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VOLUME 9 — NUMBER 45 THURS FEBRUARY 20, 1969
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School Board
Huntley Redskin Varsity Basketball Team
Meeting
The rCRuliir meeiiriK of the Hunt¬ ley Board of Education was held on Wednesday, Febniary 12lh in tho hoard room of the hiph school. All members were present with the exception of Dr. Grau Followintj: the preliminary reading of tho minutes, bills, and other routine business, it was noted several teach ers had overdrawn their budKets. It was reported that a practice ex¬ isted amonjr some teachers of bor- rowin^r money from next years budget. Certain members of the hoard frowned upon this practice. It was decided not to let teachers borrow funds from next years bud eret.
The board next heard Mr. Mar¬ vin Birchfield, consultant for the Educational Fund Referendum to be voted upon March 15th. Mr. Birchfield read the le(ra! documents prepared by Chapman and Cutler, which is published elsewhere in this paper. He stated that the re¬ quest for an increase in the educat¬ ional fund which the school is ask ing for is basically the same as tho une turned down by the voters last Decmber
A motion was made by Mr. Jirik to approve of the band uniforms, as requested by Mr. Tirk in the amount not to exceed $1870.00 to be paid out of the music budpret for 1969 and 1970 The motion died for want of a second.
The Board next recofrni/.ed the Welfare committee of the Hunt¬ ley Education Association, Mr. Ed Ream, Mrs. Blanch Stumpf, Miss Ruth Severson and Chairman, Mr. .loe Manning. The committee pre¬ sented a proposed salary schedule to the board for next year, and certain other proposals rcparding teachers contracts. The board took the suggestions of the salary sch¬ edule of the teachers under advisement tn compare them with that of other schools in the area.
A motion was made by Mr Bein. seconded by Mr. Jirik lo discon¬ tinue track Six yeas. It was the feeling of certain members of the board that if the March 15th refer¬ endum fails, that there will not be enough money to continue track and that band and other programs might have to be further curtailed. This was also the reason given for Mr. Jirik's motion on the band uni Continued on Page 6
Hobo Tickets Sold Out
Mrs. Nancy Johnson Choral Dir¬ ector at the First Congregational Church announced this week that the tickets for the Hobo Dinner are sold out.
Park Board Notice
The Huntley Park Board will meet on Tuesdty, February 25th instead of Wednesday, February 26th due to Lent.
Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the Huntley Legion Post 673 is Thursday, February 20 at 8 P.M Important items are on the agenda. Remember — the place to spack up is at the meetng
YMCA Health & Sex Series
Registration is now open for fathers and sons for the Y.M C.A.'s scries. The Health Sex Series will be conducted on March 13. 20. and 27 at the Grade school cafeteria Registration blanks will be sent home with the boys from the 7th, 8th and 9th grade. Fathers who wish to register themselves ,-md their sons should complete the reg¬ istration blank, and return it with the $1.25 fee to tho son's school. Extra registraton blanks are avail¬ able at tho Y.M.C.A. in Crystal Lake and at the otTii-e of the Super¬ intendent of Schools. A questionaire will then be sent to all registering families
Phil Spinkle of the I^akc Region Y.M.C A. said, "The scries is de¬ signed lo assist ihe home by facilit¬ ating communication between fath¬ er and son.'' Also, another goal is for the l>oys to achieve a better under standing of the human bod\ and its processes. The third goal is to attain a wholesome attitude as a basis for human dignity, self re- sepct and respect for one another.
Sprinkle stressed that this is an activity planned for both father and son. "Fathers should plan to at¬ tend each session", he said, and to complete the questionaire". The questionaire is being used to get in¬ formation that is es.sential to the planning of the meetings.
Huntley To Be In Tournament
Huntley's Varsity Basketball team will participate in the Cary-Grove Basketball Tournament played Feb ruary 24th thru the 28th. Thc\ will play at 8:30, Monday, Febru¬ ary 24th in the second game against IMarian Central. If victorous Hunt¬ ley will play the winner of game 1 on Wednesday February 26th at 7:,30 in game 5. The winncis of Game 3. played between Dundee and Richmond on Tuesday at 7:00. and Game 4, plu>e(! between Si, Ed's and Cary Gi'ovc at 8:30 on Tuesday, will play in (Jame tl on Thursday, February 27 at  7:30.
The champion^hip game will be played between the winn(Ts nf game 5 and (i in the 7th gann- to be played nn Friday. February 28 at  7:30.
Advance student tickets arc 75c or $1.00 at tlu> dour. Adult tickets are .fl.oO.
Legion 50th Anniv Dinner
The Huntley American Legion Post 673 will be celebrating the ."0th Anniversary of the Legion with a dinner party on Saturday. March 8 at 7 I'M at the Post Home. This dinner is for Post members and wives. Auxiliary members and husbands and invited guests, Reserv:itions are required. so please notify Bob Schultz or Don Enstrom before Mai'ch 1 if you plan to attend.
Service pins fur conlinoiis mem- bei-ship will be awarded. Merle Ihiirison of .Auro:i. who is the lltb District Service Olhcer. will be the guest  speaker.
There will be uUk'I' intercslinn- "doings" taking place that evening, which will wind uj) with a dance to Ihe tuneful strains of the Welcum- aires orchestra.
We'll be looking for you on .March 8ih.
Two 3:30 A.M. Fires
Sunday morning at About 3:30 AM, Huntley firemen were called to ihi^ Hunlley Material Handeling Company. According to a spoke¬ man fur the fire department, an aceiylene welding torch exploded, Stirling a fire and blowing a hole in the cement floor 4 inches deep and 30 inches in diameter. No esti- ni;ite of the damage was made. 40  COWS   DISTROYED
On Tuesday morning, February 18ih. at 3:30 A.M. Huntley fti-emen were summoned by the siren to tho Elmer Hill farm, west of Hunt¬ ley on Union Road to extingubh a barn fire The firemen arrived too lale to save the structure which was filled with hay and straw and burnt to the ground.
Ill addition to the budding, forty head of registered Guernsey cows were destroyed It is reported that eight cows were saved.
The fire was discovered by a McHenry County Sheriff's Deputy, who came into town and sounded the alarm. This is one of the few times the Huntley lire whistle has been blown at night. Usually fire¬ men are summoned through a de¬ vice connected to their h(Hnes (hrough the phono system.
Red Cross To Offer First Aid Course
The American Red Cross will start a Standard First Aid Course in Huntley, starting Thursday, Feb¬ ruary 27th and continuing for five weeks, thru Thursday, March 27th
This course is being brought to Huntley at the request of our Girl Scout leaderss and assistant leaders who i-equire this training. The course will be open to ftnyone in Huntley, man or women, over the age of 16 who would like to learn first  aid.
This is  a  five  week course,  ..0
hours   complete,   every   Thursday
night starting February 27th, from
7:00 to 9:00 P;.M at the American
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Intra-Mural Program at School
Boy Scout Benefit Bowling
Bowl-Hi Lanes will again sponsor a Boy Scout Benefit Bowl on Thurs day, February 27th at 9:00 P.M. All proceeds taken in from bowling that evening wUl be spent for the Boy Scouts equipment to be pur¬ chased through Heinemann Hard¬ ware Store in Huntley. In the past, the bowling night has enabled the scouts to purchase much camp ing equipment, otherwise unob¬ tainable to the sscouts.
Fifty hoys between guules f> and 8 are participating in the inter- mural program at the Huntley school. The boys are divided into teams according to their age group
Appioximately  25 boys are m  the Sth  and  6th  grade  gi-oup and  an equal amount  in  the 7th and Sth grade bracket. According to Mr   Larry Kahl, in¬
structor of the program, the pri¬ mary aims are to give every boy who wants lo play basketball a chance to participate in the sport, Continned on Page Seven