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| Winston Groom |
19 YEARS AGO
APRIL 19, 2001
Symposium to feature Groom: Some of Alabama’s most
celebrated writers and scholars will come to Monroeville May 3-5 for the fourth
annual Alabama Writers Symposium.
Among the authors scheduled to speak are Winston Groom,
author of “Forrest Gump.”
Groom is scheduled to speak at the opening banquet on
Thurs., May 3, at 7:30 p.m., titled “An Evening with Winston Groom.”
MCHS edges THS 5-4: Monroe County High School dropped two of
three games last week, beating Thomasville High School 5-4 before losing to
Andalusia High School 3-1 and 12-2.
Southpaw Jonathan Black picked up the win on the mound
Monday of last week when the Tigers nipped Thomasville 5-4 in Thomasville. The
win improved his pitching record to 6-2.
(Other top MCHS players in that game included Mark Beasley,
Ben Busby, Travis Granberry, Derek Holley, Bragg Jordan, Dustin Kilgore, T.J.
Mann and Taylor Ryland. Reid Utsey was MCHS’s head coach.)
Repton Town Council fills two vacant seats: Immediately
following an executive session, without any discussion, the Repton Town Council
filled two vacant seats by unanimously electing Don White and Denease Watkins
at its meeting Tuesday of last week.
Watkins and White will be sworn in when the council meets
May 8.
44 YEARS AGO
APRIL 15, 1976
Water over the dam: Last Thursday, the Claiborne Lock and
Dam was still mostly under water after the Alabama River crested the previous
Tuesday at 53.7 feet. Wednesday at 8 a.m., however, the river had dropped to
36.8 feet above the dam and 35.6 feet below. At its peak last week, the river
was the highest since 1961 when it crested at 58.9 feet.
The Monroe Academy baseball team, with only a week of
practice behind them, opened their 1976 season by splitting a pair of games
with Fort Dale Academy in Greenville.
In the opening game Tuesday of last week, the Vols salvaged
a 3-1 win with Coach Curtis Evers using three pitchers at Fort Dale. Fort Dale
turned the story around in a game played at Monroe Academy Thursday. The Fort
Dale team used a big inning to take a 3-2 win.
(Players on MA’s team that season included Melvin Wilson,
Zane Nelson, Sammy Carter, Lawrence Knight, Tommy Kennedy, Hudson Lazenby,
David Middleton, Ronnie Cauley, Kevin Norris, Johnny Till, Mitch Jones, O’Neal
Jordan, Tim Asnip, Alan Jaye, Perry Nye, Bubba McDonald, Jimmy Lambert and Mark
Dawson. Celie Brown, Sandy Jordan and Kay Powell were water girls.)
James L. McAlarney III of Monroeville was awarded the Eagle
rank, Boy Scouting’s highest, in a ceremony Sunday afternoon at Monroeville
United Methodist Church.
For McAlarney, son of Mr. and Mrs. James L. McAlarney Jr.,
the award climaxed 10 years of Scouting that began as a Cub Scout in Bethlehem,
Pa.
His family moved to Monroeville nine years ago. He now is
assistant scoutmaster of Monroeville Boy Scout Troop 76 – a position his father
also holds.
69 YEARS AGO
APRIL 19, 1951
Bowden Named County Coroner: John L. Bowden, Monroeville
Bowden Brothers Funeral Home, has been appointed coroner for Monroe County.
Mr. Bowden’s appointment fills a vacancy created by the
death of the late W.G. Daniels several years ago. Since Mr. Daniels’s death,
the county has been without a coroner.
Mr. Bowden is a former Sheriff of Monroe County, having
served two terms in that capacity.
Whippets Score Late To Nose Out Beatrice High Nine In
Opener, 4-3: Frisco City’s Whippets, pushing across a run in the top half of
the seventh inning, nosed out the Beatrice High nine 4-3 in a tilt played at
Beatrice Friday afternoon.
The game, originally scheduled for Thursday afternoon, was
Frisco’s first diamond tilt of the season, and marked Beatrice’s fourth straight
loss.
(Players for Frisco City in that game included B.B. Barnes,
William Ed Baas, Bevis Hayes, Keith King, Wiley Long Jr., Charles Pugh, LaRue
Rumbley and Joe Smith. Beatrice players were Dale Brown, Glen Brown, Andy
Everette, J.Y. McIntosh, Marcus Simpkins, Grady Westley and Claude Wright.)
Wilkins Resigns; English Acting County Engineer: Bob
English, Monroeville resident and former assistant Monroe County Engineer, has
been named acting county engineer following the resignation of Marion Wilkins.
Mr. Wilkins, who had been county engineer here for the past
three years, resigned recently to accept a position with the U.S. Engineers in
Mobile.
94 YEARS AGO
APRIL 15, 1926
Dr. F.H. Gardner, vice-president and principal of the
Coley-Blacksher Vocational School, was a visitor to Monroeville Monday. Dr.
Gardner reported the school prospering, the dormitory building being filled
with boarding pupils, besides a large number of day-students from the
community.
Misses Thornbury and Larmore, teachers in the Coley-Blacksher
Vocational School, Vocation, were visitors to Monroeville Monday.
J.B. Barnett, Esq., president of the Monroe County Bank, and
also of the banks at Jones Mill, Excel and Uriah, left Sunday on his
semi-annual visit to New York, Washington and points in the East.
Contractor W.E. Ward of Pine Apple is erecting a brick
building for Mr. S.H. Tucker on the lot between the S.B. Martin Variety Store
and the Sanitary Market. The building will be 25x70 feet and will be occupied
by the Monroeville Bakery.
NOTICE – All persons are warned against hunting or fishing
on any lands owned by me near Manistee. – G.H. Harper.
TAKEN UP – At my place on April 10, one black mule with
white mouth, weight 700 or 800 pounds. Owner can get same upon identification of
property and payment of expenses. – George Wiggins, Hixon, Ala.
Mr. T.W. Weatherford of Mt. Pleasant was a business visitor
to the county capital Saturday. Mr. Weatherford reported farm work in his
community somewhat retarded by unfavorable weather.
119 YEARS AGO
APRIL 25, 1901
Several cases of mumps are reported in the vicinity of
Monroeville.
D.C. Henderson has been appointed by the governor as Notary
Public in Pineville beat.
There were no services at the Presbyterian church last
Sunday, Rev. Mr. Haney being detained, presumably by bad weather.
Dr. Yarbrough sent to this office a few days since the
largest radish we have ever seen, weighing eight pounds. It was too large to be
of edible quality.
Obituary: Mr. Joseph S. Brantley was born in Conecuh County,
Ala., May 3, 1837 and died at his home near Monroe, Ala., March 29, 1901.
After serving four years in the Confederate army, he
returned to find the accumulations of his young manhood swept away, but by his
energy and perseverance, he made a comfortable living and left his family well
provided for.
His remains were interred in the Baptist Cemetery at
Monroeville, the solemn service being conducted by Rev. C.S. Talley and the
Masonic fraternity.
Mr. H.J. Savage of Atmore passed through Monroeville
Saturday en route to his old home at Perdue Hill where he will spend some time
with his daughter, Mrs. J.F. Gaillard, and the friends of bygone years.
Esquires O.O. Bayles and H.W. Jones attended Justice court
at Perdue Hill Saturday.
Sheriff Harrengton returned Monday from a trip to the Gulf
City.
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