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| Pinckney D. Bowles |
SIX YEARS AGO
JAN. 3, 2008
Local weather reporter Harry
Ellis reported .15 inches of rain on Dec. 25, .92 inches on Dec. 28, 3.30
inches on Dec. 29 and .62 inches on Dec. 30. He reported a high temperature of
73 degrees on Dec. 28 and a low of 33 on Dec. 24.
“The Citizens for a Clean
Southwest Alabama (CCSA) plan to hold a one-year anniversary celebration on
Saturday to mark the group’s first year of work against a proposed landfill in
Conecuh County.”
“County Emergency Management
Director Heather Walton received a public pat on the back during a Dec. 21
meeting of the Conecuh County Commission for her department’s performance in a
recent grant program review.
“County Administrator Judy
Covan told the county commission that she received a letter from Jim Walker,
Director of the Alabama Department of Homeland Security, who applauded the
county’s performance during a recent review of its County Homeland Security
Grant Program.”
“Rotary Club member Mike Hess
of Evergreen spoke to the club last Thursday about his hobby as a
radio-controlled airplane enthusiast.”
“Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lee
Raines celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on Dec. 26, 2007.”
21 YEARS AGO
JAN. 7, 1993
Local weather reporter Harry
Ellis reported 5.08 inches of rain during the month of December 1992 with total
rainfall for 1992 totaling 70.08 inches. He reported a high temperature of 71
on Jan. 3 and a low of 41 on Jan. 2.
“Members of the City of
Evergreen Fire Department battle heat and smoke from a blaze that erupted
Tuesday afternoon at Silk International Floral Imports. Business owner Bill
Durant said he was cleaning the windows on the exterior of the building when
the blaze apparently began. When he entered the front of the building, hot air
rushed by him and he saw flames shooting up the back wall. Mr. Durant called
the fire department. He credited the fire department officials with averting
what could have been a disastrous situation and containing the fire in a
storage room of his building. Smoke and water damage was reported throughout
the building. Smoke also filled neighboring buildings. The cause of the blaze
is under investigation.”
“The Evergreen-Conecuh County
Area Chamber of Commerce will hold their annual banquet next Thursday night,
Jan. 14, at 7 p.m. at the Quality Inn. This year’s banquet features Dr. Malcolm
Portera as the guest speaker.
“Dr. Portera is Vice
Chancellor of External Affairs for the University of Alabama System. Dr.
Portera also directs the University Center for Economic Development of the
University of Alabama.
“Approximately 290
invitations have been sent by the chamber. Tickets for the banquet will be $15
each.”
36 YEARS AGO
JAN. 5, 1978
“1977 was a ‘dry’ year: The
year just ended was another ‘dry’ one compared to recent years, although total
rainfall for the year was only slightly less than for 1976. According to Earl
Windham, total rainfall for 1977 was 55.12 inches, compared to 56.29 inches in
1976, both years being dry ones when compared to 1975 when approximately 111
inches of rain fell.
“Both the 1977 and 1976
totals were close to the normal rainfall for this area.
“Windham reports .75 of an
inch of rain on Dec. 29.”
Windham also reported a high
temperature of 59 degrees on Dec. 26 and a low of 20 on Dec. 26.
“Private First Class Ronnie
M. Byrd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Byrd, Rt. 1, Evergreen, Ala., recently
was assigned as a Hawk missile repairman with the 30th Ordnance Co. in Korea.
“Pvt. Byrd entered the Army
in September 1975. He is a 1976 graduate of Evergreen High School.”
“The Huntingdon Singers from
Huntingdon College, Montgomery, will appear in concert at the Evergreen United
Methodist Church Sunday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. The Huntingdon Singers are under
the direction of Dr. Jeanne E. Shaffer and the group is composed of some 14
college youths.”
“The Red Cross Bloodmobile of
the Mobile Red Cross Blood Bank will be here next Thursday, Jan. 12, at Ed E.
Reid State Technical College from 12 noon until six for its first of three
scheduled visits this year.”
51 YEARS AGO
JAN. 3, 1963
“These real daughters of the
Confederacy whose fathers fought for the South in the War Between the States
were honored recently by the Pinckney D. Bowles Chapter of the U.D.C. The
ladies and their fathers are: Mrs. Emma Graves Russell Salter, Charles Graves
Russell; Mrs. Dolly S. Mills, Mitchell B. Salter; Mrs. Josie Jones Brooks,
Milton B. Jones; Miss Elizabeth Riley, William George Riley; and Mrs. Jessie
Cleere Page, George DeWitt Cleere.”
“Cadet Sara Ann McLendon
holds the John David Smith Trophy which was presented to her at the annual
Christmas party of the Evergreen Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol. State
Representative Wiley Salter made the presentation. The award is given annually
by Major Lee F. Smith for the cadet chosen most outstanding for the year in the
local squadron. This is the fourth time the award has been presented.”
“Evergreen will get dial
phones in ’64: Evergreen’s telephone system is to be converted to dial
operation. Announcement of the conversion is made today by J.D. Kaylor, Brewton
group manager of Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co.
“Evergreen is one of the last
cities of its size in the state to go to dials and one of the last exchanges of
its size in the country to still be operated manually.
“The local exchange will
continue to use the present building with the addition being made to it. The
exchange is located next to the post office on Rural Street. Miss Elsie Couey
is chief operator.”
66 YEARS AGO
JAN. 1, 1948
“Geneva High School Building
Dynamited: GENEVA, Ala., Dec. 29 – Sheriff W.P. Register reported today that
the 20-room Geneva High School building had been dynamited Christmas Eve and
that he was investigating the possibility that ‘a bunch of boys’ set off the
blast as a ‘prank.’
“Register said a deputy state
fire marshall was coming here today to assist him in the case.
“The officer said all windows
in the building were shattered and that ‘considerable repairs’ would have to be
made before the school could be reopened after the Christmas holidays.
“’I haven’t found any
evidence yet to indicate who did the work, but my own idea is that a bunch of
boys did the thing as a sort of a prank,’ he said.
“Register said the explosion
was set off about 10 p.m. and that there was no one in the building at the
time.”
“Following, an illness of
more than eight months, George Mott Jones, age 67, passed away at the family
residence on Belleview Ave. at 12 noon Wednesday. He had been critically ill
for more than two months.
“Mr. Jones was a native of
Evergreen and lived here all of his life except for some 15 years when he lived
in Covington County near Brooklyn.”
“Dr. John M. Gallalee, for 35
years a member of the University engineering faculty, becomes the 18th
president of the University of Alabama, Jan. 1
“Dr. Gallalee, who for the
past two years has been technical director of the State Building Commission,
was elected to the presidency to succeed Dr. R.R. Paty, whose resignation was
effective Jan. 1 to become chancellor of the University of Georgia System.”
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