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| Eugene “Bull” Connor |
SEVEN YEARS AGO
APRIL 12, 2012
Local weather observer Betty
Ellis reported .69 inches of rain in Evergreen on April 3 and .13 inches on
April 5. She reported a high of 86 degrees on April 2 and lows of 46 on April 7
and April 8.
The 26th Annual
Castleberry Strawberry Festival will be held Sat., April 21 in downtown
Castleberry. The event will feature arts and crafts, food, strawberries for
sale and free entertainment until 5 p.m.
Entertainment will include
the Twin Creek Cloggers, Carl Tillery, Perfect Image & Big Daddy’s Remedy.
Evergreen Medical Center’s
Volunteer Chaplains Association’s board of directors awarded Tommy Shehan with
a special plaque of appreciation during a meeting last Thursday afternoon at
the hospital. Shehan, who was recently named the new administrator of the
Brewton Medical Center, served as hospital liaison on the chaplain’s board.
Pictured at the plaque presentation were Norma Godwin, Board Chairman Dudley
Godwin, Shehan and board member Andy Peavy. Not pictured was board member
Timothy Boggs.
Robert Floyd recently
presented a check to Jassmine Riley, a student at Hillcrest High School, on
behalf of the Conecuh County Retired Teachers Association. She was the winner
of the annual oratorical speaking contest held on Wed., Feb. 28, 2012. They are
pictured with HHS interim principal Tommy Dukes.
32 YEARS AGO
APRIL 9, 1987
Evergreen weather observer
Earl Windham reported one inch of rain on April 2. He also reported a high of
71 degrees on April 3 and lows of 28 on April 4 and April 5.
The top 10 finalists in
Evergreen High School’s Miss Rubicon Pageant held at Wiley Salter Auditorium at
Ed Reid State Technical College are Tracy Elliott, Christie Parker, Jennifer
Smith, Paige Whatley, second alternate, Tammy Elliott, Miss Rubicon, Loretta
Holcombe, first alternate, Felicia Hall, Kelly Whatley, Jennifer Black and
Leslie Padgett.
School consolidation foes
file suit against Board of Ed: A suit has been filed in Conecuh County Circuit
Court by six citizens to attempt to block the construction of a proposed new
central high school in Evergreen or to change its location. The Conecuh County
Board of Education has approved plans to construct a new central high school on
property the board owns next to the Area Vocational Center and behind Evergreen
Hospital.
Delores Kent, Linda Sims,
J.I. Edwards, James Q. Howington, Annette Blackmon and Marolyn Vonderan filed
the suit through their attorney, Windell C. Owens of Monroeville, against
Superintendent of Education Steve Coker and all five members of the Board of
Education: Jean Harter, David Cook, Robert Floyd, Willene Whatley and Johnny
Atkins. The board members were sued in their official capacities only while
Coker was also sued as an individual.
57 YEARS AGO
APRIL 12, 1962
Connor Will Speak In Evergreen Today: Commissioner Eugene
“Bull” Connor with the Rhythm Masters Quartet will be campaigning for governor
in Evergreen today, according to a schedule released from Connor’s
headquarters.
Connor is scheduled to be in Evergreen at 2 p.m. and as
an extra attraction, the Butter Bean Hillbilly Band and all of the famous
Country Boy Eddie Show will be featured.
Local CAP squadron is best in Alabama: The Evergreen
Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol, has been named the outstanding squadron
in the Alabama Wing, it was announced today by Maj. Lee F. Smith, Commander.
The Col. W. Hayden Brooks trophy was presented to Maj. Smith by Col. E. Cary
Nall, Commanding Officer of the Alabama Wing, at a conference in Birmingham
recently.
The trophy, named after Col. Brooks, one of the founders
of CAP, is presented annually to the outstanding squadron in the state. The
Evergreen Squadron was selected winner after the Alabama Wing Staff made an
evaluation of the 26 squadrons in the Wing.
Col. Nall stated that there was no squadron in the Wing
that even approached the accomplishments and the record of the Evergreen
Squadron in 1961.
Melton Seeks Soph Senator At Auburn: Billy Melton is one
of seven candidates running for sophomore senator at Auburn University this
spring.
The week of campaigning ended Wednesday at 9 p.m. and the
polls open today.
82 YEARS AGO
APRIL 8, 1937
Heavy Rains Cause Big County
Losses: Property damage running well into the thousands of dollars resulted
from the second heaviest rainfall in modern weather observation history,
following recording of an 8.65-inch rainfall during the 36-hour period from
Saturday night until Monday noon.
A fall of 6.92 inches was
recorded from an early hour Monday until mid-afternoon, which is the heaviest
fall of water since the 1929 flood, according to J.R. Kelley, local weather
observer. To that fall was added 1.73 inches which fell during the early hours
of Sunday morning.
Two Woodmen of the World
chapters in this county were represented at the convention in Huntsville on
Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. The local chapter was represented by W.T.
Chapman and the Repton chapter by S.S. Wiggins.
Dr. H.C. Fountain attended
the A.K.C. Dog Show in Birmingham Sunday.
Jesse Lee Johnson, Roy Riley
and Ed Lee Tolbert were visitors to Montgomery Monday, where the latter
enlisted for Foreign Service in the U.S. Army.
Dr. Gwaltney, editor of the
Alabama Baptist and Dr. Colley, Supt. of the Baptist Orphanage, held a meeting
at the Castleberry Baptist church Tuesday. Church workers of Escambia and
Conecuh counties were present. The interest of the Church paper and the
Orphanage was brought before the workers.
132 YEARS AGO
APRIL
12, 1887
THE CONECUH-ESCAMBIA
STAR
Circuit court adjourned
last Saturday. The following criminal cases were disposed of:
The state vs. Bill
Ferguson, buying cotton after sundown. Found guilty and fined $20.
The state vs. Ancil
Huckabee, obscene language in presence of female. Plea of guilty and fined $1.
The state vs. J.B.F. Watts,
county treasurer, failure to set aside sufficient money to pay jurors at last
term of court. Guilty and fined one cent.
The state vs. Calip Harris,
card playing on Sunday. Guilty and fined $10.
The case of John P. Posey,
charged with the murder of Samuel L. Ellis, was continued.
In the giving the notice of
the Masonic lecture of Mr. T.J. Peacock week before last, a mistake was made in
saying the lecture would be on the 30th of April. Fri., April 29,
will be the time, and all Masons are requested to attend.
The Methodist parsonage is
nearly completed. It will be two stories high and will contain six rooms
besides the kitchen and dining rooms. It is a very neat and substantial
building and reflects much credit on Mr. S.B. Strout, the architect.
The new circuit clerk, Mr.
J.R. Burt went through the first term of court in which he ever acted in that
capacity with a great deal of credit to himself and much to the gratification
of his friends.
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