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The Opelika-Auburn News from Opelika, Alabama • 2

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OPELIKAAUBURN ALABAMA WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 13 1972 By HUGH WILSON ADMIT THE DAILY and SUNDAY town POPEUKA AUBURN NEWS ESTABLISHED IN 1904 Spotlighting News rom Lee County and Alabama i PAGE TWO Area Election Roundup Tuskegee Elects Black Mayor 0 ONLY one Sponsored By Blake Lane MIDWAY PLAZA Like Mid 'Best Opening Ever Teague Tells Board be 325 Value CLIP THIS COUPON Alpha 8 Oz OILWRAPPEDTABLETS Closed Two Years 275 Value MTMUtn Dinner Rings $9" $699 MAM CAAMAWOtf 4 57 $799 MIDWAY PLAZA A natural vegetable laxative relieves constipation gently effectively him The he also to the Teague Auburn that the sheriff a eared threatened to over a ordered the in John said he The bump toe shoe with the bold platformflared heelbroad strap She'll love it's fashion wise looks SIZES 872 4 399 The Alabama Auxiliary donated $32828 last year and received two national awards Money is raised through the sale of Christmas cards stationery and a memorial fund Removes deep stains Deod orizes Color timed RCUtVES constipatiom Tablets The Tiger Theatre which for 44 years was a leading movie house in Auburn reopens riday after being closed for two years The Tiger will feature a new expanded seating arrangement a new screen completely remodeled surroundings and the same acoustics that made Tiger something of a minor miracle when it was previously open The number of seats has been cut from 800 to about 500 This allows more room between rows Additionally the seats themselves are larger than the seats that were installed in the last renovation of the North College Ave theatre The theatre has been redecorated in the traditional orange and blue Auburn colors The opening movie for the new Tiger Theatre is the award winning musical which stars Liza Minelli and Joel Gray The first showing is set for riday at 8 pm Subsequent features include and and 3 DAYS ONLY SEPT a WOODIE (BUDDY) COLLEY polled 639 votes to deteat 1 committee Raymond Grant the only runoff Lanett TALLASSEE SAW 'EL Huey win with 332 over Spencer 120 votes for the Ward 2 council post WILL BE ON DISPLAY NEW OICERS for the Womens Auxiliary tothe Lee County Medical Society for the year are from left to right Mrs Linda Webb Secretary Mrs Rosann Hurd President elect Mrs Janet Russell vice president Mrs Brenda Norton President Mrs Maidie Montgomery Treasurer and Mrs Mary Druhan Ph oto by Ernestine Cooksey Tuskegee was one of two cities Tuesday in which a black candidate defeated a white incumbent for mayor The other was Prichard (See story on Page 15) Johnny ord who vowed if elected that he would pull down the Confederate monument erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy polled 1996 votes to 1868 for incumbent Mayor CM Keever ord will assume the duties of office Oct 2 and says on that date he would dismantle the monument in the town square four votes votes over incumbent police councilman Tuesday in election in HAD two with the Tuberculosis James Johnson an agent for the National Automobile Theft Bureau said he had in formed the sheriff he was in vestigating a stolen 1967 Chevrolet Johnson said Brewer told him his wife had the car and to see her about it The agent said the identi fication number car had been changed to a number reg istered for a 1964 Chevrolet Records brought before the court which decides impeach ment cases also showed that the license plate on the 1967 Chevrolet had been purchased by Brewer for another car By RACHEL STRICKLAND The Auburn City Board of Education announced at its regular meeting last night that a low bid of $43240400 has been accepted for construction of the new addition to Auburn High School The addition will be a general classroom building Lynn Blair Construction Company of Alex City submitted the bid Next low bidders were Burns Kirkley and Williams and Conner Brothers both of Auburn In other action at last meeting the board was told that students from recently annexed areas have been tentatively enrolled in school and enrollment will be official when the Auburn City Council takes legal action on the annexation In addition to the proposed building program for the High School it was announced that improvements to Cary Woods announced ms retirement from the hospital Tuesday morning during a board meeting here The board of directors thanked Lane for his work with hospital one of only seven in Alabama and said that the position would not be refilled Mrs Thelma uller will continue as director of nursing at the hospital and will be in charge of its operations WO Walton Jr board member said the number of tuberculosis beds at the Batson Hospital had been cut to 19 and that the status of the hospital for the treatment of TB patients is not known this time On another matter Dr Teague said: have been contacted by a few students who live outside the city and wish to attend Auburn Schools this year but who are not in the grades approved by the Court Board has always assumed that the court order referring to the applied to all out of district pupils We discussed this situation with our attorney on August 29th and he concurred in our thinking that the intent of the order applied to all out of district pupils Therefore in accordance with Board policies and the interpretation of the Court Order I am informing the parents of these students that totaled 237 Bill raMnsRtnsi 299 Value efferdent Tablets 59 HO Crawford 53 WB Clark an IN A REPORT board Dr Wayne Superintendent of City Schools said had the best opening day of school we ever had I was in all schools at least twice during the day and the operations looked like those of mid year If the people of Auburn could have been in our schools on opening day we would get those extra dollars we He also stated that Auburn schools ran a full day the first day of school giving the student a full 175 days of school in the school year Bus schedules ran well with 1000 students being transported on the second day of school There are no anticipated changes in the bus schedules at present Schedules for buses may be obtained from the Principal in each school and CO Billy Thompson 176 to 145 Senokot rxiLtri to Mrs Thursday at 4 pm for Albert Wilson lifetime resident of Chambers County who succumbed Sept 10 to a lingering illness He was 57 inal rites will be conducted from Evergreen Baptist Church of which he was a member with Rev BW Whittaker officiating Interment will be in St Survivors include his mother Mrs Nellie Wilson of airfax three sisters Mrs Mary Johnson Mrs Lucille Newton and Mrs lora Dunn all of airfax and one brother RC Wilson of East Point Ga uneral Home is in charge of arrangements School a Central Office acility and repairs to existing facilities would be forthcoming following the start of the proposed addition at the High School LAAYETTE contests to decide incumbent Bill Belcher being re elected over Billy Brown Belcher polled 337 while Brown Turnham defeated Richard Taylor by only winning 277 273 399 Value Poly Vi Sol Chewables Reg or with Iron Naturally sweetened chewable vitamins their children will not admitted to Auburn A motion was made by Mr McGehee seconded by Dr Bass and unanimously carried to approve the above action of the superintendent MONTGOMERY Ala (AP) Impeachment proceedings against Talladega County Sheriff Luke Brewer were set to resume today after a county 'judge testified Tuesday that Brewer threatened him and called him vile names Talladega County Judge My ron Waits told the state Su preme Court called him and his matter involving a scheduled trial He said the trial involved a person charged with selling beer without a license Another witness for Atty Gen Bill Baxley who is per sonally directing the impeach ment case which he brought against Brewer testified that the wife was driving a stolen vehicle Constipation? SENOKOT The Auxiliary to the Lee County Medical Society met Tuesday at the Saugahatchee Country Club with 25 members present They heard a delightful speaker Mrs Camille Johnson state chairman for the American Medical Association Education Research oundation This established' using this money depends entirely upon the county auxiliaries i telephone line directly to the medical school! tor tinancial support The AMA ER supports the medical schools throughout the United States and they have established a loan fund for medical students Alpha Keri Bath Oil Relieves dry itchy skin with first bath or shower Get 2 oz Keri Lotion free with purchase REE GOLDEN EGG WITH PURCHASE Rescue Unit Moments with the is being presented Saturday Oct 21 at the new Opelika Junior High School auditorium by the Lee County Rescue The magic show will begin at 7:30 pm Advanced sales will be $150 for children and $2 for adults with 50 cents being added to each category at the door it was reported Tickets may be obtained by calling 745 7340 WAVERLY VOTERS gave incumbent 48 the men a victory over the Walton 46 distaff side in Tuesday election voting an all male Council into office overwhelmingly Dr Harold Grant unopposed for mayor polled 70 of the 73 votes cast in the town election according to the unofficial returns The office is currently held by Mrs JL Slocumb who chose to run for a place on the Council instead and polled 18 votes ive councilmen were elected from a field of nine candidates The new Council AB Bulls Jr won a seat on will be composed of Jerry the Council with 2040 votes Cook who received 65 votes ro iooo ror nonaia JB Allrid Williams In addition Slocumb Mrs MH Brawner an incumbent received 14 votes Mrs Virgil Minter 26 and Miss Mary Graves 32 The elected officers will take office Oct 2 wlf DISCOUNT CiNTIB THERE WAS contested race in Carrville with incumbent Mary Helda Bonner winning over William Magic Show Resigns In Laayette La AY Blake Lane HW a s' V6 as administrator to the Batson V2 Ct Tiffany 599 ICt efferdent OEMWAE CLCANSEfl TABLETS Cubmobile Derby At Peanut estival A regional soap box derby is upcoming to be held during annual peanut festival And a good time to hold it too The festival can be counted upon to attract thousands And the Boy Scouts are taking a new part this year The National Council has approved a request to make the derby a regional Boy Scout championship And all boys in the tri state area 8 to 11 are invited to participate with Scouts in the age group most welcome It has been dubbed officially the National Peanut estival Cubmobile Derby Rules entry blanks wheels and axels are available at Hamac Volkswagen on Ross Clark Circle in Dothan The date is Oct 19 HOW VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTED More people depend upon electricity than know about it understandable So to enlighten Opelika subscribers BJ (Doug) Douglas superintendent of the Light and Power Dept has done some explaining or example he tells how the power voltage that comes to the power system is distributed The Alabama Power Co he points out feeds 44000 volts into each of four or receiving substations This voltage he says is transfored to 12000 volts going from the receiving sub stations to each of the five distributing substations These sub stations in turn transform the 12000 volts to 4160 volts for distribution to various parts of the city Clear? As mud But it does explain how lights can be off in one section of town and continue to bum in other sections Columbus Principal Arrested COLUMBUS Ga (AP) An elementary school principal who said he was arrested after taking an antisemetic sign away from pupils at a high school football game has com plained about treatment by the police officers Police Chief Curtis McClung said Tuesday he has an investigation of cident The principal Lawrence Meacham was charged with theft by taking and disorderly conduct after he took the sign away from a group of young people during the Jordan Columbus football game Sgt Buchanan arrested Meacham during half time and charged with theft by taking principal said when protested the policeman charged him with disorderly conduct and he was taken to police headquarters in a police wagon Meacham commented was arrested for something I was supposed to do I would take down any sign which I considered to be in bad taste or poor sportsmanship he added officials were made to sound like laggards when it came to handling discipline problems I believe this COME IN COMPARE WITH YOUR GENUINE DIAMONDS SEE I YOU CAN TELL THE DIERENCE BE SURPRISED DELIGHTED Sheriff Brewer Trial Continuing Your riends will never know the difference Birthstones 1499 PHARMACY 3806 Pepperell Pkway Phone 745 5778 COUNTEREIT DIAMONDS Tiger Theater Will Reopen This riday Medical Auxiliary Hears Talk By AMA ER Leader Men Rings HO99 LIETIME GUARANTEE On a state level the MIST (Medical Information Service by Telephone) was This is a uuiiuurv in Birmingham which allows the county ALBERT WILSON physicians to obtain an instant consultation A I A ne ral Memorial Hospital for some The Lee County Auxiliary hopes to double its services will be conducted five years ettorts this year and make their donation a sizable one OR DRY SKIN CARE i 1 pjr Vw 1 A 7 7 wife mxmsk 1 Mh BBSS (q Ilf xilt O) SHOES 1 97 I37 I 2s btl WW'nWW 1 Wk 1 ffl 111 lll I Il I BATH I I 57 I I I 1.

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