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| Alabama Attorney General John Patterson |
11 YEARS AGO
AUG. 9, 2007
Beatrice hires Norris as police chief: Criminals and crooks
in Beatrice had best take note: there’s a new lawman in town and he means to
protect and serve.
Monday night the Beatrice Town Council officially hired Ray
Norris as the new police department’s chief.
Norris has over 12 years of experience in law enforcement
with extensive training and work in narcotics.
J.F. Shields’ new head football coach hopes to give the
program the thing it needs most – stability.
“I hope to be here for the long haul, said Timothy Moorer,
who was hired to replace William Randolph as the Panthers’ third head coach in
the last three years. Randolph spent one season at the helm. Prior to Randolph,
Jerome Sanders served as head coach through two seasons.
Moorer is a native of Greenville and a graduate of
Greenville High School and Alabama State University. He spent 18 years in the
Wilcox County public schools. He spent all 18 years at Wilcox Middle School and
served as an assistant football coach for three years and head basketball coach
at Wilcox Central High School in Camden three years.
For the second time in five months Monroeville firefighters
were called to the Monroe County Courthouse to rescue a person trapped in the
elevator.
“We were called to the courthouse at 6:20 Monday evening,”
Monroeville Fire Lt. Eddie James said Wednesday, “to help get a man out of the
elevator.”
James said firefighters opened the doors and assisted the
man out of the elevator.
36 YEARS AGO
AUG. 12, 1982
Kay Ivey visits: Camden native Kay Ivey, candidate for state
auditor, visited with local citizens at the Monroe County Courthouse Monday
morning, soliciting votes. While here, she met with the Monroe County
Commission to urge its support and discuss her views on issues which affect
county government. She presented the commission with an ivy plant.
Excel feature twirler Paula Lowrey and drum majorette
Marlyss Bowen attended the Heart of Dixie band camp at Auburn University July
12. In the feature twirler division, Paul received a trophy for her superior
rating. In the free-style directing division, Marlyss received a blue ribbon
for her excellent rating. Both will be leading the Excel High School Panther
marching band this fall. David Jackson is band director.
The Frisco City Chamber of Commerce will dedicate a new
downtown park and gazebo next Thursday and will follow the ceremony with a
community clean-up.
The chamber recently built a gazebo on Highway 21 across
from Fris-Cap. The small park the gazebo stands in will be named, but the
organization hasn’t chosen a specific name yet.
Chamber secretary Ronnie Ray said the public is invited to
attend the dedication ceremonies and the clean-up campaign which will begin
after the dedication.
Earl Davis and his wife, Leminoy, show off a 4-foot, 2-inch
copperhead that Davis killed Friday evening at Claiborne. Davis and a friend,
Johnny Hunt of Monroeville, saw the snake crossing the road while they were
driving.
61 YEARS AGO
AUG. 8, 1957
The first bales of cotton ginned in Monroe County from the
1957 crop were reported Thursday and Friday from Frisco City and Monroeville,
respectively.
The initial ginning in the county was at the Farmers
Cooperative Market gin in Frisco City where J.B. Wilson of Frisco City ginned a
bale weighing 550 pounds.
In Monroeville, Karl Lazenby, owner of the Monroeville Gin
Company, said the first bale was ginned here Friday by Edwin Jaye of Mexia.
The annual North-South basketball game will be broadcast
over radio station WMFC in Monroeville today (Thursday) at 4 p.m.
The game will be played on the University of Alabama campus
at Foster Auditorium.
A Monroe Countian, Bobby Allen, a six-foot, three-inch,
205-pound center from Frisco City, will be among 20 of Alabama’s best
basketball players chosen from high school seniors to play in the game.
Attorney General Is Speaker Here Friday: Featured speaker at
the weekly luncheon meeting of the Monroeville Kiwanis Club Friday will be John
Patterson, State Attorney General of Alabama.
Appearing before the local club through the invitation of
Dayton L. Russell, Mr. Patterson will speak on the subject “Current Problems
Facing the People of Alabama.”
Sixty members of Monroeville’s Battery D of the 108th
National Guard Antiaircraft Battalion leave Saturday for two weeks summer camp
at Ft. Stewart, Ga.
M-Sgt. Berlin Sims, administrative assistant of the unit,
said the battery will leave by truck in troop convoy to return Aug. 25.
86 YEARS AGO
AUG. 11, 1932
Mail Schedule Is Changed Sunday: Beginning last Sunday a
change in the Frisco Railroad schedule brought about a slight change in the
mail schedules for Monroeville. Instead of the Frisco morning train running
south, it is now northbound and passes West Monroeville at 8:47. The mail
reaches the Monroeville post office about nine o’clock. The afternoon train,
which runs about six o’clock, is now southbound. Mail is made up at the post
office for this train at 5:15.
Local Tournament Creates Interest Among Golfers: Interest in
the tournament being played this week among the golf club members will be at
the highest pitch when the players enter the finals this afternoon. Already the
tournament has brought back several players who had not shown much activity on
the course since the last local tournament held during the spring.
One member has shot under par during the matches already
played off, while others are breaking their usual games.
Mass Meetings Held Over County Had Good Attendance: A series
of educational mass meetings were held throughout the county last week by the
County Council of P.T.A.’s and the Women’s Federated Clubs. Meetings were held
in the following communities: Uriah, Frisco City, Perdue Hill, Excel, Beatrice
and Monroeville. Each meeting was attended by a representative group of
interested citizens. It is estimated that a total of 700 people attended these
meetings.
111 YEARS AGO
AUG. 8, 1907
Miss Callie Faulk, who is teaching school at Axle, spent Saturday
and Sunday with home folks.
Dr. A.B. Coxwell, who recently graduated at the Medical
College of Louisville, returned home last week.
Mr. L.A. Hixon has been sojourning at the Wilcox Mineral
Springs, Schuster, a few days for the benefit of his health.
The first boll of open cotton reported to The Journal this
season was brought to this office on Aug. 1 by William Wiggins, an industrious
farmer living near town.
BARN DESTROYED BY FIRE: The barn of Capt. Thos. A. Nettles
was destroyed by fire at Tunnel Springs Saturday night, Aug. 3, together with
his entire crop of oats and other feedstuff stored in the building. The fire
was discovered at a late hour and there was barely time to rescue the horses
and mules. It is not known how the fire originated.
The Journal is requested to announce that there will be an
ice cream supper at the home of Mr. J.O. Sniders near Mexia on Fri., Aug. 16,
for the benefit of Old Salem Baptist Church.
WILCOX MINERAL SPRINGS is now open for the season. The
health-giving properties of these waters can be vouched for by many who have
been benefitted by them. A hack line to and from the depot to meet the trains
morning and evening. Every arrangement for the comfort and entertainment of
guests will be carefully looked after. Special terms by the week, month or
season can be had on application to G.W. Stuart, Proprietor, Schuster, Alabama.
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