The Evergreen Courant's News Flashback for Nov. 12, 2024

22 YEARS AGO
NOV. 14, 2002

Local weather reporter Harry Ellis reported .18 inches of rain on Nov. 4, .72 inches on Nov. 5, .01 inches on Nov. 9 and .82 inches on Nov. 10. He reported a high temperature of 81 degrees on Nov. 10 and lows of 39 degrees on Nov. 7 and Nov. 8.

There were several Veterans Day programs held throughout the area last Friday. Pictured at top is Richard Brown, who was the guest speaker at the Sparta Academy program. Brown served in the United States Navy in World War II and in the Army in the Korean War. Pictured at bottom is the program at Evergreen Junior High. Hillcrest Band Director LaFrancis Davis, who is also a Major in the Army National Guard, was the guest speaker for their program.

Terry Jackson was the guest of honor at the Marine Corps birthday party held last Thursday at the David L. Burt Agricultural Center. Pictured with Jackson are Lee F. Smith, oldest Marine present; Maurice Bozeman, who cut the cake; Jackson; and Myles Anthony, youngest Marine present.

The Castleberry Town Council is going to consider purchasing a garbage truck to begin their own garbage pickup in the near future. Mayor Douglas Graham brought up the possibility at their regular meeting Tues., Nov. 5.

The Conecuh County Commission and Sheriff Tracy Hawsey discussed the hiring of a full-time nurse for the Conecuh County Detention Facility at the commission meeting Tues., Nov. 12.

30 YEARS AGO
NOV. 10, 1994

The Evergreen Post Office is currently being renovated to make the building handicap accessible. West Tumbleson of Kentucky is the contractor for the job. He is shown working on the ramp last Tuesday afternoon. He has done 60 post offices, and Evergreen makes his 61. The job will take several weeks to complete.

Conecuh County voters elected their first new sheriff in over 20 years Tuesday night. Former State Trooper Thomas W. Hall received 2,943 votes while Republican Donnis Barnes received 412 votes. Sheriff Edwin L. Booker received 1,334 write-in votes according to the complete, but unofficial, results in Tuesday night’s general election.
Conecuh County native Judge Sue Bell Cobb won election to the State Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 2, by defeating Greg Griffin in the statewide election. It has been many years since a Conecuh County native has been elected to a statewide office.

A new Conecuh County Junior Miss will be chosen this Saturday night at 7 p.m. at Ed Reid State Technical College’s Wiley Salter Auditorium.
Eight senior girls from Conecuh County will be competing for the title, scholarships and the right to represent Conecuh County in the state competition in January.
(Contestants that year included Rachel Bohannon, Kelly Booker, Amanda Chavers, Kristie Ivey, Ruby Lett, Carmon Salter, Heather Watson and Monica Williams.)

38 YEARS AGO
NOV. 13, 1986

Evergreen weather reporter Earl Windham reported .64 inches of rain on Nov. 5. He reported a high of 85 on Nov. 9 and a low of 54 on Nov. 4.

David Lamar Burt, 61, of Route 1, Peterman, died Friday night, Nov. 7, in a local hospital after a long illness. He was chairman of the Conecuh County Commission and a member of a prominent pioneer family.
Mr. Burt was elected chairman in 1976 and re-elected in 1980 and 1984. A popular and well known man, he lived all of his life in the Fairnelson community. He was a successful cattle farmer prior to being elected chairman. He had devoted his full time to the duties of that office.
He was an active member of the Purnell Methodist Church, a graduate of Lyeffion High School and a veteran of service in the U.S. Navy in World War II.

Mrs. Katie Sue Burt, widow of the late Chairman David L. Burt, took the oath of office as Chairman of the Conecuh County Commission shortly after nine o’clock Wednesday morning in the commission meeting room. The oath of office was administered by Circuit Judge Robert E.L. Key in the presence of the members of the commission, members of the Burt family and friends.
Mrs. Burt was appointed to fill her late husband’s unexpired term at a meeting of the Commission on Monday. The resolution appointing her was introduced by Commissioner Freddie Stallworth and seconded by Commission Woodrow Windham and unanimously adopted.

74 YEARS AGO
NOV. 9, 1950

All offices at the Court House will be closed Sat., Nov. 11, in observance of Armistice Day. All persons having business to transact at the courthouse should bear this in mind. The post office and all other business houses will be open, according to the best information available.

The First Baptist Church of Evergreen will have a homecoming and dedication program Sun., Nov. 19, according to an announcement made this week by Rev. Sam Granade, pastor.
The church has just about completed a modern educational building and on this date a dedication service will be held. Dr. A. Hamilton Reid, executive secretary of the Alabama Baptist Convention, will preach at the morning service and also deliver the dedicatory address.

A grand cooking school will be held at the Pix Theatre tomorrow (Friday) morning at 10 o’clock. Admission to the school is absolutely free, courtesy Canterbury Hardware, Inc., local Philco dealer.
Miss Eliza Clark, Philco’s nationally known home economist, will conduct the school.

County Finals Of Jaycee Speech Contest Friday: Conecuh County finals of the “Voice of Democracy” contest sponsored by the Evergreen Junior Chamber of Commerce will be held at Evergreen High School tomorrow (Friday) morning at 10 o’clock. Winners of the contest will have his speech transcribed for entry in the state finals.

93 YEARS AGO
NOV. 12, 1931

Clarence Crenshaw On Trial Today: Clarence Crenshaw, young man charged with first-degree murder for fatally stabbing John D. Barnes, farmer living near Castleberry last spring, goes on trial for his life today (Thursday) for the second time. Crenshaw was convicted and sentenced to the electric chair at a special session of court immediately after the murder was committed but due to the late introduction of certain evidence by the State, Judge Hare set aside the verdict and granted a new trial. Since that time, Crenshaw has been held in the county jail.
He is represented by attorneys B.E. Jones and Edwin C. Page Jr., who were appointed by the court to handle the case. Besides the regular jurors serving this week, a special venire has been summoned here for the case. The case has attracted a large crowd of people from over the county to the courthouse today to hear the trial.

The case of Cap Edson, who was indicted by the grand jury last week for second-degree murder, charged with the murder of Jim Merritt, was set for Tuesday morning. Due to absence of certain defendant witnesses the case was carried over to Friday morning at which time it will be tried. Edson is represented by attorneys G.O. Dickey of Evergreen and Marcus Fletcher of Andalusia.

Officers Capture Big Moonshine Outfit: Sheriff J.G. Moore and a corps of deputies captured a 125-gallon still and 60 gallons of beer Tuesday morning about five miles south of Repton. The still was a homemade outfit of copper and wood. When found, it was not in operation, but gave evidence of having been run recently.