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FEB. 26, 2009
Evergreen weather observer
Harry Ellis reported a trace of rain on Feb. 17, 0.05 inches on Feb. 18 and
0.09 inches on Feb. 21. He reported a high of 74 degrees on Feb. 18 and a low
of 27 on Feb. 20.
Kelly Goneke of Skinnerton
fielded this year’s Grand Champion during the 64th Annual Conecuh
County Steer & Heifer Show Monday at Breaking Ridge Farms in Evergreen.
Jimmy Stone with Conecuh Woods purchased the steer during the sale portion of
the show.
County mourns Stuart: Dewitt
Talmage Stuart III, age 68, of Evergreen passed away Wed., Feb. 18, 2009 in
Montgomery.
“Tal,” as he was
affectionately called by his friends, was born Aug. 20, ,1940 in Montgomery.
Stuart worked for many years
at the Bank of Evergreen, retiring as President in 1992 and serving as Chairman
of the Board until 2000. During his tenure, he oversaw the moving of the bank
from its original location on Rural Street to its present location on West
Front Street.
He was a longtime member of
the Evergreen Rotary Club and served two terms as president. He was very
instrumental in the starting of the Rotary Wildlife Camp, which will soon
celebrate its 50th anniversary.
Ali Congdon of Bermuda
fielded this year’s Reserve Champion in the 64th Annual Conecuh
County Steer & Heifer Show Monday at Breaking Ridge Farms in Evergreen.
36 YEARS AGO
FEB. 23, 1984
Evergreen weather observer
Earl Windham reported 0.83 inches of rain on Feb. 12, 0.05 inches on Feb. 13
and 0.12 inches on Feb. 16. He reported a high of 78 degrees on Feb. 12 and low
of 35 on Feb. 15.
New courtroom is dedicated:
The new Conecuh County Courtroom was dedicated Thursday morning at an
impressive ceremony hosted by the Conecuh County Bar Association. The handsome
new facility is located on the second floor of the addition to the County
Courthouse and includes judge’s chambers, jury and witness rooms and adequate
restroom facilities.
William D. Melton of the
Conecuh Bar Association introduced the dedicatory speaker, the Hon. Robert E.L.
Key, presiding judge of the 35th Judicial Circuit.
The last week in February has
been proclaimed Arbor Week by Gov. George C. Wallace. In deference thereto, the
above shows a spruce pine (Pinus glabra) in the front yard of Mrs. Ella G. Martin
in Castleberry, which is the largest of its kind in the State of Alabama. The
champion tree, measured 4.5 feet above ground, is 12 feet in circumference and
approximately four feet in diameter. It is 82 feet tall, with a crown spread of
66 feet and a formula value of 243. The tree was planted 62 years ago by Mrs.
J.E. (Minnie) Skinner of Castleberry. Mrs. Martin was presented a plaque, which
is displayed near the tree. Anyone owning a tree of a variety believed to be a
champion, may nominate it by contacting Victor Howell, Forest Ranger, Alabama
Forestry Commission, Evergreen.
46 YEARS AGO
FEB. 28, 1974
Earl Windham reports a total of 4.1 inches of rain this
month through Feb. 21. Dates and amounts were: Feb. 6, 1 inch; Feb. 7, 2.4;
Feb. 15, 0.3; Feb. 19, 0.3; and Feb. 21, 0.8.
Edwin L. Booker, 33, an Evergreen policeman, qualified
Monday as a candidate for Sheriff of Conecuh County. It is his first venture in
politics.
Booker grew up in the Pine Orchard community in the
northwest corner of Conecuh County. He graduated from Beatrice High School,
students in that part of Conecuh attending that school then.
Booker worked with Flxible Southern Co. for seven years,
was shop foreman for Cotton-Hutcheson, Inc. for a year and has been on the
local police force for nearly a year. He served for three years as an auxiliary
deputy sheriff.
Robert J. (Bob) Floyd of Rt. C, Evergreen, has qualified
as a candidate for member of the Conecuh County Board of Education, Place 4.
Bob Floyd was appointed to the board by other members to carry out an unexpired
term in November 1973 and is now seeking a full term of office.
The Depot Committee, appointed recently by the Evergreen
City Council, met Monday morning with Dan G. Powers, president of The Cradle of
the Confederacy Railroad Museum in Montgomery.
76 YEARS AGO
FEB. 24, 1944
Report of Evergreen Library
for the month of February is as follows: Visitors, 304; books read, 266; and
five new books received. Mrs. Mattie Lou Donald, Lib’n.
Mrs. Harold Bell and Mrs.
Earl Sims spent Monday and Tuesday in Birmingham and attended the demonstration
of Cold waving hair styling and shaping at the Thomas Jefferson Hotel.
Ensign Devon King, USNR, who
graduated recently from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at King’s Point Long Island,
is spending two weeks at home.
Roland R. Riley, mm1/c, USN,
son of Mr. and Mrs. S.T. Riley, is now enrolled at the NTS (Turbo-Electric),
General Electric Co., Syracuse, New York. He served aboard the USS Memphis for
3-1/2 years.
Specialist First Class
(Recruiter) W.D. Paisley, Petty Officer in Charge of the Navy Recruiting
Station, Evergreen, won honors in the recruitment of young men 17 and 18 years
of age for naval aviation training in competition with 73 Southern recruiting
stations, 11 of which are in Alabama, Lt. C.S. Carroll, Officer in Charge in
Alabama announced.
Funeral services for Claude
E. Hamilton, Sr., 74, who died in a Birmingham hospital at 10 p.m. Tuesday
night will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday from the residence in Greenville.
Born here Jan. 10, 1870, he
received his early education in local schools, and at Holbrook School in
Lebanon, Ohio. He was a prominent figure in the State Bar Association, and
served as its president at one time.
86 YEARS AGO
FEB. 22, 1934
Gov. Miller’s Wife Passes Away Friday: Montgomery, Feb.
17 – Mrs. Margaret Otis Miller, wife of Gov. B.M. Miller, died at the Executive
Mansion, 702 South Perry St., Friday at 2:45 p.m., following a brief illness.
She was 69 years old.
A short funeral service was held at the Mansion at 10
a.m. Saturday conducted by Dr. Donald C. MacGuire, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church.
The body was then carried through the country to the
family residence in Camden, where the last rites occurred at 11 a.m. Sunday
with Dr. R.C. Kennedy, pastor of the Associate Reform Presbyterian Church of
that place, officiating. Burial was in the Camden cemetery.
Aged Lady Passes Here On Monday: Mrs. Eleby Jane Ott, 87,
much beloved and highly respected lady died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
J.R. Simmons of this city at 12:30 Monday. Mrs. Ott had been practically an
invalid for almost 30 years of her long and useful life.
Mrs. Ott was born and reared in Dale County. She moved
with her husband to Campbell, Ala. in Clarke County when a young lady and made
her home there until a few years ago, since which time she and her husband had
lived with her children. Due to their advanced age and ill health, they could
not maintain their home there. They had lived with Mrs. Simmons for the past
several months.
Funeral services were held from the Simmons residence
Tuesday at 10 o’clock. From here, the remains were carried to Mexia where
interment was made.
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