THREE YEARS AGO
MARCH 19, 2015
Georgia Pacific buys Rocky Creek: Georgia Pacific officials
announced Friday the company had concluded an agreement with RoyOMartin for the
transfer of RoyOMartin’s Rocky Creek lumber operations at Mexia to
Georgia-Pacific.
Rocky Creek has approximately 110 employees. Closing of the
transaction is expected shortly, according to GP officials.
J.U. Blacksher improved to 8-4 last Thursday in Red Level
when the Bulldogs pounded Red Level High School, 11-1, in five innings.
Andrew Redditt and Tanner Weaver combined to pitch a
one-hitter and lead the Bulldogs to the win.
(Other standout Blacksher players in that game included
Tanner Brooks, Charlie Scruggs and Hunter Turberville.)
During the March meeting of the Monroe County Board of
Education Thursday in Monroeville, the board approved retirement requests from
11 employees, including five teachers and an assistant principal with a
combined 184 years of service.
Teachers retiring and their years of service are as follows:
Paralee Broughton, an English teacher at Monroe County High School (MCHS), 39;
Diane Turner, a fourth-grade teacher at J.F. Shields School, 34; Mary Kyles, a
fifth-grade teacher at Monroeville Middle School, 30; Brad Moore, a physical
education teacher at Excel School, 29; and Marsha Burt, at fourth-grade teacher
at Monroeville Elementary School, 21 years.
Kenny Smith, an assistant principal at MCHS, will also
retire with 31 years of service.
28 YEARS AGO
MARCH 15, 1990
Blacksher students tops at science fair: Paulette Lambert
and Anthony House, both of J.U. Blacksher School, were the overall winners in
the Monroe County science fair held at J.F. Shields High School March 6.
Miss Lambert was the overall winner in the senior division
for her physics project, Electricity and Sound.
House won the overall competition in the junior division for
his physical science project, Changing Mechanical Energy into Heat.
MA season to begin Monday: Monroe Academy returns the
nucleus of its 1989 baseball team that won the Alabama Private School
Association 3A West Region regular-season championship, but the core of that
nucleus is missing.
B.J. Wallace, a heralded left-handed pitcher from Excel,
graduated last May and is now pitching for Mississippi State University in
Starkville, Miss. on a full athletic scholarship.
(Players on MA’s 1990 team included John Abernathy, Nick
Ackerman, Dallas Gamble, Jeff Griffin, Chris Hare, Craig Ivey, Matt Moorer,
Stephen Newsome, Land Sikes, Keith Tucker, Mitchell Turberville, Sam Ulmer and
Tim Wholers. Gary Caldwell was head coach.)
Ghytana Shelton, an eighth-grade student at J.F. Shields
High School, won first place in the Monroe County spelling bee Friday at
Monroeville Elementary School. Shelton, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clemmie
Shelton of Beatrice, spelled the final two words – guardian and handicap – to
win the match.
53 YEARS AGO
MARCH 18, 1965
FIRST STUDENT – Gayle Wells of Repton became the first
student to register at the new Monroe County Junior College. She will graduate
from Repton High in May. Here she is shown signing the form for entrance with
B.E. Lee, president, looking on. Gayle plans to take secretarial science at the
junior college. The college will open for classes this fall, Mr. Lee said.
Members Urge Tearing Down Old Courthouse: The Monroeville
Chamber of Commerce went on record Monday night urging the city to enforce the
anti-littering laws in an effort to clean up the city.
Unanimous approval of the decision came at the first
quarterly membership meeting, which was held at the Community House.
The Chamber also urged the tearing down of the old
courthouse and beautification of the area, making a parking lot out of another
portion of the space now occupied by the old courthouse.
School Is Named For H.G. Greer: The Rosenwald Junior High
School at Tunnel Springs has been changed to Greer Junior High in memory of
H.G. Greer, former superintendent of education in Monroe County.
R.H. Vickery, superintendent, said the change will be
effective next school term.
Request for the name change was made by the school’s board
of trustees and the principal, O.J. Carmichael.
The request was approved by the school board.
Juanita Williams was named winner of the J.U. Blacksher Beta
Club’s beauty pageant, which was held at the school recently.
78 YEARS AGO
MARCH 21, 1940
Mr. R.H. Vickery, principal of the Monroeville Elementary
School, attended the A.E.A. in Birmingham last week.
Mr. Clyde Marshall, who has been superintendent of the mechanical
department of Lee Motor Co. in Frisco City, has been transferred to Monroeville
and will be in charge of the repair department in the new shop here.
Two Men Dead, Result of Hunting Accident: Mr. George McCall
and his father, Mr. Thomas McCall, died early Saturday morning as the result of
a hunting accident which occurred on the Locklin Plantation near Perdue Hill.
Sheriff J.L. Bowden, who went immediately to the scene of
the accident, said George McCall and Ellis Rawls went turkey hunting before
daylight Saturday morning. When they reached the hunting grounds, McCall and
Rawls separated and in a short time McCall killed a turkey. He placed the
turkey on his shoulder and started in the direction of the place he had left
his companion. Rawls had taken his stand on top of a hill and seeing what he
thought was a turkey approaching him from the bottom of the hill, he fired one
shot with a .22 caliber rifle and saw the turkey fall.
He ran to the spot and discovered that instead of killing a
turkey, he had killed his companion, George McCall. The bullet entered the
lower lip and came out the back of his head.
Thomas McCall was notified of the accident and went to the
scene. Amid the excitement on reaching the body of his son, he is said to have
suffered a heart attack and dropped dead.
103 YEARS AGO
MARCH 18, 1915
As Chairman of the Entertainment Committee for the
observance of Memorial Day on April 26, I desire to obtain the name of every
Confederate veteran in Monroe County. If someone in each community will kindly
furnish me with a list they will oblige the committee by writing at once – D.F.
Ellisor, Chairman.
Circuit Court: The spring term of the circuit court convened
on Monday, Judge Benj. D. Turner, Chatom, presiding. After invocation by Rev.
A.J. Kempton, the grand jury was empaneled and charged by His Honor in a most
lucid manner. Mr. E.A. Thompson is foreman and Mr. J.A. Sawyer bailiff.
There was very little litigated business on the civil docket
and the petit jurors were all discharged on the third day of the term.
Judge Turner has already won a warm place in the esteem of
the bar, court officials and our people generally through his ready grasp of
the situation, his rapid dispatch of business and his unfailing courtesy.
Hon. Oscar L. Gray was a visitor to the city this week,
looking over the local situation to see what manner he can best serve his
constituents on assuming his seat in congress. Mr. Gray’s friends in Monroe are
always delighted to see him and especially gratified to see him looking so
well.
Mr. E.P. Morrisette of Peach Tree was a pleasant caller at
The Journal office while in the city the first of the week.
Mr. W.C. Tucker was up from Jeddo Monday.
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