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| Charles A. Graddick |
15 YEARS AGO
JUNE 26, 2003
Evergreen weather observer Harry Ellis reported .31 inches
of rain on June 17 and .27 inches on June 19. He reported highs of 90 degrees
on June 16 and June 19 and lows of 67 degrees on June 16 and June 22.
John “Fat” Claiborne, 56, of Evergreen passed away Fri.,
June 20, 2003 in a Georgiana hospital.
He held membership at Lookout Lodge No. 325, where he served
as worshipful master. He was a self-employed businessman and a former member of
the Evergreen City Council.
Relay For Life this Friday nite: Everyone will be out in
force Friday night to take on the fight against cancer as Evergreen holds its
annual Relay For Life. This year’s relay promises to be a fun and worthwhile
event as it has been in years past. The 2003 Relay For Life has been moved to
Middleton Field Airport from downtown Evergreen.
The event will begin at 6 p.m. with the Survivor’s
Reception. The actual relay will begin at 7 p.m. with John Brock serving as
Master of Ceremonies.
Last year’s relay raised over $35,000 and the participants
in this year’s relay hope to be just as successful.
Cody Lowery, son of John and Linda Blackmon, recently
represented Conecuh County at the 66th annual American Legion
Alabama Boys State. While attending Boys State, Lowery was elected to the House
of Representatives. He is an upcoming senior at Sparta Academy.
40 YEARS AGO
JUNE 22, 1978
Evergreen weather observer Earl Windham reported .08 inches
of rain on June 12. He reported a high of 92 degrees on June 12 and a low of 61
on June 14.
Grand Lodge K of P will convene here: Enterprise Lodge No.
352 of the Knights of Pythias and Queen of Evergreen Court No. 562 will host
the 92nd annual session of the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias and
Grand Court Order of Calanthe of Alabama here June 25 through June 27.
This is an historic occasion for Evergreen as this is the
first time in its 92-year history that the Grand Lodge has convened here.
Sir Ellis Jackson is Chancellor Commander of Enterprise
Lodge No. 352 and Sister Gussie V. Grace is Worthy Counsellor of Queen of
Evergreen Court No. 562 and they will act as official hosts for the session.
Charlie Graddick, candidate for Attorney General, asked Mrs.
Roger (Mary) Waller for her vote as he made a brief visit here Tuesday.
Graddick plans to be back in the county today to make more personal contacts.
He has compiled an outstanding record as District Attorney in Mobile and earned
widespread recognition for this vigorous and successful prosecution of criminals.
Navy Seaman Recruit Jonas Claiborne of 421 Magnolia Ave.,
Evergreen, has completed recruit training at the Naval Training Center,
Orlando, Fla. A 1974 graduate of Evergreen High School, he joined the Navy in
April 1978.
65 YEARS AGO
JUNE 25, 1953
Local Post Office Becomes First Class Wed., July 1: The
United States Post Office at Evergreen will become a first class office Wed.,
July 1, according to Postmaster Mary R. Cunningham. The class of office is
based on stamp sales, box rents, etc. and first class is the highest grade.
Postmaster Cunningham points out that the local office’s
increase in grade follows a gradual increase of gross postal receipts. Since
1942, sales have nearly doubled with increase being registered each year during
the period.
The increase in postal sales is attributed to a gradual rise
in business and growth in postal population and to the mailing of large
quantities of parcel post of the Evergreen Garment Co. and Southern Coach
Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Conecuh Will Induct 13 Men In July: Alabama’s induction call
for July will be 707 men, according to Col. J.T. Johnson Jr., Acting State
Director of Selective Service. This first represents Alabama’s part of a
national call of 23,000 men. All of these men will be furnished to the Army and
no men under 20 years of age will be inducted in Alabama in July, Col. Johnson
said.
The number of men Conecuh will be called upon to furnish for
July is 13.
Strong winds Sunday night caused considerable damage at the
Moonlite Drive-In Theatre some four miles out of Evergreen on the Brooklyn
Highway. Striking fiercely late that night, the winds caused damage estimated
at $1,200 by owner Bert Gorum and put the theatre out of business this week.
90 YEARS AGO
JUNE 28, 1928
BELLEVILLE MASONS ELECT OFFICERS: At a recent meeting of the
Conecuh Lodge No. 733 of the Masonic Order at Belleville, the following
officers were elected for the ensuing year: J.E. Tate, worshipful master; A.L.
Riggs, senior warden; J.D. Skinner, junior warden; J.T. Livingston, treasurer;
H.S. Barlow, secretary; J.P. Bradley, senior deacon; H.F. Skinner, junior
deacon; S.P. Lindsey, chaplain; J.E. Baggett, senior steward; J.M. Conner,
junior steward; J.A. Reid, marshal; W.R. Burt, tyler.
T.C. Grace, a well known citizen of this county, living in
the Arkadelphia community, died at his home Wednesday evening at six o’clock.
Mr. Grace had held a responsible position with the Dunham
Lumber Co. for the past 15 years. Up until eight years ago, Mr. Grace was a
citizen of Butler County, in which place he has a host of friends and relatives
to mourn his death.
He was also a member of the Masonic fraternity, membership
being with the Garland Lodge.
John W. Baldwin of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of
the Latter Day Saints will preach at the courthouse Sunday night, July 1.
Services will begin at 7:30 and the general public is invited to attend.
Fire broke out in the walls of the Electrick Maid Bakery
about 9:30 o’clock Tuesday morning but quick work on the part of the fire
department checked it before much damage was done.
139 YEARS AGO
JUNE 26, 1879
THE EVERGREEN STAR
Conecuh Guards, Co. E, participated in the following named
battles and skirmishes – the list is furnished us by Col. P.D. Bowles: First
Battle Manassas, Va.; York Town, Elthems Landing, Seven Pines, Gaines Farm,
Malvern Hill, Second Battle Manassas, Leesburg or Chantilla, Va.; South South
Mountain, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Suffolk, Gettysburg, Hagerstown, Falling
Waters, Manassas Gap, Thornton Creek, Chickamauga, Raccoon Mountain, Lookout
Mountain, Knoxville, Dandridge, Strawberry Plains, Wilderness, Spotsylvania
Court House, Crutchfield Farm, North Ann Bridge, Charles City Road,
Williamsburg Road, Second Battle Cold Harbor, Deep Bottom, Fuzzles Mill,
skirmish near Bermuda Hundred, Petersburg, Fort Gilmore, Fort Harrison, battle
Darbytown, Darbytown Road, Williamsburg Road, McKinzie House, Petersburg,
Amelia Court House, Burkville Junction, Farmville, Appomattox.
TO THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS OF CONECUH COUNTY: We, the
undersigned, respectfully ask that the surviving Confederate soldiers who
reside in Conecuh County, Ala., meet us at the courthouse in Evergreen on Sat.,
the 12th of July next, for the purpose of organizing a Historical
and Memorial Association of the Confederate soldiers of Conecuh County.
The Association, to have for one of its laudable objects, to
obtain and preserve the records, to show what Alabama achieved and suffered
during the war between the states. – John S. Stearns, John G. Guice, J.B.
Bonnett, F.M. Walker, P.D. Bowles and many others.
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