FOUR YEARS AGO
OCT. 2, 2014
Services planned for fallen soldier: Dedication and memorial
services will be held for a Monroe County native who sacrificed his life
defending America on foreign soil in 1971.
On Aug. 26, the Monroe County Commission approved a
resolution designating a five-mile section of Monroe County Road 17 in the
Finchburg community as Sgt. Charles Wayne Turberville Memorial Highway.
Turberville was killed while serving as a Marine Security Guard
at the U.S. embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Turberville entered the Marine
Corps after graduating from Monroe County High School.
Ronnie Philen said the dedication ceremony and sign
unveiling will be held Oct. 19 at 10 a.m. at the sign on County Road 17, just
off State Highway 41.
Vols cruise to win: Monroe Academy’s stingy defense had
another big game Friday at home to key a 33-7 win over AISA, Class 3A, Region 1
rival Autauga Academy.
“I thought it was our best effort of the season,” said MA
head coach Mitchell Turberville.
(Hayden) Moye was the leading tackler with four solos and
two assists. Picking off a pass each for the Vols were Dent Stallworth, Griffin
McKenzie and Cole Griffin.
(Other top MA players in that game included J.D. Bishop, Cole
Griffin, Blaine Lee, Dalton McKenzie and Gus McKenzie.)
Powell crowned queen: Excel High School senior Sarah
Katherine Powell was crowned 2014 Homecoming Queen during a pregame ceremony
Friday night in Excel. She is the daughter of Mike and Lynn Powell.
29 YEARS AGO
OCT. 5, 1989
Saturday celebration: Decorating for the Frisco City-Alabama
Reunion Celebration, Gene Starr of Frisco City staples patriotic banners on the
gazebo in Jones Park along State Highway 21. The celebration, sponsored by the
Frisco City Chamber of Commerce, will be held this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6
p.m. A variety of performers will be there, including George Frye and his
fiddlers, as well as food and crafts booths.
Excel downs rival Blacksher 37-13: Excel High School
successfully defended its 1A Area 2 championship Friday night at Uriah, downing
J.U. Blacksher High 37-13 at rain-soaked John Sawyer Memorial Field.
Blacksher’s biggest play from scrimmage was a 39-yard romp
by senior fullback Anthony Nero, who had 157 yards on 22 rushes Friday.
(Chris) McCall and (Heath) Nall led Excel’s rushing,
collecting 97 yards each.
(Other top Excel players included Chris Casey, Michael
Hanks, Trey Harris, Brian Manning, Tony Maye and Gerald Millender. Top
Blacksher players included Vondaly Brown, Johnnie Green, Jerry Qualls and Ed
Taylor. Bo Bishop was Excel’s head coach, and Skip Bell was Blacksher’s head
coach.)
Pvt. E2 James Derrick McCants, son of James F. and Linda K.
McCants of Repton, finished basic training from the Army Engineering Center at
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. He will be finishing further training at Fort Lee, Va.
The Monroe Journal has a new advertising sales
representative on its staff. Terry Kelly of Atmore is working with advertising
manager Sandra Dunn, meeting the area’s merchants and business people.
54 YEARS AGO
OCT. 1, 1964
NAMED DIRECTOR – Col. Thomas H. “Tommy” Ward, Fairfield,
formerly of Frisco City, has been appointed Alabama State Director of
Associated Special Investigators and Police International. With his
appointment, he was also awarded the ASI International Investigators and Police
Medal for Meritorious Achievement.
Repton Upends Excel 14-6, Stays Unbeaten: The Repton
Bulldogs, enjoying one of its best starts in recent years, racked up its second
victory of the season without a loss Thursday by turning back the Excel
Panthers, 14-6.
Robert Lowery got the Bulldogs on the winning trail when he
scored the first Repton touchdown in the first period. Both teams were held
scoreless in the second stanza and the Bulldogs held a 7-0 lead at halftime.
Coming back in the third period of play, both teams went on the scoreboard,
Nickey Thompson adding Repton’s second touchdown and Wayne Wright scoring for
Excel.
Beatrice High School, which dropped football from its
schedule of activities last year, has resumed the sport this year on a limited
basis.
Frisco Native Dies In Tucson: Funeral arrangements are
pending for Jim McDonald Morgan, 57, who died in St. Mary’s Hospital, Tucson,
Ariz. Wednesday morning at eight o’clock, following a long illness.
Mr. Morgan, a native of Frisco City, was a Veteran of
Foreign Wars. He served in the Marine Corps during World War II and had been
employed at TCI in Birmingham for 25 years before going to Tucson for his
health in 1963.
79 YEARS AGO
OCT. 5, 1939
Plans for the Hog Festival and show to be held in
Monroeville on Tues., Nov. 14, were discussed at a meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce held Monday night.
Mr. A.H. Johnson, prominent Monroeville merchant, died at
his home here about nine o’clock last Thursday night, following a heart attack.
Mr. Johnson was born and reared at Franklin, and in early
life held responsible positions on steamboats on the Alabama River, as long as
they made regular runs. After that time, he went into the mercantile business
at Franklin. With the exception of a couple of years spent at Foley in Baldwin
County, Mr. Johnson had been a resident of Monroeville for the past 16 years,
and about two years ago, he opened a dry goods store here.
The Monroe County High School and Atmore High School
football teams will play at the Monroeville Athletic field on Friday night,
Oct. 13, at eight o’clock. These are two strong teams and football fans will
have an opportunity to see a real game. Come out and give both teams your
support.
Manager Bill Hendrix of the Monroe Theatre announces that
the motion picture, “Inside the Maginot Line,” has been secured from The March
of Time for showing here Sunday and Monday, Oct. 8 and 9.
According to figures made public Monday by the Census Bureau
of the Department of Commerce, there were 3,734 bales of cotton ginned in
Monroe County from the crop of 1939, prior to Sept. 16, as compared with 13,047
bales ginned from the crop of 1938 to the same date.
104 YEARS AGO
OCT. 1, 1914
The city election took place without unusual incident on
Sept. 21. The following officers were elected for the ensuing municipal year:
Mayor, L.J. Bugg; Councilmen, G.C. Watson, J.A. Lazenby, T.E. Dennis, G.B.
Barnett, J.R. Lyon; School Board, I.B. Slaughter, M.M. Fountain, J.M. Coxwell,
A.R. Boulware, A.T. Sowell.
IN MEMORIAM: F.H. Farrar was born at Burnt Corn, Ala., March
4, 1857, died at his home in Pensacola, Fla., Aug. 1, 1914. He erected the
first dwelling and store at Tunnel Springs, Ala. From there he moved to
Pensacola in 1907, where he was in the dry goods business up to the time of his
death.
Mr. Simeon Lambriecht, a well-known citizen of Monroe
County, died at his home near Lower Peach Tree on Sept. 10, age 75 years.
Mr. Lambriecht was a veteran of the Confederacy and was for
many years a prosperous planter.
MASS MEETING: The Journal is requested to announce that
there will be a mass meeting of farmers and businessmen of the county at
Monroeville on Tues., Oct. 10, to take action on resolutions adopted by the
Southern Cotton Association held in New Orleans on Sept. 30. This meeting will
be of vital importance to everyone directly or indirectly interested in cotton
and all should attend.
Mr. L.J. Bugg is just back from New Orleans where he
attended the meeting of the Southern Cotton convention.
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