18 YEARS AGO
AUG. 26, 1999
Evergreen weather observer Harry Ellis reported 0.24 inches
of rain on Aug. 20. He reported a high of 99 degrees on Aug. 18 and lows of 68
degrees on Aug. 20 and Aug. 21.
Members of the Conecuh County Heritage Committee recently
presented several of the completed county histories to the Evergreen-Conecuh
County Public Library. When the series is completed, the library will have 67
volumes and one index on file. Pictured are Committee Chairperson Dot Crook,
John Currie representing the library, Topical Coordinator Willene Whatley and
Family Coordinator Lula Goodson. Not pictured is Treasurer Margaret Gaston.
Nancy Deabler was officially made principal of Repton Junior
High Aug. 2 by the Conecuh County Board of Education. Deabler had been teaching
the physically handicapped in the Escambia County School System in Atmore.
She attended Auburn University and received a bachelor’s
degree in special education and two master’s degrees. Her first master’s was in
administration and her second was in elementary and secondary curriculum. She
has worked at various schools in the Alabama school system for 24 years.
School began for the students on Aug. 13 and so did a few
problems for Deabler. In her first week, Deabler was confronted with a gas
leak, a water leak and a power outage due to an electrical storm. Besides those
minor problems, Deabler says everything is going pretty well.
43 YEARS AGO
AUG. 29, 1974
Evergreen weather
observer Earl Windham reported 0.3 inches of rain on Aug. 18 and 0.6 inches on
Aug. 21. He reported a high of 93 degrees on Aug. 18 and a low of 68 on Aug.
18.
Cecil Andrews holds this big rattlesnake which he killed on
Judge Robert E.L. Key’s property on Sparta Road. The snake had 12 rattles and
was five feet long.
A Florida man lost his life when the pickup truck he was
driving collided with the trailer of a Delchamps delivery truck in front of the
Evergreen Golf Club on Tuesday afternoon of last week. The pickup was torn into
several pieces and man and front end of it crushed under the trailer in the
portion you see here.
NATIONAL FHA PRESIDENT – Victoria Pope, National Future
Homemakers of America president from Castleberry, talks with Isabelle
Thomasson, member, State Board of Education, after addressing the state board
at a meeting last week.
Smokey Bear presents a certificate to Sharon Sellers who
read the most books (42) in his Summer Reading Program at the Conecuh County
Public Library. Looking on are Mrs. Clara Trawick, librarian, and County Ranger
Lamar Haskew of the State Forestry Commission, sponsors of the reading program
this summer. Robert Owens, Kim Owens and Sandy Barnes were runners-up to
Sharon.
68 YEARS AGO
AUG. 25, 1949
State Turnpike Voted By Lower House: The House of
Representatives by a vote of 50 to 15 approved this week a measure providing
for a four-lane turnpike stretching from the Tennessee line to the Gulf of
Mexico. It was estimated that the 400-mile road would cost between 35 and 40
million dollars. The bill is now in the Senate for action.
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Golson and children, Maurice and Danny,
are spending a week at Little River State Park.
Susan Bozeman celebrated her ninth birthday on Tuesday with
a picture show party.
Howard Holman, a nephew of J.C. Holman, was recently killed
in an accident in a saw mill at Colt, Arkansas, where his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Morgan Holman, live.
First Lt. H.S. Gentry Jr., who has just returned from
overseas, spent several days recently with his grandmother, Mrs. W.M. Cardwell.
Mr. and Mrs. Knud Nielsen Jr. returned Wednesday from a trip
to New York and Boston.
Mrs. J.M. King and children, Sara, John and Louise, have
returned to their home in Phoenix, Arizona, having spent the past two weeks
with friends and relatives in Old Town community.
PIX THEATRE – “Streets of Laredo” – William Holden – William
Bendix – Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 22-23 – Color by Technicolor!
93 YEARS AGO
AUG. 27, 1924
Death of Twins: The Death Angel twice visited the family of
Mr. and Mrs. D.M. Chastine last week, taking their twin sons, Reginald and
Roland. The former died at an early hour Monday and the latter the following
Saturday.
The little ones had been ill for several weeks, developing
pneumonia, every effort was made to save them. They were laid to rest at
Belleville Baptist cemetery, Rev. Lindsey conducting funeral of both.
Dirt was broken Monday morning for the erection of a
five-room residence on west side of Magnolia Street, on what is known as the
Goodson lot, for R.E. Ivey, who recently purchased that property.
Within the next two weeks The Courant expects to greet its
many friends and patrons in its new quarters, upstairs in the rock building on
the corner of Salter and Rural streets, recently vacated by the Conecuh Motor
Co., the Chevrolet agency.
LENOX NEWS: Grady Ralls, who is attending the Mobile
Business College, is spending this week with home folks.
HERBERT: Ralph Mason purchased himself a new Ford last
Saturday in Birmingham.
SHREVE: We are sorry to know that Miss Ermer Sanford was
carried to the infirmary at Georgiana for an operation for appendicitis.
118 YEARS AGO
AUG. 30, 1899
Preparations will be made to entertain 5,000 people at the
Confederate reunion on the fifth of October. All veterans from adjoining
counties are specially invited and expected to attend. Veterans from anywhere
will be welcomed. It will be a gala day in Evergreen, and Evergreen people will
make it pleasant for all the old soldiers. Let all the “old boys” come and
bring their families and have a good time. The town will be turned over to
them, and everything possible will be done to contribute to their pleasure. The
age, the middle-age, the youth and the beauty are invited to come and enjoy the
day. There’ll be plenty of good things to eat and some good speeches.
NOTICE: All the ladies in Evergreen beat are requested to
prepare and bring a basket of provision to the Confederate Reunion on Oct. 5. I
will try to see each one personally but should I fail to get around I hope they
will do so anyway. – M.A. GANTT, Chairman Committee on Contribution.
There will be no politics in the Confederate reunion. There
may be a festive candidate now and then who will try to get in some work on the
outside, but there’ll be no political speeches. It will be a reunion of the old
Confederates who will gather to swap war stories and to tell thrilling
experiences of the days that tried men’s souls. Let them come and enjoy
themselves together. Evergreen will welcome them with open hands and open
hearts.
Mr. G.W. Lee of the Wild Fork of Monroe was in town on
Saturday. He is an old Confederate veteran and says he is coming to the reunion
here on Oct. 5.
Castleberry: The new burying grounds near Castleberry have
recently been cleaned off. We congratulate the people on their effort in this
way.
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