The Evergreen Courant's News Flashback for Oct. 3, 2017

Kalesha Rudolph crowned Miss Homecoming in 2014.

THREE YEARS AGO

OCT. 2, 2014

Evergreen weather reporter Betty Ellis reported .01 inches of rain on Sept. 22 and .01 inches of rain on Sept. 28. She reported a high of 82 degrees on Sept. 23 and lows of 58 degrees on Sept. 22, Sept. 23 and Sept. 24.

Kalesha Rudolph was named Miss Homecoming during halftime at Hillcrest High School’s homecoming football game Friday night at Brooks Memorial Stadium in Evergreen. In the photo above, Hillcrest High School principal Rodney Drish crowns Rudolph as last year’s Miss Homecoming, Tierra Meeks, presents Rudolph with a bouquet of flowers. Rudolph was escorted by her uncle, Steve Rudolph.

Newspaper marks 119^th birthday: This week’s edition marks The Evergreen Courant newspaper’s 119^th birthday.

Since 1895, The Evergreen Courant has served the citizens of Evergreen and Conecuh County, and its future looks as bright today as it did over a century ago.

G.W. Salter founded The Courant and owned it until 1924 when he sold the newspaper to a stock company. That company ran the newspaper until 1927 when it was sold to Robert Gaston Bozeman Sr., the grandfather of current owner, publisher and editor, Robert Bozeman III.

Essie Taylor celebrated her 100^th birthday on Thurs., Oct. 23, 2014 in Omaha, Neb. She was born in the Nymph community, but her home is in Omaha now.

28 YEARS AGO

OCT. 5, 1989

James Russell Weaver, Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army (Retired), 61, of Route C, Evergreen, died Fri., Sept. 29. He was a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War.

SFC Weaver was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service in Vietnam from 1970 to 1971. While in Vietnam, he served with the 1^st Signal Brigade as administrative NCO for the Southeast Asia-Telephone Management Agency, Assistant Chief of Staff, Contract Management Office.

A native of Evergreen, SFC Weaver entered the U.S. Army after graduating from Evergreen High School and served over 24 years before retiring.

Burial was in the Old Town Cemetery with full military honors.

Alabama Judges elect Judge Sue A. Bell: The Alabama Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges held its annual meeting in Montgomery last week. Conecuh County District Judge Sue A. Bell was elected to the post of second vice-president.

Judge Bell served last year as the Council’s treasurer. She has also served on several committees all which have recommended important changes in the juvenile justice system in Alabama.

Mrs. Blanche E. Stowers, 97, of Route E (Fairview), Evergreen, died Tues., Oct. 3, at her home.

Mrs. Stowers was a widely known and much loved resident of this city for nearly 50 years. She was the widow of the late E.B. Stowers, prominent businessman and cattleman. Mrs. Stowers was a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International, one of only a very few women ever so honored. She chaired a group of ladies of the Evergreen United Methodist Church who served lunch to the Evergreen Rotary Club for over 40 years.

53 YEARS AGO

OCT. 1, 1964

Bower Memorial will observe first anniversary: The Bower Memorial Baptist Church will observe its first anniversary this Sunday. The church is located on Pecan Street.

The Evergreen Baptist Church established a mission in June 1958, after a tent revival was held on the lot where the church now stands under the leadership of the Rev. Sam Granade. Services were held in the M.V. Bower home until April 5, 1959, when the first building was completed.

The church continued as a mission sponsored by the Evergreen Baptist Church until it was constituted as Bower Memorial Baptist Church on Oct. 6, 1963 with 92 charter members. The Rev. Joe B. Church served as first pastor of the church and the present pastor is the Rev. R.L. Brown.

Judge William L. (Bill) Dickinson, Republican candidate for Congress from the 2^nd District, will be in Conecuh County today, Friday and Saturday. He will carry his campaign into every part of the county during these three days.

Today, Judge Dickinson will be in Evergreen, Brooklyn, Paul, Cohassette, Shreve, Old Town and Ray’s Store. Friday morning he will be in Belleville, Repton, Bermuda and Burnt Corn and that afternoon in Castleberry. Friday night he will be in Repton at the Repton-Lyeffion football game.

Saturday morning, Dickinson will be campaigning in the Lyeffion and Owassa areas. He will wind up with a speech Saturday morning at 11 o’clock in “No Man’s Land” in downtown Evergreen.

78 YEARS AGO

OCT. 5, 1939

1,500-Pound Hog To Be Shown At Conecuh County Fair: Manager T.P. Littlejohn of the Conecuh County Fair announces that everything is set to give the people of Conecuh County a real treat in the form of Farm Exhibition and clean entertainment attractions at the Fair that will be held next week beginning Tuesday night, Oct. 10.

Jolly Jumbo, the largest hog in the world, is coming to Evergreen from Lincoln, Neb. this week. This hog is eight feet long and four feet high and weighs better than 1,500 pounds.

Six free shows will be given each day. Among these shows is the Great Ricardo, who performs at the top of a 70 ft. limber pole, High Wire actors, Flying Trapeze artists, Juggling and balancing novelties, and High Jumpers. The feature show will be Hood Rivers’ Harry Hillbilly show. Other attractions are: Charlie Shills Monkey Show, Littlejohn’s Trip to Mars, the Fun House, Sunker’s Side Show and Mickey Mouse.

There will be a total of seven rides including two ferris wheels, Merry-Go-Round, Chair-o-Plane, Kitty Auto and Pony track.

There will be 30 concessions, various games and fun devices.

The fair opens promptly at five o’clock Tues., Oct. 10, and will show Tuesday night and every afternoon and night during the week.

103 YEARS AGO

OCT. 7, 1914

Editor Abe Lehman, who has for many years successfully conducted the Greenville Living Truth, has sold his paper to V.R. Thagard, who has changed the name of the paper to the Greenville Ledger.

There were 5,691 bales of cotton ginned in this county up to Sept. 25, compared with 4,924 at the same date last year.

Dr. Ely Bradley Dead: Dr. Ely Bradley, who died in a Mobile infirmary Saturday and was buried at Belleville with Masonic honors Sunday, was one of Conecuh County’s landmarks.

Dr. Bradley, who was upwards of 80 years old at the time of his death, was reared in Conecuh County and received a finished education in the North in his chosen profession and returned to his native home where he gave his service in the practice of medicine from 1855 when he was the only physician within a radius of many miles, until a few years ago, when old age and declining health caused him to retire from active work.

He spent the last few years of his life with George M. Baggett, his son-in-law, near Belleville, and in his death the community has lost a friend who was ever ready and willing to give of his time and talent to suffering humanity.

There was quite a crowd at the Arcade Theatre last Monday night to see the “Fourth Adventure of Kathlyn.”

At the request of Prof. Blasingame, Rev. W.T. Ellisor will preach at Methodist Church Sunday morning on education and Rev. J.G. Dickinson will preach on the same subject at Baptist Church Sunday night. A full attendance of our people is requested at both of these services in the interest of education and our educational institutions.