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VOLUME 2  — NUMBER  16 THURSDAY,   JULY   IS,   1961
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S^«viinL   Classes Successful
The Grafton Park Board swim¬ ming program is under way. Every day hundreds aof people many of whom are from Huntley, Hne the shores of beautiful Graf¬ ton beach. Again, as in years past, the Park Boaord is present¬ ing swimming lessons for the youth of the township. Of the ap¬ proximately 250, all have signed up for the lessons. This is 30 more  than  last  year's students.
Tho cla.sses are divided into three Mcctions, beginning, inter¬ mediate, and advanced accordih.^ lo the ability of the individual child.
Busqe leave from Huntley for Crystal Lake at 1 p.m.. 2 p m., and 3 p.m.
T-wi - Eite Little  League
Last Thursday, the Huntley Little U^aguc team beat Elburn 10 to 9. The team to date has pla\cd 9 games and has had .5 wins and.'5 loses and 1 game (Tuesday nights i which results were not available when we went to press. The Kaneville game originally scheduled for July 5, was rained out annd will be play¬ ed on July 18. A previous Bar¬ rington game was also rained out but no date has been .set to re- pla\   this game as yet.
After the remaining scheduled games are played, an all star game  will  end  the  season.
S^ivimntiug   Classes   at   Graftou   Beack
Village   Board Meeting
The monthly meeting of the Huntley Village Board was cal¬ led to order hy Huntley's Mayor Brill last Thursday night July 6. 196L Very little business was conducted.
Mr. Jollie of Baxter and Wood man   was   present   and   discussed plans  for the sewer. This  project will   be   under  way   in    the   near future. Mrs.    Tessendorf   discussed   the i    mobile  library and its needs. I        The   audit   for    the   past    fiscal I    fiscal year and the  appropriation ]    for  tho   present   fiscal   year   were both  approved
Laundroniiat Nears  Completion
All the equipment has now been moved into Huntley's new laundro¬ mat. In approximately one month, the laundromat should be ready to open for business. In the past few weeks, the washers, dryers, water softeners, and other equipment ha\t been arriving in town. The dryers presented a little bit of a problem because they did not fit through the front door. This prob lem was .solved last Saturday, July 8, when Arthur Schultze and men fro"~   Heinemann   Hardware   took
out one of the large plate glass windows facing Main Street and put the dryers into the building in this way.
In all. there are 10 small wash¬ ers, two large washers, and four large dryers. The two large wash¬ ers will be especially nice for Huntley as it will enable people to wash their large 9 x 12 rugs and other large materials which would not ordinarily be cleaned in
CONTINUED ON PAOE 2 NEW   LAUNROMAT       .    .    .
Neiv Buildings on McHenry Co. Fair   Grounds
The 1961 McHonry County Fair dates are set for Aug. 3 thru Aug. 6. In the past several months, Carl Bault, newly elected fail president and his board members have been busy getting the stage set for another one of McHenry County's annual events.
County 4-H'ers have been work¬ ing countless hours shaping up thoir projects, the projects range from top quality dairy cattle on down to tasty pastries.
The scene of the 13th Junior 4 H Fair is at the county fair- grodunds on Rt. 47 east of Wood¬ stock. Some 1100 exhibitors are expected to be competing for the top prize, tho coveted blue ribbon.
A brand new commercial ex¬ hibit building is nearing comple¬ tion and will bo in use at tho fair this year. II is 60x120 feet and will make more room for the commercial exhibits which were badly needed. The 4-H Food stand will be housed in one cor¬ ner of the building which will re¬ place their old lend stand used in previous years. The new build ing also has women's rest rooms and an office space. Also -two new cattle barns are being erect¬ ed and the fair board hopes to be able to eventually replace all live¬ stock tents with permanent build¬ ings for all livestock. The Home Bureau and the other commercial exhibit building have been newly painted inside. 4-H Federation boys and girls have planted flow¬ ers and Loren Massey, past presi¬ dent of the fair, has a newly laid- out plan for outside exhibits which should be inviting toall, both    exhibitor and fair bo-ers.
This year will be the 2nd an¬ nual track meet to be held at the fair. Wes Goodwin, principal at the Woodstock High School, is again in charge.
4-H boys and girls have been selling tickets for several weeks, 7.5 cents single admission or $2 for a season ticket. These tickets can  be  purchased  from   any 4-H
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New Building Being Erected    ...
Section   Six F.F.A.   Fair
Plans are under way for the 1961 section six F.F.A. fair to be held as last year on August 9, at the Boone County fair grounds in  Belvidere,   Illinois.
Mr. Barrett, the F.F.A. advisor of Huntley( is now taking down names of boys to enter their crops and pri-/.e live st<x;k in this affair.
In all, there will be F.F.A. members from 20 schools from Lake, McHenry, Boone, DeKalb. etc.  Counties collecting the prize.
Also during August the young agricultural minded people will have an opportunity to partici¬ pate in the McHenry County ju¬ nior and open-lass fair. Tibs fair will be held August 3, 4, 5, and 6 at the McHenry Fair Grounds in Woodstock. Any boys or girls from Illinois either in 4-H or not may enter his project in the fair. He must, however, have done the work himself and be under 21 years of age.
Credit Union Report
Attorney Ra>Tnond J. Kelley, treasurer of the Huntley Com¬ munity Credit Union reports that during the first half of 1961 the credit union loaned out to persons working or living in the Huntley area $302,8244.69 and during tho same time the members paid back $224,185.30 which makes a gain of $78,759.39 in loan volume. Mr. Kelley rei)orts a very active loan demand at the credit union. Money order business is now on the gain due to the fact that the Post Office Department has increased their fees on money orders. The credit union office is open for busi¬ ness at 9:00 a.m. and closes at 5:00 p.m. every business day ex. cept Thursday and on Thursday the office is closed all day. Any emergency can be handled by phoning Huntley 3691. The mem¬ bership in the local credit union is approaching the 1,000 mark with 995 members active on June 30, 1961.
Henry   Roselys   ^witk   Fence
Henry loselyn, 71, who li\es east of town on the Gilberts Blacktop has just completed woork on a new fence in front of his property. Mr. Roselyn started work tn his fence two years ago. First,, he planned the fence and drew out blue prints so that every minuie detail would be exact. The fencfr pictured above is made from 12 steel wheels taken from old tower cultivators, 13 pieces of ricket fence, and 28. posts. Mr. Rof.elyn did the work on the fence all by himself and made most of
the parts by hand. When the fence was completed, he painted it silver. It makes a very unusual attractive landmark on the Gil¬ berts  Blacktop.
Mr. Roselyn also has other hob¬ bies to go along with his active farming career. He makes frames and has 23 different varieties of trees growing on his property. All of these trees he planted by himself. He also, from what we hear, is an excellent square dance caller.