1984: Sr. Center building project gets a financial boost
July 11,1984
HARTINGTON — The building project for the Hartington Senior Citizens has received two big boosts with the announcements of a $10,000 gift and a $50,000 loan.
The Senior Citizens organization accepted a check for $10,000 from the Hartington and Coleridge Aid Association for Lutherans group and a $50,000 Farmers Home Administration loan was announced last week by Congressman Doug Bereuter.
Of the money donated by the Aid Association of Lutherans, $5,000 came from donations and fundraising activities, including a soup and pie luncheon. The money was matched through a cooperative benevolence program made available by AAL.
The money will be used to purchase kitchen equipment and furnishings, according to Hazel Beckerbauer, president of the local AAL branch.
Aid Association for Lutherans is the nation’s largest insurance society.
The FMHA loan will be used to finance the purchase of the two downtown buildings, which are to be remodeled for the senior center.
The 25-year loan carries a 7.25 percent interest rate and was approved by FMHA as a community facility loan, according to Bereuter.
July 11, 1984
HARTINGTON — Good news for bargain-hunters is the churchsponsored Flea Market, which will be held at the Hartington Auditorium on July 28-29.
Sponsors say bargains are already beginning to pile up in the temporary storage room in the back room of the Tots N Teens store. These include every type of clothing, including lots of children’s clothes, in addition to toys, games and “interesting knick-knacks.”
The main purpose of this event is to recycle the good clothes and unused items and get them to other folks who may be in need of them at a time when this area is reeling from a double body-blow of depressed agricultural times and adverse weather.
The event will be a combination rummage sale, bake sale and white elephant sale. It is sponsored by the Congregational, Lutheran and Catholic churches, and will be opened at nine o’clock on Saturday, July 28, by a special prayer service at the auditorium for our community.
Chairmen for various segments of the project from each church are as follows: Rummage Sale Chairmen: Marilyn Becker, Mina Jordan and Pat Herbolsheimer; White Elephant Sale Chairmen: Myrtle Miller, Gladys Pederson and JoAnn Leise; Bake Sale Chairmen: Shirley Stevens and Ollie Nordby. Overall chairman is Joan Burney.
The church women’s organizations are being solicited for baked goods, but everyone in the community is welcome to add their contributions to the goodies at the bake sale.
The proceeds from the event will be donated to the senior citizens organization to aid in its building project.