From Our Files

• Sept. 22, 1949

Thirty large storage bins were set up on the former Luedke property in north Hartley. The bins were to be filled by the local elevators. The government leased an acre of land on which the bins were located. Both elevators also had approximately 15 bins of their own located along the railroad right-of-way.

Dr. I.L. Knapp, of Hartley, was one of a group of optometrists from this section of Iowa who attended a district meeting of the Iowa Optometric Association. Included on the program was discussion of a free vision testing program for Iowa school children.

The O’Brien County Fa...