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| R.G. Bozeman Sr. |
FOUR YEARS AGO
NOV. 4, 2010
Evergreen weather reporter
Harry Ellis reported .08 inches of rain on Oct. 25, a trace of rain on Oct. 26
and .56 inches on Oct. 28. He also reported a high temperature of 88 degrees on
Oct. 27 and a low of 42 on Oct. 29. Total rainfall for the month of October was
1.60 inches.
“Conecuh County voters turned
out in force Tuesday as 5,393 votes were cast in the 2010 general election.
“The people of Conecuh County
elected Sheriff Edwin Booker to another term of office. Booker garnered 3,481
votes, a 61.12 percent of the vote. Republican John Pate received 28.38 percent
of the vote with 1,494 votes and write-in candidate Larry Wayne Davis received
290 votes or 5.51 percent of the vote.”
“The Conecuh County Board of
Education said farewell to three board members during what was their last
official board meeting last week in Evergreen.
“During a meeting last
Thursday afternoon at the Conecuh County Resource Center in Evergreen, the
board presented plaques of appreciation to board members Jean Harter, Mary
Moncrease and David Thomas.
“The three board members
represented 42 years of combined service to the board.”
“Evergreen Mayor Pete Wolff
signed a proclamation Tuesday morning at city hall that makes the month of
November National Hospice-Palliative Care Month in the City of Evergreen.”
19 YEARS AGO
NOV. 2, 1995
Weather reporter Harry Ellis
reported .40 inches of rain in Evergreen on Oct. 27. He reported a high of 83
on Oct. 27 and a lows of 44 degrees on Oct. 28 and Oct. 29.
“Heather Watson, 1995 Conecuh
County’s Junior Miss, gave the program at the Evergreen Rotary Club meeting
last Thursday.”
“Cindy Sims was named Miss
Homecoming 1995 at Hillcrest High School’s Homecoming Festivities last Friday
night. She is the daughter of Lomax and Elaine Sims.”
“Lucy Warren receives award:
Lucy Warren of Evergreen was honored during the Alabama Historical Commission’s
annual historical preservation conference on Oct. 28. Held at the state
capitol, the conference focused on ways to speak out for preservation.
“Warren was honored (with a
Distinguished Service Award) for her involvement in Conecuh County’s
preservation. ‘Lucy Warren is the epitome of a rural Alabama preservationist,”
said Ellen Mertins of the Alabama Historical Commission. ‘She is generous with
her time and enthusiasm and absolutely tireless in her efforts to see that the
history of her county is recorded and preserved for future generations.’”
34 YEARS AGO
NOV. 6, 1980
Evergreen weather reporter
Earl Windham reported 3.02 inches of rain on Oct. 28 and .86 inches on Oct. 29.
He reported a high of 85 on Oct. 28 and a low of 37 on Nov. 1.
“Sparta Academy Headmaster
Jack Miller crowns Miss Homecoming, Karen Brown, during the local private
school’s annual homecoming observance Friday. Mike Raines is Karen’s escort.”
“Complete, unofficial results
in Conecuh County reveal that all of the Democratic nominees for county offices
were winners. David L. Burt Jr. won re-election to a second term as Chairman of
the County Commission with 3,578 votes to Republican Ray Castleberry’s 1,807.
Nina B. Gorum also earned a second term of office as she collected 1,718 votes
to turn back GOP nominee Edwin Brown who had 978 votes for him.
“Democrat Comer F. Bonds
received 2,805 votes to defeat Republican nominee Dwight Taylor, who had 1,866,
in their race for Place 4 on the County Board of Education.
“W.W. (Billy Wayne) Cook,
senior member of the County Commission, was unopposed for this re-election to
the District 1, Place 1, post. Also unopposed were Superintendent of
Education-elect Walter B. Hudson Jr. and Mike Lanier who was elected to Place 1
on the Board of Education. Billy Frank Brown, Beat 2, Charles A. Frazier, Beat
7, Cladie Townson, Beat 12, and Bill Watts, Beat 14, were also elected without
opposition to the office of constable in their respective beats.”
49 YEARS AGO
NOV. 4, 1965
“A record budget was adopted
by the Evergreen City Council at its meeting Tuesday night. Anticipated budget
expenditures for the year ending Sept. 30, 1965 total $413,091, according to
City Clerk Miller Sellers.”
“Fire of undetermined origin
broke out around 6:40 Tuesday night in a stack of cotton bales at Evergreen
Manufacturing Co. Evergreen Volunteer Firemen brought the blaze under control
before it spread to nearby buildings from the open area where it had been
piled. However, the cotton was still burning Wednesday afternoon.
“A total of 97 bales were
involved in the fire, some close to complete loss and some of salvage value.”
“Ralph Jones, who needs no
introduction in Conecuh County, has been appointed solicitor of the new 35th
Judicial Circuit (Conecuh-Monroe counties) of Alabama. The popular Monroeville
attorney and state legislator was named to the post effective Mon., Oct. 25.
“The post is no new one for
Mr. Ralph as he served three terms as solicitor for our old circuit, 1935-1946.
Since leaving that post, he has served one term as state senator and was in his
second term as state representative from Monroe.
“A graduate of the University
of Alabama Law School, Mr. Ralph is well known in Evergreen and Conecuh, having
practiced law for a number of years in partnership with his brother, the late
and highly respected Berney E. Jones of Evergreen. While at the University, Mr.
Ralph was a stellar guard for the Crimson Tide."
64 YEARS AGO
NOV. 2, 1950
“William T. Wiggins, age 75,
prominent merchant of Conecuh County, died at a Greenville hospital Oct. 28
after a short illness. He resided on Evergreen, Route C, in the Mt. Union
community. He was a native of Butler County, but had lived in this county for
many years.
From “This Week’s Wash” by
R.G. Bozeman Sr. in place of Bob Bozeman – “The Editor of this newspaper and
writer of this column was suddenly and without his consent, promoted to chief
Linotype operator this week. It is therefore, doubtful if he will have the time
or inclination to make his usually splendid contribution in this space. With
this in mind, and keenly aware that in no sense of the word can I measure up to
the fine standard he has set, I am attempting to pinch-hit for him.
“If this issue of The Courant
fails to measure up to your expectations, please accept our apologies. It has
been published under severe difficulties. Bob has played around with the
Linotype for several years, but this week is the first time he has ever had the
full job of setting all of the type for an issue. He has done a marvelous job
though for a beginner, and the publisher has about decided to leave him there
permanently. (And that is just a pipe dream, boss.) I think it would be much
easier to hire an Editor than it would be an operator.
“Speaking of Linotype
operators, it has always been a mystery why more young men didn’t learn this
work. Since I have been in the newspaper business some 24 years there has never
been a time when they weren’t as scarce as the proverbial hen teeth, and they
draw good salaries, too. After all, it isn’t such a hard job, assuming that one
has to work for a living, and most of us do.”
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