New School Bid Sets Stage for Fall Opening
Final summer work on the new Lincoln Street school includes four classrooms a biology lab science rooms study hall music room and a two room commercial department with library and multi purpose areas. The exterior stone facing overlooks Edwin F Deicke Park and a secretarys office and PES room along with a meeting space are included.
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Lincoln Street
Edwin F. Deicke
Donahoe’s Woods
Board of Education
Huntley School Summer Reading Program Opens
The Huntley Consolidated School launches a summer reading program on June 19 with 91 students from elementary and junior high. It runs daily from 9 to 12, ends July 28, and focuses on personal reading improvement with new materials and outside expert seminars.
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Huntley Consolidated School
Eisenmenger
Barhart
Martindale
Christensen
Schachtner
Dan Kern
Terry Lamz
Lincoln Street
State Rep Pierce Criticizes Budget Cut at Grove School Ceremony
State Representative Daniel M. Pierce spoke at Grove School mortgage burning in Lake Forest warning the Illinois House cut $42 million from the Department of Mental Health budget for the coming biennium. The privately supported brain injured children’s school recently expanded to Ridge Farm on Old Mill Road.
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Daniel M. Pierce
Grove School
Lake Forest
Illinois House of Representatives
Illinois Department of Mental Health
Ridge Farm
Old Mill Road
Pierce
Fireworks Stolen From Huntley Area Storage Shed
About 3500 dollars worth of fireworks were taken from a storage shed of the Carpentersville Fireworks Co south of Huntley in Powder Park. Lt Madsen of the McHenry County Sheriff's Department investigates and awaits an inventory. Authorities urge anyone with tips to call.
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Carpentersville Fireworks Co
Huntley
Powder Park
McHenry County
Sheriff's Department
Madsen
School Board meeting approves budget and new staff
The School Board of Education of Schroads held a June 20 meeting with all members present. They approved a contract for Bonnie ive to reach 3rd grade and the 1967 68 teacher budget of 19 633 dollars, unchanged except for adding a new mechanics course. The board authorized purchasing sewing machines and cabinets for 900 dollars and new equipment for the commercial department including three Commodore adding machines two transcribing machines a dictaphone a Victor calculator six Olympic typewriters and a mimeograph model 320 duplicator.
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Schroads
Bonnie Ive
Commodore
Victor
Olympic
Children Receive Bibles In Church Recognition
Sunday worship at United Church of Christ Congregational featured Bible presentations for Sunday School children entering third grade this fall. Ed Williams, Religious Education Board chairman, presented the Bibles to Scott Andersen, Terry Cork, Melanie Eckman, David Hardy, Lawrence Hellmuth, Poisson, and others.
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United Church of Christ Congregational
Ed Williams
Religious Education Board of the Church
Scott Andersen
Terry Cork
Melanie Eckman
David Hardy
Lawrence Hellmuth
Poisson
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