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12 YEARS AGO
MARCH 6, 2008
Alabama Supreme Court to convene at ASCC: Alabama’s highest
court, the Alabama Supreme Court, will convene in Monroeville Friday at 9 a.m.
at Alabama Southern Community College.
Circuit Judge Dawn Hare of Monroeville said the Supreme
Court Justices will convene in Nettles Auditorium to hear arguments on a civil
case.
She said the court justices, including Chief Justice Sue
Bell Cobb of Evergreen, were invited to the campus by ASCC President Dr. John
Johnson and the college’s honors program students and faculty advisor Barbara
McMillan.
Hare said the general public may attend and juniors and
seniors from the county’s public schools and Monroe Academy have been invited.
Excel softball field christened: Members of the Excel
varsity and junior varsity softball teams, Excel Mayor Jenny Countryman, State
Rep. Harry Shiver, school board member Martha Jordan, Superintendent Dennis
Mixon, Excel Principal Kevin York and many of the people who helped build the
Lady Panthers’ new field and dugouts were on hand for the first game on the
field last Thursday. Shiver threw out the first pitch.
(Excel, under head coach Charlotte Wiggins, beat Escambia
County, 9-2, in that first-ever game at Excel’s on-campus softball field. Top
players for Excel that season included Courtney Addison, Lauren Anderson,
Alycia Baggett, Deanna Henderson, Amy Hudson, Claire Jordan, Kayla Jordan,
Kelsey Ledkins and Hunter-Lynne Silcox.)
37 YEARS AGO
MARCH 3, 1983
Nettles gets scout leader award: Albert A. Nettles Jr. of
Monroeville was awarded the Silver Beaver award by the Gulf Coast Council of
Boy Scouts of America Saturday at its annual recognition banquet in Destin,
Fla.
Nettles, who became a Boy Scout in 1948, attained the rank
of Eagle Scout and a total of 36 merit badges as a youth. He has worked at an
adult leader of Boy Scout troops since 1955 and currently is chairman of
Monroeville Troop 24, a member of the Gulf Coast Council executive board,
chairman of the Gulf Coast Advancement Committee, member of the National
Outdoor Adventure Committee for Boy Scouts of America, a member of the National
Eagle Scout Association and a member of the Yustaga Lodge, Order of the Arrow.
The Silver Beaver award, which recognizes adult Boy Scout
leaders for distinguished service to youth, is awarded by the National Boy
Scouts of America. Nettles was one of six selected for the honor in the Gulf
Coast Council.
The Monroe Academy boys varsity basketball team ended the
1982-83 basketball season a few weeks ago with a loss in the Alabama Private
School Athletic Association playoffs to Lakeside Academy. Despite the loss, the
Volunteers claimed the APSAA District 3 championship, finishing the year at
19-12. (Players on that year’s team included Johnny Lynam, Patrick Munday,
Dwight Chandler, Tim Carter, Michael McCrory, Keith Langham, Hudson Hines,
Steve Lambert, Wally Dunn, Jeff Brown, Shane Sawyer and Don Smith. Brad Moore
was the team’s head coach, and his son Shane Moore was the team’s mascot. Brett
Loftin and Rennie Raines were the team’s managers.)
62 YEARS AGO
MARCH 6, 1958
Dr. W.H. Hines Named Commander Of Knights: Dr. W.H. Hines
was named Commander of the Knights Templar at a regular conclave of the Monroe
County Commandery held Feb. 28. Other officers elected for the ensuing Templar
year were J.T. Hines, Generalissimo; W.N. Wiggins, Captain General; Kermit
Branum, Senior Warden; Ed G. Owens, Junior Warden; J.F. Bilbro, Prelate; W.L.
Agee, Treasurer; W.S. Nash, Recording Secretary; W.J. Andress, Standard Bearer;
R.W. Cobb, Sword Bearer; H. Tom Wiggins, Warder; and M.R. Thames, Outer Guard.
EXCEL BEAUTY QUEEN: Dorothy Wiggins, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Godfrey Wiggins, and a tenth grader, was judged winner of the senior high
school annual beauty revue held at the Excel school, under sponsorship of the
Beta Club. Second place winner was Khadra Ann White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred White, and third place went to Ann Manning, daughter of Mrs. Oscar
Manning.
Monroe Political Picture Now In Focus Following Deadline:
Monroe County’s political picture came into sharp focus this week as the
qualifying deadline for the May Democratic primary was passed at midnight,
Sat., March 1.
A total of 17 candidates and 14 candidates for positions on
the Democratic Executive Committee offered qualifications prior to the Saturday
deadline.
Two new candidates were included in the announcement in the
race for county sheriff. They are Alvin Kilpatrick and W. Lee Thomas of
Vredenburgh. They will oppose Monroe County Sheriff Charlie Sizemore, who is
seeking re-election.
87 YEARS AGO
MARCH 2, 1933
Bugg Goes To Washington For Inauguration Saturday: L.J. Bugg
is leaving today for Washington to attend the inauguration of Franklin D.
Roosevelt as president of the United States. Mr. Bugg is a member of the
official inaugural committee from Alabama. He plans to go to Atlanta and
continue the trip with the Alabama delegation which left from Birmingham in a
special car Thursday morning.
RILEY FOXWORTH: Riley Foxworth, aged 28, died Feb. 7 at his
parents’ home. He united with Beatrice Baptist church at 15 and graduated from
Beatrice High School in 1923. He always was a favorite among his acquaintances
and easily made new friends. He spent eight years in business in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin and Chicago, Illinois. Then his health broke under the strain and
influenza and in spite of good medical treatment and good nursing, he passed
away.
VOCATION: The following Epworth League program will be
rendered Sunday night: Subject – Putting Our Country In Our Hearts; Scripture;
Prayer; Quiet Music – Miss Bertha Coley; Song – Congregation; Recitation –
Roberta Flowers, Pauline Burkett and Willis Coley; Song Playlet – John Russell,
Beatrice Flowers and Mary Alice Russell; Just As He Loves You and Me – R.C.
McCrory, Lucille Russell, Hobart Blackburn, Odie Lee Flowers and Glenn Russell;
Recitation – Ponce Coley; Special Song – Miss Leona Coley and Mr. Arthur Coley;
Benediction; Mr. Arthur Coley, president; Miss Eva Coley, secretary; Mrs. W.B.
Turberville.
112 YEARS AGO
MARCH 5, 1908
While two of Mr. C.M. Turbeville’s children were playing in
the yard at the Dr. Files place near Gosport one day last week, one of them, a
little boy about a year and a half old, fell into an abandoned bored well. The
well had been covered and the little fellow ran across the boards, which gave
away and he fell feet foremost therein, falling a distance of about 30 feet.
The other ran into the house and gave the alarm and the little one was finally
located by his cries. A rope was let down into the well but as the child was
too young to understand about putting rope under his arms, this plan was
abandoned. After a search, a hook from a singletree was found, tied to the
rope, let down and caught in the clothes of the child and he was drawn out,
unhurt, with the exception of an insignificant scratch on the back of his neck.
Miss Jennie Faulk is back from the market with a handsome
selection of spring hats and millinery.
Rev. L.C. DeWitt’s cozy new dwelling near the Baptist church
is nearing completion. He hopes to domicile his family in it within a few days.
Rev. W.D. Parrish, representing the Alabama Anti-Saloon
League, will speak at the Methodist church in Monroeville on Monday night,
March 23, 1908. Let all our people, especially such as are interested in the
work of temperance, attend.
Married in the Baptist church at Tunnel Springs on Sunday,
March 1, 1908, Mr. M.L. Boghich of Pensacola, and Miss Hattie S. Morrison, Rev.
S.P. Lindsey officiating. The bride is an attractive and popular lady of Tunnel
Springs and has a wide circle of friends. The groom is a trusted employee of
the Louisville & Nashville Railroad.
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