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14 YEARS AGO
FEB. 10, 2005
Weather
observer Harry Ellis reported .47 inches of
rain on Jan. 31, 1.43 inches on Feb. 1 and .27 inches on Feb. 2. He reported a
high of 68 degrees on Feb. 6 and a low of 33 on Feb. 4.
At the 1997 Conecuh County Volunteer Fire Control
Association’s Awards Banquet Jeppie Dees was awarded the Lois E. Reeves Award.
At the time, Dees felt that he was not deserving of this award and in turn gave
the award to Sid Lambert. At the 2005 Awards Banquet on Jan. 15, Dees was
presented the award again by Clayton Cobb, 2004 President. Cobb stated that
Dees was very deserving of the award and the Association wanted him to have it.
Judge Key passes at age of
88: Judge Robert Edward Lee Key, age 88, of Evergreen passed away Thurs., Feb.
3, 2005 at Westminster Village in Spanish Fort. Judge Key was born Feb. 2, 1917
in Conecuh County. He served as Lt. Col. JAG Corps during World War II and
served as a judge in the 35th Judicial Circuit Court District for a
number of years.
Graveside services were held
Sat., Feb. 5, 2005 at 9 a.m. at Magnolia Cemetery with Dr. Thomas Butts
officiating and Cope Funeral Home directing. A memorial service was held at 10
a.m. at the Evergreen Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife,
Marjorie Virginia Key, Spanish Fort; a daughter, Elizabeth Ann Scott, Mobile;
two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
39 YEARS AGO
FEB. 14, 1980
John
Law Robinson of Evergreen has been named to lead the Reagan for President
Committee in Conecuh County. Robinson’s appointment was announced Monday by
Martin Darity in Montgomery, state co-chairman of the Ronald Reagan campaign.
Robinson will be responsible for organizing Reagan
supporters for the March 11 primary and the November general election.
Hugh M. Brown, director of Southern Pine Electric
Cooperative in Brewton, was elected to the Alabama Rural Electric Association
(AREA) board of directors at the association’s 33rd annual meeting
in Montgomery Jan. 11. Brown will serve on AREA’s General Affairs Committee.
Brown became a board member of Southern Pine Co-op in
1958 and has served as president, secretary-treasurer and vice-president of the
board, and was also president of AREA in 1970-71. He is a member of the Olive
Branch Baptist Church and has served as president of the Conecuh County Farm
Bureau in the past and president of the Conecuh County Exchange for the past
three years.
Mrs. Daisy Hart Lee, 90, beloved, longtime resident of
Evergreen, died in a Camden hospital on Sat., Feb. 9. Mrs. Lee and her husband,
James J. Lee, who served as Tax Assessor of this county for over 30 years, had
been living in Camden for the past several years due to their advanced years
and declining health, making their home with a daughter. Mrs. Lee lived for
many years on North Main Street here.
64 YEARS AGO
FEB. 10, 1955
Wayne Thames is Alabama’s “Future
Farmer of the Year.” His selection has just been announced by T.L. Faulkner,
executive secretary of the Alabama FFA. Wayne will receive the Turner E. Smith
Educational Award of $300 and be presented with an engraved cup at the State
FFA Convention in June.
Young Thames is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam L. Thames, Route 2, Evergreen.
Wayne, who is a
member of the Lyeffion Chapter in Conecuh County, was selected on a basis of
his leadership in FFA, school and community in addition to his outstanding
farming program.
Maury Thames Jr.
of Laurel, Miss. sailed Tues., Feb. 1, for Tokyo, Japan where he has been
assigned for a three months tour of duty with the Department of Internal
Revenue. Mr. Thames will lecture to United States citizens who are residing in
Japan on certain changes that have been made in the income tax laws.
Mr. Thames is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Maury Thames of Evergreen, and he has been with the
Department of Internal Revenue since July 1948. He graduated from the
University of Alabama in June 1948. For the past several years he has resided
in Laurel, Miss.
The Boy Scouts
of America, now 3-1/2 million strong, and the nation are celebrating Boy Scout
Week Feb. 6-13. The national organization is 45 years old, and the local troop
is entering its 29th year, this week. The first troop in Evergreen
was formed by Scout Master Paul McMillan in 1927.
89 YEARS AGO
FEB. 13, 1930
Conecuh
Schools To Close Next Friday: At a meeting of the County Board of Education
held in the Superintendent’s office on Tuesday it was decided to close down the
schools of this county due to a lack of funds. This will give the schools a
term of only five and one-half months this year. All schools are affected by
the decision and only those which are able to raise local funds will be able to
run any longer.
Owassa Man Killed By Train Monday: W.L. Wilson, farmer
living near Owassa, was struck and instantly killed by Train No. 38 at an early
hour Monday morning at Owassa. According to reports reaching here it seems that
Wilson had gone to Owassa with a view of boarding Train No. 2, a local which
passes Owassa a short time later than does the fast train No. 38. It is
necessary to flag No. 2 there when one wishes to get on and Wilson mistook No.
38 for No. 2 and was endeavoring to flag it down. It is thought that he also
got mixed up as to which was the main line and which was the siding, it being
dark and the only light he was using was struck matches. The strain struck him
and knocked him off the track, breaking his neck and otherwise mangling his
body.
Major Everett Jackson of Montgomery spent Tuesday in
Evergreen. Major Jackson is well known here having been in charge of the military
company here during the World War.
114 YEARS AGO
FEB. 8, 1905
Confederate
Veterans: The U.D.C. Chapter, located at Evergreen, will award to all eligible
Confederate veterans Crosses of Honor on June 3, 1905. Those veterans desiring
such will please notify the chapter at once. – Mrs. E.B. Donald, Cor.
Secretary.
Judge J.M. Hobson, father of Capt. R.P. Hobson, was
buried in Greensboro last Thursday.
The ladies of the Burnt Corn Baptist Church wish to
announce that there will be an oyster supper at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.J.
Shirley on Friday night, Feb. 10. Proceeds benefit of Baptist church.
Master Leslie Autrey Riley is a new arrival at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Riley. He is a fine boy and, so far, proves to be
very entertaining.
Truck farmers are busy when the weather is favorable
preparing their ground preparatory to planting out early truck. Many have
already planted radishes and peas, and some have put potatoes in the ground.
Tomatoes will shortly be transformed from hot beds to cold frames. Later beans,
melons, squashes, sweet corn, etc. will be planted. There will be a greater
variety of vegetables raised here this coming season than has ever been known.
We notice that an electric railroad from Nashville to
Pensacola is in contemplation; in fact, the company has been organized to build
the same and that ample capital is behind the enterprise. It is the purpose of
the promoters to carry the road through Huntsville, Birmingham and Montgomery.
What about Evergreen?
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