Letters: Reader enjoys blast from the past

To the editor:

I am so grateful for a small town newspaper like The Hartley Sentinel. There was a time when smaller towns were once productive and prosperous. The Hartley Sentinel was the hub for all surrounding small town news. Decades later, some of these same towns are now “bedroom” towns. The Hartley Sentinel has remained the hub for reporting news from those towns.

I really appreciate the “From Our Files” column. It takes me back to the days of Yager’s Department Store, Elsie’s Cafe, Russell’s Bakery, Ketelsen Hardware and Rose Furniture. And so, I acknowledge and embrace the efforts of the staff members to still produce such a beneficial newspaper. I look forward to receiving mine as I embrace such precious memories of days gone by.

Vicky Treimer,

Spencer