The Evergreen Courant's News Flashback for April 9, 2024

17 YEARS AGO
APRIL 11, 2002

Evergreen weather observer Harry Ellis reported no rainfall between April 1 and April 7, 2002. He reported a high of 82 degrees on April 2 and a low of 41 on April 4.

Final preparations for the 16^th Annual Castleberry Strawberry Festival, set for Sat., April 20, are now underway. The highlight of this year’s festival will be a performance by recording artist, T. Graham Brown, whose hits include “I Tell It Like It Used To Be,” “I Wish I Could Hurt That Way Again,” Darlene” and “Hell And High Water.”
Other scheduled entertainment for the day includes Randy Tenney from Monroeville, David Archer from Milton, Fla., Destiny from Andalusia, Dale Archer from Brewton and Perfect Image from Mobile.

Evergreen Medical Center is pleased to announce the arrival of Dr. William Farmer to their staff. Dr. Farmer, a former resident of Birmingham, received his medical degree from the University of Mississippi and completed his residency at UAB. He is board certified in Internal Medicine.

Erwin Gale Scott, 58, of Evergreen died Thurs., April 4, 2002 in a Monroeville hospital. Mr. Scott was the court reporter for Conecuh and Monroe counties.
Funeral services were held Sat., April 6, at 2 p.m. from the Abundant Life Assembly of God Church with Scott Aman, Gary Vance and Kevin Starr officiating. Burial was in Brownville Cemetery.

42 YEARS AGO
APRIL 14, 1977

Evergreen weather observer Earl Windham reported 0.23 inches of rain on April 4. He reported a high of 86 on April 8 and a low of 34 on April 6.

Johnny Wilson of Lyeffion High School was the county winner in the Birmingham News Spelling Contest and will compete in the state finals in May in Birmingham. Mrs. Martha Mixon is his teacher.

The 32^nd Annual Conecuh County 4-H and FFA Fat Calf Show will be held here Monday at the show arena of the Conecuh Cooperative Stockyard on North Main Street. A total of 29 young people will exhibit some 40 calves, according to General Chairman Herbert Oakley, associated county agent.
The show was funded by the Evergreen Jaycees and is now sponsored by the Conecuh County Fat Calf Show Committee and the State Department of Agriculture & Industries in cooperation with the Auburn University Extension Service and the Dept. of Vocational Agriculture.
David L. Burt Jr., president of the Conecuh County Cattlemen’s Association, will be master of ceremonies. M.H. Huggins, Conecuh County Agent-Coordinator, is advisory chairman. Lamar Hardin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is the official grader, and Carl Wilson, D.V.M., is show veterinarian.
The show will get underway at 9 a.m. with calves to be shown in three classes, lightweight, mediumweight and heavyweight.

67 YEARS AGO
APRIL 10, 1952

Seventh Annual 4-H and FFA Beef Cattle Show Will Be Held Thurs., April 17: The Seventh Annual 4-H and FFA Beef Cattle Show will be held at the Conecuh Cooperative Stockyards in Evergreen on Thus., April 17. Members of the Evergreen Junior Chamber of Commerce have a big day in the making and invite the public to attend this show and see what the boys and girls have done in filling out their steers for the show.

Sunrise Service Will Climax Easter Program By Churches Here: A sunrise service at Brooks Stadium beginning at 5:30 Sunday morning will climax the Easter program of services which have been planned by the several churches of the city. The speaker at this service will be the Rev. Sam Granade, pastor of the Baptist Church.

Robert F. Croom, a native of Evergreen, retired March 31 after many years of service with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
He joined the Department in Washington, D.C. in 1933 and worked first with the Department’s Cotton Division, which became a part of the Agricultural Administration when that agency was formed.
In his most recent service with the Department’s Production and Marketing Administration, Mr. Croom represented the Assistant Administrator for Production in dealings with the Federal Crop Insurance Corp. and with agencies concerned with naval stores.

92 YEARS AGO
APRIL 14, 1927

CCTS ANNOUNCES CLOSING PROGRAM: The Conecuh County Training School announces its commencement exercises which will begin Friday evening, April 22, and continue through the following week, coming to a close Friday night, April 29.
According to Principal T.M. Patton, who is completing his first year here, the school has had a very successful year. Splendid support on the part of most of the pupils and patrons has enabled much good work to be done.
The commencement programs have been arranged to give each and every department of the school an opportunity to have part.

LARGE CROWDS ATTENDING KU KLUX REVIVAL: The Ku Klux Klan Revival, which is being conducted by Dr. J.E. Stout, Imperial Lecturer for the Klan, is attracting large crowds each night. The meetings were begun Friday and have continued nightly since. People are attending from all parts of the county and from adjoining counties. A large delegation of Klansmen in robes from Brewton will attend the meeting Wednesday night.
Friday night, April 15, will be open to men only. It is expected that practically all local Klansmen will be present at this time, as well as many men who are not. The last meeting of the revival will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30, at which time Dr. Stout proposes to deliver one of his greatest and most timely lectures on the subject of evolution. All of these meetings are open to the public except the one on Friday night, which is for men only, and you are cordially invited to attend.