AUG. 12, 1993
County OKs ferry repairs: Residents of the Packers Bend area
of Monroe County who’ve been inconvenienced by the lack of ferry service for
several months will not be without service much longer.
The Monroe County Commission voted Monday to spend $34,875
to repair the Davis Ferry, which is the main means of transportation connecting
Packers Bend in the northwest region of the county and the rest of the county.
Rodriguez Boat Builders of Bayou La Batre submitted the only bid to repair the
ferry, which is one of very few still operating in Alabama.
Academy’s scrimmage tonight: Monroe Academy’s Volunteers
will host Fort Dale-South Butler Academy tonight (Thursday) at the stadium in
Ollie. The game will kick off at 7 p.m.
“This is strictly a scrimmage game to evaluate our first
2-1/2 weeks of practice,” head coach Hugh Wilson said yesterday. “We’ll be able
to see what areas we need to concentrate on.”
Wilson has a team of 22 players, six of whom are seniors,
that are ready to play, he said.
English hired by Conecuh commission: Monroe County Engineer
Robert English was hired Monday by the Conecuh County Commission. According to
Conecuh Commission chairman Jerold Dean of the Fair Nelson community near Burnt
Corn, the unanimous vote was taken after English had approached him about the
job.
Dean said English is scheduled to start at his Evergreen
office Sept. 1. English has been county engineer here since March 24, 1987. His
father, Robert M. “Bob” English Jr., was county engineer from 1950 until his
death in 1969.
53 YEARS AGO
AUG. 8, 1968
City elections will be held in four Monroe County
municipalities Tues., Aug. 13, for the purpose of naming a mayor and five
councilmen for each. Monroeville, Beatrice, Frisco City and Excel will hold
elections at this time.
Monroeville will have a two-party election for the first
time in history. The Democratic party and the Republican party each has a slate
of candidates for city offices. These candidates were named in party primaries
June 18 and 25.
College Building Bid Opening Set Sept. 5: B.E. Lee,
president of Patrick Henry College, was notified Wednesday morning that the
Department of Health, Education and Welfare has approved plans for a new
building at the college, which will be built with funds partially provided by
the department.
C.H. Lancaster Jr. of Montgomery, architect, stated that
plans had been approved by the HEW and the State Board of Education, and that
bids would be let on the project Sept. 5 at 2 p.m. at the state office building
in Montgomery.
Carp’s Manager: Neil Peacock last week became manager of Carp’s Department Store in Monroeville, replacing Ray Black, who was transferred to De Funiak Springs, Fla. by the Carp’s chain. Mr. Peacock, a native of Troy and a graduate of Charles Henderson High School there, was formerly a Carp’s manager at Florala and associate manager at Natchez, Miss. He has been with the firm for five years. Married with no children, he lives on Bigger Street in Monroeville.
78 YEARS AGO
AUG. 12, 1943
MRS. MARSHALL SENDS 8 GRANDSONS TO ARMY: Mrs. F.E. Marshall
of Uriah has furnished Uncle Sam eight grandsons to help whip the Axis. They
are Pvt. Tom A. Turk, Fort Bliss, Texas; Sgt. Clyde C. Marshall, stationed in
Colorado; Pfc. Conrad Marshall, South Pacific area; Sgt. S.H. Harris, stationed
in Alaska; Pfc. Pershing Harris, North African area; Carey Harris, U.S. Navy,
stationed in Maryland; Pfc. John H. Hobdy, stationed in Iceland; and Robert
McKenzie, U.S. Navy, on active sea duty.
Mrs. Marshall, widow of the late F.E. Marshall, was one of
the first settlers in the northern part of this county. She has already
celebrated her 84th birthday.
The Boy Scouts of the Baptist Church Sunday School entertained with a delightful picnic last Friday evening for the 15-year-old girls, who are members of the class, at Moore’s Place. A delicious supper was served and everybody spent an enjoyable evening.
Miss Alice Lee of Birmingham spent last weekend here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Lee.
MONROE COUNTY WAAC IN NORTH AFRICA: Following is a quotation
from a letter written to a Montgomery friend by Mat Adams of Chicago, former
President of Young Democrats, who is in North Africa:
“I met the prettiest, most attractive WAAC there is over
here the other day… Her name is Dorothy Hendrix of Monroe County. Everybody
seems to be crazy about her.”
McMillan Feagin, son of Mr. and Mrs. F.F. Feagin, who has received his ensign commission in New York from Columbia University, left Thursday for New Orleans, where he reported for duty afloat.
101 YEARS AGO
AUG. 10, 1920
Senator Riley Kelly of Excel was a business visitor to the city Friday. Senator Kelly stated that the new high school building at Excel had been completed and the fund required of the community for the vocational school guaranteed in large part. He is confident that the fund will be raised in full.
Mr. H.A. Thornton and family have returned to their home at Alexander City after spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Lazenby. The trip both ways was made by automobile.
Mr. Reuben Perry died at his home near Perdue Hill on Mon.,
Aug. 9, after an illness of several days, aged about 80 years.
Mr. Perry was an honest, upright citizen, esteemed by all
who knew him. The funeral will take place today at Scotland cemetery with Masonic
honors.
Mr. Conrad Scott, the piano tuner of Pensacola, Fla., will return to Monroeville and vicinity, taking care of all contract work during the month of August of this year. All parties wishing to have work done, who have signed no contract, will please notify him by mail as he will not have time to call only as requested.
Mr. S.H. Purnel died quite suddenly at his home at Purnel, a few miles east of Burnt Corn, on Tues., Aug. 3. Mr. Purnel was stricken with heart failure at his saw mill and expired before a physician could be summoned. He was a good citizen and will be greatly missed from the community because of his public spirit and position of leadership. He was 71 years old.
128 YEARS AGO
AUG. 10, 1893
DIED – At the residence of her husband near Monroeville, Aug. 9, 1893, C. Georgeann, wife of Mr. W.W. Stanton, aged 52 years. The Journal tenders sympathy to the bereaved ones.
PERDUE HILL: The Perdue Hill Dramatic Club gave an
entertainment at the Masonic Hall on the 4th to a large and appreciative
audience, though many were kept away by threatening weather.
“Parted” was a four-act play and well rendered; in fact the
club has lost none of its well-earned reputation, being under the supervision
of Hon. N.A. Agee as President, who, for many years has shown great interest in
the tutelage of the young men and ladies of the club.
Geo. Staffens and Miss Mary Agee were assigned the leading
male and female characters and it is unnecessary to add, sustained fully the
roles of hero and heroine of the play.
The club had quite an acquisition in Mrs. G.W. Gaillard, who
made her debut and rendered her cast admirably. The music furnished by Prof.
Andrews contributed much to the pleasure of the company and the success of the
play.
At the close of the play, the young people appropriated the
spacious hall to dancing in harmony with the strains of sweet music.
BURNT CORN: Burnt Corn is on the boom. She is looking forward to the day when she may bring herself into notice and expects sooner or later to rank with other places.
AXLE: Miss Lena May Coleman, a beautiful young lady of Daleville, Miss., has a flourishing little school at this place.
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