The Huntley Farmside

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Thursday,   March  16,   1961
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Adult Welding Class Graduates
Shown aft«r recotvlng their diplomas last Tuesday evening, March 14, are left to right: Ist row. Bill Evanson, Leon Arseneau, Duane Koppen, Austin Pope, LeRoy Ketchmark; 2nd ro»v. Instructor Donald Barrett, Ken Olson, Ed Pislte, Jim Bennett, and Stuart Wells, instructor. Lee Henning, who was alwent, also received a diplema from the Adult Education Welding Class.
Sacred ^usic Concert Griven
March 12, the Huntley Consoli- dateii Schools High School Senior Chorus presented their Annual In- terdemrioinatlonal S a c r o d Music Concert. "The Crucifixion" by J. Stainer. The chors, soloists, and duo-accompanists were under the direction of Mr. R. Perley.
This is the third year that the high school music department has presented such a program. This year's audience was the largest thus far, but there was still room for more.
TTie cantata presented was a dif¬ ficult work; and from the com¬ ments from various members of the audience, it was well received and presented. Many persons were amazed and pleased at the musical contributions of the 23 voice chor¬ us.
The Annual High School Spring Cnocert will be April 14 at 8:15 p.m., Huntley Cons. Schools Gymn. The annual Grade School Spring Concert will be April 29. 8:15 p.m.
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Ac^nainance
Prograni
Rod Mortimer, Daryl Reeves, Don Olson and John Reidl, Hunt¬ ley High School students attended the Farm Bureau F.F.A. acquaint¬ ance day program in Woodstock- last Friday,'March 10. This pro¬ gram is held at this time each year to take advantage of schools being closed for the County Teachers Meeting.
A group of students from each school in the county attend this conference during the day and learn the principles of poerating a business in our American economy. In the evening tho students from Huntley and Mr. Barrett drove from Woodstock to Hebron with the group for a dinner and pro¬ gram.
A representative from each school summaiized the day's activ¬ ities.John Reidl took advantage of this to further his development of public speaking.
Grood Luck to Neifir Oivners
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New M. &) H. Dairy Mart
Howard and Milly Ruth have just purchase Jays Dairy Mart and are now operating It under the name of the M. & H. Dairy Mart.
The Ruths opened for business last Saturday, March 11, and will stay open seven days a week from H in the morning until 11 at night until, as Mr. Ruth says, "the snow flies."
Mrs. Ruth has lived in the Hunt¬ ley area all of her life. Howard came toHuntl ey from Riley town¬
ship which is south of Marengo. The Ruths have fanned on their present land east of town on Ruth Road since 1945. They have three children. Chuck 10, Penny 9, and Bill 7. In the Dairy Mart the Ruths have hired' two employees, Mary Zemla and Mrs. Alice Schiesher.
Howard has participated in many conrununity services in the past. Among these as Santa Claus and auctioneer at the F.F.A. auction. The Dairy Mart will be a new ad¬ venture for the Ruth family. We at the paper wish them the best of success.
Welding Class Grets Diploukas
Thursday, March 14, concluded tho Adult Class in Welding at the Huntloy High School.
Nine members of tho class re¬ ceived certificates for the ten week course completion. These class members were Ed Piske. Kenneth Olson, Willis Emerson, Jim Ben¬ nett, LeRoy Ketchmark, Loon Arseneau, Lee Henning. -Austin Pope, and Duane Koppen>
F.F.A. in Public speaking Cont.
On Thursday, March 23, John Reidl and Mike Silberhorn, Hunt¬ ley High Shcool students, will par¬ ticipate in the eSction 6 Public Speaking Contest at DeKalb High School.
Joh n Reidl, senior students and last year's winner in the section, will participate in the extemporan¬ eous public speaking contest again.
Mike Silberhorn freshman stu¬ dent will be Huntley's entry in the prepared speech contest. Mike will speak for eight minutes on "The Future in Agriculture."
These boys have spent many hours in preparing for the contest. There are 20 schools eligible for this contest and every minute spent in preparation by Ihe boys will be very worth wJuUs^SBSBt in exper-
Open l,etteT to PTA Members
OPEN LETTER TO P.T.A.
MEMMBERS AND INTERESTED
PERSONS
At the recent P.T.A. meeting ot March 13, I made reference to some data that I did not have with me at that time. I felt Oiat you may be interested in the following materials:
"The Northern Alumnus," March, 1961, Vol. ,4, No. 2, with all data being from Bureau of Census fig¬ ures for 1959:
"Can Illinois Afford Better Edu¬ cation, It Isn't Half Trying. Illinois ranks  6th  in  per   capita   income
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Open Letter to P.T.A. Members
Marketing   A Dairy   Product
Walter Kerchner, Garden Prai¬ rie economist and dairy farmer, will discuss marketing and other factors which make breeding, feed¬ ing and management pay in dairy farming. Mr. I^erchner comes to the Huntley farmers with many helpful ideas on how to help youi^ self fn your own business.
Plan to attend this adult farmers class at the high school Thursday, March 16, at 8 p.m. and help your¬ self to sound ideas in management.
Dr. Woelffer, writer for Hoard's airyman, will not be present until Thursday, March 30, when the class concludes.
NOTICE
The Huntley Farmside is an In¬ dependently owned and operated newspaper, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Quia O'Brien. It has no political financial or personal ties with any other newq>aper,' buslnetw or pri¬ vate individual. As such The Hunt¬ ley Farmside can not be respons¬ ible for printing news articles, le¬ gal notices, or advertising which is not contracted by the Individual or group wishing to place that news, legal notices or advertisiai^. Unless such material Is presented to the dulv authorized owners.
Welders Finish Up
Pictured above are members of the Adult Education welding class practicing what they have learned. They are as follows: Don Barrett, instructor (inth e foreground), Jim Bennett, Ed Piske, Stuart Wells, instructor, Leon Arseneau, LeBov Ketchmarlc, Austin Pope, Duane Koppen, Bill Evanson, and Kenneth Olson. Lee Henning was absent.
Facts <&) Figures
M. E. GAHAN
There have been a number of re¬ quests for me to resume this col¬ umn in the newspaper.
1. Out of a total of 30 teachers, including Mr. Delaney and myself, three have completed their.mas¬ ter's degrees or beyond: Mr. Roger Perley. fe Hahild'Anderson; -and Mr. Don Barrett. Mr. Don Hertel has thus far completed one-third of his, and Mr. Neil Bennett two- thirds of his.
2. This year we exceeded the usual amount of gate receipts for the  football   season   by   approxi-
Continued on page .5 Facts and Figures
Huntley P.T.A.
The f?"2rd meeting of Huntley P.HT.A. was held March 13. Pres¬ ident M. Swanson opened the meet¬ ing.
Grade 7A Mr. Roam, and the high school Sophemores received the February room awards.
A meeting concerning Taxes and Your-.School will be held at the Harrison School, Wonder Lake, on March 16. Person interested are invited to attend.
T-^e P.T A. State Conventwn is April 27, 28 and 29. A mock con¬ vention will be held at Elgin pre¬ ceeding  the  State Convention.
Continued on page 2 I    Huntley P.T.A.
Harley Grets New Desk
Last Thursday, March 14, Mc¬ Henry County Supervisors moved into their new chambers on the top floor of the court house in Wood¬ stock. Pictured above, at his new desk, is Harley Mackeben, Grafton Township's representative In this assembly.
The McHenry County Board of Supervisors is the township legis¬ lating body similar to the general assembly for the state of Illinois. Its duties are to legislate laws and to take care of the business of the county.
Harley Mckeben for the past five years has been chairman of this board. He is now seeking re-elec¬ tion to this office. Every township has one representative for every 5,000 population. On the McHenry county board of supervisors Graf¬ ton township at the present time
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has a population of 4060. Up until this year the requirMnent was based upon 4,000. The new cham¬ bers of the board of supervisors is similar in construction to our federal legislative bodies. Each su¬ pervisor has his own modem steel desk and a microphone placed in front of him. Mr. Mackeben sits in front of the assembly and main¬ tains order. Seated next to him is Vernon Kays .county clerk.
In the past all the minutes were taken down in shorthand by a sec¬ retary. Now with the added micro¬ phone, everything said is recorded. In this way no minor detail which might be left out of them inutes will be overlooked.
If Mr. Mackeben is re-elected to this office he will be the first man t succeed himself in the poat in the history of McHenry County.