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10 YEARS AGO
OCT. 16, 2008
The Monroeville Fire & Rescue Department held its annual
banquet on Thurs., Oct. 9, at the Vanity Fair Golf & Tennis Club. This is
the 79th year the department has held an award banquet at the club.
Michael Lambeth was selected as this year’s Firefighter of
the Year. He thanked his fellow firefighters, who selected him for the honor.
During an earlier meeting, firefighters cast ballots to select the recipients
of each award.
J.U. Blacksher’s offense rolled up 417 total yards and the
defense gave up just 72 to key a 42-6 win over Class 1A, Region 1 rival J.F.
Shields Friday night at Uriah.
Blacksher’s senior fullback Isaac Nichols rushed for 148
yards on 16 carries, caught two passes for 33 yards and scored four touchdowns
to help the Bulldogs improve to 6-1 on the season and 6-0 in the region
standings.
(Other standout Blacksher players in that game include Seth
Baggett, Trey Brooks, Alex Brown, Cameron Cobb, Wykein Dean, Chace Godwin,
Logan Gorum, Chris Snowden, Ethan Taylor and Frank Taylor. Top Shields players
included Travarrius McArthur and Damien Stallworth. Tim Moorer was head coach
at Shields.)
Plane crashes Tuesday: A private plane piloted by E.J.
Tenney of Monroeville crashed in a wooded area about 10 miles southeast of the
Monroe County Airport Tuesday afternoon. Conecuh County Emergency Management
Director Johnny Brock said the cause of the crash is under investigation.
LifeFlight and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department participated in the
search.
35 YEARS AGO
OCT. 20, 1983
Conecuh Junior Miss: Kim Watson was chosen Conecuh County’s
1984 Junior Miss at the annual pageant held Oct. 8 at the Evergreen City School
auditorium. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Watson of Bermuda, Kim is a
senior at Monroe Academy. The local pageant was sponsored by the Pilot Club of
Evergreen, and Kim will represent Conecuh County in the state Junior Miss
competition. She also reigns as Monroe County’s Agriculture Queen.
Monroe Academy celebrated its homecoming Friday with a 35-22
victory over Pickens Academy in Monroeville, bringing the Volunteers’ 1983
winning streak to six in a row.
Vol senior quarterback Keith Langham had his best game of
the season Friday. He combined his passing and running for a total of 222 yards
and three touchdowns. He scored on a 60-yard run from scrimmage and threw
touchdown strikes of 31 and 14 yards.
(Other top Monroe players in that game included Jody
Brannon, Tim Carter, Keith Dees, Wally Dunn, Billy Elliott, Donald Foster,
Chuck Jordan, Steven Simmons, Don Smith and Troy Wilson. Rob Kelly was Monroe’s
head coach.)
Private First Class Kenneth L. Wright of Monroe County is
participating in REFORGER ’83, a NATO-sponsored military exercise in western
and norther Europe. He is with the First Cavalry Division of Fort Hood, Texas,
a major component of the annual military training program in Europe. The
division is expected to return to the Texas post later in October.
60 YEARS AGO
OCT. 16, 1958
Brewton Native Named Frisco Baptist Pastor; Reception Is
Planned: The Rev. Chester H. Jernigan, a native of Brewton, has been named as
new pastor of the First Baptist Church of Frisco City.
Rev. Jernigan comes to Frisco City from Gonzales, Fla.,
where he served as Baptist pastor for four years.
Mose Dangerfield, music and educational director at the
church, has been serving as acting pastor until Rev. Jernigan’s acceptance of
the pastorate.
A reception honoring Rev. and Mrs. Jernigan and Mr. and Mrs.
Dangerfield will be held Sunday afternoon from four until five o’clock in the
educational building of the church.
Excel Squad Edges MCHS Tigers, 12-7: County rival Excel
edged past the Monroe County High Tigers, 12-7, in a heated contest Friday
night.
(Top players for Excel in that game included Sonny Burkett,
Lee Roy Jordan and Paul King. Top players for MCHS included Johnny Johnson, Jim
Lazenby, Branchard Tucker and Ronnie Wiggins.)
Charles Locklin Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Locklin
Sr., 323 Pineville Road, Monroeville, joined the Regular Army this week under
the Graduate Specialist Program, Master Sergeant Ben Phillips, US Army
Recruiter for the Monroeville area, announces.
Locklin, a 1958 graduate of Monroe County High, received a
pre-arranged assignment under the Graduate Specialist Program before he
enlisted. He is scheduled to enter the Army’s Medical Specialist School upon
completion of basic training.
Initial processing for his enlistment and Graduate
Specialist Program assignment was accomplished by Master Sergeant Phillips,
Brewton Army Recruiting Station Commander, who comes to Monroeville on Tuesday
of each week.
85 YEARS AGO
OCT. 19, 1933
TIGERS TAKE GAME FROM URIAH FRIDAY: The Monroe Tigers went
to Uriah last Friday and defeated the J.U. Blacksher team, 6-0. This is their
first victory of the season. On Fri., Oct. 20, the locals go to Atmore for a
game against the Atmore eleven.
EXCEL: The Fiddlers Convention was a complete success. The
merchants of the surrounding districts were very liberal in their
contributions. A large crowd was on hand, and the musicians did not let them
down. All of the music was fine. The contributions of Kenneth Lier, a traveling
musician, was especially enjoyable, and he was called back time and time again.
C.B. Stenson Dies After Week’s Illness: Cleveland Bertrum
Stenson, 22, died in a Selma hospital Saturday morning following a week’s
illness of influenza. Complications had set in and he had been removed from his
home in Tunnel Springs to Selma.
Mr. Stenson was the son of Mr. and Mrs. G.C. Stenson of
Tunnel Springs. He was graduated from the high school at Beatrice and the
Marion Military Institute. He was a member of the Baptist Church at
Vredenburgh, a young man of good habits and high ideals, as well as an
ambitious and industrious worker. Mr. Stenson held a responsible position with
the Vredenburgh Saw Mill Co. at their logging camp.
Exactly two weeks before his death, Mr. Stenson was married
to Miss Virgie Mae Cobb of Midway by whom he is survived.
Funeral services were held at three o’clock Sunday afternoon
at Tunnel Springs.
135 YEARS AGO
OCT. 16, 1883
Personal - Died at his home in Monroe County, 10 miles south
of Pine Apple, on the 10th inst., J.S. Bizzell, in the 73rd
year of his age. Mr. Bizzell, the father of our townsman, Jas. I. Bizzell, was
well and favorably known in this community, and notwithstanding his death was
unexpected as he had been ill for quite a while, many will be pained to hear
this intelligence. – Pine Apple Gazette.
Claiborne – The Selma Times of the 12th inst.
gives a very interesting account of a “double wedding” in that city on the 11th,
one of the grooms being Mr. R. Hundly Agee, an old Claiborne boy, and a son of
Hon. N.A. Agee, one of the most intelligent citizens in Monroe. Mr. Hundly Agee
was married to Miss Julia Graham of Selma, and her sister and Dr. Goldsby King
were united in the bonds of matrimony at the same time.
In referring to Mr. Agee, the Times says: Mr. R. Hundly Agee
has for several years past been a favorite young businessman and is most highly
regarded by the many who know his character and capacity. He holds an important
position in the office of the Real Estate Loan & Banking Association.
The same paper, in alluding to the two young ladies, says
they “were among Selma’s most esteemed, accomplished and attractive daughters.”
We congratulate our friend, Hundly Agee, on his good fortune, and wish him a
long life of unalloyed happiness.
Mr. Hundly Agee is one of several brothers, all of whom are
making their mark as businessmen and trustworthy gentlemen. One of them,
Pelham, recently graduated at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, and another
brother is in business in Montgomery, where he is rapidly coming to the front
as one of Montgomery’s most useful young business men.
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