23 YEARS AGO
OCT. 3, 1996
Evergreen weather observer Harry Ellis reported 0.01 inches
of rain on Sept. 26, 1.43 inches on Sept. 27 and 0.90 on Sept. 28. He reported
highs of 86 degrees on Sept. 25 and Sept. 26 and lows of 56 on Sept. 23, Sept.
28 and Sept. 29.
Brooklyn Baptist Church will celebrate their 175th
anniversary on Sun., Oct. 13, 1996. Services will begin at 10:30 a.m. with
lunch following. Rev. Bryan Abel, former pastor, will bring the morning
message. Dr. Henry Lyons will present a certificate to the church on behalf of
the Alabama Baptist State Convention and Mrs. Frances Hamilton will present a
certificate on behalf of the Alabama Baptist Historical Society. Rev. and Mrs.
Tommy White, Director of Missions, Conecuh County Association, will lead the
music. Rev. E. Harold Steele Jr. is the pastor.
The 16th Annual Conecuh Heritage Day, sponsored
by the Conecuh Heritage Day Committee and the Evergreen-Conecuh County Chamber
of Commerce, will be held Sat., Oct. 19, in downtown Evergreen from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m.
Opening ceremonies will begin at 9 a.m. The winners of the
1996 Miss Heritage Pageant will be presented at this time.
Lynn Taylor has been named as the acting Chief of Police for
the City of Evergreen. Taylor served as acting chief once before. He will have
been with the Evergreen Police Department for 20 years this coming November.
48 YEARS AGO
OCT. 7, 1971
Brooklyn Baptist Sesquicentennial program on Sunday: The
150-year-old Brooklyn Baptist Church will have its Sesquicentennial Celebration
on Sun., Oct. 10. The day’s services will begin at 10:30 a.m. The morning
message will be brought by Rev. Gene Wilson, a former pastor of the church, who
is now pastor of the First Baptist Church of Brantley.
A highlight of the service will be a brief history of the
church presented by Mrs. Hattie A. Lindsey. Dinner will be served at the noon
hour.
Navy Chief Petty Officer Leon C. Edwards, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Martin F. Edwards of Rt. 2, Castleberry, is aboard the aircraft carrier,
USS Independence, which is in the Eastern Atlantic participating in the NATO
Strike Fleet Exercise Royal Knight.
The seven-day exercise, which started Mon., Sept. 27,
includes 35 warships and 200 aircraft under the flags of Canada, the United
Kingdom, Norway, the Netherlands and the United States.
City executes Cable TV pact: The Evergreen City Council
authorized Mayor Henry Sessions to execute a franchise with Calvin Sutliff of
Brewton for Cable TV. Under terms of the agreement, construction of the system
is to begin within nine months.
Hugh Brown, Owassa, President of the Alabama Rural Electric
Association of Cooperatives, congratulates William Aday of Hillsboro, Ala. on
his being elected to serve on the 40-member board of the association.
73 YEARS AGO
OCT. 3, 1946
COTTON REPORT: There were 1,480 bales of cotton, counting
round as half bales, ginned in Conecuh County, from the crop of 1946 prior to
Sept. 16, 1946 as compared with 2,478 bales ginned to Sept. 16, 1945.
Funeral services for Corry W. Cowart, age 48, who was accidentally
killed near Evergreen city limits on Lyeffion Road early Thursday morning where
the state truck that he was riding in overturned were held Friday at 2:30 at
Castleberry Baptist Church with Rev. Monk of Brewton, officiating and Cope
Funeral Home directing. Interment following in Buffington Cemetery.
Change of Managers At Pix Theatre: Announcement was made
this week by Martin Theatres, Columbus, Ga., of the resignation of Roy Riley as
manager of the Pix Theatre, effective Tues., Oct. 1. Simultaneously it was
announced that he would be succeeded by Bob Sims, who has been an employee of
Martin Theatres for nine years, most of which time has been with the local
theatre.
There will be a special meeting of the Helen Keller Club at
the Pix Theatre Tues., Oct. 8, at 2:20, where Caesar and Cleopatra will be
shown. A short business session will be held immediately after the show.
The regular meeting of the O.E.S. will be Mon., Oct. 7, at 7
p.m. (Please notice change of time.) Initiation, members night and social.
98 YEARS AGO
OCT. 5, 1921
Attention Confederate Veterans: The 31st annual
reunion will be held in Chattanooga, Tenn. on Oct. 24, 25, 26 and 27. A most
attractive program consisting of music, oratory, parades, receptions, banquets,
boat rides on the Tennessee River, old fashion barbecues. Nothing will be
omitted to make the occasion enjoyable to veterans and the visitors. The
railroad has given a rate of one cent per mile. Tickets will be on sale at
Evergreen in time to reach Chattanooga the first day.
William Grace died Sept. 26, age 89 years. He was the father
of 28 children, 16 boys, 12 girls and 196 grandchildren and
great-grandchildren. He was born near Midway at his master’s home, Sam Grace.
Armistice Day Celebration: For the first time all Conecuh
County will celebrate the closing of the World War when a big, public barbecue
will be held at Evergreen on Armistice Day, Nov. 11, of this year. Everybody in
the county is invited, and expected to attend this celebration and a large
committee of prominent citizens is busy perfecting plans to make the day a
joyous event for all who come.
There will be some of the best speakers of the state present
and talks particularly of interest to the farmers will be made. There will also
be a big brass band for the occasion and many other attractions.
More about this barbecue will be told you in these columns
from week to week between now and Nov. 11, but make your plans now to spend
that day in Evergreen and you will never regret it.
123 YEARS AGO
OCT. 2, 1896
Man Found Dead: At an early hour
Monday morning an unknown man, apparently about 25 to 30 years of age, was
found dead near the north switch with a number of cuts and bruises on his
person. It was supposed he undertook to board a freight train and fell. He had
a number of bundles of merchandise, but nothing could be found on his person to
lead to his identity.
The man had
evidently been out foraging as it was discovered on Monday morning after
opening up that the store of Mr. J.H. Thompson had been broken into and several
articles missing and the goods found with the man were identified as the goods
of Mr. Thompson. He was trying to board the train to get away when he was
killed.
There will be an
ice cream supper at Rural Hill Academy on Friday night, Oct. 9, for the benefit
of Arkadelphia Baptist church. There will also be an entertainment. Everybody
cordially invited to attend.
The enrollment at
the Southwest Alabama Agricultural School has run up to 264 and increasing
every day. Taking into consideration the large number of pupils now actually in
attendance, the interest already manifested in their work, the unusually large
number of pupils from a distance and their almost uniform good deportment, this
is the most promising session we have yet had. The four literary societies have
been fully organized, and the Jefferson Davis and Athenean have held one
meeting each.
Mr. John L. Betts,
a popular young man of Burnt Corn, was in town Thursday. He was accompanied by
the charming Miss Ida Patrick, who was en route to Atmore, where she will take
charge of a school.
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