Wednesday, August 17, 2022

The Evergreen Courant's News Flashback for Aug. 17, 2022

16 YEARS AGO
AUG. 17, 2006

Evergreen weather observer Harry Ellis reported .55 inches of rain on Aug. 8 and .08 inches on Aug. 13. He reported highs of 96 degrees on Aug. 7, Aug. 8, Aug. 9 and Aug. 12 and lows of 70 degrees on Aug. 9 and Aug. 10.

Television venture by Sheriff Hawsey draws ethics questions: Conecuh County Sheriff Tracy Hawsey has found himself in the midst of a controversy over a television show he and WAKA CBS 8 reporter Mike Smith have created called “Alabama 9-1-1.” Articles that appeared in the Mobile Press-Register this week allege that Hawsey has a conflict and could be in violation of ethics laws in the state.
Sheriff Hawsey claims that he has already discussed the matter with the Secretary of State’s office and they had no problems.

Bobby Balogun, President of W&B Trading, appeared before the Conecuh County Commission to voice his displeasure with the progress in acquiring the land and other incentives promised him by the county and City of Evergreen to bring his biodiesel plant to Conecuh County. Balogun began by saying his company is happy to be in Conecuh County and feels like the county has welcomed him here.
He told the county there are several issues they are not happy with on the project. He stated that since the contract for the project was signed on June 8 too much time has passed without activity on items like the temporary industrial access road to the site.

26 YEARS AGO
AUG. 15, 1996

Local weather reporter Harry Ellis reported .23 inches of rain on Aug. 11. He reported a high of 91 degrees on Aug. 8 and a low of 69 on Aug. 9.

A Covington, Ga. man was found dead Saturday afternoon approximately two miles west of the Mixonville community on County Road 106. He had died as the result of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Investigation revealed the man, Billy Joe Freeman, was wanted in connection with a homicide and aggravated battery in Newton County, Ga.

Public schools to begin Aug. 21: Conecuh County schools will begin Aug. 19-20 for teachers. Countywide In-Service will be at Hillcrest High School on Tues., Aug. 20, 1996 at 8 a.m. Students will report for school on Wed., Aug. 21, 1996 for a full day.

The Castleberry Town Council held their regular meeting for the month of August on Monday night. Present were Mayor Bill Seales and council members Betty Etheridge, Alton Henderson, Dewey Jackson, James Ball and city planner Lula Palmer. Council member Bill Moncrease was absent.

These electrical crews are hard at work upgrading another portion of the City of Evergreen’s electrical system from 4kv to 12kv. This will take some of the strain off the system and should help the system to be more trouble free.

51 YEARS AGO
AUG. 19, 1971

Mark Booker killed this rattlesnake Sunday afternoon inside the house at the old Mark Booker place in the China community. The snake was a big one, five feet long, with only tree rattles and a button.

Airman First Class Billy L. Tolbert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otis A. Tolbert of Evergreen, has arrived for duty at Thule AB, Greenland.
Airman Tolbert, a security policeman, is assigned to a unit of the Aerospace Defense Command, which protects the U.S. against hostile aircraft and missiles.
A 1965 graduate of Evergreen High School, the airman received his B.S. degree in social science from Troy State University.

The Evergreen City Council heard a proposition on Cable Television for the city area, but took no action at its meeting Tuesday night.
Calvin Sutliff of Arizona was present to discuss a Cable TV system with the council. If granted a franchise, he would move here, Sutliff said. The council postponed any action until a later meeting.

Thomas Beale Reid, 60, well known Evergreen businessman, died Thursday morning, Aug. 12, at 10 o’clock in a Montgomery hospital after a brief illness.
Affectionately known by a wide circle of friends as “Tom” he had resided here for 35 years. He was a partner with his brother, John D. Reid, in Reid Brothers Lumber Co. and various other business enterprises.

69 YEARS AGO
AUG. 20, 1953

Local National Guard Unit At Fort McClellan For Two Weeks Training: Battery “C,” 177th Field Artillery Battalion (N.G.U.S.), local Guard unit, left Sun., Aug. 16, for Fort McClellan, Ala., for summer camp and two weeks training. The unit is part of the famed 31st Dixie Division.
Lt. Wiley Sanders Jr. will be in command of the unit at camp. Lt. Sanders was appointed 2nd Lt. and assigned to the unit in May of this year. This will be his first experience as a Guardsman as he served in the Navy during World War II.

Oil Hunt Continues With Drilling On Well Near Evergreen: Drillers are now seeking oil only one and one-half miles from Evergreen’s southeastern city limits.
Lyle Cashion Company’s rig was moved during the weekend to land owned by Dr. John W. Deming of Alexandria, La. and began drilling what is known as the John W. Deming No. 1.
The rig is located a short distance south of the Evergreen-Brooklyn highway and can be seen from the highway. Access to it is possible by taking the road leading to the home of H.S. Hagood.

Rochester, N.Y., Aug. 11 - George M. Jones of Evergreen was awarded a master of music degree at the University of Rochester’s recent 103rd commencement.
Jones, who lives at 113 Bruner Ave., took his undergraduate work at the University of Rochester also, receiving a bachelor of music degree in 1951.

95 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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