The Huntley Farmside

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VOLUME  8   — NUMBER   1 THURSDAY,  APRIL 6, 1967
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School Board Election Saturday, April 3, 1967
Village Board Election Tuesday, April 18, 1967
Grade School Concert Fri.
The chorus and band members in the Huntley Elementary School will give a musical conceit on Fri¬ day evening, April 7, at the High School Gymnasium at 8:00 p.m.
Students in grades 5-8 are par¬ ticipating in this program. Par¬ ents, friends and anyone interes¬ ted are invited to attend. There is no admission charge.
Mrs. Bernard Johnson and Mr. Robert Tirk are the directors.
P.T.A/Plans Bake Sale
There will be a P.T.A. Bake Sale on Saturday, April 8, up¬ stairs in the Village Hall begin¬ ning at noon when the polls j '^n.
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Huntley Boy Scout Troop 167 was awarded a first place- ,« ribbon for their exhibit atV,fte Scout-0-Rama held Saturday, April 1. The exhibit at the Mat¬ hews Company in Crystal Lake was open to the public from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m.. Each Scout who helped with the display was giv¬ en a colorful Scout-0-Rama patch to wear on his uniform.
The Huntley Troop displayed the requirements for a cooking merit badge. The exhibit consisted of Boy Scouts with apron and chef hats who madle and served pancakes. Over 1000 pancakes were served to the pubic. Another part of the exhibit showed the proper fire building for outdoor cooking.
Special thanks go to Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey, Mr. and Mrs. Zirk, Mr. and Mrs. Molitor, Mr. and Mrs. Schmietendorf for their help. Acknowledgement also goes to the Quaker Oats Company for their assistance in promoting an 'Aunt Jemima Pancake Day".
Coming Events
Friday. April 7
8:00 p.m. Elementary Music Concert  High  School  Gym.
Saturday. Apri 8
12:00 noon to 7:00 p.m. Elec¬ tion for members of School Board.
12:00 noon — ? P. T. A. Bake Sale upstairs at Village Hall.
Monday, April 10
7:80 p.m. Music Boosters meet at   High   School
Saturday, April 15
State Music Contest for indi¬ viduals, trios, etc.
Tuesday, April 18 Village Election
Music Booster
There will be a general meeting of the Music Boosters on Monday, April 10, at the school. Parents of music students and others are urged to attend. The time of the meeting  Is 7:80 p.m.
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Legion Auxiliary Spring Dinner
Pictured above  (left  to  right)  are:   Legion Commander,  Tom   Bjorn;  Co. Sr. Vke Commander,  Alvin  Anderson;  llth. Dist.  Sec,  Ardyth  Tromp; Co.  Auxiliary   Sec,
Emily Cowlin; Co.  Auxiliary  President, Marge  Alvis;  llth.  Diet. Director,  Martha
Fitzgerald; Huntley  Legion Auxiliary President,  Lucille Koch.
Auxiliary members, awarded pins for years of service ranging from 20 years to 45 years are from left to right above: Mazie Bott, Lola Maushak, Grace Marsh, Esther Weltzien,  IJerneice   Bakley, llth   Dist.  Director   Martha   Fitzegerald   who  presented these pins and Vera Enstrom. A picture of th« Jr. Auxiliary members who received pins appears on Page Five.
The Huntley American Legion Auxiliary held their annual sprinjj pot luck dinner at the Legion Home on Monday, April 3. Guests at the dinner were the Legion officers, husbands of Auxiliary officers, Mr. and Mrs. Quin 0' Brien, editors and publishers ol the Huntley Farmside.-Men in at¬ tendance included Clifford Gniadek, Bernie Shott, Tom Bjorn, Harry Weltzien, Don Enstrom, Stanley Koch.
Guest of honor and speaker of the evening was Alvin Anderson, of Woodstock, Sr. Vice-Comman¬ der of the County Legion.
The dinner was served by mem¬ bers of the Jr. Auxiliary. The buffet service was arranged on a table in the center of a circle of tables.
Following the dinner honor guard pins were given to Jr. Au¬ xiliary members and sei^vice pms were given to members. Those re¬ ceiving Auxiliary pins were: Debra Eckman, Susan Kalsaw. Connie Koch, Linda Koch, Gloria Koch, Sharon Lang^e, Susan Ras¬ musen, Naomi Shott, Sue Weltzien Dawn Jordi, Betty Lou Jurs, Betty Bjorn, Doris Drafall, Mary Jane Gruner, Vera Rasmusen, Betty Shott, Joyce Will,. Those unable to attend: Marilyn Hammond, Donna Molitor, Patsy Piske, Lois Hammond, Hedwig Leonard, Joan Molitor, Thelma Akerberg, Bonita Dwyer, Ella Lange, Frieda Lamb, Betty MiHer, Betty Zirk, Carolyn Schachtner, Marge Randazzo.
Tliose receiving service pine were:    (10   year)    Lucille   Koch,
Marilyn Eckman, Rose Mickelsen. Rose Goodman unable to attenq,
(16 year) Fannie Birkeneder, Olive Hennegan, Mary Weltzien, Marceila Kalsow. — Betty Ander¬ son, Lucille McNeil, Ethel Clancy, Bessie Piske, Nina Ward unable to   attend.
(20 year) Bernice Bakley, Vera Enstrom.
(25 year) Mazie Blott.
(40 year) Esther Weltzien. — Gladys Mau.shak, Grate MaushaK, unable   to  atteno.
(45 year) Grace Marsh Lola Maushak.
At the meeting is was announc¬ ed that only about 1 out of every 5 farm families and only about V/c of mid-west families own flags. The Auxiliary announced that 50 flag pins had been sold, that ser¬ vice flags had been purchased by the unit to be presented to the parents of men in service.
The unit requested that the names and addresses, or changes of address of men in service be provided so they could be pub¬ lished in the paper for the benefit of friends and relatives who would like to write to them.
The Huntley Farmside newspa¬ per was awarded a beautiful plaque for support given to the American Legion Auxiliary.
It was announced that the dele¬ gate to Girl's State would be Pam Staab, with .Mary Kerrick as al¬ ternate.
Those present were urged to fly their flag daily so they would not forget to fly the flag on holi¬ days. The   members  of  the   unit
were asked to write letters to those in Vietnam. Appropriate gifts were presented to Comman¬ der Thomas Bjorn and to Alvin Anderson, both of whome gave speeches.
Soil & Water Scholarship
The Board (Of Directors of the McHenry County Soil an^ Water Conservation District announced at its recent monthly meeting that two $50.00 scholarships are avail¬ able for a conservaton work shop to be held at Northern Illinois Uni¬ versity in DeKalb in early July. The week-long workshop covers all areas of conservation; woodland management, forestry, fish and wildlife management, water re¬ sources and their management, study of plants and animals. These scholarships are available to any county person of high school age. Anyone interested contact the local SWCD office 338-0049.
Board members also carefully reviewed plans submitted by t^e Illinois State Highway Depart¬ ment for highway construction or changes within this county dur¬ ing 1967. These plans were given full approval as there were no major conservation problems in¬ volved. This is the first year that a working agreement has been established between the Higrhway
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Unofficial Returns
Mr. Louis Schachtner wm re¬ elected as Ro*d Comiasioner of Grafton by a vote of 729 to 168 over write-in candidate Wm. Rus¬ sell of CrysUI Lake.
The tally by precincts is aa foll¬ ows with Schachtners figures ap¬ pearing first
Grafton 1   312 0
Grafton 2        69 72
Grafton 3        64 24
Grafton 4       164 0
Grafton 6       120 tt
In Hnntley 318 votes were cast in Grafton 1 preeonct, with 3 spoil¬ ed ballots and 3 ballots not voted. Gra<'ton 1 lies on the east side of Route 47. In Grafton 4 precinct, which is the area west of Route 47, 167 votes were cast with 3 spoiled ballote. Grafton 2, which is the only precinct which Mr. Russell carried, is Lakewood- Graf¬ ton 3 is the North Shore and Graf¬ ton 5 is the Crystal Vista area.
In the two Huntley precincts the mental health referendum was defeated in Grafton 1 bjr a vote of 200 against and 103 U pifn Qat' ton 4 the vote was lOS^r ioat aad, 55 for. ••
In MeHMry Cooatr Tha iMJal health referendum was passed by n vote of 8,519 to 8,06)^.
In Coral townshio E*;;' ^d Bmn- schon was re-elected roiia commis¬ sioner by a vote of 326 to 2S4.
Annual Grafton Twp. Meeting
A smaller crowd than sean te recent years was present at Ihe annual Grafton township meettegr held  Tuesday evening, April 4.
Mr. Ron Domaglia of Cryatal Lake was nominated by unanimoas vote to gerve as Moderator for the meeting.
The Road and Bridge Fond Ap¬ propriation Ordinance was lead first It was stated that the Road fund was down |2,000. from last year. Some of the spectators from the north end of the tpwnship questioned the change of name of the Hard Road Fund which was voted for fhre years at last year's annual meeting which had been changed to read Road Maintenance Fund. After a lengthy discussion Attorney Carroll, who was repre¬ senting Mr. Schachtner at the meeting, stated that the reason for the name change waa that the Illinois statutens had so done. Mr. Carroll went on t osay that even though the name had been changed by the statue it was still the Hard Road Fund. The Road and Bridge Fund appropriation was voted upon and carried unanimously.
Next on the agenda was the Town Pand Budget and appropriat¬ ion ordinance. Before the reading of this ordinance Supervisor Ruth asked the voters to transfer |2800. from the exsistinr General Assis¬ tance Fund in order to pay for the quadrennial asaesament which takes  nlace this year.  Mr. Ruth
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