The Huntley Farmside

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VOLUME  3  —  NUMBER ZP iMURSDAY,   AUGUST   16,   196-*
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David Hemmer, Huntley Vu. Agr. student proudly shows his first place   dairy  showmanship   trophy
wiun at the Sect. 6 Fair held at Boone County Fair Grounds. Dist. 5  P.M.A. donated the trophy.
Twenty one Huntley High School Vo. Agr. students entered livestock and grain at the Sjartion IV Vo. Agr. Fair held at ^Bjiidere, Wed¬ nesday, August S.^This fair enl- cudes schools with vocational ag¬ riculture departments from Dekalg Kwie, Boone, and McHenry Coun¬ ty?
Huntley's largest entry was in the dairy department, swine was next, one beef and ono pogkry, and four studerrt,s had corn ^R>es. Placings are made from one to ten with ratings of all entries with the Dan¬ ish system. This system includes A, B, and C ratings. Huntley stu¬ dents receiving A ratings in dairy were iDavid Hemmer, Margaret Hoffman, Ed Jaster, Walter Hoff¬ man, Deenis Rudsinski, Wayne Workowski, Gary Borchart, and David Reeves. Kirk Hoffman, Al- van Aavang, Douglas Swanson, Bob Evans, and Harold Swanson showed cattle in the B group. The Huntley school exhibit in dairy placed fifth witih twelve schools entered.
David Hemmer took top honors in Showmanship. He earned the P.M.A. trophy by being selected first place dairy showman from the four counties.
Students showing swine with A ratings included Terry Henning, Jim O'Connor, Gary Borhart, and
Peter Svoboda. Students with swine in the B group included John Burton and Douglas Swan¬ son. Harold Swanson and Lee Lin¬ nenkohl received C ratings in swine.
Jerry Wood in beef and Terry Hening in poultry both received A ratings.
John Barton did exceptionally well with his corn entry. There were 120 entries, with only 21 ratings. J(5hn i-eccived one of these A ratings.
A complet list of all schools with their students' placings is on file in the agricultural department at Huntley High School.
-NOTICE--
A teacher's workshop will be hold on Thursday, August 30, and Friday, August 31. The elemen¬ tary- parents and students will register on Tihursday, 9ugust 30. The first day of school for both high school and elementary stu¬ dents will be Tuesday September 4.
Subsequent articles will follow in the weeks to come in the Hunt¬ ley Farmside on the new teachers hired by the school as well as registration.
John Barton is shown with his A rating com. John was one-of the twenty   one  students  out  af   120
receiving an A rating at the Sect. 6 Vo. Agr. Fair which inelnded four counties.
School Board Meeting
The School Board of Huntley Consolidated School met for a spe¬ cial meeting on Saturday, July 21, 1962~at 4:00 p.m. to interview an applicant for the position of Coach All members were present and u- nanimously approved the hiring of Mr. Homer Barry. He was offered a contract which he accepted. He will also teach Social Studies and Civvies. They also approved the offering of a contract for Assistant Coach to Mr. Robert Johnson of Greenview, Illinois.
Mr. Homer L. Barry has recent¬ ly accepted a position as teacher, coach and director of athletics in Huntley High School.
Mr. Barry Ls a graduate of Illi¬ nois State Normal University. He served two years in the armed forces. He has been a teacher and coach for the past five years. The first three years were spent in Bethany Illinois; the last two in Forrest Illinois. Mr. Barry is mar ried and has  three children.
Little iMgue
A group of Little Leagues held their All Star game at Huntley last Tuesday, AOgnSt' 7, ht T:30. The two Huntley teams, Burling¬ ton, and Hampshire composed the north All Stai^fc»m. The teams of Sugar GroveHPleneville, Elburn, and Wasco composed the south league. The north team was very fortunat at haveing a no hit ball game. The Huntley team won 14 to 0.
This concludes the little league season for 1%2. Mr. Don Enstrom reports that the little league sea¬ son will be aimaxed with a ban¬ quet which will be held-at the Huntley American Legion August 25, at "7:30 p.m. The guest speaker at this affair will be Bob Will of the Chicago Cubs. The Huntley Little League has made tickets and is now selling them.
Only 120 tickets will be sold for this affair.
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Huntley Boy Wins
Danny Dannmeyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Dannmeyer of Rural Huntley was the winner of the Purebred Brow Swiss Heifer Calf given away at the McHenry County Fair. Danny is a 4-H boy who is enrolled in a dairy project and he had worked very hard selling tickets for this event. The calf was donated by Meadowmoor Farm, Huntley and the former owners of the calf were very hap¬ py to have a 4-H boy from our own community win the heifer.
The Holstein calf was won by Mr. Dan Powers of Woodstock. The PDCA sponsors this event to send country boys and girls with eligible dairy exhibts to the state fair. This year four boys and three girls with a total of ten anlmiU* left from the county fair {ptHindS on Thursday August 9. They will return Friday. Young peofrie from Huntley dioeen as exhiUitoni were Allen Borhart, Jeff Palmer and Mary Palmer. <)ther8 ttam the country were Nancy and Dave Gardner, Dick Davidson and Betty Boppart.
Last Tuesday afternoon at 3:45 a young Huntley girl was severely beaten in her home by an un¬ known assailant posing as an Elgin policeman. HunUey police were not available at this time to make an investigatwn, and the assailant escaped. The investigation of the State Police, who did respond, proved fruitless. They did arrest one Bill Bailey, address unknown, .on the mai,D street of Huntley for dninte«IM)j|^«.., .^_, ..,-**t-5ij,-^: :,^ _
Village Board Meeting
The Huntley Village Board met with tiie regular monthly meeting Thursday, August 2, at the Hunt¬ ley Village Hall. Present were Mayor Brill and Trustees Delaney, Fitzi, Rust, Wasserstrass, Enstrom Rudy and Meyer. None were ab¬ sent.
A discussion was held on the new street to he contructed be¬ tween Coral and Main Street in front of the Fire Barn. This street as you recall will cut off the pres¬ ent triangle which now exists on that spot. Mr. Jolly of Baxter and Woodman, the city engineer from Crystal Lake, informed the Vil¬ lage Board that plans will be com¬ pleted for this project by the next meeting. There will be an island in the center of the new street.
A discussion was held on the pissibility of constructing 300 feet of curb and gutter at tlie corner of Myrtle on the north side of the street. Sonstruction on this project will not start until next year after the storm sewer construction 4ias been completed. The reason for the sewer and gutter ise to illiminate the flooding of the adjacent prop¬ erty. No motion was made on this project.
Mr. Jolly of Baxter and Wood¬ man informed the Village Board that the zoning may for Huntley will be completed by the next meeting. T\te zoning map will help the Huntley {banning nmunission immensely in their work for the future progress of the  Village.
llie Village Board wrote a letter to the A. E. Robinson plastic fac¬ tory, commenting on their high weeds and smoke.
The Annual Village Treasurer's Report was passed attd puUished in the August ,9 edition of the Huntley Fannside. An ordinance contrdling the Dutch Elm IMsease WW lUso passed and publbhed in last we^s edition of the Huntley Farmside.
-NOTICE-
The Huntley Women's Bowling League will, hold their busitiess meeting t|B^t, Thursday, Aug. 16, at 8:00 O'clock. Thia is an Im¬ portant meeting, so please ti^ lo attend.
Servi^ Group Meeting
Huntley Community Sei-vice Group was held August Sth at the Legion Hall wkh 11 members present, representing all six co-operating organizations.
A report on the Library District Petetion stated that 291 signatures were secured. This number was al¬ most evenly divided between town and rural population. Special thanks should be given to Susan Maushak who drew up the plat map. The petition will be sub¬ mitted to the county court in ap¬ proximately 30 days.
As the Service Group is a non¬ profit group the anticipated court costs win have to be borne by do¬ nations from our member organi¬ zations or individuals. Each of the represented groups will be asked for donations at their regular meetings.
A motion was passed that the Service Group attend, as per invi¬ tation, the next Planning Board Meeting  for Huntley Community.
A motion was passed to repeat the Newcomers Party on Sat. Sept 8. Tile purpose of this exent is to introduce newcomers In the Huntley area with the residents, CONTINUED ON PAOE 8 SERVICE  GROUP MEETINO
Kuestner Catches Fish
Richard Kuestner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kuestner of W. Kite Street of Huntley, lUinoiB, had th« hoiu^'of catching the krgwt Bass ot Pearl Lake, Wisconsin. lUdiard is 11 years old, and tiiis Is the first time he has ever gone bass fishing. He was in the boat by himseU when he made the record bnnJcing catch. The Kuestnen i^itn to hi^e the fish stuffed, and friands may come to see it wben it is catojfitt' ed in a tow weeks. ;^ V;