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| Rev. Benjamin Franklin Riley |
JULY 3, 2008
Conecuh County suffered its second traffic fatality of 2008 last week when a 77-year-old Brundidge woman died from injuries suffered in an automobile accident on June 22.
Out-going Conecuh County Junior High School principal Patsy Smith was recognized by the state legislature for her outstanding career during a special ceremony last Thursday afternoon at the Castleberry school.
Former classmates and graduates of Evergreen High School
Class of 1958 held their ‘Golden Class Reunion’ on June 21, 2008.
(Those in attendance included Dennis Bailey, Laurice Adams
Baggett, Nelda Lewis Brown, Sara Pate Bryan, Wayne Carrier, Annette Bingham
Cates, Howard Claybrook, Susan Bozeman Cook, Robert Daniels, Glenda Frazier
Eskew, James Foley, Richard Geck, Lawrence Gladwell, Jenny Feagin Golson, Billy
Grace, Johnny Hagood, Bill Ivey, Ann Jones Johnson, Billy Wayne Johnson,
Barbara Bewley Lee, Sam Mason, Janice Ryan McDowell, Bobby Melvin, Shirley
Daughtrey Mixon, Jimmy Moorer, James Nelson, Frances Davis Nobles, Billie Jean
Salter Parsons, Don Pate, Eddie Bell Kindig Persons, Joe Powell, Julian
Presley, Erin Cook Saunders, John Sheffield, Palmer Smith, Ruby Seale Steele,
Earlene Hammonds Stuckey, Mary Helen Downs Thomas, Ronald Thomas, Oleene Black
Williams and Buddy Zukowski.)
39 YEARS AGO
JULY 7, 1983
Evergreen weather observer Earl Windham reported 0.54 inches of rain on June 26, 0.63 inches on June 27, 1.02 inches on June 28 and 0.04 inches on June 29. He reported a high of 93 degrees on July 2 and a low of 62 on July 1.
Kiwanis Club member John Ward presented the program last Tuesday at the regular meeting of the club at Giuseppi’s. He presented a program on the Conecuh County Area Vocational School.
Marine Lance Cpl. Robert S. Taylor, son of John P. and
Jennie P. Taylor of Northfork Apartments, Evergreen, recently participated in
exercise “Solid Shield 83.”
He is a member of the 2nd Tank Battalion, Camp
Lejeune, N.C.
Solid Sheild is an annual joint service training exercise,
designed to emphasize command and control of military forces in a simulated
combat environment.
Conducted at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Morehead City, N.C. and
Fort Stewart, Ga., the three-week exercise involved more than 47,000 Army,
Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel.
Solid Shield 83 included an airborne assault, an amphibious
landing, harbor control, mine clearing operations and tactical air support
operations.
Chief James Powell advises that the police department is going to start issuing tickets to operators of vehicles that stop in the street and just seem to disregard the law and carry on a conversation. This is hazardous to the public. It blocks the streets for emergency vehicles as well as others.
64 YEARS AGO
JULY 3, 1958
James L. Lane was found guilty of manslaughter, first
degree, and sentenced to five years imprisonment in the state penitentiary last
Wednesday.
Lane and Joe Lewis Bradley were both indicted for murder,
second degree, in the slaying of Willie D. White last August. Bradley, prior to
Lane’s trial, received a sentence of 15 years.
An unusual aspect of Lane’s case was the fact that the
prosecution contended that he was guilty of murder, second degree, although he
was not present when White was shot. Under Alabama law, a person can be guilty
of this charge by having previous knowledge that it is going to take place and
being a part of it.
Testimony presented by witnesses convinced the petit jury
that Lane drove Bradley to the house where he got the gun to kill White, then
drove him back to the place where he later killed White, and that Lane not only
knew that Bradley planned to kill White, but encouraged him to do so.
Conecuh County’s 1958 Maid of Cotton Contest got underway
officially Tuesday night with a meeting of the steering committee.
Peggy Harper won the Conecuh County Maid of Cotton title
last year.
“This year’s contest will be staged on Aug. 2 in conjunction
with the County Farm Bureau Federation’s annual meeting.
Contestants must be at least 19 by Dec. 1, 1958 and not over
24 years old by that same date, and unmarried. The winner of the county contest
will represent Conecuh in the state finals in Birmingham at the State Fair in
October.
89 YEARS AGO
JULY 6, 1933
Fire Causes Damage In Downtown District: Fire believed to
have been caused by defective electric wiring, caused heavy damage to the
building and stock of the Conecuh Drug Store, Jones’ Barber Shop and The Hat
Shop early Tuesday. Accurate estimates of the amount of damage are not
available but it is believed the loss will run into the thousands of dollars,
at least partially covered by insurance.
The blaze was discovered about 10 o’clock by Mrs. Jones, who
happened to enter the barber shop. An alarm was turned in, and for
approximately an hour and a half the local fire department fought the
smoldering flames, which, due to its inaccessibility between the ceiling and
the flooring of the second floor in the rear of the building, was stubborn to
quench.
Brewton’s fire department responded to a call for
assistance, arriving in Evergreen 28 minutes after leaving Brewton. The fire
had been extinguished when the Escambians arrived, however, through the efforts
of the local brigade.
Water and smoke caused more actual loss than the fire, it
being necessary to thoroughly drench the interior of the buildings to prevent
spreading of the flames which access was being gained to the center of the
blaze.
Albert Hansen, Bill Hanna, Ed Carrier and Seaborn Brundage
were threatened with suffocation on the second floor of the building when they
carried a hose line through a window in an effort to get at the fire. A stream
from this hose line eventually brought the fire under control.
114 YEARS AGO
JULY 1, 1908
Hon. J.N. Miller of Camden stopped off here a few hours Saturday between trains. He said it was altogether probable that he would enter the contest for Congress, though he has not made up his mind definitely.
Pythian Officers Elected: At the meeting of the local Knights of Pythias Lodge last night, the following officers were elected: W.F. Betts, Chancellor Commander; G.W. Salter, Vice-Chancellor; E.C. Page, Prelate; P.M. Bruner, Master at Arms; C.B. Savage, Master of Work; J.H. Kyser, Master of Exchequer; J.A. Rumbley, Inside Guard; W.B. Northcutt, Outside Guard. These officers will be installed at the meeting on Tuesday night next.
An election for First Lieutenant of the Conecuh Guards will be held in their armory at the regular monthly meeting on Monday night, July 13, Lt. Bailey’s term of office having expired.
The finishing touches have been put on the road from town to the Long bridge on the Burnt Corn road, a distance of about five miles, and it is now the best piece of road in the county. The citizens of the town and country contributed a sufficient amount of money to have the Riley hill, just inside the corporation, graded and a bridge made across the branch, and the job is certainly a good one. The road from town to Murder Creek is now a thing of beauty and delights the traveling public.
139 YEARS AGO
JULY 5, 1883
CONECUH-ESCAMBIA STAR
In order to take a short holiday recreation, we have concluded to issue only a half sheet this week. This is customary with newspapers generally, and surely not subscriber can take offense at our action in this matter.
Married: ETHRIDGE-BURNETT – At the residence of the bride’s
brother, Mr. W.A. Burnett, near Castleberry, on the evening of June 28, 1883,
Rev. J.D. Simpson officiating, Mr. Geo. W. Ethridge of Pike County, and Miss
Katie Burnett of Conecuh County.
We tender our best wishes to the newly married pair. The
bride is a handsome and accomplished lady and member of one of the most highly
respected families of this county, and the groom is a most worthy and
enterprising gentleman. May success ever attend them on the pathway of life.
A lady in destitute circumstances arrived in Evergreen last week. The proverbially kind citizens of this place supplied her wants and paid her way to Mobile.
There is a man in jail here from Escambia County, on a charge of murder. His wife has sued for a divorce and the sheriff served the subpoena on him Tuesday, June 26, since which time he has utterly refused to eat and seems to be trying to starve himself to death.
Rev. B.F. Riley of Evergreen was here yesterday, en route to Snow Hill, on the Pine Apple road. – Selma Times.
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