From Our Files

• April 11, 1946

The O’Brien County Co-op Wool Growers’ Association pooled their first load of wool for the 1946 season. Approximately 5,000 pounds of wool were shipped to the Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers’ Cooperative in Des Moines. O’Brien County was one of the leading counties in the number of pounds of wool marketed through the cooperative.

County agent Kenneth Kramer announced that the O’Brien County 4-H fair would again be held in Hartley. Dates selected for the 1946 event were Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 19 and 20.

A consignment of baby chicks was sent by the Anfinson Hatchery to Emmetsburg via the new Hartley airport, thus initiating the local field in freight traffic. A plane was flown from Emmetsburg to the Hartley airport, where the chicks were picked up.

• April 15, 1971

Mr. Bill Blair’s fourth grade class put together a very unique joke book. The work was all done by the students. They placed the book in the waiting room of the Hartley hospital for visitors and patients to enjoy.

Twenty-eight sports fans from the Hartley area met for the purpose of organizing a booster club for Hartley. A steering committee comprised of Janice Meyer, Alta Ruby, John Van Olst, Richard Anderson, Bob Butler and Audley DeGraaf was selected. The group was formed to further the enjoyment for spectators of films along with explanations by the coaches, and to help high school athletes and coaches in any way possible.

J.C. Brown and Kevin Snider were the grand prize winners of the junior high science fair. Doug Tanner placed first in the biological division, and Denise Flick and Lori Nagel placed first in the physical division.

• April 18, 1996

The house which was located on the back side of the United Community Bank property in north Hartley was sold and moved to another location to make room for the new bank facilities. Construction was to begin immediately.

Sibley Co-op Oil Co. acquired the Thermogas LP division, including the operation in Hartley.

To help first graders learn the proper use of medications, Katy the Kangaroo and pharmacist Dawn Ruehle brought a safety message to Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Elementary.

The H-M-S school board looked at information regarding prices of modular classrooms as a means of addressing the space shortage at the high school. A new building would have a net cost, with a buy-back option, of $38,300. Two Iowa school districts had used temporary classroom buildings for sale.

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