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| Dr. Peter A. Brannon |
29 YEARS AGO
OCT. 27, 1988
Frisco City threw a party for its 100th birthday
Saturday, and old and young alike turned out to help mark the occasion.
Mayor Billy McCrory presented a proclamation issued for the
town’s centennial to celebration committee chairwoman Dot Sims, and then many
of the town’s senior citizens were introduced and presented with red roses.
Hundreds of current and former town residents and other
Monroe countians took the opportunity to turn the pages of Frisco City’s past
by visiting the old landmarks and looking at displays set up in a downtown
storefront.
Shields is 2A, Area 2 champion: Keith Montgomery intercepted
a pass with 1:49 left in the fourth quarter to end Flomaton High School’s last
drive, preserving a 21-14 victory over the Hurricanes Friday in a jampacked
Panther stadium at Beatrice.
The victory propelled the Panthers to 6-3 on the season and
gave the team its first 2A Area 2 championship since 1983. Shields finished 3-0
in the area.
(Other outstanding Shields players in that game included
Calvin Lett, Sebastian Lett, Jeff Montgomery, Marlin Roberts, Jimmy Rogers,
Tyrone Spencer, Bryan Stallworth, Harold Stallworth and Cleo Tolliver. John
Wiley was head coach at Shields.)
The Goodway Community Volunteer Fire Department held open
house at its new fire station Saturday. Community members were able to see the
department’s equipment, trucks and participate in a turkey shoot. The building
has been in use for about a month.
44 YEARS AGO
OCT. 25, 1973
Gov. George Wallace will come to Monroeville today
(Thursday) to dedicate the new central cutting plant of Vanity Fair Mills Inc.
and participate in a Chamber of Commerce banquet honoring M.O. (Whitey) Lee,
chairman and president of VF Corporation.
Dedication ceremonies will take place at 4 p.m. at the site
of the new cutting plant on Highway 21 south, and an open house at the plant
will follow. The banquet in honor of Lee will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the
community house, and Chamber of Commerce President Israel Katz said more than
350 persons are expected for the affair.
Both Probate Judge Otha Lee Biggs and Monroeville Mayor W.H.
Hines are to participate in the dedication program, along with C.A. Burg,
president of Vanity Fair, and Lee, who will introduce Gov. Wallace.
The new cutting plant, encompassing some 122,000 square
feet, already is in operation and eventually will employ about 600 persons,
company officials said.
The Monroe Academy Volunteers continued to win on the road
as they traveled to Macon Academy in Tuskegee Friday night and won
convincingly, 49-12.
Keith Pugh rambled for three touchdowns during the game and
David Lazenby accounted for two to lead the Vols to their sixth victory of the
season, having lost two.
(Other standout Monroe players in that game included Traylor
Champion, Mark Dawson, Harvey Ikner, Roger Jaye and Ronnie Porterfield.)
Mrs. Patricia McCullers, American history and music teacher
at J.U. Blacksher High School, is serving on the Alabama Textbook Committee.
She recently spent three days in Montgomery with the committee.
59 YEARS AGO
OCT. 23, 1958
Dr. Peter A. Brannon, Director, Alabama Department Archives
and History, will be featured speaker at the Friday luncheon meeting of the
Monroeville Kiwanis Club at the Hi-Ho Restaurant.
Dr. Brannon will be in Monroeville in connection with a
pilgrimage to Claiborne Saturday by members of the Alabama Historical
Association.
The Saturday pilgrimage is open only to members of the
Association and their guests. The program includes speeches by Dr. Brannon and
Miss Winnie McGlamery, Paleontological Consultant, Alabama Geological Survey.
Miss McGlamery will speak on the fossil formations near Claiborne.
The Excel High School Panther eleven achieved a four-won,
two-lost record for the season Friday night by dealing a 47-13 shellacking to a
host Beatrice High School Eagle team.
In commenting on his team’s action, Panther Coach W.C.
Majors listed a number of players outstanding on offensive blocking. They are
right guard Bud Linam, left tackle Levon Ledkins, center Jerry Johnson, right
guard Doug Murphy and left guard Larry Hancock.
(Other outstanding Excel players in that game include
fullback Leroy Jordan, Sonny Burkett, Shelton Casey, Jerry Johnson, Paul King,
Harry Sawyer and Winston Sessions. Outstanding Beatrice players in that game
included Charles Owens.)
Miss Betty Margaret Enzor, senior at Monroe County High
School, reigned over homecoming last Friday at the local school. Elected by
popular vote by the student body, Miss Enzor is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Woodrow Enzor, Frisco City, Rt. 1.
74 YEARS AGO
OCT. 28, 1943
Ivy Dickson of Monroeville, a junior in home economics and
dietetics at Kansas State College in Manhattan, is one of 50 students chosen as
members of the College marching band. Miss Dickson is in the drum section of
the organization. The band made its first public appearance Saturday at the
William Jewell-Kansas State football game.
Cpl. John T. Murphy, who has just returned from Panama Canal
Zone, is at home on a 15-day furlough, and is the guest of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C.L. Murphy of Peterman.
Lt. Israel Katz left Wednesday for Nebraska, where he will
be stationed.
Friends of Capt. Ray Dauphin will be delighted to learn that
his injuries, which were reported last week from the European theater of war,
were not serious. His father, Mr. J.M. Dauphin, received a letter from him a
few days ago, stating that his injury was of a minor nature and that he was
back at his regular post of duty.
Relatives and friends were glad to receive a late report
that Bonner Bivin, seaman first class, youngest son of Mrs. S.J. Bivin Sr. of
Monroeville, is back from North Africa, and is in excellent condition without
any wounds as was first reported through a mistake in identity. He is now in
Miami training for a new assignment.
FRISCO CITY NEWS: Second Class Petty Officer J.J. Shiver Jr.
is home on a furlough with relatives and friends.
89 YEARS AGO
OCT. 18, 1928
Capt. J.L. Marshall and Mr. L.R. Riley of Monroeville, Dr.
and Mrs. J.W. Rutherford and Mrs. Minnie Crook of Franklin were among the
Monroe County people who attended the State Reunion of Confederate Veterans in
Montgomery last week.
John Leslie Johnson of Monroeville has chosen tennis, and Royal
Skinner, also of Monroeville, has chosen football. They are students at the
Anniston Military Institute and are progressing nicely in all branches of the
game. Mr. Johnson is the son of Dr. and Mrs. J.M. Johnson of Monroeville, and
Mr. Skinner is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M.E. Skinner of Monroeville.
Many friends of Mayor W.J. Fountain are glad to see him on
the streets again after several week’s sickness.
MISS KELLY WILL SPEAK AT JONES MILL AND URIAH: Miss Maude
McClure Kelly of Birmingham, Ala. will address the people of Monroe County at
Jones Mill Friday 7:30 p.m. and Uriah Saturday 7:30 p.m. Miss Kelly is one of
the few distinguished women lawyers in the state of Alabama and is a very
eloquent and entertaining speaker.
The Lois Bowden Conference, Order of the Eastern Star, will
be held Wed., Oct. 31. Mr. Claude Hamilton Jr. will be here at that time to
deliver an address.
Everybody come to the Ice Cream Supper at the Ollie School
house Friday night, Oct. 26. Proceeds will be for the benefit of the school.
Mr. Andrew Locklin Cameron of Atlanta was a visitor to
Monroeville last week.
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