The Monroe Journal's News Flashback for Aug. 12, 2024

President Warren G. Harding

26 YEARS AGO
AUG. 13, 1998

Beatrice appoints new councilman: The Beatrice Town Council appointed John Winters to fill the unexpired term of F.D. Stallworth, who recently died.
Winters, 40, is a Beatrice native and procurement forester with Georgia-Pacific. He graduated from Mississippi State in 1981 with a BS degree in forestry.

Trotter, Till win LJ tournament; Bowden sinks hole-in-one: Brad Trotter and Ricky Till won the 34^th annual Lucian Jones Golf Member-Guest Tournament that was held Friday and Saturday at the Vanity Fair Golf and Tennis Club in Monroeville.
Trotter, a Monroeville resident, and Till recorded the most points in the two-day, 36-hole event, collecting 103.
Dr. Jack Whetstone, who served as tournament chairman this year, said club member Sam Bowden of Monroeville was excited about the hole-in-one he recorded during the tournament.
Bowden received an expense paid trip to the Bahamas for his feat, according to Dr. Whetstone. The trip was donated by Sales Ford of Monroeville.

DA elected: District Attorney Tommy Chapman has been elected as a member-at-large to the board of directors for the Alabama District Attorneys Association. Chapman was elected to the post during the Association’s annual meeting July 21-24 in Orange Beach. He has previously served as president, vice president, secretary-treasurer and a member of the board of directors. He is district attorney for the 35^th Judicial Circuit and serves Monroe and Conecuh counties.

51 YEARS AGO
AUG. 9, 1973

New MCHS stadium: Construction of Monroe County High School’s new athletic stadium and fieldhouse is well under way with work being done by Lazenby Electric Co. of Monroeville as general contractor and Lum Childs of Frisco City, who has contracted to move the dirt necessary to create the bowl-like stadium. When completed, the facility is expected to seat nearly 4,000 persons.

Ollie church to dedicate new facility: Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Ollie will hold homecoming services as well as dedication services for its new educational building Sun., Aug. 12.
The Rev. Lamar Coker, pastor of the church, will bring the message during the morning worship hour. At 1:30 p.m., the Rev. Hertis Ward, who pastored the church for 14 years, will deliver the dedication address.

New ambulance in operation: Monroe County Hospital’s new ambulance service was inaugurated Monday night when the vehicle made an emergency trip to carry a local baby to a Mobile hospital.
Hospital Administrator Robert Hardison said the new ambulance, a Dodge maxi-van, was delivered to the hospital early this week and that it meets all state and federal specifications for ambulances.
Frank Wolfe, who has been named director of ambulance services, will be available at the hospital during the day to drive the ambulance, Hardison said, and will take the vehicle to his home at night. A special phone number will be set up to ring at Wolfe’s home at night as well as at the hospital, he explained.
The $10,387 vehicle was ordered from J&P Ambulance Sales Co. in Dothan several weeks ago.

76 YEARS AGO
AUG. 12, 1948

Funeral Services Held For Judge Fountain: Funeral services for Judge Murdoch McCorvey Fountain, 79, prominent in Monroe County public life for 44 years, were held here at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Reed Polk, Baptist minister, officiating.
Judge Fountain died at his home Friday afternoon after a long illness.
Judge Fountain was tax collector of Monroe County for the past five years. He served nine years as sheriff and 24 years as probate judge prior to being elected tax collector.
He was born in Scotland, Ala. and had been a resident of Monroeville for 44 years. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, a Mason and a 32^nd Degree Shriner.

Completion Of Lake At Recreation Area Forecast This Week: The lake at the Monroeville public recreation area sponsored by the Vanity Fair Foundation neared completion Wednesday as workers closed the valve to allow water to flow into the lake.
Aubrey Cobb, Vanity Fair maintenance engineer, said late Wednesday the lake was half filled with water and should be fully by Saturday.
The local Red Cross chapter has announced that two Monroeville youths, Locke Thompson and Carl Watson, have completed life guard training in a Louisiana school and will serve as life guards at the lake.
The spillway on the dam was scheduled to be finished by today (Thursday). Construction on tennis courts and a baseball diamond for the area is already underway.

101 YEARS AGO
AUG. 9, 1923

News of the death of President Harding in San Francisco on Thursday night was received in Monroeville a few minutes after the event by radio. The President’s death occurred at 7:30 Pacific time, and was received here about 8:45 Central time. There being two hours difference in time in the two zones, the message was broadcasted only five minutes after the occurrence. The message was picked up by C.L. Hybart, Esq. and Mr. E.J. Ward, both of whom have radio receiving sets.

Hon. J.M. Davison of Brewton was a visitor to Monroeville the first of the week. Mr. Davison began the practice of law in Monroeville in 1872 and although he has resided in our neighboring county of Escambia for many years, he yet feels a warm interest in the affairs of his native county and has hosts of friends here.

Forty-five cases were on the docket at the term of the county court held Monday. A number of the charges were for violations of the prohibition laws and in several cases of conviction, hard labor sentences were imposed in addition to fines.

Miss Janie Mae Eppes has returned to her home at Dayton after a pleasant visit to her friend, Mrs. A.B. Coxwell. Miss Eppes had charge of the music department of the Monroe County High School for several years and has hosts of friends in Monroeville who are always delighted to welcome her visits.

FOR SALE: Ford Sedan, practically new. Not run enough to properly limber up. A bargain for some fortunate buyer. Apply at The Journal office.

136 YEARS AGO
AUG. 9, 1888

Prof. W.M. Webb, who has been spending some time in attending prominent school institutes in various portions of Alabama and other states, has returned to Perdue Hill and is soliciting in the interest of the famous Perdue Hill High School, which will open about the first of September.

We congratulate the town and our local baseball club on the adoption of a rule imposing a fine upon its members for the use of profanity. Its treasury has been already augmented.

We confidently look for the first bale of new cotton within the next two weeks.

The work of erecting the palisade around the jail is rapidly nearing completion.

An ice cream supper will be given by the ladies of Monroeville Aug. 16, the proceeds of which are to be used in the purchase of a bell for the Baptist church. A beautiful silk quilt will also be disposed of, on the same night, proceeds to be appropriated to church purposes. Neighboring communities are cordially invited to attend.
The quilt above referred to is said by some who have seen it, to be one of the handsomest and most artistically wrought articles of the kind ever seen in this section, and reflects much credit upon the skill and tastes of those who have contributed the squares of which it is composed.

Monroe Chapter No. 4, Perdue Hill, elected for the ensuing year the following officers: N.A. Agee, H.P.; J.W. Leslie, K.; H.J. Savage, S.; P. Bradley, Treasurer; John DeLoach, Secretary; I.D. Roberts, C.H.; J.H. Savage, P.S.; J.F. Gaillard, R.A.C.; I.B. Slaughter, Jno. B. Williams and C.L. Slaughter, M.V.; Wm. Tomlinson, Sentinel.