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VOLUME 11
NUMBER  1
THURSDAY,  APRIL 8,  1970
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Huntley Hosts Auxiliary County Council
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OFFiaAL VISIT OF PRESIDENT   OF DEPT. OF ll LINIOS AMERICAN  LEGION AUXILLVRY READING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT FRONT ROW: Mn. Chas. Smith, Caiy, Co. Sec'y: Mrs. Chas. GUI, TInlcy Park. Dept. Pres: Mts. Geo. Mrachek, McHenry Dist. President:  Mrs. kobt. Wamer, Carr, Co. Pres: Mrs. Roy Homo, McHenry, Mst. Sec'y: Mn. Thos. Acklbv DMton, Dept. Membenbip Chm:
ffiCOND ROW: Don Enstrom, Huntley, County Conunander American Legion and Jacl( Goehl Post Commander. Huntley.
At the Connty MeetiBK at Huntley, Friday, April 3nl.
Little League Benefit
Huntley Unit of the Am^i Le(U>D Auxiliary was host i6 McHeniy County Counca, Friday evetfii^, April 3rd in the Anwrican Legion Post Home. Prior to the meeting, a delicious Pot Luck Din¬ ner was served to the members and. guests.
Our distinguished guest was Mrs. Charles Gill of Tintey Park, Presi¬ dent of the Department of Illinois, she was accompanied by her Depart¬ ment Membership Chairman, Mrs. Thomas AcUin of Etolton. Intro¬ duced other than the aforemention¬ ed, were: Don Enstrom of Huntley, County Commander of the American Legion and Post CoiHmander, Jack Goehl <rf Huntley; Robert Wagner of Cai7, husband of the President of McHenry County Council, Audree Wagner; George Miuchek, McHen¬ ry, husband of Ruth Mrachek, Ilth District President; Roy ^lomo, Mc¬ Henry, husband of 1 auretta Homo, District Secretary; Robert Schultz, Huntley, husband of Fabel Schultz, County Chaplain; Mrs. Mrachek and Mrs. Homo were also introduced.
Mrs. Wagner presided and the usual patriotic ceremony were pre¬ sented. Business transacted was re¬ ports of Unit activities and their membership. Units represented were; Algonquin, Cary, Crystal Lake, Heb¬ ron, Huntley, Marengo, McHenry, Wonder Lake and Woodstock. There were 41 members present, including 5 from Crystal Lake. Mrs. Charles Karlovc, Mrs. Clyde Reynolds, Mrs. Frank Brockrojige, Mrs. Don¬ ald Brockrogge and Mrs. Thomas Alvis. Units Imported attending the Ilth District convention in West Chi¬ cago and the Patriotic Conference in the Sherman House, Chicago. Their activities included celebrating the Legion's birthday: assisting in the Veterans Hospital in Elgin and Downey; Child Welfare work for the Woodstock Children's Home; Community Service, for the Valley Hi Home for which now drapes were purchased; and working in local charity drives. Mrs. Wagner and Mrs. David Kades of Cary reported briefly on the Patriotic Conference. The District Membership Chairman, Mrs. Homo, reported our county lacks only 6 members to reach quota and urged delinquent members to COUNTY AUXILIARY
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Now that the baseball season Ls ihere, the American Legion, through its local Posts, WiU afain sponsor Junior Baseball Leagues.
Here in Huntley, Post 673 h sponsoring Little Leagtie Baseball. This is a community program in its participation, in that any boy who qualifies, can play, whether or not his dad is a veteran.
However, the expense of this pro¬ gram is more that most people are aware of. There is a $650.00 regis¬ tration and insurancs fee. Add to this the cost of the equipment and transportation and you will -realize it can be expensive.
So the HunUey Legion Post is at
present conducting a Fund raising
drive.   Therefore,   if   you   are   ap-
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LITTLE LEAGUE
Kindergarten Registration Apr 10
Kindergarten registration for the fall of 1970 will be held in the of¬ fice of the Huntley Elementary School on Friday, Apr. 10, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. A birth certificate must be pro¬ duced verifying that the child will be five years old on or before De¬ cember 1, 1970. Also come pre¬ pared to register for Kindergarten class visitation and pre-school vision and hearing testing. Class visitation and testing will be April 16 and 17.
2nd Annual Pancake Day This Sunday
The Second .\nnual HunUey Pan¬ cake Day will be held this coming Sunday, Apr. 12, Bl the Huntley Fire Barn with serving time from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Through the courtesy of Jack Zenk, Huntley Hair Fashions, the Woodstock Childrens Home, with 36 in attendance, are going to be his guests.
It is reported Oiat ticket sales have been good and that a large crowd is expected. Last year over 1,000 people were served. It waa estimated that out of this group, 999 were very well satisfied wlQi the service and food.       ^
All people associated with this affair hope that you wiU be in at¬ tendance.
Pat Williams To
Speak at Atfdetic Bcmquet
Patrick Livingston Murphy Wll- Hams has a public image of a pro¬ moter, hustler, con artist, snake-oil salesman, camy barker, shell-game operation. He does not cultivate this spurious identity, though he tolerates   it.
Williams has borrowed many of the showmanship tactics of Bill Veeck, the Barnum of baseball, in an attempt to make his Chicago Bulls as much a fixture a« the Bears and Cubs. Shice hecoming the Bulls' 8«neral manager a few months ago he has accom{tohed soaaethinc miraaukmst by bringing a dying franchise baeir t» lif*, at- tracthtg an HTN'age of 10,000 fans per game in Chicago Stadium, an increase of more than 6,000 fans a game. He is determined to make every baskeball game an extra¬ ordinary experience, whether it requires something as bizarre as a wrestling bear or as conventional as a winning team. Tbe ultimate promotion says Williams, wotild be to give each fan a |100 bill at the gate.
You can hear Pat Williams at the Huntley Uons Club athletic banquet Wednesday,. Apr. IS, »t 7 o'clock in the fire bara.
Tickets are available from all Lion Club members and local mer¬ chants.
April Fools Raise $1,038
Annual Grafton Twp Budget Hearing
The annual budget hearing for Grafton Township was held Tues¬ day, March 3l8t, 1970 at the Town- ship Garage. The first budget to be read was the Soad &. Bridge budget. It was estimated the maiatainence of roads would cost $11,000. Total owing on roads was set at $1,400. Total machinery purchases was esti¬ mated at $10,000. $5,000 was bud¬ geted for tbe repair of machinenr*
$100 was budgeted for the pre¬ vention of weeds. 31600 waa bud¬ geted for maintenance of buildinipL A total of $2880 was budgeted for administration. The total estimate expenditures and uf appropriation was $43,500. $23,000' was estimated for the Town Fund. The General Assistance Fund was estimated at $7,000. This was up $900 over last year's figures. Cwiipensation pro¬ vided by the nCA is set at $3000 for the six employees ot the town¬ ship.
Mrs. Leona Nelson was present at the meeting and questioned differ¬ ences existing in rhe Hard Road Fund and actual expenses. The budget caUed for $39,000 and tte Fund received approximately $45,- 000. This was a relatively short meeting, lasting from only 8 p.m. to 8:45  p.m.
Congregational Church To Expand
In a congregational meeting, the members of the First Congrega¬ tional Church approved by a over¬ whelming 88% vote a $60,000 building program. The program will add more than 4,000 square feet ot usable space to the church facilities, to V used for Sunday School classrooms, meeting rooms, coihraunity activities, and to the church  proper.
Jhe church's orieiaai buSdina; buUt in 1864 will receive extensive remodelingr >n tbe biwaft and minor dMoges  to tbe  interior.
Constniction wffl begin in Jnna.
Pictwad above te Mr. Al lordi. President of the PTA. aad SkMey aark piosentiag Mr. LeRoy Marfcs, Soperfatendeat, with a ctock In the aaMont of $1038 for tlM> school library. Tbe money was raised by the pr^aaatitlwi «( the April Foob Sbam.
On Saturday, April 4th. at 8:00 pm, the 3rd Annual PTA April Fools Show premiered u> a large audience. For the lack of rehearsal time, the show was well done and entertain¬ ing. In fact, the entire show was a "howling" Success.
The show began" on a dramatic note yi^. the 'Teudin' Mountida Boys.-' T%# sound affects tmr mk production displayed a remarkaWe tonality. Mr. Marks played the role of a surprised superintendent bebig hauled off by a self-appointed com¬ mittee of townspeop'e at gun ptrint amazingly well. It .s possible this sort of thing has happened to him before.
Following the ""Feudin' Mountain Boys," a serious aspect of the show was noted with the presentation of a check by Mrs. Clark and President of the PTA, Mr. AI Jordi, to Mr. Marks for the admirable sum of $1038. The community and PTA {Should be commended for thelf hearty support of the school li>raiy.
Undoubtedly the best received act of the show was the ledectible, sexy, and dimple-kneed Jeanne C. Riley (Bud Weber). He captured the audi¬ ence heart with his rendition of "Humley Village PTA." All the "corrupUon" m our fair community was exploited in a most disarming manner.
One of the cleverest and wittiest aspects of the show was revealed in the skit, 'Belle's of St. Mary's." The housevrives should be congratulated for their contribution to the local fashion industry.
Last, but not least, the dessert was found in the hand-clipping, fin¬ ger-snapping, foot-stamping music.
I couldn't possibly mention all the talent and the diversity of talent evident in the program, but the en¬ tire cast shoold be oigratnlated for their fine performances.
Fort those of you who saw the program, I vh<^ you enjoyed It as much as I did. For those of you who missed it this year, I hope you don't miss it next year. Rate GP for General Public,
$20 additional was raised by a cast party held after the show et the American Legion Home. The trio that performed in tbe show, played for the cast's entenainment and ttie hat was jtassed around to pay tile teio. The money was re¬ fused by the trio and donated to the PTA.
Cathy Tbnm
Special Meeting Of School Board
A special meatiag of the Himtley Board of Education was hald last Monday, April 6th in the boardroom of the school. The purpose of the meeting was to reconsider the con¬ tract of Mr. lack McDooAid, Co«ch and P. E. te»dtor^^ U»«M^. thf board, dt i" pwwWtti~tfwlWflfc utf decided not to renew Mr. McDoo- akl's contract School tnaH«es, Mr. Jirik, Mr. Stading, Mr. Bein, Mr. Bastian. Miss Mackebm and Mrs. Thrun were present al the meeting: Trustee Dr. Grau was abteat. In addition to the regular members of the board, Superintendent Leroy Marks and Grade School principal James Banks were present
Two petitions were presented to the board by a committee composed of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Modaff and Mrs. Jim Grimes. Ihefe were 297 adult signatures on one adult peti¬ tion pres»ited to the board. Tile childrwi's petition, gi-ades 4 through 12, contained 379 names. The chil¬ dren's petition was made up by themselves and contained statements such as, "We like Mr. McDonald," and "Save Our CoadJ."
A motion was then made by Mias Mackeben, seconded by Mrs. Thrun to accept the petitior. on behalf of Mr. Jack McDonald. The motion carried 6 yea's, no nayn.
The board then west into execu¬ tive session to discuss BIr. McDon¬ ald. At 8:30 pm. Mr. McDonald ww admitted to the meet'ng. The board continued in executive session and discussed with Mr. McDonald mat¬ ters concerning his teaching. At the end of the executive session, a mo¬ tion was made by Mrs. Thrun, sec¬ onded by Mr. Stading to offer Mr. McDonald a contract to the foil ex¬ tent of last year'i contract. Tbe motion earned 6 yea'c, no nays.
A moticm was Ihen made by Mrs. Thrun, seconded by Miss Mackeben to adjourn the meeting and the meet¬ ing stood adjooined.
Huntley School ComingEvents
April  11 — Schod Board Blec tioo.
April 14 — Central (there) base¬ ball.
April 16 — Genoa (tfaaie) base- baU.
April 18 — Hebron (tiiere) base¬ ball.