FOUR YEARS AGO
AUG. 28, 2008
“When the dust settled after Tuesday’s municipal elections in Conecuh County, the unofficial results showed that six incumbents will return to office while three races will have to be settled in a runoff.
“In the race for Evergreen mayor, incumbent Larry Fluker and challenger Pete Wolff III will square off in a runoff election on Tues., Oct. 7. Fluker received 762 total votes during Tuesday’s election. Wolff followed with 691 votes, and Gerald Salter received 101 votes.”
“Conecuh County suffered its sixth traffic fatality of 2008 on Saturday when a local woman was killed after a collision with a moving train at a downtown Evergreen intersection.
“According to the accident report, Judy Rollins McCullough, 49, of Evergreen was killed in a collision with a train Saturday at 2:21 p.m. at the intersection of Belleville Street and West Front Street in Evergreen.”
“Conecuh County Commissioners Hugh Barrow and Leonard Millender were recently honored by the Association of County Commissions of Alabama for 20 years of service to county government and the State of Alabama.
“Barrow and Millender were honored with the Tenure in Office Award from ACCA last Thursday during the Association’s 80th Annual Convention.”
“The Conecuh County Commission held its first ever EMA-E911 board meeting Monday morning in Evergreen and named two men to serve as advisors to the board.”
19 YEARS AGO
AUG. 26, 1993
“Jerry Clower, star of the Grand Ole Opry and nine-time ‘Country Comic of the Year,’ will highlight the 1994 Conecuh Heritage Festival on Oct. 16 in Evergreen. The show is being sponsored by the Evergreen-Conecuh County Chamber of Commerce. Tickets go on sale soon.”
“District Judge Sue Bell Cobb has been named as a recipient of one of eight awards give in 1993 by the Juvenile Justice Awards Committee of the National Juvenile Detention Association. Judge Cobb will travel to Eastern Kentucky University in mid-September to receive the prestigious award.
“Letters of recommendation favoring Judge Cobb’s nomination for the award were also received by Alabama Chief Justice Sonny Hornsby; Paul Vincent, director of the Family and Children’s Services Division of the Alabama Department of Human Resources; John M. Houston, executive assistant to the associate commissioner for mental illness; George M. Phyfer, executive director of the State of Alabama Department of Youth Services; and Circuit Judge Richard H. Dorrough of the 15th judicial circuit in Montgomery County.”
“Edward Tullis has resigned as executive director of the Conecuh-Monroe Community Action Agency. Tullis tendered his resignation, effective immediately, Monday night during the board’s regular meeting in Monroeville.”
24 YEARS AGO
AUG. 24, 1978
“The Courant’s dauntless weathermen, Ole Earl Windham, wrote on his weekly weather report this week – ‘Dear Ole Bob: It’s hot weather now, but we have cold weather on the way for I heard some geese on the way south.’ You’ll notice he doesn’t say how soon that cooler temperatures may be expected.
“Windham reports .11 inches of rain on Aug. 16 and .54 on Aug. 19.”
“Conecuh County Schools will open Wed., Aug. 30, at 8 a.m. It is announced by Wayne Pope, Superintendent.”
“The City Drug Store was broken into and robbed sometime Thursday night for the second time in a little over two weeks, and the third time in a little over five months.”
“John W. (Bill) Daw, 63, died of a heart attack on Wed., Aug. 16, in a local hospital. Mr. Daw lived on Rt. 3, Evergreen, and was a well-known contractor. He has earned much respect as an honest and efficient builder. A quiet, friendly man, he enjoyed the respect and esteem of his family and all who knew him.”
“Dr. J. Barton Starr, Associate Professor of History at Troy State University in Dothan and Fort Rucker, has been named a Fulbright-Hays lecturer at Baptist College in Hong Kong. His wife, Rebekah, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Everage of Evergreen.”
“Mirian Elaine Mason Ptomey, daughter of Mrs. Ola W. Mason and the late Guy Mason of Evergreen, is now associated with the legal firm of Holsberry, Emanuel, Shepard and Condon of Pensacola.”
49 YEARS AGO
AUG. 22, 1963
“Will Evergreen get a junior college?
“According to Guy Mason and Ivey Booker, co-chairmen of the Chamber of Commerce Junior College Committee, the answer is yes if the advantages of Evergreen are given serious consideration.”
“Supplies for Evergreen’s second fallout shelter arrived recently for the Southern Bell Telephone building. Present to receive them were Ivey Booker, chairman of the board of directors, Miss Elsie Couey, manager of the local Southern Bell office, C.L. Kamplain, director-coordinator Conecuh County Civil Defense, and Mayor Zell Murphy. Supplies were stored in the post office building several months ago. Supplies at the telephone building include food, water containers and medical supplies for 160 people and a set of radiological instruments to measure fallout intensity. The food is a concentrated survival biscuit packed in sealed cans, enough to supply about 1,000 calories per day per person for 14 days. People requiring special diets would have to bring their own foods with them. The supplies are supplied by the Federal Government as they are for all buildings marked as fallout shelters.”
“County Agent Mabry Huggins announced today that the price support rate for 1963 crop middling grade, 1-1/32 inch staple length cotton is 33.63 cents per pound.”
64 YEARS AGO
AUG. 26, 1948
“Funeral services were held from Cope Funeral Home Wed., Aug. 18, at 5 p.m. for Pfc. Elly Cowart Jr., who was killed in action March 26, 1945 in Germany while crossing the Rhine River.”
“Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Deer will attend commencement exercises at the University of Alabama Friday evening, Aug. 27, at which their daughter, Mrs. Carolyn D. Owens will receive her B.S. degree from the School of Education.”
“Edward Lindsey Conner, age 63, died Thursday morning at four o’clock of a heart attack at the home of his son, Clyde M. Conner, in Evergreen. He was Past Master of Downing Lodge 580, A.F.&A.M. and was an untiring worker in the lodge, at one time he served on the town council.
“Interment was in Buffington Cemetery, Cope Funeral Director, in charge. Masonic services were conducted at the grave by S.H. Hendrix of Mobile, assisted by 51 members of Downing Lodge 580, A.F.&A.M.”
“The body of Pfc. Benjamin H. Oliver (son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Oliver, former residents of this community, but the past few years of Myrtle Grove, Fla.), who was killed in Germany, Feb. 26, 1945, arrived in Evergreen Friday at 2 p.m.”
“Miss Merle Jordan, 21-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I.N. Jordan of Owassa, Ala., has won her wings as an American Airlines Stewardess and has been assigned to fly the nation-spanning routes of the airline in 300-mile-an-hour DC-6’s and Convairs.”
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