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SIX YEARS AGO
JAN. 21, 2010
The Conecuh County Board of
Education returned to a long-standing tradition last Thursday when it held its
first meeting in recent memory at one of the county’s local schools.
For a number of years, the
board has held its regular meetings at the Conecuh County Resource Center in
Evergreen. Last Thursday, the board met in the cafeteria at Lyeffion Junior
High School and plans to rotate the location of their meetings among the
county’s local schools.
Board Chairman David Cook
explained to the sizeable group of parents, faculty and students at last
Thursday’s meeting that over the years the board somehow “got away from” the
practice of meeting at local schools.
Evergreen weather observer
Harry Ellis reported .11 inches of rain on Jan. 15, 1.16 inches on Jan. 16 and
.02 inches on Jan. 17. He also reported a high of 66 on Jan. 15 and a low of 14
on Jan. 11.
On Jan. 16, 2010, Ernestine
Raines turned 101 years old. She was honored by Belleville Baptist Church, her
home church, with a birthday party. The party was held at the Evergreen Nursing
Home, where she has lived for several years.
Reid State Technical College
in Evergreen will be featured in a segment of “On the Job,” a
Montgomery-produced television program airing weekly on Alabama Public
Television and WSFA-TV 12.2.
21 YEARS AGO
JAN. 19, 1995
The annual banquet for the Conecuh-Evergreen Chamber of
Commerce will be held tonight, Thurs., Jan. 19, 1995 at 7 p.m. at the Evergreen
Inn. Griffin Lassiter, Director of the Alabama Resource Centers, will be one of
the featured speakers at the banquet along with Mr. Ed Pitchford of Alabama
Power Company’s Community Development Division.
Probate Judge Rogene Booker had the honor of swearing in
retired state trooper Tom Hall as Conecuh County’s new Sheriff Tuesday
afternoon. Hall’s wife, Velois, held the Bible for the ceremony while his
brother-in-law and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Milsted, look on.
Jeff T. Brock was sworn in Tuesday as Conecuh County’s
new District Judge. He was sworn in by his uncle, City Judge Joe Nix.
Jo Ann Harper was sworn in Tuesday as Conecuh County’s
new coroner. She was sworn in by Probate Judge Rogene Booker, and Libby Biggs
is shown holding the Bible for the ceremony.
Alabama’s Junior Miss President Charles Savage welcomes
Heather Watson, Conecuh County’s Junior Miss, to the Montgomery Civic Center to
begin preparations for the state finals on Jan. 20-21.
A ribbon-cutting was held Tuesday for ABC Computers,
located at Colony Square Mall. The new business is owned by Andy Gladwell.
36 YEARS AGO
JAN. 17, 1980
Weather observer Earl Windham
reported .18 inches of rain on Jan. 7, .46 inches on Jan. 9 and 1.00 inches on
Jan. 11. He reported a high of 68 degrees on Jan. 11 and a low of 36 on Jan. 7.
Conecuh County’s Junior Miss,
Cordella Johnson, will represent the county in the state Junior Miss finals,
Sat., Jan. 19, at 7 p.m. at Lee High School, Montgomery.
Cordella is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Johnson and was crowned Conecuh County’s Junior Miss on Nov.
29, 1979.
Cordella will present a vocal
selection, “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” Saturday night in the program.
State Trooper Major James L.
Fuqua was the featured speaker at a banquet honoring Taylor Davis on the
occasion of his retirement after 35 years of service with the Troopers. The
banquet was held Friday night at the Holiday Inn. Taylor is flanked by his
wife, Lyndol, and son, Van, at the head table.
The Murder Creek Historical
Society announces today that it will have a “flea market” at the historic
L&N Depot in Evergreen on Sat., Feb. 2.
The Murder Creek Historical
Society is making final plans to “really fix up the old depot.”
The Conecuh County Cattlemen
and CowBelles will hold their annual banquet this Friday night at seven o’clock
at the Holiday Inn, according to Gerald and Kathy Salter, presidents of the
organization.
The featured speaker will be
Robert Vaughn of Ozark. Vaughn is a highly sought humorous speaker.
51 YEARS AGO
JAN. 21, 1965
The Courant sent Conecuh’s
1965 Junior Miss, Sally Oswald, off to Birmingham a week early. Actually, Sally
is in Birmingham today in the judging that will determine Alabama’s 1965 Junior
Miss, instead of being up there last Thursday.
Frank T. Salter began his new
duties as Conecuh County’s Judge of Probate on Tuesday morning. He succeeds
Judge Lloyd G. Hart, who ended 18 years in the office Monday.
Judge Salter was administered
the oath of office by his brother, State Representative Wiley Salter, at 9:30
Monday morning in a brief ceremony in the courtroom.
Judge Salter made his first
political bid a successful one this past spring when he won his present office.
He ran a close second in the first primary in May and defeated Judge Hart in
the runoff in June. He had no opposition in the general election in November.
The new judge was born and
reared on a Conecuh County farm and was graduated from Lyeffion High School. He
served overseas in the U.S. Army during World War II and was recalled to active
duty and served overseas again during the Korean War.
The period of unemployment
for Judge Lloyd G. Hart was very brief. The veteran judge of probate of Conecuh
County ended his 18th year in office at midnight Monday and went to
work in a position with the Alabama Public Service Commission at eight o’clock
Wednesday morning.
66 YEARS AGO
JAN. 19, 1950
A Burnt Corn man has gained
worldwide recognition for an act of generosity. Joe McCarter of Burnt Corn sent
a turkey to the late President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in November 1943. Joe
thought everything was fine when he received a letter of thanks from Roosevelt
through his private secretary, Gene Tully. What happened later came as a
complete surprise to Joe.
Roosevelt flew to Cairo,
Egypt, late in November of 1943 for a meeting with Winston Churchill, then
Prime Minister of Great Britain. And, it has been revealed by Elliott Roosevelt
in his biography of his father, Joe’s turkey flew with the late president.
In Elliott’s book, “As He
Saw It,” it is reported that President Roosevelt had Churchill and other
prominent leaders as his guests for Thanksgiving dinner. The president brought
his own turkeys, among them a bird sent by “one Joe McCarter.”
Elliott quotes his
illustrious father as saying, “Can you imagine how surprised Joe’ll be, when he
finds out how far his bird was flown, before it was eaten?”
A number of world famous
persons enjoyed some of Joe’s turkey. In addition to Roosevelt, Elliott and
Churchill, Sara Churchill, Anthony Eden, Admiral William Leahy, Harry Hopkins,
and others ate the Conecuh County turkey.
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