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| Alabama Governor David Bibb Graves |
EIGHT YEARS AGO
JAN. 21, 2010
Evergreen weather observer
Harry Ellis reported .11 inches of rain on Jan. 15, 1.16 inches on Jan. 16 and
.02 inches on Jan. 17. He reported a high of 66 on Jan. 15 and a low of 14 on
Jan. 11.
The Conecuh County Board of
Education returned to a long-standing tradition last Thursday when it held its
first meeting in recent memory at one of the county’s local schools.
For a number of years, the
board has held its regular meetings at the Conecuh County Resource Center in
Evergreen. Last Thursday, the board met in the cafeteria at Lyeffion Junior
High School and plans to rotate the location of their meetings among the
county’s local schools.
Reid State Technical College
in Evergreen will be featured in a segment of “On the Job,” a
Montgomery-produced television program airing weekly on Alabama Public
Television and WSFA-TV 12.2.
Today (Thursday) at 10 a.m.,
“On the Job” host Bobby Jon Drinkard will get hands-on experience as he
interacts with students and instructors at Reid State Technical College’s
Industrial Electronics Program. Drinkard will go behind the scenes for a day in
the life of a student in Industrial Electronics.
On Jan. 16, 2010, Ernestine
Raines turned 101 years old. She was honored by Belleville Baptist Church, her
home church, with a birthday party. The party was held at the Evergreen Nursing
Home where she has lived for several years.
33 YEARS AGO
JAN. 17, 1985
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Friday morning to open
the access road to the new industrial park of the City Industrial Development
Board. The park is located off Highway 83 near the I-65 interchange (Holiday
Inn) and is ready for industry. Take part in the ceremony were City Clerk
Miller Sellers, Councilman John (Fat) Claiborne and Jones Sasser, Mayor Pat
Poole, Board Members O.B. Salter and Judge Sue Evans, Councilman Aubrey
Padgett, Mrs. Marjorie Gilmer, county coordinator for Gov. Wallace who got the
site development funds for the project, Contractor Ronnie Mullen who paved the
road, board member Jack Wainwright and Judge Frank Salter, chairman of the
board.
Katrina Riley, 1985 Conecuh County’s Junior Miss, is
greeted by Ginger Nettles, 1984 Alabama’s Junior Miss, as she arrives to
compete in the 28th Annual Alabama’s Junior Miss Program. She will
compete with 51 other contestants for nearly $750,000 in college scholarship
awards. Preliminaries are Fri., Jan. 18, at 7:30 p.m. and Sat., Jan. 19, at 2
p.m. Finals are Sat., Jan. 19, at 8 p.m. All performances will be in the
Montgomery Civic Center.
Evergreen-Conecuh Public Library reached a long-strived
for goal this week when the Library Board announced the appointment of Mrs. Kay
Evans as Librarian. Mrs. Evans is the first professionally trained librarian to
head the staff at the Library.
She attended Mobile College and received her Bachelor of
Arts degree from the University of South Alabama in 1975. In December, Mrs.
Evans completed requirements for her Master of Library Science degree at the
University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
58 YEARS AGO
JAN. 21, 1960
Bible Salesmen Charged With
DWI In County: Highway Patrolman Troy Smith noticed an automobile being driven
in a weaving pattern on Highway 31 South near the Castleberry community. He
stopped the car and found that the driver and two passengers were drunk.
The Highway Patrolman charged
the driver, Noel Clifton Kent with driving while intoxicated, and Conecuh
County Sheriff’s Deputy William Kent charged Charlie Kent and Glenn Smithers,
all of Highland Home, Ala., with being public drunks. The trio was taken to the
Conecuh County Jail.
The three men gave Bible
Salesman as their occupation when questioned by the two officers.
Council approves line for
airport gas pump: Things continued quite in 1960 for the Evergreen City Council
at its second meeting of the year Tuesday night.
The council did agree to run
an electric line to a proposed gasoline pump stand at Middleton Field. Whoever
furnishes the gasoline at the pump is to pay the light bill. The line will be
underground and is approximately 1,000 feet long.
The Evergreen Composite
Squadron, Civil Air Patrol plans to make aviation gasoline available at the
local airport. This service has not been available in the past and has kept
many private plans from using the field.
The CAP hopes that when
flyers learn that they may refuel here that traffic at the local field will
pick up considerably.
83 YEARS AGO
JAN. 17, 1935
Castleberry Introduces House
Bill Number One: Forrest Castleberry, representative from Conecuh County, enjoys
the distinction of having introduced the first bill in the house at the present
session of the legislature.
The bill which was introduced
at the session last Thursday, provides for the abolishment of road and street
taxes throughout the state. Most counties and municipalities are now collecting
$5 per year from able bodied men between the ages of 18 and 45 in lieu of road
and street work.
It is Mr. Castleberry’s
contention that under present conditions with gasoline tax money available to
the several counties for the maintenance of roads, that there is no longer
necessity for this tax. He further contends that few if any counties and cities
are enforced the collection of the tax.
Theatre Building Is Getting
New Roof: It will be good news to theatre goers in Evergreen to learn that the
building in which the Evergreen Theatre is located is getting a new roof. On
bad rainy nights for the past several months it was impossible to occupy a
number of the seats because of leaks. This especially inconvenienced a number
Tuesday night of last week when an overflow crowd was present while it was
raining.
Messrs. Hanna, managers of
the Theatre, ask that their customers be assured that in the future they will
not suffer from this annoyance of inconvenience.
Mr. J. Lee Hardee and Miss
Thera Hardee are among those who attended the inauguration (of new Alabama
Governor David Bibb Graves) in Montgomery Monday.
108 YEARS AGO
JAN. 19, 1910
Frank Howard, residing near
Belleville, shot and killed his wife on last Saturday night. A pistol was used
and the bullet penetrated the woman’s forehead between the eyes. She died
instantly. The sheriff’s department was notified and deputy Hines made a record
run to the scene and with his dogs captured the murderer at Repton a few hours
later. He was given a preliminary trial before justice Riges and remanded to
jail without bail.
Mr. R.N. Wright has opened up
a barber shop in the building formerly occupied by Henry Adams. He invites his
friends and old customers to call and see him.
John Deming was painfully
burned about the head and face on Saturday evening by the explosion of oil
about the automobile. He struck a match to adjust some part of the engine when
the oil exploded.
Rev. J.W. Dunaway, who has
been connected with the Orphans Home for several months, is preparing to remove
with his family to Gadsden. He will be employed as traveling agent for the
Home. During their stay here, he’s made many warm friends who will regret their
removal from our midst.
Rev. J.R. Matthews will
conduct a mission at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church beginning on Jan. 31 and
continuing for one week. Mr. Matthews has many warm friends in Evergreen who
will be glad to learn that he is coming in our midst again.
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