From Our Files

• Jan. 9, 1947

The Hartley Boy Scout troop had its own club room located under Potter’s Drug Store. Plans were made by the boys to decorate and fix up their quarters, where meetings were held each Monday night.

Manuel Strom, of Hartley, retiring county supervisor, was among outgoing county officers entertained at a reception at Primghar. He was presented with a gift as a tribute to his service to the county.

Receipts from two town basketball games were donated to a recreation fund. The $100 was to start a fund which would provide a regular recreation program for Hartley youngsters.

The Methodist youth fellowship rally held at the Hartley Methodist Church was well-attended by youth of the Spencer, Dickens, Langdon, Peterson and Everly churches. Claris Linder, of Hartley, was elected president of the group for the year.

• Jan. 6, 1972

Dean Raber, whose parents lived in rural Hartley, was named vice president and secretary of the Federal Land Bank at Omaha, Neb. Raber had joined the Omaha Land Bank in 1964, and was named a senior officer in June of 1971.

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Bremer, formerly of Fremont, Calif., purchased the Reinke Body Shop in Hartley. Mr. Bremer, who was originally from the May City area, had been in the auto body business since 1949. The Reinkes moved to the former Melinda Engelbrecht home, and Mr. Reinke planned to continue his wrecking and boom service, as well as his bin moving business.

State equalization aid warrants for the second quarter of Fiscal Year 1972 were mailed to each individual school district in O’Brien County. Hartley Community School received $28,249.

• Jan. 9, 1997

The boards of directors of C-D Farm Service and Alceco agreed to a feasibility study for the unification of the two cooperatives. Both boards would have to agree to any plan before submitting it to their respective memberships for their approval.

Community Housing Initiatives, of Graettinger, was awarded a $40,000 grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank’s Affordable Housing Program. CHI was the developer of an $800,000 project to build a 12-unit apartment complex in Hartley.

The Iowa Bone Health Study returned to Hartley. Five local women – Mary Jo Cuttell, Cherie Koontz, Mary Lou Lenz, Karen Weber and Yvonne Wehrkamp – were conducting interviews of men and women between the ages of 20 and 92 in order to help determine why some people were more likely to lose bone mass over time.

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