The Monroe Journal News Flashback for June 17, 2024

Crayon A. Stacey

25 YEARS AGO
JUNE 17, 1999

Log truck runs into train near Vredenburgh: No one was injured in a wreck between a train and a log truck Wednesday of last week but workers were still on the scene Friday trying to clean up.
Monroe County Sheriff Tom Tate said the log truck was reportedly unable to stop at the railroad tracks on River Ridge Road, near Vredenburgh. The truck had almost made it across safely when the train collided with the last few feet of the trailer.
The collision caused three engines and at least two box cars to derail and spill fuel.

Hanks to nationals: Excel senior Andy Hanks will compete for a national championship in bareback bronc and bull riding events July 19-25 in Gillete, Wyoming.
He will compete in the National High School Finals Rodeo in the bareback bronc and bull riding events. The national finals will be telecast live on TNN Aug. 15 at 1 p.m.
Hanks earned a chance to compete by ranking as reserve champion in bareback and as the average winner in bull riding in the recent Alabama High School State Finals Rodeo in Montgomery.
He is also a member of the Wrangler Jeans all-star rodeo team.

New officer: Monroe County Bank has hired Robert England as its new assistant vice president of operations. England comes to Monroe County from South Alabama Bank in Mobile. He said he is excited about the new job and looks forward to serving his customers here.

50 YEARS AGO
JUNE 20, 1974

New Monroeville chief hired: A 36-year-old Montgomery man with four years’ military and five years’ civilian police experience has been appointed Monroeville police chief. He will take over the job July 1.
The Monroeville City Council appointed Roy F. Sanders last Thursday night, filling a vacancy in the top police-department slot that has existed since Chief James Maples and the other 11 members of the department resigned in a pay dispute May 3.
With Sanders’ hiring, 10 of the previous 13 police-department jobs have been filled – all but two of them with the former policemen who resigned.

Newman named new coach at Frisco City High School: A new Frisco City High School football coach was hired last week by the Monroe County School Board.
The new coach, Cecil L. “Corky” Newman, has been coaching football for 15 years – 13 of them in Alabama. An Alexander City native, his football record totals 93 wins, 53 losses and six ties.
He comes to Frisco City from Lake Placid, Fla., where as athletic director he coached and taught biology and physical education for the past two years. He also coached at Autaugaville High School in Autauga County for 12 years. He also has coached at Citronelle High School.

Summer happiness: Happiness for these three youngsters is finding Monroe County’s first cotton bloom of the 1974 season in their father’s cotton field, which they did Tuesday morning. Displaying the blooms are Mitchell Ward, 4; Ken Ward, 3; and Malinda Ward, 9. Their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ward of Megargel, farm some 250 acres of cotton.

75 YEARS AGO
JUNE 16, 1949

Uriah Student Attends ‘Boys State” Meeting On University Campus: Maston Mims, Uriah High School student, has been selected by the school to attend Boys State, which is now in session at the University of Alabama.
The Uriah student is president of the student body for the coming school year, president of the senior class, president of the FFA and a member of the Beta Club. The Uriah PTA sponsored the trip.

Funeral services for Crayon A. Stacey, 30, of McCullough, former Monroe County resident, were held from the Mineola Baptist Church Sunday. He was drowned at Smith Lake Friday when his boat overturned while he was fishing with his brother and a friend, Jack Blackman. The accident occurred at the junction of the Alabama and Little Rivers.

There will be a square dance at the Perdue Hill Masonic Hall Friday night beginning at 8 p.m. The dance is sponsored by the Perdue Hill Women’s Club. A small admission, for the benefit of the club, will be charged.

Ralph Stewart pitched Monroeville to its third straight league victory Tuesday night and his fifth straight win when he threw a brilliant four-hit shutout at the State Farm aggregation in a game played here.
On Thursday night of last week, he beat the league-leading Atmore team, 6-3, on their home diamond. The Sunday before, he had handed them their first defeat of the season in a game played here.

Robert McMillan “Mack” Feagin, son of the late Foy F. Feagin, will succeed his father as operator of the Monroeville Pharmacy here. Mr. Feagin, who has operated a pharmacy in Pensacola for the past 17 months, will continue in charge of operations in both stores, but will make his home in Monroeville.

100 YEARS AGO
JUNE 19, 1924

FIRST COTTON BLOOMS: The Journal has received first cotton blooms from the following farmers: John Bigger, June 8; R.T. Youngblood, June 10; John Nettles, Mexia, June 13; W.H. Richardson, Monroeville Route A. Mr. Richardson has 15 acres in bloom. B.R. Biggs, Tunnel Springs, Route 1, June 17. The earliest blooms this year are a few days behind last year’s reports.

Mr. A.L. Slaughter of Lower Peachtree has drilled a deep well at his plantation home in Packers Bend, Monroe County, and struck an overflow of the finest clear sulphur water with 30 pounds of pressure. The water will run out of a two-inch pipe 60 feet high at the rate of 35 gallons a minute. Mr. and Mrs. Slaughter and the entire neighborhood are delighted over this wonderful well, which is 516 feet deep.

MASONIC OFFICERS: At a meeting of Tunnel Springs Lodge No. 578, held on June 13, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: F.S. Dailey, Worshipful Master; C.J. Jackson, Senior Warden; G.L. Nettles, Junior Warden; S.B. Nettles, Treasurer; W.S. Nash, Secretary; J.J. Dailey, Senior Deacon; P.S. Jackson, Junior Deacon; and S.E. Helton, Tyler.
Alabama Lodge No. 3, Q. Salter, Worshipful Master; H.A. Baggett, Senior Warden; K.J. Lazenby, Junior Warden; L.L. Hendrix, Treasurer; J.A. Lazenby, Secretary; R.L. Ryland, Senior Deacon; J.J. Hestle, Junior Deacon; and A.L. Nettles, Tyler.

J.C. Harrison of Montgomery, assistant inspector of jails and almshouses, was a visitor to Monroeville the first of the week on official business.

146 YEARS AGO
JUNE 18, 1878

A little son of Dr. Chapman of the Bursonville neighborhood, named Clarence, about eight years old, took a gun and went out in the woods a few weeks ago and killed an owl which measured four feet, eight and three-eighth inches from tip to tip. This is a big owl story, but Capt. W.L. Mims expects us to believe it.

Died at the residence of R.I. Bradley in Claiborne, Monroe County, the 30^th of April 1878, his infant daughter, Georgia Estell, aged one month and 13 days, and on the 6^th of May, his infant son, George Gordan, aged one month and 18 days. The twin buds were nipped from the parent stem, ere they had known them well.

Perdue Hill – The new saloon of the Hill is handsomely fixed up, and looks neat, cozy and enticing. The liquors and cigars are the best brands, the wines are the best the market affords, and the best of beer is always kept on tap.

We are requested to announce that there will be preaching at the Methodist church in Monroeville the fifth Sunday in this month.

For sale: A very desirable residence with six rooms, well furnished, comfortably and conveniently arranged together with necessary outbuildings and a tract of good upland, situated about 10 miles northeast of Monroeville in a good neighborhood, unsurpassed for good water and good health, and offers a rare opportunity to persons desiring either a summer or a permanent residence. Price low. – Apply to Thos. S. Wiggins, Monroeville, Ala.