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APRIL 2, 1987
Balloon from Arkansas: Jamie Lowe holds a balloon and note he found in his parents’ cow pasture last week. The balloon traveled over 450 miles from Lonoke, Ark., since early March after being released there by a primary school student named Kim Bryant. Jamie and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lowe of Pleasant Hill, plan to write Kim a letter including a map of Alabama with a circle around where they live, so she will know how far her balloon traveled. Mrs. Lowe said she and her husband looked at a map and estimated that Lonoke is about 20 miles from Little Rock.
Tigers claw Williamson; record now 6-5: Monroe County High
School’s baseball team split a doubleheader with Andalusia Thursday and
defeated Williamson twice Saturday in Monroeville to move its season record a
notch above the 500 mark.
(Top MCHS players in those games included Derrick Black,
Sidney Carmichael, Cedric Hollinger, Randall Johnson, Torey Kimberl, Derrick
Knight, Cornelius Laffitte, Michael Rankins, John Tomlinson, Greg Tucker, Andy
Wilkerson, Mark Williams and Wynard Williams.)
Native is plank owner: A Beatrice native is a crew member of the Navy’s newest ship and participated in its commissioning last month. Michael McPherson is a plank owner of the USS Mobile Bay, which was commissioned in Mobile on Feb. 21. A plank owner is a member of the ship’s original crew. The USS Mobile Bay is a guided missile cruiser. McPherson is a boatswain’s mate and supervises the deck.
61 YEARS AGO
APRIL 5, 1962
Hubert Atkins of Monroeville was the first patient to be registered at the new Monroe County Hospital, which was dedicated Sunday afternoon and officially opened Monday, according to Harold Pittman, administrator. The first baby was born Tuesday night at 10:40 to Mrs. David Hilburn of Frisco City.
MCHS To Play Opening Baseball Game Friday: Monroe County High School’s baseball team will play its opening game with Leroy Friday at 3 p.m. at Leroy High School. Nine lettermen returning to play for Monroeville this year include Tommy Waters, Freddie Biggs, Jimmy Wible, Tim Jones, Dale Cobb, Kenneth Gall, Richard Skinner, Louie Hayles and Bobby Knapp. Coach is Ronnie Dees.
Gary Scarbrough Wins Excel Spelling Contest: Gary
Scarbrough, son of Mr. and Mrs. Winford Scarbrough of Route 2, Frisco City, was
named first-place winner of the spelling bee held at Excel High School last
Friday.
(Other winners included Steve Melton, second place; Tommy
Jordan, third place; and Sammy Wiggins, fourth place.)
A petition is being signed by Mobilians this week in an
effort to get the picture premiere of “To Kill a Mockingbird” in Mobile. The
Downtown Theater is collecting names of interested people on a petition to send
to Universal International Studios to let studio officials known how much
Mobile countians would like to get the premiere there.
Written by Monroeville’s own Harper Lee, the book’s film
adaptation stars Gregory Peck and Mary Badham, a nine-year-old from Birmingham,
who will be making her film debut.
86 YEARS AGO
APRIL 1, 1937
Old Landmark Burns On Easter Sunday: The old residence known as the Charlie Broughton place, about a mile north of Monroeville, on the east side of the Franklin highway, was completely destroyed by fire shortly after noon Sunday. At the time of the fire, the house was occupied by Charlie Richardson. The burning of this old house marks the disappearance of the oldest landmark in this section. The residence was erected a short time following the War Between the States and was the oldest house near Monroeville which had not been remodeled.
Poems By Fourth And Fifth Grades Local School: The following
poems were written by the children of the fourth and fifth grades of the
Monroeville School:
“Springtime” - Spring is here, spring is here!
Now is the time to be gay.
Oh, how glad I will be
For it to soon be May!
Spring is here, spring is here!
How happy we are!
The birds are singing happily
Their sweet notes ring afar. – Nelle Lee
Dead Man Is Identified: Identification of the man whose body was found on Monday of last week floating midstream down the Alabama River at Claiborne was established two days later by the office of the sheriff. The man was found to be a resident of Marion Junction and following identification the body was shipped back to that town.
Mrs. R.L. Jones is a patient at the King Memorial Hospital in Selma where she underwent an operation on Monday.
111 YEARS AGO
APRIL 4, 1912
NOTICE: The freight and ticket offices of the Manistee & Repton Railroad at Manistee, Ala. has been moved from the post office building to the general office building. Parties desiring freight or information can obtain the same at the new location. – J.A. KAUFFMAN, General Manager.
The dwelling of Dr. L.W. Rikard near Peterman was destroyed by fire one night last week together with the greater portion of its contents.
The Journal is requested to say that there will be a meeting of Confederate Veterans at the courthouse on Saturday afternoon, April 13, for the purpose of selecting delegates to the Reunion at Macon, Ga. A full attendance is urged.
Editor, The Journal: Please announce that the regular examination of applicants for teacher’s certificates will be held at Monroeville beginning at 10 o’clock Monday, April 15, 1912 and continue three days. All applicants should be present by 9:30. – J.A. BARNES, County Superintendent.
Almost every week, The Journal receives one or more lengthy obituaries for gratuitous publication. While we should be glad to gratify our friends in this respect, circumstances do not warrant it. A rate of three cents per line (six words to line) is charged for all articles of this character. We trust friends will bear this in mind in the future and remit amount with the article.
The Mineola school closed on the 20th ult., and quite a number of friends saw Miss Martin off Sunday.
136 YEARS AGO
APRIL 7, 1887
BORN to Mr. and Mrs. S.W. Yarbrough, of this place, on the 31st ult., a daughter.
Mrs. Crawford, living about five miles from town on the Claiborne road, received a fall last Thursday, dislocating her shoulder. Dr. Wiggins was hastily summoned, under whose skillful treatment she was soon relieved.
Glendale: Mr. Lee White of Glendale had his dwelling house and all of its contents destroyed by fire last week. The fire is supposed to have originated in the kitchen.
DIED on Thursday, the 31st ult., in Monroeville after a lingering illness, Mrs. DeLoach, mother of Capt. John DeLoach, in the 92nd year of her age. She was buried at the Baptist Church graveyard at 10 o’clock last Saturday.
Mr. Martyn East, one of the oldest citizens of Monroe County, died at his home at East’s Store in Beat 5 on the 25th ult. after a protracted illness. He was near 90 years old.
The Board of Education met Saturday.
Mr. James McGill of Mount Pleasant, one of the most successful farmers and stock raisers in the county, was in town Monday.
Sheriff Burns is suffering from an attack of rheumatism.
County Court was in session Monday, Hon. W.C. Sowell presiding.
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