The Huntley Farmside

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VOLUME 2 — NO. 4 THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1961
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MACKEBEN ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF BOARD
Tke Groom Said No"
The Senior Class Play," The Groom Said No", last Saturday night,April 22, was a huge success. Almost all the chairs were filled and some people were sitting on the bleachers. The Senior Class took in approxin^dy $160.
The play to^Hplace after the Koriean War. TheFamilyl of a re¬ turning Marincmade plans for him
met > ri^e and has fttUen iri love with her. tn order to avoid marr¬ ing the local gfl^ie plays sick, making it posibl^^^ the nurse to come and take care of him. In the comedy which foUows, he tricks the local girl into marring a lo^ man and is left free to marry the nuisft.
 CHARACTERS	
Inez Comeron - Joyce Kopsell, Wil Comeron (her husbond) - Allen Wells, Steve Cameron (hamson yo¬ ung Marine Sargent) - Bud Borc¬ hart, Patty Cameron (14 yr. old girl full of life) - Carl Rehberg, Vergie Cameron (16 yr. old girl, quite and mieke-who changes) - Carol Remus, Clara Curtis (21, en-
faged to Steve, the local girl) T.Sue laflct, tea S]f«9tfr*tT«?3l]'fV&pCr!j>us chicken fafl-me^who marries Clai%> - Stanley flennihg, Willie Williams (Virgie's l)oy friend) - Bruce Web¬ er, Mrs. Sarenson ( Busy old gos¬ sip) - Sharon Gray, Mary Alas Smith (8 yr. old neighlx>r girl) - Nancy Urbach, Lt. Shirley Ander¬ son (The nurse) - Jo Ann Schwab,
Junior Hi^k Band Clinic
By ROGER A. PERLEY
Upon April 10, 1961, four stu¬ dents representing the Cadet Band, under the direction of Mr. R. Per¬ ley, participated in the First An¬ nual Junior High School Band Clin-" ic, at Northern Illinois University School under the musical direction of Mr. Wm. Khapp. music director of bands at N.I.U., with Rafel Men- dez as guest soloist and clinician. Approximately 110 students par¬ ticipated in .the festival with 24 schools,- in a 75 mile radius of De¬ Kalb, being represented. The par¬ ticipating school entered five stu¬ dents for selection by the Univers¬ ity School; the Huntley Grade School was able to have four of the five entrees participating; the par¬ ticipants were: Ann Borhart, clarinet; Bety Jurs, clarinet; Con¬ nie Koch, clarinet; and Delbert Conttnued no page 8 BAND rESTrVAL . . .
Kindergarten v Registration
Pre-registration for kindergarten will be held Thursday, May 4, 1961 at the Congregational Chunch basement. Parents who have chil¬ dren who wil ix; five years old on or before ec. 1, 1961, wdU enroll them between the hours of 8:45 (A-K) until 11:30. L-Z will enroll from 1:05 - 3:45. Parehts are re¬ quested to bring in the child's birth certificate. You will receive forms for the state required phys¬ ical examination and also dental examination forms. Any parent who cannbt be at htis registration please call between your hours set up for registration. Phone 5700. Mr. G. L. Delaney
Harley Mackeben of Huntley was elected as chairman of the McHen¬ ry County Board of Supervisors for a 6th term last Tuesday, April 25. This is the first time in the history of McHenry County any man has suceeded himself as chairman of tho board six consecutive times. Mackeben had two opponents: George Janak from Algonquin township who withdrew in favor of Mr. Mackeben, and I-.e Roy Smith, of McHonry township. Mr. Smith received ]1 out of the 28 \otos of the supervisors, Mackeben received 17.
Harley Mackeben has been on the Board of Supervisors since 1944 when he was appointed to fill tho vacancy of Frank Ferris, who was killed in an automobile acci¬ dent. Ho has serveod as Grafton Tonwship's representative on the board since that time. Si.x years ago Mr. Mackeben was elected as chairman of the t)oard. He is the 101st chairman of the McHenry County Board of Supervisors since its conception in 1850.
Since   Mr.   Mackel)en's   election
six years ago as chairman of this
MACKEBEN ELECTED . . .
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Best • Seller
Huntleyiisf lionorcd to have an author of we; of the best selling books thragnjKit the country. His name is N^H^iver Statler and he lives on Woodstock Street. Mr. Statkr's current best seller is "Japanese Inn" which has been printed five times in the past four weeks.
In the past two weeks he has ap peared on the Irv Kupsinet show at 12:15 a.m. Saturday evenings and another day-time television pro¬ gram. The Huntley State Bank has a copy of Mr. Statler's twk for any¬ one who wishes to borrow it.
N.I.U. Choir to Give Assembly
By Rogeir A. Periey
The Nortiiern Illinois Uniiversity, DeKalb, shall present a concert as¬ sembly for the students of grades 7-12 at the Huntley Consolidated Schools gym, Huntley, on May 8, at 2:08 p.m. Mr. Perley, assembly chairman, said that the public is cordially invited to hear their con¬ cert program of 40 minutes.
A former stludent, Christine Kahl, is a memiter of this touring chorus, which is directed by Dr. V. Fay, a former professor of Mr. Perley.
Easter  Seal Drive  l^ults
Slightly more than $11,000 has been realized i»^ ttris year's fund- raising effort of the McHenry county chapter of the Illinois Assn. for the Crippled, Inc. (Easter Seal society). At Saturday's monthly board of directors' luncheon, Mrs. Vernon Ward of Spring Grovft, county wide campaign chairman, pointed out that the amount was substantially higher than that of last year's at the same period.
Mrs. Ward, inTbehalf at the chap¬ ter, expre«Kd her gratlitele for the excellent support of county resi¬ dents. A special note of aprecia¬ tion was given »ctlve participants and volunteers whose efforts con-
CoBttamed on page FIVE EASTER SEAL SOCIETY	
Grade School Spring   Concert
By Roger A. Perley
The Huntley Consolidated Schools Annual Grade School Mu¬ sic Concert is to be presented April 29, 1961, at the Huntley ConsoU- dated Schools, at 8:15 p.m., Hunt¬ ley, under the direction of Mr. ¦aoger' Ar; J»rte3ff-?Ai»"r aHnifaaion charge shall be present.
The 7 and 8 Mixed Chorus shall open the progrtun with "America Our eHritage," arr. by H. Simeone; "Were You There," arranged by F. Continued no p^e 8 SPRING  MUSIC CONCERT  .  .  .
Track   Score and  Schedule
The Huntley Redskin track sea¬ son got underway April 21 with a tri-meet at Central High School Huntley won the meet over Central and Hampshire. Winers of the var¬ ious track and field events were: shot and discus Larry Kahl; 220 and 440—Bruce Weber; pole vault -Bud Borchart at 9'9"; High and low hurdles—Lyle Marlowe; 880, mile--John Conley.
Coming   track   meets   scheduled are:
April 28—Malta, 4 p.m. y May 5—Batavia, 4 p.m. ,'' May 9  -Huntley, night r   May 13—State District, Rockford ^^May 145—Huntley,   night •^May  17—Huntley, 4 p.m.  -"May 24,-County Meet, Wood¬ stock ^   May 26—Varsity at Ontral.
Farn& Bureau Con&pletes Buidin^ Plans
Ground-breaking for the new Mc¬ Henry County Farm Bureau home is slated for late May.
The building is a one-floor plan with a half-basement and will con¬ tain 8500 square feet. It will house The Farm and Home Bureaus, The Agricultural Office, The McHenry County Service Company offices, and The Country Company Insur¬ ance offices. Also, it will have an auditoriimi that will seat from 100 to 150 persons.
The building will be constructed on the two-acre site Just north of the McHenry County Service Cwn- pany buildings. Entrance to the office building will be on McCon¬ nell Road and the building will be erected on a small rise of ground overlooking McConnell Road and Route 47.
Continued on page 5 Farm Bureau
Open  Letter Of  Thanks
'"Hiank you" seems so small and inadequate^ to express wiiat we would liyBI) say.
Our h^Brelt appreciation goes to every individual and organiza¬ tion who so generously contributed to our needs when oujr heme ajad
We are especially grateful to the clergymen of Huntley; American Red Cros^^merican Legion Aux¬ iliary ; l^^k e m a n n Hardware; Bowl-Hi amr its patrons; the other merchants of Huntley; the Huntley Grade School and faculty whose canned goods shower filled our pan¬ try and the Huntley High School pupils whose contributions replaced our regfrigerator.
To   Mr.   and  Mrs.   Art   Haffer- Continued no page 8 OPEN LETTER . . .
NOTICE
Sunday morning, at 2, April SO, Daylight Savings Time becomes ef¬ fective in lUlnols. Don't Forget. ADVANCE your clocks one hour before retireing Saturday night or you'll be running late In the morn¬ ing.
Bookmobile Dinner   Sunday
By Roger A. Perley
A beef diner is being {H-epared and presented by local Huntley or¬ ganizations in order to raise funds to support the Bookmobile stop in Huntley, for another year. The din¬ ner shall be served at 12:00, 1:00 and 2:00. There are a limited num¬ ber of tickets availabl: the ticket BOOKMOBILE DINNER . . . (Continued on Page 2)
Facts Si Figucr*
By M. E. OahMi
1. Whilte at the Northern llU¬ nois University Placement Office last Monday, the Wrector of placement and I were briefly dis- cusing the small vs. large high school, and he told me that 85 per- cent of the scientists at Cape Can¬ averal were from high schools of an enrollment of 250 studoits or less. These facts were in a bul¬ letin published from Washington, D. C.
2. I was on the Normal 111., Unl-
Contlnued no page 8 FACTS AND FIOURX8 . . .
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