The Huntley Farmside

              VOLUME 2  — NUMBER  16
THTTRSDAY,   JITLY . 20,   1961
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Pictured above is policeman Andy Sychowski and streetnuin Morris Kiefer setting up the electrical timer on Rt, 47 South of town. The timer nill be used to help check the Ht>eed of tourists passing through town and protect the lives of our children. It is not set up as a "speed tru|i".
Little   League
With only one more game to play, Huntley's l.ittlo League sea¬ son draws swiftly to a close.
A week ago Tuesday night, Huntley t)eat Burlington 14 to 7. Steve Goers was the pitcher. Last Thursday, Huntlev' edged Hamp¬ shire 8 to 4. That makes three straight wins against Hampshire. Brent Weber was the pitcher.
Huntley is tied for first place in the     conference    with    Elijern. Continued  on Page  2 Little  I.,eague      .    .    .
4-H
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T.V.
SL\ 4-H Boys and Girls from the Huntley area will appear with their pubrcd dairy calves on Channel  11  Wed., July 26.
Mr. Ralph Henning and Mr. Delwin Borhart, leaders of the Huntley Boys 4H Club will take thie young people and their calves to the Museum of Science and In¬ dustry in Chicago where the pro¬ gram will originate.
If is scheduled just a week be¬ fore the McHenry County Fair to Continued on page 1 4-H'en.  on   T.V.      .    .   .
Bank Winners Announced
Mrs. Marilyn McNeill of 220 Woodstock Street, Huntley, won a croquet set, which was first prize in a drawing at the State aBnk of Huntley.
Mr. Fred Schnulle of 635 Semi¬ nary St., Woodstock, was second prize winner of an ice chest.
These prizes were given away in connection with the new sav¬ ings promotion at the State Bank of Huntley.
The Huntley Bank is now com¬ puting savings interest on a monthly basis at the rate of three (31 per cent. This new adopted Continned no page 8 Bank   Winners       .    .    .
Boitrlin^ Notice
This season's first meeting of the Huntley Women's Bowling League has been scheduled by President Barbara Brunscheon for July 28, at at 8:00 p.m. at the Bowl-Hi Lanes. All old and new bowlers interested in joining this group are urged to attend. This meeting is being held for the pur¬ pose of sotting up and organzing teams for the new season.
Construction starts on Sender
How to get reliable information oon farm fires?
Can farm inspections prevent fires?
Can rural fire departments be effective?
These and many more questions of viital concern to Rural Ameri¬ ca will be discussed at the Na¬ tional Farm Fire Safety Ceminar to be held July 19 and 0 at the Thor Research Center for Better Farm  Living,  Huntley,  111.
The two-day session will in¬ clude workshops on Rural Fire Statistics: Problems of Struc¬ tures and Equipment; Private Farm Inspection Programs; Safe¬ guarding Farms Aagainst Fires; and Rural Fire Departments.
Speakers, announced by May¬ nard  Coe,    former    head   of  t he
(Continued on Page 7) Thor Research at Huntley
Eaundrontat Progresses
Workmen began assembling and lining up the dryers for the new laundromat soon in Huntley last week. The dryers will be against the south wall of the old Counsel Drug Store building. They havc to be level in order to operate properly. Seen in the pic¬ ture above are two empoloyees of Heinemann Hardware completing this  leveling  process.
Tho dryers still have to have exhausts vents attached to them and gas for tho heating. Holes have also been drilled into the floor of the old drug store for the plumbing and will lye used on the washers.
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Dean Milk Company employees held their annual summer picnic last Saturday, July 15, at the Ma¬ rengo American Legion Home west of Marengo on Route 20. The picnic is one of two planned by the employees of the compa¬ ny. Each week employees put a side for this picnic and for ahoth- er picnic which is still to come up. The other picnic is for i)oth the Huntley plant and the Dean Milk plan\ in Chemung, Illinois and will be held later on this year.
At   the   Marengo  picnic   which
Continued on page 8 Deans   PPlcnlc      .    .    .
Don Barrett at
U. of I.
The dept. of. Vocational Educa¬ tion in Springfneld selected ten in the state of Illinois to attend a thre day "Soils Workshop" on the campus, of the U. of I. Don Barrett, Huntley Vo. Ag. teach¬ er, was one, of the ten teachers selected. He spent July 17, 18 and 19 at the university attending this concentrated soils cleiss. Dur¬ ing the coming weelts Mr. Barrett will convey the information, he brought back from the course to th ag. teachers in three different Northenr 111., areas.   On  July 25
Continued on Page 2
Don   Barrett at  U. of  I.
County   Firemen's   ^eetin^
WlUiani Grier denonstrates to Lyle Sorensen, secretary and trea». nre of the organization of Harvard ;Paul Wendt, V.P. from Algonquin ;and Jack Anderson, Huntleys fire chief, how a fire will set off an automatic sprinkler head. Mr. Grier was the guest speaker from the National Auto¬ matic Sprinkler Association at the monthley McHenry County Firemen's Association meeting held last Tuesday nlghe at the Huntley Fire Bam.
Co.  Firemen Meeting
110 firemen from all of Mc¬ Henry County and a few sur¬ rounding counties attended the McHenry County Firemen Asso¬ ciation meeting held in Huntley last Tuesday,'' July 18. Each month the Association meets in a different members town. Next month's meeting will he held Au¬ gust  21  in  West   Dundee.
The Association has dues which are used for the benefit of the various fire protection districts and the individual members of these districts.
A short business meeting was hold. The different benefits, dues, and the annual county water fights to be held at Woodstock this year at the city park were discussed. The fights will stop at 1 p.m. August 27 and four tro¬ phies will be awarded. The Wood¬ stock city park is located west of C^ontinued on Page 7 Co.  Firemen's Meeting     .    .
Work. Regun oit SeMrer Project
Work l)egan this week on the enlargement    of    the   sewer    dis-
j t)osal plant in Huntley on the (^a'nentersville   blacktop.   When
'   Finished,  the plant will have en-
I largcd pumps, fitlers, and l)ed space. The pitcure in this week's pajMjr shows a large crane tak- i'l^ the d'rt away from the side of
'   the o'd imhoff tank.  The  dirt  is
I being stored in the rear of the sewer disposal plant and oon the
I side of the new imhoff tank. Not shown   directly   behind   the   tank
I   workmen  are working on   tho fi-
I    nal   purification.
With the increased population and new sewers Ijeing installed in Huntley, the voters in the April election deemed new improvve- ments necessary. The Huntley Farmside is keeping an account of tho progress on this project.
Huntley Boys in F.F.A.   Fair
There will be seventeen Hunt- dents showing this year at the District Six F.F.A. Fair at Bel¬ videre August 9. Twehe students are showing dairy animals with a total of 21 entries. Seven stu¬ dents are showing hogs with a total of 24 entries. One student is showing t>eef with one entry. Fifteen students are showing corn with fifteen entries. One student is showing oats with one entry.
Next weeks Farmside will car¬ ry a list of each participant and what he will he showing.
40 &) 8 Meeting
The 24th McHenry County 40 and 8 nurse winner is Bonnie Granger of Woodstock.
Our 1961 Scholarship Winner will be in training at Augustana Hospital.
The 40 and 8 Magazine Sub¬ scription Drive will be in full I swing through August and Sep- j tcmbcr conducted by the efficient I "National Organization Service I   Corp."
We hope to realize enough to present another Nurse's Scholar¬ ship to our 1961 Alternate, Jeanne Kahl of Huntley, for her training in the Swedish Ameri¬ can Hospital."
THE   40    AND    8    McHENRY Continued no page 8 40 & 8 Meeting     .    .   .
Deans Picnic Hu^e Success