The Huntley Farmside

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THtHSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1961
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Grafton Tw^p. Park Board Meeting Jan. 27
The regular Grafton Township Park Board meeting was called to order last Friday night, Jan. 27, at the Huntley VUlage Hall.
The official time of the meeting has been changed from the third Thursday of each month at 8 p.m. to the fourth Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m.
Conditions at the beach for win¬ ter ice skating were discussed. Mr. Floyd Schmuck of Crystal Lake \yas employed to remove the snow from tfiie'^ sRatfng area again as he did last year.
An automatic meter has been attached for turning on and off the lights at a fixed time. Preparation for swimming also was discussed at this meeting. It was decided that again as last year, sand will bo placed upon the ice and with the spring thaw will fall onto the beach adding to th^ sandy surface which is already there. If you will recall, last year one of the trucks spreading .sand on the ice, fell through. The park board urges more care this year so that a re¬ peat of this accident will not take place.
Beach tages are being prepared for next summer. At the present time these tagcs must be picked up at Crystal Lake. Perhaps at a fu¬ ture date a pickup station can be established in Huntley.
The next official meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Grafton Park District will be Tliursday, Feb. 23 at the ViUage HaU In Huntley. These are open meetings and anyone who wishes may littend.
Do You
Rememker?
Huntly had other newspapers, in the past, besides the Huntley Farmside. Perhaps the first of these was started Oct. 6, 1893 and was called "The Huntley News." '"nre Huntley News" was published by M. C. Duffield, who at that time was also publisher of the "Marengo News," one of two pa¬ pers in Marengo whihc later con- soldiated into the "Marengo Re¬ publican-News." Its manager was M. T. Lenney.
The "News" was a 15" x 22" paper. It had a subscription price ""of"fl.90 per y«ar titewi^jape^ sab- scription's prices are probably the only things which haven't jumped up 200% since that time) and was "devoted" to the interest of our citizens.
How long "The Huntley News" existed, we do not kpow. We only have ono copy at the present time. Volume 2 No. 42, printed July 21, 1894, but we are planning to con¬ tact the "Marengo News" to see if they have a morgue of this news¬ paper.
Each week the Huntley Farm- side will publish an article or ad from this paper in a series and tell a little bit of the technical history which we have observed through reading the paper. The first of these articles, naturally, is on M. T. Lenney, who was written up in this paper.
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M. X. LENNY
M. T. Lenny, day operator and managing editor of the Huntley News, was bom in Cherry Valley in 1870. He atended school there till 1886, when the family moved Continned on Page 2 Do You Remember
To Tke Voters of Huntley —
We feel if our village is to grow
you should vote for the Bond Issue.
There have been inquiries of small
factories  wanting   to locate here.
— The Village Board
A $25,000 Gift?
A Federal Grant in the amount of $25,000 has been made available to the Village of Huntley, if the voters approve the sewer program. Due to the close vote had at the last election and a defiinite assur¬ ance from the U.S. Government that a $25,000 grant has been ap¬ proved, the Village Board decided to give the voters anoother (^por- tunity to voice their opinion on the sewer improvement program.
The election will be held Feb. 4, 1961 (Saturday) and the polls will be open at 6 o'clock a.m. and closed at 6 o'clock pp.m.
The project consists of the con¬ srtuction of two main outlet sani¬ tary relief and storm sewers, one from each of the main drainage areas in the Village, and the en¬ largement of the sewage treatment plant to serve 2,000 persoris.
The outlet sewers will provide relief to the flooding conditions now occurring in the sanitary sewer system at tiiries of storms and will provide the needed addi¬ tional main outlets for the over¬ loaded storm sewer system. -The Improrettieht ii fhe sewage treatment plant will not only give the needd additional capacity for tho treatment of sewage required by the State Authorities, but will be a further help in preventing base.ment flooding under storm conditions through the enlarge¬ ment of the plant pumping capac¬ ity.
After deducting the amount of the grant and cash on hand to be applied to the project, the cost to the Village for this improvement will be approximately $185,000. General obligation bonds in tbe amount of $150,000 and Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds totaling $35,000 would be issued.
The cost of the entire improve¬ ment to the average taxpayer in the village would be approximately $23.80 per year or less than $2.00 per month.
Wise Use of
Borro-wed
Money
Wise Use of Borrowed Money — Whether you borrow money or not, this week's farm management meeting will feature a discussion of wise use of money for you. We realize more and more that wise use of money and time affect the sucess of your farming operation. Earle Johnson, Ray Timmins, and Make Kane will discuss this prob¬ lem with you on ITiursday, Feb. 2, at 8 p.m. in the high schol agri¬ culture ro<Hn.
Municial Retailers Tax Report
Each month the treasurer of Illi¬ nois sends out to all nwespapers a list of the Municipal Retailers Tax for towns in Illinois. We thought it would be interesting to print some of the figures for towns around the area.
Huntley, $1,056.04; Hampshire, $999,74; Marengo, $2,150.12; Gil¬ berts, $61.32; East Dundee, $2,412.- 85; Carpentersville. $7,126.23; Crystal Lake, $7,324.42; Wood¬ stock, $6,569.61.
New Assistant Coack
See Story Next week
Mcfienry Co. 40<fe)$
McHenry Voiture Promenade of the 18th w'as indicative of the splendid year that lies before us in the evidence of the doubled efforts of the Voyageurs to "live for oth¬ ers" in their a^ryice in fellowship and cooperation, to enjoy the ut¬ most of harmony.
The efficient recounting of the new Correspondant, Clarence Ham- mx)nd, the accurate enumeration o fthe financial status and expecta¬ tions of possible assets for the en¬ suing year by tlie newly added Cohmiese Antendante, Charles Frisch, and the proposab of the Child Welfare Chairman, Andy An¬ derson, were appreciated in their brevity and concise accuracy.
The lack of time to plan the Children's Valentine Party was cause for the change to a St. Pat¬ rick's Day Jamboree, at the Wood¬ stock Children's Home, and the as¬ sistance of the 8/40 was suggested as an added help in assuring the success of the occasion.
Leters of Diane Miller, Huntley; Janete Berg, Woodstock; and Sue Conrad, Crystal Lake, werde read menticHiing the dates of their cap- pings In nurses' training and ap¬ preciation for the Oiristmas gifts presented by the V«rfVture,
The August-September Maga¬ zine Drive will again boost nurses' scholarships.
Wallace Leonard, our faitliful ehicle Chairman, was reported In
Doug Si^anson Jr. Memker of Holstein Asoc.
Douglas Swanson of Huntley
A Junior Member of the Holstein Association —
Douglas Sw«nB<m of Huntley has been accepted as a Junior Member of "nie Holstein-Friesian Associa¬ tion of America, Brattleboro, Vt.
He qualified for the Certificate of Merit and Junior Membership pin through successful dairy pro¬ ject work with registered Holstein cattle.
Junior Membership entiltes 4-H mebmers and Vo-Ag students to all of the privileges of the national Holstein organization with the ex¬ ception of voting.
Under the plan. Junior Members register and transfer their animals at members' rates and receive reg¬ ular reports of breed and Associa¬ tion progress.
More than 29,800 young Holstein breeders have participated in the program since its inauguration in 1923.
Hines Ward No. 51D; with a re¬ quest that aU Voyageurs give him all the cheer pOMibb and the Christmas greetings were signed by all present to ctmvey our noct sincere wishes for a speedy recov¬ ery.
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