FIVE YEARS AGO
DEC. 13, 2007
“The Evergreen Fire Department took delivery of a brand new pumper truck on Wednesday of last week. The truck, sold to the department by Pro Fire Equipment of Pelham, is a 2007 model truck and features a 1,000-gallon water tank. The truck is also equipped with a pump that can move up to 1,500 gallons of water per minutes. Cost of the truck was $342,000.”
“Members of the former Solid Waste Advisory Committee publicly defended their actions during a meeting of the Conecuh County Commission Monday morning at the Conecuh County Government Center in Evergreen.
“On Nov. 15, the committee approved two reports to be forwarded to the commission to help commissioners make a decision on whether to support a proposed landfill near Repton. Members of the committee included Winston Foshee, Daryl Harper, Marc McIntyre, Larry Ryland, Don Smith and Odessa Wallace. In one of the reports, which was approved by the entire committee with the exception of Smith, who abstained from the vote, the committee reported that they recommend that the commission approve the application from Conecuh Woods to construct a municipal solid waste landfill.”
“A meeting set for public comment on the City of Evergreen’s new business license ordinance has been cancelled.
“The meeting, which was set for Tuesday at 5 p.m. at Reid State Technical College, was originally announced by Evergreen Mayor Larry Fluker during a crowded council meeting Tuesday of last week at Evergreen City Hall.”
20 YEARS AGO
DEC. 10, 1992
“Family members of the late Lois Reeves accept the Lois E. Reeves Memorial Award from award committee chairman John Hendricks during an award ceremony at the Lenox Volunteer Fire Department last week. The award will be given to the outstanding member of the Conecuh Volunteer Fire Control Association each year during the association’s annual banquet. Mr. Reeves died earlier this year. He was one of the founding members of the association and was the driving force behind the Lyeffion Volunteer Fire Department.”
“Weatherman Harry Ellis reports .20 of an inch of rain on Dec. 4 and .22 on Dec. 6. Total rainfall for November was 13.43 inches.”
"VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Lompoc, Calif. – Todd E. Dolihite has completed a U.S. Air Force ROTC field training encampment here.
“The cadet is a student at Samford University, Birmingham.
“Dolihite is the son of Lee S. and Becky Dolihite of Rural Route 1, Castleberry.”
“Laurice Baggett, who retired recently as the city clerk for the City of Evergreen, is pictured with three of the seven mayors she served under. Pictured are Bert Tuggle, Mrs. Baggett, Pat Poole and Mayor Lomax Cassady. During Mrs. Baggett’s 34 years with the City of Evergreen, she served under the administrations of Zell Murphy, Henry Sessions, Coy Harper, Bert Tuggle, Lee Smith, Pat Poole and Lomax Cassady.”
35 YEARS AGO
DEC. 8, 1977
“Earl Windham reports .61 of an inch of rain on Nov. 30.”
“The popular, completely sold out cookbook, ‘Favorite Recipes of Conecuh County’ is available again. The Petticoat Service League announces the arrival of the cookbooks, the second printing of the second edition of the Sparta cookbook. Both the first and second editions were complete ‘sellouts.’”
“Lisa Bowers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Delma Bowers, was crowned Miss Alpha at Sparta Academy last Thursday night during the annual Miss Alpha Pageant. Kelley Register, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Register, was named second alternate and Joanna Johnston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Johnston, first alternate.”
“Mrs. Jean Ralls will succeed Leon A. Salter as clerk of the circuit court of Conecuh County and fill the remainder of his unexpired term which runs until January 1983. Circuit Judge Robert E.L. Key appointed Mrs. Ralls, effective Dec. 12. Salter retired as of Nov. 30, moving into supernumerary status.”
“Poole Truck Line, Inc. has this 6,000-square foot building under construction at its headquarters on Bates Road. The building will provide much-needed office space for Poole which has completely outgrown its present building. Lazenby Construction Co. of Monroeville is the contractor. Poole Truck Line was established in 1946 by President Walter Poole, who owned and drove one flatbed truck, hauling cotton and fertilizer. The line now has a total of 600 tractors and 950 trailers and employs 750 people with an annual payroll of approximately $11-1/2 million.”
50 YEARS AGO
DEC. 13, 1962
“Cold wave blasts county and state: The weather made big news in Alabama this week as the season’s first ‘cold snap’ gripped the state. There was no prospect of a thaw until Friday.
“The week started off cold and a blast of Artic air late Tuesday sent the mercury plummeting all over the state. Lows near zero were recorded in North Alabama early Wednesday. Locally, the temperature dropped to an unofficial 12 degrees with some reports from out in the county of lows of 10 and 11.
“There were light snow flurries over the state, a few flakes even falling here. There was plenty of ice and numbers of people reported frozen pipes.”
“Local CAP Flies Dangerous Mission: In the face of dangerously high winds on Sunday morning, Dec. 9, the Evergreen Composite Squadron and Covington County Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol, flew their first radiological survey. The purpose of this mission was to test the possibility of Civil Air Patrol units gathering essential radiation data for the state Director of Civil Defense in the event of nuclear attack.
“Personnel from the Evergreen Squadron participating in this mission were Major Lee F. Smith, acting as Mission Commander; Capt. G.D. McKenzie, acting as Operations Officer and pilot; Capt. David E. McKenzie, pilot; Second Lieutenant Otto Stacey, pilot, and acting as observers in the aircraft, Major Alton Le. Dean, Second Lieutenant L.E. Dean, Warrant Officer Robert Glass and Warrant Officer Roy Lewis.”
65 YEARS AGO
DEC. 11, 1947
“Officers had no clues Wednesday as to the identity of the burglar who entered Coker Service Store late Saturday night and stole $62 in cash, a large portion of which was in silver dollars. The thief entered the service station through a rear window and apparently did not bother anything else in the place. Stanton Coker is owner and operator of the service store.”
“The Eastern Star will hold its regular meeting Monday night at seven o’clock. This will be the annual Christmas party and all members are urged to attend.”
“What was perhaps the largest wildcat still ever seen in this county was captured one mile south of Nymph Thurs., Dec. 4, by Sheriff W.D. Lewis, Deputy Hobson Lewis, J.E. Jones and S.S. Patrick of the ABC Board.
“The giant still was in operation when the raid was made, Sheriff Lewis told The Courant. A keg containing about 10 gallons of shinny was also captured. Approximately 1,000 gallons of mash was destroyed.
“Sheriff Lewis stated that the still would probably turn out 100 gallons of liquor per day when in full operation. The cooper still would have held something like 1,000 gallons of mash. Nearby was a concrete vat used for fermenting the mash. It was 15-feet by three-feet and would have held 1,000 gallons or more.
“Apparently, the still had been in use for a long period of time. It was located deep back in the swamps something like 1-1/4 miles from any road except the little used trail over which materials were carried to the still.”
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