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VOLUME  4 — NUMBER SO THURSDAY,  MARCH 19, 1964
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School Board Meeting Held
The Board of Education of Huntley Consolidated School met on Wednesday, Mar. 11, at 7:30 p.m., with all members present except Miss Ida Mackeben. After the minutes of the previous reg¬ ular and special meetings were read and approved, Fund transfers were made according  to  law.
Permission was granted for he entire 6th grade to take a trip during April, to the Musenum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
The resignation of Wlayne Prof¬ fitt as bus supervisor was accept¬ ed, effective as of April 3, 1964. Applications are available now at the school office to fill this posi¬ tion.
It was announced that a 1959 Nneida GMC [58 capacity] bus has been rented and is now being used for the remainder of the ciu"- rent school year. Thj^*ool has the option to buy I^P bus with the rent being applied to the jwr- chase price.
The rerignation of Mr. Neil Ben¬ nett was accepted. MIgSjStLjji the end of the current scnooWHr."
The bills were read and approv- ed-
At this point of tho^teting the Board Joined the P.^P,> meeting to   present   a  program   on   the plans of the hoped for scho<d ex¬ pansion and improvement.
— AUDREY  KORWIN, Board Scribe
Huntley F.F.A. Chapter Pigs
Construction Begun for DDD
Construction began this week on the first phase of a major program to bring improved tele¬ phone service to Huntley custom¬ ers, according to T. V. Atkins, Illinois Bell community relations manager.
Trenching started Monday to place mor than 800 feet of six- duct concrete conduit and two manholes beneath the £:round, which will connect the telephone ofofice now serving this area on Main Street east of Church to two self-contained central office units, lliese units will be installed later fhis month on the west side of Church Street Just south of Main on property recently pur¬ chased by the telephone company.
ITie units contain equipment which will handle the ever-grow¬ ing tel^>hone needs of this area and will provide Dirstc Distance Dialing [DDD] late {his year. With DDD. customers can dial their own long distance station- to-station calls coast-to-coast. The new switching center will be¬ gin serving the area for local calls in July, but several more nMmfhs will be necessary to provide the direct dialing feature.
Equijwtient in he soon-to-be in¬ stalled switching units must be reconditioned, equipment for toll calUng must be wired in ,and the many cables now working out of the office now serving the area must be hooked up with the new
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Pictured above is one of mfe first litters farrowed from do-it-yourself swine insemination. It is owned by Wayne Wor- fSI^SIia'ef th^^ffantiey F.F.A. Chapter who used this new NIBCO system to breed gilts in their chain gilt project.
See next week's paper for a|^itional picture and story.
To%vn Board Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of the Grafton township commis¬ sioners was held on March 12. In the absence of St«)ervisor Macke¬ ben, town auditors Alvin Nelson, Fred Eiseman and Ed Zukowski were present, also Attorney Wm. Carroll, Jr.
About 40 residents of the Cry- tal iVsta, Crystal Gardens and Westmore Gardens area were in attendance with their attorney Manuel J. Robbins. Atty. Robbins unofficially took over the meeting and made recommendations to the group regarding a solution to the problems they have presented.
The next meeting of the town board will be held on March 31, at 8:00 p.m. at the Grafton Town¬ ship Garage, when the tentative budget and appropriation ordin¬ ance will be presented for public hearing. hTe annual Town Meet¬ ing wil! be held on Tuesday, April 7, at 8:00 p.m.
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Chief Nelson
Police Chief Nelson wishes to remind all Huntley residents who have not yet purchased 1964 ve¬ hicle stickers, that on April 1, they will cost $4.00.
Police Report
A car owned by H. Ackman of Bay Village, Ohio, the son of Mr. Henry Ackman of West Main street, was parked at the curb in front of the Ackman residence on March 8, about 7:20 p.m. when Loren Watkins, of Huntley, driv¬ ing east on Main street ran into the Ackman car. Watkins was taken to Woodstock hospital and released  on Wednesday.
Investigation by Huntley police disclosed that Waktins was poer¬ ating a motor vehicle while his driver's license was revoked. He was Jlaced under a $500 band and ordered to a(H>ear before Judge Joe Ritter on March 26.
Red Cross Report
With only one week of the Mc¬ Henry County Red Cross Fund Drive completed, returns show that $3,091 has already been re¬ ceived, reports County Chairman Ralph Burnett,  by mail.
As of March 13, the tally shows Woodstock leading with $978, fol¬ lowed by Crystal Lake with $415. Other area figures are McHenry, $687; Harvard, $255; Marengo, $235 and Huntley, $312.
The drive will continue through March. Burnett points out, and the 1964 County goad is $24,000.
In some towns the Fund drive will not start untfl later in the month due to so many conflicting drives. Marengo plans to solicit between the 23rd and Slst of March; Haravrd after the 15th; Crystal Lake' after the 15th and Greenwood and Dorr townships will follow.
However the American Red Cross is he organization appoint¬ ed by the U. S. Congress to as¬ sume" two mandatory obligations — that is service to those in the Military and the work at the time of disasters — this letter is being demonstrated at the flood sectiozis given at the time of a disaster is of several states — no assistance ever paid for by the t^edpienta — so membership In the Amnloan Red Cross means helping ydur neighbor if a need arise*.
Boy Scouts To Show Movie
On March 21st a^ 1:30 p.m. the Boy Scouts of Troop 157 will present a first run comedy at the United Church of Christ.
Tickets may be obtained from any Boy Scout.
Popcorn and cand will be sold. The proceeds will be used for sum¬ mer scout activities.
Everyone is welcwne.
4th 6 Weeh Honor Roll
HI;NTLEY   HIGH   SCHOOL
Fourth Six Weeks HMior Rooll
"A" Honor Roll [all A's] Liana Swanson, senior; David Hemmer. Junior; Sandra Kerrick, Stanley Korwin and Larry Ras¬ musen, sophomores; Eloise Hoffy man, fretfunan.
•Tt" Honor RoU TAU B's or better - No as]
Senior — Gary Borhart, Bar¬ bara Britton, Aleen Heimsoth, Pa¬ tricia Hemmer, Marjorie Jensen, Larry Johnson, Audrey Kolberg, Mary Seemann.
Juniors — Alan Borhart, Carol Gruner, Dale Roesslein, Dennis Rudsinski, Linda Seiler, Lonnie Swanson, Sandra Zimmennan.
Sophomores — Karen Aavang, Linda Akerberg, June Bein, Ann Borhart, Bonnie Diedrick, Janet Drendel, Larry Heimsoth, Ruth Nepermann, Yvonne Rizzo, Diana Stading,   Marcy Swanson.
Freshmen — Janet Drafall, Jac¬ quie Howard, Nancy Joiaen, Ter¬ ry Lamz, and Faye Marlowe.
Boy Scout Fund Drive
The Huntley Boy Scout Fund Drive totaled $258.75 according to Wayne L. E>onahue, chairman. The check was accepted by E. R. .Schmidt, scout executive of the Blajkhaw CounciL [The council is responsible for organizing the Boy Scout movement Ln Huntley and providing training for both Cub and Boy Scout leaders.
Cfunp Lowden and Northwoods — comps, which are available to Huntley boys are developed and maintained by the Blackhawk Council. The council, whioh main¬ tains a service center for distrib¬ uting awards, printing literature, and keeping records, gives $10 in service to each scout. hTtere are about 46 Huntley boys active hi scouting this year.
Special thanks for their support of the ftmd drive go to the Hunt¬ ley Lions Qub, and Wayne Miller, State Bank of Huntley, auditor. Other volunteer workers included: Robert Schajj^ner, Don Heinz, George AdantS Jm O'Connor, Jr., Robert Gnme^ Philip Randazzo, Jhn Stading, Charles lamb, and Darrell Carlson.
Notesm)rotn Village Board
TTie March meeting of the Hunt¬ ley Board was called to order at 8:00 p.m. on March 5, by Mayor Wilpault Brill. All members of the board were in attendance. Al¬ so present were Atty. Cowlin and Clerk  R. Enstrom.
Minutes of the previous meet¬ ing were read and approved, th* Treasurer's Report was read and bills ordered paid.
The sewtr committee was auth- irized to secure two competive bids for improvement to the sew¬ er lines on 2nd Street from Church Street to Myrtle. TWa woric will need to be done prior to the blacktopping of this street which waa previously authorized.
The Village Board being Inter- erested in securing new small fac¬ tories or industries, spent most of the evening in discussicm of the problems presented by representa¬ tives of such industries who have made inquiries in this area. No definite action was taken at this time.
There being no ftu^her business, the meeting was adjourned.
2 Grass Fires On Sunday
Himtley Fire Department re¬ sponded to two different calls to extenguish grass fires on Sunday, Mardi 15. The first call, at about 10:30 ajm. was as grass fire at the Wm. Shotliff, Sr.. residence at 31 Bonnie Brae. The second call was in the afternoon wbere a small fire at the Boy Scout bac- in area was reported. The fires were quickly extinguished and no serious damage resulted.