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THURSDAY, FfiBRVABT 8. 1961
VOLUME 1—NO. 45
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BOND ISSUE PASSED 93 to 89
Neisr Seisrer Passed By 4 Votes
The sewer bond issue which was voted on last Saturday, Feb. 4, passed by the narrow margin of four votes. There were 93 yes votes and 89 no votes and four spoiled ballots.
Construction on the sewer will start early this spring. Funds gath¬ ered will be from several different places. $25,000 will come from the federal government as a grant to improve the sewers. $150,000 will come from the general obligation bond and $35,000 will come from the service revenue bonds. This is the second time which this bond is¬ sue has been voted on in Huntley. The first election was held Nov. 5, 1960. 197 people voted, two ballots were spoiled. 110 people voted no and 85 voted yes. This time nine more people came out and voted yes and 16 less people voted no.
Pat Knnde Receives D.A.R. A^ward
Patricia Ann (Pat), daughter of Mrs. Harold Kunde of Rural Route 1 of Huntley, has been selected as the "Good Citizen" of the Huntley High School for tho current school year in the aijnual awards pro¬ gram sp6nsoreed by the National Society and the Elgin Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolu¬ tion.
Based upon qualities of dependa¬ bility, leadership, service, and pa¬ triotism, the selection of Patricia Ann for this high honor was made b%" combined vote of the senior class and faculty.
Some of the offices that Pat has held during her four years at Hunt¬ ley High School arc; Vice Presi¬ dent of her class, Student Council Secretary, President and Vice Ih-esident of G,A.A., where she re¬ ceived the Sportsmanship Award. She has also been active in other organizations in school and outside of school. Pat has been cheerleader for three years and this year was selected as Huntley's Mascot for football and basketball. She was also chosen as their Homecoming Queen.
A certificate authenticating the award was sent to M. E. Gahan, Superintendent of Schools and an invitation to a recognition tea on Feb. 11 at the home of Mrs. R. Eaton Fedou, 510 Barrett St., El¬ gin, has ben extended to Patricia, Mrs. Harold Kunde and Mrs. George F. Brink, 316 South State St., Elgin, Chairman of the Good Citizenship Committee of the Elgin Chapter D.A.R.
Adnlt Class Sckednle
On Thursday, Feb. 9, Earl Bay¬ lor, McHenry County Assistant Farm Advisor, wil discuss "Feed¬ ing, Breeding and Weeding of Dairy Cows, wdith Emphasis on Weeding."
On Thursday, Feb. 16, Francis Callahan, Milford, 111., farmer and public relations field man for the Union Stock Yards, will dis¬ cuss "Should I Change My Live¬ stock Program, Will There Be More Dairy and General Livestock Farms in tThis Area in the Future, etc.? What aro the Quality De¬ mands of the Consumer Today and in the Future?"
On Thursday, Feb. 23, Bill Ran¬ dall, former ag. teacher and now livestock feeding and management specialist from Yorkville, HI., will discuss "Economical Feeding of Livestock Today."
On Thursday, March 2, Don Bar¬ rett, local agricultural instructor, will demonstrate soils and fertil¬ izer reactions to see what happens when certain soils are over-fertil¬ ized, what happens when plants re¬ ceive fertilizer rot burn, etc.
On Thursday, March 9, Jim R. Davies, Agricultural Chemical Rep¬ resentative, wil discuss "Agricul¬ tural Chemical Sprays that Pay." Herbicides and insecticides vdll be discussed with emphasis on herbi- cdes. Mr. Davies comes with a farm background and chemical knowledge.
On Thursday, March 16, Dr. Woelffer, Oconomowauc, Wis., sterlity specialist and writer for \ Hoard's Dairyman and top veter¬ inarian on why cows don't breed, will discuss "Herd Health and Management."
On Thursday, March 23, Norm Specht, field man for Farm Bureau Farm Management Service and University of Illinoi, will discuss with Sam Haning, conservationist from our local conservation dis¬ trict, "What Ahe the Practices Which Make a Difference in High¬ er and Lower Returns on Farms This Past Year?"
On Thursday, March 30, the management course will conclude
with Walter Kerchner, agricultural economist and dairy farmer, dis¬ cussing "Factors Which Make Breeding, Feeding, and Manage¬ ment Pay, With Emphasis on Mar¬ keting, Environment, and New Feeding Techniques."
Bookmokile Discnssed
The Fox Valley Regional Library Bookmobile, which comes to Hunt¬ ley every second Tuesday, has aroused great interest in Huntley. The last time the Bookmobile was in town, 200 books were given to Huntley residents. Plans are now in the making for extended pro¬ gram for the Bookmobile.
In the near future Huntley will probably have the mobile here for an extra half hour _to one hour longer than it has at the present time. Toward the end of February or early in March a meeting will be held of the Regional Library and Huntley will send represent¬ ative from the P.T.A., American Legion, Lions Club, Legion Aux¬ iliary and the Village Board to dis¬ cuss the proglem of what is to be done with the Bookmobile after the American Legion stops sponsoring this June.
Weeding of Dairy Cattle
If you are interested in good dairy catle management, you will be interested in this week's farm management meeting. It will be held Thursday, Feb. 9, at 8 p.m. in the high school. Earl Baylor, McHenry County Assistant Farm Advisor, will discuss management of dairy cattle with you. The discus¬ sion will be about feeding breeding and weeding, with emphasis on weeding.
Mr. Balyor will bring along some very interesting production aver¬ ages  for the  state  and our own
Wkat Hnntley Needs?
In reading through another newspaper in the area, we came across an article which asked people what their town needed.' A tew weeks before a hotel burned down and a vacant lot was left open in the center of the business district. Inside the paper was a blank which anyone who had a copy of the paper could tear out and give their suggestions as to how this town could be improved.
The Huntley Farmside thought that this article was a good idea because at the present time, we have at least one vacant building which can be rented in town. That is the old drug store.
There is no reason why this building should bo left vacant. There are many types of busi¬ nesses which could move into town and become successful. Many large business organizations could af¬ ford to put a branch office in Hunt¬ ley. The Huntley Farmside feels t'-.at the best way to get businesses interested in our town is to run a blank such as the one printed in the pages of this other paper. By doing this, we hope to get a cross section of the public's opinion on the type of business they would .J^ke ig.ojjyr town..
On the blank aro a list of a few obvious businesses which could oc¬ cupy these premises. If the Farm- side's coupon idea is successful, and has a large support, we will lake our blanks to some of the merchants in other towns around the area and show them how, per¬ haps, they could be successful in Huntley. We also understand that there is other property suitable for business either for lease, rent or for sale in the Huntley area. Perhaps we could get more than one business into town through this blank.
county for your discussion.
Last week's class with Earl Johnson, Mike Kane and Ray Tlm- mons was very well attended and enjoyed by those who were there
M^arloive Open Honse
Today, Feb. 9, Marlowe's Feed and Hatchery are having an open house which starts at 10 a.m. Mr. Marlowe is having guest speakers copie to talk over some of the problems which will confront far¬ mers during the coming year. At 10 a.m., there will be a lecture on "New Ideas in Seed." At 11 a.m. another lecture on "Why Com Is King" will be given. At nono a free lunch of ham sandwiches will be served to anyone who wishes to come. At 1 p.m. there will be an¬ other lecture on "Modern Chem¬ icals for Today's Farmers."
Anyone who wishes to come is invited.
Groodkye, Coack polacek
Mr. Carl Polacek, coach at Hunt¬ ley High School, left last week to serve a six months tour of duty in the armed forces. Coach Polacek will be replaced by Mr. Richard Sutherland, who attended White¬ water College with Coach Pdlacek.
At a pep assembly last Friday,
Mr. Polac^'8 last 4ay in town, be was honored with a gift frcRn tbe H aub, Huntley's varsity letter- man's club, for the fine job at coaching he did this past year.
Coach Polacek will return again next year as his tour of duty will end some time this sununer.