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VOLUME 10 — NUMBER 47 THURSDAY. FEBRUARY M, l»7»
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A committee has been set up for (he second anni-at Pancake Day for the benefit of the Huntley Medical Center. At the meeting held this past Satarday, Henry Marlowe was named general chairman with Wal¬ ly Burmeister and Charles-Lamb as co-chairmen. The committees were set up as follows: Dennis O'Brien, publicity; Leon Olhaber and John Rugh, tickets; Earle Johnson, menu and supplies; Roger Coie and Jim O'Connor, chefs and cooks; Mr. and Mrs. Helm Thurow, banquet hall; Eldon Pfaff, house committee; Wayne Miller, finance, and serving chairmen will oe Mrs. Bernice. Bak¬ ley and Mrs. May Chesak.
The date has been set for Sun¬ day, Apr. 12, with tbe hour of serv¬ ing from 8 a.m. to I p.m. at the Fire Bam.
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The Huntley Licm's Club kouma ment for 5tht 6th, 7th and Sth grade basketball teams was held last week in Huntley school gym. Winn.r ot the tournament were as follows: Sth & «h grades, 1st. place. St. Maiy'», Elgin, 2nd place, St. Pat's, .St. Ckarles; 3rd place, Hampshire. la IM 7tti & 8ttt grades, 1st place waa«£«|HR. PKVDt^ <:har1e8; 2iid place, Hampahhw, tM 3rd place, St. loto's, Elgin.
Other special awards for the tournament were given to the fol¬ lowing: Cheerleaders awards fSth & 6th). St. Pat's St. Charles; (7th & Sth). St. Joe's, Elgin.
Free Throw awards wore given to Sth & 6th grade, Stan Walker, Hampshire, 67%; and 7th & Sth grade, Joe Hentzter, St. Joe's, 55%.
Sportsmenship awards, Sth & 6th grades, St. Joe's, Elgin and 7th & Sih grades. Woodstock. St. Mary's.
The conference standings at the end of the season  are as follows:
Sth & 6th grades — Ist., St. Pat's, (won 12 and lost 2); St. Mary's, Elgin (won 12 and lost 2; Hamp¬ shire (won 11 and lost 3; St. Joe's (won S and lost 9).
7th & Sth grades — 1st, St. Pat's (won 14 and lost Oy, St. Joe's (won 11 and lost 3); Huntley (won 8 and lost 6), and Hampshire (won 7 and loat 7).
At the end of the tournament awards were presented to the var¬ ious winners by Wilmer Rohlwing, president of the Huntley Lion's Club. Mr. R(Alwing thanked Glen Delaney, tournament manager, and Gene Lindsey, chairman of the tournament. The conference trophies were handed out by Mr.' Delaney.
LegionBirthday Dinner March 15
The American Legion will be 61 years old on March 15. Fifty-one years of service to the Veterans, to their families. Fifty-one years of strife with Congress to obtain and retain laws that would benefit the veterans. To celebrate this mem¬ orable date the Huntley Legion Post 673 will have a dinner, fol- loived by a dance, on Saturday, March 14th.
There will be an interesting pro¬ gram- that evening. Guest speaker, for the occassion is Russ Bieritz, a past Department Commander. Con- Coathmed 09 V>ge Two MBOBDAV IHNNER
Lions Cluh Tournament Huge Success
Postmaster Richard Michaelsen presented the followng bulletin regarding the extension of the rural route mail, delivery: "More Home Delivery Service Now Avail¬ able. Millions More Eligible to re- receive home services: Who is Eli¬ gible; How to Apply for Mail De¬ livery.
Up to the pres«tit time, rural mail delivery could not be ext^id- ed to families living within ooe- half of mile of this post office.
To improve the postal senriee, the post office department has aa- noupnced that rural mail delivery may now be extended to custom¬ ers living one-quarter mile or more from this post office.
To qualify for service, at least three families must be served for each additional 2 mites travefed by the rural carrier and at least 50 percent of the families in tbe area CoaUnaed oa Page Vme POfiTM.ASTER
FFA Week
Members   of   the   Huntley   FFA chapter  join this week  with over 16.S0O Illinois FFA members ia ob¬ serving National FFA Week, pf». V»rf 21-28. -'r^f-y'
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Huntley diapter membon are trait- ing on speoal projects to he^ fi>- cus attention on the importance 0^ agriculture. Many of these projects help support the theme "FFA . . . Empahsis Agriculture."
Special FFA Week projects ot the local chapter include The Parent and Son Banquets.
The FFA organization is designed to give rural youth training in leadership, citizenship, cooperation, and a broadened knowledge of agri¬ culture. Each year, thousands (rf FFA members discover that the FFA is an opportunity for youth.
The 41 members of the Huntley FFA chapter are a part of over 450,- ()0Q FFA members across the na¬ tion. The Illinois Association hsa nearly 17,000 members in 430 local chapters.
A small fire broke out at approx¬ imately 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 19th at Marlowe's Feed & Hatchery on Route 47. Only minor damage was reported on a com dryer.
A second firo occured on Sunday, February 22nd, at approximately 10:00 a.m., east of Huntley on the Leo Neperman farm. The barn was destroyed, but all the animals were saved. The cause of the fire Is un¬ known.
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Toliway Report
State Senator Dennis J. Collins (Rep., DeKalb). has expressed op¬ timism that a favorable recommen¬ dation will be made shortly on be¬ half of a new interchange with the Northwest Toliway at Illinois Route 47.
Senator G<dlins, a pioneering prime mover for the interdiange, said he expects a favorable report to be submitted within the next 90 days by Wilbur Smith and Assoc¬ iates, New Haven, Conn., traffic en¬ gineering consultants, who are studying the feasibility of construc¬ ting the interchange for the Illinois CoBttaued oa Page Two TDLLW.VY