SIX YEARS AGO
SEPT. 12, 2013
Evergreen weather observer Betty Ellis reported 0.2 inches
of rain on Sept. 4. She also reported a high of 91 degrees on Sept. 7 and lows
of 67 degrees on Sept. 6, Sept. 7 and Sept. 8.
Flat Rock Day set for Oct. 5: Officials with the Flat Rock
Volunteer Fire Department announced this week that the annual Flat Rock Day
festivities will be held this year on Sat., Oct. 5. Festivities are scheduled
to begin at 10 a.m. and wrap up at 2 p.m.
The highlight of the day will be the announcement and
crowning of “Miss Flat Rock.”
The Conecuh County Cultural Center, located in the Old
Evergreen City School building, got a brand new American flag Tuesday afternoon
courtesy of the local Woodmen of the World office. Pictured above with the new
flag are CCCC representative Harriet Hyde and Woodmen Field Representative
Carol Reed.
Montgomery Art Guild member and Evergreen artist Suzzanne
Skipper has been selected to display a painting in the Guild’s Regions Bank
Show in Montgomery. The artwork will be on display in the RSA Tower in
Montgomery for two weeks beginning Sun., Sept. 15. The show will begin with a
reception on Sept. 15 from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. The public is invited.
31 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 8, 1988
Evergreen weather
observer Harry Ellis reported 0.32 inches of rain on Sept. 2, 0.7 inches on
Sept. 3 and 1.05 inches on Sept. 4. He reported a high of 87 degrees on Aug. 30
and a low of 61 on Sept. 4.
Final rites are
held for Bill Salter: William Francis Salter, 71, of 119 Chapman St.,
Evergreen, died Tues., Aug. 30, in a Montgomery hospital after a long illness.
Mr. Salter, affectionately known as Bill by family and friends, was a member of
a prominent pioneer family and a lifelong resident of Evergreen.
He received his
education in the schools of this city and graduated from Evergreen High School.
He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was called back to active
duty during the Korean War. He was employed by the U.S. Postal Service most of
his adult life and rose through the ranks to become postmaster here, a position
he held until his retirement some years ago.
Mrs. Brye
celebrates her 105th birthday: Mrs. Abbie Williams Brye will
celebrate her 105th birthday Sept. 9. She was born in the Johnsonville
community on Sept. 9, 1883 to Frank L. and Dorothy Williams. She was married to
the late Sandy Brye of Pleasant Hill community. Mrs. Brye is known to her many
friends and relatives as “Aunt Sweetney” and is loved by all.
From Thurs., Aug.
18, to Sun., Aug. 21, approximately 200 descendants of Hillary Hawkins
(1878-1949) gathered together in Evergreen for their first family reunion.
Relatives aggregated from Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois,
Michigan, Ohio, New Jersey and New York to participate in the weekend
activities.
56 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 12, 1963
Court Will Open Here Monday On Heavy Docket: The Fall Term
of Circuit Court will begin Monday morning at nine o’clock in the Conecuh
County Courthouse. Circuit Judge A.H. Elliott will empanel the Grand Jury at
that time and send them forth to begin deliberations.
The trial of civil cases will be held all next week with a
heavy docket set each day. There are some 38 cases scheduled for jury trials.
The trial of criminal cases will be held the week beginning Mon., Sept. 30.
Circuit Clerk Ralph Crysell said that 21 cases will be
presented to the Grand Jury for action. Circuit Solicitor Robert E.L. Key and
County Solicitor Henry J. Kinzer will provide information on the criminal cases
for the grand jurors.
Sheriff Holds Two For Theft Of Hogs: Two Georgiana men are
being held in the Conecuh County Jail on charges of grand larceny in the theft
of two hogs. Sheriff James Brock said that the men are being held pending action
of the grand jury. Bond was set at $1,000 each, but neither man had made it
Wednesday afternoon.
Being held are Hilton Blackburn and J.T. James. They are
charged with stealing two hogs from M.B. Langley near Castleberry Tuesday
night, Sept. 3.
The sheriff said that the men are alleged to have sold the
two hogs to Mrs. Joe Davis in Lowndes County for $21 on Wednesday of last week.
One of the men was arrested Thursday and the other Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller Sellers of Evergreen announce the birth
of a daughter on Sept. 6, 1963 at Conecuh Hospital.
81 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 8, 1938
Evergreen City School: The City
School opening exercises will be held in the auditorium Monday morning, Sept.
12, at 8:45 o’clock. After a 30-minute period of music, devotion and announcements,
the children will report to their rooms for classification. Regular lessons
will be assigned Monday afternoon, so that real work may begin Tuesday morning
at eight o’clock.
INTERESTING NEWS
REELS TO APPEAR NEXT SUNDAY: “March of Time” news reel to appear at Pix Theatre
will feature two interesting subjects. “Prelude to Conquest” deals with
Hitler’s possible conquest of Czecho-Slovakia, while another shows “Father
Divine’s” home on the Hudson, just across from Hyde Park, President Roosevelt’s
ancestral estate.
Mr. Riley
Celebrates His 96th Birthday: Miss Elizabeth Riley entertained with
a surprise party Fri., Sept. 2, the occasion in compliment to her father, W.G.
Riley, whose 96th birthday was observed.
Mr. Riley has been
a resident of Evergreen for 51 years, coming here from Pineville, Ala. in 1887.
All of his children
were here for the happy occasion except one son, Frank Riley, it being
impossible for him to be here on that day, he came a few days earlier to see
his father.
James D. Moorer,
widely known and highly respected citizen of this place, died at his home on
Magnolia Street Friday morning from a heart attack. He was 81 years of age.
106 YEARS AGO
THE CONECUH RECORD
SEPT. 11, 1913
W.L.
Stallworth, one of Evergreen’s oldest and most observant citizens, says that
the past August was the driest known in this section for 69 years. This is a
fact that but few of our people knew for the reason that they haven’t “been
hereabouts” long enough.
The
City School will open next Monday, the 15th.
The
painters are putting the finishing touches on Belleville’s handsome new school
building. We are informed that the prospects are fine for the current session
of school. Dr. Skinner, who is at the head of the board of trustees, is making
every possible effort to build up a first class school.
In
an altercation among some men about two and a half miles west of Evergreen
Sunday night, John Palmer, a bystander, was accidentally shot and killed. Three
men have been arrested, charged with the shooting.
In
addition to her skill in deciphering illegible addresses as assistant
postmistress, Miss Mary Cunningham demonstrated her ability to draw a “deadly
bead” on Uncle John’s shotgun last Monday when she killed a large hawk, which
had tackled a favorite old hen but found her too heavy to fly away with. Prior
to this record shot, the young lady had never pulled a trigger. Now, according
to a time-honored custom, the neighbors should chip in and cook Miss Mary a
chicken pot pie.
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