25 YEARS AGO
MAY 2, 1991
Local weather observer Harry
Ellis reported 1.60 inches of rain on April 22, .09 inches on April 24, .55
inches on April 25 and .15 inches on April 26. He reported a high of 84 on
April 28 and a low of 51 on April 22.
Claude Nielsen is new CEO for
Coke: Crawford T. Johnson III at the Annual Shareholders Meeting of Coca-Cola
Bottling Co. United, Inc. on April 23, 1991 announced his retirement as Chief
Executive Officer of the company and the appointment of Claude B. Nielsen as
President and Chief Executive Officer.
Claude B. Nielsen has served
as President and Chief Operating Officer of Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United, Inc.
since Feb. 1, 1990. He assumes the responsibilities of Chief Executive Officer
effective May 1, 1991.
Former resident to appear on
‘Wheel of Fortune’: A former Conecuh County resident is scheduled to appear on
the television game show “Wheel of Fortune” Tues., May 7, 1991.
Anthony Evans, son of Edgar
and Adrain Evens of Freehold, N.J., is a senior at Freehold High School. He is
the grandson of Lou Allen Evans and the late Ellie Evans of Rt. 1, Evergreen.
Lance Cpl. Craig Palmer and
his wife, Joy, removed his yellow ribbon from the fence in downtown Evergreen
last week. Joy had placed the yellow ribbon on the fence when Craig was sent to
Saudi Arabia and was thankful that Craig was able to remove the ribbon himself
last week.
40 YEARS AGO
MAY 6, 1976
Local weather observer Earl Windham reported .4 inches of
rain on April 30. He reported a high of 84 degrees on April 29 and a low of 39
on April 27.
Patsy Watson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Watson of
Bermuda, was crowned Conecuh County’s Bicentennial Belle at the Festival at
Middleton Field Airport, Saturday. Congressman Bill Dickinson did the honors
and was surprised and pleased when the lovely Patsy thanked him with a kiss.
Mrs. Dianne Williams lacked only a few feet of getting
her car clear of the railroad tracks before a train hit the rear of it last
Thursday. She was crossing from East Front to West Front at the bridge crossing
when the traffic light changed red. A pickup truck was stopped in front her.
She blew her horn and finally drove into the truck, but still lacked those few
inches. Fortunately, she was not injured.
Heavy vote Tuesday: There was an unusually heavy turnout
of voters in Tuesday’s primary elections and they completed nominating
Democratic candidates for county offices in all but one race. Approximately
5,050 voted Tuesday, compared to about 5,150 in 1974’s first primary when there
were races for governor and sheriff which are usually more attractive to
voters.
The only runoff is in District 2, Place 4, where veteran
commissioner C.L. Smith lacked 92 votes of obtaining a majority in a three-man
race. Smith led with 1,154 votes, Bert Gorum qualified for the runoff with 807
and E. Eugene Darby had 439.
55 YEARS AGO
MAY 4, 1961
Local CAP cadet wins top
national award: Cadet 1st Lt. Marvin Padgett has been selected as
the national recipient for the 1961 Frank G. Brewer – Civil Air Patrol Memorial
Aerospace Award. The selection was made by a special committee at the National
CAP Headquarters, Ellington Air Force Base, Texas.
Lt. Padgett, a cadet in the
Evergreen Composite Squadron of the CAP, is congratulated by Commander C.P.
Strong.
A charter member of the
Evergreen CAP cadets, Lt. Padgett joined in the summer of 1958 and has missed
only three of the weekly meetings since then.
At Evergreen High School,
where Lt. Padgett is a junior this year, he is a member of the Dramatics Club,
Journalism Club, Beta Club and Echo staff. After finishing high school, he
plans to enter the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
Three teenage boys were
arrested in Brewton Friday by Conecuh County Sheriff James Brock and FBI Agent
Jules Hubbard after the three had wrecked a stolen car in Castleberry
Wednesday.
The three 15-year-old boys
confessed stealing the car. They were arrested in the home of one boy’s
grandmother.
Brock said the car, a 1955
Chevrolet station wagon, was stolen Tuesday. The boys drove to Castleberry
Tuesday night to see a relative and while driving around in the vicinity they
wrecked it.
Brock said an all-out search
was staged for the boys before the Friday arrest.
They were jailed in
Evergreen, awaiting a federal agent from Mobile to pick them up.
70 YEARS AGO
MAY 2, 1946
Handy Ellis, candidate for
Governor in the forthcoming primary election, spoke here last Friday night from
the bandstand in the business section of town, using a public address system.
He was heard by several hundred persons most of whom were sitting in
automobiles around the business section.
Mr. Ellis was introduced by
H.D. Weathers, his campaign manager for Conecuh County, who lauded his fine
record in the legislature for the past quarter of a century.
The appearance of Mr. Ellis
was the second of the gubernatorial candidates to speak in Evergreen. Big Jim
Folsom appeared here several weeks ago.
James Nelson Golson Loses
Life In Pacific: The following from a Mobile paper will be of interest here
since Mr. and Mrs. L.P. Golson formerly lived in this county and have many
relatives here among the Golson and Northcutt families:
Mr. and Mrs. L.P. Golson Sr.
of Plateau had been advised today that their son, James Nelson Golson, 32,
drowned when he fell overboard from a ship in Kwalalein Harbor, Marshall
Islands, April 22.
Waterman Steamship Corp.
officials here were advised the accidental drowning of Golson, who was third
assistant engineer on the WV Wall Knot, occurred as the seaman moved to shore
on a smaller vessel.
The body was not recovered,
according to a radio message received from the master of the Wall Knot.
85 YEARS AGO
MAY 7, 1931
Chevrolet President Visits
Here Monday: Mr. W.K. Knudsen, president of the Chevrolet Motor Co. and
vice-president of General Motors Corp., accompanied by Mr. D.E. Ralston,
General Sales Manager of the Chevrolet Co., was in Evergreen Monday morning for
a short while paying a visit to the local Chevrolet agency. These gentlemen are
making a cross section trip through this entire zone visiting dealers at all
points touched. The local dealer, Mr. C.W. Wilson, feels justly proud that his
place was included in their itinerary.
Farmer Killed By Lightning
Strike: George Stallworth, farmer living four miles north of Belleville, was
killed by lightning late Monday afternoon, according to reports reaching here
Wednesday.
It is said that Stallworth
was at his home alone at the time the incident occurred, his family being
engaged in the berry fields near Castleberry. His body was found by neighbors
sometime Tuesday, lying in a path between his house and his pasture. It is
thought that he had gone to the pasture to turn out his cows and was stricken
while on the way.
J.D. Skinner and several
others from Belleville held an inquest over the body soon after its discovery
and returned a coroner’s verdict that he came to his death as a result of
lightning.
According to reports, the
clothing was practically torn from his body.
Paving of the
Castleberry-Brewton highway is now about half complete.
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