The Opelika-Auburn News from Opelika, Alabama • 5

THE OPELIKA-AUBURN NEWS, Friday, May 10, 1985 PAGE 5 Ann Cipperly, Editor Alabama Living 749-6271 Plans Announced Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harold Humphrey of Auburn announce the engagement of their daughter, Tonia Renee, to William S. (Bill) Harris III, son of Mr. and Mrs.

William S. Harris Jr. of Opelika. The bride elect is a graduate of Auburn High School and attended Southern Union State Junior College. Miss Humphrey is presently employed by Conner Brothers Construction Inc.

in Auburn. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Inez Lively and the late Mr. Frank Lively of Denison, Texas and Mrs. Annie L.

Humphrey and the late Mr. Eddie L. Humphrey of Auburn. The future bridegroom's grandparents are the late RADM and Mrs. William S.

Harris of Pensacola, Florida, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Edwards of Opelika. Bill is a graduate of Scott Preparatory School and attended Auburn University. He is presently employed as Chief Photographer with the Opelika-Auburn Newspaper.

The wedding will be an event of June 22, 1985, at 1:30 in the afternoon, at the First Baptist Church in Opelika. In Their Children By Bitsy Boneman those hours and those years when you were "on call" 24 hours a day as their mother. (And mothers don't count these things anyway.) Now, do you think that your sonin or da is going to invest the same amount of time with your child, who is now an adult? The answer is NO. The reason is that you have already raised that child and when your child marries, you are handing over the polished, finished product to his or her mate. IT'S NO WONDER a mother is often reluctant to give up her children just when she (with Dad's help, too, of course), has brought them to a point in life when they can converse well, display good manners, don't mumble, are respectful to older people, eat correctly at the table and are generally ready to face the world.

In a nutshell when they are civilized. Raising children and then having them marry is rather like training a team for the Olympics. Just at the moment of glory, when they have won the Gold Medal, the team runs off for parts unknown never to be seen or heard from again. And raising children is also like raising a world champion walking horse. You (the mother and trainer) toil, train, work and hope for best.

When the horse wins the championship (and the child grows to shining adulthood) there are numerous people ready with offers. Then comes that big offer that is too good to turn down. The horse is sold (the child leaves home) and the trainer is left with an empty stable. The new owner who didn't put one ounce of work in training can now just bask in the glory of ownership. BUT, IN SPITE OF the trials, the tears, concern and the years, most mothers will tell you as I do that in the final analysis, it WAS well worth it and we would do it all over again.

HAPPY Present Play Tonight Madam Mantalini, "decayed" Arthur Gride, pitiable orphan Smike, the winsome Cherryble brothers, lovely Madelaine Bray, scheming Lady Hawk, and the amazing Crummles with their seedy theatre troupe. Standing above all the villains is the infamous Wackford Squeers with his horrible wife and daughter, runs his dreadful school with his cane and tablespoons of foul medicine. Life This 1837 drama is a delightful blend of comedy, mystery, and melodrama. It is certain to charm the audience with its bouncy spirit and theatricality. Tonia Renee Humphrey Mothers Invest We've all heard jokes about possessive mothers, unfair mothers-in-law and mothers who never think that the mate of her daughter or son deserves HER child.

Well, upon reflection, it's no wonder some mothers feel that way. Think of all the time, tears and part of "herself" that each mother invests in raising her children. CAN YOU COUNT the hours you have sat with and cared for your sick children? Can you count the hours you lost in rest just waiting up for them to come home at night? What about their problems, worries, victories and defats? Didn't you take each problem and situation personally? What about those wrinkles under your eyes and those gray hairs? Every gray hair on a mother's head has a child's name on it. While you were raising your children you gave them their vitamins, straightened their teeth, repaired their wounds, watched them cross the street, drove them miles and miles for years to all their activities, helped them with their homework, talked to their teachers, mended their clothes and their egos. There's no way in the world to count SUSJC To The Southern Union State Junior College drama students are in rehearsal for their Spring production of "Nicholas The play will be presented to local students in the mornings.

The public is invited to the evening performance on Friday, May 10, at 8 p.m. C.D.T. at the Brazeal Auditorium in Wadley. Admission is $2 per person. "'Nicholas Nickleby" is a comic delight from the pen of the great Charles Dickens, detailing the life and adventures of young Nicholas Nickleby.

It's a parade of colorful characters: Wicked Uncle Ralph, stylish CAST MEMBER--Steven Coombs will play Nicholas Nickleby in Southern Union's play tonight. Hearing, Speech Month Observed Delta Zeta Sorority is now a sponsoring member of the Council for Better Hearing and Speech Month. The Council is a consortium of National Organizations that have pooled their resources and expertise to bring a message of hope and available help for children and adults with hearing, speech, and language disorders. Better Hearing and Speech Month will be held each May. The seventh annual campaign in 1985 promises to be most successful with Celebrity Chairman, Florence Henderson and the slogan "You Should Hear What You're Missing!" More than 60 magazines will bring the message to America's doorsteps and we will be working with celebrities Bob Hope, Nanette Fabray, Phyllis Diller, Lorne Greene, Art Carney, Florence Henderson, Senator Charles Percy, Norm Crosby, Kiel Martin and Frankie Vallie, who have personally overcome hearing loss.

Hearing loss is our nation's number one handicapping disability. According to the U.S. Depoartment of Health, Education and Welfare almost 20 million Americans suffer from hearing disorders. The tragedy is that most of these people suffer needlessly, because most can now be helped medically, surgically, with hearing aids, or through rehabilitation. The Better Hearing Institute i is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to informing hearing impaired individuals and the general public about hearing loss and available assistance.

One of their public service programs is a toll free Hearing Helpline. Helpline provides assistance to hearing field professionals, consumer affairs personnel, law enforcement officials, and consumers in handling questions, suggestions, information, referrals, and compoaints about hearing loss, hearing help, hearing aids and hearing services. Their toll-free number is 1-800-424-8576. President Reagan is one of the many Americans who benefits from More Living Page A-14 Up In The Air Over What To Get Mother On Her Special Day? Give Her A Gayfers Gift Certificate! Is yours a hard choice to make this year? Does it seem you've given Mom something different every year and there doesn't seem to be anything "different" to give her? We've solved your problem, so you don't really have one! Give her a gift certificate smartly gift wrapped and in any denomination you wish. You can even have it charged to your Gayfers, Visa, MasterCard or American Express.

There's GAYFERS selection fashion, quality, and value! Bits Of HEARING AND SPEECH MONTH--Mayor Jan Dempsey has proclaimed May Hearing and Speech Month. Pictured with Mayor Dempsey are Mrs. Cary L. Seen, left, alumnae chairman of Beta Xi chapter of Delta Zeta, and Caroline Straiton, vice president. Photo by Tom Varner.

a hearing aid. Hearing loss and versity and the Auburn-Opelika hearing aids have received lots of Alumnae chapter of Delta Zeta will public attention during the past year be assisting in the observance of because of the President's need to Better Hearing and Speech Month. wear a hearing aid. "YOU SHOULD HEAR WHAT Beta Xi chapter at Auburn Uni- YOU'RE MISSING!" COVER MODEL FINALIST-Betsy Jones, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.

Carl A. Reaves of Auburn, was recently chosen as an Alabama finalist in the Seventeen Cover Model Contest. Betsy was chosen from over two hundred applicants and twenty semi-finalists to represent McRae's Department Store in Mobile. Betsy, along the two other finalists, will travel to Jackson, for the next level of competition in May. Betsy is a senior at Auburn High School and a member of Lakeview Baptist Church.

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