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| Wendell Hart |
20 YEARS AGO
AUG. 24, 2000
Riding Lawn Mower Race
(Derby) – A Riding Lawn Mower Race (Derby) will be held Mon., Sept. 4, 2000
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Boykins Ball Park, Highway 29 East. Registration on
site or pre-register by mailing application and $25 to Helping Hands Outreach
Ministry, Castleberry, Ala.
45 YEARS AGO
AUG. 28, 1975
Blue Devils open at home: The
Conecuh County Blue Devils open their football season this Friday night at home
against the Blacksher Bulldogs of Uriah.
Coach Brown says his squad
has been hampered with injuries and with boys quitting during the hot August
heat, but he expects a lot of football playing from returning lettermen such as
Michael Sims, Phillip Etheridge, Ricky Reeves, Dennis Darby, Ricky Godwin, Paul
Ellis, Donnie Laster, Stan Pate and Bill Baker along with some more newcomers
who show some promise.
Kickoff will be 7:30 Friday
night so let’s give these Blue Devils some support.
The Sparta Academy Varsity
Cheerleaders for 1975-76 are Martha Burt and Cathy Cotton; Nancy Price, Leanne
Tanner, Captain, and Tammy Barlow; Sharron Johnson, Carolyn Ward and Lisa
Poole. They will be trying to cheer the Warriors to victory when they open the
1975 season here Saturday night against Greenville Academy with kickoff set at
eight o’clock at Stuart-McGehee Field.
Sparta QB Club meets tonight:
Something unusual is in store for those who are attending the meeting tonight
of the Sparta Quarterback Club at Sparta Academy at 7:30. The unusual thing is
that the guest speaker will be head coach Jim Autrey of Greenville Academy
whose team will meet the Warriors here Saturday night in the opening game of
the season for both clubs.
All members, prospective
members and friends are urged to attend. Some important business will be
discussed.
Sparta Academy cheerleaders
win honors at clinic: The Sparta Academy cheerleaders recently attended a
clinic where they won several honors. The clinic, which was held at the
beautiful Huntingdon College campus in Montgomery, was led by the Universal
Cheerleaders Association. UCA conducts clinics throughout the Midwestern and
Southern United States for college, high school and junior high school
cheerleaders. The UCA program stresses the building of a complete school spirit
program for each of the participating squads.
Beginning classes at 8:30
a.m., the eight girls were taught new cheers, modern pompom routines,
cheerleading gymnastics and chants. In workshop, they developed their skills to
maximum potential in the areas of jumps, double-stunts, mini-tramp and pyramid
buildings.
During their five-day stay,
the Sparta cheerleaders were awarded three ribbons for cheer evaluations and
another ribbon in pompom evaluation. Many fond memories were made and brought
home by these girls, but most importantly, they are looking forward to boosting
the Warriors to victory as the 1975 season opens here, Aug. 30, with Greenville
Academy.
70 YEARS AGO
AUG. 24, 1950
Aggie Football Squad Working
Out Daily: Coach Wendell Hart put 30 boys through a light workout Tuesday in
the initial practice session for the 1950 season. Practice until the first of
September will be confined to calisthenics, passing, kicking and running
without pads. Full uniforms cannot be donned until September the first,
according to new state high school rules.
This year’s squad will
probably be the biggest ever to be fielded by Evergreen High and prospects for
a very good season are bright. The backfield, which lost three topnotch
performers, is bolstered by the return of Billy Mudge Lee. Ed Hooks and “Red”
Morgan, regulars from last year, make the backfield look strong along with Pete
Wells, Donahue Edson and Gwyn Daniels.
John Henry Brantley, Shirley
Frazier, Billy Lewis and Ward Alexander are up from the Junior Team and will
give added strength to the backfield corps. Pace Bozeman, up from the “B” team,
will also be trying for a berth in the backfield.
Up front, the Aggies look
rugged and powerful with four big regulars from last year back plus some large
and scrappy reserves and one newcomer. Max Pope, Shelton Craig, Douglas Potts
and Jeff Moorer are all back from last year’s varsity along with Sam Cope,
Allen Edson, Cecil Culbreth, Clayton and Clinton Cobb, Cleveland Robinson,
Billy Watson and Franklin Williamson.
76 YEARS AGO
AUG. 24, 1944
This happened several weeks
ago, but no true story like it should ever be allowed to pass unnoticed.
Veteran fisherman Emmett Calhoun, Birmingham Post employee who used to cast a
dubious eye at some of the yarns sent the outdoor column he once conducted,
will never again question an angler’s tale.
Fishing the Warrior River,
Calhoun cast his plug into a group of bass that was breaking water in all
directions. Something struck like a streamlined train going through a whistle stop!
“You have two, no three!”
exclaimed fishing partner D.D. Webb as Calhoun began reeling in.
Yessir, Calhoun had hit the
jackpot of all fishing experiences – three smallmouth bass on as many hooks.
They totaled a little over three pounds. The green dodder frog plug, which had
such an irresistible appeal, is now used only for exhibition purposes.
And what did fisherman
Calhoun think of it? He says “I felt just like Bing Crosby when his horse
finally won a race. I hope my friend, game warden Ted Cottrell, doesn’t hear
about this; he might pinch me for unethical fishing.”
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