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| Wendell Hart |
53
YEARS AGO
MAY
18, 1961
“Gym almost ready at
Castleberry: The new $84,500 gymnasium at Castleberry received its finishing
touches and final inspection this week, it is announced today by Guy S. Kelly,
Superintendent of Education for Conecuh County Public Schools.
“In the above picture, Coach
Wayne Pope is wearing that ‘victory grin’ as he sees the painters putting on
the last touches. He hopes the gym will enable him to see his boys through a
larger percentage of victories in inter-school competition from now on. The
school auditorium is the only gym area available heretofore.
“An all fireproof building,
financed from the State Building Fund, the Castleberry gym is listed as the
most modern with the best facilities in this county and this entire area.
“The up-to-date glassed front
entrance opens into a long spacious lobby with a snack bar at one end and
restrooms at the other. Doors from the lobby also open into the gym area, girls
dressing rooms and a side entrance.
“The 98x75-foot gym area is
floored with 1-1/2 inch pecan and lighted with 24 skylights and 32 500-watt
bulbs. In daytime, the skylights provide ample lighting even in cloudy weather.
This will be a tremendous electrical savings, the coach said.
“No windows are in the gym,
but two 48-inch exhaust fans pull an ample supply of air through for
ventilation and comfort. It is heated with gas heat.
“The gym floor consists of
one regulation basketball court and two cross courts. To one side are five
sections of rolling gym seats that can be easily rolled in or out by one man.
They are designed to seat 500 people.
“The boys and girls dressing
rooms each consist of shower rooms, private offices and restrooms for the
instructors, locker space, ample area for classroom instruction, and chained
off storage room for physical education equipment.
“Some recreation equipment
has been provided by the town of Castleberry. Coach Pope said he would provide
a full program of summer recreation for the young folks in Castleberry with free
swimming lessons beginning some time in June.
“Pope said with the
construction of the gym facilities has come a marked boost of morale among the
entire student body. He said this has been recognized by all the teachers in
every area of the student activities including their studies.
“The building was constructed
by Hines Realty Co. of Brewton. M.C. Thomasson is the principal of the
Castleberry School.”
“Aggies Are Champs Of Rebel
Conference: The Evergreen Aggies captured the Rebel Conference crown Wednesday
afternoon in Flomaton by whipping the Hurricanes, 8-7, in nine innings.
“Frank Pugh went six innings
for the Aggies but Leon Stinson was credited with the victory as a reliever.
Knowles went all the way and absorbed the loss for the home crew.
“The Aggies scored seven runs
in the first two frames, but the Hurricanes came back with four in the fourth
and tied it in the seventh to send the game into extra innings.
“Ronnie Bolton walked to lead
off the visitors’ ninth and Stinson hit a tremendous two-out triple to deep
right field to provide the winning margin.”
“Whippets-Aggies: The Frisco
City Whippets took their second win over the Evergreen Aggies Thursday night in
Evergreen by the score of 8-2. Rodney Dunn hurled a one-hitter for the victors,
recording nine strikeouts.
“Frank Pugh was the loser as
Leon Stinson and Jimmy Weaver worked relief stints for the Aggies.
“The Whippets got five runs
in the initial frame was a bases-loaded triple by Sawyer, being the key blow.
“The visitors, who played
errorless ball for five innings, were guilty of four miscues in the sixth.
Those, along with Billy Melton’s single, managed to get two Aggies runs across
the plate.”
“Senior League Holds Player
Auctions: The Evergreen Senior League had its player auction Monday night and
player agent Wendell Hart announced the following are the teams for 1961.
“The Braves, managed by
Hubert Holcombe, are Sam Brown, Wayne Tolbert, Arlie Phillips, Tommy Hartley,
Joe Glass, Don Hansen, Johnny Snowden, Jerry Johnson, Don Holcombe, Sammy
Brown, Ronnie Jones, Donald Jones, Ronnie Jackson, Claude Aaron, Ernest
Sheffield and Roger Lathrop.
“The Indians, managed by J.J.
Weaver, are Pete Wolff, Bob Ivey, Ronnie Shaver, Robin Cox, Paul Keason, Keith
Pugh, Peter Tharpe, Jimmy Weaver, Jimmy Warren, Jimmy Ellis, Alvin Dees, Ray
Granade, Andy Moses, Stan Coker, Byron Kelly and Clint Ward.
“The Pirates, managed by
Chester Ellis, are Steve Baggett, David Phillips, Bob Tanner, Larry Bryant,
Larry Hardin, Eddie Thornley, Terry Salter, Marshall Dees, Bill Hinson, Scott
Cook, Ronnie Hayes, Leon Adams, John Brock, Jimmy Trainham, Jackie Frazier,
Robert Rigsby and Dennis Huggins.
“The Tigers, managed by
Luther McDonald, are John Croft, Willie Mack Pate, Homer Faulkner, Kenneth
Ralls, Calvin Smith, Bobby Sasser, Dale Dunn, Donnie Bolton, Sid Lambert,
Malcolm Croft, Michael Kilpatrick, Mitchell Kilpatrick, Michael Fields, Grady
Ralls and Joe Sasser.
“League president, Ben
Kilpatrick, announced league play begins at 6:30 p.m. on the evening of June
12. There will be games every Monday and Thursday, beginning at 6:30 until Aug.
10.
“Rained out games will be
made up on Saturday nights.”
“City Pool Opens Sunday, June
4: City Clerk Miller Sellers said today that the Evergreen Swimming Pool will
open on Sun., June 4, and would be open from 2 to 5 p.m. that day and be open
on a regular basis thereafter throughout the summer.
“Sellers also said that
season tickets to the pool are now on sale at $10 for adults and $6 for
elementary school students. These tickets may be purchased from Coach Wendell
Hart.”
68 YEARS AGO
MAY 16, 1946
“Evergreen Will Play
Andalusia Sunday P.M.: The Evergreen-Monroeville game was postponed because of
wet grounds Sunday. There will be a game here Sunday at 3 p.m. with Andalusia.
A game has also been scheduled there on May 23.
“The manager of the local
club is Mr. Zell Murphy. Mr. J.H. Mosley is secretary and business manager.”
“BOY SCOUT NEWS: Mr. Kinzer
let Mr. Mac borrow his truck to take the troop swimming last Tuesday afternoon.
The water was cold but the boys enjoyed it. We plan to go down to the pool for
our meeting next Monday afternoon. Plans for our camping trips to be held in
June will be discussed.”
83 YEARS AGO
MAY 21, 1931
“Hickory Peavy Handles and
Ash Baseball Bats, 75 cents each. Fancy Ornamental Wood Turning. Garden Pottery
Made From Clay, Concrete or Plaster in Designs to Your Order. Expert Repairing
and Tool Grinding. Dewey Gibson Mfg. Co. Box 321.”
113 YEARS AGO
MAY 15, 1901
“SPECIAL SALE! SPECIAL SALE!
– In a few weeks, the dull, hot summer months will be here and we are
determined to reduce our stock several thousand dollars at once, and have cut
prices on every article in our large stock – One box, 100 good fish hooks,
worth five cents a dozen in other stores, here per hundred – Etheridge Bros.,
Exclusive spot cash and only Low Price House.”
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