From Our Files

• Oct. 3, 1946

Workmen began tearing down the old warehouse of the Botsford Lumber Co. adjacent to the Milwaukee tracks, south of their office. A new warehouse was to be erected at the same location.

A 12x16 cement block building was erected by the Modern Dry Cleaners. The building would house dry cleaning equipment which formerly was located near the railroad tracks.

A deal was closed whereby the Arthur W. Kirchhoff Post No. 288 became owner of the Log Cabin Café, which had been owned and operated for many years by Dr. R.W. Falk. The post planned to use the building as a club for Legionnaires, under the management of Dooley Wagner.

Donald Hebbel took over ownership of the Hartley Dry Cleaners and Raynard Petersen purchased the trucking interests of Edw. Riedemann.

• Sept. 30, 1971

Homecoming queen for the festivities in Hartley was Susie Shattuck. Her attendants were Nancy Riedemann and Claudia Adams.

Pirkko Torkkell, of Kuhmoinen, Finland, was attending the Hartley Community High School. She was staying with the Dr. J.C. Peterson, Jr. family. Pirkko’s brother, Eero, was Hartley’s first foreign exchange student and had also made his home with the Petersons.

Les Getting, of Hartley, was named the new president of the Iowa Motor Truck Association at the annual convention in Des Moines.

After many years with no scouting program for girls in Hartley, the Girl Scouts of America was reorganized with troop membership open to area girls ages 7-17. Leaders of the reorganization movement were Mrs. Jan Christensen and Mrs. Mitzi Wagner.

• Oct. 3, 1996

During an upcoming special election, Moneta residents would decide whether the community should disincorporate and become part of the unincorporated area of O’Brien County. Moneta’s petition for disincorporation had been approved by the state’s City Development Committee. The incorporated area of Moneta comprised 66.25 acres.

The City of Hartley entered into a loan agreement with Community Housing Initiatives, Inc., of Graettinger. Under the agreement, the city would loan $1,300 in order for CHI to acquire options to purchase two properties in northeast Hartley. CHI planned to construct apartment buildings on those sites. Additional loans from the city totaling $70,000 would comprise the “local financing” of the project.

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