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| Excel High School's football team in 1969. |
SEPT. 1, 1994
The Monroe County Board of Education’s new alternative
school began holding classes in a house behind Monroeville Junior High School
last Thursday after being granted temporary permission by the Monroeville
Planning Commission the night before.
The alternative school, a new concept being tried this year
by the Board of Education, had two students on the first day of classes
Wednesday of last week. Principal Landon Sawyer said they met that day at the
Resource Center and then moved to the board-owned house at the corner of Fore
Avenue and Lloyd Street on Thursday after Planning Commission approval was
granted.
The students, from Excel and Frisco City schools, were
assigned to the alternative school over the summer by the Board of Education.
Signs to honor championship teams: Two signs honoring J.F. Shields High School for winning the 1972 and 1994 State 2A basketball championships will be soon erected on the state right-of-way near the Beatrice school. The Monroe County Commission voted at its Aug. 23 meeting to concur with the placement of the signs, which is being sponsored by State Rep. Jimmy Warren of Castleberry, whose district includes Monroe and Conecuh counties.
Marine Lance Cpl. Dennis Lee, who is from Monroe County, recently received a Meritorious Mast. Lee was cited for outstanding service while assigned with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station New River, Jacksonville, N.C. A Meritorious Mast is an official recognition from a Marine’s commanding officer for superior individual performance.
53 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 4, 1969
5,719 Students Enrolled In Schools Of County: Monroe County
public schools counted 5,719 students enrolled Tuesday as they opened for the
first full school day of the 1969-70 term.
All 268 teaching positions were filled, said Superintendent
of Education C.M. Pouncey. He estimated, however, that between 500 and 600
students who should be in school had not registered, and he urged them to
enroll immediately.
Excel Is Ready Says Coach Rowell: Every man on the Excel
team is in tip-top shape, physically, mentally and every other way, says Coach
Carvell Rowell.
“All we need now is somebody to play against, and Lyeffion
is elected for Friday night in Lyeffion,” Rowell said.
The starting line-up for Excel for the Lyeffion game is:
Boyce Godwin, center; Jerry Burkett, guard; Danny Wiggins, guard; Larry
Flowers, tackle; Donnie White, tackle; Eddie Hand, end; William Manning, end;
Thomas Lambert, tackle; Tex Williamson, guard; Dawson, quarterback; Narrimore,
fullback; E. Wiggins, halfback; and Mike Ledkins, halfback.
Clifton Rodgers Gets Air Medal: Army Spec. 4 Clifton Rodgers, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Rodgers, Finchburg, received the Air Medal near Pleiku, Vietnam, July 28. Spec. 4 Rodgers earned the award for meritorious service while participating in aerial flight in support of ground operations in Vietnam. At the time of presentation, he was a rifleman in Co. B, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry of the 4th Infantry Division.
78 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 7, 1944
Charles Ray Skinner Missing In Action: Mr. and Mrs. M.E. Skinner received a War Department telegram on Monday of this week stating that their son, First Lt. Charles Ray Skinner was missing over Czecho-Slovakia since Aug. 24. Charles Ray, in the Army Air Corps based in Italy, had made an outstanding record in his branch of the service. The last letter received from him was dated Aug. 20. All Monroeville joins with the Skinner family in hoping that good news will be received concerning Charles Ray very soon.
MOTOR BURNS OUT IN BRADLEY DRUG STORE: The overheating of a
motor in the Bradley Drug Store caused some excitement at two o’clock Sunday
morning.
Night watchman Noah Rawls noticed smoke coming from the
front of the building and sounded the fire alarm. As soon as the building was
entered it was found that a motor pulling a compressor had run hot. The motor
was found to be entirely out of commission.
Except for blowing the fuse on the motor line, no other
damage was done.
Lt. Frank Smith Is Wounded In France: Dr. and Mrs. R.A. Smith learned by letter from their son Frank on Monday that he had been wounded in action in France. The letter, written by Frank himself, was dated Aug. 30. While no details of his injury could be given, he was able to state that he had suffered a broken leg and had been removed to England for hospitalization.
Lt. Malcolm Hayles, who has been with the armed forces in the European area, arrived Tuesday and will spend his furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Hayles. He has completed 106 missions over enemy territory.
103 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 4, 1919
All pupils of the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh grades of the Monroeville Grammar School are asked to come to the school building on next Sat., Sept. 6, at 9 a.m. to clean up for the opening. Boys please bring hoes, and girls cleaning clothes. I trust all the boys and girls in these grades will meet me on that date. – JAS. A. YORK, Principal.
During an electrical storm on Saturday afternoon, lightning struck the supply tank of the city waterworks, causing the loss of its contents.
The new Manistee & Repton depot and freight house is practically completed and ready for occupancy. This road is preparing for the more systematic handling of its increasing traffic.
Mr. C.C. Wiggins is preparing to erect a brick garage on the south side of the square. The building will be 30x70 feet, with ample shed room in the rear. Mr. Wiggins has built up one of the most prosperous auto repair departments in this section. In fact, the business has outgrown its present quarters, making a new and enlarged building necessary.
Capt. J.L. Marshall, Adjutant of the local Camp of Confederate Veterans, asks all who wish to attend the reunion in Atlanta to send him their names by the 20th of September. It is desired that all attend who can. Round trip tickets will be on sale at all stations on Oct. 4 at one cent per mile each way, good for return trip until Oct. 31.
128 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 6, 1894
Fratricide at Pineville: Near Pineville, this county, on Fri., Aug. 31, Lewis Colley shot and killed his brother, Martin Colley. It seems that Martin and Lewis had a quarrel on Friday morning as to the right of way through a plantation in which both had crops. Lewis and a crowd had been picking cotton and in hauling the result of the day’s picking to the gin-house had to pass through Martin’s field, which he forbade. Another quarrel ensued and Martin armed himself with a club to enforce his objection. Lewis ran off to his house a short distance away and returning with a double-barrel shotgun, fired on Martin, killing him almost instantly. A preliminary hearing was had before Justice J.B. Harper, and Lewis Colley was committed to jail, where he now awaits trial for murder.
Mr. Ernest J. Ricou has been appointed postmaster at Monroeville to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mrs. McLean. Mr. Ricou has filed his bond with the department and upon the receipt of his commission will enter upon the discharge of his duties. He will make an accommodating and efficient officer.
The semi-annual term of the chancery court convened on last Thursday, Chancellor W.H. Taylor presiding. The docket was very light, requiring only a few hours for disposal. The chancellor left on Friday for Camden.
The recent rains have greatly retarded cotton picking in some sections of the county.
We learn that Mr. Charles W. McClure has tendered his resignation as a member of the board of county commissioners to accept the position of county superintendent of education, to which he was elected on Aug. 6.
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