17 YEARS AGO
AUG. 1, 2002
The Alabama Press Association
recognized The Monroe Journal as a General Excellence winner Saturday night at
its awards banquet at the Perdido Beach Resort.
The Journal was
judged the state’s best large weekly newspaper for the fourth consecutive year.
The General
Excellence award is the most prestigious honor in the 2002 APA Better Newspaper
Contest. Seventy-four newspapers submitted 2,737 entries in the annual contest.
Famous coach to speak Aug. 16-17:
Herman Boone, a former Texas high school football coach, will be the guest
speaker at a banquet Aug. 16 and 17 in Monroeville to be sponsored by the
Monroe County High School Tigers Touchdown Club.
Boone is renowned
as one of the top high school football coaches in the country for his efforts
in brining two consolidated high schools together to win a state championship.
Boone’s success was
recaptured in the film “Remember the Titans.” His character was portrayed by
actor Denzel Washington in the movie that became a box-office hit.
U.S. Army Sgt. Troy D. Jenkins, son
of Connie Gibson of Repton, has returned home after serving six months in
Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Jenkins, who is
with the 101st Airborne Division, serving in the 187th
Division out of Fort Campbell, Ky., was part of a “mop up” operation taking
place outside Kandahar, removing weapons, books, diaries and other items left
behind by al-Qaeda.
42 YEARS AGO
AUG. 4, 1977
Two young North Carolina prison
escapees charged with killing a 16-year-old girl will go to separate trials
next week during a special criminal term of Monroe County Circuit Court.
Brian Keith
Baldwin, 19, and Edward Horsley, 20, both of Charlotte, N.C., face capital
charges in the death of Naomi M. Rolon, 16, of Hudson, N.C., whose cut and
beaten body was found in a pile of pine limbs in a wooded area near Franklin
March 16.
Baldwin and Horsley
were identified as escapees from a prison honor camp in Hudson, N.C. If either
man is convicted, state law dictates the death penalty.
The Monroeville 13-year-old Babe
Ruth All-Stars won their opening game in the state Babe Ruth tournament, now
being held at Tanner Williams near Mobile.
The local all-stars
were led to the win by an outstanding pitching performance by Pearlie
Broughton. Broughton pitched a no-hitter in the opening series. He struck out
12 batters and walked nine as Monroeville defeated Pell City, 5-0, in the
double-elimination series.
Kelvin Lett led the
Monroeville hitting with two runs-batted-in.
The service opened
in late May with a provisional license because it was short of a two-way radio and
an aspirator (used to keep blood from interfering with breathing), said owner
and operator Larry Mitchell.
Last week, he said,
the state certified that all requirements had been met and issued a full
license.
67 YEARS AGO
AUG. 7, 1952
Hestle Wins Mayor’s Race In Election
Held Monday: Dr. J.J. Hestle, Monroeville dentist, who entered the race for
mayor immediately before the qualifying deadline, won election to the town’s
highest office in the primary held here Monday.
Dr. Hestle, who has
practiced dentistry for a number of years in Monroeville, was elected by
polling a total of 298 votes to a total of 157 for his only opponent, W.T.
Thames, Monroeville surveyor.
Dr. Hestle served
for 12 years on the town council until 1940, when he resigned to devote all his
time to his professional practice. He will succeed Charles W. Cole, local
automobile dealer, who has been mayor for the past eight years.
Only four seats on
the five-man town council were filled in the election yesterday. L.J. Wiggins,
L.D. Morris and R.M. Lazenby were reelected in their positions for another term
while Shall Dunning was the only newly-elected member.
Three Monroe County high school
coaches are scheduled to attend the statewide coaching clinic to be held at the
University of Alabama on Aug. 11-14.
They are Levaughn
Hanks, Monroe County High School; Robert Riley, J.U. Blacksher High School; and
William Hamilton, Frisco City High School.
Drilling operations on Monroe
County’s oil well, located on the estate of T.W. Moore between Perdue Hill and
Old Manistee were begun around 1:30 a.m. Sunday.
On Wednesday,
drilling had reached an approximate depth of 2,200 feet. The Sunnyland Drilling
Co. of Miami, Fla. is in charge of operations.
92 YEARS AGO
AUG. 4, 1927
Congressman John McDuffie was among
Monroeville friends the early part of the week.
ANNOUNCEMENT: The young man who recently took orders for
Bibles here has been unavoidably delayed but will deliver same as soon as
possible.
MASONIC MEETINGS: The regular
meetings of Alabama Lodge No. 3 are held on Friday evenings before the first
and third Sundays in each month, at 7:30. Regular convocation of Monroe Chapter
No. 122, on the first Monday evening in each month.
Excess of rainfall is reported in
some sections of the county while in other sections crops are suffering from
drought. Corn crops give promise of heavy yield except in the few neighborhoods
where there has been deficiency of rain.
Mr. J.E. Cobb was down from Midway
Monday. He reported work on the test well of the Jaggers Oil Co. in Old Texas
neighborhood progressing steadily. At last account a depth of 1,500 feet had
been reached. Representatives of the state geological department made a visit
to the scene of operations recently to make study of the structure.
Mr. P.W. Lett, president of the
Newton Institute, Newton, Ala., was a visitor to Monroeville Tuesday. Mr. Lett
is a former Monroe County boy and spent a few days in the county in the
interest of his school.
Cotton picking is underway in some sections of the county.
The older cotton is heavily fruited and seems to have escaped boll weevils with
less injury than that of more recent planting.
141 YEARS AGO
AUG. 6, 1878
Died – Near Monroeville, a few days
ago, infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Chandler, in the third stage of tuberculous
meningitis.
Claiborne – Capt. Locklin has about
completed his new warehouse and will be prepared to offer superior inducements
to farmers and merchants in the fall for their patronage. The warehouse is said
to have every facility for the accommodation and convenience of patrons and no
pains will be spared to give general satisfaction to the public. This will make
the third warehouse erected on the same spot. The other two having been burned
down by some incendiary fiend.
Perdue Hill – The new saloon of 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 beer is always kept on tap.
ECLIPSE – Smoked glasses were in
demand in Monroeville during the eclipse on the 29th and
notwithstanding a few dark clouds obscured for a while the beauties of the
orbs, we all “saw it through a glass darkly.”
The moon first made
here appearance, cutting off the right-hand edge of the sun. It crept along
slowly until three quarters of the sun’s disc was obscured, and a dark shadow
fell over the earth. As the period of totality came on the clouds could be seen
bathed in sunlight and presenting a view of beautiful sunset.
During the period
of obscuration, the edge of the moon appeared, like a huge black pall,
surrounded by a beautiful circle of light, and suddenly the sun burst forth
again in unobscured brilliancy.
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