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| Jeremiah Denton |
JULY 8, 1999
The Maxwell-Johnson House, located at 120 South Main St., Evergreen, has recently been added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.
Local weather reporter Harry Ellis reported .15 inches of rain on July 4, 1999. Total rainfall for the month of June 1999 was 10.13 inches. He reported a high of 93 on July 1, 1999 and a low of 70 on July 4, 1999.
Funeral services held for C.T. Ivey: Charles Thaddeus Ivey,
93, of Evergreen died Sat., July 3, 1999 in an Evergreen hospital. Mr. Ivey was
born Sept. 29, 1905 to William Burnett Ivey and Julia Daughdrill Ivey. He was
named for his two grandfathers, Charles Ivey of Conecuh County and Thaddeus
Daughdrill of Marion.
Mr. Ivey attended the public schools in Evergreen and was a
graduate of Howard College, now Samford University. Mr. Ivey was an automobile
dealer and tree farmer in Evergreen most of his life. He was very active in
civic affairs and was a deacon at the Evergreen Baptist Church.
On Saturday morning, June 19, eight members of Bower
Memorial Baptist Church joined in with 63 others in the Bethlehem Association
in Monroe County on a week’s mission trip to Monticello, Ky. to help build a
new church for the Steubenville Baptist Church.
The eight people who went on the mission trip to Monticello,
Ky. from Bower were Warren and Lottie Johnston, Rodger and Laura Carroll,
Travis Cobb, Betty Powell and Geraldine and Hughie Denton.
37 YEARS AGO
JULY 12, 1984
Local weather reporter Earl Windham reported 1.11 inches of rain on July 7, 1984. He reported a high of 94 on July 7, 1984 and a low of 66 on July 2, 1984.
Pat Poole romped to an easy victory in Tuesday’s voting for mayor in Evergreen. Poole had wide margins in all five council districts as he piled up 945 votes to easily defeat Mayor Lee Smith and W.B. Epperson.
U.S. Senator Jeremiah Denton of Mobile will hold a town meeting in Evergreen on Monday afternoon at 4:15 o’clock. The meeting will be held in the main courtroom of the County Courthouse.
Brooklyn O.E.S. Chapter elects officers 1984-85: Brooklyn
Chapter 470 has elected officers for the 1984-1985 year. They are as follows:
Worthy Matron, Marjorie Findley; Worthy Patron, Joe Findley; Associate Matron,
Faye Owens; Associate Patron, Lamar Owens; Conductress, Vivian Lassiter;
Associate Conductress, Wanda Andrews; Secretary, Eleanor Cary; Treasurer, Eva
Walters; Organist, Adele Amos; Chaplain, Elsie Rabren; Marshal, Dudley
Lassiter; Adah, Louise McLendon; Ruth, Juanita Ralls; Esther, Lillian Ramsey;
Martha, Carolyn Feagin; Electa, Callie Mae Murphy; Warder, Horace Murphy; and
Sentinel, Monroe Ramsey.
There will be an installation of these officers at the
Brooklyn Lodge on Sat., July 14, at 7:30 p.m. Friends are invited to come.
46 YEARS AGO
JULY 10, 1975
Weather observer Earl Windham reported 1.3 inches of rain in Evergreen on July 3 and .7 inches on July 6. He reported a high of 98 on July 4 and lows of 71 on July 1 and July 6.
The summer reading program of the Conecuh County Public
Library will be highlighted by a visit next Wednesday by Mrs. Kathryn Windham,
noted Alabama author.
Mrs. Windham will be at the library from 10 to 11 o’clock
Wednesday morning to tell some of her favorite ghost stories. She has compiled
and written several collections of Alabama ghost stories, which had been handed
down from generation to generation.
(Clara Trawick was Evergreen’s librarian at the time.)
Banker-farmer Tal Stuart III killed this big rattlesnake while working in the “Brassell Field” of the Newton Plantation on Tuesday afternoon of last week. The rattler measured 4-1/2 feet and had eight rattles and a button.
A Milton, Fla. woman lost her life in an accident Monday morning at about 11:30 on I-65 some 7-1/2 miles north of Evergreen. Mrs. Norma H. Redmond, 42, of Rt. 5, Milton, was killed and her husband and son were injured in the crash. The Redmonds were traveling north in a pickup pulling a camper trailer behind them when a tire blew out and control of the vehicle was lost. The truck and camper left the highway and overturned in the median. State Trooper John E. Hooper investigated the accident.
69 YEARS AGO
JULY 10, 1952
Repton Doctor’s Safe Cracked Sunday Night Robbers Net
Nothing: Two safe crackers went to a lot of trouble for nothing Sunday night
when they opened Dr. W.R. Carter’s safe in Repton. After prying open the
double-doored safe, the robbers found a strong box inside that they could not
open. Dr. Carter told Sheriff John Brock that if there was anything missing he
couldn’t tell it.
Two men were seen leaving Dr. Carter’s office Sunday night
between nine and 10 o’clock. Two Repton men saw these fellows leaving the
office and at the time thought their behavior suspicious.
The Evergreen City Council met Tuesday night at the City
Hall with nothing but routine business coming before them.
Two building permits were granted for the construction of
residences. George T. Robbins received a permit for the construction of a frame
residence in his Pine Woods subdivision. Earl Windham was granted a permit for
the construction of a residence on Salter Street, between the Barlow and Shell
residences.
Cpl. James G. Freeman, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Freeman, of the Old Town community, sailed June 2, 1952 for overseas duty in Korea with the Engineer’s Division.
O.B. Tuggle, Southern Coach executive, will take office today as President of the Evergreen Rotary Club. He succeeds Malcom Croft who will turn the gavel over to him at the noon meeting of the Rotarians at The Grill today.
94 YEARS AGO
JULY 14, 1927
Former Evergreen Boy Bound For China: San Diego, Calif.,
July 11 – Some of the interesting events now occurring in China are likely to
be witnessed by Lewis A. Barfield of Evergreen, who was one of the latest men
to leave this western base for service with the expeditionary force of U.S.
Marines at Shanghai.
He was with a detachment of Marines who embarked on the
transport Thomas with Shanghai as their destination. Due to the rapid shifting
of troops, however, the local Marine may eventually go to Tientsin or some
other point in China, where the Marines are guarding American lives and
interests.
Three or four thousand U.S. Marines have been ordered to
China since last February, and from time to time small detachments are likely
to be ordered there, remaining for an indefinite period.
Lewis is 22 years old and was born in Evergreen. He lived at
the home of his father, Arthur M. Barfield of Evergreen, before he joined the
Marine Corps last April.
Local National Guard Goes To Ft. Oglethorpe: Troop C, 55th Machine Gun Squadron of the Alabama National Guard, will leave the latter part of the week for Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., where the annual encampment will take place this year. The boys will be there for a period of 15 days. The local company is under the command of Capt. William D. (Dave) Lewis.
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