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VOLUME 4 — NUMBER 15 THURSDAY,   JULY   11,   1963
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Mayor Rides Donkey Again ^''''*' ^" -^^h
^ / O Believe It or Not
On Saturday, JutJ^V, the Hunt¬ ley F.l-'.A. will sponsor a donkey baseball game at the Huntley High 1S<*e»-»tttl«kr f^A. Then wffl be two teams - one comprised of men from town, "Mayor Brill's team", and the otMfe, of F.F.A. boys. y
The last donkey baiseball game in Huntley was held on May 21, 1961. Many residents will remem¬ ber this game. One of the amusing events of the game was when the trainer put in a bucking donkey. Only one of the boys was able to ride the "broncho". Mr. Barrett, the agriculture adviser, did not l<no\v that the donkey and was not prepared to be thrown — he was. liowover. but only received a 'icraiH.'rt chin out of the episode.
Thoro were other attractions at tht- game. Several of the high school boys and girls tried to ride (lie donkeys in a special event. Pictured above is Mayor Wilpault Brill as he looked riding one of t ho donkeys in the 1961 game.
The players who will partisipate on Saturday on mayor Brill's team arc: Doc Ostrander, Jim Collins, Doc Anderson, Max Bungard, El¬ don Pfaff, Mayor Brill, Quin O'Brien, Delwin Borhart, CHarence Aavang, Herb Heimsoth, Don Barrett, John Conley, Bob Miller,
Howard   Jaster,   Ed   Ream,   Mel Johnson, Coach Barry. Game  time  is 8:(X) P.M.
Judy Person Fair Queen Candidate
Miss Judy Person, Huntley,s 1963 candidate for the title of Miss McHenry Ctounty, will attend a dinner and preliminary judging session at martinetti's restaurant in Crystal Lake on Tuesday, July 16. Contestants from 10 10 differ¬ ent county communities will appear before the judges in formals and swim suits.
All 10 beautiful, well groomed and poised young ladies will make a second appearance before the same judges on Tuesday, August 1, at tho McHenry County Fair for the final judging of the 1963 Queen.
Before the dinner on Tuesday, a get-asquainted hour is scheduled Besides the candidates, guests will include a representative from each sponsoring origanization and mem¬ bers of the press.
Judy is sponsored by the Hunt¬ ley Lions CHub.
Believe It or Not
Believe it or not there is still frost in the ground on at least one farm west of Huntley. The frost 18 inches of it was located on the Jim Martines farm and was un¬ earthed while the K. P. Bakley Construction Co. was digging a pond last week.
The construction of the pond was started last winter before the ground froze and the moist ijeat .soil froze during the hard winter of last year. The frost was actual¬ ly discovered in June when Mr. Bakley commenced construction of the pond again. At that time the piles of dirt were so hard that the largo construction equipment could not move it, thus construc¬ tion was postponed until last week Pictured above is Mr. Martines holding one of the chunks of frost hardened soil unearthed by one of the large "cats."
Actually the strange phenomena of frost in the ground probably was caused by the fact that the soil was peat. Peat is a substance formed by tho--4ecompo8ition of plants in mullgjnoisture, found only in the coMr parts of the world where the decay of vege- talbe substance Is-not too rw^iLIt*
strains of heat or cold for a long duration of time. It is said that many years ag^bere were lakes or rivers aroui^He Huntley area which gradually changed into bogs forming the peat.
Mr. Bakley stated that in his 20 years of business he has never seen anything to compare with frost in the middle of July.
Ben Hansford Chev. Honored
A ploque for distinguished pub¬ lic service has been awarded to Ben Hansford CThexrolet, Huntley by  the Chicago Motor Club.
This recognition was given the firm for supplying a driver train¬ ing car to the schools in the Hunt¬ ley area during the 1962-63 school year.
G. W. Cavanagh, president of the Chicago Motor Club, praised the company for its significant assistance to the vital driver edu¬ cation program. He said:
"The contribution to traffic safety made by this firm is invalu¬ able. Through the use of care generously supplied by this firm, youngsters have been trained to be safer, more competent drivers. The cost of this training is far less then the expense involved in the average traffic accident."
Since 1946, when the driver training program was started by the motor club in Illinois and Indiana, dealers have supplied cars in which thousands of stu¬ dents have benefited from behind the wheel training.
Coming Events
The Walther League of the Trinity Lutheran Chiu'ch will hold an Ice Cream Social Sunday on July 14th from 2:30 to 8:30.
Achievement Night will be held at the United Church of Clirist Congregational Social Hall on Fri¬ day July 12th. Each Grafton Home Bureau member are asked to bring cookies.
F.F.A. Plant Triangle
Pictured above is the triangle at the Huntley Fire Station. Members of the Hiwltey Qwpetp. ?f !>*»«»
Teener League
preformed the necewiary wbrit of preparing the soil and planting the sod several weeks ago. The sod for the plot was donated Dy the warren's Turf Nursery.
Members of the F.F.A. helped on several ovenmgs io prepair the plot and do the work of laying the sod. Allen Heimsoth was chairman of the activity. The evergreens were supplied by the village.
The bird bath, made by Perey Swanson, features the old and the new in the village. Percy used an old street lamp post for the base and fashioned the top part of Ihc bird bath in cement.
in a return game on their diamond and beat B^^jgton by a score of 9 to 8. -'*'
Burlington pitchers gave up 7 hits, struck out 9 and allowed 7 walks. Huntley Lions starting pit¬ cher, Lari-y Rasmusen, allowed 3, hits, struck out 1 and allowed one walk, relife pitcher, Dennis Ens¬ trom, allowed 5 hits, «truck out 8, and walked 2.
On Sunday, July 8, the Huntley Lions went to Elburn and were beaten 7 to 3. Elbum pitchers allowed 3 hits, stnick out 11 and allowed 9 walks. Huntley pichter. Brent Weber, allowed 5 hits, strick out 4 and allowed 5 walks.
Next scheduled game will be July 14 with Hampshire at Hamp¬ shire.
First Ticket Sold to County Fair
Carl Bault, president of the Mc¬ Henry County Fair Association, purchases the first two season tickets from Karen Schmelzer, Fair Association secretary.
Fair officials, board members, volunteer workers—all purchase season tickets each year in addi¬ tion to donating their time for the couty wide event.