The Evergreen Courant's News Flashback for May 18, 2021

13 YEARS AGO
MAY 15, 2008

The public is invited to attend Hillcrest High School’s annual commencement exercises on Fri., May 23, at Brooks Memorial Stadium in Evergreen.

SA baccalaureate and graduation plans set: Rev. John King will be the guest speaker at Sparta Academy’s Baccalaureate services this Sun., May 18, at 3 p.m. at the Evergreen Baptist Church. Claude B. Nielsen will be the guest speaker at Commencement exercises on Fri., May 23, at 7 p.m. in the Richard Brown Gymnasium.
Sparta Academy’s honor graduates this year are Amanda Nolin, Pia Cumagun, Hayden Armuelles, Hope Burleson, Myles Wiggins, Keary Watts and Casey Pierce.

Conecuh Sons charter Camp 2143: The Alabama Division of the Army of Tennessee, Sons of Confederate Veterans, has a new camp founded by Conecuh sons.
Confederate Constitution Camp 2143 was chartered May 1 and is domiciled at Montgomery.
Eight of 10 charter members of the new camp are either Conecuh residents or expatriates. Larry E. Darby is the commander, Daniel W. Joyner is the lieutenant commander and John E. Hooks is the adjutant. All three are graduates of Sparta Academy.

The 16^th Annual National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive, held Saturday, successfully collected 2,229 pounds of food from various communities in the Conecuh County area.

32 YEARS AGO
MAY 18, 1989

Evergreen weather reporter Harry Ellis reported .13 inches of rain on May 9, .03 on May 10, .02 on May 13 and .01 on May 14. He also reported a high of 82 degrees on May 15 and lows of 44 on May 11 and May 12.

Evergreen Mayor Lee F. Smith and City Councilman Larry Fluker cut the ribbon at the street dedication following open house Friday afternoon at the Evergreen Housing Authority’s Crestview Manor as retired Principal and Mrs. O.F. Frazier watch. The street was named Frazier Circle in honor of Mr. Frazier.

State Treasurer George C. Wallace Jr. was the featured speaker at the Evergreen Civitan Club’s first banquet Monday night at the Quality Inn.

Charlotte Deer Cassady, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lomax Cassady of Evergreen, was graduated cum laude from Tulane University School of Law on May 14, 1989. At the conclusion of the ceremony Sunday, Ms. Cassady was awarded the degree of Juris Doctor from the New Orleans university.
Charlotte is the granddaughter of the late Abner Powell, longtime Andalusia attorney, and the sister of Max Cassady, a senior at the University of Alabama School of Law in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

48 YEARS AGO
MAY 17, 1973

This Duroc was grand champion of the 10^th annual Conecuh County FFA and 4-H Boys Barrow Show held Monday at Conecuh Cooperative Stockyard. The champion was owned by Scott Matthews of the Evergreen FFA who could not show the barrow because of a broken leg. Danny Harper accepts the award for Scott from Marin Johnston, president of the Evergreen Kiwanis Club, show sponsors. Moor-man Feed Co. bought the champ for 60.5 cents per pound.

Sheriff warns of cattle rustlers: Sheriff James (Shorty) Brock today warned county cattle owners to be on the alert for rustlers. He said that several head of cattle have been stolen in the county recently.

Leon Ridgeway, 56, a native of Conecuh County, died on May 10 in a Fairhope hospital. He was a veteran of World War II and a Past Master of the Spanish Fort Masonic Lodge. Funeral services were held May 12 at the Fairhope Chapel of the Bayview Funeral Home and burial was in Repton Cemetery.

Another oil well is being drilled near Range. Amereda-Hess Oil Co. has a permit to drill to 12,500 feet in a test well on the Jackson land in Section 13, Township North, Range 8 East. Delta Drilling Co. is drilling the well.
Work began on the well on May 7 and as of Tuesday afternoon the drillers were below 6,250 feet, according to M.L. Bergman of Monroe Realty Co., Monroeville.

60 YEARS AGO
MAY 18, 1961

Repton High School has 30 candidates for graduation, according to Principal E.H. Penny.
Class officers are President, Winston Hays; Vice President, Peggy Sue Bell; Secretary, Conrad Booker; Treasurer, Carlton Sims. Virginia Nall is Good Citizenship Girl.
Other graduates in addition to those listed above are: Horace Baggett, McCoy Baggett, Andrew Crawford, Donnie Dyess, William Gandy, Roger Hall, Douglas Lee, Cecil Nall, Ray Ryals, Shelton Salter, Robert Lowery, Jean Baggett, Ruth Baggett, Emily Brooks, Carol Goneke, Dorothy Grant, Roberta Ivey, Lilly Jerkins, Julie Lee, Joyce Lee, Jane Owens, Carolyn Pitts, Virginia Robinson and Mary Jane Ryals.

Conecuh County High School in Castleberry will hold its graduation exercises Fri., May 28, at 8 p.m. with 30 seniors to receive diplomas.
Elaine Wilson is valedictorian, and Helen Garner is salutatorian. Other graduates are Lavon Bradley, Wayne Calloway, Ezell Castleberry, Glenn Edwards, Larry Hardin, Wayne James, Guy Johnson, George Jones, Brock McCreary, Bobby McHenry, Wayne Norris, Daniel Pate, Douglas Powell, Colon Ryals, Jerry Salter, Shan Sims, Edgar Stringer, Joel Watson, Lamar Hodge, Ronald Shell, Lynda Beasley, Anne Coker, Betty Cooper, Sandra Green, Carolyn Stanford, Bonnie Rae Varner Weaver and Betty Johnson.

91 YEARS AGO
MAY 15, 1930

Evergreen-Castleberry Highway Now Open: The paving on Highway 31 between here and Castleberry is now open to the public, the opening having taken place last Sunday. Work on the shoulders is not quite complete, but is being finished as rapidly as possible. The newly made shoulders on this section of the highway present a danger that the traveling public should take notice of, and avoid accidents which might easily occur in the event cars are driven off the paving while going at high rate of speed.

Conecuh County High School at Castleberry announces its complete commencement program which begins on Thursday night, May 15, with an operetta followed on Friday night by the junior play. The commencement sermon will be delivered on Sunday by Rev. T.Y. Fleming, pastor of the Baptist church at Brewton. Then on Tuesday night, the graduating exercises will occur with Rev. A.S. Shafter, pastor of the M.E. Church at Andalusia, delivering the graduating address.

CONCERT TO BE GIVEN IN REPTON: The Repton music pupils of Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Trueman will be presented in a concert at Repton Tues., May 20, at 8 p.m. The public is cordially invited to attend.

392 Cars Berries Shipped From County: Figures gathered by this newspaper this week disclose that a total of 392 cars of berries have been shipped from this county during the season just closed as compared with 613 cars shipped last season.