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17 YEARS AGO
FEB. 28, 2002
A crew with NBC’s “Today Show” will visit Monroeville today
(Thursday) to film footage for a segment to air on national television later
next month.
According to Museums Director Kathy McCoy, “Today Show” host
Katie Couric, a native of Eufaula, and an assistant producer, Mary Elizabeth
Webb, a native of Demopolis, are “big” fans of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer
Prize-winning novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
The crew of cameramen and a producer will spend the day in
Monroeville today but will not shoot a live show, McCoy said.
Excel School, under the leadership of new head coach Robby
Carpenter, opened the 2002 baseball season Saturday in Red Level with 11-1 and
16-6 wins over Red Level High School.
Carpenter, a native of Millry and graduate of South Choctaw
Academy at Silas, joined the Panthers’ coaching staff in the fall.
(Players on Excel’s team that season included Josh Black,
Jeremy Burch, Brandon Crutchfield, Kyle Holder, Josh House, Neal Jordan, Hunter
Parden, Chase Reeves, Matt Smith, Ryan Smith, Michael Whatley, Blake White,
Chris Wiggins, Derek Wiggins and Josh Wiggins. Al Bowen was assistant coach.)
The new members of the Monroeville Area Chamber of Commerce
board of directors are Stuart Richeson, Stuart Rich, Bill Lamar, Jane Martin,
Jeff Kircharr, Ray Owens, Kenneth Fairly, Lou Cummins and Tim Tirey. Other
members of the board are president Kathy Johnson, treasurer Randy Nichols, Mike
Colquett, Pattie Crawford, Butch Feaster, Kenny Johnson, John Estes Jr., Tom
Lomenick, Jan Feaster, Patrick Harrigan and Robert Sims.
40 YEARS AGO
FEB. 22, 1979
Key case: Randall Watson of Monroeville holds a magnetic key
case that is said to resemble one used to frame California sportswriter Bob
Padecky on a drug charge at Gulf Shores. Watson says the case he holds here is
the same one he asked a waitress to buy the same day the Padecky incident
occurred. Watson, who was with Padecky and professional football player Kenny
Stabler shortly before Padecky was arrested, has been prominent in recent state
and national news about the incident. Watson said he needed the case because he
had locked his keys in his car twice the night before and several other times.
Watson said investigators had contacted him last week on their first trip, and
had said they had known exactly where he was. A spokesman for Attorney General
Charles Graddick said last week that Watson was not under investigation in the
incident, but was wanted only for questioning.
Holladay said he
would assume new duties as headmaster and coach at Fort Deposit Academy.
Holladay has been Excel’s head coach since 1966, except for a one-year absence.
He took the Panthers to 87 wins, 22 losses and four ties. Forty-three of the
wins were in consecutive regular-season games.
J. Lindsey Finklea of Beatrice retired last month from the
Board of Directors of Peoples Exchange Bank after serving on it for 44 years.
Finklea was elected a director of the bank Jan. 10, 1935 and was named vice
president the following May. He will now serve as chairman of the board
emeritus.
65 YEARS AGO
FEB. 25, 1954
FOLSOM SPEAKS TONIGHT AT BEATRICE HIGH SCHOOL: James E. “Big
Jim” Folsom, Alabama gubernatorial candidate in the Democratic May primary,
will speak at Beatrice High School tonight (Thursday) at 7:30.
Tigers Chalk Win Over UMS, 64-46: The Monroeville Tigers
were victorious for the sixteenth time of the current cage season Friday night
as they downed the UMS Cadets, 64-46, in the local coliseum.
Guard Pat Cobb, an outstanding playmaker all season, hit the
nets for 19 points to lead the Tigers, while center Bobby White followed
closely with 14 markers.
Local Knights Templar Unit To Name, Install Officers On
Friday: Officers for the Monroeville Commandery No. 47 of the Knights Templar
will be elected and installed at the annual meeting of the organization, M.L.
Bergman of Monroeville, Emminent Commander, declared recently.
The meeting is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at the local
Masonic Lodge.
The local Commandery covers a widespread area in South
Alabama. Members are included from Monroe, Clarke, Conecuh, Butler, Baldwin and
Wilcox Counties.
Four Monroe County veterans are shown above as they were
recently sworn in as members of Monroeville’s Battery D, 408th
National Guard Antiaircraft Battery by Lt. Windell Owens, commanding officer of
the local unit. Members of the group, all receiving the rank of sergeant, are
Winston Sanders of Frisco City, Claude McKinley, Alvin Lee and Marvin Andrews,
all of Monroeville.
90 YEARS AGO
FEB. 28, 1929
New Post Office Building: Dirt was broken Monday for the
erection of a new brick post office building situated on the site of the
building formerly occupied by the Monroeville Pharmacy which was destroyed by
fire two years ago.
The building will be erected for Mrs. L.S. Yarbrough under a
long time lease to the Post Office Department, and will be equipped with modern
fixtures. Mr. E.H. Hayles, local contractor, is supervising construction.
DEATH OF MR. E. TALBERT: Mr. Erastus Talbert died quite
suddenly on Friday afternoon, Feb. 22, aged 65 years.
Mr. Talbert was engaged in the installation of a pumping
outfit at the Williamson Amusement Park when he suffered an attack of heart
failure and died before a physician could reach him.
He had lived in Monroeville for some 25 years, engaged in
his occupation as a mechanic and plumber.
Mr. J.W. Hybart, prominent merchant and planter of Hybart,
was at the county capital Monday.
Prof. W.S. Porter of Excel dropped in Saturday to renew his
subscription.
It is time all spring gardens were well started, if yours is
not you should be starting it now.
Mr. Julian Brown, our State Garden Specialist, will be with
us Fri., March 1, to help us with our garden work.
We have planned for the meeting to be at Frisco City in the
Masonic building at 2 p.m. March 1.
115 YEARS AGO
FEB. 25, 1904
Preliminary Hearing: Arthur Faulk, a young man, was arrested
by Sheriff Fountain a few days ago on the charge of murdering Ernest Ryland,
near town about two weeks ago, and the preliminary hearing is in progress as we
go to press. The evidence, we understand, is circumstantial.
The new courthouse has been completed, the finishing touches
having been put on this morning. The building will be formally delivered to the
County Commissioners tomorrow.
Work on the remodeling and enlargement of Mr. J.W. Fore’s store
was begun Wednesday and will be pushed rapidly to completion.
CLOSE OF JONES MILL SCHOOL: The winter term of the Jones
Mill District School closed Friday, Feb. 19, 1904, with the record of being one
of the most successful terms of the school’s history – due to the able
principal, Prof. J.A. Barnes, and his able and accomplished assistant, Miss
Correy King, also the better equipped school rooms which have added very much
to our comfort during the cold winter days, and we are very sorry indeed that
our school has closed, and especially to know that we will be so far from our
able instructors, will miss their kind and wise instructions, so we are left
wondering if during the next term of our school we will be fortunate enough to
have the same able and talented instructors.
Dr. D.D. Cole and Mr. S.E. Northrop of Mount Pleasant were
here Monday and favored us with a call.
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