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34 YEARS AGO
MAY 13, 1982
Local weather observer Earl
Windham reported 1.28 inches of rain on May 8. He reported a high of 88 on May
6 and a low of 49 on May 9.
Wayne Stafford is the new
owner of Evergreen radio station WBLO, having assumed ownership Monday morning.
He and Marv Heffington, the station’s new manager, are congratulated by Ernie
Ashworth, noted country music and Grand Ole Opry entertainer, who is also Mrs.
Stafford’s (Wanda) brother. Ashworth will become a familiar figure around
Evergreen as he assists Marv and Wayne as they make improvements at the
station.
Tommy Shipp of Castleberry
showed the Grand Champion of the 17th Annual Conecuh County FFA and
4-H Market Hog Show held here Monday morning at the Evergreen Cooperative
Stockyard Show Arena. Jeff Little, owner of Little’s Super Market in
Castleberry, paid a premium $1 per pound for this fine home.
Dr. Sergeant’s death is
shock: This community and county were shocked by the unexpected death of Dr.
Charles Kendall Sergeant of an apparent massive heart attack suffered at his
office Saturday afternoon, May 8.
Private memorial services
were held Wednesday at his home at 307 Perryman St., conducted by Dr. Lamar
Jackson.
Dr. Sergeant was a board
surgeon of extremely high qualifications and greatly respected in his
profession. He had practiced as a surgeon and as a family physician here for
over four years and had earned the love and respect of the people of this area.
49 YEARS AGO
MAY 11, 1967
The 4th annual Conecuh County Market Hog Show
will be held Mon., May 15, at the Conecuh Stockyards. Registration begins at
5:30 a.m., the show at 8:30 a.m. and the sale of the show hogs at 1 p.m. Over
100 head of top quality market hogs are to be shown.
C.L. Kamplain is show chairman and D.C. Fleming is
advisory chairman.
Open house will be observed at the Conecuh County
Hospital this Sunday afternoon from 2 until 4:30 o’clock, according to Milston
Sullivan, administrator.
The board of trustees and the entire staff of Conecuh
County Hospital invite the public to come and inspect the hospital during this
time. Of special interest will be the recently completed new seven private
rooms.
LTJG Freddie J. Patten, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene E.
Patten of 401 Belleville St., Evergreen, Ala., is presently serving with Attack
Squadron Twenty-Three, a light jet attack squadron temporarily based at U.S.
Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif.
LTJG Patten is a three-time veteran of the Vietnam
Campaign. He has served with the U.S. Advisory Group to the Vietnam Air Force
and served as Weapons Officer, Attack Squadron Twenty-Three, about USS Midway
(CVA-41) and USS Coral Sea (CVA-43), during their deployment in the defense
against communist aggression in Southeast Asia.
64 YEARS AGO
MAY 8, 1952
Conecuh County voters went to
the polls Tuesday to select nominees for state, district and county offices,
climaxing one of the quietest campaigns this county has seen in many years. As
a consequence, only some 2,668 ballots were cast out of a possible more than
4,000 qualified list. Ideal weather prevailed throughout the day.
Bill Robinson and Pace
Bozeman of the Junior Class have been named to represent Evergreen High School
at the annual Boys State in Tuscaloosa this June.
Cpl. Robert Johnston, son of Mr. and Mrs. Newton E.
Johnston, Bruner Avenue, returned to the U.S. recently after serving eight
months overseas. Cpl. Johnston’s overseas service included combat duty in
Korea.
He entered active service with Battery “C,” 117th
Field Artillery Battalion, local National Guard Unit, in January 1951. He went
overseas as a replacement after a period of training at Fort Jackson, S.C.
Cpl. Johnston, known familiarly here as “Sleepy,” is a
graduate of Evergreen High School.
Miss Wilma Maurice Golson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otis
Benjamin Golson, will marry Robert Gaston Bozeman Jr. on Sun., June 8, it is
announced today by her parents.
Miss Golson is a popular member of the graduating class
of the Evergreen High School.
Mr. Bozeman is the son of Robert Gaston Bozeman Sr. and
the late Mrs. Susan Dickey Bozeman. He is a veteran of World War II, serving
overseas with the 1st Marine Division.
79 YEARS AGO
MAY 13
Exhumed Body Was Not That Of
Missing Man: The remains of an unidentified man who was buried here on New
Year’s Day was exhumed Wednesday at the request of relatives of W.I. Bozeman of
near Chapman in the hopes that the body might prove to be that of Bozeman, who
has been missing from home since Dec. 16. Relatives, including his wife and
several children, viewed the body, examined the clothing and were convinced
that it was not that of the husband and father of whom they have been
searching.
The body exhumed was found on
the L&N Railroad track near Wilcox by a train crew. It was brought here and
every effort made to identify. Failing in this, officers ordered it interred in
the old cemetery. The man apparently had been killed by a train several hours
before he was found.
Bozeman’s relatives hearing
about the occurrence and knowing that it happened shortly after he had
disappeared from home, began an investigation. As a result, they secured
permission to exhume the body for examination.
The missing man is said to
have left home to hunt work and told his people that he was going to Evergreen
to see if he might not secure a job with the crew engaged in building the
overhead bridge. He has not been heard from since he left home.
Announcement is made
elsewhere in this issue of The Courant of the purchase by J.C. (Cary) Murphy of
the City Café, popular restaurant, formerly operated by J. Arthur Lewis.
94 YEARS AGO
MAY 10, 1922
The following is the
commencement schedule of the State Secondary Agricultural School at Evergreen…
Wednesday, May 31st, 8 p.m., Graduating Exercises; Address by Dr.
Spright Dowell, President Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn.
The senior class is the
largest in the history of the institution, numbering 17 boys and 15 girls. The
class roll is as follows: Ruby Allen, Annie D. Brooks, Ira Mae Bryant, Julius
Edward Chapman, Harry Edwin Dickinson, Reginald Rex Golson, Eva Myrtle Hurst,
Daisy Leigh Harvell, Helen Lucille Hagood, Charles Thaddeus Ivey, Aline Marie
Johnson, Battie Drucilla Johnson, Mary Allen Johnson, Martha Jennings Lundy,
Carl Henry Middleton, Algia French Miller, Benjamin Franklin Miller, Carlos
Holgrove Mills, Samuel Robert Morris, Claudia Oswald, Ollie Phares, John Carey
Pritchett, James Edward Ridgeway, Joseph Pickett Rutland, Lucy Clare Shannon,
Johnnie Mae Shoemaker, Henry James Smith, Lemuel Robert Stallworth, Robert Lee
Stallworth, John Deming Stearns, Charles Robert Taliaferro Jr. and Sara Elsie
Williamson.
The board of directors of the
Chamber of Commerce has chosen the following officers: Dr. W.F. Betts,
President; W.B. Ivey, Vice President; Byron Tisdale, Treasurer; R.A. Winston,
Secretary.
Edward C. Barnes was
reappointed on Monday by President Harding to be Postmaster at Evergreen. This
makes the third successive term for which Mr. Barnes has received appointment.
He has been a most acceptable postmaster and the appointment will meet with
general satisfaction.
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