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MAY 12, 2005
Local weather reporter Harry Ellis reported .55 inches of rain on May 5, 2005. He reported a high temperature of 82 degrees on May 8 and lows of 50 on May 3 and May 6.
Sparta Academy will hold their baccalaureate services this Sun., May 15, at 3 p.m. at the Evergreen Baptist Church. Graduation exercises will be held Fri., May 20, at 7 p.m. in the gymnasium. Members of the Class of 2005 are Samantha Seaman, Toni Johnson, Valedictorian Katie Johnson, Salutatorian Rachel Smith and Andrea Godwin, Katie Wilson, Torey Raines, Blake Stanford, Brandon Pipkin, Preethi Covin, Cody Godwin and Jessica Harden.
In honor of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Franklin on their 50th Wedding Anniversary their children are hosting a reception on Sun., May 22, 2005 from two until four o’clock at the Historic L&N Depot in downtown Evergreen. Mrs. Franklin is the former Lois Holley and they were married May 28, 1955 in Rutledge.
The Weyerhaeuser Co. Foundation recently awarded a $10,000 grant to the Conecuh County Junior High School for the Urban Forestry and Landscaping Program. Presenting the check to Patsy Lazenby, Principal of Conecuh County Junior High School, is Lou Etheredge, Human Resources Manager for Trus Joist. Also pictured is Castleberry Mayor J.B. Jackson.
42 YEARS AGO
MAY 8, 1980
Evergreen weather observer Earl Windham reported 0.42 inches on May 1 and .06 inches on May 3. He reported a high of 82 degrees on May 1 and a low of 45 on April 28.
Market Hog Show set here
Monday: The 15th Annual Conecuh County FFA and 4-H Market Hog Show
will be held Monday morning at the show arena of the Conecuh Cooperative
Stockyard, North Main Street. The show will begin at 8:30 o’clock. Sale of the
show hogs will be held in the auction ring at one o’clock Monday afternoon.
The show is sponsored by the
Evergreen Kiwanis Club and the State Dept. of Agriculture & Industries in
cooperation with the Dept. of Vocational Agriculture Education Service of
Auburn University.
Dalton Campbell is show
chairman and Ronnie Shaver is advisory chairman. Official judge will be Dr.
John Johndrow, agri-business instructor-trainer specialist at Auburn
University. Showmanship will be judged by Phillip Ellis, Evergreen native and
Vo-Ag teacher at W.S. Neal High School, East Brewton. Carl Wilson, DVM, will be
official veterinarian.
John Bewley will be master of
ceremonies. Gerry Watson, Ronnie Shavers and Johnny Andrews will be
ringmasters. Weighing and Classification will be in charge of Johnny Andrews,
Ronnie Shavers, D.C. Fleming and Marvin Johnson.
Dalton Campbell and David
Fuqua are in charge of awards. Sales order of the show hogs will be established
by Gerry Watson, Johnny Andrews and Herbert Oakley. Tommy Chapman and Pat Poole
head publicity.
67 YEARS AGO
MAY 12, 1955
Chosen For “Who’s Who In
South and Southwest” – It was revealed here this week that R.G. Bozeman Jr. has
been selected by Marquis Publications, publishers of “Who’s Who in America” and
“Who’s Who in the South and Southwest,” for inclusion in the next biennial
edition of “Who’s Who in the South and Southwest,” which will be published next
year.
Bozeman, a native of
Evergreen, is now publisher of the Dadeville Record at Dadeville, Ala., having
bought this newspaper property last July. Prior to that, he was for seven years
editor of The Courant, having been named to that post in 1947, when he was only
20 years of age, making him at that time the youngest editor in Alabama. His
editorials in The Courant were widely quoted and reproduced.
He was educated at the
Evergreen High School and the University of Alabama. He is married to the
former Maurice Golson.
SCOUTS REORGANIZED: The Boy
Scout troop No. 146 of Repton School has been reorganized. The officers are Carl
W. Ryals, scoutmaster; Erskin C. Fountain, asst. scoutmaster; Curtis O. Brown,
explorer advisor.
Friday evening, May 6, a
meeting was held for the boys and councilmen. Mr. Frank Matthews, district
advisor, was present and gave a very instructive talk on scouting. After the
meeting, everybody went to George H. Dees’ fish pond and had a wiener roast.
After which, the boys, scoutmaster and asst. scoutmaster camped out for the
night. The next morning a five-mile hike was enjoyed.
92 YEARS AGO
MAY 8, 1930
EVERGREEN’S TWO BANKS
CONSOLIDATE – Local Institutions To Form One Of The Largest Banks In South
Alabama – Resources Over One and One Half Million; Deposits Over One Million:
It is no doubt safe to say that never before in the history of Conecuh County
has there been a financial, commercial or industrial transaction which in any
measure compares to the one consummated here this week when the Peoples Bank of
Evergreen and the First National Bank of Evergreen merged to form one mammoth
banking institution to be known as the Peoples Bank of Evergreen.
With these banks
consolidated, Evergreen will have one of the largest and strongest banking
institutions in this section of the state, with more than one and one half
million dollars in resources, an aggregate capital, surplus and profits of more
than $340,000 and deposits amounting to over one million dollars. The new
institution will be large enough and strong enough to take care of any
proposition that may arise now or in the future.
The officers and directors of
the new institution are: A. Cunningham, President; R.F. Croom, Vice President;
A. Cunningham Jr., Vice President; W.D. Brown, Vice President; C.R. Taliaferro,
Vice President; J.D. Wright, Cashier; C.T. Ivey, Asst. Cashier; J.G. Lundy Jr.,
Asst. Cashier. Directors are M.B. Binion, R.F. Croom, A. Cunningham Jr., W.K.
Horton, C.A. Jones, R. Millsap Jr., C.R. Taliaferro, W.D. Brown, A. Cunningham,
C.P. Deming, B.E. Jones, W.W. Kingsbery, L.T. Rutland and J.D. Wright.
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