall the City Council appointed Dr. John O. Bangeman. newly ar- rived physician and surgeon in Wrangell. as City Health Officer.
 The Council was presided over Dy Mayor Doris Barnes and Council men Peter Mccormack, Andy Bar low. Lennie Engstrom, Lee Ellis and Howard Baltzo were present.
 A letter from Highway Patrol man Adolph Lubcke was read in which MT. Lubcke made recom- mendations for improvement of the towns traffic situation. CCopy of the letter appears elsewher in this weeks paper).
 Clerk Robert Wickman also read a letter from Harold B. Foss. of Foss and Malcolm, Juneau eontrac- tors containing an estimate of Sl5, 200 for construction of a road from the power plant to the dam a distance of 5000 lineal feet. The road is to have a 2O-foot right-of- way, left wide surface stnip and be grayeled Mir. Foss asked the City's approval of the estimated figures before the figures are sub mitted to the Territorial Road Board for funds. Matter was refer red to the Street and Road Com mittee
 Frank Zepp, street maintenance man, reported on trucks for the City. II was decided to hold in abeyance ordering a new truck for 1 The City until next meeting of the Council when 1t is hoped to have prices from various dealers. II was moved by Councilman ! Barlow and seconded by McCor- mack that the City furnish mater ials for street signs recommended by Highway PatrOlman Lubcke ana contact Superintendent George Fa- bricius at Wrangell Schools to see if the signs could be made by the manual training department
 An Election Board was appointed for the coming City election. Mem bers appointed are: Oscar Carlson and Mrs. Carrie Bjorge, Judges and Don Miller, Wilma Mason and Bill Vreeland, Clerks, with Mrs Char l lOtte Steear as atelrnate.
 Additional pay of $4S to Bill Walter, cemetery caretaker, for re- mOyal Of gravel and debris from the grounds of the cemetery. as re- su.t of a slide last fall, was denied.
 Ralph Devenny, Superintendent Of the light plant, reported that for .he first time in history the light
 ,-nJ is getting maximum eff ciency from it's installations. The ndy 4-cylinder motor is running at
 apacity and the plant is producing more kilowatt hours than before at
 'rac eically no added cost
 Andy Barlow reported that the first new float was completed in the small boat harbor and Ralph Devenny said the city would install Ia temporary lighting system on the float until a permanent installation could be made upon completion of the float and dock project.
 An informal ballot was read concerning moving the office of the City Clerk from the City Hall to the Fire Hall Ballot is not of ficial, but merely a methods of de- termining the will of the citizens of Wrangell if such a move should be found economically feasible"
 The ballot reads: Do you favor moving the City Hall to appropri- ate quarters on the second floor of the Fire Hall when circumstances make such a move economically feasible? It is not contemplated that such a move will be made im- mediately due to the present neces- sity for providing housing for the library, doctors office and a school classroom in the present City Hall.
 In favor of move
 Opposed to move"
 City Clerk Wickman reported that some persons are refusing to pay for garbage collection. A list of names is to be made of them and turned over to the City Clerk who was instructed to see that the or dinance, which requires all resi- dens to pay for garbage collection, enforced.
 Present Council will meet for It's last session on April Fools even ing - April 1.