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The Opelika-Auburn News from Opelika, Alabama • 11

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THE OPELIKA AUBURN NEWS Thursday September 26 1 985 PAGE 1 1 Obituaries THELMA TYNER The funeral for Thelma Tyner 87 of Opelika will be at 10:30 a Saturday Sept 28 1985 at St Catholic Church in Opelika with burial in Garden Hills Cemetery ather Robert Galchus of Opelika and ather James Mulvaney of Birmingham officiating Mrs died in St Vincent's Hospital in Birmingham on Sept 25 1985 She was born in Jones County Ga on Jan 4 1898 She lived in Opelika for 30 years before she left on August 15 1985 Mrs was the sister of Judge LJ Tyner Just before her death she moved to Bev erly Nursing Home in Birmingham She was a member of St Catholic Church in Opelika Survivors include her husband Archie one daughter Virginia Lane six grand children seven great grand children and one brother Judge LJ Tyner Opelika uneral Home is handling the arrangements MARGARET GAY PHILLIPS MOBILE The funeral for Margaret Guy Phillips 13 of Mobile will be at 11 am today Thursday Sept 26 1985 at St Ig natius Catholic Church in Mobile with burial in the Pine Crest Ceme tery Miss Phillips died Sept 24 at Mobile Hospital as a result of inju ries suffered in an automobile acci dent Survivors include: her parents STOCKS AMSouth 33fc Opelika Mfg No reading Amer am Life 23 Orrox ASA 38 RAL 45H 208 Ramada Inn 7'a Beatrice a RJ Reynolds 253 Coca Cola 7014 South Trust Corp 16' 4 Central Bankshares 33 Signal 42'a Delta Airlines 4 1 Vfe Sears 32rs Dupont 57'Zs Southern Co 19'b Duke Sla Southern Nat 328 Exxon 488 Sunstrand irst Alabama Bank Tennaco 36 amily Dollar 21 Texaco 3434 lowers Ind 19 Torch Mark 19'2 Gen Motors Uniroyal 217e Gen Mills 57j UCamp 37' 4 Geneseo Wai Mart 477'8 Holiday Inn 51 WP Pepperell 38 IBM 123 Winn Dixie 33 INGR 24'72 WEN 15z2 JC Penney 48' Dow Jones Down 79 Kaizor Ind 187s Cotton (Dec) 5887 Kmart 31 Soybeans (Nov) 5 18' 2 Lancaster 15 Corn (Dec) 2 233a Lowe's 21'? Wheat (Dec) 2 99'? Mercantile Stores 60 Gold (Dec) 334 20 Mobil 27'2 NY Silver Dec Stocks courtesy of Thomson McKinnon Weather A cold front moved into Alabama Wednesday night and produced scattered showers and thunderstorms The thunderstorms were most active over the nor thwestern corner of the state around Huntsville Muscle Shoals and Hamilton Thunderstorm rains at Muscle Shoals amounted to just over an inch 102 Howeverby dawnthe precipitation along the front had diminished considerably At 500 am cdt the cold front reached from near Huntsville to near Macon Miss and was moving steadily to the southeast The front will continue to drop southeastward across the state to dayproducing scattered showers and thunderstorms out ahead of it The best chance for rain today will be over east central and south Alabama Clearing skies and dry conditions will prevail behind the front over much of north and west central Alabama today The cold front is expected to move out of the state this evening followed by some fair and cooler weather tonight It will actually be quite chilly over north Alabama by sunrise on riday where temperatures are expected to bot tom out in the mid and upper 40s Lows in the 50s can be expected over the south It looks like generally fair and dry conditions can be expected this weekendas high pressure builds in across Alabama Cool nighttime temperatures will keep us aware of the fact that autumn has indeed ar rived State Outlooks GEORGIA: Scattered thundershowers statewide today and tonight and southeast on riday Otherwise considerable cloudiness today except partly cloudy southwest Partly cloudy tonight Mostly sunny northwest and partly cloudy southeast on riday Highs today mostly in the 80s Lows tonight in the 50s north and 60s south Highs ri day in the 70s north and 80s south ALABAMA Showers and a few thunderstorms north and west this morning spreading southeast today and clearing from the northwest A slight chance of a shower south early tonight otherwise clear and cooler Sunny and mild riday Highs today 73 north to S3 south Lows tonight 45 north to 57 south Highs riday 73 to 83 NORTHWEST LORIDA: Increasing clouds with thunder showers likely today A chance of showers early tonight becom ing clear and cooler Mostly sunny and mild riday Highs today and riday 81 Io 87 Lows tonight 57 to63 MISSISSIPPI: Cooler today with scattered thunderstorms central and south decreasing cloudiness north Generally fair statewide tonight and riday Highs today and riday near 70 north to the lower 80s coast 5 tonight 40s north and 50s south Zone orecasts Zones 1 and 2: Today cloudy this morning and sunny this afternoon Cooler with the high in the mid 70s Wind northwest 10 to 15 mph Tonight clear and cool Low in the upper 40s Light north wind riday sunny and mild High in the mid 70s Wind light and variable National Rain was scattered from the na midsection into Texas today and much of the West was clear as Hurricane Gloria pushed through the Atlantic toward land Showers and thunderstorms were scattered from the lower Ohio Valley across the lower Mississippi Valley to southern Texas Rain spread across the Great Lakes region and the Texas Panhandle air skies prevailed across the western third of the nation high pressure over northeast Colorado cleared skies and lowered temperatures over the Plains and upper Mississippi Valley Early morning temperatures were in the 30s across northern and western Minnesota the Dakotas most of Nebraska and western Kansas 3 A I 1 ri I 6 I 4 1 16 Zones 3 4 5 6 7 8 and 9: To day showers early this morning becoming sunny this afternoon High in the mid 70s Wind nor thwest 10 to 15 mph Chance of rain 60 percent Tonight clear and cool Low 45 to 50 Light north wind riday sunny and mild High in the mid 70s Wind light and variable Zones 10 11 12 13 and 14: To day increasing clouds with thundershowers likely High in the lower 80s Wind northwest 5 to 10 mph Chance of rain 60 percent Tonight clearing and cooler Low in the mid 50s Light north wind riday sunny and mild High near 80 Wind north 5 to 10 mph Zone 15: Today increasing cloudiness with a chance of thundershowers High in the mid 80s Wind northwest 5 to 10 mph Chance of rain 50 percent Tonight a 20 percent chance of showers this evening becoming partly cloudy Low in the upper 50s Wind northwest 5 to 10 mph riday sunny and mild High in the lower 80s Wind north 10 mph Agricultural Synopsis the cold front in northwest Alabama this morn ing will move southeast through the southeast corner of Alabama early tonight Zones 124456789: 36 hour rainfall will average less than 14 inch drying potential will be moderate today and riday Near 5 hours sunshine today and 8 to 10 hours riday Lowest relative humidity 55 percent to day and 45 percent riday Most vegetation wet with rain this mornmg A lignt to moderate dew tonight will dry of around 8Xam nday Zones 1011121314151 34 hour rainfall will average 1 4 meh Drying potential moderate today with 4 to 6 hours of sun shine and lowest relative hu midity near 55 percent High drying potential riday with hours sunshine and lowest rela tive humidity 45 percent Light dew this morning will dry off near t)0 am A moderate dew tonight will dry off around 9 am riday Minerva Prendergast and Charles McKinnon Phillips a brother Charles Phillips Jr maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs rank Prendergast of Mobile paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Douglas Phillips of Auburn and great grandmother Lois McKin non of Auburn In lieu of flowers the family re quests memorials be made to the American Cancer Society or Helping Hands or Children Radney uneral Home of Mobile is directing WILLIAM WOODROW MELTON TALLASSEE The funeral for William Woodrow Melton 72 of Tallassee Route 5 will be at 2 pm riday Sept 27 1985 at the Jeffcoat uneral Home Chapel with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery Dr David Bentley will officiate Mr Melton died Wednesday Sept 25 at East Alabama Medical Center after an extended illness Survivors include his wife Mrs Mattie Melton Tallassee a son and daughter in law Jackie and Kathy Melton Tallassee three sisters Mrs Glenda olkes Mrs Louise Jones both of Tallassee Mrs Rachel Mays Montgomery two brothers Earl Melton Maryland Charles Melton South Carolina one granddaughter and one grandson Visitation will be after 3:30 pm Thursday Sept 26 at Jeffcoat uneral Home Jeffcoat uneral Home is han dling the arrangements EDGAR DAILEY LANETT Graveside services for Edgar Dailey 60 of Lanett will be riday Sept 27 1985 at 11 a EDT at Oakwood Cemetery in Lanett the Revs Gene Webb and David Chandler officiating Mr Dailey died Wednesday Sept 25 1985 at the VA Hospital in Tuskegee He was born on April 9 1925 in Lanett Mr Dailey was a graduate of Lanett High School and Auburn University where he received a degree in electrical engineering He was a veteran of World War II He worked as a sales engineer with Westinghouse for many years ollowing his retire ment Mr Dailey worked as an elec trical engineer with Duke Power Co He had been in declining health for about four years Survivors include two sons Dan Dailey the Panama Canal Zone Gordon Dailey Massachusetts one sister Jeanette Edge Talladega two brothers Arthur Dailey Shawmut and Charles Dailey Dadeville The family will be at the home of Arthur Dailey 3004 16th Ave in Shawmut and will receive friends at McCarthy uneral Home in West Point Ga tonight from 7 until 9 pm EDT McCarthy uneral Home is han dling the arrangements EVA LEE MARSHALL HUGULEY The funeral for Eva Lee Marshall 85 of Shawmut will be at 4 pm EDT Saturday Sept 28 1985 at the aith Boulevard Church of God in Huguley with burial in the Oakwood Cemetery in Lanett the Revs Earl King and TP Allen of ficiating Mrs Marshall died Tuesday Sept 24 1985 at the Elyria Memorial Hospital in Elyria Ohio She was born in Olive Hill Ky on May 26 1900 Mrs Marshall lived most of her life in Oak Hill Va She lived in Shawmut for four years Mrs Marshall was an active member of aith Boulevard Church of God where she was a member of the auxiliary Survivors include five daughters Velva King Cleveland Tenn Camilla Miller Tallassee Hilda Eads Page Va Ellen Kirk Shawmut Annadean Thomas North Ridgeville Ohio three sons Thomas Marshall Page Va rank Marshall and Donald Mar shall both of Huguley two sisters Iva Bryant New Iberia La Dora Woodrum Gartan Va two brothers Bob Johnson and Elijh Johnson both of Olive Hill Ky 27 grandchildren 33 great grand children and 2 great great grand children The family will receive friends at McCarthy uneral Home in West Point Ga riday Sept 27 from 7 until 9 pm EDT McCarthy uneral Home is han dling the arrangements LUGENNIE JOHNSON The funeral for Lugennie Johnson 96 of Route 2 Box 252 A Opelika will be at 2 pm riday Sept 27 1985 at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery the Rev ML Walker of ficiating Mrs Johnson died Sunday Sept 21 1985 at her residence She was born in Lee County on March 15 1889 and had lived in Opelika all of her life Mrs Johnson was a member of Rocky Ridge Baptist Church Survivors include three daugh ters Mrs Jimmie Baker Mrs Nora Lue Ashford and Mrs Dorothy Mae Reed all of Opelika seven sons Herman Johnson Alexander City Willie Johnson Miami la Rozell Johnson Cleveland Ohio Jimmy Zell Johnson Cin cinatti Ohio Walter Lee Johnson Lanett Charlie Johnson Opelika Jack Johnson Hannan Tenn three sisters Mrs Diane Tolen Mrs Mattie reeman and Mrs Ada Arrington all of Cincinat ti Ohio 35 grandchildren 36 great grandchildren and a number of nieces nephews and other rela tives Ward's uneral Home is handling the arrangements Village Theater Shows Last Movies As Bank Makes Plans By CATHY CAMPBELL A News Staff Writer Tonight the rocking chair theater will sell its last ticket someone will sweep up the popcorn dropped by overloaded fists and the seats will release the last viewers with a final squeak In a few months the ticket booth and the concession stand will be replaced with desks and computers and bank personnel from Auburn National Bank The money institu tion completed the purchase of the Village Theater earlier this week Bank President Bill Walker said the space is needed to alleviate traf fic problems and that Plitt Theatres who owned the Village Theater was ready to sell when bank officials called with an offer were lucky to get it although it was more luck than he said have a serious problem with traffic flow and our first objective is to correct Walker explained second objective is additional parking space and the third is addi tional office Lloyd Hill and Associates of Atlanta specialists in bank ar chitecture will design the remodeling of the theatre and the parking area around the bank At this point however the property has been surveyed but no plans have been developed Walker said he hopes the plans will be ready after the beginning of the year with construction starting soon after The Village Theater often refer red to by Auburn folk as the rock ing chair theater opened its doors in May of 1969 and would seat approx imately 815 people In April of 1984 the movie house was converted to a twin theatre according to Beth Peaks manager Peaks has been manager of the Village Theater for 11 years During that time she also managed the Tiger Theater until it closed in April of 1984 (rom Suit Pl) want to allow the students to attend classes because it would set a harm ful precedent for future cheating cases The two students were disciplined June 12 for allegedly exchanging answers on a May 16 anatomy test the suit said The students both from Ken tucky contend the main evidence against them was similarities in their answers to seven of 28 ques tions on the test only evidence they (Auburn) had of any sort of cheating was statistical evidence that seven of their 28 answers on the exam were similar which is what you might expect considering they were study McPhillips said The students also allege there was no cross examination of witnesses during the university proceeding that resulted in their suspension The two students appealed the ethics review disciplinary action to veterinary school dean John Vaughn and Auburn President James Martin but both appeals were denied The suit named both Vaughn and Martin as defendants It also names rank Vice the chancellor of the Student Board of Ethical Relations and HC Morgan chairman of the veterinary Committee on Admissions and Standards Both men and the panels they chair reviewed the case before the stu dents were suspended In March Martin was criticized by faculty and students for reducing a student's penalty for cheating in an effort to avoid a lawsuit against Auburn our members of the eight member honesty committee resigned in protest but later returned JOHN A BAILEY LAAYETTE The funeral for John A Bailey 81 of Ridge Grove will be at 3 pm today Thursday Sept 26 1985 at the Center Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery The Revs Yancy Sanders and Vernon Brown will officiate Mr Bailey who died Sept 24 at the Chambers County Hospital was born June 7 1904 in Chambers County He was retired from the Lanett Blaechery and Dye Works Survivors include: four sons Harce Bailey of Lanett Jack Bailey of Laayette Ray Bailey of San Diego Calif and John Bailey of Laayette a sister Annie Mae Sherman of Laayette two brothers Dewey Bailey of Union Hills and Dalton Bailey of River dale nine grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren Sanders uneral Home is direc ting SHARON KAY REYNOLDS TALLASSEE The funeral for Sharon Kay Reynolds 35 of Route 1 Tallassee will be at 10 am Satur day Sept 26 1985 at the Jeffcoat uneral Home Chapel in Tallassee Mrs Reynolds died Thursday Sept 26 1985 in the Tallassee Community Hospital after an ex tended illness Survivors include her husband Wade Reynolds Tallassee two sons Chad Lane Jones Daniel Wade Reynolds both of Tallassee two daughters Kathy Leigh Jones Angela Sue Jones both of Tallassee her parents Mr and Mrs Lewis Griggs Tallassee two brothers Dan Elton Griggs Hamilton Jerry David Griggs Tallassee one sister Amy Carrol Melton Myrtle Miss Visitation will be at the Jeffcoat uneral Home on riday Sept 27 1985 after 3 pm Jeffcoat uneral Home is han dling the arrangements She said ABC owned the Village when it first opened but that the network sold all its theaters about five years ago to Plitt Theaters The purchase of the theater has doubled its size least dirt Walker said adding that Auburn National Bank now owns three and one half acres in downtown Auburn houses behind the building one of which was torn down Wednesday No plans have been made for the se cond house the president said Walker said the expansion and renovation represent an investment of more than $1 million for the bank Auburn National is the largest in dependent bank in this part of' the state and it has automatic teller The theater property extends through the block to Burton Street The bank has also bought the two machines on the Auburn University campus at the Village Mall and a't the Corner Village Shopping Center INAL DAYS 88 APR PERI MONTH Selling pnee including tii 1 98S NISSAN STANDARD TRUCK SIOOOOO to be financed $538023 finance charge 1 022 0 1 total of payments 6402 24 48 months 8 8 APR DYAS DELIVERS SAVINGS! 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