The Cedar Falls Dispatch

By Tucker Pendleton, Sports

A homecoming weekend that began with a parade down Main Street and a record turnout at Lion Stadium ended Friday night with the kind of quiet that settles over a town that has lost a football game by a field goal.

Cedar Falls (5-2) led the Sylacauga Aggies (6-1) by eleven points entering the fourth quarter, before two unanswered Aggie scores and a missed field goal by senior kicker Brody Tatum forced overtime. Sylacauga capitalized on the first possession of the extra period with a 22-yard run by tailback Marcus Whitfield.

"A game of inches," Coach Marny Dobbs said in the locker room. "We played a half of football that ought to be on a highlight reel and a half that ought to be in the trash can, and the difference between this season and last season is whether the boys can come in Monday morning and tell me which half they intend to keep."

The Lions return to action Friday, October 17, at home against Talladega Central. Kickoff at 7:00 p.m.

HOMECOMING COURT. Senior Brianna Calhoun was crowned Homecoming Queen at halftime. Junior attendant honors went to Madison Tatum and Hailey Reynolds. The court was escorted by members of the senior football roster in dress jerseys.

BUCKLEY HARDWARE & FEED
(formerly Hadley Hardware — yes, we know.)
Lawn mowers serviced · chainsaws sharpened · keys made
Tom Buckley, prop. · Champion gourd grower, 3 yrs running.
Main Street, next to the post office.

HAVALA THEATER
1923 · Restored 1989 · Still Standing
NOW SHOWING
Gone Girl (R) — Fri & Sat, 8:00 p.m.
COMING SOON
St. Vincent (PG-13) — Oct 24
Birdman (R) — Oct 31, midnight show
Adults $6 · Children $4 · Senior $5
Popcorn from a real popper. Coke from a real fountain.

By Lurleen Pickett, Staff Correspondent

CEDAR FALLS — J. Wendell McAllister, longtime owner of Cedar Falls Mobile Homes and chairman of the board of elders at Cedar Falls Pentecostal Church, was discovered deceased in the church's baptismal pool early Sunday morning, October 12, by Sister Sheila Tatum, who had arrived early to set out the communion trays.

Mr. McAllister was 67.

Sheriff Dale Hennessey confirmed only that "the matter is under active investigation" and asked that the family and the congregation be granted privacy. The Talladega County Coroner has been called in. No cause of death has been released.

Reached at her home on the McAllister estate north of Byler Road, the new widow, Mrs. Shaye McAllister, declined to be interviewed at length, saying through her attorney, "Wendell was a good man and a generous one, and the family asks that the people of Cedar Falls remember him for what he gave to this town." Mrs. McAllister was not in the sanctuary at the time of discovery.

A Life in Cedar Falls. Mr. McAllister was born June 4, 1947, the only son of the late Hollis and Lavinia (Byler) McAllister of Cedar Falls. He attended Cedar Falls High School, where he played defensive end for the Lions, and graduated from the University of Alabama in 1969 with a degree in business administration.

In 1972, at the age of twenty-five, he founded what would become Cedar Falls Mobile Homes, a manufacturing concern that grew from a single shop next to the rail crossing to one of the larger employers in the county, with payroll for some two hundred and forty men and women at its peak.

He served on the board of elders at Cedar Falls Pentecostal for thirty-one years, as chairman for the last nineteen. He served two terms on the Talladega County Industrial Development Board. He had been, for as long as most people in town could remember, a man you saw at every funeral and every wedding and every Founder's Day picnic, in a starched white shirt, with a handkerchief in his pocket.

Services. Visitation will be held at McAllister Memorial Chapel on Byler Road on Wednesday, October 15, from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. The funeral service will be held at Cedar Falls Pentecostal Church on Thursday, October 16, at 11:00 a.m., with the Reverend Brother Arnold "Arnie" Tatum officiating. Interment will follow at Cedar Falls Memorial Gardens.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Cedar Falls Pentecostal Building Fund.

Overheard, observed, and offered without confirmation by Miss Connie Calhoun, proprietress, Calhoun's Diner

✦ Mrs. Betty Sue Reynolds has, for the second Sunday running, brought a broccoli casserole to fellowship hall, which has caused some consternation among those who had counted on her green beans. Mrs. Reynolds was overheard at the Piggly Wiggly explaining that "the Lord put broccoli on this earth too, and I'll thank people to remember it." We will.

✦ Word from out by Rocky Ravine is that the gentleman who has been renting the back cabin behind the Whitfield place is not a fisherman. Three weeks and no fish. Mrs. Doris Whitfield says he keeps "city hours" and runs his lights past midnight. Could be a writer. Could be worse.

✦ Sister Linda Worthington was seen on Saturday afternoon photographing the railroad crossing at the back of the Pentecostal church with what appeared to be a 35mm camera and a tripod. When asked what she was doing, she said, "Composition." When asked what the composition was of, she said, "You'll see." We are not entirely sure we want to.

✦ The new menu boards at Calhoun's Diner were, your columnist regrets to inform readers, installed upside down on Thursday by a young man from a sign company in Pell City who shall remain nameless. They have since been corrected. The Hot Brown is back on. The meatloaf, alas, is between us and the Lord.

✦ A blue sedan with Tennessee plates was parked in front of the McAllister gate from about three o'clock Saturday afternoon to nearly dark. Nobody got out. The deputy on duty drove past it twice. By dark it was gone. Add what salt you will.

✦ Mr. Tom Buckley has officially won the Lions Club gourd competition for the third year running with a 47-pound specimen he claims he grew without fertilizer. Mrs. Buckley is reported to be "tired of hearing about it."

✦ The visiting tent revival behind the railroad has stretched into a fifth week, which by your columnist's count is two weeks longer than the elders of Cedar Falls Pentecostal had publicly predicted. Tickets, as always, are free; a love offering is appreciated; testimonies run long. Whether the tent and the sanctuary are, at this point, still entirely on the same page is a matter your columnist will leave to the readers and the Lord.

Miss Calhoun welcomes tips, gossip, and corrections at the diner counter between the hours of six and two. Coffee on the house for any item that proves true.

MONDAY · OCT 13

• 6:30 p.m. — Talladega County School Board, regular meeting, Courthouse Annex
• 7:00 p.m. — Cedar Falls Garden Club, "Bringing the Beds In for Winter," Mrs. Henley's home

TUESDAY · OCT 14

• 11:30 a.m. — Lions Club luncheon, fellowship hall behind Calhoun's Diner. Guest speaker: Coach Marny Dobbs
• 6:00 p.m. — Holy Fire Tent Revival, behind the trailer on the east side of the tracks. Brother Sutherland preaching. Night Three of Five.

WEDNESDAY · OCT 15

• 4:00–8:00 p.m. — Visitation for Mr. J.W. McAllister, McAllister Memorial Chapel
• 7:00 p.m. — Cedar Falls Pentecostal Wednesday Prayer Service. Brother Tatum, Lamentations 3

THURSDAY · OCT 16

• 11:00 a.m. — Funeral Service for Mr. J.W. McAllister, Cedar Falls Pentecostal Church
• 6:00 p.m. — Cedar Falls High Booster Club spaghetti supper, school cafeteria. $7 plate, all-you-can-eat.

FRIDAY · OCT 17

• 7:00 p.m. — FOOTBALL — Cedar Falls Lions vs. Talladega Central Trojans, Lion Stadium. Senior Night.
• 8:00 p.m. — MOVIE — Gone Girl (R), Havala Theater. One show only.

SATURDAY · OCT 18

• 8:00 a.m. — Farmer's Market, Courthouse Square. Last Saturday for tomatoes.
• 2:00 p.m. — Cub Scout Pack 117 Soap Box Derby, Byler Road hill (road closed 1–4)
• 7:00 p.m. — Holy Fire Tent Revival, Night Five of Five. Brother Sutherland preaching. He Has Promised to Bring the Roof Down.

SUNDAY · OCT 19

• 11:00 a.m. — Worship services at all houses of worship. See individual ads, below.
• 5:00 p.m. — Hymn Sing, Rocky Ravine Park gazebo, weather permitting

• Mon Oct 13 Mostly sunny. A pleasant October day.74°51°
• Tue Oct 14 Partly cloudy. Light breeze from the south.76°54°
• Wed Oct 15 Increasing clouds late. Chance of evening shower.73°58°
• Thu Oct 16 Cloudy and cooler. A 60% chance of rain after noon.65°56°
• Fri Oct 17 Showers clearing by kickoff. Damp turf likely.68°49°

Almanac. Sunrise 6:54 a.m. · Sunset 6:18 p.m. · Moonrise 9:51 p.m. (waning gibbous) · Kinlock Falls flow: normal for the season.

A Note from Mr. Earl Whitfield, our weather correspondent of forty-one years: "That front coming in Thursday is the one that'll tell us whether this October is going to behave itself. Bring a jacket to the funeral. Bring an umbrella to the football game. Don't say I didn't tell you."

Main Street, across from the courthouse

OPEN 6 A.M. TO 2 P.M. · TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

Plate lunch · $7.95
Hot Brown · $9.50
Coffee · refills on the house

"If Miss Connie doesn't know your order by Friday, you haven't been coming long enough."

Available for private parties after hours. Inquire at the counter.

"You're always welcome at the Pig."

THIS WEEK'S SPECIALS
Whole fryers · 99¢/lb
Bush's Best beans · 4 cans / $5
Bunch greens · $1.49
Sweet potatoes · 49¢/lb
Folgers, 30 oz · $7.99 with coupon

Memorial luncheon orders: please give the deli 48 hours' notice. We will do our best with shorter notice but make no promises.

CEDAR FALLS PENTECOSTAL CHURCH
"The Spirit Moves Here"
112 Main Street · Founded 1903
Reverend Brother Arnold "Arnie" Tatum, Pastor
✦ Sunday School · 9:30 a.m.
✦ Morning Worship · 11:00 a.m.
✦ Sunday Evening · 6:00 p.m.
✦ Wednesday Prayer · 7:00 p.m.
"Where the Spirit is welcome, the altar is open, and the doors of this sanctuary stand open to every soul in Cedar Falls — as they have, in this town, for one hundred and eleven years."
This Sunday's Service:
"A Time for Everything Under Heaven"
— Ecclesiastes 3:1
In memory of our dear brother and chairman, J. Wendell McAllister. The board of elders mourns. The congregation mourns. The work, by the grace of God, goes on.
Cedar Falls Pentecostal. The sanctuary will be open.

407 Calvary Road · Founded 1859

Reverend Dr. Beauford T. Pritchett, Pastor

✦ Sunday School · 9:30 a.m.
✦ Morning Worship · 11:00 a.m.
✦ Sunday Evening · 6:00 p.m.
✦ Wednesday Prayer & Supper · 6:30 p.m.

"Where the gospel is preached from the Book, the hymns are sung from the book, and the order of service is the order of service — as it has been for one hundred and fifty-five years."

— Proverbs 14:1

We extend our prayers to the family of Mr. J. Wendell McAllister and to the congregation of our sister church on Main Street in their hour of loss.

Some across this town are saying we live in unusual times. We say the times have always been unusual, and the answer has always been the same: Sunday morning, eleven o'clock, the front pew or the back, and the Word read straight from the page.

Calvary Road. Same Book. Same pew. Every Sunday.