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VOLUME  5  —  NUMBER 41
THURSDAV, JANUARY  14,  1963
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Huntley Fartnside Revie-ws 1964
The State Bank of Huntley hired David r>otweilcr a, graduate of Dubuque University, in their busi¬ ness administration department. The United Church of Christ Con¬ gregational held their annual picni cat Pleasant Valley Farm on Sunday, June 28. Swimming lessons commenced at Grafton Park Beach on July 6. Don Tess¬ mer of Huntley was awarded $100 and a week-end trip to Florida by the Elgin Moose I>odge for secur¬ ing 28 candidates for membership in the lodge. He aiso received a pin for 25 new members. The tele¬ phone company announced reduc¬ ed rates in the Huntley telephone area. On Thursday July 2, the Huntley Planning Commission pre¬ sented a suggested .subdivision regulation ordinance to the Hunt¬ ley Village Board. In this report it was stated that Huntley's popu¬ lalion will increase 120% by 1980, to be just over the 2500 mark. Mr. Clyde Clanl; i 72, passed away in his home dj^^^jne 25. Mr. Cliarles Leupke, 78, of Los Angeles, Calif., died while viattiag hia-aon, .at St. Joseph's Hospital. Mrs. Esther M. Ruth. 66, ijj^er of Howard Ruth of rural Hdjjey, died on Friday, July 3, at St. Joseph's Hospital. Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Hartrick, Jr., l)ecame the parents of a daughter born July .3, at Fort Benning, Georgia.
The Huntley police department received a new police .squad car purchased from Ben Hansford Chevrolet. The Illinois Bell Tele¬ phone Company commenced the work preparatory to installing di¬ rect dialing in Huntley. Mr. Auc u.st E. Englert of rural Huntley, passed away on July 10, after a short illness. Rev. Edward Heine Iwcame the new p\stor of St. John's United Ch"reh of Chri.st in Harmony and Union. The Trinity Lutheran Church held their annu¬ al picnic on July 9. Mr. & Mrs. Wendell Weltzien became the parents of a son on July 17, at Sherman Hospital.
The Huntley Junior Chamber of Commerce held their charter night dinner and installation of officers on Saturday, July 25, at Bowl-Hi Lanes. The Huntley Consolidated School Board reversed an earlier decision to cancel the kindergar¬ ten and stated in a news article that kindergarten woidd he held in the fall. They stated that the kindergarten was cancelled be¬ cause of lack of funds to finance it. Further in the article it was stated that kindergarten would lie held only one semester if the forth owning bond issue failed.
The Huntley American Legion Auxiliary received the 1st place award ait the state converrtion for their sales of Veterans craft mer¬ chandise on Saturday, August 1. Accepting the award for the local chapter was Mrs. Lucille Koch, chairman of veterans craft sales. The local Auxiliary sold over $2600.00 of veterans craft.
On August 6, 7, 8 and 9 the McHenry County Junior Fair was held in Woodstock. Huntley had many winners in both the 4-H artd open claases. At the August 6th meeting of the Huntley Village Board the annual audit report was presented and published. A new subdivision- ragulatioiw oriUiMnwo -
prepared by the Huntley Planning Conunission was also accepted at this meeting. Mr. Dave Rudy pre¬ sented a subdivision plat to the Village Board at this meeting. This was the first subdivision to cnmc under the new ordinance. It was accepted by the Village Board. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Seller be¬ came the parents of a daughter bom at Woodstock Memorial Hos- oitHl. Mr. and Mrs. Duane Reeves became the parents of a son born August 11, at Sherman Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Victoria Louise Marie Scherer of Genoa, mother of Mrs. Rot)ert Schultz of Huntley passed away on Saturday, August 8, at Sycamore Hospital. The State Bank of Huntley installed two gas lights for the bo.Tiitifica- tion of their building. A lighting '¦eremon.v was held with Mayor Wilpault Brill officiating on Sat¬ urday, August 22. On Wednesday. August 19, the 40 and 8 and tho Eight and Forty held joint instal¬ lation of officers in Huntley at the Legion Home. Supei^^isor Harley Mackeben announced that the Huntley Fire Station would be used for the new polling place for Grafton 1 precinct. The reason for the change of poUing place was a new state law requiring one booth for every Ti registered voters. Mr. Marvin Prieffer- of ^amn passed - away. He was the father of Mrs. Dwayne Bilsborough of. Huntley Mr. and Mrs. Neil Jonson became the parents of a son on August 24. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Anderson be- cames the parents of a son iwm at St. Joseph's Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Saunder became tlie parents of a son on August 24, at Woodstock Memorial Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Terry Englert be¬ came the parents of a daughter bom OTI August 14.
A total of g89 students enrolled in the Huntloy .schools the first week in September. The Huntley American Legion received a State of Illinois flag, to be flown be¬ neath the flag of the United States The new flag was presented to the , Post as a memorial to Ewald Tess¬ endorf by his widow, Lima, and memt)ers of the family. In Septem¬ ber the Huntley Farmside and in¬ terested merchants in the area circulated petitions to the Illinois Commerce Commission to estab¬ lish a toll-free calling area in Huntley. This area would include eight surrounding towns. Work commenced also at this time on the sanitary sewer at Grafton Park Beach, the work l)eing done by Bakley Construction Co. The Annual Budget hearing of the Huntley Consolidated Schools wajs held Wednesday evening, Septem¬ ber 2. A large group of interested citizens were present, representing the citizens cwtunittee. Spokes¬ man for that group was Mr. Krihi. Mr. Kries discussed many points of the budget with the Huntley School Board. Approximately 200 spectators attended the meeting of the Grafton Township Board of Auditors. This meeting was re¬ corded OTI tape unl)eknown to many of the spectators by the Huntley FWrriside. i
Jeaiuie Kahl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chrii Kaitl was married to Larry Zaugg, of Rockford, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Huntley. The United Chtffch of Oirist OoOgregatiatMil. Qfiebrated the 100 annivenary of iim erec¬ tion of its sanctuary. Tht; diurch was organized in 18^  tat tbe
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Credit Union Plans Meeting
The 14th annual dinner meeting for the members of the Huntley Community Credit Union will be held on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Jan. "">. 1965 at the Amcr'.can Legion Home.
A delicious roast beef dinner will be .served by the ladies auxiliary of the American Legion. Attorney Raymond J. Kelley and Delwin Borhart will give reports for the year. Tickets are limited to 10(5 and are now on sale at the credit union office. No tickets will he sold at the door. Over thirty door awards will be distributed at the conclusion of the meeting.
Meeting of Bank Stockholders
On Thursday, January 7th, 1965, the State Bank of Huntloy held its Annual Stockholders Meeting.
For the year 1965, the following officers  were   elected:
Williarn.M c C r e d.i e president Henry |£""j-lowe Vice President W. M. W.^r Executive Vice Presi¬ dent, R. L. Banks Cashier, DavM . Oe^^Oar Tttmeistaitt<SaabtefrQer^ trude Koppen Assistemt Cashier, Janet th    --. Assistant Cashier.
It wa^J^^ Sported to the Stock¬ holders that we experienced a sub¬ stantial growth in deposits for this past year, and that this was made made possible through the many friends that have used the State Bank of Huntley's services.
Winter Dance by Cong. Choir
iThe winter dance sponsored by the Chorir of the United Church of Christ was held last Saturday, Jan¬ uary 9, in the Social Hall of the Church. A fourteen piece dance band composed of youths from Lar. kin High School provided a variety of music for the affair. The dance was very well attended and the sponsors wish to thank all who at¬ tended and others who assisted to make it successful.
During the Intermissions special numbers were gJven by Douglas Jordi with a trumpet solo, Faye Marlowe with several numbers on the piano and Oavid Johnson who sang "On  the   Road  to   Mandalay."
The members of the choir had decorated the hall with "snowfta- kes" and special lighting to carry out their theme of a "Winter Whirl. Refreshments of punch and cookies were serve<j throughout the even¬ ing.
Banquet Jan. 28 for Feeders Assn
The 3rd ANNUAL McHENRY COUNTY LIVESTOCK FEay>ER BANQUET will be Thursday, Jan, 28, at 7:00 p.m., in the VFW Hall, Woodstock. Crawford Thayer, ad¬ vertising manager of Jamesway Manufacturing Compahy, will give his humorous Init serious talk en¬ titled "Trends to Power Choring*.'
Everyone welcome. Please se¬ cure tickets in advance from Don Stoxen, Gene Meyer, Gilbert Clau¬ sen, VyH Luedtke, Leo Benecke, Ehrhardt SduUtz, Usnf^ CSeteel- rcian, 'Mefb jtoertscbo-, Charies Wilson, Howard Pihl, Erv Walters and LouitfKn4e!br«jliti'B|f|ft Ad¬ visor.
Annual United      Homemakers Church Meeting     Award
The 113th Annual Meeting of the United Church of Christ Congregat¬ ional was held on January 10, with Wayne Zimmerman as Modentor, following a family style pot luck dinner.
In the election of officers the fot- lowirvg were elected: Deacons — Helm Thurow, Wayne Zimmerman and George Adams; Deaconesses — Bernice Bakley and Josephine John¬ son; Board of Religious Education — Edward Brandwein Jr., George Willis, Charles Lamb and Ann Ben. da; Board of Stewardship and Mis¬ sions — Frank Merrick and Pearl Jensen; Board of Trustees — Ken¬ neth Bakley and Charles Lamb; Church Clerk — Lucille Thurow; Treasurer — Harold Swanson Sr.; Financial Secretary — Mary Lou Hardy; Moderator — Howard Ruth, Historian — Lillian Hawley; Audi¬ tors — Wayne Miller and Mildred Anderson; Director of Fiance — Earle Johnson; Asst. Finance Di¬ rectors — Cullman Andersen and Philip Plans; Hospitality Commit¬ tee — Mr. and Mrs. Don>ald Ander¬ son, Mr. and Mrs. John Ru(Hi; Flow¬ er Committee — Irene Yurs and Kathryn Clanton Clanton; Delegate to State Conference — May Ghesak; Alternate to State Conf»rci|i|M t- ,.-^ntata.-F«nwiefc; Oal««irte t» >»stll>-' ern Association — Mazie Blott and Neva Van Ness; Alternate to North¬ ern Association — Esther Weltilen and Ruth Brill; Benevolence Treas urer — Veda Johnson; Music Com¬ mittee — Betty Ann Anderaon, Joy¬ ce  Janes and  Mildred  Ruth.
Herb Eggers led the discussion for revision of the Church Constit¬ ution. Another meeting will be call¬ ed to complete the  revision.
Reports from all boards and com¬ mittees were read and accepted.
The organ committee reported on their search for a new Organ.
Fire Alarm
Huntley firemen responded to a fire call on Saturday at 12:25 at the Peter Hardt home, 121 North Church Street, in Huntley, where they extinguished a blaze which i>ad started in an overstuffed swivel chair in which one of the Hardt children had been sitting.
Due to quick action on the part of the firemen and their prompt response to the call for assistance, the fire was extinquished after Norm Zimmerman had teased the blazing chair into the yard. There was some smoke damage to con- tents of the room but a major fire was averted. ^
Adult Clsss Scheduled
The Ag Dept. will hold its first adult class meeting Thursday, Jan 21st at 8:00 p.m. The meeting will be on insurance needs of the modern farmers. Ken Reed of the County Life Insurance Company will be hear t oanswer euiy specific questions the class might have.
Petition Filed
Grafton Townahip Clerk Riohard {Enstrom received a petltfon from the Peopies Party of Qrafton Town¬ ship for the ooming election this April last week. Ths party is eom- jprlaad of thp foHowing men runing for the following offlcaa: Howard Ruth, Superviaor; Riehard Enatrom, Town Cleek; F(«yd Soh¬ muck, Awditar; Harli C|MI*r«, Aud¬ itor;  and Mr. Ku«««t, J^wHter.
Kathleen M. Heiney has been mmed Huntley High School's 1965 Betty Crocker Homemaker of To¬ morrow. She scored highest in a written homemaking examination taken by senior girls Dec. 1, and Is now eligible for state and na¬ tional  honors.
Tost papers of all school Homc- mnkers of Tomorrow in the state nre currently being judged. The state's highest- ranking girl will receive a $'',500 scholarship from General Mills, Inc.. sponsor of the Annual Betty Crocker Search for the American Homemaker bf To¬ morrow, with the state runner-up to be awarded a $500 educattonal grant. In addition, the school of the State Homaker of Tomorrow will receive a complete set of the Encyclopaedia Britannica from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Later this spring, the State Homemaker of "Tomorrow, togeth¬ er with a scho(rf advisor, will join first-place winners and advisors from-,^ch of the 50 other states andf°*^ District of ColumWa In a  totir of Colonial   WllllamslNtfg,
Va, _^aaWagts»»-©.-C. v>^MetL.Timam York CKy. -ClfmaJt of the wSfe-^^^^ long t^r will be the naming Of the 4 "ty Crocker All-American HcnwWSker of Tomorrow. To he chosen on the basis of original tost score and personal observa¬ tion and interviews during the tour, she will receive an increase in her scholarship to $5,000. Sec¬ ond-, third- and fourth-place win¬ ners in the nation will have their grants raised to $4,000, $3,000 and $2,000,  respectively.
The Betty Crocker Search for the American Homemaker of To¬ morrow was initiated by General Mills in 1954 to emphasize the im¬ portance of homemaking as a ca¬ reer. Including this year's record enrollment of more than half a mitiion senior girls in more than 14,000 high schools, the total ntim- ber of participants during the pro¬ gram's 11-year history stands at four million. Scholarship grants exceed $1 million.
Henning on Deans List
Stanley J. Henning, son of Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Henning of rural Huntley, is one of 682 students at Iowa State University who was named In the Dean's Ust during the fall quarter. In order to re¬ ceive this honor undergraduate students must carry at least 15 credit hours and achieve at least a 3.5 grade-point average during the quarter.
Coming Events
Thursday, Jan. 14
Township   Auditors  meeting   at 8 p.m. Friday, January 16 — Baakatbalf —
Huntley at  Hampahlre. Sf turday, January 16 — Boy Scout
paper piok up. Tuesday — Friday, January  16.22.
i-lttis   "8"   Tetlmey. Thursday,  January  21  —  Hantley Community   CrMltt-  Unlain   Otnner
and   Annual   M«atirt|.
The Htuittay Jafeaee will how a dance on Satuntey. JUnaory SO at BowWil  Lanaa teem » t^M.  The
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