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VOLUME 7 — NUMBER 42 THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1967
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Annual V.C.C.     Cdhimg Erents Legion Auxiliary Presents PiUes       Ed. Tax Passes
Meeting
The 115th Annual Meetinir of the United Church of Christ Congregational was held on Sun¬ day, January 15, following a fel¬ lowship meal at noon.
Two changes in the constitu¬ tion were made bir vote of those attending, offlcerij for the 1907 year were elected, and reports of activities in 1966 were given in printed form.
Mrs. Bernice Bakley and Mrs. Josephine Johnson were giron lifetime Honorary Deaconess des. ignations for their many years of faithfal service.
Copies of the reports will he available to interested persons on the literature table at the chureb, or upon request to church officers.
THtJMDAY. Jin. 18 — 8:00 p.m. Adult Bdttcatlon Class
nUDAY. Jan. 20 — 7:00 p.m. Basketball • Cmtral here
SATURDAY. Jan, 31 — 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Bowling for Farm Btiraau and Home Bureau members and families at Bowl-Hi Lanes
JANUARY 24. 25, 26. 27 — Conference Tourney at Hebron
WEDNESDAY, Ian. 26 — »:00 p.m. Annual Meeting of Medical Bldg-  stockholders  —   open   to other* interested.
THURSDAY, Jan. 86 — «!00 p.ni. Adiji XtM*l>^f>n Cl**s • Lar¬ ry Jdlutfbn U "AgrieultuM in India"
FRIDAY. Jan. 87 — 7:8« p.m. Annual Meeting of Htmtley Cwn- mvRity CredH Union - supper at United Chur^ ef Christ Congre¬ gational
January School Board Meeting
The first part of the regular meeting of the R«ntl«y Consoli¬ dated School Boar! of Xkhieation held on Wednesday, Jammry 11, was concersed with expiainta^at the Parent-Tecliers Aasoci^^n meeting the datafls of tbe edaea. tional fund tar Wcresse V»^ voted upon i na special election on Saturday (which was approvf^^y the voters on that date), an An¬ swering questions of those pre«nt Following the P. T. A. meeting the board adjourned to their meet¬ ing room.
Mr. Glen Delany, principal of the grade school, explained to the board that the Elgin Junior Ol- lege would not accept students without i>oard approval-
Supt. Kelly informed the bosrd that he had contacted a graduate student at Beloit College who wonld receive his Master's degree on January 27. The teacher is Mr. Tim Thorssen, who would teach math at the local school and could start on January 30.. He will be married in June of this year. Mr. Kelly stated that this was the only math anolication he had received so far. He went on to say that he had two apolicants for biology, one hadi already taken another job, the other could teach another course. He said that Mr. Thorssen had taught at Delavan, Wisconsin, and that if he were to come here, his salary would be V4 of $6660.00 He said Mr. Thorssen is interested in teaching is a smaU school system rather than a larger one. The board instructed Mr. Kelly to offer him a contract for tiie balance of the school year.
The Board next disciMiod the bus insnranbe nolielep.'jb^Boelrge Adams said that if there were a bus accident the $2,000.00 medical insurance i>er student would be a bit low. Adams is checking policies and will find out what the average is in other schools. The present insurance policies expire on Feb. 23, Mr. Ken Reed is the agent.
The Board tabled the discussion of teaeher's salaries until after the school tax election.
On Monday, January 23, the board will meet to canvass the votes at 7:80 p.m. at the school. The board approved $16.00 to be paid each lady working at the polls at the Saturday election.
Mr.   Delaney   reported  that   a
maximum of $8,0(K) would l>e avail- al^ from the State of Illinois for summer Khool classes- This is an estimate dspending-nptm tbe nnmf ber of schools psutieipating. The State of UUnais told tbe tdmiBia^ tration that H caiiU.j<cBie<. as llttio as fnSBk.'tariL A padUMgi ^ would not go below S6M0. Mrs Martindale has volunteered to teach this summer.
It was reported that the school has two Spanish speaking children one a girl in let grade, tbe other a 14-year old boy who c«n only speak English at third grade level. The students have been spending one hour a dsy teaching him English. The boy had come to this area with no winter clothing.
A discussion was held by the board of the possibility of moving 4 rooms into the new building at the present time. They diseuseed moving the kindergarten and two first grade classes from the Con¬ gregational and Lutheran churches to the new school. This, however, was not done as the facilities at the new school are not adaptable to children that site. The kindergarten equipment being used is owned by the Ck>ngrega- tional church and when the classes are moved, new equipment will have to be purchased.
They then discussed the possi¬ bility of moving some of the older classes to the new building. This idea, however, was discarded be¬ cause In the early 1950's when the first building was erected, the floors were practically ruined by gravel tracked into the building by students before sidewalks and grass were established outside. The board also learned that the street which is to run in front of the school cannot be constructed at this time as condemnation pro¬ ceedings have not been started by the village against the owners of the land- It was also pointed out that in April and May the floors of the new building could be a sea of mud if the building is opened to students at this time.
Mr. Delany reported that there would only be 61^ students in the 4th grade next that and snggaated that perhaps only two 4th grade teachers would be required rather than 3. This would give each Uh grade teacher a V'tal of 35 stn- Continued on Page iwo
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Pictared above is Vera Rasmussen and Lucille Ko^ of the.American Legion Auxiliary presenting Flag rolls to Bob Tirk Director of the Hnntley School Bands.
dents.
At the greneral meeting of the Huntiey School Music Boosters Monday evening, plans were dis¬ cussed pertaining to forthcoming concerts and Awards Night.
On February U at 8:00 p.m. the high school chorus and all the bands, which include high school, cadet, and Sth and 6th, will present the first concert of the year. There will be an ^yance ticket saloi with adnii»M 7$c for adults aod Mc for aRde -arhich   wBg
n9)iaa[liig coe^-fMragirani^ - the Boosters. ^
Other concert dates set ^P Ap¬ ril 8 for the elementary band and elementary chorus, with free ad¬ mission; and the annual high school band and high school spring show on  April 28.
Awards Night was set for May 0. There will be more publicity on these events at a later date.
Mrs- Hubert Rasmusen and Mrs. Stan Koch were present at the meeting, and in behalf of the Le¬ gion Auxiliary presented Mr. Tirk with two aluminum flag poles for the color guard of the marching band.
The group discussed their School Days Record Books fund-raising project, and voted to keep all the books ordered on 60-day consign¬ ment to sell throughout the year. Books may be purchased from Mr. Tirk at the school, or from Mra. James Schultz, Booster President.
Mr.   Tirk   reported   there   are ¦
Annual Medical Center Meeting
The 6tK; Annual^ Meeting of tfcc Huntley Aedical tenter will be hold on Wednesday, January 25, 1967, at 8:00 p.m. in the Village Hall.
This meeting is open to all in¬ terested persons as well as share¬ holders of stock. Anyone with any item of business to discuss con¬ cerning the medical center should present their ideas at this time.
Members of the Board of Di¬ rectors at this time are: Earle Johnson, president; Wayne Mil¬ ler, vice president; Walter Bur¬ meister, Sec.-Treasurer; James Collins, Riebard Jacobs, directors; and Henry Wells, legal counsel.
now 32 members in the high school band, 28 in Cadet band, and 56 in the 5tb and 6th grade band, making a. total of 116 students. Mrs. Johnson stated there were 67 members in high school chor¬ us, with 24 boys participating, which is a commendable increase. Mr. Tirk thanked the Boosters and expressed appreciation for the help the Music Department has received from the  organisatkHi.
Township Boatd Meeting
A short meeting was held by the Grafton Township Board of Audi¬ tors last Thursday night, January 12. The minutes of the previous meeting were read asd approved and bills  approved for payment.
The meeting was then adjourned as a large group of citizens from the tri-subdivision area was pres¬ ent to question the Board on what the Board of Local Improvements had been billed by Kuria Mathew who had been rttained by the Board of Local Improvements to investigate and make a prelimi- spry survey in the Crystal Vista and Westmore Gardens areas.
Mr. Herb Eggers stated that the Board of Local Improvements had not held a meeting, as they were enjoined by the court from doing so, and therefore, he could not give out any information regarding that board, as it might be con¬ strued as a meeting of the Board of Local Improvements.
' Mr. Kurian Matkew was pres¬ ent at the meeting and; said he was tiiere to advise the btiard if thej' were to have a meeting. He said that he could not give out Infor¬ mation regarding that board'as it was not his place to do so.
Mr. Mathew was questioned by a member of the press, a woman reporter who asked what a similar job would cost, to which he re¬ plied there were no two jobs ex¬ actly alike. Mr. Mathew said that some jobs cost $6,000, others $9,000 some $16,000 that he had never had any'two with the exact same mileage. As the board was unable to answer questions that might be construed as a meeting of the Board of Local Improve* ments,  the citizens left.
The vote to increase the rduca- Honai tax rate from $1,60 to $1.81 nnssPfl last Saturday by a ni^ori- ty of better than 2 to 1. A smaller v-f was cast than in the previous eWtion on November 23, 1964, when 470 votes were cast and-the issue was defeated. ,
The unofficial vote in this «1«H'- tion was 202 "yes" votes, 93 fpo" votes, 1 ballot was spoiled, thus accounting for the 296 total bBl.5 lots voted.
In tbe voting on November 23, 1964, a $.350,000.00 botW issue passed by a vote of 235 to 280.
The number of persons voting on Saturday was larger, however, than that recorded in June of 1963, when the first attempt to increase the educational tax rate was made wben 283 persons voted on the issue.
Farm Bureau Plans Bowli^
There will be bo«din4Pt Hunt¬ ley's jaowl-Hi  Lanes tWa  Sat
^ti apd Home Snroan nwwiborB and members of their fl^lies as part of the prelimlna^5*"'''H*'Pf of the Illinois Farm Sports Fes¬ tival, it was announced by Ken Reed, chairman of county t>owIing events.
The bowling contests will be held at 1:.30 p. m.and 7:30 p.m.
The district contest will be held at Aurora on February 22, and state finals will be held in Spring¬ field on March 4-
Huntley area residents who are interested in this sports activity and would like to participate are asked to contact either Mrs. Har¬ old Kunde or Delwin Borhart- Re¬ member, the date is Saturday, January 21.
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Police Report
The B&B Service Station was broken into sometime between 10:00 p.m. Saturday and 9:00 a.m. Sunday morning, it was reported by the Huntley Police Depart¬ ment. Entrance was gained by breaking a window on the south side of the buildtog, making a hole large enough to allow some¬ one to unlock the wind«w.
ASdtParmtr Class
This Thursday marks the third in a series of talks on current trends in agriculture, Mr. I/mis Engelbrecht will lead the discus- sfom on the topic "Com) landl Beans". The meeting will be from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and refreshments will be served. All those interested are invited to attend.
Next week, Mr. Larry Johnson will be on hand to explain "Ag¬ riculture in India" as based on his recent visit.