• Aug. 9, 1945

Sylvan Ewoldt, of Hartley, purchased the R.C. Sawyer grocery store at Sanborn. Mr. and Mrs. Ewoldt planned to move to that community in the near future. They had been farming near Sanborn and Hartley for a few years.

Goals for the Hartley patriotic chest drive were $800 for the town of Hartley and $600 each for Hartley and Omega townships. William Treimer was chairman for Hartley and William Specht was the Hartley township chairman.

An innovation at the upcoming O’Brien County 4-H fair was the seven livestock exhibition tents instead of one large one. The tents were to be...