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APRIL 26, 2012
Evergreen Mayor Pete Wolff III signed a proclamation Monday afternoon that officially declared the week of May 6-12 as Nurses Week in the City of Evergreen. A number of local nurses and hospital officials were on hand for the proclamation signing ceremony, which was held at Evergreen City Hall.
Hillcrest students headed to
D.C. – Southern Pine Electric Cooperative announced this week that two
Hillcrest High School students have been selected for an all-expenses-paid trip
to Washington, D.C. in June.
Hillcrest High School’s
Jassmine Riley and William Nettles Jr. were two of four students picked from a
field of 25 high school juniors from Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia and
Monroe counties to attend the upcoming trip to the nation’s capitol.
Riley and Nettles were
selected for the trip to Washington as part of the Southern Pine Electric
Cooperative’s recent 2012 Washington, D.C. and Montgomery Youth Tour
competition. Riley, Nettles and 23 other high school juniors were selected for
the competition by the faculties at each of the high schools in the
cooperative’s service area.
The Leadership Community Bankers division of the Community Bankers Association of Alabama held its annual Legislative Day in Montgomery on April 18. Representing Sparta Academy were Gabriella Hamrac and Amanda Thompson and representing Hillcrest High School were Brittany Jenkins and Tanae Rankin along with Kenny Bledsoe from the Bank of Evergreen.
35 YEARS AGO
APRIL 23, 1987
Evergreen weather observer Earl Windham reported no rain between April 14 and April 20. He reported a high temperature of 86 degrees on April 20 and a low of 47 on April 16.
Little business council meeting: Mayor Pat Poole read a letter he received from the Navy. The Navy is giving the city an F-86 fighter plane to put on static display at Middleton Field Municipal Airport. The Navy will also repaint the airplane at the airport and put an insignia on it to give it its original appearance.
The first Strawberry Festival
will be held Sat., May 2, in Castleberry. In the early 1920s, Castleberry was
known as the Strawberry Center of Alabama. With the flood of 1924, three years
of late freezes and the depression, the strawberry business was wiped out. So
with all of this in mind, it was thought it would be appropriate to have a
Strawberry Festival in Castleberry.
The proceeds from the
Strawberry Festival will be used by the Town of Castleberry for improvements
and repairs on the sidewalks downtown.
Construction is moving along on a new substation in Evergreen Industrial Park. The substation will serve firms in the Industrial Park and also serve Polyfelt, Inc. and Florida Favorite Fertilizer on Miller Sellers Drive.
The Thirty-Second Anniversary and Retirement Service for the Rev. H.J. Hawkins, Pastor of the First Baptist Church, 129 South Main St., Evergreen, will be observed Sun., April 26, at 3 p.m.
60 YEARS AGO
APRIL 26, 1962
‘Open gates’ set Friday at
Lagoon: The City of Evergreen will have “open gate” Friday from 8 a.m. until 4
p.m. at the new sewage disposal plant on lower Bruner Avenue near Sandy Creek,
Mayor Zell Murphy, announced today.
On a fenced-in 40-acre site,
the new plant probably would be little suspected as a sewage disposal if no
sign identified it and no one was there to explain the set-up. What is seen is
27.7 acres of water and a neatly constructed masonry building that houses one
of three pumping stations for the systems. The sloped banks of the lakes are
well grassed, frogs are thriving there and one duck with several little ones
has been seen on the water.
The total system, modern and
adequate for a population of 8,000, cost a total of $321,856.55. It’s the
biggest project ever undertaken by this city. Contract on the lagoon disposal,
consisting of the site development and lake construction was awarded to Hooper
McDonald of Andalusia at a cost of $62,215.
L.F. Wilder Construction Co.
of Birmingham constructed the pumping stations and outfall lines on a low bid
of $234,125.23. Engineering for the system was done by J.B. Converse & Co.,
Inc. of Mobile. A third of the cost, $96,556.97, was paid by the federal
government and the city issued bonds on the electrical and sewer revenues to
finance the remainder.
Someone will be on hand all
day Friday to answer questions and explain the system. Everyone interested is
cordially invited to go by.
85 YEARS AGO
APRIL 22, 1937
AGED CONFEDERATE VETERAN
PASSES: Robert Thompson, known to all as “Uncle Bob,” aged 93 years, and a
Confederate veteran, died at his home in the Loree community on Thursday
evening at 6:30, death apparently due to heart failure or stroke of apoplexy.
He fell dead as he attempted to rise from his bed. The deceased was born and
spent his entire life at his home where he died, was never married and since
his mother’s death, some 20 years ago, had lived alone. Nearest surviving
relatives are nephews and nieces.
Funeral services and
interment were held at the Arkadelphia cemetery, seven miles west of Evergreen,
conducted by Rev. S.P. Lindsey of Belleville with Rutland Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Body of Accident Victim
Identified: Identification was made Monday of the body of a young white man
which was found mangled and dismembered on the L&N right of way two miles
north of Castleberry last Saturday, when J.B. Bell of near Brewton, declared
that description of the body confirmed the belief that the victim was Rex
Matheney of Clarksburg, West Virginia.
The body was buried in
Potter’s field here Monday with Rutland Funeral Home in charge.
The young man had been
employed by Mr. Bell, according to reports, and the names and addresses found
among the effects of the pockets were those of friends with whom the victim had
intended corresponding following his arrival at his West Virginia home.
Tattoo marks on the arms,
including initials “R.B.,” were instrumental in determining the dead man’s
identity.
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