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17 YEARS AGO
FEB. 21, 2002
Hovind to speak at New Life: Creation Science Evangelist Dr.
Kent Hovind will visit New Life Christian School in Monroeville March 1-2.
Hovind, who taught high school science for 15 years before
becoming a full-time creation science evangelist, now speaks more than 700
times each year in public and private schools, churches, youth meetings and
more.
J.F. Shields High School’s varsity girls were scheduled to
begin play in the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s Southeast Region
basketball tournament in Troy Tuesday afternoon.
Shields, sporting a 23-2 record, was set to meet defending
state champion Notasulga High School at 3:30 p.m. at Troy State University.
Shields won its tenth straight area championship two weeks
ago. Since (Herbert) Blackmon inherited the program 16 years ago, the girls
teams have won 13 area championships.
(Top players on Shields’ team that season included Tandra
Blackmon, April Hollinger, Quantus Jones, Folake Knight, Tameka Knight, Latoya
Lett, Constance Montgomery, Ashley Odom and Crystal Stanton.)
Tracy Wicker, a junior at Frisco
City High School, recently represented her school in a statewide essay contest
sponsored by the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and the Alabama Department
of Education.
The essay contest,
on Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” was open to students from 38 school
districts in Alabama, and each winning essay was eligible to win in the
statewide contest.
41 YEARS AGO
FEB. 16, 1978
Old Salem groundbreaking:
Groundbreaking ceremonies for expansion of Old Salem Baptist Church in Mexia
were held Sunday. (Those present at the ceremonies were the Rev. Ed Womack and
his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Coleman, Mrs. Bartow Lloyd, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Sawyer, Mrs. Wallace Nettles, Mrs. Laura Sheffield,
Dania Womack, Tammy Womack, James Sheffield, Calvin Lovitt and Roland
Sheffield.)
A hot hand by Kevin Norris led the
(Monroe Academy) Vols to their Friday night win over Jackson Academy. Norris
had 22 points in the Vols’ 60-46 win in their final game of the regular season.
O’Neal Jordan added 15 points to the score for the Vols.
(Other top players
in that game included Tommy Bowden, Frank Carter, Sammy Carter, Mitch Jones,
Doug Smith, Hines Steele and Jeff Tatum.)
Lt. Frye in Navy exercises: NORFOLK,
Va. – Navy Lt. (junior grade) Wilson E. Frye, son of George D. Frye, Uriah, is
participating in exercise “Readiex 2-78” off the Southern California coast.
He is serving as
the weapons officer of the submarine USS Guardfish, homeported in San Diego.
A 1975 graduate of
the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, with a bachelor’s degree in
electrical engineering, Frye joined the Navy in September 1968.
Concord Baptist Church in Buena Vista has been added to the
Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage by the Alabama Historical
Commission. The privately-owned church, located on County Road 56, is the
former Church of Christ Concord. It is owned by deacon J. Lindsey of Beatrice.
66 YEARS AGO
FEB. 19, 1953
Father of Frisco City soldier is presented posthumous DSC:
Cpl. Robert B. Lambert of Rt. 2, Frisco City, who was killed on Oct. 4, 1951,
in action in Korea was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross on
Feb. 11 by Maj. General D.W. Canham, Headquarters Third Army.
Presentation of the award was made to the father of the
deceased serviceman, Pleason Lambert, at the Lambert residence on Frisco City,
Rt. 2.
The citation which accompanied the presentation of the DSC
medal declared Cpl. Lambert “distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in
action against the enemy in the vicinity of Chungseri, Korea.”
The Frisco City High School Whippet quintet, following an
apparent high-scoring trend on Tuesday night, outscored a visiting Excel High
five, 96-64.
High point man for Frisco was guard Larue Rumbley with 22
points followed closely by center Jerry Gulsby with 20 while forward Ted
Tomlinson paced Excel with 21.
Monroeville’s new deep water well, with a guaranteed
capacity of 900 gallons of water per minute, is estimated to be in operation
within a two-week period.
Depth of the new well, which was begun in August is 1,500
feet. Local water board officials have stated the new deep well should
alleviate a reoccurrence of a water shortage which is demanded by increased
local consumption and dry weather in the summer months.
Drilling of the well was instigated by a critical shortage
last year because of drought during the summer.
91 YEARS AGO
FEB. 16, 1928
FUNERAL DIRECTOR OPENS FOR BUSINESS: Mr. J.H. Stove of
Ceygnet, Ohio, Funeral Director and Embalmer, arrived in Monroeville last week
and has opened for business in the building next door to the post office. Mr.
Stove is a graduate of the Cincinnati College of Embalming and holds a license
for the State of Ohio. He will carry a line of coffins, caskets and funeral
supplies. Hearse and ambulance service will be available at all times at
reasonable prices.
Joint Reunion of Confeds and G.A.R. proposed: A joint reunion
of the Union and Confederate veterans would illustrate that the bitterness of
the War Between the States has ended. Representative Howard (D), Nebraska, told
a House judiciary committee last week in advocating his bill proposing such a
gathering this year in Washington.
Chairman Hersey of Maine asked Howard to obtain the
endorsement of the commanders of both the Grand Army of the Republic and the
United Confederate Veterans for the proposed meeting before the committee
considers the plan. Under the bill, the government would pay all expenses of
the reunion.
Drs. A.B. Coxwell and R.A. Smith are comfortably installed
in new suites of offices in the Simmons building. Drs. Harper and Yarbrough
will also have apartments in the building.
Dr. J.M. Johnson has established his dental office in the
apartments lately vacated by Drs. A.B. Coxwell and Smith.
116 YEARS AGO
FEB. 19, 1903
Editor J.H. Whitcomb of the Evergreen Record died on the 11th
inst. He had been in bad health for several months.
Free Lecture at Peterman: Mr. J.E. Brame, the great
traveler, will deliver a free lecture at the Peterman school house on Saturday
night, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m. on what he saw in making a trip around the world, via
Europe, the Suez Canal, China, Japan and Egypt.
Hon. Thos. S. Wiggins, Monroe’s representative in the
legislature, is at home for a few days.
BURNT CORN: The building committee has about closed the
contract for the new church at Puryearville; the building to be placed beside
where the old one now stands, the latter having been sold.
AWIN: Mr. W.D. Garrett died at his home Monday morning, aged
77 years. His remains were laid to rest Wednesday at Mt. Pleasant.
DREWRY: Drewry needs a railroad station. The readers of The
Journal who live in the vicinity and do business and travel from this place,
should agitate this matter in their own interest.
Drewry is coming to the front. Mr. J.B. McMillan is putting
up a telephone line from the store to his residence, which will be a great
convenience. The people here have built a fine new school house and a residence
for the teacher, Prof. Hardy, to live in.
PERDUE HILL: The oyster supper was a complete success. A
handsome cake was voted to Miss Callie Davis, and the quilt was won by Mr. Owen
Burk of the Nettie Quill.
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