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| Evergreen boxer Clint Jackson |
16 YEARS AGO
AUG. 21, 2003
Case Brundage, five-year-old son of Jeff and Cassie Brundage
of Evergreen, shows off his catch of the day. Case reeled in five of the 10
catfish caught, which totaled 16 pounds.
The (Evergreen City) Council was presented a copy of their
ad for the Hillcrest High School football program and informed that the band
boosters are not charging them for the $200 advertisement. The council voiced
their appreciation for their generosity, but passed a motion to go ahead and
pay for the ad as they have in years past.
30 YEARS
AGO
AUG. 17, 1989
In 1986, students of the late Coach Wendell Hart promoted a
fundraising campaign designed to offer a scholarship in his memory to Conecuh
County students.
The purpose of this scholarship is to honor a great teacher
and an outstanding coach. Coach Hart touched the lives of many students through
his caring attitude.
The scholarship committee is proud to announce that the
first scholarship will be awarded at the end of the 1989-1990 school year.
Clinton Jackson has been sentenced to serve a life sentence
in the state penitentiary in the kidnapping of Evergreen bank executive Tom
Salo. Circuit Judge Sam Welch of Monroeville handed down the sentence.
Jackson, a native of Evergreen, was something of a local
hero when he qualified for the U.S. Olympic boxing team in the late 1970s.
A Conecuh County Circuit Court jury found Jackson guilty of
kidnapping, first degree, on June 29 after one of the longest trials ever held
here. The trial began on a Monday and continued through Thursday.
41 YEARS AGO
AUG. 17, 1978
Sparta Academy’s ‘Everything Goes’ is Saturday night:
Saturday night, Sparta Academy’s version of “Everything Goes” will be presented
at Stuart-McGehee Field. This will be something that the people of Conecuh
County have never seen before, and probably will never see again.
The festivities will begin at six o’clock at the school with
concession-type food on sale highlighted by all flavors of homemade ice cream.
At seven o’clock, a scrimmage game will be played featuring
the 1978 Sparta Warriors and their new head coach Rob Kelly. School patrons
will want to welcome Coach Kelly and his family who come here from Monroe
County. They are natives of that county and for the last two years Coach Kelly
has been an assistant coach at Monroe Academy and established a reputation as
an outstanding coach.
After the scrimmage game, there will be a short
intermission, and then, hold on for it, will be time for “Everything Goes.”
This will feature a catch-all of some of the people of Conecuh County. Come out
and see the fun and see who is playing (you probably won’t believe it.)
New stadium bleachers have been purchased and are being
installed.
Eddie’s Barber Shop softball team repeated as champions of
the Evergreen Men’s Softball League this summer. The team defended its
championship by compiling a record of 20 wins and five losses. Players are
Wendell Burt, Arlton Hudson (manager), Eddie Salter, and Phil Harold; Bill
Bailey, Doug Williams, Terry Chapman, Joe Andrews, Sammy Brown, Stanley Johnson
and Mike Windham. Terry Frierson and Terry Peacock are not pictured.
45 YEARS AGO
AUG. 15, 1974
Trip Hendrix holds the trophy awarded him as the Most
Valuable Player in the American League of the Evergreen Junior Baseball League
at the all-star game Friday night at Ward Alexander Park. Trip will be a
fifth-grader at Sparta Academy this fall and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Hendrix.
These players from the Chicks and Pelicans were chosen for
the all-star team in the American League of the Evergreen Junior Baseball
League. They are Ronnie Hildreth, Cricket Jordan, Trip Hendrix, Stan Stuckey,
Connery Salter, Lance Riley, Lee Talbert, Herbert Rabren, Gary Weaver, Ed
Carrier, Trent Carrier, Max Cassady, Russ Raines and managers Robert Eggers,
Wade Crutchfield, Wade Salter and Eddie Reeves.
When Conecuh County High School fields its first football
team since before World War II this fall the Blue Devils will have these
spirited young cheerleaders urging them on to victory. They are Captain Tammy
Weaver, Barbara Scott and Barbara Daw; Co-Captain Denise Reed, Diana Joseph and
Janice Avant. The girls attended the cheerleading clinic at Troy State
University July 21-26.
66 YEARS AGO
AUG. 20, 1953
Greenie Bats Explode On Baker Team 17 To 3: The Evergreen
Greenies unleashed a 19-hit assault on the Baker, Fla. nine here Sunday
afternoon and pounded out a 17 to 3 win. The Greenies pushed across four runs
in the first inning, two in the second and one in the third, then sent 12 men
to bat in the fourth with nine of them scoring.
J.W. Windham hurled five-hit ball as he faced only 33
batters in nine innings. In all but three innings, the Baker team was returned
three up, three down. Windham struck out six batters and walked four. Baker got
two runs in the first and one in the top of the ninth.
The fourth inning was something of a record on the local
diamond. Every man who went to bat either scored or made an out, there were no
runners left on base. Every man but one scored once, and Edsel Johnson scored
twice. Johnson got two hits in the game and both came in the fourth.
Warren Bolton led the Greenie hitters with four hits in five
trips including a triple and a single. Jeff Moorer had three for five; Windham,
Cullen Edson, Gillis Jones, Johnson and John Greel Ralls, two hits each.
Chamberlin collected two hits, the only Baker batter to get more than one.
The Greenies will play Red Level here Sunday afternoon in
Brooks Stadium at three o’clock.
Aggie Gridders To Report Monday; Coach Hart Greets Ten
Lettermen: Around 40 boys are expected to report for the initial practices of
the 1953 football season at Evergreen High School Monday. Coach Wendell Hart
states that workouts will be limited to conditioning drills and non-contact
work during the first week. Alabama high school rules do not permit the players
to don pads for contact work until Sept. 1.
Coach Hart has asked all candidates for the 1953 Aggie 11 to
report to Memorial Gym at two o’clock Monday afternoon. At that time, the boys
will be weighed and measured for equipment. They will also meet their new
assistant coach, Bill Parsons of Americus, Ga.
The Evergreen coaches will have a corps of 10 lettermen from
the 1952 squad around which to build their team this year. Heading the
returning veterans are Capt. Sam Cope and Alt. Capt. Ward Alexander Jr.
(Other returning lettermen included Lavon “Bud” Ward, Ronnie
Edson, Wayne Douglas, Paul Hanks, Lamar Sheffield, Richard Taylor, Wayne Bell
and Jimmy Frazier.)
91 YEARS AGO
AUG. 16, 1928
BURNT CORN: The young people of this place enjoyed a hike
and sunrise breakfast last Tuesday a.m. They report a fine time.
Vacation Needs – Anything You Need In Tackle – Minnows, All
Kinds – Reels, $2.75 Up – Lines, Casting and Fly – Spinners, Flies – “Gold
Medal” Camp Equipment – WILD BROTHERS HARDWARD CO, Evergreen, Ala.
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