• Oct. 11, 1945

Moneta High School was host to the state district baseball tournament. Five sectional winners participated. Moneta defeated Dolliver, 6-5, in the opening round and Hull, 7-4, in the semifinals. Larrabee downed Moneta, 6-1, in the finals before a fine crowd.

The Hartley town council hired Leon Schoel, of Spencer, as engineer for the sewage disposal plant. He was directed to draw up plans and specifications which would be filed until such time as Hartley decided to have the plant constructed. Plans were to use government funds for the work.

Another addition to Hartley’s growing business section was the new hatchery opened by Lloyd Anfinson, of Spencer, in the old post office building on Main Street. The building was completely remodeled and redecorated, and presented a very attractive appearance.

• Oct. 8, 1970

The four service stations on Highway 18 were taking turns being open Sunday afternoons. Signs posted at the stations indicated which were open.

Door prize winners at the Chamber of Commerce dinner-dance at Danceland were Rex Petersen, boat, motor and trailer; Virgil Bendlin, of Sutherland, snowmobile; and Bill Philiph, TV set. Five hundred and fifty tickets were sold for the event and 675 enjoyed the beef dinner prior to the dance.

Two representatives of the architectural firm of Dany, Larson, Roubal and Associates were present at the town council meeting to present information on low income housing for the elderly. Locally, the housing would be planned, constructed and operated by a Low Rent Housing Agency consisting of five commissioners. The council planned to inspect several such housing units and apply to the Department of Housing and Urban Development to participate.

• Oct. 12, 1995

Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn elementary and middle schools were participating in the “Choices” program sponsored by the Better Business Bureau of Greater Iowa. The program featured a videotape, teacher’s manual, student worksheet and a poster contest. It was designed to facilitate student learning in the area of business ethics.

New population estimates released by the Census Bureau indicated that Hartley was gaining in population. If their numbers were correct, the 1,782 people estimated to be living in Hartley on July 1, 1994 was the largest number of residents ever. Hartley’s largest official census count was 1,738 in 1960.

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