MAY 17, 2001
Weather observer Harry Ellis reported 0.32 inches of rain on May 9 and 0.05 inches of rain on May 12. He reported a high of 89 degrees on May 12 and a low of 53 on May 13.
Commencement exercises for the Sparta Academy graduating Class of 2001 will be held on Fri., May 18, at 7 p.m. at the school gym. The graduates are Lisa Tatum, Marcy Parsons, Ashley Hammonds, Rebecca Skipper (Valedictorian), Amy Jones (Salutatorian), Nikki Laster, Joel Williams, Lauren Salter, Susan Johnston, Jessica Bennett, Maegan Jenkins, Justin Tranum, Patrick Caylor, Jill Pate, Josh Varner, Morgan Salo, Becky Hyde, Wendy Crabtree, Justin Stillwell, Jamie Smith, Jeremy McClain, Derek Faulkner, John McKenzie, Jimmy Hyde, John Anderson and Kyle Johnston.
During Repton’s Town Council meeting on Tues., May 8, 2001, two new council members were sworn into office. Pictured are Mayor Ricky Wallace, councilmember Theresa Bartlett, councilmember Gloria Zemliska, new councilmember Denease Watkins, councilmember Pearl Cook and new councilmember Don White. After taking the oath of office, each councilmember took their respective seats on the council and continued with the regular council meeting.
46 YEARS AGO
MAY 20, 1976
Evergreen weather observer Earl Windham reported 2.45 inches of rain on May 13, 2.32 inches on May 14 and 0.3 inches of rain on May 15. He reported a high of 84 on May 12 and a low of 52 on May 10.
Honor students of the Class of 1976 at Lyeffion High School are Charline Boykins, Mattie Grace, Cherryle Gandy, Pam Brown, salutatorian, Pat McClammy, Brenda Stacey, Debbie Grimes, Kenny Dean, valedictorian, Steve Anthony, Mickey Booker, Lenn Ryals and Milton Mooney.
Evergreen High School’s honor students of the Class of 1976 are Glenda Ann Simpson, valedictorian, Patrick Alan Dawson, salutatorian, Reginald Floyd and Ray Webb.
Cheryl White is valedictorian of the Class of 1976, Repton High School, and Teresa Faulkenberry is salutatorian.
Final rites today for Mr. Wiggins: Henry Cleveland Wiggins, former Tax Collector of Conecuh County, died early yesterday morning in a Monroeville hospital. Graveside services will be held for the highly respected and much loved Mr. Wiggins this afternoon at 4 o’clock at Magnolia Cemetery with the Rev. Jack Williamson and the Rev. Zedoc Baxter officiating.
Army Private First Class Willie C. Johnson was presented the Air Assault Badge upon graduation from the Air Assault School at Fort Campbell, Ky., April 23. The 19-year-old soldier is a 1975 graduate of Evergreen High School.
71 YEARS AGO
MAY 17, 1951
Mrs. R. Millsap Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Millsap will attend the graduation of PFC Temple Millsap from an Air Force school at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.
Bing Smith Is New Manager Of
The Pix: Effective last week Bing Smith of Lanett, Ala. Succeeds Lamar
Humphries as manager of The Pix Theatre here. Humphries resigned his post here
to go into business with his father in Sylacauga. Smith comes to Evergreen from
Douglas, Ga. where he was assistant manager of a Martin Theatre.
The new manager is a native
of Lanett and finished high school there. He joined the Army Air Corps in
November 1941 and served until discharged in August 1946. Included in this
service was 32 months overseas in the European Theatre. He was wounded in
December 1944 and spent the next 22 months in various Army hospitals receiving
treatment. He was a fighter pilot.
ALWAYS PRESENT – Helen Lee Salter, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Salter, Evergreen, Route 2, will graduate from Lyeffion High School next Friday, May 25, with the enviable record of being perfect in attendance for the past 10 years. She is a member of the Beta Club, Glee Club and FHA. Perfect attendance records are a family tradition with the Salters. Helen Lee’s older sister, Doris (now Mrs. Fisher Covin, Owassa), graduate at Lyeffion in 1946 with a perfect attendance record for her last seven years of school.
96 YEARS AGO
MAY 19, 1926
SSAS CLOSES SUCCESSFUL YEAR: Tonight closes commencement exercises of the State Secondary Agricultural School. A recital of music and elocution engaged attention of our people last Friday night; Monday night was class night; Tuesday night the senior play was presented; and tonight Senator R.H. Powell of Tuskegee is to deliver an address and the diplomas are to be delivered. Thus comes to close one of the most successful years in the history of the school, under the able supervision of Prof. W.B. Sexton. The graduating class this year is composed of the following: Misses Mary Julia Wild, Sara Williams, Eunice Shannon, Martha Dickinson, Myrtle Brundage, Lillian Burt, Aline Burt, Elanor Baldwin, Evelyn Fountain, Velma Shell, Fannie Lou Greene, Fannie Mae Miller, Rubye Thomas, Nora Hamilton, Mary Lois Massey, Nell Pritchett, Euna Mae Burgess, Clara Bell Hines, Messrs. Wright Dunn, Ellis Shannon, Watson Spence, Virgil McCreary, Frank Hagood, Walter Howell, John B. Oliver, Lawton Kamplain, Aubra Johnson, Mitchell Beaven and Hugh Middlebrooks.
Bishop W.S. McDowell delivered the commencement sermon last Sunday morning in the City School auditorium to a large audience.
Mr. J.T. Williams is Evergreen’s new postmaster, according to recent advice from Washington. It is understood that Mr. Williams will assume his new duties at an early date.
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