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Last time we followed the career of Clarence J. Hartley from his birth
in Iowa and move to Superior, Wis., to becoming a charter member of the
Superior Rotary Club and participating in the international Rotary
convention in 1912, then being elected as President of the Superior
Rotary Club.
When Hartley moved to Duluth in 1932 to accept the position of
assistant general solicitor for the United States Steel Corporation
subsidiaries, he joined the Rotary Club of Duluth, where he later
served as President. He also became a member of the Kitchi Gammi
Club, Duluth Athletic Club, Northland County Club, Minnesota Club,
St. Paul Athletic Club, Chicago Union League Club, and the Pilgrim
Congregational Church. In addition he joined the Aad Temple of the
Shrine, becoming potentate in 1940, the Midwest Shrine Association,
becoming president in 1944, and the Red Cross of Constantine, where
he served as an officer.
His colleagues described his community activities this way:
"Without ever neglecting his large and successful practice, Clarence
Hartley found time to contribute generously of his time and talent
to a wide variety of other interests. During the years of his active
participation in the public life of Superior and later Duluth, he
was continuously interested in civic, educational, fraternal, and
church affairs."
C. J. Hartley spent 15 years working for the US Steel Corporation
subsidiaries, which included the Oliver Iron Mining Company and the
Minnesota Steel Corporation. His colleagues noted that he
"participated in the trial of a number of cases and hearings of
outstanding significance of mining, tax, and railroad law."
Early in 1946, C. J. Hartley became ill and was confined to his
home at 21 North 21st Avenue East. After a few weeks he partially
recovered and began spending time in his offices in the Wolvin
building. On February 26, 1947, Hartley died at St. Luke’s Hospital
at the age of 62.
Hartley’s funeral at the Pilgrim Congregational Church included
these pallbearers: E. F. Blu, J.H. Jordan, M.L. Hibbard, A.E.
Wheeler, Walker Jamar and Morgan Murphy. His family in attendance
included his mother, Mrs. Olive Hartley, his wife, Marie Damon
Hartley, his three children, John R. of Minneapolis, Frederick D., a
student at the University of Wisconsin law school, and Ruth Hartley
Bagley with her husband Dr. Charles M. Bagley, past President of our
Rotary Club, and four grandchildren, including Peter Bagley, current
member of Duluth Rotary Club #25.
P.S. – Clarence Joseph Hartley is not related to Guilford Graham
Hartley, who was a Duluth entrepreneur in lumber, mining and
agriculture, originally from New Brunswick, Hartley Park, once known
as Hartley Field, was G.G. Hartley’s dairy and vegetable farm,
called Allendale Gardens.G.G. Hartley died in Duluth in 1922 at the
age of 68, before C.J. Hartley moved to Duluth. |
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