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APRIL 25, 2002
Members of the Pinckney D. Bowles Camp 1840 of the Sons of the Confederacy placed flags on Bowles Grave Monday morning in honor of Confederate Memorial Day. Members pictured are Lee F. Smith, Mitchell Anthony, Ed Deabler, Bill Hart and Michael Lambert.
James E. (Jimmy) Warren has qualified to seek re-election to the House of Representatives. He presently represents the 64th District, which includes Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia and Monroe counties.
Frank L. Johnson
Jr., 74, of Pearl, Miss. died Mon., April 22, 2002 at Hospice Ministries,
Ridgeland.
A native of
Evergreen, Mr. Johnson served in the U.S. Air Force during the Berlin AirLift
at the time of the Korean War. He was an Air Traffic Control Specialist in
Alabama, Mississippi, Alaska and Florida.
The Conecuh County Commission passed a resolution at the meeting Monday morning to execute an agreement with the State of Alabama for a resurfacing project on County Road 29. The paving will go from Dean’s Store to the county line, according to County Engineer Winston Foshee.
On March 28, 2002, Knud Nielsen Co. held its annual awards ceremony. Each year employees are presented with company pins for their years of service at KNC. The above employees were recognized with having over 25 years of service: Julian Katz, Joann Knowles, Jerry Scott and Jim Rigby. Not pictured: Colonial Pitts.
25 YEARS AGO
APRIL 22, 1999
Local weather observer Harry Ellis reported .07 inches of rain on April 14 and “scattered frost” on April 17. He reported a high of 87 degrees on April 14 and lows of 36 on April 17 and April 18.
Castleberry held its annual Strawberry Festival this past weekend with a nice, large crowd that turned out. Games, music, a street dance and family fun was the rule of the day and a good time was had by all.
U.S. Senator Jeff
Sessions will visit Conecuh County this Fri., April 23, at 4 p.m. for a town
hall meeting.
Sessions will meet
the people of Conecuh County at the renovated historic depot in Evergreen. He
will make a few remarks and then take some questions.
Small Loan, Inc. recently held its grand opening and ribbon cutting in conjunction with Evergreen-Conecuh County Chamber of Commerce. The company specializes in small, quick approval loans and is located next door to Dollar General across the street from the A&P.
Members of the Allied Community Development Corp., which was organized by the late Jack M. Wainwright III, formerly of Evergreen, established a scholarship at Birmingham-Southern, his alma mater, as a memorial in his honor. He was a former loan officer at First Alabama Bank.
45 YEARS AGO
APRIL 26, 1979
Jonestown victim is buried here: Mrs. Millie Steans Cunningham, a native of Evergreen who died in the infamous massacre and mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana, South America on Nov. 18, 1978, was buried here Friday.
Local weather reporter Earl Windham reported .02 inches of rain on April 21. He also reported highs of 86 on April 18 and April 21 and a low of 47 on April 16.
Dwayne Godwin, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Manford Godwin Sr. of Castleberry and member of Boy Scout Troop 225, was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout in an outdoor ceremony at the scout hut Fri., April 14.
U.S. Senator Howell Heflin was here last Thursday morning for a ‘Dutch treat’ breakfast at the Holiday Inn. The senator and former Alabama Chief Justice of the Supreme Court was introduced by Circuit Judge Robert E.L. Key, who was in law school with Heflin at the University of Alabama.
The Evergreen High School FFA Chapter surprised Butch Adams, veteran photographer-reporter for The Evergreen Courant, last Thursday when Chapter President Johnny Stowers presented Adams with a handsome plaque honoring the accommodating, ever-present Butch with the “FFA Honorary Chapter Farmer Degree.”
67 YEARS AGO
APRIL 25, 1957
Plans for the Annual Fat Calf Show have been completed and the event will take place on Mon., April 29, with 26 4-H Club and FFA members competing.
BULLETIN: As The
Courant went to press Wednesday afternoon, it was learned that one woman was
killed, and a man and child were injured in a one-car accident two miles north
of Ray Brothers Store on Highway 31 North of Evergreen.
An identification
card on the man identified him as James Cannon of 809 North M St., Pensacola,
Fla. The woman and child were not identified, nor was the extent of the
injuries of the man and child known at press time.
A small boy,
visiting his grandparents near Evergreen, was killed Friday night when he ran
into the path of a car 5.3 miles north on Highway 83.
Wayne Davis, son of
Lou Hattie Young of New Brunswick, N.J., was visiting his grandparents, the
Charlie Morgan’s, for the first time, and had gotten there for the visit the
same day he was killed. He was standing beside the road with his grandmother
when he suddenly broke loose from her hand and ran into the path of an oncoming
car.
The fatality was the
fourth recorded in Conecuh this year. In February, a banana truck driver was
killed in a collision with another banana truck north of Evergreen, and in
March two others were killed in the half mile stretch of Highway 55 in Conecuh
between McKenzie and Andalusia.
99 YEARS AGO
APRIL 22, 1925
W.A. BOUTWELL –
Resolution Adopted by Conecuh Lodge A.F.&A.M. No. 733, Belleville, Ala. –
The subject of this memorial was born in Pike County and later moved to Lowndes
County, where he resided until about 15 years ago when he moved to Conecuh
County and remained until death came.
Mr. Boutwell was
born Oct. 20, 1842 and died on March 11, 1925. He was made a Mason 40 years ago
and lived it in a creditable manner.
Simple,
straightforward, unassuming, unselfish to a degree, of rugged honesty and
sincerity of purpose, and yet withal gentile in his nature, the life of this
good man breathes the spirit of the old south, of a regime that is lofty and
massive and yet graceful. His noble life and exemplary character are cherished
by his brethren of the mystic tie.
Resolved that this
memorial be inscribed upon the records of this lodge, a copy furnished his
relatives and that the same be published in The Evergreen Courant. – J.D.
Skinner, J.E. Baggett, J.A. Reid, Committee.
WELCOME: Quite a crowd was disappointed at Welcome church Sunday night, it being announced last week there would be preaching, and the preacher did not come. We feel that is the reason we never have a large congregation. We have been disappointed so many times.
HERBERT: The picture show at Herbert Thursday night was enjoyed by everyone.
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