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| Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace |
JAN. 24, 2013
Evergreen weather observer Betty Ellis reported 0.06 inches of rain on Jan. 14, 1.04 inches on Jan. 15, 0.31 inches on Jan. 16 and 0.01 inches on Jan. 17. She reported a high of 73 degrees on Jan. 15 and a low of 29 on Jan. 18.
A sizeable crowd of parade-goers flocked to downtown Evergreen on Monday afternoon for the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade. The Sampey AME Zion Church float was one of over 60 entries in this year’s parade.
Ernestine Raines celebrated her 104th birthday Wednesday of last week at Evergreen Nursing Home. Raines received a key to the City of Evergreen from Mayor Pete Wolff, and was treated to a birthday celebration by Evergreen Medical Center Hospice. A sizeable crowd attended the birthday party, including the staff and residents at Evergreen Nursing Home.
No one was injured in this accident Tuesday at 3:09 p.m. at the CSX Railroad Crossing at the intersection of West Front Street and Belleville Avenue in downtown Evergreen. The accident involved a train, consisting of two engines and 35 railcars, and a 2007 Ford F150 pickup truck, belonging to the Conecuh County Commission. The truck, which was pulling a trailer loaded with welding equipment, was driven by Kevin Dwayne Henderson, 27, of Evergreen. Evergreen police officers Adam Hawsey and Shawn Sullivan investigated the accident.
33 YEARS AGO
JAN. 28, 1988
Evergreen weather observer Earl Windham reported 0.79 inches of rain on Jan. 19 and 0.85 inches on Jan. 24. He reported a high of 72 on Jan. 20 and a low of 25 on Jan. 23.
Mrs. Hugh (Dot) Mason was one of those instrumental in getting this historical marker placed at the site of the Old Flag Tree, a landmark of the 19th Century near Old Town, (turn left at Old Town Baptist Church). The site is on the old original Stallworth property on the original Sparta Road from Travis Bridge to Old Sparta. The Flag Tree was at the site of an Indian battleground and was distinctive as all of the branches on one side had been torn away causing the tree to look like a flag from a distance. It was last known standing in 1912. About ¼-mile down the road stands the old home of the late William Thomas and Pearl Stallworth Mason and the home of the late Ralph, Author, Carl and Hugh Mason. The property is presently owned by the McMillan Co. of Brewton, and Ed Leigh McMillan II gave permission to place this marker.
Alabama Attorney General Don
Siegelman will be the featured speaker at the Evergreen Chamber of Commerce’s annual
Promotion-Membership Banquet on Monday night, Feb. 8, at 6:30 o’clock at the
Evergreen Inn.
Siegelman, 41, is a native of
Mobile and graduate of Murphy High School. He received his BA degree from the
University of Alabama in 1968, graduated from the Georgetown University Law
Center, Washington, D.C. in 1972, earning his law degree and studied
international law at Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1972-73.
58 YEARS AGO
JAN. 24, 1963
Conecuh County’s beautiful float added to the festivities at the inauguration of Gov. George C. Wallace in Montgomery last week. Built by a professional, the float cost $600 and was one of the prettiest in the mammoth parade. Adding to the beauty of the float were these five beauties who braved the cold to represent Conecuh. Up front, arm lifted in greeting, is Linda Gay Garner of Castleberry, Conecuh’s Queen Joy. Under the Brooklyn sign is Louise Dozier, Evergreen, Patricia Hart, Lyeffion, Patt Watts. Representing Repton is Betty Dees who can be partially see behind Linda Gray. Guy Mason was in charge of arrangements for the Conecuh entry.
Full Docket Set For County Court: The regular monthly
term of County Court will be held Monday with Judge of Probate Lloyd G. Hart
presiding. There is an unusually heavy docket with 182 cases listed, according
to Circuit Clerk Ralph Crysell.
Crysell said that actually some 10 cases are set for
trial Monday with County Solicitor H.J. Kinzer prosecuting for the county.
Crysell explained the heavy docket is due to illness in Judge Hart’s family and
the holidays.
Airman Third Class John E. Davis of Repton is being reassigned to Tyndall AFB, Fla., following his graduation from the U.S. Air Force technical training course for supply inventory specialists here. The airman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam S. Davis of Rt. 1, Repton, is a graduate of Repton High School.
83 YEARS AGO
JAN. 27, 1938
Loyce (Skin) Hyde Takes Over Grocery Business: Announcement is being made in this issue in an advertisement on another page that A.L. (Skin) Hyde has taken over the grocery department at the Arctic Market, which is owned and operated by L.S. Rabun. Mr. Hyde states that he has purchased the grocery stock of Mr. Rabun’s and henceforth will have charge of this department. Mr. Hyde was born and reared in Evergreen and has spent all of his life here except for a few years when he lived in Selma, where he was manager of a branch of a well known chain store system.
POST OFFICE GROUNDS HAVE BEEN PLANTED: The grounds at the new post office building were planted last week under a contract awarded by the post office department to Birmingham Nursery Co. The lawns were sodded in Bermuda grass and the borders were set in hedge. A number of shrubs were placed about the building and several shade trees were planted. With the coming of spring, the improvement should make the posts office grounds one of the city’s beauty spots.
Rat Killing Campaign To Be Waged Here: The County Health Department announced this week that plans had been completed to put on a rat extermination campaign in Evergreen. The city has made an appropriation to defray the cost of bait, poison and traps and the work will be done by relief workers. Besides the great property damage done by rats, health authorities have learned that they are carriers of Brill’s disease or typhus fever.
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