20 YEARS AGO
MAY 27, 1999
Journal wins General Excellence in APA competition: The
Monroe Journal has been named the leading weekly newspaper of its size in
Alabama.
The Journal won the award for General Excellence in the 1999
Alabama Press Association Better Newspaper Contest.
Seventy-four newspapers submitted 2,702 entries which were
judged by the Kentucky Press Association. The Journal last won General
Excellence in 1992.
“This award confirms what I have always said,” said Bo
Bolton, Journal owner and publisher. “The Monroe Journal has the best weekly
newspaper staff in the state.”
Excel’s Jordan tosses no-hitter in South Monroe Babe Ruth:
South Monroe Babe Ruth League play Saturday at Julius Lambert Field in Frisco
City saw Excel Black stun Uriah, 10-0, in five innings.
Neal Jordan picked up the win and recorded the league’s
first no-hitter of the season. He struck out 10 and did not issue a walk.
(Other top Excel players in that game included Nic Ikner and
Nick Parden. Top players for Uriah included J.B. Wilkins, who pitched for
Uriah, striking out five.)
Policemen recognized: During Police Memorial Week, the
Monroeville Police Department treated its officers to breakfast at Southside
Baptist Church. Officers Charlie Steen, 21 years, Robert Champion, 23 years,
Dewitt Everette, 32 years, and Danny Ikner, 23 years, were recognized for their
long service to the department with a certificate and a mockingbird watch.
Officers also remembered those killed in the line of duty: Raymond Chandler,
1996; Ed Brown, 1972; and Robert Lee, 1972.
45 YEARS AGO
MAY 23, 1974
Lee honored: John T. Lee III of Monroeville is congratulated
by Capt. Max P. Bailey Jr., U.S. Navy Ret., at Marion Institute’s awards parade
last Friday. Lee, as White Knight Commander, received the award for being the
Best Drillmaster at the 132-year-old military school. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J.T. Lee Jr. of Monroeville.
Tigers are 3A champs: The Monroe County High School Tiger
baseball team became the Alabama High School Athletic Association 3A state
champion Saturday, downing Sheffield High, 5-0, in the final game of a
best-two-out-of-three series.
MCHS ended probably its best season ever in baseball with a
16-1 record and the state baseball crown.
Sophomore pitcher Terry Coleman got both championship wins,
pitching a four-hitter Friday and returning Saturday in the final game of the
series to pitch a shutout, allowing only three hits.
(Others players on MCHS’s team that season included Johnny
Bartlett, Buddy Black, Chris Black, James Brown, Randal Brown, Ronald Brown, Al
Carr, Joe Davis, Tom Dunning, Pat Higginbotham, Scott Higginbotham, James
McCants, Reid Nettles, Tim Pullen, James Smith and Tony Wearren. Ronnie Dees
was MCHS’s head baseball coach.)
Funeral services for Paul Lindsey, lockmaster at Claiborne
Lock & Dam, will be conducted at 11 a.m. today (Thursday) from Eureka
Baptist Church by the Rev. Gerald Craft. Burial will be in Memorial Garden Park
in Tuscaloosa.
Mr. Lindsey, 51, of Finchburg died Monday. Honorary
pallbearers will be members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
70 YEARS AGO
MAY 26, 1949
Stevens New Police Chief; Others Are Named To Positions:
Alex Stevens, night marshal of Monroeville for the past several months, was
named local chief of police by the town council at its regular bi-weekly
meeting Tuesday night.
Windell C. Owens, Monroeville attorney, was chosen for the
part-time position of town clerk, while Melvin Andrews, also of Monroeville,
was chosen as night marshal.
A vacancy in the jobs of clerk and police chief occurred
about 10 days ago when B.L. Hendrix, who had served in the double capacity,
resigned.
Two MCHS Baseball Players Will Graduate: In commenting on
this year’s baseball team at Monroe County High, Coach Levaughn Hanks said that
the boys played good ball for a first year club.
Only Jack Simpson and Al Ryland from this year’s club will
graduate.
(Hanks) said that plans are now underway to encourage other
county schools to field a team next year. Monroe County High was the only
county team participating in this sport this year.
Frisco City Water Board Head Not Yet Selected: No successor
to Elliott Hendrix as head of the Frisco City Water Board has yet been chosen,
O.O. McGinty, mayor, said Wednesday.
Mr. Hendrix, who resigned Monday night, had served as head
of the board since its creation some three months ago.
W.G. Sims and Howard McWilliams, board members, will select
a successor to Mr. Hendrix, the mayor said.
Mrs. Lucian Jones and Mrs. George Thomas Jones recently
spent several days in Opelika.
95 YEARS AGO
MAY 22, 1924
Mr. J.C. Faulkenberry, the veteran postmaster at Tunnel
Springs, took a day’s vacation Friday to enjoy a fish fry with friends at
Claiborne, stopping by on his return merely to tell us of his enjoyment of the
occasion.
The concert given by the Monroeville Orchestra last
Wednesday evening was attended by a record crowd. The music was exceptionally
good and was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone present. The orchestra is under the
direction of Miss Ferrol Mae Baggett, a musician of exceptional ability, and we
look forward to another musical treat. The feature of the concert of Wednesday
evening was a piano solo by Miss Baggett which has been praised in the highest
terms.
Three residences in the southern part of the city are nearing
completion and will be ready for occupancy within 30 days. We refer to the
residences of E.A. Thompson, J.A. York and W.M. Lindsey.
Election to Incorporate the Town of Excel, Monroe County,
Alabama: Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in the office of
the Probate Judge of Monroe County, Ala., signed by more than 25 qualified
electors of said county and residents of the community therein described,
stating that it is desired to incorporate the following described territory or
community under the name of EXCEL, ALABAMA.
141 YEARS AGO
MAY 28, 1878
FINAL SETTLEMENT – Maj. Joseph F. Boyles, our old tax
collector, was the first tax collector in the state, again, as usual, to make a
final settlement with the state for the county. Old Monroe stands first on the
list of honest tax-paying counties in the state at Montgomery, and to untiring
energy of our tax collector, is much credit due for this fact.
Medical Association – The medical society of this county,
recently elected the following named gentlemen for its officers: J.M. Lindsey,
President; S.S. Gaillard, vice president; F.S. Dailey, treasurer; J.T. Packer,
secretary; and J.T. Russell, chairman. W.W. Boroughs and S.S. Gaillard, compose
the board of censors.
A VISITOR – Dr. J.M. Wiggins, who lives at Midway, paid
Monroeville and his old friends a visit a few days ago.
CLAIBORNE – Mr. E.H. Killam, an old
and esteemed citizen of Monroe, died, near Claiborne, some time since.
Perdue Hill – The new saloon on the Hill is handsomely fixed
up, and looks neat, cozy and enticing. The liquors and cigars are the best
brands, the wines are the best the market affords, and the best of beer is
always kept on tap.
Messrs. E.H. Bixler and Walter Forwood took their fine
trotters – Billie and Sidney – to the Mobile Fair, the latter of which
acquitted himself with great credit and did the prettiest trotting on the
track, and but for unfriendly jockeying, would have been winner of several
races. Mr. Bixler’s horse became excited and unmanageable, though a very fast
trotter.
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