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AUG. 22, 2002
Evergreen weather observer Harry Ellis reported .72 inches of rain on Aug. 14, .78 on Aug. 15 and .11 on Aug. 18. He reported highs of 94 degrees on Aug. 13 and Aug. 18 and lows of 69 on Aug. 12, Aug. 13 and Aug. 14.
After several years in the making, Project EverFun was completed and opened to the children of Conecuh County. The Evergreen City Council voted Tuesday night to keep a promise to pay off the last debt that was owed on the project. The council had to vote to pay off the debt last year but was unable to pay the note because they never approved a budget.
One of the hottest topics in recent months has been the dog riding on the back of a motorcycle. At first, many people did not believe it when someone said they had seen the sight riding through Evergreen. Clifford Higdon of Evergreen and his dog, Ginger, ride on a regular basis. Higdon said that when he cranks up his motorcycle, Ginger is loaded up and read to go almost before him. She even has her own helmet for safety.
Phyllis Johnson, Patient Accounts Clerk, was nominated by her peers as the July 2002 Employee of the Month at Evergreen Medical Center. Phyllis has been employed with EMC since May 2001. When some of her co-workers were asked to describe Phyllis, comments received were, she’s an attentive and hard-working employee, who is always polite and helpful and always wears a smile.
45 YEARS AGO
AUG. 25, 1977
Local weather reporter Earl Windham reported two inches of rain on Aug. 18. He also reported a high of 97 degrees on Aug. 20 and a low of 71 on Aug. 21.
The Fall Term of Circuit Court, Conecuh County, will begin Monday morning at nine o’clock with Circuit Judge Robert E.L. Key presiding. After the invocation and his opening remarks, Judge Key will empanel the Grand Jury. Trial of cases on the civil docket will then begin. Only 10 cases are on the docket, according to Circuit Clerk Leon A. Salter.
Carl Brooks Myrick, 15-month-old son of Lewis and Charlotte Brooks Myrick, got his first haircut last week with his uncle, Eddie Salter, doing the honors. Carl is the grandson of Mrs. Minnie Lee Brooks and D.E. Brooks and the great-grandson of Mrs. Hollis Pauline Brooks, all of Evergreen.
Miss Cassady to study in Egypt: Charlotte Deer Cassady, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lomax Cassady of Evergreen, arrived in Cairo, A.R.E.
on Aug. 17 at 5:30 p.m. Cairo time.
Charlotte, who completed the 1976-77 school year at Fort
Dale Academy in Greenville, will be an 11th-grader at the Cairo
American College in Egypt. She will be living with her maternal aunt, Mrs.
William Cotter, whose husband is with the American Embassy in Cairo.
During her year abroad, Charlotte plans to spend Christmas
in Austria and Switzerland and hopes to visit her parental aunt, Mrs. Leon
Akins in Saudi Arabia.
70 YEARS AGO
AUG. 28, 1952
MORE SNAKES: W.E. Pinkerton, farmer living on the Jayvilla
Road, reports to The Courant that a total of four rattlesnakes were killed at
one spot Monday. Mr. Pinkerton killed three of the rattlers and Mrs. Pauline
Ross the other.
Mr. Pinkerton killed one of the rattlers at about three
o’clock Monday afternoon on the Centerville Road. That night he killed two more
at about the same spot which is near Pink Barlow’s residence. One of the
rattlers was about five feet long. Earlier Monday afternoon, Mrs. Ross had
killed one at the same place.
A larger number of rattlesnakes have been killed in the
county this summer, some of them unusually large. The drought probably had them
out looking for water. Mr. Pinkerton claims that they are on the go now looking
for places to bed down throughout the winter. Not being rattlesnake authorities,
we won’t argue with him.
Plane Fuel Tank Is Found Near Brooklyn: An unexplained
wing-tip fuel tank, believed to be from a military plane, was found near
Brooklyn Wednesday after a woman reported seeing a plane “explode and
disappear.”
A Navy crash crew dispatched from Corry Field near Pensacola
identified an object it found near the scene as a wing-tip fuel tank believed
to belong to an Air Force F-80 jet plane.
No aircraft were reported missing from area bases, however,
and no accidents were reported.
Mrs. Myrtle Tillery of Brooklyn reported she heard “two
planes flying low” and ran into her yard to investigate.
95 YEARS AGO
AUG. 25, 1927
Evergreen Schools Open Sept. 8: The State Secondary Agricultural School opens its 30th annual session on Thurs., Sept. 8, at nine o’clock in the auditorium of the City School. The program will be in charge of the PTA and will be given for both schools. It is desirable that all students who are planning on entering either school be present at this time.
J.M. Jones Buys Tippins Grocery: The grocery business on Rural Street, which was known as Tippin’s Grocery, operated by Willis Tippin, has been purchased by J.M. Jones. Mr. Jones operates a store next to this one and it is his plan to combine the two stores and run them in the stand formerly used by Mr. Tippin. This will enable him to enlarge his stock, since this building is considerable larger than the one he now occupies. He will carry at all time fresh groceries, fruits, candies, cold drinks and notions.
Old Glory Floats Over Court House Lawn: A very fine specimen of “Old Glory” now floats proudly over the lawn at Conecuh County courthouse and generosity of some of our citizens. Supt. M.A. Hanks of the Department of Education took the initiative in raising funds and in supervising the erection of the flag. A long mast made of water pipe placed in a cement base was used for mounting the flag. Its erection has been the cause for much favorable comment among the citizens of the town and county.
120 YEARS AGO
AUG. 27, 1902
Snake Story: We have heard snake stories and snake stories, but the best we have yet heard or the biggest one for numbers, was told to us the other day by John W. Tisdale of Commerce. He said that while he and a number of others were working a road near his place a few days ago, one of them dug up a large moccasin snake which was cut in two with a hoe and in it was 71 small snakes from eight to 10 inches long. No one would question of the truthfulness of this story, being told by our good friend Tisdale, but he says there were 13 others who saw the wonderful sight.
John D. Burnett Jr. left Monday for West Point, New York, where he is attending the Military School.
Manager Thos. Johns of the Telephone Exchange with his family now occupy the residence in front of the Baptist church.
Rev. A.G. Mosley, pastor of the Baptist church, will return to Evergreen and will begin his regular services the first Sunday in September.
Mack Binion, the young son of E.M. Binion, happened to a very bad accident last week by being gored by one of his father’s cows, its horns lacerating the flesh between the knee and hip. At present, the little fellow is doing very well.
ZERU: The moonlight picnic on the grounds in front of Johnston’s store last Friday night was a marked success.
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