Tuesday, May 12, 2020

The Evergreen Courant's News Flashback for May 12, 2020


20 YEARS AGO
MAY 11, 2000

Evergreen weather observer Harry Ellis reported 0.08 inches of rain on May 5. He also reported highs of 89 degrees on May 6 and May 7 and a low of 51 on May 1.

Evergreen’s Relay for Life this Friday: Conecuh County’s Relay for Life will be held this Friday night in downtown Evergreen’s “No Man’s Land.” Everyone is invited to come out and enjoy the fun, fellowship and entertainment Friday beginning at 6 p.m. Activities will last throughout the night until 6 a.m. on Saturday morning.

Wreck claims life of Miss. woman: A Gulfport, Miss. woman was killed Sunday morning when her vehicle left Interstate 65 and struck a tree.
According to the Alabama Department of Public Safety, Marsha Thompkins, 20, died as a result of her 2000 Chevrolet car leaving the southbound lane and crashing into a tree at 6:45 a.m. The accident occurred five miles north of Evergreen.

The Flat Rock Community Center hosted a special luncheon Monday to celebrate a recent grant awarded to the center to fund improvements to the historic church, located on County Road 26.
According to board member J.C. Padgett, the Flat Rock Chapel, originally a Reorganized Latter Day Saints church, has gone through many changes since its establishment in the 1870s. The church was acquired from the RLDS church in the late 1990s and subsequently remodeled.  

45 YEARS AGO
MAY 8, 1975

Local weather reporter Earl Windham reported 0.6 inches of rain on April 30 and 0.6 inches on May 3. He reported a high of 83 on May 2 and a low of 56 on April 28. Total rainfall in April 1975 was 16.7 inches.

Armed robbers hit bank at Castleberry: Three armed men, all white, robbed the Union Bank of Castleberry at noon Tuesday and got away with approximately $6,400, according to Sheriff Edwin Booker. He said that his office was notified of the robbery, which occurred moments earlier, at 12:59 p.m.
According to the sheriff, two armed men with pistols entered the bank and robbed two women tellers at gunpoint. A third man drove the get-away vehicle, a 1970 Ford pickup with camper body.

The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Depot in Evergreen, Conecuh County, has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, the Alabama Historical Commission announced today.

The U.S. Postal Service today announced a new plan to improve mail service to the SCF Evergreen mail processing area.
Gene Hyde, Postmaster at Evergreen, said outgoing mail originating in Evergreen and its 44 associate offices, which has been sorted manually at Evergreen, would now be processed on high speed equipment at Montgomery, effective Sat., May 10.

70 YEARS AGO
MAY 11, 1950

Firemen Studying First Aid Course At School: Evergreen’s Volunteer Firemen are now studying first aid in connection with their three-month training school. The course is being taught by W.W. “Fink” Fussell, assistant fire chief of the Greenville Department. The firemen began their classes in first aid this week and will continue them until the course is completed.

OES MEETS MONDAY NIGHT – Conecuh Chapter 217 OES will hold its regular meeting Monday night, May 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the Masonic Hall.

Members Added To Roll Of Evergreen 160 Club: A number of new members enrolled in Evergreen’s “160 Club” during the week, pushing the total nearer the 160 required to install Christmas lights. Officials in charge of the enrollment of members state that since the goal is so near reached the time for accepting members will be extended for a few days, so you still have a chance to fork over your five bucks and help get Evergreen out of the dark this Christmas.

REV. GEORGE CLEVE ELLIS: Following a long illness, Rev. George Cleve Ellis, age 56, died at a Mobile hospital Sunday night, where he had been confined for the past six months.
Rev. Ellis was a native of Conecuh County and lived here his entire life. He entered the ministry of the Baptist Church when a young man and preached in the rural churches of Conecuh, Escambia and Monroe counties for some 30 years, or until his health forced him to retire.

82 YEARS AGO
MAY 12, 1938

Paul Stephenson Draws Five Years For Killing: A circuit court jury late Wednesday night returned a verdict of guilty against Paul Stephenson, young white man living in Beat One, and sentenced him to five years in the penitentiary. Stephenson together with his father was charged with killing their neighbor, David Wallace, a number of years ago.
Stephenson’s trial began Tuesday and did not reach the jury until late Wednesday afternoon. He was represented by the law firm of Hamilton and Jones of this city. The case of Neil Stephenson will not be tried at this term of the court.
The case of Tom Howard, charged with carnal knowledge, a capital offense, was taken up early Monday. Through his attorney, R.H. Jones, Howard entered a plea of guilty and received a sentence of 25 years.

Evergreen Included In Air Mail Pick-Up Plan: Air mail pick-up service planned for Alabama May 15 has been canceled on orders of the post office department, which asked concentration of flights on May 19, the state aviation commission announced Wednesday.
Addition of three new cities to be given pick-up service was announced. They are Thomasville, Evergreen and Troy. The additions bring to 34 the number of points in which state aviators will pick up air mail and fly it to regular airliner stops.
“Harllee Branch, second assistant postmaster general, advised Wednesday the post office department would concentrate on air mail pick-up service May 19, the 20th anniversary of airmail inauguration, and refused to permit Alabama flights planned May 15,” Asa Rountree, state airfield director, announced.

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