SEVEN YEARS AGO
JAN. 3, 2008
“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.
“According to organizers, the
event will begin at 11 a.m. at the Lenox Community Center.
“CCSA members organized in
January 2007 when the development company Conecuh Woods expressed interest in
constructing a proposed landfill in Conecuh County.”
“Henry Peters, 33, of
Belleville has been charged with murder in connection with the death of Calvin
Mitchell of Belleville.
“Mitchell’s body was found on
Dec. 19 and while his exact cause of death has not been determined,
investigators have ruled the death a homicide, Conecuh County Sheriff’s
Investigator Sharon Caraway said.”
“A two-vehicle accident on
Christmas day on Interstate 65 claimed the life of a Repton woman, according to
Alabama State Troopers.
“Cynthia McGill Till, 60, of
Repton was killed in a two-vehicle accident about one mile south of Atmore on
I-65 in Escambia County. the accident took place around 2:35 p.m. near the
57-mile marker. Till was driving a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee at the time of the
accident.”
22 YEARS AGO
JAN. 7, 1993
Weather reporter Harry Ellis
reported 5.08 inches of rain in Evergreen during the month of December 1992.
Total rainfall for 1992 was 70.08 inches. He reported a high temperature of 71
degrees on Jan. 3 and a low of 41 degrees on Jan. 2.
“Members of the City of
Evergreen Fire Department battle heat and smoke from a blaze that erupted
Tuesday 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.”
“Amtrak officials are
preparing to shut down the Gulf Breeze Line, the twice daily passenger train
which services Evergreen and other towns in south Alabama.
“The Gulf Breeze makes two
daily stops in Evergreen. It begins its journey each day at 7:55 a.m., leaving
Mobile headed north. Making stops in Bay Minette, Atmore and Brewton, the
approximate arrival time at Evegreen’s Depot each morning is 9:43 a.m. Leaving
Evergreen, it makes stops in Greenville and Montgomery before ending its route
in Birmingham at 1:30 p.m.”
37 YEARS AGO
JAN. 4, 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 also reported that
.75 inches of rain on Dec. 29, 1977, a high of 59 on Dec. 26 and a low of 20 on
Dec. 26.
“Rescue Squad finds hunter:
The Conecuh Rescue Squad, all unpaid volunteers, located and rescued a lost
hunter Monday night. Dennis Monk was reported missing by his hunting companion
about 6:15 p.m. in the Murder Creek swamp area.
“His companion reported that
he thought that Monk had crossed the creek hunting for his dogs. The Rescue
Squad with the help of other searchers located Monk’s position about 10:30
p.m., but it was one o’clock Tuesday morning before they were able to bring him
out of the swamp area.
“The Rescue Squad members
said they were happy to help rescue Monk, and expressed appreciation to the
Alabama State Troopers, Sheriff Edwin L. Booker and his staff, Evergreen Police
Chief Jimmy Hawsey and his officers and others who helped in this mission.”
52 YEARS AGO
JAN. 3, 1963
From “Front Page, Upper Left
Corner” by Bob Bozeman – “Well, 1962 is now history. It was quite an eventful
year, starting off with a bang when Col. John Glenn orbited the earth. It was a
big year for me too, right from the start when my latest tax exemption arrived
in January, he was a boy and promptly named RGB III.”
“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 Company.
“Kaylor estimates that the
conversion will be completed the latter part of 1964 when local patrons will
begin dialing numbers.
“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.”
“Dr. Edwin White Hagood, age
76, member of a prominent Conecuh County family, died Wed., Dec. 26, in a
Dothan hospital.
“Dr. Hagood was the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. T.S. Hagood who lived near Evergreen. He was the youngest
and last survivor of nine children reared by the Hagoods. Several of them were
Baptist ministers and a brother, the late Dr. Hagood, practiced medicine here
for many years. Dr. Hagood’s last church was in Columbia where he served for a
number of years until his retirement.”
67 YEARS AGO
JAN. 1, 1948
“T.J. Howard Charged With
Killing Brother-In-Law: T.J. Howard, age about 30, is lodged in the county jail
charged with the killing of his brother-in-law, M.C. Ferguson, age about 35.
The killing occurred in the Nymph community Christmas night at the home of Joe
Howard.
“It is said that both men
were drinking and the unfortunate affair was no doubt caused by this. Ferguson
was stabbed in the breast just below the collar bone and died while being
brought to Evergreen for medical treatment. Howard placed Ferguson in his car
immediately after the stabbing and started here with him.
“Howard was arrested by
Sheriff W.D. Lewis and his deputies at his home shortly after Ferguson died.”
“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 marshal 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.”
“Estelle Taylor,
nine-year-old daughter of Mrs. Albert Taylor, died at Carter Hospital Friday
night at result of injuries sustained when she fell from a moving automobile
Friday morning. The tragic accident occurred in the Sandcut community.”
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