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THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1963 VOLUME 4 — NUMBER 19
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Winners At County Fair
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County Fair
Last week a large number of residents went to the McHenry County Fair in Woodstock to en¬ ter their 4-H and open class pro¬ jects for the past year. The list and the awards they won in the various classes are:
jQpen Clciss Division: Jr. Cham- {ijin Heifer Calf — Award, Ro¬ sette, James Drafell, Huntley Har¬ vesters.
.Open Class Poultry: Champion Female White PlynuMrth, 1st A- ward. Rosette, to Ed Jaster, Hunt¬ ley Harvesters.
1st Cockerel White Plymouth, Award Rosette, to Stanley Hen¬ ning, Huntley Harvesters.
Reserve Grand Champion Fe¬ male, Cross Breed Division, A- ward, Rosette, to Ed Jaster, Hunt¬ ley Hju^esters.
Open Class Swine: Crossbreed Champion Female Award, Rosette, to Douglas Swanson, Huntley Har- \esters.
Champion Litter, Crossbreed: A- ward Rosett^' to Douglas Swan¬ son, Huntley ijBrvesters.
Champion M|k Award Rosette, Dennis Rudsinski, Huntley Har- festers.
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Grand Champion Eingle Market Hogs, small plaque, Alan Bohart, Huntley.
Grand Ch8^P|)n Pen of 3 Mar- get Hogs, lar^t plaque, Alan Bor¬ hart, Huntley.
Food — Open Class: (All   1st   Place   Winners]
Muffins, Mary Bohart, Huntley.
Quick Loaf Breads, Jean Ocock, Union.
Decorated Cakes, Jean Ocock, Union.
Pies, Cherry, Marcia Hemming- son. Union.
Foreign Cookies, Fay Marlowe, Huntley.
Open Class Art list Place Winners]
Figules, Faye Marlowe, Huntley.
College, Faye Marlowe, Huntley.
Mobiles,   Joy   Davis,   Huntley.
Whole Roo, Joy Davis, Huntley.
4-H Handicraft, Diane Swanson, Grafton Girls.
4-H Planning Preparing Meals: Meats — Barbara Britton, Grafton Girls.
[1963 winner see artical |  From top to bottom Borhart, Craig Johnson, Larry Johnson. ADDITIONAL   PICTURES   PAGE   SIX
Dong Swanson, Alan
Village Board
The regular ' meeting of the Huntley Village Board was called to order by Mayor Wilpault Brill, on Thursday, Aug. 1. Trustees Ackman, Fitzi, Enstrom, Staab, Wasserstrass and Rudy were pres¬ ent. Village Clerk Enstrom was also present. Attorney Cowlin was absent.
The minutes and treasuer's re¬ port and the bills were read and approved. The bills were ordered paid.
There was considerable discus¬ sion on the matter of the water bills. It seems that there are quite a few unpaid water bills at the present time, some amounting to over $100. The illage Board urges all residents who have unpaid water bills to m§ke payment of them before further action has to be taken for collection.
There was one visitor present at the meeting, who c(»nplained that   he   had   not   been   getting
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Boy 4
Electrocuted At Co. Fair
A four year old boy was electro¬ cuted at the KfcHenry County Fair. The accidept occured dutipg the last few houps of the fair, op Sunday, Aug. 4, at about (1:30 pjn.
Young Patrick Mayotte, was at¬ tending the tair with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Mayott« of Railroad St., Gilberts. According to the story told Sheriff Edward Dowd, by the father, the three were standing watching the Rolo- Plane ride when some money fell from the pockets of one of the rid¬ ers. Mrs. Mayotte picked up the money and returned it to the own¬ er. He said that he had dropped fifty cents more. They looked a- round on the ground for the money and young Patrick saw it under a parked car. He stooped down to pick it up and his hand touched the bumper of the car. He was electrocuted and died instantly.
The car belonged to Cornelius Jess Rose of Tampa, Fla., and its was attactied to a trailer. Tliere ws utility poll with 110 electric current ttached to the trailer and - a(xx)i-dlng to report fmri the Sheriffs office there was a short in the trailer which allowed the electric current to circulate to the
False Alartns
The Huntley firemen were call¬ ed out several times last week in response to the fire whistle blow¬ ing. The calls turned out to be false larms, caused by a shortage in the automatic alarm system, which was due to telephone work¬ men at work repairing the lines.
attached car. It was this current which electrocuted the child when., he touched the bunnper or fender of the car. The boy was first takett to the first aid tent and then to the Woodstock hospital, where h« was pronounced dead.
Sheriff Edward Dowd, Deputy Sheriff Lt. Henry Nulle and Lt. Frank Beu of the Wqj^jMoek city police investigated the j^iident and Frank Mishler, Woodstock, electrician, was summoned to check for possible shorts. He found that there was a short in the trail¬ er, which was feeding the elecri- city back into the car. Cornelius Jess Rose operates a jewelry con- session and travels with the car¬ nival whioh was showing at the fair.       m
The inJiWt will be held Friday. Aug. 9. at 10 ajn. at the Sdineid- er and LeucM Funeral Home In Woodatock.
This is the first fatality, which has occured at the McHenry Coun¬ ty Fair, in its nine years.
Henry Marloive Buys G. Ch. Hog
Alien Borhart, left, with Henry ehery, Huntley, purchaser of Allen'i McHenry 4-H Aoction.
The 1963 McHenry County 4-H Livestock Auction summeries show 151 head of steers, hogs, and sheep selling for a total of $23,433. Ninty- eight buyers partispated in the sale, 34 more than participated in the 1962 Auction. Don Stoxen, Co- (3hairman of the Auction, along with Hubert Schultz, states that interest in the annual auction has reached a new high with both 4-H youth and adult buyers, already talking of next year's auction.
75c For Chanp Steer
One of the higblights of the Aug¬ ust 4 auction was the purdiase of the Grand Champion Steer by Nat¬ ional Tta Food St<M«, Chkago.for
Marlowe, of Marlowe Feed and Hat- > Champion 4-H Barnxwi at the 196S
75c per potmd. Harold Woody of McHenry was the very pleased seller of this outstanding Short¬ horn steer.
TTie Reserve Grand Champion 4-H Steer, a Hereford, was pur¬ chased by Farm and Fleet Stores, Inc., at 42.5 cents per pound. Sel¬ ler was Linda Gelvin, MlcHenry, IllincHS.
The Reserve Grand ChamiHon of the Open Show brou^t 41c per pound frtMn Gluth Bros. Ebccavating Company of Woodstock. Bill Crone of Harvard was the odnsit^tor.
O'Lary Bros. Con8tructi(m Co., Woodstock paid 43c per pound ior
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