AUG. 8, 1996
Local weather reporter Harry Ellis reported 0.24 inches of rain on July 31 and 0.05 inches on Aug. 2. He reported a high of 90 on July 30 and a low of 66 on July 29. Total rainfall for the month of July was 6.42 inches.
Funeral services held for Wayne Hutcheson: Max Wayne
Hutcheson, 68, of 106 Valhalla Drive, Evergreen, died Sat., Aug. 3, 1996 at his
residence.
Mr. Hutcheson moved to Evergreen in 1959 to manage Cotton
Tractor Co., a Ford tractor dealership. In the years that followed, the
business expanded to include forestry equipment sales, and in 1965 the company
acquired a Datsun (now Nissan) dealership, Conecuh County’s only foreign car
dealership.
By 1976, Mr. Hutcheson had acquired two-thirds of the
company, which became Cotton-Hutcheson, Inc. At the time of his death,
Cotton-Hutcheson was fully owned and operated by the Hutcheson family.
Mr. Hutcheson was a member of Bower Memorial Baptist Church
and was a veteran of the United States Navy.
State Representative Jimmy Warren and State Senator Hank Sanders were on hand for the monthly Conecuh County Volunteer Fire Control Association meeting Tuesday night. They presented each department with checks for just over $1,800 that is appropriated annual to local volunteer fire departments. They also presented a check for $500 to the County Fire Control Association.
51 YEARS AGO
AUG. 12, 1971
Mrs. Lucy Nell Pate takes the oath of office as postmaster at Paul at 10 Monday morning with Bill Salter, Evergreen Postmaster and Section Center Manager, the administering official. Mrs. Pate, wife of Arthur Ray Pate, had been officer-in-charge at Paul since Mrs. Linnie Thomas retired.
Taking part in the ceremony at Paul when Mrs. Lucy Pate was sworn in as postmaster were Miss Libby Kimbro, postmaster at Kinston; Mrs. Loree (Edwin) Hamiter, postmaster at Brooklyn; Arthur Ray Pate and Mrs. Pate; Bill Salter, Evergreen postmaster and section center manager; and Mrs. Linnie Thomas, who retired some months ago as postmaster at Paul.
Dean Lodge calls meeting Friday: Dean Lodge, Free & Accepted Masons, will have a special meeting Friday night at 7:30 o’clock. There will be third degree work. All Master Masons are invited to attend.
Conecuh Farm Bureau annual meeting tonite: The Conecuh
County Farm Bureau will hold its annual meeting tonight at 7:30 o’clock in the
courtroom of the Conecuh County Courthouse in Evergreen, according to President
James S. Cook.
A special feature of the meeting will be an address by J.D.
Hays, President of the Alabama Farm Bureau Federation. He is a prominent
Huntsville farmer and businessman and the local federation feels most fortunate
to have the state president on the program tonight. He will be introduced by
William Ward, State Board Member.
76 YEARS AGO
AUG. 8, 1946
Sgt. Carmon McNeil Burial Here With Military Honors: Sgt.
Carmon McNeil, age 27, died in the Oliver General Hospital, Augusta, Ga.,
Sunday night at 10:30. The body was brought to Evergreen Tuesday and funeral
services were held from the home of his father, J.T. McNeil, Wednesday at 3
p.m. Sgt. McNeil was with the Armed Forces and spent four years overseas.
Funeral with full military honors was given Mr. McNeil with
Chaplain W.K. Anderson of the Oliver General Hospital officiating. Burial was
in the Evergreen Cemetery.
Lt. Ralph Edwin Boggs Declared Killed In Action: The
Secretary of the Navy has declared Lt. Ralph Edwin Boggs, who has been listed
as missing in action since July 24, 1945, as killed in action. Lt. Boggs was a
graduate of Clarksville High School, Clarksville, Ark. and attended the College
of the Ozarks and the University of Houston, Houston, Texas. He joined the Navy
in January 1942 and was with the Fighting Bombing Squadron 94 aboard the U.S.S.
Lexington.
On July 24, 1945, he and his flight were bombing the
Hamamatsu Airfield, Honshu, Japan after which Lt. Boggs failed to return to his
ship. It is believed by members of his squadron that his plane was hit by
anti-aircraft but no one actually knows what happened. He saw much service in
the Pacific theatre.
Lt. Boggs is the husband of the former Frances Watson of
Bermuda. She and her daughter, Rebecca, have made their home with her parents
since Lt. Boggs went to sea.
101 YEARS AGO
AUG. 10, 1921
Dan Whittle, one of the men recently taken to the State Penitentiary convicted of the murder of C.M. Saren at Castleberry last year, died last week at the walls. He was in a much emaciated condition when taken from Montgomery jail.
Rev. G.F. Bell, pastor of Knox Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, N.C., will preach at the Evergreen Presbyterian Church next Sabbath morning and night, Aug. 14.
Little Robert E. Lee Key Jr. was the attractive host and
honoree on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 2, when his mother Mrs. R.E.L. Key
entertained some 25 of his little friends with a birthday party in honor of his
fourth birthday, which was Feb. 2, the occasion being at the age of four and
one-half years.
The color scheme of pink and white was daintily carried out
through both decorations and refreshments.
During the afternoon, many interesting games were played on
the lawn, among them being the pinning of the pipe in the old man’s mouth, the
prize falling to little Miss Mary Hope Oliver.
The birthday cake was beautifully embossed, the table being
also placed on the lawn and the center decorations was the cake of white
embroidered in pink and white four and one-half pink tapers burning on top of
it.
Ice cream was served and each little guest expressed
themselves as having a delightful time. The little host was the recipient of
many little gifts.
Attorney J.B. Barnett of Monroeville was here on business on Thursday last.
126 YEARS AGO
AUG. 14, 1896
Several bales of new cotton have come in this week. Cotton is opening very rapidly and picking is now in vogue, though the weather is extremely warm.
At a called meeting of the board of control of the Southwest Alabama Agricultural School, held last week, Prof. C.B. Glenn was elected to his old position as a member of the faculty. The board also paid Prof. Liner a high and deserved compliment by electing him as principal for a term of five years.
Mr. J.J. Doss of Rosell, New Mexico is visiting old friends and relatives in Conecuh. He contemplates removing back to Conecuh with his family, we understand.
Pianoforte Recital: This (Friday) evening at 8:30 o’clock at the Opera House there will be a pianoforte recital given by Mr. George Granberry of the world famous New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, assisted by Misses Kate G. Sampey, violinist, and Nanute B. Granberry, elocutionist, both of the Southern Female College. A programme interesting to all will be rendered. Admission, 35 cents; children, 15 cents.
Dr. Taliaferro’s Fairest Wheel attracts a good deal of cigar trade, owing to its novelty. It is no game of chance. Drop a nickel in the slot and you get one, two or five cigars – the best in the case. You can’t lose. You get one cigar any way with a chance of getting two or five.
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