The Huntley Farmside

              -eri-e HUNTLEY ^«^'"stde
VOLUME 8 — NUMBER 37 THURS., D^^BMBER 21, 1967
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HOTTTLEY HIGH SCHOOL HUNTLEY^  ILL
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Annual School       Township Board Christmas Shows
-nie Junior and Senior High schooi Christmas concert was given m toe gymnasium on -nMrsday ^^"^ 14, under the direction of Mrs. Ber-
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^gram on Monday ^ven^ D^ S^ 18; this Pr<«r«n w^u^r ^^¦^ipervisioo of Mr. Robert Tffk, S^'^ choral insmK*«r. Ag^« on Mooday eveiring ttw V. \ '^• ^^^^ a holiday cookie sale at the conclusion of the program.
The r^uUff meeting of tbe Graf¬ ton town*ip board <rf auditors was held on Ttoursday, December 14, in the Grafton town^iip gai-age.
In the absence of Supervisor Howsffd Ruth, who came later to the meeting, Oerk RichMd Enstrom presided. Auditor James Schultz al¬ so was absent. Those members pres¬ ent were: Harold Keck, Floyd Schmuck, townsiiip assessor Al Bon¬ cosky and Road Commissioner Louis Schachtner.
Following the routine business chairman Enstrom recognazed Mrs. Leona Nelson and Mrs. Arlene Fetz¬ ner who were present to discuss the quadrennifd assessment which had been published that same day in die Huntley Farmside new^wper. Both w^nen felt that tfae assess¬ ments in Oieir area of the township were unduly high and *at they should be lowered at least 1 per ceirt to compensate for the unsatis¬ factory conditions in the area.
file women questioned assessor Al Bonco^ as to how to proceed in objecting to their asessments. Mr. Booooaky stated that tfae best way to object would be to contact first either Mr. Waiter Weltzien wbo made the assesanent or himself before going to the Board of Re¬ view. It was moTtiooed that tax¬ payers had ten d^s from the date of pubOoatkn to file eo objection to their taxes. Mrs.. Na'
S.S. Program
The annual Christmas program by the Sunday School ''^s heW on Sunday evening. December l?-=\*^ church sanctuaiy, and consisted of the foUowing:
"Away In a Manger" sung by the children in the nursery and 1st grade. Teachers of these groups ^ Mrs. Irene Yurs, Mrs Jime Britton. Mrs. Norm Kalsow and Miss Lavonne Piske.
A Christmas Message—was gi%en by the Pre-kindergarten group (4 yr olds) and taught by Miss Mary Kerrick and Miss Pat Zimmerman.
The 5-year old kindergarten class gave "Christmas Thoughts", includ¬ ing a Welcome by Gail OstrandCT, a sot^ -Christmas Bells" by the entire group and "A Christmas Wish" by Robert Frank.
••Christmas Syn*ols" *as the theme presented by tiie Second Grade class taught by Mrs. Gene Jones and iMss Sue Jirik.
•The Baby Kmg" was given by the Thhxl Grade class, teachei-s Mrs. Don Tesmer aod Mrs. Alfred Schuld.
The fourth grade gave •A Christ¬ mas Lesson." This group is tau^ by Mrs. Don Hardy and Miss Sheila Montanye.
T^e members <rf the fifth and sixth grade classes sang '•Christ For The World We Sing." Herb Eggers and Eidw. WilliamtK teach these classes.
The seventh ond eighth grades class, taught by Don Enstrom acted as greeters, ushers, candle-lighters and offerir^g takers, assisting where¬ ever necessary. Three of ttie class served in the dmrch nursery, they were Wendy Miller, Debra Hill and Terri Sdiroeder. Tbose vi*o took up the offering were Paul Mattingly, Ronald Heilmuth, Mark Zwica and Gary Gniadek. Candle-lighters were Vance Swanson and Eddie Edanm. Greeters were Pam Iseriwrt, Ann Michelsen and Trudy Ball.
At the conclusion of the program the audience sang •'Silent Night." "Hie children were then escorted in¬ to the Social Hall where thy found Santa with his pack filld witfa candy aad fruit for aB.
the township board of eaSibars to hire a depaty assessor. (Mrs. Bon cotky had been hired at a previous meeting as a deputy asessor to as¬ sist her husband.) Mr. Boncoeky stated tfaat it was a necessity. He told Mrs. Nelson that he had troidJlc writing sometimes and ttiat Mrs. Boncosky did the writing and that she asisted him in making the as¬ sessments, riding along in the car and keeping the records of the many details whicfa could iie over- lodced. It was pointed out to Mrs. Nelson that tfae township was not paying any additional salary for the deputy  assessw.
Mrs. Nelson said that she had heard that the reason for hiring Mr. Boncosky's wife was that he wias over 65 and colecting Social Security and could only coUect a certain salai-y. Mrs. Nelson was in¬ formed that according to the town¬ ship lawyer everything had been done legally and in the proper form.
The meeting was then adjourned. The members of the board of audi¬ tors wished everyone in the town¬ ship a Merry Chriistnias.
-   NOTICE  -
The Huntley Park Board will meet on Wednesday, December 27th, at 8:00 p. m. in the Village Hall.
P.T.A. Cookie & Candy Ssie
The P.T.A. Cookie and Candy Sales held following the two sch¬ ool Christmas progrrams were very successful. At present, the profits total over $250.00. However, more donations are due and we hope to have the final figure next week. The F.T.A. has voted to use this money to buy books for the school library.
We wish to thank the parents and  teachers  for their donations, the mothers who helped sort and wrap them, and, of course, all of you who purchased the "goodies." Carol Wirick Boots Parasek Committee
Huntley School Vacation Dates
Huntley high and elementary schools were dismissed for the holidays on Wednesday of this week. They will resume on Tues¬ day, January 2, 1968, instead of on Wednesday, as previously an¬ nounced.
The reason for the change in the date of reconvening school classes is that after the original calandar was made, Columbus Day was made a legal holiday in Illinois. Thus one more school day is re¬ quired to compensate for that hol¬ iday.
Huntley Host To District B.S.A.
The winter camp activity for all Boy Scouts of the Kishwaukee Dis¬ trict will be held at tfae Huntley Park, January 20th and 21st. This year the camp is titled "Yukon Breakthrough" and wSl provide training in cold weather camping. Troops from McHenry, Woodstock, Crystal Lake, Lake-In-TTie-Hills, Marengo, and other towns will com¬ pete for awards in fire-building, first-aid, log rolling and compass work. TTie troops are planning to set up camp on Friday from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. The patrol competrtive events will be held on Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The Village Store
(Yuletide Memories)
Come again the Christmas season	
Vivid memories wake once more
Of a small mid-western village
And a place called "Schmalz's Store."
Brave in all its Christmas trappings, Gaily decked with dolls and toys, Once a year supreme attraction For |tw^ vill^e girls and.bfi^s,.
How we hurried from the schoolhouse Soon as study hours were o'ver, Flocked like noisy, chotering magpies To the thrills of "Schmalz's Store"!
Ah, the dolls! So truly gorgeous! Satin skirted, teeth like pearls,
Sleeping eyes and flaxen tresses	
Made to torture little girls.
"Old Maid" games and ribbon candy, Peanut brittle, balky mules, Picture books and "Christmas mixture", Toy Pianos, mimic tools;
Dolly Buggies, Cunning flatirons,
Marbles, tops, and dominoes	
Everything to help old Santa Stuff the stocking to the toes.
Candy bead strings, rainbow candles. Fruits ne'er seen on land or sea, Red striped canes and tinsel garlands, Glistening angels for the tree;
Ropes of green and bells of scarlet,
"Live-forever wreaths of holly	
Nothing lacking one might wish for To make Christmas bright and jolly.
Years have passed and time in passing Changes bring to me and you,
Cities fall and kingdoms tumble	
The little-store has vanished, too	
But could anyone who knew it Thirty years ago or more Ever half forget the splendors Christmas brought to Schmalz's Store
Marion Lawson Voss
(Editor's Note — We are indebted to Mr. Walter Farley who gave OS a oapy of tMs poem written abont 1912 by Mrs. VosS' whose father owned a meat market on the now vacant lot betireen the fiMiner Farley's groeery and the Parkside Tap. The 8t<M% mentioned in the poem was tocated wbere he Vfllaxe HaU noir stands. This poem is re-prlnted from the December 17. 196S issue ef the Farmside).
December Board of Education
The regular meeting of the Hunt ley Board of education was held on Tuesday, December 12, with all members present except board president  Wayne   Zimmerman.
A motion was made to appoint Wm Bein as president pro tem for the evening. The motion carried.
A motion to amend Motion 9 of the November 9th meeting was made by Lamb, seconded by Grau, asi follows: "To approve the pur¬ chase of a Vz ton Chevrolet truck from Ben Hansford Chevrolet, for the sum of $1680.00 which was the low bid."
Following the approval of the amendment as given, a motion was submitted by "Thrun, seconded by Grau to approve the minutes of the November 9th meetinR. The motion carried.
It wa-s then moved by Stading, seconded by Lamb to transfer $937.84 from the Educational Fund to the Revolving Fund. This mot¬ ion was approved.
A motion offered by Mackeben, seconded by Lamb was approved stating that in the future all sol¬ iciting partaining to the school nmst be approved by the Super¬ intendent and/or the Board of Education.
ught out that the school has bud¬ geted $2000.00 per year for the stocking of the library since 1960. A motion was then submitted by Lamb, seconded by Mackeben to approve an additional $1500.00 to be used for the purcha.sc of library books for the high school library. This motion carried.
It was moved by Thrun, second¬ ed by Lamb to purchase a new el¬ ectric Hyer ditto machine for the sum of $275.82, to be used by grade school  teachers.
It was moved by Stading, sec¬ onded by Lamb and approved to dispense with two day personal leave for teachers for this school year. This matter will be taken up at a later date.
A motion by Lamb, seconded by Mackeben to approve payment to the American National Bank and Trust Co. of Chicago for the sum of $30,000. to be paid on princi¬ pal and $4673.75 to be paid as in terest. The motion carried. (Ed¬ itors note: This retires the original bond issue of $320,000.00 approved 20 years ago to prevent grades 1-12 in Huntley being transported to Crystal Lake schools, thus de¬ priving Huntley of a school.)
A motion was made by Grau, seconded by Thrun to approve the sum of $5000.00 to be paid on the principal and $837.69 to be paid as interest to the Harris Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago on the bond issue for the new high sch¬ ool. The motion was approved.
It was then moved by Mackeben, seconded by Grau that "We as ;x Board of Education extend our appreciation and thanks for the extra time spent by. Thomas E. Kelly on the well planned open house and dedication of the new high school. We also wish to ex¬ tend our thanks to the girl's ocl- tette of the high school music department. Thank you girls." The motion was approved.
It was then moved by Lamb, seconded by Mackeben to pay the bills as submitted in detail to the board.
At  1:33  a.m.   a  motion  to   ad-
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