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| Frye Gaillard |
NOV. 20, 2020
County a COVID-19 hotspot: According to the Alabama
Department of Public Health (ADPH), Monroe County is considered at high risk
for the spread of COVID-19 due to a recent spike in the number of active cases
reported in the county.
As of Wednesday morning, the county had 70 active cases
reported in the last 14 days. On Monday, there were 12 new cases reported.
Monday’s 12 cases set a new single-day high for the county.
The previous high of 11 new cases was recorded on Nov. 17.
Steadman signs with Coastal Alabama: Jessie-Lynne Steadman, a senior member of the Monroe Academy softball team, signed a letter of intent last Wednesday with Coastal Alabama Community College in Monroeville. Monroe Academy hosted the signing event that was attended by Steadman’s teammates, her parents and school officials. She is a pitcher-infielder for the Lady Volunteers. Her parents are Weldon and Lynne Steadman, and her grandparents are Tony and Pat Salter and Coy and Reecie Steadman.
Old courthouse gets new roof: Workers recently began
repairing the roof on the old courthouse.
According to Monroe County Museum Executive Director Wanda
Green, the roof was leaking in several places. She stated that roof repairs began
Friday and should be completed in about a week to 10 days.
She noted that all shingles on the roof are being replaced
for the first time since the courthouse was renovated in the nineties.
27 YEARS AGO
NOV. 23, 1995
Author speaks at library: Author Frye Gaillard, former Southern editor of The Charlotte Observer, talks with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson of Perdue Hill and Bunny Nobles, head librarian at the Monroe County Library, before his recent presentation at the library. Gaillard is author of “Lessons from the Big House.” The Nov. 9 program was sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and administered by the Auburn University Center for the Arts and Humanities.
MCHS beats Shields: Monroe County High School’s varsity boys
opened their 1995-96 basketball season Friday in Monroeville with a 73-68
victory over J.F. Shields High School.
William Kidd scored 19 points to pace the Tigers. Kelvin
Johnson had 15 points. Sammy Sims followed with 11 points. Wyatt Broughton
scored 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds.
(Other top MCHS players in that game included Travelle
Guillippsie, Robert Hybart, Alan Pulfrey, Anthony Rankins, Dion Sims and
Roderrick Thomas. Jerome Sanders was MCHS’s head coach.)
70th anniversary: Celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary, W.T. and Vera Crawford Dean, ages 91 and 90 respectively, entertained 100 friends and family on Sept. 17. Mr. and Mrs. Dean have resided in Enon for many years. They renewed their vows with a formal wedding in the garden of the Rev. Edna Crawford Kirksey, who officiated at the ceremony. Mrs. Terrell Cantrell of Memphis, Tenn. and the Rev. Bob Gibson of Enon sang. Matrons of honor were granddaughters of the Deans and the groom’s attendants were his nephews. The celebration, held in the home of Rev. Kirksey in northeast Pensacola, served as a reunion for the Crawford and Dean families.
52 YEARS AGO
NOV. 26, 1970
Hornady Bros. Truck Line Expands Service As An Independent
Company: Monroe County industries now have access to a locally owned and
operated overnight freight shuttle service to and from Birmingham.
Hornady Bros. Truck Line has received approval from the
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) and the Public Service Commission to
establish LTL (less than a truck load) and full-load service to and from the
Magic City.
The new service represents two firsts for Monroeville: It is
the first such home-owned operation, and the first time both LTL and full-load
service has been offered by a local firm.
Academy Moves Into Semi-Finals: Monroe Academy moved to the
semi-finals of the Alabama Private Schools Athletic Association playoffs
Wednesday night against Marengo Academy in Vanity Fair Park after winning over
Lyman-Ward 42-14 Friday night.
Defensively, K.J. Lazenby was the number one defensive
player for the Volunteers as he was credited with 12 individual tackles.
(Other top MA players in that game were Joe Dale Harris,
Steve James, Rob Kelly, Chuck Lovinggood and Danny Wilson. Mac Champion was
MA’s head coach.)
Mercury Dives Into The Teens: The mercury plummeted into the teens in sections of the county early Tuesday morning as South Alabamians shivered in record low temperatures. The mercury was driven downward by the combination of a large cold, dry high-pressure system spanning the eastern two-thirds of the nation, and brisk north winds.
102 YEARS AGO
NOV. 25, 1920
The past week was marked by three homicides in different
parts of the county.
Near Wainwright, on Friday a young man employed on the place
of a Mr. Turbeville, being sharply reprimanded by Mrs. Turbeville for
disobedience, retaliated by seizing her by the throat and beating her in the
face. Details are rather vague concerning the assault and the fact that the man
died some hours later from the effect of a gunshot wound.
George Brown shot and killed Joe Henry McReynolds in a crap
game on the Brantley plantation near McWilliams on Saturday. Brown is in jail.
Bill Kidd had a falling-out with his kinsman, Tom Kidd, in
the Peach Tree neighborhood Sunday, resulting in the death of Tom Kidd. Bill
has so far managed to elude officers of the law.
Prof. W.L. Howard, principal of the Vocational School at Excel, dropped in to see us while in the city Saturday. Mr. Howard stated that the work of constructing the new school building would probably begin this week.
For the last three and a half months, The Journal has been
published twice a week, but beginning this week the Tuesday edition has been
temporarily discontinued, and the former plan of weekly publications resumed.
As announced at the time, the plan of two editions a week
was adopted primarily to accommodate the unusually heavy volume of advertising
matter, hence both editions were furnished to subscribers without additional
charge.
127 YEARS AGO
NOV. 28, 1895
Fire at Perdue Hill: Three warehouses stored with furniture, undertakers’ goods, grain and groceries, etc. belonging to Messrs. Savage & Roberts, were destroyed with their contents by fire at Perdue Hill on the night of the 22nd inst. The fire originated in the furniture house, and when discovered had gained such headway that it was impossible to check it with the facilities at hand. From this it rapidly spread to the others which were soon in flames. The three warehouses were situated between Savage & Roberts’ store and the Locklin House, and it was with great difficulty that those houses were saved. Had they burned, the fire would have swept the town. Messrs. Savage & Roberts’ loss is quite heavy, amounting to several thousand dollars, with little or no insurance. It is believed that the fire was of incendiary origin.
Capt. John Burns of Pineville was in Monroeville Saturday.
Messrs. W.G. McCorvey, Jas. P. Stallworth and C.A. Seymour left Monday afternoon for the cotton state and international exposition at Atlanta.
In its appropriate department in this issue appears the announcement of Mr. W.S. Bowden for the office of Sheriff of Monroe County, subject to the action of the Democratic party. “Sam” Bowden, as he is familiarly known, is in every way qualified for the office, and The Journal takes pleasure in commending him to the voters of the county as a gentleman worthy of their support.
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