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| William Calvin Maxwell |
JULY 22, 2004
Gaston joins Peoples Bank: Harvey J. Gaston, 37, has joined
the staff of Peoples Exchange Bank of Monroe County as its vice president.
The Frisco City native has 18 years’ banking experience.
Gaston graduated from Frisco City High School, Patrick Henry
State Junior College (Alabama Southern), Auburn University in Montgomery with a
bachelor of arts degree in finance and from the graduate school of banking at
Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
Gaston is a member of the Monroeville Kiwanis Club and is
active in the United Way of Monroe County, where he has served as campaign
chairman and now serving as a board member.
Excel’s White attends Super 100 showcase: Blake White, a
senior pitcher at Excel School, took part in the Alabama Baseball Coaches
Association Super 100 showcase June 18-19 at Birmingham-Southern College.
White was named The Journal’s 2004 Defensive Player of the
Year after finishing last season with a 2.24 earned run average and a 10-4
record. He struck out 107 batters in 81-2/3 innings last season. In his varsity
career at Excel, White recorded 26 wins and 278 strikeouts.
104th birthday: Maggie Clausell of Peterman will celebrate her 104th birthday today (Thursday, July 22). She is the mother of seven living children, 26 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
45 YEARS AGO
JULY 26, 1979
Service to honor native: Special ceremonies will be held
Aug. 12 in the Robinsonville Baptist Church Cemetery at 3 p.m. to honor Monroe
County native William Calvin Maxwell.
Maxwell, whom Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery is named
for, died Aug. 12, 1920 in an airplane crash while flying from Camp
Statsenburg, Luzon, to Manila in the Philippines.
The Order of Daedalians, a pilots organization at Maxwell
AFB, will place a memorial plaque on Maxwell’s grave and another plaque
commemorating that the base was named for the military hero also will be placed
there.
Little League all-stars clinch shot at state title: The
Monroeville Little League all-stars defeated Butler last week to win the Area 2
championship for District 5 and earn a chance to advance to the state
tournament.
Monroeville’s Chuck Kidd pitched his second no-hitter in two
years in district playoff competition, leading his team to a 9-0 whitewashing
of host Jackson Tues., July 17.
Kidd faced only 19 batters, striking out 13. He helped his
own cause with a homerun and a single at the plate.
(Other players on that team were Willie Carmichael, Thomas
Richardson and Greg Ward.)
Rainfall measures 8.43 inches: During an “extremely wet” July, the Monroeville area has had more than its share of rainfall with 8.43 inches as of Wednesday, according to Ralph Rumbley, farm foreman at the Auburn University experiment field here. The rain has missed only three days since July 6. Claiborne Lock and Dam Foreman Jerry Brannan said there has been a “slow rise” of about seven feet in the lower pool on the Alabama River.
70 YEARS AGO
JULY 22, 1954
Weevil Infestation In Monroe Termed Alarmingly Heavy: Boll
weevil infestation in cotton crops in certain areas of Monroe County were
termed “alarmingly heavy” Wednesday by A.V. Culpepper of Monroeville, county
farm agent.
While the infestation is generally reported on farms
throughout the county, Mr. Culpepper declared, it is the heaviest known in a
number of years in specific sections.
He listed the Ollie-Monroeville area, some areas south of
Frisco City, the Tunnel Springs-Peterman section, and some of the Perdue Hill
area as the most heavily infested sections.
Babe Ruth Victors Monday Are Tigers 6-1 Over Dodgers:
Victors in Babe Ruth play at Vanity Fair Park Monday were the Tigers who handed
their league opponents, the Dodgers, a 6-1 defeat.
Winning hurler for the Tiger nine was Jackie Weatherford,
who allowed Dodger hitters four hits for a total of 22 times at bat. Thompson,
shortstop, and Tait, first baseman, got the only two hits for the Tigers, while
Watson lead the Dodgers with two for three.
Kiwanians Will Hear Talk On Polio Vaccine: Members of the
Monroeville Kiwanis Club will hear a report on the new Salk vaccine for the
prevention of polio as a program feature at the regular weekly meeting of the
club Friday at noon at the Hi-Ho Restaurant.
Guest speaker will be Edward Riley of Montgomery, new state
representative of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. He is
appearing through the invitation of N.S. Hare, Kiwanis member, who heads the
Monroe County NFIP chapter.
95 YEARS AGO
JULY 25, 1929
MASONIC CONFERENCE: The Monroe County Masonic Conference held its annual session with Burnt Corn Lodge Wednesday and Thursday, July 17-18, all lodges in the county, as well as a number in adjoining counties, being represented. The session was one of the most enjoyable heretofore held both from the standpoint of its social features and the instruction given. The ritualistic work was under the direction of Mr. George U. Potter of Mobile, member of the Committee on Work of the Grand Lodge, very ably assisted by Mr. J.W. Thurmond of Castleberry.
MONROEVILLE VS. STOCKTON: One of the many interesting games played by the Monroeville baseball team this season was the game last Thursday afternoon between Monroeville and Stockton. The teams were equally matched. Tucker and Williams pitching for Monroeville and Katz catching, Cooper pitching for Stockton and Hall catching. This was a 13-inning game and the score was 5 to 4 in favor of Monroeville.
Mr. Fred Ausfeldt of Montgomery was a business visitor to Monroeville Monday. Mr. Ausfeldt is a prominent architect of the Capital City, having designed the new Jefferson Davis Hotel among his most recent achievements.
Miss Mary Goode Stallworth, who was for many years at the head of the department of mathematics and also dean of Alabama College, has hosts of friends throughout the state, who will regret to learn that she is in Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, Md., for special treatment.
120 YEARS AGO
JULY 28, 1904
Killed at a Dance: At a frolic near Perdue Hill last Saturday night, Robert Packer shot and killed Hattie Howard because she refused to dance with him. Packer had a preliminary hearing before Justice N.C. Thames and was bound over without bail to wait the action of the grand jury.
Manistee Hotel caught on fire one day last week and the entire roof was burned, the body of the house being saved.
WEDDING BELLS: One of the most interesting social events of the season occurred last Wednesday evening, the 20th instant, at four o’clock at the residence of Mr. D.H. Lee, near Burnt Corn, when the marriage of Mr. F.T. Thomas and Miss Daisy Nored was solemnized. The nuptials of this popular couple has occasioned much pleasant interest for quite a while, but only members of both families and a few intimate friends were present. Rev. I.S. Ridgeway officiated.
H.C. Walston of Fork on Flat Creek was in town the first of the week. He reports the corn crop in his section of the county the finest for five or six years past. There has been rather too much rain for cotton in the bottom lands recently and the crop has sustained some injury.
There was a grand picnic at Enon Church on the 8th, at which five hundred or more people were present and greatly enjoyed the day There was a public installation of the officers of Enon Masonic Lodge, about sixty Masons participating. Rev. Ed. C. Clayton made the address of the occasion. D.C. Mims conducted the installations.
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