Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 10

Wednesday April 6 1988 Abilene Reporter-News Obituaries Correction Charles Splawn A divorce listed under in the March 31 Reporter-Newt had actually been granted more than a year earlier The final decree in the divorce of Larry Gene Ellis and Nancy Ruth Ellis was signed on Jan 20 1987 More than a year later an amendment to the divorced couple's property settlement correcting a legal description of some property involved was signed on March 21 1988 The amendment was inadvertently carried in the newspaper's public records as a divorce recently granted Charles Splawn 850 Ballinger died Tuesday at a local hospital Services are pending with North's Funeral Home 242 Orange Doyle Gurley COLEMAN Willie Mae Swafford 73 died Tuesday Graveside services will be at 2 pm Wednesday at Burkett Cemetery directed by Walker Funeral Home BIG SPRING Joe Parrish 85 died Monday Graveside services will be at 2 pm Wednesday at Mount Olive Memorial Park directed by Myen A Smith Funeral Home He was a retired chef BIG SPRING Robert Tawney died Monday Services are pending with Myers Smith Funeral Home LUBBOCK Bettye Morris 61 formerly of Coleman died Monday Services will be at 4 pm Wednesday at South Plains Church of Christ Burial will be in City of Lubbock Cemetery directed by Rix Funeral Directors HAMLIN Bill Harbert 66 died Monday Services will be at 2 pm Thursday at First Baptist Church Burial will be in Hamlin Memorial Cemetery directed by Foster-Adams Funeral Home BIG SPRING Dewey Atkinson 84 died Monday Services will be at 3:30 pm Wednesday at Nal-ley-Pickle Welch Rosewood Chapel Burial will be in Mount Olive Memorial Park He worked at Coaden Oil Refinery Ideal and Big Spring Laundry ASPERMONT Morris 8 Gamer 70' of Old Glory died Tuesday Services are pending with McCoy Funeral Home ALBANY Mildred Lixakowald 80 died Monday Services are pending with Godfrey Funeral Home In service ACU board ups tuition general fees By JERRY REED Senior Staff Writer Abilene Christian University has joined its sister colleges in Abilene in increasing tuition ACU President Dr William Teague announced ACU is increasing tuition and general fees each by $5 per semester hour The new figures are $115 per semester hour for tuition and $30 per semester hour in general fees HSU in Feburary increased its tuition from $128 to $135 per semester hour and McMurry College in March increased its tuition from $127 to $132 per semester hour board of trustees approved a $295 million budget figure for 1988-89 in February but left it to the administration to allocate the figures The administration set tuition and fees during spring break last month an ACU official said The tuition and fee increases are to help fund an increase over the $292 million budget of the 1987-88 school year Teague said The increases are effective in June with the start of the first summer session The budget increase includes more funds for student scholarships and for employee salaries Teague said increases in tuition and fees are necessary to maintain the high quality programs which have become more costly" Teague said have worked hard to contain costs yet maintain quality education" he said fact quality must Even with the tuition increase ACU beats most of the private colleges on cost Teague said Tuition and fees produce about half of revenue The balance comes from gifts grants endowment earnings and auxiliary enterprises such as revenue from dormitory rentals bookstore sales and food service William Doyle Gurley 90 of Abilene died Tuesday at a local nursing home Services will be at 11 am Thursday at Adams-Korze-newski Funeral Home Chapel 1443 2nd with Dr Ray Neill Johnson and Rev Thomas Nagle officiating Burial will be in Elmwood Memorial Park Bom in Killeen he was a longtime resident of Abilene He was a retired barber He was a member of First United Methodist Church and Masonic Lodge He was the widower of Vera GTeer Gurley Survivors include a daughter Pat (Mrs Winston) Williamson of Abilene a son Doyle Gurley of Fort Worth five grandsons and four great-grandchildren Don Peables Funerals today Don Peables 47 of 833 Peach died Tuesday at his residence Services will be at 3 pm Wednesday at Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home Chapel of Faith US Highway 277 with Lynn Anderson and Rev Ed Paul officiating Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery in Merkel The body will be at the funeral 542 Hickory location until noon Wednesday Bom in Taylor County he moved to Abilene from Bangs in 1986 He was a self-employed hairdresser He attended Abilene schools Abilene Beauty College and Texas State Technical Institute He was a member of Highland Church of Christ Peables Survivors include his father Woodrow Perry Peables of Abilene three brothers JD Peables of Albany Woodrow Perry Peables Jr of Laferrio and Raymond Peables of Huntsville a sister Wanda Colbert of Houston and his friends at the Big Country AIDS Support Group Memorials may be made to Big Country AIDS Support Group of Abilene GARDEN CITY Robert Doe 58 10 am at the Nalley-Pickle ft Welch Rosewood Chapel burial in the Garden City Cemetery BROWNWOOD Frances- Miller 89 10 am at the Da vis-Morris Funeral Home Chapel burial in the Greenleaf Cemetery COLORADO CITY Charles Stevens 66 3 pm at First Baptist Church burial in Colorado City Cemetery directed by Kiker-Seale Funeral Home COLORADO CITY Marcus Vest 78 10 am at Plainview Baptist Church in Mitchell County burial in Colorado City Cemetery directed by Kiker-Seale Funeral Home ROT AN Alethea Flores 14 2 pm at St Joseph's Catholic Church burial in Ranchito Cemetery directed by Weathersbee Funeral Home RANGER Opal Hamilton 76 9 am at Eaatside Baptist Church burial in Evergreen Cemetery directed by Edwards Funeral Home DUBLIN Clyde Whitefield 76 2 pm at Stephenville Funeral Home Chapel burial in Lingleville West End Cemetery HONORS AWARDS Boiler Tender 1st Class Kevin Murray wf the Abilene Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center a letter of appreciation from NASA for his role in recovery and investigation of the Challenger accident in January 1986 Murray was a member of the crew of the USS Sampson which spent three weeks off the coast of Cape Canaveral participating in air surface and subsurface recovery of the remains of the space craft He personally was responsible for locating large portions of the Challenger found floating on the surface Murray lives in Cisco and works for Big Country Boys Ranch and Male Matthews Boy Ranch Senior Airman Joseph Hamilton son of Jackie Sawyer of 2006 Clack the Air Force Achievement Medal at Grissom AFB Ind He is an engineering assistant specialist with the 305th Civil Engineering Squadron First Lt Mary Duck daughter of retired Air Force Master Sg James and Bobbie Duck of 881 Grove the Army Commendation Medal at Redstone Arsenal Ala She is a 1982 graduate of Cooper High School and 1986 graduate of Hardin-Simmons University and now is assigned to the 269th Ordance Brigade Spec 4 James Singleton a 1962 gradute of Cooper High School second award of the Army Achievement Medal in West Germany He is a patient administration specialist with the 7th Medical Command His wife Cathy is the daughter of Travis and Mary Box of 2525 Portland His parents retired Air Force Master Sgt George and Marcy Singleton now live near Lake Charles La Master Sgt William A Allmond whose wife Judy is the daughter of and Yarbrough of 1634 Plum named senior noncommissioned officer of the year at Langley AFB Va He is an inatumentalist supervisor with the 564th Air Force Band GRADUATIONS Pvt Gina Alba whose husband Pvt Joseph Alba is the son of Jessie and Margaret Alba of 1481 Lillius from Army basic training at Fort McClellan Ala She is a 1986 graduate of Abilene High School Airman Anthony Scoville son of Ronald and Janice A Scoville of Route 4 Abilene from the security police specialist course at Lackland AFB San Antonio He is a 1985 gradute of Abilene High School Army National Guard Pvt Mark A Caywood son of Vonnie Matthews of 5113 La mesa from Army basic training at Fort Jackson Pvt Rueben Morales son of Joe and Della Morales of 4633 Beall Blvd from military police training at Fort McClellan Ala He is a 1985 graduate of San Angelo Lakeview High School Pvt Warren A Carmichael son of Oran and Connie Carmichael of 3972 Ninth from Army basic training at Fort Leonard Wood Mo He is a 1987 graduate of Abilene High School Pvt Russell 8 Hutcherson son of James and Sharon A Hutcherson of 1950 Vogel from the basic field artillery cannoneer course at Fort Sill Olka He is a 1987 graduate of Abilene High School Pvt James Gutkowsld son of Judy Gutkowski of 734 High from Army basic training at Fort Leonard Wood He is a 1987 graduate of Abilene High School Pvt Derick Daniel son of Cecil Daniel of 5220 Hartford from Army basic framing at Fort Leonard Wood ASSIGNMENT CHANGES Marine Pfc Robert Newton son of Johney and Cathy Newton of 2926 Woodard to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay Hawaii following graduation from infantry school at Camp Lqjeune Newton is a 1987 graduate of Cooper High School Seaman Apprectice John Melvin son of Mr and Mrs Melvin of 40 Queen Ann's Lace deployed to the Western Pacific aboard the frigate USS Reasoner home-ported in San Diego Seaman Samuel A Morris son of Charles and Betty Morris of 725 Sunset also deployed to the Western Pacific aboard the USS Reasoner He is a 1986 graduate of Abilene High School Army Pfc Danny Moser son of Charlene Dial of 510 North Bowie to the 504th Infantry Regiment at Fort Bragg as an infantryman Charles Jerry Montgomery Charles Jerry Montgomery 50 of 1642 Jamaica died UoGnitSlIc Tuesday at his residence Services are pending with Elli- nuapi 4C1IO ott-Hamil Funeral Homes 542 Hickory HSU pre registration begins 3-day run today Hardin-Simmons University students may preregister fin: as many as four different academic terms this week Starting Wednesday students may preregister for May Term first and second summer sessions and fall semester For the three-day preregistration period hours are am and pm with the last half-hour each day allocated to those unable to register earlier in the day Course numbers will determine the registration schedule the remainder of the day May Term's schedule is May 11-27 the first summer session is scheduled May 30-July 6 and the second session July 7 -Aug 12 The fall run is Aug 29-Dec 15 Hendrick Mamie Lee Gillespie Steven Fekety Grind stone Pa Martha Hollis Bracken- ridge Patricia Hunt Asper-mont Richard Nichols Mamie Lee Gillespie 82 of 1301 Musken died Tuesday at a local nursing home Services are pending with North's Funeral Home 242 Orange 1 John Allen Williams Humana John Allen Williams 26 of Abilene died Saturday in Jacksonville Fla after he was involved in a one-vehicle accident there earlier that day Full military graveside services will be at 10 am Friday at Elmwood Memorial Park with Bob Connel officiating directed by Elliott-Hamil Funeral Homes UR Highway 277 There will be a missing man naval salute flyover during the ceremony Williams whose military career took him around the world lived in Abilene most of his life before moving to Florida a year and a half ago He took his basic training in Great Lakes 111 served on the USS Ranger aircraft carrier and Williams was attending flight school in Florida He was a member of Church of Christ Survivors include his wife Jeanette Williams of Florida his mother Janice Yarbrough Williams of Abilene his father John Thomas Williams of Abilene a sister Julie Williams Hamilton of Abilene and his maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs James Moore of Abilene Monday Admission! From Abilene: Birdell Daughtery Marilyn Fudge Katherine Gallaway TC Guy Paulette Huff Gerilyn Hutson James Jameson Johnson Johnson James Lemmons Harvey Martin Nancy Mathiews Dennis Mobley Inez Moon Dawn Moore Tina Najera Autney Nash Minnie Pickett Guadalupe Salazar Bobby Snow Richard Stroope Andrew Wilt Caroline Youngblood From elsewhere: Debbie Barton Cisco Lena Boone Dublin Hiller Carpenter Hawley Inez Chisum Jayton JF Connell Cisco David Galvan Anson Bridgette Jones Bough-echitto Miss David Mitchell Asper-mont Othl Nowlin Rotan Marianne Palacios Sweetwater Michael Richardson Sweetwater Joe Rylander Snyder Sheryl Scott Albany Tony Selmon Stamford Lupe Vera Sweetwater Mary Vickers Albany Monday Dismissals From Abilene: Charlie Baird Maurita Daniel Kandis Hackworth Inez Huckaby Kristie Jones Loyce Leving Oleta McMeekan Linda Murphy Lucille Richard Carla Ritter Camillio Rosales Gathalee Thigpen Matthew Thomas James Walters From elsewhere: Hulin Dawson Ranger Monday Admissions From Abilene: Brenda Nolan Edith Singletary John Schadle Mary Redwine Kristen Barron Aliena Williams Opal Jo were Imogene Dobbs Nelda Denton Judy Bardin Patricia Davenport Floyd Shields From elsewhere: hfabel Singleton Stamford Felipe Rosales Coleman Myrtle Gilbert Ranger Refugio Villarreal Haskell Lucy Bell Cisco Patricia Eason Asper-mont Afra Hudnall Rotan Edmond Thornton Comanche Marvelene Myers Cisco Buster Hatchett Baird Joe Palafox Sweetwater Lanjjdon Sawyer Brown- Harold Valliant Hamlin Mary Cogsdil Hamlin Monday Dismissals From Abilene: Lindsey Smith Lucille Dowdy Gerld Campbell Lillian Yaeger Sybil Slauenwhite Jeane Lash brook From elsewhere: Myrldeen Thompson Blackwell Janice Miller Clyde Lee Lewis Clyde Sara Langston Ranger Dale Tollefaon Moran Sharon McClure Tuscola Ged Cunningham Cross Plains Sarah Cox Merkel Area deaths COMMISSION PROMOTION Dennia Langaton son of Ruth Pack of 1233 Poplar commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Force upon graduation from Officer Training School at Lackland AFB San Antonia He is a 1977 graduate of Cooper High School and a 1987 graduate of Southwest Missouri State University Michael 8 Clark son of Shirley and Bill McCartney of 5218 Coronado Creek promoted to airman first class in the Air Force He is a construction equipment operator with the 64th Civil Engineering Squadron at Reese AFB Lubbock He is a 1984 graduate of Clyde High School RANGER Dr Wirter Priest Watkins longtime Ranger physician died Monday Services will be at 2 pm Thursday at the First Baptist Church Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery directed by Edwards Funeral Home He joined the Ranger Clinic and practiced medicine in Ranger from 1948 to 1985 In 1960 he was Citizen of the Year was awarded the Golden Deeds Award in 1985 and was honored by the city of Ranger with WP Watkins Day two years ago SWEETWATER Paseual A Martinez 88 died Tuesday Services are pending at Cate-Spencer Funeral Home SEYMOUR Vernon Stanley Bartlett 65 died Tuesday Services will be at 2 pm Thursday at Vera Methodist Church Burial will be in Vera Cemetery directed by Archer Funeral Home He was a retired construction worker STAMFORD Henry Sidles 79 died Tuesday Services are pending with Tankersley Funeral Home SWEETWATER Mary Burrows 99 died Tuesday Services are pending with McCoy Funeral Home JAYTON Bailie McAteer 81 died Tuesday at a Lubbock hospital Services are pending with Weathersbee Funeral Home of Rotan TV Continued from Page IB There are plenty of figures to mull over Stations are given a rating and also a of the number of TV sets that are on in the Big Country This is fin: each newscast by household There appear to be built-in margins fin: error Out of an estimated 116000 households in the Big Country 278 were kept for Arbitron 277 for Nielsen Going by the numbers KTAB was on the tube in more than twice as many homes as any other of the area stations at 6 pm and by even a greater margin at 10 But even with the huge leads figures were less than a year ago Abritron had KTAB with a rating of 29 and a share of 45 at 6 pm KRBC with 12 and 18 and KTXS with 6 and 9 At 10 Arbitron showed KTAB with a 31 rating and a 53 percent share KRBC 9 and 16 and KTXS 7 and 12 Compared to February 1987 6 pm Arbitron share was down three percentage points KRBC up by 4 and KTXS down by 7 At 10 KTAB was down 2 points KRBC up four and KTXS down four Nielsen figures show deviations Some are considerable But the 1-2-3 rankings are the same At 6 pm KTAB was given a 25 rating and 40 share KRBC 14 and 21 and KTXS 8 and 13 At 10 KTAB was 26 and 44 KRBC 11 and 19 and KTXS 9 and 15 Compared to February 1987 KTAB's 6 pm Nielsen share was down 2 points KRBC was down 1 and KTXS was up 3 At 10 pm KTAB was down 8 points in the biggest swing in any of the charts KRBC was up 3 and KTXS was up 2 Ken Knox general manager at KRBC said he was pleased with the basic trend If you lump both services together he said last two books show a slight increase for KRBC with KTAB pretty flat (about the same) and a slight decrease for He felt the ratings services were as reliable as could be expected a lot better than Knox said Clay Milstead general manager at KTXS agree He pointed to the 6 pm figures that showed his station down 7 points from 1987 if you read Arbitron and up by 3 if you subscribe to Nielson He went outside the news presentations for another example the Phil Donahue show carried by KTXS at 9 am weekdays thing that's puzzling to us is for women 25 to 40 Nielsen shows it to have a 61 share Arbitron has it at 21 That's a 40-point difference You sit here scratching your head and trying to understand the figures It makes it very Milstead said his station's continued ranking in third place was not a signal for wholesale staff changes always trying to improve the product not only the content but the presentation" he said what we'll really be working on is a better way to get people to sample our newscasts Old habits are hard to Bryan Mundy program operations manager at KTAB said his station was understandably pleased with the bottom line He showed little concern for the down trends from 1987 to 1988 He said KTAB doesn't get concerned very much with deviation between figures depends on their methods If both their numbers were the spine you'd figure thejp had a i 1 Births Born Monday at Hendrick Medical Center From Abilene: Boy to Gerilyn and Jeff Hutson Girl to Tina and Jamie Nqjera Today in history Today is Wednesday April 6 the 97th day of 1988 There are 269 days left in the year Today's Highlight in History: On April 6 1909 American explorer Robert Edwin Peary became the first person to lead an expedition to the North Pole On this date: In 1830 the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was organized by Joseph Smith at Fayette In 1862 the Civil War battle of Shiloh began as the Confederates attacked Union forces in Tennessee In 1892 author and newscaster Lowell Thomas was born in Woodington Ohio In 1896 the first modern Olympic games were formally opened in Athens Greece In 1917 Congress approved a declaration of war against Germany' In 1963 the United States and Britain signed an agreement under which the Americans would sell Poluris A-3 missiles to the British In 1965 the United Stales launched the Early Bird communications satellite In 1984 the space shuttle Challenger blasted off from Cape Canaveral Flai on a mission to recover and repair a damaged satellite in orbit In 1985 William Schmeder became the first artificial heart recipient to be discharged from the hospital when he moved into an apartment in Louisville Ky a short distance from Humana Hospital Audubon Ten years ago: President Jimmy Carter signed legislation extending the mandatory retirement age for most private employees from 65 to 70 und prohibiting the federal government from requiring otherwise qualified civilian workers to retire at any age Five years ago: Saying rock bands attracted "the wrong interior Secretary James Watt declined to invite the Beach Buys to perform in Washington at a July 4th celebration a decision he later reversed One year ago: Thu Dow Jones industrial uverage dosed above 2400 for the first time New York Congressman Jack Kemp began his hid for the Republican presidential nomination Sugar Ray Leonard upset Marvelous Murvin Hagler to become middleweight champion Los Angeles Dodgers executive A1 Campania told ABC's that blucks not have some of the necessities' to hold managerial jobs in mqjor-leugue baseball Thought for Today: brain is a wonderful organ It starts working the moment you get im in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office" Kolx-rt Frost American poet (1874-1963) Fire calls DOYLE GURLEY William Doyle Gurley age 90 of Abilene died at 8:05 am Tuesday at Sears Methodist Nursing Center Services will be at 11:00 am Thursday at Adams-Korzenewski Funeral Home Chapel 1443 North Second Dr Ray Neill Johnson and Rev Thomas Nagle will officiate Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park William Doyle Gurley was born June 9 1897 in Killeen Texas to John Wesley and Mary Catherine Grissom Gurley He married Vera Greer March 15 1925 in Wortham They moved to Abilene in 1942 He was a retired barber having had The McMurry Barber Shop and also the barber shop at Department Store for over twenty years He retired in 1982 at the age of 85 He was a member of First United Methodist Church and was a member of the Masonic Lodge His wife Vera died May 27 1986 Survivors include his daughter Pat (Mrs Winston) Williamson of Abilene his son Doyle Gurley of Fort Worth 5 grandsons and 4 great grandchildren (Pd Notice) ftdams-Korzenewski FUNERAL HOME MONDAY: 7:27 pm A battery acid spill was reported at North First and Elm Creek No damage was reported TUESDAY 5:44 am AEMS aided an assault victim in the 600 block of Westmoreland 6:08 am A person having a seizure in the 4700 block of Carrie Ann Lane was taken to the hospital 11:27 am An accidental alarm activation was reported in the 1700 block of South 20th 12:09 pm A vehicle ran into a building in the 700 block of Barrow One person was taken to the hospital treated and released 12:47 pm AEMS responded to a vehicle accident at North 10th and Willis 3:16 pm An alarm malfunctioned in the 1700 block of Pine 3:45 pm An alarm mulfUnction was reported in the 800 block of Formosa 4:14 pm A carelessly discarded cigarette caused a grass fire in the 1800 block of ES 11th 6:00 AEMS responded to a medical emergency in the 1600 block of Jamaica.