From Our Files

• Dec. 1, 1949

Mrs. Kermit Kloppenburg, of Hartley, was appointed as a member of the O’Brien County 4-H girls’ committee. The committee was a policy-forming group and did much to strengthen club work by assisting in planning and carrying out the 4-H program.

The lackadaisical basketball fans who chose the easy chair rather than a ringside seat in the local gymnasium missed a thriller diller. The green but scrappy Hartley Hawk team, which had but one senior on its roster, turned in its best performance to date by whipping Sheldon, their county arch rival, 42-38.

• Nov. 28, 1974

The Community Me...