Tuesday, February 15, 2022

The Evergreen Courant's News Flashback for Feb. 15, 2022

24 YEARS AGO
FEB. 19, 1998

Evergreen weather observer Harry Ellis reported 0.3 inches of rain on Feb. 10 and 0.6 inches on Feb. 15. He reported a high of 71 degrees on Feb. 10 and a low of 30 on Feb. 9.

Hawsey is running for sheriff office: Tracy L. Hawsey announced this week his intention to become a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Conecuh County. Hawsey was born and raised in Conecuh County and is a graduate of Evergreen High School.
He is married to his wife of nine years, formerly Chon Mitchell, also of Conecuh County. They have two children, Chase, age six, and Jared, age four. Hawsey is presently the Chief of Police in Repton and was with the Evergreen Police Department prior to his present position.

Work has resumed on the Fairview sewer extension project. A halt had been placed on the jobsite following last month’s tragic cave in where one man lost his life. He and another worker, who was rescued, were caught outside a work box when a wall of dirt began to cover them.

Rev. Shehan honored at 90th birthday celebration: Many of Rev. A.L. Shehan’s family members and friends celebrated his 90th birthday on Sun., Feb. 15, at the Voice of the Bible Tabernacle. Rev. Shehan is the oldest of 11 children – three sisters and two brothers still living – and three sisters and two brothers are deceased.
Bro. Shehan was saved at an early age and spent seven years preparing for the ministry. He has been a minster for 70 years, 50 years pastoring in Evergreen. He had 41 years of radio ministry on the local, national and international level.

49 YEARS AGO
FEB. 15, 1973

Snow blankets South Alabama: An almost unbelievable snowfall Friday blanketed South Alabama and turned it into a sparkling white “Winter Wonderland.”
Before day Friday morning, freezing rain followed by sleet, began falling. Then came the snow and instead of melting as it usually does in this area, it stuck and piled up. Snow fell all day Friday and into the night.
Saturday morning all one could see was white as the snow had completely covered everything. Estimates of the snowfall ranged from six inches to 10 inches over the county. Some areas of South Alabama reported depths of 14 inches to 16 inches.
Most of the snow remained intact until the sun began melting it Sunday afternoon. The snow stayed on in shaded areas and could still be seen Tuesday, but rain Tuesday night finished it off.
It was a sight not soon to be forgotten and many will be telling their grandchildren about the big snow of February 1973.

Repton pastor dies suddenly: The Rev. Chester Stinson, pastor of the Repton Methodist Church, died suddenly Mon., Feb. 12, at his home in Repton. He had filled his pulpit for services on Sunday and his death was a great shock to the community. He was a native of Butler County.
Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock from the Repton Methodist Church with the Rev. Lloyd Kimbrough officiating. Burial was in Elizabeth Chapel Cemetery, Chumuckla, Fla., with Johnson Funeral Home of Georgiana directing.

74 YEARS AGO
FEB. 19, 1948

Plane Crash Fatal To Owner of Theatre Chain: Roy E. Martin, age 62, owner of the Pix Theatre and over 100 other theatres in five southern states, lost his life when the plane in which he and three other persons were riding crashed near Bay St. Louis, Wed., Feb. 11. All passengers were killed.
According to reports, Martin and his companions were returning to Columbus, Ga. after being in New Orleans, La. for the recent Mardi Gras celebration. They were traveling in a light plane when the crash occurred.
Martin was the owner of a chain of theatres in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and South Carolina. He had been in the amusement and motion picture business for 36 years and owned 120 theatres.
The Pix Theatre was built here in 1936 by Martin and has been operated by him continuously since that time.
Operation of the theaters recently has been in the hands of his sons, Roy E. Martin Jr. and E.D. Martin, who will continue to handle the chain of movie houses.

Conecuh Vets Should Bring Pictures To Mr. Ward Soon: Conecuh veterans of World Wars I and II are urged to bring pictures of themselves and information concerning their service records to Mr. Wallace Ward at the PMA formerly AAA office in Evergreen as soon as possible. The pictures and the information are being compiled by the local VFW and Legion posts to publish a Historical Service Record of Conecuh County veterans.
There is no charge in connection with this project to the vets. If they wish to buy a copy of the book, they may do so, but purchase of the book is not required to have a picture published in it. The books will sell for only $3, but will be worth much more than that as a memory of days in the service. The profits from this project are earmarked for a building fund to construct a veterans home for Conecuh vets.

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