23 YEARS AGO
FEB. 1, 2001
Evergreen weather observer Harry Ellis reported .05 inches of rain on Jan. 26. He reported a high of 72 degrees on Jan. 28 and a low of 24 on Jan. 22.
Chamber installs new officers at banquet: The
Evergreen-Conecuh Chamber of Commerce recognized 600 citizens for their
contribution towards making Evergreen and Conecuh County a better place to live
and honored Zebbie Nix for Outstanding Leadership for her role as “the leader
and driving force in building EverFUN playground at the Municipal Park.”
Chamber President Alesia Stuart presented Nix with an award
“on behalf of the community and Chamber for outstanding contribution” for her
role as chairman of the EverFUN Project. Stuart presented a framed document
listing all the names of individuals, businesses and organizations that
contributed either funds or labor to build the state-of-the-art children’s
playground in April 2000.
The document will be displayed in the Chamber office at the
Old Historic Depot.
The awards were part of the program at the Chamber’s Annual
Meeting and Banquet held at the Hillcrest High School Cafetorium last Thursday
night. The Chamber installed new officers and directors for the year 2001. The
program was completed with entertainment provided by Dr. David Himelrick,
magician and humorist.
The new officers, elected in December by the Board of
Directors, took office following President Stuart’s State of the Chamber
address. John Raines became the new President; Brent Salter, Vice President;
and Terry Jackson, Treasurer.
48 YEARS AGO
FEB. 5, 1975
Evergreen weather observer Earl Windham reported .86 inches of rain on Jan. 31. He reported a high of 70 degrees on Jan. 30 and lows of 28 on Jan. 28 and Jan. 30.
MRS. CALLIE MELTON WHITE: Mrs. Callie Melton White, 103, of 517 Magnolia Ave., Evergreen, died on Tuesday, Jan. 27, in a local hospital. She was one of Evergreen’s senior citizens. Funeral services were held Saturday morning at 11 o’clock from the First Baptist Church with the Rev. H.J. Hawkins officiating. Burial was in Westside Cemetery.
These newly appointed members of the Conecuh County Board of Equalization were recently administered the oath of office by Circuit Judge Robert E.L. Key in the chambers: Aubrey Padgett, E.L. McInnis and J.E. Babb. Babb, nominated by the County Commission, was reappointed while Padgett, nominated by the Board of Education, and McInnis, nominated by the incorporated towns of the county, are new members.
Dallas County medical group elects Hagood: Dr. Joseph H.
Hagood Jr. has been elected president of the Dallas County Medical Society for
1976. He is a radiologist and practices in Selma at Vaughn Memorial Hospital.
Dr. Hagood and his wife, Judy, reside in Selma with their
two children, Joseph H. Hagood III and Elizabeth. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs.
Joe Hagood of Evergreen.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Lee Coleman were honored on the occasion of their 50th (Golden) wedding anniversary at an open house at their residence in the Flat Rock community hosted by their children on Sun., Feb. 1.
73 YEARS AGO
FEB. 1, 1951
Man Jailed Following Shotgun Slaying Of Woman: A man is
lodged in the county jail following the shotgun slaying of a woman near here
Saturday afternoon. The woman, Alice Roberts, about 60, died in Escambia
Hospital, Brewton, Sunday morning at eight o’clock.
Her slayer, Mizell Shepard, age 34, is in the county jail
following his arrest by Deputy Sheriff James Brock. Shepard has confessed to
the killing and is charged with murder in the first degree according to Sheriff
John Brock.
The woman, critically wounded by two shotgun blasts, was
found shortly after the shooting by Joe Higdon, who had stopped to get water
for his car. Mr. Higdon notified Sheriff Brock, who with Deputy Brock, Capt.
O.T. McDuff of the Alabama Highway Patrol, County Solicitor Edwin C. Page Jr.
and former sheriff W.D. Lewis went immediately to the scene, at Roberts Grocery
some seven miles south of Evergreen on Highway 31.
Shepard was among those who had gathered at the scene when
the sheriff’s party had arrived. All there were questioned and claimed no
knowledge of the shooting, but Deputy Brock suspicioned that Shepard and
another man, Bert Lee, were not telling the truth. Immediately after getting
back to town the deputy returned to Lee’s house.
After being questioned, Lee confessed that Shepard had come
to his house and told him the woman was hurt shortly after the shots were fired
and at that time had a gun with him. They left the gun at Lee’s house and went
to the store. Deputy Brock went after Shepard and caught him between Lee’s
house and his. Shepard had the gun, a double-barrel 12 gauge, with him.
98 YEARS AGO
FEB. 3, 1926
PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: On March 1, 1926, the subscription of The Evergreen Courant will be advanced from $1 to $1.50 per year. The price of the paper will remain at $1 per year during our subscription campaign and all who subscribe or advance their subscription during the campaign will be permitted to take advantage of the present rate. The Courant is the only live-wide-awake county seat newspaper now published in South Alabama at $1 per year. The high cost of labor, paper and ink, and everything else used in connection with the production of a newspaper makes this raise in price absolutely necessary. – Dr. W.G. Hairston, Sec’y-Treas., Evergreen Courant Publishing Co.
Mr. W.L. Howell of Tuskegee arrived in Evergreen Tuesday afternoon to take charge of the mechanical department of The Courant. He replaces Mr. J.L. Daniels, who leaves us to attend a linotype school at New Orleans.
Mr. Lamar Matkin spent Saturday night and Sunday in Montgomery to attend the marriage of his daughter, Bessie, to Mr. Robert G. Jones.
Mr. Jeff D. Johnston of Johnstonville brought to this office last Friday two as fine turnips as we have seen in some time. He said he had a large plot of them, and they were of very fine flavor. The two balanced the scales at seven pounds. The turnips were of the purple top variety.
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