The Hartley Sentinel-The Everly/Royal News - Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

• May 1, 1947

Drawings of a new church were heartily approved by the building committee of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. Architect Thorwald Thorsen, of Forest City, drew plans for a building of modern Gothic style. A meeting of the congregation was planned to discuss approximate seating capacity, building materials and the desirability of obtaining complete blueprints.

Torrential rainfall drenched Hartley and vicinity, with a total of 4.72 inches recorded at the local observation station. Basements too numerous to mention were flooded. A new residence under construction in north Hartley w...