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| John W. Abercrombie |
21 YEARS AGO
JUNE 3, 1999
Evergreen weather observer
Harry Ellis reported 2.24 inches of rain on May 26, a trace on May 27, 0.05
inches on May 28, 0.03 inches on May 29 and 0.35 inches on May 30. He reported
highs of 90 degrees on May 24 and May 25 and lows of 57 on May 24 and May 25.
Conecuh County’s Junior Miss
2000 to be held Saturday: This Saturday night, nine young ladies will compete
for the title of Junior Miss 2000. The program is sponsored by the Conecuh
Women’s League of Evergreen.
The Conecuh County Junior
Miss 2000 program will be held this Sat., June 5, at 7 p.m. at Ed Reid
Auditorium. The Emcee for the program will be Miss Alabama 1991, Wendy
Neuendorf McDougal of Greenville.
(Participants included Cassie
Crane, Kristie Faulkner, Kristen Godwin, Sally Hartley, LaQuetta Jenkins,
LaJuana Johnson, Monica Morrison, Jamie Neese and Kerita Williams.)
Mrs. Joyce Hamilton retired
last week as the Director of the City of Evergreen Nutrition Center after 11
years of service. She was honored with a party by the many clients at the
center. Pictured at the reception are City Clerk Peggy Howell, Joyce Hamilton,
Aging Service Coordinator with Alabama-Tombigbee Regional Commission Gwendolyn
Richardson and Emerald Valley Resident Manager JoAnn Langham.
46 YEARS AGO
JUNE 6, 1974
Evergreen weather observer
Earl Windham reported 0.9 inches of rain on June 1. He reported a high of 92 on
May 30 and lows of 60 on May 27 and May 28. He reported a total of 5.7 inches
of rain in May 1974.
Greening Lodge annual
meeting: Greening Lodge No. 53, F.&A.M., will hold its annual communication
at 7:30 Tuesday night at the lodge. Refreshments will be served. All members
are urged to attend.
The Evergreen Baptist Church
held a ground breaking ceremony on Sun., June 2, for a new activities building.
It will be a multipurpose structure with the largest area devoted to a
gymnasium, which will also double as a fellowship hall. The building will have
a modern commercial kitchen, a game room, a music room with built-in risers,
storage facilities and a choir robe dressing area. In addition there will be
office space for the minister of music and youth. Shown taking part in the
ceremony are Pastor Jack Williamson, Mrs. Horace Deer, WMU Director, Lawton
Kamplain, Finance Committee Chairman, Dr. Mike Kilpatrick, chairman of the
Board of Deacons, Lavon Skipper of Skipper Construction Co., contractors, Wayne
Peacock, chairman of the Building Committee, Cecil Caylor and Ben Kilpatrick,
committee members, and Steve Coker, Minister of Youth and Music.
Good news! Again it’s Mayor
Henry: The news from City Hall after Tuesday night’s council meeting was good.
The council reappointed Henry Sessions as mayor. Mayor Sessions had resigned
last month due to the state ethics law rather than involve his family in the
disclosure parts of the law.
71 YEARS AGO
JUNE 2, 1949
Barzell Griffin Captured In Birmingham Sunday: Barzell
Griffin, 24-year-old who escaped from the county jail in Evergreen last
Tuesday, May 24, was picked up by law enforcers in Birmingham Sunday on a tip
from the sheriff’s office here, County
Sheriff W.D. Lewis reports. The Jefferson County law enforcers picked up
Griffin by watching his wife, who lives in Birmingham, after receiving the
information from Sheriff Lewis.
Mr. Lewis also informs The Courant that Griffin is being
held in Birmingham to face trial on a burglary indictment of several months
ago. Griffin is also wanted in Selma and Pensacola, Fla.
Griffin, it will be remembered, was being held here for
breaking into Brown Supply Co. and cracking their safe. He got away with $300
after smashing the safe with an axe. When Griffin broke out of the county jail
here it marked the sixth time he had escaped from civil and army authorities
since beginning his career of crime 13 years ago at the age of 11.
Bank of Evergreen Is Remodeling Building: Work is fast
approaching completion on a vast remodeling project at the Bank of Evergreen.
The building is being done over entirely on the inside. The working space is
being shifted over from the west to the east side of the building, incidentally
shifting the lobby, which has been decreased in size considerably to make room
for an office in front. In addition to the old entrance, which will be retained
as heretofore, another entrance has been made to enter the lobby from the
hallway.
96 YEARS AGO
JUNE 4, 1924
CONECUH HI CLOSES:
Castleberry, Ala. – June 2 – The ninth annual commencement exercises of the
Conecuh County High School came to a close Tuesday night with the delivery of
the baccalaureate address by Dr. Frank Willis Barnett of the Birmingham News,
and the presentation of diplomas to the 20 graduates by Principal J.B. Murphy.
To Homer Kindig goes
scholastic honors of the Class of 1924 and to him was given the privilege of
delivering the salutary address. Willie Dale Frazier was valedictorian; Preston
Harden, prophet. Walter Pate read the class will, Lawrence Matthews and Ella
Griffin, the poem.
WILLIAM EVANDER SMITH, whose
death occurred on the 23rd day of May 1924, was born Feb. 6, 1847,
being 77 years old, oldest of a family of 13 children, five boys and three
girls, besides two half sisters and one half brother, one son and one daughter,
and a lot of relatives and friends to mourn his death.
He was a great lover of sport
fishing and hunting. Several of Evergreen’s hunters have enjoyed the sport with
him. When one was hunting or visiting with him, there was nothing too good for
him to do for their enjoyment.
Burnett Millsap reached here
Monday from Florida and is in charge as sales manager at the store of Millsap
Brothers. His many friends are glad to welcome him back to his old home.
121 YEARS AGO
JUNE 7, 1899
SCHOOL CLOSING – ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SESSION OF THE
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL COMES TO A CLOSE – INTERESTING EXERCISES: The commencement
exercises of the Southwest Alabama Agricultural School began on Sunday at 11
o’clock a.m. with a fine sermon by Rev. J. Bancroft, pastor of the Methodist
church at Brewton.
On Monday evening at eight o’clock Hon. John W.
Abercrombie, state superintendent of education, made the annual literary
address.
Tuesday at Farmers Day and the exercises began about 10
o’clock a.m. with an able address on agriculture by Col. J.M. Thornton of
Talladega. Following this, Dr. C.A. Cary of Auburn made an excellent talk to
the farmers on the line of stock raising, the dairy business, etc.
The graduating exercises will take place today and the
annual concert tonight.
Destructive Hailstorm: The most severe and destructive
hail, wind and rain storm which ever visited this section passed over Evergreen
on Sunday afternoon about six o’clock. Between the hours of five and six
o’clock, a dark cloud could be seen gathering in the east and in less than half
an hour rain began coming down in torrents, accompanied by a heavy
precipitation of hail, which continued for fully 15 minutes and was the
heaviest ever witnessed by the oldest inhabitants. Great damage was done to all
field and garden crops.
The first cotton bloom of the season was sent us last
week from J.T. Monk’s plantation near Castleberry.
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