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| Alabama Gov. Frank M. Dixon |
30 YEARS AGO
NOV. 21, 1985
Evergreen’s Christmas parade
will be held this Sat., Nov. 23, at 3 p.m.
This year’s parade promises
to be one of the best yet. This year’s parade will feature bands from Southern
Normal, Conecuh County High School and Evergreen High School. There will also
be a division for horses as well as many floats and cars. There will be
something for everyone.
The City of Evergreen hosted
a welcome to Evergreen supper Friday night at Giuseppi’s honoring Chemi Linz
Corporation of Austria which will begin construction of a $10 million
manufacturing facility here early next year. Chemi Linz officials present were
Anthony Baker, project manager, and Dr. Peter Woisetschlager, plant consultant.
City officials present
included Mayor Pat Poole and Councilmen Aubrey Padgett, Jones Sasser, T.L. Sims
and John Claiborne, City Clerk Miller Sellers, City Attorney Tommy Chapman and
Chief of Police James Powell.
The TG&Y Family Center in
Evergreen will hold a grand re-opening today after extensive remodeling. A
ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at nine o’clock this morning and the store
is celebrating with a big, three-day grand re-opening sale today, Friday and
Saturday with many prizes to be given away and bargains throughout the store.
TG&Y opened its local
center on June 8, 1978 and has served the people of this area continuously
since that time.
45 YEARS AGO
NOV. 19, 1970
City Council approves record
budget Tues.: The final half of the 1970-71 budget for the City of Evergreen
was approved Tuesday night by the City Council. City Clerk Miller Sellers said
that with the approval of a $268,765.15 budget for the Utilities Department the
Council had approved a total budget that exceeds any in the city’s history.
The Council had earlier
approved a General Fund budget for $329,189.30, making a total budget for the
fiscal year of $597,954.45.
Burt commended for Vietnam
service: Michael Burt, airman in the U.S. Navy, has been commended by his
commanding officer Captain N.P. Foss for “outstanding performance of duty while
attached to and serving in USS Hancock (CVA-19) as Ground Support Equipment
Petty Officer from 1 September 1969 to 26 March 1970 during combat operations
against the enemy.”
Burt has completed four years
of Navy duty and he and his wife, the former Marlene Hall, are now living in
Evergreen. The Lyeffion High School graduate is the son of Mr. and Mrs. David
Burt Jr. of Route 2, Evergreen.
Chairman Guy Mason of the
Conecuh County Commission is recovering slowly at University Medical Center
from burns suffered two weeks ago in accident at his Conoco distributorship
here.
Mason suffered severe burns
on Wednesday night, Nov. 4, when gasoline was ignited in a freakish accident
moments after he had completed loading a delivery truck from a tank truck.
60 YEARS AGO
NOV. 17, 1955
John A. Pruitt, age 68, well
known and much esteemed farmer of the Belleville community, passed away quite
unexpectedly Thurs., Nov. 10, about 9:30 a.m.
Mr. Pruitt was born and
reared in Butler County but moved to this county when about 18 years of age and
had resided here since except for the time he spent in the service during World
War I. Interment was in the Ramah Cemetery.
A meeting of alumni and
friends of the University of Alabama will be held at the Evergreen High School
lunchroom Wednesday evening at 7:00 for the purpose of organizing an alumni
group in Conecuh County, Mack English, who is acting as temporary chairman for
the local alumni, said today.
Water customers were warned
today to conserve water, as the pump on one of the city’s two wells is out of
order, city clerk G.L. Wilkinson said today. There is an adequate water supply,
if all consumers will conserve in using water, particularly by not watering
lawns until the well is put back into commission.
The situation was brought up
before the council Tuesday night, and the council recommended that the Water
Board look into the matter of drilling another well.
In other business at the
council meeting, a resolution to place a traffic policeman at the intersection
of West Front and Rural Streets during rush hours was approved. Those hours
approved were from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., and 3:45 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
75 YEARS AGO
NOV. 21, 1940
Capt. W.D. Lewis,
commander of the local national guard unit, Battery C, 117th Field Artillery,
has ordered all men under his command to report to the armory on Monday
morning, Nov. 25, at eight o’clock, for preparatory duty prior to the unit’s
departure for Camp Blanding, Fla., where they will spend a year in intensive
military training. About 99 men are expected to make the trip.
Plans are now to have the guardsmen in Camp Blanding on
or near the 11th of December where they will become a unit in the regular army.
At the regular drill Tuesday
night, 2nd Lt. John C. Holman was elected first lieutenant in the place of
Homer F. Kindig, who recently resigned.
Frank M. Dixon, Governor of
the State of Alabama, “dropped in” for a visit here on Friday of last week en
route to the coast.
Governor Dixon arrived here
about lunch time and visited the courthouse and other offices to chat with a
few of his friends. From Evergreen, Gov. Dixon journeyed to the coast where it
was said he spent some time hunting and fishing.
It has been pointed out that
the visit of the Governor to the courthouse marked the first time that an
Alabama governor has ever entered the courthouse after he was elected, but the
authenticity of this has not been established.
In a story appearing in the
Alabama Journal Sunday, Evergreen and Birmingham tied Saturday for the second
coldest spot (in the state) with a low of 15 degrees.
96 YEARS AGO
NOV. 19, 1919
Dr. and Mrs. W.F. Betts
reached home last week from New Orleans where they have been for several weeks,
the Doctor taking special work in medicine and surgery. Their many friends are
glad to have them back.
The violin solo at the
Methodist church last Sunday morning by Mrs. F.F. Feagin was greatly enjoyed by
the congregation. She is an expert with the violin.
LOST – Suitcase between
Belleville and Brewton containing ladies wearing apparel. Liberal reward if
returned to Rogers Mercantile Company, Brewton, Ala.
Gregville: The baptizing was
postponed from last Sunday till next. Quite a large crowd was present but for
some reason the pastor was absent.
The box supper on Flat Rock
on Saturday night was a great success. There were people from different parts
of the county. Among them were W.D. Brown Jr. of Owassa and Victor Brown of
Wilcox.
Holly Grove is coming to the
front. A Sunday School has been organized and is making great progress with
Miss Lott as Superintendent. The enrollment increases every Sunday.
It is learned that Mr. Rhodes
has sold his turpentine business to Mr. Pomer of Florida, who will take
possession Jan. 1, 1920.
The school (at Bermuda) is
progressing nicely. We are sorry to say that Mrs. Buffings will not assist in
the school any longer than December.
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