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18 YEARS AGO
APRIL 11, 2002
YMCA officially opens new building: Monroeville Mayor Anne
Farish snips the ribbon Saturday during the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the
Monroeville Area YMCA’s new building on South Mount Pleasant Avenue, adjacent
to Veterans Park. A grand opening ceremony, featuring tours, refreshments and
entertainment, was held at the facility Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
MCHS clinches 5A Area 3 championship: Monroe County High
School’s baseball team improved to 19-13 last week with five wins and clinched
the 5A Area 3 championship Friday with a 5-2 home win over Evergreen’s
Hillcrest High School.
In the win over Hillcrest… MCHS senior third baseman Brett
Pate led the Tigers at the plate, collecting two hits. Matt Wright recorded a
hit and a RBI. Watson Black also got a hit.
(Other top MCHS players in that game included John Bohannon,
Ben Busby, Travis Granberry, Daniel Harper, Terrell Richardson, Taylor Ryland
and Matt Short.)
Monroeville dentist and cattleman Lawrence A. Knight Jr.,
64, died Saturday night at Monroe County Hospital.
The Pineapple native established his practice in Monroeville
in 1965 following graduation from the University of Alabama School of Dentistry
in Birmingham. He attained his undergraduate degree from Auburn University.
He was a past president of the Alabama Dental Association
and the Monroeville Kiwanis Club. Dr. Knight was an active member of the Monroe
County Cattleman’s Association. He was president of the association when he
died.
43 YEARS AGO
APRIL 14, 1977
Pensacola trip: These Cub Scouts from Monroeville Pack 224
toured the Naval Air Museum and the aircraft carrier Lexington Saturday at
Pensacola Naval Air Station. They are Lee DeFee, Greg Ward, Tim Waters, Bill
Lazenby, Chris Wiggins, Mark Dutton, Bill Holifield, Elliot Johnson, Jeff
Dyess, Jaye Dyess, Gaye Wiggins, Scott Jackson, Keith Gentry, Lee Black, Bruce
Welch, Shane Sawyer, Sean Sawyer, Keith Adams and Seth Watkins.
Shields baseball team: Members of the 1977 J.F. Shields
Panthers baseball team are: Earnest Stallworth, Perry Tucker, John Stallworth,
Kenneth Stallworth, Michael Stallworth, Sam Dailey, Darrell Cunningham, Donald
McCorvey, Clifton McBride, Pat Nelson, Don Shelton, Jerome Nettles, Darrell
Shields, Ricky Lett, Coach Larry Turner, reporter Ida Stallworth, reporter
Loretta Black, Willie Black, James Tate, Willie Leslie, William Lett, Alphonso
Stallworth, Gary Montgomery, Raymond Sanders, Step Burgess, Oscar Cunningham,
trainer Derrick Stallworth, and Coach Darnell Payne. The Panthers’ next game
will be today in Beatrice against Autaugaville High School.
Excel Mayor Fred C. Kinsey died unexpectedly of an apparent
heart attack last Thursday afternoon at his home. Mr. Kinsey, 74, was mowing his
lawn when he collapsed.
Mr. Kinsey was the first mayor of Excel when the town was
incorporated in the 1930s. He was elected mayor again in August after serving a
term as councilman.
68 YEARS AGO
APRIL 10, 1952
Monroeville’s new radio station – WMFC – went on the air
officially today (Thursday) at 5:30 a.m. after receiving permission Wednesday
from the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D.C. It can be heard
on 1220 kilocycles.
While WMFC begins operations today, its formal open house
will be held Sunday afternoon, April 20, instead of Easter Sunday as was
previously reported. Delay in receipt of broadcasting permission from the FCC
has necessitated postponement of the Open House for one week.
Frisco City High’s Whippet nine entered its third week of
practice Monday in preparation for an opening tilt with Monroeville on Tuesday.
The game will be the first in a tentative 12-game slate for the Whippets.
Coach William Hamilton stated his 1952 charges were
continuing to shape up during practice sessions this week.
(Top players for FCHS that season included J.B. Brooks,
Grafton Coleman, Jerry Gulsby, Neil Hamilton, Eugene Harmon, Bevis Hayes, Max
Johns, Wiley Long, Sonny Pritchette, Albert Pugh, Larue Rumbley and Bernie
Williams.)
‘Camporee’ For Boy Scouts To Be Here: A Boy Scout “Camporee”
for Scouts from the entire Alabama-Florida District has been set for the final
week in April, Frank Meigs, Scoutmaster for local Troop No. 24, said Wednesday.
He said the event, which will be held in Vanity Fair Park,
is in preparation for the annual camp held at Camp Bigheart on Santa Rosa
Island, Fla. The Monroeville troop will attend this camp in June, Mr. Meigs
stated.
93 YEARS AGO
APRIL 14, 1927
BURGLARY AT FRANKLIN: The post office at Franklin was
burglarized Friday night and $31.83 taken from the cash drawer. On the same
night, the store of E.M. Deer was entered, presumably by the same parties and a
number of articles stolen.
The burglary occurred during a heavy downpour of rain and
all traces that might have furnished a possible clue were obliterated.
A baseball team has been organized in Monroeville and the
boys are practicing daily, preparing to cross bats with most any team that
happens to come along.
The Journal was in error in stating last week that Capt.
J.L. Marshall attended the Confederate Reunion at Tampa. Capt. Marshall had
planned to make the trip but temporary indisposition compelled him to
reconsider.
Mr. T.W. Russell has returned from a trip to the eastern
portion of Texas where considerable development is being promoted. Mr. Russell
thinks that particular section possesses advantages superior to those of the
Rio Grande valley.
Mr. Thos. T. Ivey has recently built a veneer mill of large
capacity located on the line of the Frisco railroad a few miles northwest of
town. Machinery is now being installed and the plant will be ready for
operation within a few weeks. Mr. Ivey has secured leases on a large acreage of
hardwood, resources adequate for many years operation.
Rev. C.H. Seibert was called to Hanceville last Thursday to
attend the funeral of his father, Mr. Peter Seibert, who died at his home in
Hanceville on April 6 at the ripe old age of 82 years.
118 YEARS AGO
APRIL 10, 1902
A Flood of Silver: County Superintendent J.D. Forte
disbursed to teachers on the pay roll for the quarter just ended $4,750.89. The
money was remitted to Superintendent Forte entirely in silver of recent
coinage, and weighed 265 pounds. Mr. Forte says he experienced a sense of great
relief when the last dollar was paid out. He has heretofore been an ardent
advocate of “free silver” but such object lessons are calculated to convert him
into a “goldbug” or “greenbacker.”
Mothers! Beware of those secret robbers of your baby’s quiet
and health. Those sleepless nights and long hours of tiresome vigil are caused
by those terrible enemies of childhood – worms. Destroy and remove them with
White’s Cream Vermifuge. Price, 25 cents. – T.M. McMillan Drug Co.
Jones Mill: Services were held at Shiloh church Sunday for
the first time in several months, owing to smallpox quarantine.
Court adjourned: Court adjourned this (Thursday) morning,
and Judge Anderson and Solicitor Elmore returned to their home.
Only two capital cases were tried at this term, viz: The
State vs. Joel B. Bullard and the State vs. Horace Frye. The first named case
was tried Wednesday and went to the jury at about 10 p.m. They jury was out all
night and returned a verdict this morning, finding the defendant guilty of
murder in the second degree and fixing the punishment at 10 years in the
penitentiary.
Horace Frye pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first
degree and was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary.
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