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TWO YEARS AGO
NOV. 2, 2017
Evergreen weather observer Betty Ellis reported 0.04 inches
of rain on Oct. 27 and 0.24 inches on Oct. 28. She reported a high of 73
degrees on Oct. 26 and lows of 35 degrees on Oct. 28 and Oct. 29.
Bridge claims another victim: Evergreen firefighters
responded to another wreck on the Murder Creek Bridge on Interstate Highway 65
early Monday morning when an 18-wheeler struck the bridge and jackknifed in the
highway.
According to state trooper reports, Carroll E. Jacobs of
Hazel Green was traveling south on I-65 in a 2018 Volvo tractor-trailer on
Tuesday at 3:30 a.m. when she became involved in a one-vehicle accident just
north of Exit 93.
Ten Evergreen firefighters responded to the accident with a
fire engine and a rescue truck and arrived to find that Jacobs’ 18-wheeler had
struck the first southbound bridge over Murder Creek and jackknifed in the
highway. No one was injured in the accident, but firefighters remained on the
scene until 7:34 a.m. while workers cleared the wrecked 18-wheeler from the
roadway.
Many readers will know that this bridge has been the site of
numerous automobile accidents in the past. Evergreen Fire Chief Ricky Nobles
estimated yesterday (Wednesday) that there had been six to eight accidents in
that same general area already this calendar year with three or four having
occurred during the past few months.
27 YEARS AGO
NOV. 5, 1992
Evergreen weather observer Harry Ellis reported 0.08 inches
of rain on Oct. 27, 0.20 on Oct. 30 and 1.75 inches on Nov. 1. Total rainfall
for October 1992 was one inch. He also reported a high of 83 degrees on Oct. 26
and a low of 49 on Oct. 26.
The Conecuh County Young Woman of the Year competition will
be held Sat., Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. at Ed Reid State Technical College’s Wiley
Salter Auditorium. The theme for this year’s competition will be “Tour of the Islands.”
Participants competing for the title and the opportunity to represent Conecuh
County in the statewide event include Elizabeth Potts, Cynthia Thompson, Becky
Yancey, Kim Stallworth, Tangiela Lee, Susan Brewton, Amy Bodiford, Michelle
Covan, Teresa Moncrease, Nikki Hall and Tomika Coleman. Not pictured are Martha
Barlow, Michelle Pate, Kristy Sims and Terry Turner. The event is sponsored by
the Conecuh Women’s League.
Services are held for Dr. Crawford: Dr. E. Stanley Crawford,
a native of Evergreen and pioneer cardiovascular surgeon, died Tues., Oct. 27,
1992. He was 70.
Conecuh County paid tribute to its favorite son on May 16,
1992, proclaiming Dr. Stanley Crawford Day. City, county and state officials
were joined by many of Dr. Crawford’s associates from around the world to honor
the man who dedicated his life to the service of others.
During the festivities an historic marker was unveiled in
downtown Evergreen, forever reminding visitors and residents of the area of the
accomplishments of the famous surgeon.
52 YEARS AGO
NOV. 2, 1967
Board names group to study
courthouse: The Conecuh County Grand Jury, fall term, recommended that a
commission be appointed by the Board of Directors for the purpose of studying
the present and future needs of the courthouse. During a recent meeting of the
board, such a commission as recommended by the grand jury was duly appointed:
William D. Melton, Chairman, Mabry Huggins, Jack Daniels, Lee Stallworth and
Hugh Brown.
The old courthouse
structure is approximately 65 years old. The roof framing, flooring and ceiling
joists are structurally weak. The old clock tower was removed several years ago
because it was judged structurally unsound by the architects and engineers.
The Ed E. Reid
Vocational Technical School of Evergreen graduated its first class of practical
nurses on Fri., Oct. 27. These students began their training at the technical
school and completed their clinical training at the D.W. McMillan Memorial
Hospital in Brewton. The 12-month training program equips the graduates for
medical and surgical duty in hospitals and nursing homes. There is a severe
shortage of nurses in Alabama and this type training should do much to
alleviate this situation. (The graduates included Nell Gladwell, Maurice
Carter, Linda Gibson, Mary Burke, Ernestine Ellis, Patty Helton, Delois
Jefferies, Sybil McDowell, Margaret Sutton, Patricia Cooper, Judith Hyde and
Lucy Ogletree. Helen Howell was their instructor.)
77 YEARS AGO
NOV. 5, 1942
Miss Mary Cunningham Saturday assumed the duties of
postmaster of Evergreen, succeeding Mrs. Laurie B. Kelly, who has served as
acting postmaster since the resignation of R.G. Bozeman Aug. 1, 1941. A postal
inspector came here to effect the transfer which was completed late Saturday
night.
Fire which broke out in the furnace room at the local high
school about 10 o’clock Tuesday night did considerable damage to this portion
of the building, according to information given The Courant by Prof. M.A.
Hanks, principal. Mr. Hanks is of the opinion that the fire was caused by
defective wiring. When discovered the blaze had gained considerable headway in
the overhead wooden framing of the furnace room and on the top of the coal pile
in the furnace room. The fire department quickly got the blaze under control
before it spread to other portions of the building.
James Kelly of USS Rhind, who is at home on a 15-day
furlough, will spend the weekend with his father, J.L. Kelly, at Fort
Ogelthorpe.
There were 5,763 bales of cotton, counting round as half
bales, ginned in Conecuh County from the crop of 1942 prior to Oct. 18, 1942 as
compared with 4,743 bales ginned to Oct. 18, 1941.
102 YEARS AGO
NOV. 7, 1917
Boy Killed by Train: A boy was killed by a freight train
near the McMillan street crossing yesterday afternoon.
He undertook to catch the train and was hurled under the
wheels and killed, both legs being cut off and his head crushed.
It is common to see boys swing on to passing trains and it
is a great wonder that more tragedies do not occur from such foolhardiness.
There were 3,687 bales of cotton ginned in this county up to
October 18, compared with 1,379 for the same date last year, showing an
increase over the production last year of 2,308 bales. These figures are
official, being furnished by the U.S. census bureau.
County Fair Opened This Morning: The County Fair opened this
morning and the indications are that it will be a complete success.
All day yesterday exhibits were being brought in and placed
in the exhibit halls and it now appears that the showing will be very
creditable.
It is expected that Friday will be the most interesting of
the entire week, being school day. School children from all parts of the county
will assemble at the agricultural school grounds, will form in parade and march
to the fairgrounds. Last year there were about 3,000 children in the parade.
The number on next Friday will in all likelihood be much larger. At 11 o’clock,
Judge W.W. Brandon of Tuscaloosa, will deliver an address on education at the
courthouse. This address should be heard by every person who can get into the
courthouse, as Judge Brandon is a forcible, interesting speaker.
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