1945: New stockyards set to open in Hartley

• Dec. 6, 1945

The same road grading outfit that leveled the school athletic field also leveled the grounds for the Hartley park. Although it was too late in the year for any further work to be done on the park, it was feasible and hoped that at least a skating rink would be laid out.

Les Getting, of Sanborn, purchased the Charlie Mayer property and was opening his stockyards there. The office was located one-half block south and one-half block east of the Fairmont Creamery Co. Mr. Getting was a dealer in hogs and sheep.

An attorney general’s ruling against a town laying out any of its funds to obtain prefabricated houses from the federal government for returning servicemen left the situation in doubt as to how the project might be funded. It was suggested a group of private individuals work to obtain the needed housing.

• Dec. 3, 1970

Rev. B.W. Sayler shot a 3-point buck (Western count) with a bow and arrow. The buck weighed 200 pounds and was taken near the Waterman Creek about 10 miles south of Hartley.

Four members of the Hartley junior high band were selected to participate in the Northwest Iowa Junior High Honor Band Festival. They were Cynthia Sayler, Sheri Roghair, Rebecca Hansen and Barry Burt. Ron Arndt was the junior high band director.

Madonna M. Towne, administrator of Community Memorial Hospital, completed the first of three courses offered in the Independent Study Program for Hospital and Health Care Facility Administrators. She demonstrated competency in all topics covered in the course which focused on management and organization within the hospital and health care facility.

• Dec. 7, 1995

Individuals who had or were retiring from service with the City of Hartley were recognized at the city’s Christmas party. They included: Lloyd Newkirk, gold watch in recognition of his retirement from the water department; Phil Sweeney, former council member who served 13 years; Myrna Colling-Burns, retiring after 16 years as a council member; Earl Norton, retiring after 25 years as mayor and 14 years previously as council member; Ed Robinson, former council member with 16 years of service; and Keith Stoltz, former council member who served eight years.

Eighty new robes were ordered for the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School choir. Enough robes were ordered for 70 members plus an additional 10 robes for the ensemble which had seen substantial growth in participation. The robes cost just under $10,000.

“From Our Files” is compiled by Sentinel-News sports editor/staff writer Mike Petersen.