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APRIL 24, 2008
High winds Friday night took down the Our Place Youth Center and Family Theater sign on South Alabama Avenue and lightning struck the center, damaging the electrical system. Directors Buster and Tracy Waters have ordered a new sign from International Sign and Design and paid a 50-percent down payment, but are looking for sponsors to help finish paying the balance.
MA Vols upend Wilcox: Monroe Academy’s baseball team picked
up win No. 30 on the year last week, thumping Wilcox Academy 18-3 in five
innings.
Cody Philen started on the mound for MA and didn’t allow a
run or a hit through three innings. Philen struck out two and walked four.
Philen contributed to his winning cause with seven RBIs and three runs on three
singles and a homerun.
(Other standout MA players in that game included Denzil
Dees, Alex Dueitt, Mark Hutcherson, Todd Kilpatrick, Drake Martin, Phillip
McKinley and Tyler Rigdon. Mitchell Turberville was head coach.)
Volkswalk ribbon cutting to be held May 3 at police station: The Monroeville’s Volkswalk ribbon cutting will be held Sat., May 3, at 7:30 a.m. at the Monroeville Police Station. Monroeville Police Chief Rudolph Munnerlyn and the Mockingbird Court will be on hand and will assist with cutting the ribbon for Monroeville’s walk. Everyone is invited to join in the fun and fellowship and be part of this 10K (6.2 mile) walk through historic Monroeville. The walk begins at the police station, winds through downtown Monroeville, skirts the cemetery at First Methodist Church, goes down Lazenby and Leslie streets and eventually crosses town and skirts the Whitey Lee Park and lake.
41 YEARS AGO
APRIL 28, 1983
Journal receives newspaper awards: The Monroe Journal won first place for its editorial page and honorable mention for general excellence in the Alabama Press Association’s 1983 Better Newspaper Contest. Awards were announced recently by the APA. Awards will be presented during the APA’s summer convention in July in Gulf Shores.
Blacksher girls hold perfect record: J.U. Blacksher High
School’s girls softball team held onto its perfect Class 1A, Area 2 record
Monday with an 18-14 win over Excel’s girls in Excel.
The Blacksher girls sent 11 runners across home plate to
lead off the first inning of play Monday in Excel. But the Panther girls didn’t
quit, coming back to knot the game at 12-12 in the fifth inning.
Blacksher pitcher Lisa Harrison put the Bulldogs back on top
in the seventh inning with a grand-slam in-the-park home run.
(Led by head coach Joe Allen, other top Blacksher players in
that game included Melody Baggett, Teresa Blackwell, Cathy English, Betty
Garnder, Olivia Gregson, Roxanne Lassiter, Gloria Mitchell, Amy Nordstrum, June
Peters and Lillie Wallace. Top Excel players were Kim Guy and Sandra
Hollinger.)
Eastwood to hold Founders’ Day: Eastwood Baptist Church, located on Drewry Road in Monroeville, will celebrate its Founders’ Day Sunday. Sunday school will start at 9:45 a.m. and an attendance goal of 256 has been set. The Rev. Jimmy Wilson, pastor, will present a founders’ day message which will be followed by dinner on the grounds.
66 YEARS AGO
APRIL 24, 1958
Dr. Carter Elected State Medical Officer: Dr. W.R. Carter, prominent Repton physician, was elected and installed as President-Elect of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama at the 97th annual session of the group in Montgomery April 17-19. He was also named second vice-president of the University of Alabama Medical College Alumni. Dr. Woodrow W. Eddins of Monroeville was installed as a councilor from the First Congressional District.
Boating Club Builds River Landing Ramp: The Monroe County Outboard Boating Club, Inc. has announced the construction of a large landing ramp at the mouth of Gaillard’s Creek on the Alabama River. The purpose of the recently organized group is to develop more adequate boat landings and other facilities on the Alabama River in Monroe County and to promote sportsmanship and conservation. Club officials indicated this project is one of many now being planned.
Patterson Is Coming To Monroe Towns Today: John Patterson, Alabama’s Attorney General and candidate for Governor in the May 6 Democratic primary, will speak in Monroe County today (Thursday) in three towns. He will bring his campaign to Frisco City at 9 a.m.; Monroeville, 9:45 a.m.; and Beatrice, 11:45 a.m. He will appear in Camden at 1:30 p.m.
Tryouts for Monroe County Babe Ruth League baseball are scheduled at Vanity Fair Park May 12-13. Chuck Pelham, secretary-treasurer of the league, said candidates for this season’s teams must be at the park at 4:30 on those dates. Boys ages 13 through 15 are eligible to try out.
91 YEARS AGO
APRIL 27, 1933
Stores To Close For Ball Game Friday: The Monroeville team
will meet the strong Brewton baseball nine here on the local field at three
o’clock Friday afternoon. Brewton had a lucky break on last Friday and defeated
Monroeville 2-0 at Brewton, but Monroeville’s team says that will not happen
again this week.
The following business houses will close from three o’clock
until five for the game: Burns Optical Co., R.C. Snowden, Megginson’s Place,
Monroe Motor Co., Wiggins Brothers, D.M. Ratcliffe, M. Katz Dry Goods Store,
The Monroe County Bank, S.W. Hixon, Monroeville Billiard Parlor, Gulf Service
Station, The Monroe Journal, L.A. Hixon, Lucian Jones Motor Co., Lazenby
Mercantile Co., The First National Bank, Finklea & Finklea, East Side Cash
Store, Reed Barber Shop, A.N. Cameron, Barnett & Jackson, Clyde Marshall’s
Garage, Bowden Hardware Co., Thompson’s Bakery, Variety Store, Monroeville
Pharmacy, M.C. Wright, V.H. & C.E. Faulk and R.J. Hendrix.
Wife of Minister Succumbs At Beatrice After Illness: Mrs. A.A. Hutto, wife of the Rev. A.A. Hutto, widely known Baptist minister of Alabama, died Sunday night at her home in Beatrice following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Hutto had been in ill health several years, but lately had showed signs of improvement. Her death was attributed to an attack of heart trouble.
Mr. and Mrs. General James announce the birth of twins, a boy and a girl. The combined weight of the youngsters was 17 pounds.
116 YEARS AGO
APRIL 23, 1908
TOWN ELECTION: Notice is hereby given that an election will be held in the courthouse in the town of Monroeville on Mon., May 4, 1908, for the election of mayor and five councilmen for said town for the ensuing municipal year. John W. Broughton and Wm. C. Neville have been appointed to manage said election. – Thos. S. Wiggins, Mayor.
NOTICE: All physicians and midwives of the county will please make prompt reports to me at Jones Mill, Ala., of vital statistics every 30 days as required by law. – J.F. Busey, County Health Officer.
DEATH OF D.C. MIMS: The death of no man in the county has
occasioned keener regret or more profound sorrow than that of Mr. David C.
Mims, which occurred at his home at McGill on Thursday evening, April 16, after
an illness of more than six weeks.
Mr. Mims was a native and lifelong resident of Monroe and no
man was more sincerely esteemed and universally respected. He was for many
years a prosperous planter of Beat 12, but removed to South Monroe a few years
ago where he owned one of the most fertile and best equipped farms in that
section and was preparing to spend the evening of his life in comfort.
Mr. Mims was a devoted member of the Baptist church and
prominent in fraternal circles, having been Worshipful Master successively of
Cokerville Masonic Lodge near his former home for a number of years, of R.E.
Lee Lodge, Pine Apple, for 15 years, and at the time of his death was Master of
Blacksher Lodge, which he organized some six years ago.
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