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| Gov. Benjamin Meek Miller |
JULY 19, 2007
Evergreen weather observer Harry Ellis reported 1.03 inches of rain on July 11, 0.01 inches on July 13, 0.05 inches on July 14 and 0.04 inches on July 15. He reported a high of 94 degrees on July 10 and a low of 68 degrees on July 15.
Memorial service at
Belleville UMC Cemetery: The family of Third Sgt. and Dr. Henry Smith Skinner
descended on the Belleville community this past Sat., July 14, 2007 to remember
him in his service to his county.
Dr. Skinner, born 1839 in
Missouri, moved from Virginia to Conecuh County about 1860 with his family. He
and his brother, John, answered the summons to war and joined the 3rd
Florida Cavalry at Milton, Fla. This company, along with four others from
Florida and five more from Alabama, were consolidated, being designated as the
15th Confederate Cavalry, better known as the Simpson Mounted
Rangers.
Living in Belleville, Dr.
Skinner practiced dentistry for 55 years, was a member of the Methodist Church,
the Masonic Order, and the United Confederate Veterans. He died in 1922 and is
buried in the Belleville United Methodist Church Cemetery located on U.S.
Highway 84.
On Saturday, flags waved,
muskets sounded and the sweet melodious sounds of a bagpipe filled the still
breezes in Belleville. Emcee for the event was Bert Blackmon, dressed as a
Virginia Infantry Captain.
37 YEARS AGO
JULY 15, 1982
Local weather observer Earl Windham reported 0.03 inches on July 5, 0.84 inches on July 8, 3.05 inches on July 9, 0.10 inches on July 10 and 0.50 inches on July 11. He reported highs of 95 degrees on July 5 and July 6 and lows of 68 on July 6 and July 10.
John W. “Johnny” Andrews Jr. of Route 1, Repton, is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for member of the Conecuh County Commission, District 2, Place 3. This is his first political race.
Navy plane crash kills two
Tuesday: Two U.S. Navy officers, one a woman instructor, were killed when their
training aircraft crashed near Evergreen’s Middleton Field Municipal Airport at
about 10:20 o’clock Tuesday morning during a routine training exercise.
The officers’ names were
withheld pending notification of the next of kin. Machinist Mate Gary Edwards,
a member of the Whiting Field (near Milton, Fla.) Security Alert Team that
responded to the crash, said that the victims were a female lieutenant commander,
who was apparently the instructor, and a male officer, who was a student pilot.
Conecuh County Sheriff Edwin
Booker’s deputies said that the plane crashed about two miles south of
Evergreen city limits. The crash site was “down a maze of dirt roads” near
Middleton Airfield.
Unofficial reports said that
the airplane was already in flames and that there was no chance to rescue the
occupants.
62 YEARS AGO
JULY 18, 1957
Two Local Boy Scouts
Attending Jamboree: Conner Warren, 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Byron Warren
of Evergreen, and Andy Moses, 12-year-old son of Mrs. Ruby Moses also of
Evergreen, are representing Evergreen Troop 40 at the National Jamboree of the
Boy Scouts of America at Valley Forge, Pa., July 8-21.
Warren is a Star Scout and
Moses is a 1st Class. They left Pensacola by bus on July 7 and will
return home around the 28th of this month. The boys carry their own
camping equipment and will sleep out in tents and do their own cooking during
the time they are there.
47-Inch Squash Grown By
Robert Brooks Here: Robert Brooks of 206 Factory St. proudly brought into The
Courant office Tuesday a huge Japanese squash which he had raised.
The squash measured 47 inches
long, and was curved almost like a boomerang. It weighed 4-1/4 pounds. The huge
vegetable looked more like a gourd than a squash, but Robert firmly assured the
skeptics that it was truly a squash. He explained that the smooth skinned plant
could be cut in two, while still on the vine, and it would continue to grow,
replacing the severed part.
Telephones Increase In Evergreen Area: The number of telephones serving Evergreen continues to increase, P.J. Kreis, local Southern Bell manager, reports that more telephones were in service here at the end of June than at the end of last month. The increase raised the total to 1,412.
87 YEARS AGO
JULY 21, 1932
Caffey Appointed To Fill
Solicitor Vacancy: Gov. B.M. Miller late Saturday afternoon appointed Hugh M.
Caffey of Brewton as Solicitor of the 21st Judicial Circuit of
Alabama, composed of Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia and Monroe counties, the
vacancy being caused by the death of Solicitor L.S. Biggs, which occurred Sun.,
July 10.
Mr. Caffey is a junior member
of the well known firm of Hamilton & Caffey at Brewton. He is a native of
Lowndes County but has resided in Brewton for a number of years where he has
engaged in the practice of his profession. He will fill the remainder of this
term, which expires in January 1935.
Coast Artillery Outfit To
Camp Here 28th: Mayor J.L. Kelly is in receipt of a request from
officers of Battery A, 69th Coast Artillery, The Searchlight
Battery, for permission to camp here Thursday and Thursday night, July 28, the
outfit being enroute from Camp McClellan, Anniston, Ala., to Pensacola. The
battery is made up of about 60 men and officers. They will have 15 trucks.
Mayor Kelly states he has
complied with the request by informing the officers of the outfit that the city
will be glad to have them spend the day and night here and will assist them in
whatever way necessary to make their stay pleasant and comfortable. They will
probably use the grounds at the City School for camp. The equipment of the
battery will be open for the inspection of local citizens who desire to see it.
The machinery of The Courant printery is now propelled by a gasoline engine, which has just been installed and which runs as smoothly as a new watch. Many interested spectators have already been in to watch the rapidity with which printing is dispatched. We are now enabled to execute promptly all orders for printing from the smallest to the largest.
At a competitive drill held on Monday night in the armory of Co. K, the prize (a box of cigars) was presented to Lofton Jones as the best drilled member competing for the prize.
REPTON: Repton’s still on the upward climb. Mr. Dees
has just completed a nice residence on Belleville Street.
Messrs. Robinson & Knight will soon erect a brick
store on Broad Street, east of the railroad.
Also, the building of the bank has been contracted for
by Will Ward of Pine Apple.
T.C. Millsap has arrived here with his family and has assumed control of Hotel Evergreen.
The town health officer says he has caused arrests to be made of persons who have failed to comply with the town ordinance in reference to keeping their premises clean and sanitary.
J.H. Broom has been here several days in the interest of the local camp of Woodmen of the World. He has succeeded in increasing the membership of the order to about 50 or more.
137 YEARS AGO
JULY 20, 1882
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