From Our Files

• Dec. 1, 1949

Mrs. Kermit Kloppenburg, of Hartley, was appointed as a member of the O’Brien County 4-H girls’ committee. The committee was a policy-forming group and did much to strengthen club work by assisting in planning and carrying out the 4-H program.

The lackadaisical basketball fans who chose the easy chair rather than a ringside seat in the local gymnasium missed a thriller diller. The green but scrappy Hartley Hawk team, which had but one senior on its roster, turned in its best performance to date by whipping Sheldon, their county arch rival, 42-38.

• Nov. 28, 1974

The Community Memorial Hospital chalked up a record when the 10,000th patient was admitted. The passing of that milestone indicated the hospital’s great service to the community since it opened in December of 1960.

Two new directors, Mrs. Marion Goering and Harry Wulf, were elected to the board of Hartley Area Meals on Wheels. They replaced Mrs. Esther Rachuy and Hobart Putnam, who retired. Since Jan. 1, 1974, over 2,500 meals had been delivered to various persons in the area at $1.50 per meal.

The city council reviewed revisions of Hartley’s ordinances so that they could be taken to Des Moines, where completed copies would be made. Revising the ordinances was made mandatory as part of the Home Rule bill passed by the Legislature. Staff of the League of Municipalities had been working on the revisions for several months.

• Dec. 2, 1999

The board of Community Cable Television Agency of O’Brien County awarded contracts for construction of a telecommunications system. The outside labor bid was just under $2.3 million. Bids were also accepted for six other classifications. Work was expected to begin in early spring of 2000. The system was designed to serve the communities of Hartley, Paullina, Primghar and Sanborn.

Security State Bank announced the appointment of Clark Cunningham as senior vice president of the Hartley location. A native of Quimby, Cunningham had 14 years of financial and agricultural experience. Prior to serving as president of Pinnacle Bank in Lexington, Neb., he had worked for seven years as a county supervisor for FmHA, USDA in Sioux City and Ida Grove.

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