23 YEARS AGO
AUG. 17, 1989
“Harry Ellis reports one light shower during the week, .10 of an inch on Aug. 8.”
“Conecuh County Schools will open for students on Fri., Aug. 25. Students should report at 7:45 to their respective schools.”
“Corporal James Simpson of the Evergreen Police Department shows how a ventilation space in the door to the office of Conecuh County Tax Collector Carolyn P. Castleberry was pried open to gain entry last Thursday night. The offices of Tax Assessor Delma Bowers and Judge of Probate Rogene Booker were also broken into the same night. No estimate of losses was released. There were several other break-ins at local businesses the same night and the matter is under investigation.”
“Rep. James E. (Jimmy) Warren of Castleberry has been elected chairman of the Alabama Legislative Forestry Study Committee for 1989-90. Warren has served as vice-chairman of the committee since 1987. He was elevated to his new post at the summer meeting in Shelby County.”
“Conecuh-Monroe Counties Gas District was presented a Safety Award at the recent meeting of the American Public Gas Association. Manager Ed Smith Sr. and the staff of the Evergreen office are all proud of this award which was presented to the District for having the best safety record in the 25 to 100 employee category of the 28-state association.”
38 YEARS AGO
AUG. 15, 1974
“John Johnston has been named station manager of WTCB Radio in Flomaton following the resignation of Gary Downs who had held the post since last December.
“Johnston, 21, a native of Evergreen, has served as assistant manager of the station since last September.
“A 1971 graduate of Evergreen High School, Johnston’s radio experience includes three years at WBLO here and one year as station manager at WMPI-FM in Scottsburg, Ind.”
“Navy Seaman Apprentice Forrest R. Brantley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Brantley of Evergreen, has visited Pusan, South Korea, as a crewmember of the combat store ship USS White Plains.
“The White Plains carriers nearly 140 boxcar loads of provisions and spare parts for ships of the U.S. Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific.”
“Earl Windham reports rainfall of .5 inches on Aug. 5, .2 on Aug. 6, .7 on Aug. 7 and .3 on Aug. 8.”
“Horace Deer is presented a plaque by Evergreen Kiwanis Club President John Clopton, recognizing ’25 years of dedicated service to the club.’”
“The Rev. Roderick MacDonald, a native of Scotland, of Waterford, Va., will fill the pulpit at the Evergreen Presbyterian Church this Sunday at 11 o’clock.”
68 YEARS AGO
AUG. 17, 1944
“With the 37th Infantry Division Somewhere in the South Pacific Area – For gallantry in action against the enemy at Bougainville, Northern Solomons, Staff Sgt. William F. Powell, Bermuda, Ala., has been awarded the Bronze Star.
“The citation accompanying the award reads that he ‘led his squad in the support of attacking elements attempting to capture a strong enemy position. After his automatic rifleman had been wounded, Sgt. Powell, with ceaseless devotion to duty, picked up the automatic rifle, so disposed his squad that accurate, intensive fire soon neutralized the enemy position.
“’His determination and disregard for personal safety were highly instrumental in the success of the operation.’
“Sgt. Powell has been overseas for more than two years and has served on the Fiji Islands, Guadalcanal and New Georgia. In addition to the Bronze Star, he also holds the Combat Infantryman Badge for exemplary conduct in combat.”
“Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Cowart received a telegram from the War Department last Thursday stating that their son, Pfc. Elly H. Cowart Jr., was wounded in action on July 29. Since then they have had a letter dated July 29 and another dated Aug. 4 in which he made no mention of having been wounded. It is hoped that the telegram was in error, or at least if he was wounded that it was not of a serious nature.”
“Mrs. Shelton Dunn entertained with a Coca Cola party on last Thursday morning honoring her guest, Miss Minnie Dunn of Montevallo.”
83 YEARS AGO
AUG. 15, 1929
“A carload of cotton standing on the sidetrack just below the L and N Depot was discovered to be on fire at an early hour Friday morning. The fire department was called out and the blaze was soon extinguished but not until it had caused considerable damage to 12 bales of the carload of 25 bales.”
“Cotton picking is the order of the day in Conecuh County just now. The exceptionally hot open weather is making the fleecy staple open rapidly and no time is being lost in gathering it. The two gins in Evergreen have up to date ginned about 75 bales. This number will be increased to several hundred by the last of the week.”
“The City Drug Store which was damaged by fire early last Thursday morning is now open and doing business as usual again. The store was opened Tuesday morning, after having undergone a thorough cleaning.”
“An unusual work of nature has recently been discovered on the place of R.L. Philyaw, farmer living about five miles from Evergreen on the Evergreen-Greenville highway. What appears to have been a landslide has occurred. For a distance of nearly one quarter of a mile along a small branch in pasture lands of Philyaw’s it seems that a portion of a gentle hillside slope has moved toward the branch for a distance of 15 or 20 feet. The break on the hill varies in distance from 75 to 100 yards from the branch. All of the land between this break and the branch has moved. The main break is eight or 10 feet deep and from 10 to 20 feet wide. One the land that moved are trees of all kinds such as may usually be found on woodlands in this vicinity.”
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