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Oct. 6, 1955
HARTINGTON — A lot of changes have taken place in the Hartington Post Office since 1921, according to Allyn Krause, who retired Friday after 34 years of service with the postal department here. When Mr. Krause entered the Postal service here Oct. 1, 1921, rural carriers were required to maintain a team and wagon to make sure the mail got through.”Cars were just coming into use then, but carriers still had a team ready to use when the weather was bad,” he recalled. There were seven rural routes then from 27 to 35 miles long. Today there are three routes that are from 71 to 75 miles long. With better roads and transportation, the carriers get over the routes a lot faster.”
In recognition of his service, the United States Postal Service sent Mr. Krause a certificate of merit. Mr. Kause had 2,470 hours of sick leave accrued at the time of his retirement. Mr. Krause was the only one left of the 11 men in the Post Office when he started work in 1921.
He has served under four Post Masters during his tenure here. When he entered the Postal Service, the Post Office building was located where A.J. Lammers has his office, now. In July, 1925, it was moved to its present location.
Oct. 13, 1955
HARTINGTON— Unless the NSAA delegate assembly next December revamps the basketball program, Holy Trinity will again be the only Class B school in Cedar County, according to male enrollment figures. Trinity was moved into the B classification last year when the number of classes was boosted from four to six. Trinity has a male enrollment of 82 this year, compared to 75 last year. Hartington Public School has 49 male students compared to 51 listed last year and will stay in Class C. Five other Cedar County schools are listed in Class C. They are Randolph, 56 boys; Laurel, 54 boys; Coleridge, 50 boys; Randoph St., Frances, 46 boys.
Cedar County schools that will compete in Class E are: Belden, 20 boys; Wynot 19 boys; Obert, 6 boys; Magnet, 6 boys.
Schools in this area listed in Class C are Creighton, 70 boys; Allen, 65 boys; Wausa, 55 boys; Wayne Hahn, 35 boys. Area schools listed in Class B are: Wayne, 106 boys; Plainview, 105 boys; Pierce, 103 boys; Bloomfield, 101 boys, and Crofton, 89 boys.
Under the present classification, Class AA includes the first 16 schools having the greatest boy enrollment; Class A the next 32; Class B the next 64; Class C the next 128; Class D the next 128; and Class E the remainder of the schools.
Oct. 6, 1960
HARTINGTON — Cedar County Sheriff John Riibe captured an inmate from the State Hospital in Norfolk while he was out horseback riding.
Oct. 7, 1970
HARTINGTON — Dennis Kramer and Cindy Miller were named as the Cedar Catholic Homecoming King and Queen during Coronation festivities. The big events also included a parade which wound its way through town and a great football game which saw the Trojans knock off LeMars, (Iowa) Gehlan High School.
Oct. 7, 1970
WYNOT — Ed Koch and Kathy Reifert were chosen as the Wynot High School King and Queen for 1970 Homecoming festivities.
Oct. 7, 1970
HARTINGTON —Grand opening was held one evening last week at the Chief Bar on Main Street and there hasn’t been such a crowd assembled since the great land rush in Oklahoma.
Roger and Bette Merkel literally were submerged by well-wishers and guzzlers of free beer. Both the Merkels and the building withstood the impact pretty well.
Oct. 7, 1970
HARTINGTON — Kent Neilson, 18 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Neilson, was injured Saturday evening when he caught his hand in a combine. Three fingers on his right hand were broken and the tip of one finger was severed. He underwent surgery Sunday and is now a patient at St. Luke’s Hospital in Sioux City.
Oct. 4, 2000
HARTINGTON—Tami Anderson took over as Hartington’s city librarian Sept. 18. She comes to the library after managing a retail store in Yankton for the past 11 years.
Oct. 4, 2000
HARTINGTON—Hartington residents in the northwest sector of town have until Oct. 31 to install or repair sidewalk.
