From Our Files

• Oct. 17, 1946

Mayor P.A. Leese warned boys with firearms, who were shooting the bulbs of street lamps in ever-increasing numbers, that anyone apprehended would find himself minus a gun and both he and his parents would be taken before the sheriff of O’Brien County.

The Hartley Rainbow Assembly for Girls received their charter at an impressive ceremony in the Masonic Hall. The Hartley Rainbow Assembly was organized May 4, 1946, and had been under “Letters Temporary” since that time.

The O’Brien County American Legion Auxiliary fall meeting was held in Hartley with the local unit acting as host. Sixteen new members were initiated into the Hartley Unit, with the Sutherland Auxiliary performing the initiation ceremony.

• Oct. 14, 1971

Mrs. Red (Susie) Getting received a “hole in one” trophy from Mrs. Robert (Norma Jean) Burns, president of the Meadowbrook Ladies Association. Susie aced the No. 2 hole using a 5-iron to become the first woman to record a hole-in-one at Meadowbrook Golf and Country Club.

First Street Southeast and an alley north of there were torn up and closed to traffic while General Telephone workmen were laying underground cable to the main office in Hartley. The telephone company was engaged in an extensive program of laying underground wires for some time.

Mrs. Rosa Denny, who had retired from the housekeeping department at the Hartley Community Hospital, received a gift of appreciation from Board President Duane Kolpin. Mrs. Denny had been on the staff of the hospital since it opened in 1960.

• Oct. 17, 1996

Voter support for a bond issue to finance additions to Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School increased but it was not enough to reach the required 60 percent for approval. Of the 1,766 votes cast, 57.6 percent were in favor of the bond issue. The vote totals were 1,013 in favor and 753 opposed. It was the third time that a bond issue was defeated, although the affirmative votes were greater than in a previous election in February.

Twelve of Moneta’s 29 registered voters cast ballots in a special election and 11 voted in favor of discontinuing the city’s incorporated status. Moneta had been in existence for approximately 95 years but no longer had any businesses to support a municipal enterprise.

The H-M-S marching band recorded a score of 76.1 points at the state marching band contest to earn a superior rating. It was the second-highest point total for the band in 10 years.

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