1943: WWI Navy vet Jordan joins the army to fight in WWII

Aug. 12, 1943

HARTINGTON — An estimated 500 men, women and children from towns around Cedar County aided farmers during harvest this year.

Aug. 12, 1943

HARTINGTON — H. H. Johnson was recently elected as the new secretary-treasurer of the Hartington Volunteer Fire Department.

Aug. 12, 1943

HARTINGTON — For the sixth consecutive year, Cedar County residents will pay less taxes for the operation of this county’s government. The mill levy was set at 1.685 mills, which will raise about $52,300.

Aug. 12, 1943

HARTINGTON — C. E. Ross was recently re-elected commander of the Laurel American Legion Post.

Aug. 12, 1943

HARTINGTON — Mrs. E. W. Rossiter was named president of the Catholic Women’s Retreat Association in Yankton.

Aug. 12, 1943

HARTINGTON — Don Rossiter, two and a half year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Vince Rossiter, lost the tip of one of his fingers when his left hand got caught in a lawnmower.

Aug. 19, 1943

HARTINGTON — W. Fred Jordan, one of the first Cedar County youths to report for action in World War I is now seeing action again in World War II. During the first war he was in the Navy and now he is a Major in the Army.

Aug. 19, 1943

HARTINGTON — H. H. Johnson and Olaf Olson were elected as delegates from the Hartington Volunteer Fire Department to attend the state convention in North Platte.

Aug. 19, 1943

HARTINGTON — Mrs. Wilma Goetz was appointed to be the new librarian at Hartington Public School.

Aug. 19, 1948

HARTINGTON — Harry Hochstein, St. Helena, and Robert Elliot and John Flemig, Hartington, were named winners in the county conservation contest.