From Our Files

• Aug. 8, 1946

Ed Popp received six new bicycles for distribution to Register-Tribune route carriers. They had been working for the bicycles for six months, with a small amount being held back from their pay each week. Those receiving the bicycles were Ed Popp, Jr., James Crysler, Jermaine Bryant, Robert Brummer and Bill Boetel.

Les Getting, local livestock order-buyer, reported what was believed to be an all-time high price paid for hogs on local markets, when $23.75 per cwt. was paid for top butcher hogs.

A proposed community picnic and booster trip to Lake Okoboji was called off on the advice of Dr. J.C. Peterson, Jr., local health officer. Infantile paralysis had not menaced this part of the state to any extent, but it was believed that flies around open food provided an excellent means of contraction. So not to subject anyone to unnecessary risk, the picnic was called off.

• Aug. 5, 1971

The town council voted to purchase a Case diesel crawler for $4,750. The machine was to be used at the Hartley dump for trenching and covering of refuse. The purchase was made necessary by a state order prohibiting burning of refuse.

Hartley Fire Chief Jim Colling announced that the fire call on the town siren would be an oscillating call of 2-3 minutes. The siren would oscillate 10 times during calls. It would not be used between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.

The Hartley Hustlers 4-H Club won 36 blue ribbons and 11 reds at the O’Brien County Fair. The booth display on the theme “Live to Eat or Eat to Live” was a blue ribbon winner. A club skit won a blue ribbon and was chosen as state fair and Clay County Fair alternate.

• Aug. 8, 1996

Beverly Heimsoth resigned her seat on the Hartley city council as she and her husband were moving to Phoenix, Ariz. The former council member was elected to her first term in 1993. The council indicated its intention to fill the vacancy by appointment.

MC&R Pools, of Sioux Falls, S.D., was authorized to prepare specifications for repairs to Hartley’s swimming pool. Plans were to include a new concrete gutter system and expanded deck around the pool. A new circulation system was necessary to eliminate a major water loss from the pool.

Eight Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn students traveled to Costa Rica to put their Spanish speaking skills to use and to learn about another culture. Each student had taken at least two years of Spanish. Family experiences and visiting a rain forest were two of the highlights for the students.

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