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AUG. 20, 1992
Frisco oil find draws acclaim: The fifth oil well drilled by
Nuevo Energy Co. in the North Frisco City Field was tested Friday, and it is
the third consecutive well found to be capable of producing more than 3,000
barrels of oil per day.
The North Frisco City Field has attracted national media
attention with reports that it is one of the largest fields of high-quality
crude oil in the continental United States. For example, ABC’s nationally
broadcast radio commentator Paul Harvey mentioned the Frisco City discoveries
on the air Tuesday.
Coker makes big career step: George Coker made a step from
college straight into the coaching field that very few first-timers ever make
when he became the head football coach at J.F. Shields High School in Beatrice.
Coker graduated from Troy State University last September
with a bachelor of science degree in business management and a minor in
administration.
Coker began working with 26 players when fall practice began
Monday of last week. He expects to pick up a dozen more good football players
when school starts next week.
Monroeville native Mark Whittington is currently serving a
pastoral internship at Dauphin Way Baptist Church in Mobile.
A religion major, Whittington, 21, is a 1992 graduate of
Mobile College and a 1988 graduate of Monroe County High School. He is the son
of Rev. and Mrs. Vince Whittington. Vince Whittington served as the pastor of
First Baptist Church of Monroeville from 1981-1990.
54 YEARS AGO
AUG. 17, 1967
Diving Course Begun By Squad: Five members of the Monroe
County Rescue Squad began initial lessons in skin diving Monday night with the
second lesson set for tonight (Thursday). Don Sales of Monroeville is the
instructor.
Members of the squad who took the first lessons were
Randolph Lambert of Goodway, Sheldon Bayles and Tommy Booker of Monroeville,
and Darrell Browning and Buddy Enzor of Frisco City.
Lessons are being taught at the municipal swimming pool in
Frisco City.
Claude Wilkerson of Frisco City, president of the rescue
squad, said advanced lessons will include learning to work together as a team
in locating drowned victims in lakes, ponds, rivers, etc.
Plans For New Shopping Center At Monroeville Are Revealed:
Plans were revealed this week for a proposed new shopping center and an
addition to the present one in Monroeville by Fred Sheffield.
Mr. Sheffield of Monroeville said the new shopping center
will be located on a 12-acre plot one block east of Alabama Avenue and two blocks
from the square on Winston Avenue. The location is near the present shopping
center, which was opened by Mr. Sheffield in February 1965.
The construction of an inlands docks and grain facilities on the Alabama River in Monroe County was one step nearer reality this week due to a bond issue which is up for vote in the House. The $2 million bond issue, which has already passed the Senate, will provide for three different facilities along the Alabama River with the facilities in Monroe County expected to cost about one-half million dollars.
79 YEARS AGO
AUG. 20, 1942
LIGHTNING STRIKES J.F. FINKLEA HOME: During a thunderstorm Sunday afternoon, lightning struck the home of Mr. J.F. Finklea and did considerable damage to the walls of a bedroom, burned out a radio and slightly damaged a window sill and chimney.
Miss Doris Hendrix Joins WAAC Forces: Miss Dot Hendrix of Monroeville, one of the first 17 girls from this state to enlist in the WAAC, was sworn into the Army at Ft. McClellan on Friday. Miss Hendrix is at home now subject to call at any time, and will report to Des Moines, Iowa for further assignments.
BIRTHDAY PARTY: Misses Jennie and Nannie Faulk were joint
hostesses Thursday afternoon at a birthday party given for little Cecelia
Ingram. The honoree was the recipient of many attractive gifts.
Games were enjoyed and a refreshment course was served to
the following guests: Doris Dees, “Punk” Simmons, David Stallworth, Jimmy
Wiggins, John Fowler, Joe Smith, Ann Busey, Anette Ryland, Jeanette Green, Bill
Owens, John Byron Carter and Cecelia Ingram.
Biggest Sale Of Summer Held At Stockyard Tuesday: The biggest and best sale during the summer season was held at the stockyard here Tuesday when farmers marketed an unusually good grade of cattle and hogs. At the sale Tuesday, there were 293 cattle, 264 graded hogs, weighing 49,260 pounds, and 133 feeders, which sold for $18,814.33. Top hogs sold for $13.80.
104 YEARS AGO
AUG. 16, 1917
Mr. A.C. Lee and ye editor were business visitors to New Orleans last week.
Miss Jennie Faulk left a few days ago for Atlanta to select her fall stock of millinery. Her numerous friends and patrons will await with impatience her return and the announcement of her seasonal opening.
The work of demolishing the old grammar school building is well advanced and the material for the new brick structure is arriving. Dirt will be broken for the erection of the new edifice within a few days, and the building will be rushed to completion as rapidly as possible. It is hoped to have it ready for occupancy by the usual date for the opening of the school term.
Rev. A.J. Kempton has accepted calls to the pastorate of the Baptist churches at Excel and Ollie for the remainder of the year. The Ollie church is served on the afternoon of the first Sabbath in each month; Excel, morning and evening of the second Sunday. The appointment at Roy on the third Sunday, morning and evening, will be continued as at present.
Dr. J.W. Rutherford was over from Franklin Monday. The doctor reported the loss of 50 to 75 acres of corn on river and creek bottoms by high water during the recent rise in the Alabama River. The corn prospect on the low lands along the river is said to have been the finest for many years.
After canvassing a portion of the county, Prof. W.L. Porter reports the prospects favorable for the prosperous opening of the seventh annual session of the Monroe County High School on the 10th of September.
129 YEARS AGO
AUG. 18, 1892
Politics have quieted down in Monroe, and the people have addressed themselves to their various vocations.
Heavy rains have fallen around in the past few days and were greatly needed in many sections.
Cotton is beginning to open and the prospect is for a short crop. Time is short in which any change for the better to take place. The corn prospect however is favorable.
Col. B.L. Hibbard returned to his home at Birmingham Saturday after spending several weeks at Monroeville. Col. Hibbard will take the stump for Cleveland in the course of a few weeks.
The Bethlehem Baptist Association closed its 76th annual session at Burnt Corn Wednesday. The attendance was large and the session a profitable one. The next session will be held at Perdue Hill.
Four of Monroe’s officers-elect – Messrs. W.J. Robinson, tax collector, W.T. Nettles, tax assessor, T.J. Emmons, circuit clerk, and J.D. Foster, sheriff, have filed their bonds which have been approved by the probate judge.
DIED – Mrs. D.A. Wiggins, wife of Mr. Jas. H. Wiggins, died at her home in Monroeville, Friday, Aug. 12, after a long and painful illness. She leaves a husband and a number of children and a host of relatives and friends to mourn her loss. The sympathy of the community is with the bereaved.
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