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| Mary Badham as "Scout" |
10 YEARS AGO
MAY 15, 2008
Mary Badham, known internationally as the child actor who
played Scout in the film adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” will be the
featured guest for “A Day in Maycomb” Saturday.
Teachers, students and the general public are invited to the
Old Monroe County Courthouse Museum on Monroeville’s historic downtown square
for a day of immersion into the historical surroundings associated with the
novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
“A Day in Maycomb” features a special presentation from
12:30-2:30 by Badham, who is now a professional speaker on “To Kill a
Mockingbird.”
Excel’s Lady Panthers capped a season of one-run wins and
losses with one more Tuesday of last week in the rubber game of a Class 2A,
Sub-state playoff series against Wicksburg High in Newton.
Wicksburg broke a 1-1 tie in the third game of the
best-two-of-three-game series with a run in the bottom of the sixth and made it
stand up to get a 2-1 win.
Excel, which bounced back from a 9-3 loss in the first game
against Wicksburg to post a 5-1 win the second game and force the third and
deciding game, finished the season with a 30-17 record under Coach Charlotte
Wiggins.
(Top Excel players that season included Alycia Baggett, Amy
Hudson, Claire Jordan, Kayla Jordan and Kelsey Ledkins.)
Monroeville’s Mockingbird Court recently visited Congressman
Jo Bonner, R-Mobile, at his Mobile office and presented him with Rikard’s Mill
grits, Monroe Sausage and Auntie Em’s homemade rolls.
35 YEARS AGO
MAY 19, 1983
Larinda Stallworth of Beatrice admires her newborn son, who
last week was named the Monroeville Jayceettes’ Healthy Baby during Healthy
Baby Week at Monroe County Hospital. Mr. Stallworth and her husband, Alonzo,
named the boy Darrius. He was born last Thursday and weighed 7 pounds, 2-1/2
ounces. The Jayceettes annually honor the first baby born at the hospital
during Health Baby Week and present the mother and father with gifts donated by
local merchants. Donating gifts for this year’s project were Bedsole’s, M. Katz
Store, B.C. Moore’s, TG&Y, Plaza Pharmacy, Revco Drugs, MarDee’s Misc.,
Monroeville Pharmacy, The Boodleheimer, Williams Drug Store and Medical Center
Discount Drugs.
The Frisco City High School track and field team recently
participated in the Alabama High School Athletic Association Class A state
track and field meet at Troy State University. The team completed the meet in
fifth place. (Members of the team included Darren Smith, Robert Byrd, Shannon
Scruggs, Ben Smith, LaTonya Darby, Brenda Davison, Susan Davison, Walter
Anderson, Brian Taylor, Rodney Franklin, Foster Agee, Janie Dean, Steve
Davison, John Dailey, Charlie Davison, Frank Files and Perry Williams.)
Touring the emergency room at Monroe County Hospital during
a hospital wide open house Sunday afternoon are Dr. Francis Nicholas and wife,
head emergency room nurse Gail Turberville, hospital administrator Gene Sharpe,
Monroe County Red Cross blood drive chairman Susan Sanderson, Dr. Hardy
Downing, employee Nicky Caston and Robin Sanderson. The event was held during
National Hospital Week.
60 YEARS AGO
MAY 15, 1958
Monroe Mills will celebrate 21 years of operation in
Monroeville with its annual “Monroe Mills Day,” scheduled for Thurs., May 29.
The annual vacation period will begin and festivities are
planned during the afternoon and evening at Vanity Fair Park.
Over 2,000 persons, including employees and immediate
families, are expected to be on hand for the celebration during the afternoon
at Vanity Fair Park.
Native of Chatom Named Assistant Coach At MCHS: Ronald
Mozley Dees, 23-year-old native of Chatom, has been named as new assistant
coach at Monroe County High School, H.G. Greer, Superintendent of Education,
said Wednesday.
Mr. Dees is a graduate of Washington County High School and
McNeese State College, Lake Charles, La., having played varsity football at
both institutions. For the past year, he has been assistant coach at Lafayette
College, Lafayette, La.
Members of Excel, Frisco City and Uriah 4-H Clubs took top
honors at the Monroe County 4-H Fat Calf and Market Hog Show held Wednesday at
the Farmers Cooperative Market in Frisco City.
Grand Champion Steer was shown by Harry Sawyer, member of
the Excel club and son of Mr. and Mrs. Rayford Sawyer, Monroeville Rt. 1.
Reserve Champion steer was owned by Lester Scott, Frisco
City, Rt. 2. First place winner of the hog show Class II (litter of hogs ready
for market) was Clark Harris, son of Mr. and Mrs. Shelburne Harris, Uriah.
85 YEARS AGO
MAY 18, 1933
Mr. J.B. Barnett will attend the State Bankers meeting in
Montgomery this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Lucian Jones and George Thomas visited
relatives in Tuscaloosa this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Finch, Mrs. A.C. Lee and Miss Louise Lee
spent the weekend in Atmore.
“Cool Knights,” a three-act musical comedy, is being
presented at the Frisco City School auditorium at eight o’clock Friday evening,
May 19. The ladies of the Baptist Women’s Missionary Union are sponsoring the
production, which is under the direction of Miss Kathleen Strickland.
The cast includes Bonnie Sims, Lotan Jones, Ellen Burns,
Frank Echols, Lucile Blackburn, Abe Martin, Alma McMillan, Burney King, Euline
Hendrix, Wiley Long, Jessie Lee Long, Levaughn Hanks and Bud Hanks.
Men Leave For Forestry Service: Twelve boys from all
sections of the county, accompanied by Mrs. D.R. Nettles, director of
unemployment relief, left Wednesday for Mobile, where the boys will take
physical examination at the recruiting station for work in the reforestation
program. Ten is the quota allotted Monroe County in the second call for
workers. Two are being taken as substitutes in the event any of those selected
should fail to pass the examination, which is very rigid.
After the examination in Mobile, the boys will journey to
Fort Benning, Ga., where they will spend a period of two weeks in training for
their six months work in the national forests of the country.
110 YEARS AGO
MAY 21, 1908
ATTENTION VETERANS! The George W. Foster Camp No. 407 U.C.V.
will hold a meeting on Sat., May 30, 1908 for the purpose of electing officers
for the ensuring year and appointing delegates to the reunion to be held in
Birmingham July 9-11. The members are urgently requested to attend and pay dues
for the present year. – T.S. Wiggins, Adjutant.
Sheriff M.M. Fountain is in Brewton for a few days.
On the night of the 19th inst. a posse of
avaricious Monroevillians sought out the home of Rev. W.H. Boyd and when they
found it they called him out and gave him such a pounding as he cannot soon
forget. His purse also was taken in charge and when returned to him it was
plethoric beyond his recognition. As for silver and gold they knew he had --.
In kind he declares he can never repay and his only means of redress is to pray
that our good Lord will repay them a hundred fold in this life and in the world
to come life everlasting.
The concluding entertainment of the school closing exercises
took place last Friday evening when the medals were awarded to the following
pupils: High School department, Charles R. Broughton for declamation, Miss Ruth
Simmons for recitation; Intermediate department, Ernestine Lazenby for
declamation, Maud Yarbrough for recitation. For scholarship, George Yarbrough;
for attendance, Emma Yarbrough.
Mr. Laban Turk of Turkestan, one of Monroe’s oldest and most
highly esteemed citizens, was among Monroeville friends the first of the week.
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