25 YEARS AGO
MAY 18, 2006
An extremely large crowd came
by the Open House at Vaughan Evergreen Medical Center Sunday afternoon. On hand
to greet the visitors were Hospital Chief of Staff Dr. Fred West, Vaughan Evergreen
Administrator Jim Peace and his wife, Lisa, and Vaughan Health Services
President Bob Morrow and his wife, Deborah.
Valedictorian of Hillcrest
High School’s graduating class of 1995 is Preston Albritton, son of Greg and
Deborah Albritton of Evergreen.
Preston has a 93.2 grade
point average and scored a composite of 30 on the ACT.
Doug Bolden, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Bolden, is the salutatorian of the 1995 graduating class of
Hillcrest High School. He has a 93.0 grade point average. He scored a composite
of 31 on the ACT, with a perfect score of 36 on science.
R. Conner Warren, son of Mrs.
Lucy Warren, and the late Byron Warren of Evergreen, has been elected President
of the Alabama Cast Metals Association at their annual meeting in Montgomery.
The ACMA serves companies in the metal casting industry in Alabama which has
over 23,000 employees.
The Conecuh Women’s League
announced today that Carmon Salter and Chad Chesser are the recipients of the
League’s annual Scholarship Award.
50 YEARS AGO
MAY 28, 1970
SPC-4 Frank Demon Salter was
Conecuh County’s latest Vietnam casualty. He died in the combat area on May 19
“not as a result of hostile action.” The soldier was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Alexander Salter of Rt. 2, Evergreen. He entered the Army in March 1969. He
will be buried with full military honors Saturday afternoon at two o’clock at
the Pleasant Grove A.M.E. Zion Church with the Rev. J.S. Sellers officiating.
L.L. Autrey, veteran Conecuh
County educator and principal of Nichburg Junior High School, retired this
week. He compiled a remarkable record during his 42 years of service in county
schools, never having missed a day from school.
Truckers elect Poole
director: Walter Poole, Poole Truck Line, Evergreen, was elected a member of
the Board of Directors of the Alabama Trucking Association at the 1970
convention at the King’s Inn, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island.
Poole, who served in a
similar capacity the past year, will serve during the administration of Glenn
R. McClendon, Glenn McClendon Trucking Co., Lafayette, and takes office on July
1.
PIX Theatre – Friday,
Saturday and Sunday – The Nights Are Darker In Dunwich… and nights are when it
happens! H.P. Lovecraft’s Classic Tale of Terror and the Supernatural! THE
DUNWICH HORROR – Sandra Dee – Dean Stockwell – Ed Begley – PIX THEATRE.
55 YEARS AGO
MAY 27, 1965
Graduation exercises will be
held at the Evergreen City School auditorium tonight at 7:30 o’clock, according
to principal Marcus O’Gwynn.
The school is giving diplomas
to one of its largest classes this year with a total of 75 boys and girls
graduating.
Evergreen High graduates 65:
One of the largest senior classes in the history of the school is to be
graduated at exercises Friday night in the Memorial Gymnasium. The program
begins at 8 o’clock and will be highlighted by presentation of diplomas to 65 graduates.
Dorothy Waller is
valedictorian and Willene Powell is salutatorian of Repton’s Class of 1965.
Keith Holcombe is
valedictorian and Bobbie J. Carter is salutatorian of the (Lyeffion High
School) Class of 1965.
Donald Sawyer is
valedictorian and Jimmy Oliver is salutatorian of the 1965 Class (at Conecuh
County High School).
Kay Holman is valedictorian
and Nancy Nix is salutatorian of the Class of 1965 (at Evergreen High School).
BAUMHOLDER, Germany – Army
Pfc. George R. Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Williams, Route 1, Owassa,
Ala. took part in a river crossing exercise conducted by the 8th Infantry
Division in Germany May 9-17.
During the maneuvers,
Williams received practical training in the skills and procedures necessary to
cross water obstacles. He is a 1961 graduate of Lyeffion High School.
70 YEARS AGO
MAY 25, 1950
Seven persons lost their
lives in a tragic auto-truck collision here early Saturday morning. The
accident happened on the outskirts of Evergreen on the Loree road at about 6:15
Saturday morning. The site was within the city limits and the accident
investigated by city authorities.
Fifteen members of the
Evergreen Volunteer Fire Department received certificates at graduation
ceremonies last (Wednesday) night ending the 12-week school and training
program conducted here.
The following firemen
received certificates: Chief Ed Carrier, Assistant Chief Forrest Douglas, C.E.
Carrier, H.S. Dunn, J.H. Dunn, John Thompson, W.L. Thames, Henry Powell, James
Nall, Winston Pierce, J.W. Weaver, Randolph Moorer Jr., Woodford Bolton, Wilbur
Hamilton and A.B. Johnson.
Bill Langham will receive his
high school diploma at Evergreen High School Friday night thus ending one of
the most super-perfect attendance records ever compiled by a local student.
Since he entered the first grade in September 1938, Bill has never been absent
or tardy – 12 years of school present every day and on time every time.
Evergreen High School will
award diplomas to 55 students at graduation exercises Friday night. The program
will be held in Memorial Gymnasium to afford room for the large number of
people expected to attend.
75 YEARS AGO
MAY 24, 1945
Pvt.
W.H. Kamplain Jr. Is Enroute Home From Prison: Relatives have been informed
through the Red Cross that Pvt. W.H. Kamplain Jr. was enroute home, having
recently been freed from a German prison camp where he had been for more than a
year. No word had been received from Billy in about five months prior to the
message that he was on his way home.
Pfc. Alton Shipp Is Out Of
Prison Camp: Mr. and Mrs. Ernest M. Shipp of Route One, Evergreen, has received
a telegram on May 9 from their son, Pfc. Alton E. Shipp, who was in a German
prison camp, saying he was well and safe and hoped to see all soon. They also
received two letters since the telegram saying he was free again and was so
happy to be out of that prison camp.
Diplomas Are Awarded To 34
High School Seniors: Diplomas were awarded to 34 seniors of the 1945 graduating
class at the Evergreen High School Wednesday evening, May 23, by M.A. Hanks,
principal, following a program which was rendered by members of the graduating
class. George Kelly with the highest average was the valedictorian, and
Margaret Brown, second highest, is salutatorian.
(Other graduates included
Opal Bolton, Elsie Ruth Brooks, Verma Dell Brooks, Bertie Coburn, Vonceil
Coburn, Margaret Craig, Avril Davis, Jean Daw, Ada Frances Dean, Louise Elder,
Elizabeth Hanks, Coleen Hildreth Harper, Lillie Mae Reeves Harper, Edith Jones,
Vonceil McKenzie, Mae Newton, Marjorie Newton, Mary Virginia Peacock, Bettye
Ruth Snowden, Juanita Spence, Virginia Suddith, Johnnie Mae Thames, Ruby Faye
Tolbert, Willie Mae Ward, Walsteen Brown Williams, Edith Diamond Young, Matthew
Cross, Chester Ellis, Glenn Hart, James Lee, Roy Lee Moorer and Horace Tranum.)
66 YEARS AGO
MAY 11, 1954
Forty-Seven Seniors To
Receive Diplomas From Evergreen High: Commencement exercises for Evergreen High
School have been completed according.
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