17 YEARS AGO
JULY 26, 2001
Evergreen weather observer Harry Ellis reported 2.00 inches
of rain on July 20 and .05 inches on July 21. He reported a high of 95 degrees
on July 20 and a low of 65 on July 16.
Site being cleared for new school: Contractors and workers
were busy Wednesday morning preparing to begin clearing the site for the new
elementary school for the Conecuh County Board of Education. The site for the
new school is located on Hwy. 31 South in Evergreen, directly across from the
Kwik Kar Wash. The new facility will replace the current Evergreen City School
building, which was constructed in 1925.
Harry Ellis of Evergreen was honored recently by WSFA-TV for
continuing to contribute to the success of the Storm Team as a WSFA Weather
Watcher. Harry recently attended an appreciation dinner for over 30 Weather
Watchers who call the WSFA Storm Center regularly, reporting weather data from
their respective hometowns. WSFA’s Rich Thomas commended Harry for “helping the
Storm Team report accurate weather information from all around WSFA’s coverage
area… especially during severe weather.”
Fair Lane Road, located just off Hwy. 31 near Evergreen
Pottery, is one of several Conecuh County roads that have been slated for
paving with funding from a Community Development Block Grant from the State of
Alabama. Approximately 15 miles of dirt road will be paved with these funds.
42 YEARS AGO
JULY 22, 1976
Robert Gordon Kendall Jr., 61, died Saturday night, July 17,
in a local nursing home after a long illness. He was one of Evergreen’s and
Alabama’s most distinguished public servants.
Except for a few years spent in Florida as a boy, Senator
Kendall was a lifelong resident of Evergreen. He attended Birmingham Southern
College and graduated from the University of Alabama. After graduation, he
returned to Evergreen and went into business with his late father, operating
Kendall & Kendall.
During World War II, he served as an officer in the U.S.
Navy, including overseas service in the Pacific.
In 1946, he was elected State Senator from the old district
that included Butler, Conecuh and Covington Counties. In 1950, he was elected
to the House of Representatives from this county and re-elected in 1954. In
1958, he was again elected to the Senate, serving 16 consecutive years in the
Legislature.
He was a leader in the Legislature, serving as speaker
pro-tem, and had the distinction of being selected by the capitol press as the
most outstanding member of both houses.
He served as State Highway Director, Director of the State
Dept. of Industrial Relations and as Assistant Highway Director.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the
Evergreen Baptist Church with the Rev. Jack Williamson and Dr. Sam Granade
officiating. Burial was in the family plot in Magnolia Cemetery.
52 YEARS AGO
JULY 26, 1951
E.E. Adams of Evergreen, Route 1, was the first Conecuh
County farmer to get an open boll of cotton to The Courant office this year.
Mr. Adams, a well-known farmer of the Lyeffion community, brought his four-lock
boll in Wednesday. A second boll was brought in Saturday by Abner Randall, a
farmer who lives between Belleville and Castleberry.
Lt. William Wells of the U.S. Army has recently completed an
advanced course of training for artillery officers at Ft. Sill, Okla. Lt. Wells
is visiting relatives here this week en route to Fort Jackson, S.C. where he
will rejoin Battery C, 117th Field Artillery Battalion.
Lt. Wells is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R.Z. Wells of
Evergreen. He is married to the former Melba Bowden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
C.H. Bowden of Owassa, Route One.
Four-H boys and girls in Conecuh County will have a Fat Hog
Show and Sale on Sept. 10. The show will be held at the stockyards in
Evergreen. A grand champion will be selected from the animals shown.
The following 4-H boys and girls have already entered hogs
in the show: Charles Dunn, Cecil Raines, Olon Weaver, Fenlick Weaver, Bill
Raines, Philip Coleman, James Hall, Wilson McCreary, Iva Shipp, Mary J. Ellis,
Shelby Smith, Bobby Clark, Alvin Anderson, Jackie Ryals, Tommy Booker, John
Lee, Leland Wiggins, Levaughn Wiggins, Tommy Nall, Edward Grant, Wilbur Driver,
Eddie Merritt, Wayne Thames, Bobby Lynch and Maxwell McLelland.
92 YEARS AGO
JULY 28, 1926
MASONS NOTICE: The annual session of Conecuh County Masonic
Conference will convene with Lodge No. 756 at Bowles, on Wednesday and
Thursday, Aug. 11-12. – J.T. Salter, worshipful master; M.A. Lane, secretary.
PROMINENT PLANTER IS SNAKE BITTEN: Mr. Richard Brassel, well
known farmer living three miles north of here, has been suffering considerably
for the past week as result of a snake bite. Mr. Brassel was out in his field
several days past and stooped to pick up an ear of corn, when the snake struck
him on the hand. He was rushed to a physician immediately and treatment was
given. The snake which bit Mr. Brassel took refuge in a hole. Close watch was
made of the place and it was the following day when it came out and was killed.
It proved to be what is commonly known as a rattlesnake pilot, Mr. Brassel is
now improving.
McKENZIE FAIR WILL BE HELD OCT. 2: A mass meeting was held
at McKenzie on Tuesday night to discuss and make plans for the Fourth Annual
McKenzie Fair. The first Saturday in October was the date set for the Fair.
TRAGEDY AT OUTING: Georgiana, Ala., July 23 – Harold
Brunson, 16-year-old son of Mayor and Mrs. W.F. Brunson, of this city, was
drowned in a lake near here yesterday afternoon while on a swimming party and
outing of which his mother was hostess.
139 YEARS AGO
JULY 24, 1879
CONECUH-ESCAMBIA STAR
The Conecuh County Historical Society will meet the first
Saturday in August next.
Dr. Lucian Sykes of Monroe County, while riding over his
plantation Wednesday evening, was struck by lightning and instantly killed.
Mr. G.F. Mertins is having his new brick building painted.
Mr. L.W. Savage will occupy the building as a store when completed.
The pine trees around the courthouse are dying out rapidly.
Our commissioners ought to have them cut down and oak trees planted out in
their stead.
We hear it rumored upon our streets that Mr. Dunk Rankin of
Monroe County was killed by a Mr. Roberts at Perdue Hill Monday night last.
The wife of Hon. Augustus W. Jones, formerly of Conecuh
County, died in Florida on the 24th of June last.
Died – At Monroeville, at the residence of Capt. W.S.
Wiggins, July 14, 1879, Mrs. Mary Jane Henderson. She was a daughter of Mrs.
Betsy Wiggins, a sister of Capt. W.S. Wiggins and mother-in-law of Dr. H.P.
Smith of Buena Vista. She was born in Conecuh County July 17, 1827.
We understand from parties who attended the picnic at Burnt
Corn last Friday that the affair was a most enjoyable one. G.R. Farnham, Esq.,
delivered an address, which is highly spoken of.
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