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| Jefferson Jackson Coleman |
30 YEARS AGO
AUG. 21, 1986
One of the favorite
activities at the City of Evergreen’s Summer Recreation Program at Carver
Recreation Center, which ended Friday, was swimming. Director Gwindolyn M.
Armstrong said the program opened May 23 and that total enrollment for the
summer was 574. The lifeguard for the summer was All State basketball player
Tommy Dukes of Repton.
Rodeo Aug. 30, 31 at Lyeffion
Arena: On Sat., Aug. 30, at 7 p.m. and Sun., Aug. 31, at 2 p.m., there will be
an A.C.A. approved rodeo at the Lyeffion Arena on Highway 83 North at the
10-mile marker, just south of Lyeffion School.
The rodeo is sponsored by
Lyeffion and Skinnerton Fire Departments. Full concessions will be served. This
approved rodeo consists of bull-riding, bare back and saddle bronc riding, calf
roping, barrel racing, clown acts and steer dogging.
Advance tickets are on sale
by all members and sponsors of this rodeo, until Aug. 28. Advanced tickets are:
adults $4 and children under 12 $1.50. Prices at the gate will be $5 and $2
each.
For further information,
contact one of the following: Lois Reeves, Skip Stacey, Evelyn Pipkin and Larry
Oswald.
EHS JR. FOOTBALL: There will
be an organizational meeting on Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. at the field house for any
boys interested in playing Jr. High football at Evergreen High School. This is
very important and any interested boys are urged to attend.
45 YEARS AGO
AUG. 19, 1971
Aggie Coach Hart seeking
linemen; opener Sept. 3rd: Head Coach Wendell Hart is concentrating
on the front line in pre-season drills as his Evergreen High Aggies prep for
their season opener on Sept. 3rd with traditional rival Atmore in
Atmore.
Hart has 29 boys working out
now and expects several more in the next few days. The squad is not only
short-handed, but very shallow experience-wise. Only five lettermen from the
1970 club are back for duty this fall.
Returning lettermen are Frank
McMillian, Wavey Ausby, Mike Turner, Robert Johnson and Alvin Lee.
The veteran coach said he is well
fixed in the backfield with a number of swifties ready to carry the mail.
However, he has yet to find linemen of adequate heft and quickness to assure a
winning season. These front troops must step forward and take charge soon as
the Aggies go to war in just two weeks.
The schedule follows: Sept.
3, at Atmore; Sept. 10, Open; Sept. 17, v. Monroeville; Sept. 24, v. Butler;
Oct. 1, at Greenville; Oct. 8, v. W.S. Neal; Oct. 15, v. Luverne; Oct. 22, at
Niceville; Oct. 29, v. T.R. Miller; Nov. 5, at Andalusia; Nov. 12, at Geneva.
Lyeffion QB Club sets catfish
supper: The Lyeffion Quarterback Club is sponsoring a Catfish Supper on
Saturday night, Aug. 21, at the school cafeteria. Serving will begin at 6:30
p.m. and the cost of a plate is $1.50.
60 YEARS AGO
AUG. 16, 1956
Aggies Begin Initial Football Practice On Friday, August
24th: One of the smallest squads in recent years will greet head
coach Wendell Hart on next Friday, August 24, when initial football drills
begin at Evergreen High School. Hart expects about 30 boys out, but there will
be several more by the time school opens in September.
The squad will be one of the shortest on manpower, depth
and experience to represent the local school in the last five years. Only six
lettermen return from last year’s fine team, five linemen and only one back.
Returning lettermen are Captain Wayne Frazier, tackle, alternate captain
Russell Deason, tackle, James Nelson, guard, Bert Cook, end, Mickey Joyner,
end, and Bert Tuggle, halfback.
There will be a great deal of help coming up from the B
team, but even with this, the ranks will still be pretty thin according to
Coach Hart. He believes that the Aggies can produce a top-notch line, barring
injuries, and if several of the ‘green’ backs come through, they should field a
good team.
Opening drills will be limited to conditioning workouts
with the boys really getting down to the hard work about the middle of next
week. As soon as the boys get into shape, the work will be long and hard as
there will be only a little over two weeks after the first practice until the
tough season’s opener with powerful Atmore.
As this was written, there still was no replacement to
fill the vacancy created by the resignation of assistant coach John Robinson,
who resigned last week. There is an extreme shortage of both teachers and
coaches over the state.
75 YEARS AGO
AUG. 21, 1941
Crimson Tide Announces 1941
Football Schedule: University, Ala. – General ticket sales for Alabama’s 1941
football season will begin Sept. 1, Jeff Coleman, business manager of athletics
at the Capstone, announced today.
Alumni sale opened Aug. 15
and will continue through Aug. 31, after which time the sale will be open to
the general public. Coleman stated that all orders will be filled in accordance
with the date the order is received.
With the toughest schedule a
Crimson team has tackled in many years coming up, Alabama fans will get a
chance to see the Tide in action six times within the state, including four
games against Southeastern Conference foes.
Alabama will play three games
in Birmingham and three in Tuscaloosa with two conference encounters scheduled
in each city. The Tide has 10 games on its schedule this season for the first
time since 1932 and seven conference teams will be played for the first year since
1934.
Alabama’s 1941 football
schedule is as follows:
Sept. 27, Southwestern
Louisiana Institute at Tuscaloosa;
Oct. 4, Mississippi State at
Tuscaloosa;
Oct. 11, Howard College at
Birmingham;
Oct. 18, Tennessee at
Knoxville, Tenn.
Oct. 25, Georgia at Birmingham;
Nov. 1, Kentucky at
Tuscaloosa – Homecoming;
Nov. 8, Tulane at New
Orleans, La.
Nov. 15, Georgia Tech at
Birmingham;
Nov. 22, Vanderbilt at
Nashville, Tenn.
Nov. 28, University of Miami
at Miami, Fla.
90 YEARS AGO
AUG. 18, 1926
EVERGREEN PLAYS ATMORE IN
BREWTON THURSDAY: Local baseball fans are looking forward eagerly to the game
scheduled with the fast Atmore team in Brewton Thursday afternoon. These teams
met in one of the best games seen in South Alabama last Thursday in Atmore,
which resulted in a tie of 2-2. The game went 11 innings and was full of
thrills and good plays throughout.
The game at Brewton Thursday
will be hard fought and no doubt will attract the largest crowd of the whole
season. Fans from all nearby towns, as well as large delegations from the
contending towns will be in attendance at Brewton Thursday p.m.
ATHLETIC OUTLOOK BRIGHT AT
CONECUH COUNTY HIGH: According to Prof. L.C. Kersh, principal of Conecuh County
High School, his school expects to be a real contender in athletics in the
South Alabama field this year. The school has been fortunate enough to secure
Smoky Bill Hillman to direct athletics this season. With the splendid material
in sight it is expected that under the tutelage of Coach Hillman, strong teams
can be put out in football, basketball and baseball.
Hillman is a three-year
letterman from Emory and Henry University in Virginia. He coached last year at
Tuscumbia High. His arrival in Castleberry is looked forward to with genuine
interest, but the sport lovers of that thriving community.
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