The Evergreen Courant's News Flashback for Feb. 16, 2021

Tonea Stewart

13 YEARS AGO
FEB. 21, 2008

Evergreen weather observer Harry Ellis reported 1.25 inches of rain on Feb. 12, 0.01 inches of rain on Feb. 16 and 1.00 inches of rain on Feb. 17. He reported a high of 74 degrees on Feb. 12 and a low of 24 degrees on Feb. 13.

Davis receives Reeves Award: The Conecuh County Volunteer Fire Control Association held its annual awards banquet Saturday night at Hillcrest High School, and bestowed the coveted Lois E. Reeves Memorial Award on Matthew Davis.
In addition to Davis’ award, four other firefighters were named lifetime members of the association. They included Davis, Victor Howell, Billy Mims and Clayton Cobb Sr.

Famed actress to speak at HHS: Evergreen will get a little taste of Hollywood next Wednesday when award-winning actress Tonea Stewart visits Hillcrest High School.
Stewart, best known for her recurring role as Aunt Etta on the TV series “In the Heat of the Night” and for her performance in the movie version of John Grisham’s “A Time to Kill,” will speak to Hillcrest students on Wednesday, beginning at 9:45 a.m. in the school cafetorium.
Stewart, a native of Greenwood, Miss., lives in Montgomery and works at Alabama State University, where she is Chair of the Theatre Arts Department.

Orange Beach names Repton ‘Sister City’ – The Repton Town Council unanimously approved a proposal Monday night that officially makes the Town of Repton and the City of Orange Beach “Sister Cities.”
Orange Beach City Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem Jeff Silvers told the council that this is the first time ever that Orange Beach has named sister city, and that Orange Beach city officials planned to approve the sister city agreement on Tuesday night.

44 YEARS AGO
FEB. 10, 1977

Evergreen weather observer Earl Windam reported 0.54 inches of rain on Feb. 10, 0.01 inches on Feb. 11 and 1.36 inches on Feb. 12. He reported a high of 73 on Feb. 10 and a low of 29 on Feb. 14.

Carol Kendrick is congratulated on her spelling accomplishments by Sparta Academy Headmaster Jack Miller. She won first place in the District III Spelling Bee held at Sparta and then won second place in the Alabama Private Schools Association State Spelling Bee held Feb. 4 at Huntingdon College, Montgomery. Carol is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kendrick.

Four area Junior Misses took time out from a busy Alabama Junior Miss Pageant schedule to pay a visit to Lt. Gov. George McMillan. The Junior Misses are Miss Escambia County, Connie Lynn of Brewton; Miss Butler County, Debra Arnsdorff of Greenville; Miss Conecuh County, Rebekah Williamson of Evergreen; and Miss Monroe County, Marsha King of Frisco City.

City Council okays hiring new policeman: The Evergreen City Council approved the employment of a new officer by the police department. Randall Hanks of Lenox is the new officer.

The Spring Term of Circuit Court, Conecuh County, will begin here Monday morning at nine o’clock with Circuit Judge Robert E.L. Key presiding. After the formal opening of court, Judge Key will empanel the grand jury which will begin its deliberations with the assistance of District Attorney Ted Pearson of Monroeville and Assistant District Attorney David T. Hyde Jr. of Evergreen.

63 YEARS AGO
FEB. 20, 1958

Cold Weather Cools Conecuh County Folks: “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” These familiar words were spoken by Mark Twain many years ago, but the folks out at Uncle Sam’s weather station do something about it, they measure it.
According to the data gathered by the airport, Evergreen was blanketed by approximately two inches of snow last Wednesday night and generally speaking, it has been colder than an ice house during the past few days.
(The weather station recorded a high of 57 degrees on Fri., Feb. 14, and a low of 14 on Tues., Feb. 18.)

Starr Smith Speaks To Local Scouts’ Father-Son Banquet: Starr Smith, one of the state’s top program speakers, will make the principal address at the annual Father-Son banquet of Evergreen’s Troop 40, Boy Scouts of America, tonight at the City School lunchroom.
Mr. Smith, public relations director in Alabama for the Portland Cement Association, will speak on the “Super-Highways Come to Alabama.” He will be introduced by Knud Nielsen Jr.
Mr. Smith traveled widely as newspaperman and radio commentator prior to entering the public relations field. His travels took him to 15 foreign countries and all of the 48 states.
He formerly was a news reporter-commentator for National Broadcasting Co., correspondent for Newsweek Magazine, political writer for Mobile Press-Register and public relations officer on staff of General Eisenhower in Europe during World War II.

88 YEARS AGO
FEB. 16, 1933

W.L. McCREARY POSSESSES DIME COINED IN 1821: In the issue of Feb. 2, in the column “Today and Tomorrow,” written by Frank Parker Stockbridge, there was an item referring to old coins, mentioning several which were quite rare and very valuable. This item has caused considerable interest among a number of Courant readers who have collected old coins and a number of inquiries have been made at this office. These inquiries have revealed some interesting stories about old coins.
Among these perhaps the most interesting is hat of Mr. W.L. McCreary of Brooklyn, who was here Wednesday to show a dime coined in 1821, which makes it 112 years old. The most interesting thing in connection with this dime is the fact that Mr. McCreary found it on the plantation now owned by him and his family, which was formerly owned by an old-time slave owner settler. Mr. McCreary found the dime some four or five years ago in one of the old plantation roads. He said his mother previously found a half dollar on the place but it has passed out of their possession and he does not know what date it bore.
Mr. McCreary was interested to know whether the dime he now has is of unusual value and if so, where he might find a buyer.
In Mr. Stockbridge’s article referred to above, mention was made of the rarity of the Silver Dollar coined in 1904, the statement being made that there are only four or five of them known to be in existence. Mr. P.H. Ward was here this week and states that his son has one of these coins in his possession. He too would like to get in touch with persons or firms desiring to buy such a coin.