From Our Files

• July 7, 1949

Certificates for superior service were awarded to 219 supervisors of the Milwaukee Road. Each had completed a 19-year period without a personal injury occurring to an employee under their jurisdiction. Frank Meyers, section foreman at Hartley, was an award recipient.

Botsford Lumber Company in Hartley planned to build a new building on the site of the old one. The existing wooden structure was being torn down and a modern type building of tile construction would replace it. The company hoped it would be completed by fall.

A large crowd estimated at approximately 2,000 people witnessed the excellent fireworks display at the May City celebration on July 4. Despite the record heat many also spent the day picnicking and enjoying games and other forms of recreation.

• July 4, 1974

Richard Albrecht, of Seattle, Wash., was nominated by President Richard Nixon as General Counsel of the Treasury in Washington, D.C. He was the son of Mrs. Catherine Albrecht and the late Arnold Albrecht, and was a graduate of Hartley High School.

The city council adopted a resolution setting up rules and regulations for the new S&H Sanitation Agency. The agency was the joint venture between the cities of Sanborn and Hartley for the collection of garbage in both communities.

Walt Ronnfeldt, representing the Hartley Kiwanis Club, asked the Community Betterment Council for help in locating a new paper collection center. Paper and cardboard were being stored in the basement of Hartley Drug, which meant having to take materials down and then bringing them back up to be loaded on the collection truck.

• July 8, 1999

Hartley Boy Scout Troop 158 attended camp at Lewis and Clark Scout Camp, at Yankton, S.D. The 11 boys who attended learned a number of good Scout fundamentals and earned many merit badges. They were accompanied by nine adult leaders.

Police Chief Doug Reese was authorized by the city council to hire additional coverage for the day that RAGBRAI passed through Hartley. The $10 per hour pay limit in place was waived so Reese could hire enough police officers for that day.

Dickinson County Memorial Hospital received nearly $500,000 as beneficiary of the William F. Thompson Trust. Thompson lived in Spirit Lake, but had been a director of Security State Bank in Hartley and Lake Park.

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