The Evergreen Courant's News Flashback for Nov. 5, 2024

Senator Lister Hill

24 YEARS AGO
NOV. 9, 2000

Work on the new Conecuh County Jail is continuing at a steady pace, according to Billy Mims, EMA Director. As of Oct. 31, the project is 19 percent into construction and should make the completion date in June 2001. The $3.395 million project will not only house adult inmates, but it will also have a juvenile section that will house six males and six females. It will be designed to hold 113 adults and will have male and female sections. 2WR/Architects, Inc. of Montgomery designed the 22,000-square foot structure and Sadd Construction of Mobile has been contracted to do the construction.

The Savage home, as it has been known for years, was completely removed last week, heading for its final resting place in Sugargum Bottom. According to the records found at the Evergreen-Conecuh County Public Library the first deed was sold by Isaac and Julia Griffith to John H. and George R. Farnham and Co. on July 1, 1873 before the house was built. On March 18, 1882, the same lot was sold by the Farnhams to T.J. Ansley. He kept the property until 1890, at that time the deed shows that he sold the lot and house to C.B. Savage on Dec. 17, 1890, indicating that the house was built between the years of 1882 and 1890. In 1928-1929, Mrs. Patrick Burt operated the home as a high-class, well-to-do boarding house for drummers (traveling salesmen) and state workers.

Total rainfall for the month of October was .35 of an inch.

39 YEARS AGO
NOV. 14, 1985

Ten young ladies will compete for the coveted title of Conecuh County Junior Miss of 1986 on Saturday night at the annual Conecuh County Junior Miss Program at Evergreen City School auditorium at seven o’clock. The lovely young teenage ladies who are competing for Conecuh County Junior Miss are Leah Carrier, Sparta Academy; Joy Caylor, Evergreen High School; Jennifer Evers, Evergreen High School; Tammie Gill, Lyeffion High School; Robin Hoffman, Evergreen High School; Tracy Holmes, Sparta Academy; Carol Kendrick, Sparta Academy; Angelia Sellers, Sparta Academy; Karen Varner, Evergreen High School; and Lynn Williams, Sparta Academy.

State Senator Frances (Sister) Strong of Demopolis and Representative Jimmy Warren of Castleberry present a legislative resolution to President Wiley Salter of Ed E. Reid State Technical College, officially naming the new building at the college the Wiley Salter Auditorium and Administration Building. The building is fast nearing completion.

Sgt. Randy R. Hildreth, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Hildreth, of Rt. C, Evergreen, has recently been re-assigned to the Tactical Air Command at Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Earl Windham reports no rain.

Emmett Murphy, 84, of 309 Bruner Ave., Evergreen, died on Thurs., Nov. 7, in a Brewton hospital. He was a retired Evergreen businessman, having owned and operated The City Café for a number of years.

54 YEARS AGO
NOV. 12, 1970

J.E. (Jimmy) Warren of Castleberry takes the oath of office as Member of the Alabama House of Representatives, District 34, Place 2 before Circuit Judge Robert E.L. Key. Mrs. Warren held the Bible during the ceremony in Judge Key’s chambers Saturday morning.

These are the two gasoline trucks which were involved in the accident in which Guy Mason, chairman of the Conecuh County Commission, was severely burned last Wednesday night. Mason had transferred gasoline from the larger, transport truck on the right to the smaller, delivery truck on the left, according to reports, and he failed to disconnect a switch which operated the pump. When he started to back up the truck, the connection sparked igniting the gasoline.

Sat., Nov. 14, is the last day to buy car tags. The offices of the Tax Assessor, Tax Collector and Judge of Probate will be open all day Saturday so that county residents may buy their tags without paying a late penalty. As of noon Wednesday, approximately 1,000 people had not bought their tags.

Specialist Four Carlvin Hessell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Hessell, Rt. 2, Evergreen, recently received his second award of the Army Commendation Medal while serving with the 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam.

69 YEARS AGO
NOV. 10, 1955

The Southern Bell Telephone Co. estimates that its telephones in Evergreen by the end of 1955 will be 1,331 or about three times as many as those in service 10 years ago, Mr. P.J. Kreis Jr., Group Manager of the company said here today.

Container Corporation of America will build a $30 million bleached sulphate pulp and board mill at Brewton, Ala., Leo H. Schoenhofen, Senior Vice President, announced Wednesday.

The appointment of Bill Gaines as Conecuh County chairman for this year’s S-D Day campaign has been announced by Circuit Judge George Wallace, Clayton, State S-D Day campaign chairman.

It was announced today by C.H. O’Gwynn Foreman, International Paper Company Woodyard Castleberry, Ala., that free seedling will be available again this year in Conecuh County.
Gaines was named for this appointment by McEdward M. Nolan, Birmingham, State chairman of the Junior Chamber of Commerce Traffic Safety Committee. Directors of the State Jaycees recently voted to undertake the S-D Day project as part of their continuing traffic safety project.
S-D Day is Dec. 1 throughout the nation, when ‘the challenge will be – not a single traffic accident during the 24-hour period, in daylight or darkness,’ Judge Wallace said. This will be the second annual S-D Day promoted by President Eisenhower’s Committee for Traffic Safety.

84 YEARS AGO
NOV. 14, 1940

The Courant is in receipt of a telegram from Lister Hill, United States Senator, in which he advises that the president has approved the amount of $154,543 for countywide improvement to roads in Conecuh County.

President Roosevelt last week proclaimed Thurs., Nov. 21, as Thanksgiving Day. It was the second time the chief executive had set Thanksgiving a week earlier than the customary last Thursday in November, which this year falls on Nov. 28. The reason the president has set the day a week earlier than usual is to benefit the merchants by providing a longer interval between the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.

The official draft quota for Conecuh County was set at 46 men last week by draft officials. Sixteen of this number will be drawn from Board No. 1 and 30 from Board No. 2. These men are subject to call on June 30, 1940.

Hal Ryland, 48, a veteran of the World War and one of Bermuda’s most highly respected and best loved citizens, died at his home at 12 o’clock Saturday night, Nov. 9.
Although he had been in ill health for several years, death was due to pneumonia which developed after he had sustained severe injuries when knocked down by a mule the preceding Wednesday.

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