From Our Files

• Feb. 6, 1947

Leo Rasmussen, son of Mose Rasmussen, received a temporary appointment as manager of radio station KSVP at Artesia, N.M. He would continue his post as program director until adjustment was made in the staff.

The Earl Britton farm sale ran well over the $20,000 mark. Highest prices paid included $310 for the top cow and $1,730 for a tractor. It was one of the best-advertised sales in the county.

A C-D Farm Service truck driven by Emmet Frick and a truck driven by Gale Birdsall ran head-on into each other near the Ben Geerdes farm at Everly. The accident resulted from poor visibility caused by the snow and wind. Both trucks were heavily damaged, but it was reported that both drivers escaped injury.

• Feb. 10, 1972

The Hartley FFA chapter was making water sampling kits available to rural residents in the area. They were offered as a project of the Building Our America Communities committee, a newly-formed part of the FFA Program of Work on the national, state and local level. Bob Hibbing was chairman of the Hartley BOAC committee.

Ingwer L. Hansen, who had seen one fatal accident and witnessed a near-miss at the Milwaukee crossing in southeast Hartley, asked the town council to petition the Commerce Commission concerning signal lights at that crossing, and to place stoplights there in the meantime. The clerk was directed to contact the appropriate authorities concerning both matters.

Debbie Sayre, Sue DeGraaf, Don Tarnasky and Dale Barnes were selected to represent the Hartley High School concert choir at the Northwest Iowa Choral Festival.

• Feb. 13, 1997

Turner Classic Movies was the choice of the largest number of Hartley Municipal Cable System subscribers to be added to the basic cable package. Ninety-one respondents in a survey chose TCM to replace WWOR, which was no longer available.

The winter of 1996-97 had been hard on everyone, but some Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn School District employees faced extra challenges. The school board recognized the building secretaries, custodians and bus drivers for their “patience, extra hours and diligence in transporting students, handling increased phone calls and in clearing sidewalks and parking lots.”

Matt Schuver was the first H-M-S wrestler to win an individual Siouxland Conference wrestling title. The junior pinned two opponents and won a narrow one-point decision in the title match to win the 171-pound championship.

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