Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
1949: Vacuum salesmen plague Hartley homes
• Nov. 24, 1949
O’Brien County 4-H’ers went on the air at their annual banquet. That was the result of the committee securing Mason Dixon, of radio station KICD, as guest speaker and master of ceremonies. The program was broadcast for one hour with John Meiske, Jr., county boys’ club president, as toastmaster.
Bob Mayer, of Hartley, had the evidence to show for a day’s fishing at West Okoboji. He landed walleye weighing eight and four pounds and his limit of perch to make the day a most successful one.
Vacuum salesmen were becoming a problem in Hartley. The salesmen apparently gained admittanc...