MARCH 4, 1993
McMillian free from death row: After almost six years behind
bars – most of them under a death sentence – Walter “Johnny D.” McMillian is a
free man.
McMillian, 51, left Holman Prison’s death row Tuesday
morning and went to the Baldwin County Courthouse in Bay Minette, where a brief
hearing was held and he was released about 10:30 a.m.
During the hearing before Baldwin Circuit Judge Pamela W.
Baschab, the capital murder indictment against McMillian was dismissed in the
1986 killing of Ronda Morrison, an 18-year-old Monroeville woman.
Whippets upend Marengo in playoffs: Frisco City High School
inched closer to a spot in the 1A state tournament Thursday in Frisco City when
the Whippets dumped Marengo County High School 74-62 in a varsity boys’
sub-state game.
A.J. White finished the game with a season-high 32 points,
converting 18 field goals to lead the Whippets’ offensive. Tony Gibbs added 16
points and seven rebounds to the charge.
(Other top FCHS players in that game included Adrian
Bullard, Derrick Crayton, Marando Lambert, Shannon Richardson and Eric
Williams. Curtis Harris was FCHS’s head coach.)
‘Mockingbird’ tree: Students at Monroeville Elementary School plant a tree donated by the Alabama Forestry Commission on Arbor Day, Feb. 25. The tree was planted in the area of the school’s campus described in Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
55 YEARS AGO
MARCH 7, 1968
Jackson Named Young Educator Of The Year By Junior Chamber: Donald
Jackson, Band Director at Monroe County High School, was selected by the Monroeville
Junior Chamber of Commerce to receive the Young Educator of the Year award last
week. He received $50 in cash and will compete in a statewide Jaycee sponsored
competition for the Alabama Educator of the Year and a $1,000 cash award.
Mr. Jackson is a graduate of Flomaton High School and Troy
State College. He has been a member of the MCHS faculty for eight years. In 14
years as a band director, he has had approximately 40 students to become
all-state band members. His Monroeville bands have rated excellent three times
and superior two times in all-state band competition. Last year, the band won
first place in its division in the Selma marching band festival.
Blacksher Bulldogs Play In State Cage Tourney: The J.U.
Blacksher High School Bulldogs were eliminated from the state basketball
tournament in Tuscaloosa last Thursday when they lost to Dallas County High
School of Plantersville, 60-52.
Keith Cardwell, member of the Blacksher team, was named to
the all-state basketball team at the tournament.
The Bulldogs earned a berth in the state tournament after
winning tournaments at Pine Apple and Pleasant Home.
Sp/4 Joseph Watson Assigned In Vietnam: Pleiku, Vietnam – Army Specialist Four Joseph Watson Jr., 24, whose parents live on Route 1, Drewry, was assigned to the 70th Engineer Battalion near Pleiku, Vietnam, Jan. 31.
80 YEARS AGO
MARCH 4, 1943
The coldest weather of the season hit Monroeville early Wednesday morning, sending the mercury several degrees below freezing. Snow flakes fell for about an hour.
John Barnett Jr., who has been stationed at Camp Lee, Va. for several months, received his commission as lieutenant on Feb. 25 and was transferred to Fort George Meade, Maryland.
Edwin Lee, who has been a student at Auburn, is spending a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Lee, awaiting call to enter the Army Air Service.
Dr. D.D. Cole, a prominent physician of Eliska, died last
Wednesday morning in the Turberville Hospital at Century, where he had gone
earlier in the week for treatment.
Dr. Cole was a native of Louisiana. In early life, he came
with his parents to settle on the Baldwin side of Little River. Later, he came
to the county and for the past 46 years practiced medicine in the Mount
Pleasant and adjoining communities. He also operated a large plantation and
mercantile business.
He was a charter member of the Monroe County Medical Society
and was a member of Monroe Lodge, Ancient Free & Accepted Masons.
Pvt. Albert S. Reed, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reed of Monroe County, took his first step toward becoming an airplane mechanic this week by entering Keesler Field’s huge B-24 Liberator School, a unit of the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command.
105 YEARS AGO
MARCH 7, 1918
The Journal is requested to announce the unveiling of the monument of R.L. Wiggins at Old Salem church on Sunday, March 17, at two o’clock. The following camps are requested to send representatives: Monroeville, Peterman, Franklin, Blacksher, Local, Jones Mill and Repton.
Mr. M. Katz is erecting a new dwelling in Monvil Park.
Workmen are making rapid progress on the handsome dwelling being erected by Mr. L.W. Locklin in the eastern part of town.
Col. R.P. Purefoy purchased a Buick “four” last week and he and Mrs. Purefoy left Saturday for a visit with relatives in Andalusia.
Farmers generally report the loss of their supply of sweet potatoes due to the hard winter. Many are sending to other sections for seed potatoes.
WANTED: Ox teams, will contract hauling timber, have long time proposition that is good. Write or telephone Fred D. Snoddy, Atmore.
DEATH OF W.A. McCREARY: Relatives here on Sunday last received the shocking intelligence of the death of William Augustus McCreary at his home in Deming, New Mexico. It is learned that he suffered a relapse following a serve attack of grippe, terminating in pneumonia, which resulted in his death. Mr. McCreary was born and reared in Evergreen, being the youngest son of the last Dr. J.A. McCreary. A number of years ago, he removed with his family to New Mexico, where he has since been engaged in business.
130 YEARS AGO
MARCH 2, 1893
WANTED: A correspondent at every post office and in every neighborhood in Monroe County to furnish local neighborhood news for The Journal. We contemplate enlarging the paper to twice its present size in a few weeks, when there will be room for all. Write to us. We’ll endeavor to make it mutually advantageous.
The bill introduced by Mr. Rogers requiring the L&N railroad to complete the road from Repton to Pine Apple passed both houses and was approved by the governor. As a result, we learn that an engineer of the company has recently been over the route and rumors are rife that work will begin shortly.
J.J. Sullivan, Esq., of Flomaton, general agent and attorney for the Sullivan Timber Co., was in town Monday to meet the tax collector. Mr. Sullivan’s company is one of, if not the largest tax payers, either resident or non-resident, in the county, owning more than 60,000 acres of the finest virgin pine lands in this entire timber belt. The tax of this company the past year amounted to $1,020.30.
Game Law: It is unlawful to catch, kill or pursue with such intent in Monroe County wild deer between the 14th of February and the 20th of October; wild turkeys between the first day of May and Oct. 20; turtledoves between April 1 and August 1; partridges between March 15 and Sept. 15.
Mr. A. Chapman of Evergreen, agent for the Michigan Land Co., which has extensive landed interests in this county, was in Monroeville this week.
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