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1945: Moneta hosts district baseball tournament

• Oct. 11, 1945

Moneta High School was host to the state district baseball tournament. Five sectional winners participated. Moneta defeated Dolliver, 6-5, in the opening round and Hull, 7-4, in the semifinals. Larrabee downed Moneta, 6-1, in the finals before a fine crowd.

The Hartley town council hired Leon Schoel, of Spencer, as engineer for the sewage disposal plant. He was directed to draw up plans and specifications which would be filed until such time as Hartley decided to have the plant constructed. Plans were to use government funds for the work.

Another addition to Hartley’s growing b...