• June 14, 1945

The Smith Hamburger Shop, which had been under the ownership and management of Mrs. Carrie Smith, was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Fletcher, of Kingsley. Mrs. Smith’s plans for the future were undecided.

K.G. Rasmussen, of May City, sold 49 head of Hereford cattle to Art Johnson, of Smith and Co., at the highest price ever paid for any cattle by Mr. Johnson at the local stockyards. The cattle averaging 1,508 pounds sold at 17 cents. They were shipped to New York.

Torrential rains caused the flooding of basements in many Hartley residences. Mayor P.A. Leese and the council called in sewage engineers from Spencer in an effort to correct the situation. The matter had also been brought to the attention of both the county and the state, but no solution had been arrived at.

• June 11, 1970

The town council voted to purchase a heater for the municipal swimming pool if one could be obtained in the near future. Superintendent of Utilities Wilferd Schmeling was confident he could pick up the heater within a week. It was held up in the Chicago area by a truck strike.

Hartley Boy Scouts attended a camporee at Camp Bertrum near Peterson. The camporee celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Prairie Gold Area Council. The Scouts received a red ribbon for the second place rating they were awarded in camp area inspection, and other awards for the Gold Rush events.

Low bidders for the new restrooms at the Ten Acre Park were Hartley Plumbing & Heating for plumbing installation and Bobolz and Wacker Construction for carpentry and cement work. Old buildings in the vicinity of the construction site were to be torn down or burned as soon as they were emptied.

• June 15, 1995

The I.E.F. Women’s Club donated $150 to the Hartley Public Library to be used toward the library’s future goal of replacing the chairs in the reading area.

Robert Burns and Gerald Heetland, of Hartley, received honorary certificates in recognition of their being Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company’s longest-standing charter policyholders in O’Brien County. The recognition was given in conjunction with the company’s 50th anniversary.

Fundraising activities by school-sponsored organizations were allowed to continue for at least one more year. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn school board members took no action on a proposal to eliminate fundraisers by various groups and replace the lost revenue through increased student comprehensive fees. Board members wanted more time and input before taking that step.

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