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18 YEARS AGO
AUG. 15, 2002
Evergreen weather observer Harry Ellis reported 0.11
inches of rain on Aug. 5. He also reported a high of 95 degrees on Aug. 7 and
lows of 64 on Aug. 8, Aug. 9 and Aug. 10.
McQueen shot after four-hour manhunt: Law enforcement
officers searched the Brownville community for several hours Tuesday afternoon
searching for Frank McQueen, 23, aka, Frank Porter Jr., who was wanted in North
Carolina on kidnapping charges.
According to the Conecuh County Sheriff’s Department,
they were checking the area looking for a vehicle believed to have been stolen
by McQueen. McQueen was being sought by Greensboro, North Carolina authorities
for kidnapping his ex-wife and assaulting another man.
The sheriff’s department received a call informing
them that the woman was at a residence in Brownville. When officers pulled into
the yard, McQueen fled out the back door. The authorities called into the house
to ask McQueen’s ex-wife to exit the house through the front door. She was
immediately taken to a safe location while officers pursued McQueen.
The sheriff’s department, assisted by the Evergreen
Police Department, Alabama Bureau of Investigations, Alabama State Troopers,
Federal Bureau of Investigations, state helicopter and dog handlers surrounded
the area. The search went on for several hours and around 4:45 p.m. a single
shot was heard by officers.
According to reports, the dog handler spotted McQueen
and told him to stop or he would be shot. McQueen continued to run and was shot
one time in the right wrist.
43 YEARS AGO
AUG. 18, 1977
Local weather reporter Earl
Windham reported 0.31 inches of rain on Aug. 10 and 0.03 inches on Aug. 13. He
reported a high of 98 degrees on Aug. 9 and a low of 70 on Aug. 11.
Conecuh County Schools will
open Thurs., Aug. 25, at 8 a.m., it is announced by Wayne Pope, Superintendent.
Teachers will report to their assigned schools Aug. 24 for a full day of
preparations for the opening of schools Aug. 25.
Sparta Academy will begin
classes on Mon., Aug. 22, it is announced by Headmaster Henry Studstill.
Registration and textbook sales will be held Friday.
The last class day will be
May 24, 1978. Baccalaureate services will be held Sun., May 21, 1978 and
graduation exercises on Friday night, May 26, 1978.
Mayor O.B. “Bert” Tuggle cut
the ribbon for the grand opening of Bill’s last Thursday morning as Manager
Barbara Powell and Bertha Mae McLaughlin held the ribbon and the anxious first
customer impatiently waited to get inside to the bargains. Bill’s enjoyed a
tremendous opening with large crowds in the store [former Piggly Wiggly
building] all the time.
Mr. and Mrs. John Crum
Sessions announce the birth of a son, John Henry, weight seven pounds, 10
ounces, on Aug. 10 in the Baptist Hospital in Montgomery. Grandparents are Mrs.
Jim Wiggins and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sessions.
68 YEARS AGO
AUG. 21, 1952
ANOTHER SNAKE AND ANOTHER EGG:
Seems like the snakes and hens have been hearing about the stories concerning
big snakes and freak eggs. Each week somebody comes up with another big snake
or another freak egg.
This week, the rattles from
another six-foot rattle snake were brought in. This snake was killed by Elmer
and Lamar Sheffield in their grandmother’s yard at Mt. Union Sunday night. It
had 22 rattles and a button. The rattles are in The Courant window.
Also in The Courant window
this week is as peculiar a hen egg as you’ve ever seen. It was laid by a
chicken owned by Guy Hartley. The egg is in a coil and looks like anything but
a hen egg.
Belleville Boy Cited As “Good
Soldier” – Below is an article taken from a recent issue of “The Spotlite,”
camp newspaper which notes the selection of Cpl. William C. Hamilton for
special distinction. Cpl. Hamilton is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.I. Hamilton of
Belleville. The article which tells its own story is reproduced in entirety
herewith.
“The Spotlite selection for
this issue is Cpl. William C. Hamilton of the Medical Supply Section of the 141st.
“He was inducted into the
service Nov. 14, 1950 and was assigned to Fort Jackson, S.C. for his basic
training. After his basic, Hamilton was assigned to Fort Riley, Kansas and went
to work there in medical supply. On Aug. 15, 1951, he joined the 141st
and was assigned to the Medical Supply Warehouse where he has been ever since.
93 YEARS AGO
AUG. 18, 1927
Council Approves
Hydro-Electric Power: The negotiations which have been underway for some months
between the town council of Evergreen and officials of the River Falls Power
Company were brought to a close Tuesday evening when a contract was approved,
whereby electrical energy will be purchased at wholesale from the power
company.
Under terms of the contract,
the town will lend the sum of $15,000 to the power company for the purpose of
constructing a transmission line from Red Level to here. Ten thousand dollars
of this will be repaid to the town with power, the company permitting one half
of the total power bill each month to go as a payment on the loan until the sum
of $10,000 has been paid.
BROOKS BUYS INTEREST WITH
W.H. SHELL: M.C. Brooks, well known farmer, live stock dealer and business man
of Route A, has purchased an interest in the livestock business of W.H. Shell
and son, Otto Shell, and will be actively identified with this business from now
on. They will deal in mules, horses, wagons and harness. They will also buy
cotton.
Mr. and Mrs. Mal Gilchrist
this week assumed charge of the Western Union Telegraph office during the
absence of Miss Agnes Warwick, the regular operator, who is away on her
vacation.
W.B. James, a former resident
of this place, but now living in West Palm Beach, Fla., is spending several
days with his son, E.B. James, The Courant’s efficient Linotype operator.
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