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| Bill Parsons |
14 YEARS AGO
JULY 8, 1999
“HHS Physicals: Hillcrest High School physicals will be given Thurs., July 22, 1999 at 8 a.m. at Dr. Mark Roberts office. Any athlete that will be participating in any sport at Hillcrest should be there at this time. Athletes should contact Coach Hudson at the high school for paperwork.”
“Evergreen Football Sign-Up: The Evergreen Jaguar Tiny Mite and Pee Wee football team will have sign-ups on Sat., July 10, (1999) at Carver Recreation Center from 9 a.m. until 12 noon. Any kids age 8 to 13 years old are eligible. There are no boundaries this year, you can play with any county team.”
“Castleberry Football Sign-Up: Castleberry football sign-up for ages 7-13 will be held Sat., July 10, (1999) from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., $25 sign-up fee and a copy of the child’s birth certificate are needed. For more information, call Glen Gary.”
29 YEARS AGO
JULY 12, 1984
“These are the members of the Evergreen Little League All Stars: Richard Melton, Keith Richardson, Broderick Gross, Bryan Garrett, Ryan Burt, Mickey Jones and Michael Floyd, Kevin Townson, Jamie Deason, Greg Stanton, Jamie Shipp, Scott Jones, Richard Byrd and Kenny Meeks; Coaches Willie Byrd and Earnest Boykin.”
44 YEARS AGO
JULY 10, 1969
“Joe Brown repeats as club champion: Joe Brown successfully defended his championship in the Evergreen Golf Club’s annual club tournament, limited to members, held July 4. Joe had to get by two extra hole matches with Brown Boykin and Henry Kinzer to enter the finals where he defeated Bill Kitchens.
“Results by flights listing winner, runnerup and consolation winners follow:
“Championship, Joe Brown, Bill Kitchens, Brown Boykin.
“1st Flight, Joe Nix, Benny Crum, Charles Lambert.
“2nd Flight, Randy Moorer, Bonnie King, Bob Smiley.
“3rd Flight, Eddie Thornley, Johnny Thornley, James Ansley.
“4th Flight, Quinton Buras, Danny Petrey, Buddy Coleman.”
“Jaycees to stage horse show July 26 Lenox show arena: The Evergreen Jaycees will hold their sixth annual horse show on Sat., July 26, in the Lenox Arena. The show is approved as a Class A Show by the Alabama Horseman’s Association. “The show will get underway at 4 p.m. with 28 classes. Barbecue will also be served by the Lenox Community Improvement Club starting at four o’clock.
“Clay Parsons of Bessemer will be walking horse judge and Dr. Earl Wiggins of Auburn will be the Western Judge. Mrs. Ruth Miller of Greenville will be the organist. Dr. Carl Wilson is veterinarian.
“Pete Hicks is show chairman, Jimmy Bell is secretary and Harold Ryals will be master of ceremonies. Robert Moorer, immediate past president of the Jaycees, is general chairman.”
59 YEARS AGO
JULY 8, 1954
“Rec Program Forming City Softball League: A city softball league is in the process of organizing, according to Recreation Director Bill Parsons. The league will probably have six teams and games will be played at night. The league is sponsored by the City Recreation Department and games will be played in Brooks Stadium.
“Coach Parsons states that so far five organization have agreed to sponsor teams. Alma Martin Post 50 of The American Legion, Evergreen Junior Chamber of Commerce, Evergreen Equipment Co., The Spotlite and Southern Coach Mfg. Co., Inc. have all agreed to enter teams. Coach Parsons needs another sponsor to complete the league organization. “Any persons interested in playing on one of these teams may contact Coach Parsons at the Recreation Center. It is planned to have games two nights a week.
“Tonight The Spotlite will play Evergreen Equipment in a practice game at 7:30. Several practice games are planned before the actual league competition gets underway.”
“Handicap Tournament Planned By Golf Club: A handicap tournament has been planned by the Evergreen Golf Club it is announced today by newly elected President C.T. Ivey. Mr. Ivey succeeded L.W. Price Jr. as head of the local golfer’s organization. Mr. Price had served as president for several years.
“The local club is holding the handicap tournament for the first time in several years. Two similar tournaments were held in recent years and proved very popular. Play in this year’s tournament is to get underway Wed., July 21, according to Herman Bolden who is committee chairman.
“In a handicap tournament the better players have to give strokes to those not quite as good so that any player has a good chance of winning the tournament. The handicap strokes make a match between golfers of different quality even.
“Entry fee for this year’s tournament has been set at $1.50. Trophies will be awarded to the winner, runnerup and consolation winners. Losers in first round matches will form a consolation flight and play for the consolation trophy.
“To qualify for the tournament players should turn in their entry fee and post the score they usually shoot by noon, Mon., July 19, to any member of the tournament committee or The Courant office. Committee members are Herman Bolden, G.L. Wilkinson, Bill Gibbons, J.H. Robison, P.L. Pace and Bob Bozeman. This committee will set handicaps from the scores turned in.
“The first matches will be played Wednesday afternoon and everyone must play on this afternoon. After that, each successive match must be played within five days. All club members and any others interested in participating will be welcomed in the tournament.”
“Swimming classes are now being conducted by City Recreation Director Bill Parsons. He can still accept a number of students for instruction in swimming and diving. The classes are being conducted by the City Recreation Department and offered free of charge.”
74 YEARS AGO
JULY 13, 1939
“Evergreen Meets Atmore Here Sunday Afternoon: The local baseball team will meet the team from Atmore at Gantt Field next Sunday afternoon at 3:30. All baseball fans are urged to be on hand for what promises to be one of the best games of the season. Evergreen goes to Atmore for two games this (Thursday) afternoon.
“The locals staged a comeback in the game with Brewton here last Sunday afternoon by the one-sided score of 11 to 1.”
“Boy Scout Bulletin: The regular meeting held on Monday night was opened with the pledge to the flag. Patrols were reorganized and each held its meeting. After the Indian benediction, Mr. McMillian served watermelon. Plans were made to dam up Cane Creek so the swimming will become deeper.”
“John Linta, 17, a high school boy of Mansfield, Ohio, has made a pole vault of 13 feet, 10 inches, only a little more than five inches under the Olympic record.”
“At Wilson, N.C., a newspaper announced that the new baseball park there would be opened without fanfare. A lot of people thought that meant fans would be admitted free.”
“A congenial party composed of Dr. and Mrs. W.R. Carter and children, Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Carter Sr., Miss Lynette Carter, Billie and Buddie Stallworth and Lee Stallworth enjoyed a Thursday evening outing to Little River State Park, where they had a picnic supper and enjoyed swimming.”
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