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| Corinne King Wright |
DEC. 28, 1961
The Camden Fire Department was called Friday afternoon to the scene of a fire in an unoccupied house on Clifton Street. The fire was extinguished but flared up again that night when the firefighters were called out again. Considerable damage was done to the frame dwelling owned by W.C. Sanders, though it was not burned completely.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Gaston, Broad Street, Camden,
was completely destroyed by fire Thursday morning. The fire was discovered just
after midnight and firefighters worked from 1 a.m. to 4:30 a.m. trying to keep
other close-by buildings from catching fire during a high wind.
An old landmark in Camden, the building housed a beauty shop
in a wing. The Gastons had lived in the house for the past 11 years and prior
to that, it was the home of Governor Miller. The Governor moved into the house
when he was married in 1893 and lived there until his death.
The Gastons and their three sons, ages 10, five and one year
old, barely escaped from the burning building. Cause of the fire had not been
determined Thursday morning.
Solomon Brothers entertained the employees of the Camden Shirt Factory with a Christmas dinner on Friday before closing the factory for a 10-day holiday. The Camden Café served the 140 employees buffet style with tables set up in the factory for the Christmas meal. The management also gave each of the employees a blouse or a shirt which was made at the factory. After the turkey dinner was eaten, while Christmas music filled the factory, the workers were dismissed to return to work on Jan. 2.
74 YEARS AGO
DEC. 25, 1947
Tom Melton Jr. Named Patrol Sergeant: T.P. Melton Jr.,
formerly of Pine Apple, now of Evergreen, was named to the rank of sergeant
under the new military rank plan of the highway patrol, according to an
announcement last week by the office of the State Public Safety Director.
Sergeant Melton has been stationed in Evergreen in recent
months, and will remain there under the new set-up. The Evergreen office is one
of four division patrol offices in the state.
Camden High Basketball Begins: Pine Apple 18, Camden 14:
Camden led for the first two quarters, but went wild the last half. The game
was played outside in freezing weather and both teams had difficulty handling
the ball, which accounted for the low score and the poor ball-handling.
(Players for Camden included Sonny Roark, Dave Bonner and
James Dunnam.)
Among those who plan to see the Sugar Bowl game, Alabama versus Texas, in New Orleans are Judge J.M. McLeod, J.M. Moore, Demp Harris, Wirt Moore and Gene Watts.
NOTICE – No hunting allowed on lands owned by King Pharr Canning Operations, Inc. in Wilcox and Marengo Counties near Catherine, Alabama. – Julian McPhillips, Selma, Ala.
Pine Apple Hi basketball boys have unanimously voted the following girls as cheerleaders: Mary Inez Davis, Nell Winters, Virginia Dell Lambkin, Olivia Stone and Margaret Ann Knight.
86 YEARS AGO
DEC. 26, 1935
Capt. Emmett Kilpatrick, who has the chair of Romance Languages at University of South Carolina, will only spend a day of his holidays here.
The relatives and friends of Mrs. Corinne King Wright of San Gabriel, Calif. will be glad to hear she is restored to health and has resumed her portrait painting. In addition, she is writing plays and novels. Her religious play, “Saul of Tarsus,” has been very successful. Mrs. Wright made quite an extended visit her during 1928-1929 copying the portrait of her kinsman, Senator Wm. R. King. She also visited in Dallas County and Montgomery. At the latter place, she painted a beautiful portrait of Mrs. Will W. Hill, wife of Judge Hill. Mrs. Hill was a former Wilcoxan, being Miss Corrie Melton of Pine Apple.
Miss Carolyn Jones, who is a member of the high school faculty at Felix, is at home for the holidays.
Prof. and Mrs. Wm. Bryant of Athens, Ohio will spend the holidays with his sister, Mrs. C.D. Thompson.
Miss Mary Underwood of Salt Lake City, Utah attended the marriage of Miss Lucile Underwood and Mr. Lucian McLeod here on Dec. 21.
Prof. and Mrs. E.W. Mellown and children, Elgin Jr. and David, are spending the yuletide with homefolks at York, Ala.
99 YEARS AGO
DEC. 28, 1922
Oil Well to be Drilled: Mr. J.L. Bugg, a prominent Monroeville attorney, and Mr. Willis, a geologist from California, were in Camden this week buying leases. Mr. Bugg has a contract with a company in Oklahoma to drill several wells in the eastern part of Wilcox County and the north end of Monroe. These wells will be drilled on the strength of a survey made by the state and several private surveys. Work will probably begin in the next 90 days on the first well and no stock will be sold.
Prospects Bright: The high school team began practice this week for the basketball season. Prospects are bright for a winning team with four of the regulars of last year’s team returning, including the two Connors at forwards, Sam Jones at center, and Leo Hall at guard. About 20 other candidates will try for the other position. The team has an able coach in Professor Salter.
Miss Gladys McLeod, a popular Camden girl and teacher in the Monroeville High School, is back home for the holidays.
CAPELL-POWELL: Dr. and Mrs. Clifton W. Powell of Letohatchie announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Lucile, to John Simpson Capell of Camden, Ala., the wedding to take place sometime in January.
The Cooke entertainers gave daily shows last week at the Camden theatre.
112 YEARS AGO
DEC. 23, 1909
The new pastor for the Camden Methodist Church is Rev. Mr. Boyd, who has been pastor past two years of the Methodist church at Clayton. They part with him with deep regret for reliable information received we commend him to our people as an able preacher, a consecrated Christian and a most loveable gentleman. We all welcome him with much pleasure to his work in Camden.
Dr. J.H. Jones raffled two beautiful bridles sent him for sale by Mr. Joe Lambert, formerly of this county, but now living in Methow, Washington. These bridles were made by a life term convict. It took him all his spare time for eight years to make them. They were silver-mounted, hand-hammered and by far the prettiest things like a bridle ever brought to Camden. One of them was won by C.F. Primm. The convict wished to sell them in order to raise money to try to get a pardon. He was an Alaskan miner. His partner stole their gold and run away with it. He found him and in a fit of anger killed him with a club. He failed to recover the gold.
Gastonburg: I don’t know whether our little town has been described in your paper. The place was first called “Birmile” because it was half way between Birmingham and Mobile. We have about 150 inhabitants, two nice churches – Methodist and Presbyterian – a fine school building and Masonic Hall, sever nice stores, some nice residences and the prettiest flower yards in the county, and a lot of pretty girls. The young folks have the Christian endeavor every Sunday afternoon and once each month meet at some member’s home and have a nice entertainment. Then they have the Tennis court during the summer months.
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