34 YEARS AGO
DEC. 12, 1985
Man’s name still unknown: The Monroe County Sheriff’s
Department was continuing this week to search for clues to the identity of a
man whose body was found Nov. 29 in an abandoned freezer.
Sheriff Lenwood Sager said the department has been checking
the names of missing persons reported around the nation for a possible match
with the man found.
He added that the man’s death has been determined as being
caused by four gunshot wounds in the chest. When the man’s bones were found by
a hunter in the woods between Burnt Corn and Bermuda, there was no
identification on the body.
Turnovers prove costly to Repton: Repton High School’s
Bulldogs were their own worst enemy Friday when they lost 14-6 to Sand Rock
High’s Wildcats in the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s 1A state
finals in Repton.
Area 16’s champion, Sand Rock, capitalized on six fumbles
and a pass interception to defeat the Area 2 runner-up in front of an overflow
crowd.
(Top Repton players in that game included Keith Baggett,
Kevin Bradley, Tommy Dukes, Mitchell Rankins, Greg Rudolph, Mark Taylor and
John Thompson. Hugh Wilson was Repton’s head coach.)
Domino’s Pizza grand opening: As part of its grand opening festivities
Trey Tabb of Monroeville gives visitors a demonstration of just how Domino’s
Pizza is made. Watching him at work are Gene Sharpe, president of the
Monroeville Area Chamber of Commerce; John Barnett, chairman of the board of
directors of Monroe County Bank and First National Bank; and Bill Crutchfield
of WMFC radio. Domino’s held its official grand opening Monday of last week.
59 YEARS AGO
DEC. 15, 1960
Preparatory Work Has Begun At County Hospital Site Here:
Preparatory construction work was initiated here Tuesday on Monroe County’s new
Hill-Burton hospital.
Karl J. Lazenby, chairman, Monroe County Hospital Board,
said the Mid-South Construction Co. of Montgomery began leveling the site just
south of the Monroeville city limits. Work was also begun on the driveways for
the 15-acre plot and on extending the water mains up the incline to the summit
of the hill where the structure will be located.
Although June 1962 has been set as a completion date for the
hospital, Mr. Lazenby said he hopes construction can be completed before that
time, maybe within a year.
Mickey Ryland, 210-pound tackle for the Monroe County High
School Tigers, has been named Class AA All-State lineman by the Birmingham
Post-Herald. In picking Ryland, the Post-Herald said he was “the big interior
line reason for Monroeville’s unbeaten year… the most outstanding football
player in this area for two years… forced every opponent to run to the far side
of the line… led all Monroeville tackles for two straight years.” Ryland has also
been named all-state in several other polls.
A.V. “Shorty” Culpepper, Monroe County farm agent, was
presented a plaque for outstanding work in increasing soil fertility in the
area at the sixth annual meeting of the Alabama Soil Fertility Society, Inc.
last week in Montgomery. The award was given before a group of 250 members of
the society.
84 YEARS AGO
DEC. 12, 1935
Contract Let For Monroeville’s New School Building: Agee
& Kimbrough, contractors of Pine Hill, were low bidders on the proposed new
senior high school building in Monroeville. The bids were opened at the office
of the County Superintendent H.G. Greer on last Thursday. The Agee &
Kimbrough bid was for $72,050, without the auditorium originally contained in
the architect’s plans.
Health Winner To Receive Medal At Chapel Program: A special
chapel program will be held Friday at the J.U. Blacksher High School, Uriah, at
which time a medal will be presented Eloise Garrett, state and national health
winner. The program is sponsored by the Monroe County 4-H Council. The medal is
given by the Protective Life Insurance Co. of Birmingham, and goes to the Uriah
girl for having won the state championship.
Locklin Entertains South Alabama Sportsmen: More than 20
sportsmen enjoyed a three-day hunt staged at A.J. Locklin’s place near Perdue
Hill during the past week.
Each of the hunters had his own hounds and approximately 40
dogs were entered in the field trials, which was won by a hound owned by Jamie
Driesbach of Stockton.
Among those on the hunt were: Capt. Murphy McMillan, John
McMillan and Jamie Driesbach, of Stockton; Tom Graham and Kimball Cunningham of
Atmore; Ernest Hale and L.H. Hale of Bay Minette; T.E. Dennis, Eugene Dennis,
Dr. C.H. McMillan and Julian McMillan of Beatrice; Judge F.W. Hare, Judge M.M.
Fountain; Dr. T.E. Dennis, Dr. J.M. Johnson and John Leslie Johnson of
Monroeville; Walter Agee, Agee Broughton, E.T. Clapp and Bert Boroughs of
Perdue Hill; and Clint Horn of Montgomery.
109 YEARS AGO
DEC. 8, 1910
The editor of The Journal left Monday to attend the Grand
Lodge at Montgomery. He was accompanied by Mrs. Salter to Evergreen, where she
will spend a few days with relatives.
Barn Burned: The barn of Mr. Edgar Baas was destroyed by
fire near Jones Mill on Friday night last, together with 600 bushels of corn,
500 bushels of cotton seed and a large quantity of forage. The fire is believed
to have been of incendiary origin. Loss about $2,000. No insurance.
Two Lynched: Calvin Ezell and Sylvester Pegton were lynched
by a mob at Double Branches on the Mt. Pleasant road Sunday night.
They had been arrested on suspicion of having burned the
barn of Mr. Edgar Baas near Jones Mill on Friday night, placed in the custody
of a constable who was bringing them to jail. When the constable and his
prisoners reached Double Branch swamp, they were overtaken by a mob of
infuriated citizens. The prisoners were unceremoniously taken from the
constable and strung up. It is stated that Robert Ezell, son of Calvin, and
Sylvester Pegton, confessed, implicating Calvin Ezell, who they alleged,
instigated the crime.
Rev. and Mrs. J.C. Harrison were called to Montgomery last
Thursday by a telegram announcing the sudden death of their brother-in-law, Mr.
W.A. James. Mr. James was a conductor on the Plant system railway and died at a
small station near Dothan.
134 YEARS AGO
DEC. 11, 1885
Capt. John DeLoach and T.L. Sowell, esq., went to Montgomery
last Sunday to attend the meeting of the Grand Lodge. Mr. W.G. McCorvey and Mr.
Horace Hood also went up to the Capital City last week. They all returned
yesterday, Thursday.
The county jail contains only five prisoners.
Sheriff Burns has engaged Mr. A.A. Rhoad of Buena Vista as
his deputy, Mr. W.K. Riley having resigned.
Everyone seems to favor the idea of having a Christmas tree
in town again this year. The young people will all, no doubt, have a nice time.
The one we had here last Christmas was one of the nicest and gave more genuine
pleasure than ever before and it is to be hoped that this one will equal the
last if not surpass it. A plentiful variety of presents can be had in town.
Yorick, the well-known setter of Mr. Burnett’s is a very
intelligent dog. He knows the schedule of the up train on the L&N road and
when his master is absent in Mobile, Yorick is always at the train when it
arrives in the afternoon, and passes from one car to the other searching, and if
Mr. Burnett fails to come, one can almost see a look of disappointment on the
face of his faithful dog.
Sheriff Burns informs us that Mr. John M. Sanders of Newtown
Academy lost his gin house and three bales of cotton by fire last Monday. It is
supposed to have caught from a match having been accidentally dropped into the
lint room. Nothing was saved except the gin and gin belt.
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