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June 17, 1964
HARTINGTON — Hartington City Council Tuesday night opened the sealed bids for the construction of the Fire Hall. The Council accepted Emery Hoesing’s bid of $27,000, plus an additional $210 for filling the basement of the site. Of the two bids received by the Council, Hoesing submitted the lowest. The only other bidder was Bleyhl Construction of Norfolk with a bid of $27,780.
The project consists of the construction of an equipment room for four trucks, a meeting room, toilet room and maintenance shop for municipal equipment.
The building, which will be located just east of the City Auditorium on the site of the old Congregational Church, is to have a concrete floor, concrete brick walls, wood overhead doors and steel joists and roof deck. The plans also include an apron of concrete paving. The architect’s estimate of construction costs was $30,000.
June 19, 1969
HARTINGTON — RaDec Construction Co. was awarded the general construction contract for a new Catholic church building at Butte for the sum of $108,810.00.
Work on the project will begin within a few days.
June 19, 1969
HARTINGTON — A farewell party and program was held last Wednesday night for Father Joseph Oertli. Father Oertli is being transferred to St. Richards parish in Omaha. He has been at Holy Trinity Parish for two years.
June 19, 1969
HARTINGTON — This Saturday, June 21, Scoutmaster Earl Hoing and the Boy Scouts will perform the last part of the annual Good Turn Day clothing drive for the handicapped at Goodwill Industries. Filled bags and boxes from the homes in Hartington will be collected and taken to a central collection station where the Goodwill Industries trucks will pick them up.
June 13, 1979
HARTINGTON — The population of the village of St. James ballooned to several times its normal size Sunday, June 10, when the St. Philip and James Catholic Church celebrated its 75th anniversary.
June 13, 1979
HARTINGTON — Northeast Technical Community College cager Dick Uhing, of Hartington, one of the eight men selected for the National Little College Athletic Association All American Basketball Team, received word this week that Honolulu is among the stops scheduled during the team trip to New Zealand this summer. Earlier plans called for a game in Tahiti on the return trip in place of Honolulu.
June 13, 1979
HARTINGTON — Tom Cobler of Hartington found out that race cars can take off, but they just won’t fly. His car did not roll and was not seriously hurt in this incident at Riviera Raceway in Norfolk. Cobler and Ray Knutsen, both of Hartington, race in different divisions at Riviera Raceway and both of them are in the top five in the point standings.
