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24 YEARS AGO
MARCH 19, 1992
Local weather observer Harry
Ellis reported .65 inches of rain on March 9 and .35 inches on March 10. He
reported a high of 81 degrees on March 9 and lows of 29 on March 10 and March
11.
The 47th Annual
Conecuh County 4-H and FFA Steer Show will be held Mon., March 23, 1992 at the
Evergreen Cooperative Stockyard Livestock Arena.
The exhibitors of steers will
be Michael Lambert, Vanessa Stuart, Courtney Cook, Jeff Myers, Jonathan
Jernigan, Shannon Pugh, Will Cook, Wendy Stacey, Shannon Ballard, Chip Stacey,
Britt Ward, Amy Ballard and Jennifer Pettis.
Kellie Coker, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Stan Coker of Evergreen, was named Junior Miss Alpha 1992 at the
annual Miss Alpha Pageant held March 5 at Sparta Academy. Kellie is the
granddaughter of Mrs. Sarah Coker of Evergreen and is in the seventh grade.
Journalism professor Ed
Williams, Conecuh County native, has been named Outstanding Faculty Member of
the Year in the Auburn University College of Liberal Arts.
Williams was recognized at
the Student Government Association’s annual Honors Day Banquet recently.
A 1971 graduate of Evergreen
High School, Williams is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edsel Williams of Owassa. He
attended Jefferson Davis State Junior College inn Brewton from 1971-72 and
received his B.S. and M.A. degrees at the University of Alabama.
39 YEARS AGO
MARCH 17, 1977
Local weather observer Earl Windham reported .20 inches
of rain on March 9, .82 inches on March 10, .09 inches on March 11 and 1.98
inches on March 12. He reported a high of 80 on March 13 and a low of 28 on
March 8.
This metal storage building on Salter Street, next to
Evergreen Gin, is going up rapidly. It is being constructed for South American
Lumber Imports, a new local enterprise headed by veteran lumberman L.W. “Sonny”
Price Jr. SALI will specialize in quality Bolivian mahogany and first quality
Southern Pine for the furniture industries.
Council votes to rescind action on Wallace Drive: At its
meeting Tuesday night, the Evergreen City Council voted to rescind its action
changing the name of that portion of Highway 83 North from the I-65 interchange
to Rural Street to George C. Wallace Drive. The matter will be open for
discussion at the next meeting on Tues., April 5.
The council had voted at its last meeting on March 1 to
designate that portion of the street as Wallace Drive. It is currently named
Liberty Hill Drive. Residents of Liberty Hill Drive had protested the change
and some of them were present at the meeting Tuesday night to present a
petition against the change.
One councilman, Lomax Cassady, has researched the matter
and found that Liberty Hill Drive actually ends at Chapman Street and the
remainder of the stretch is known as Skinnerton Road or Highway 83 North. He
plans to suggest that the stretch from Chapman Street to the I-65 interchange
be designated George C. Wallace Drive, he told The Courant.
54 YEARS AGO
MARCH 15, 1962
Flames Destroy Small Plane
Here: A single engine private plane was destroyed by fire Tuesday at Middleton
Field shortly after its pilot landed to check a sputtering engine.
Alabama Highway Patrol Cpl.
B.J. Gatlin said pilot of the plane was Carl T. (Shorty) Carden, 44-year-old
employee of Wright Contracting Co., Columbus, Ga.
Carden, a Brewton resident,
was burned on the hands when he attempted to check the engine on a taxi strip
of the main landing lane.
Cpl. Gatlin said Carden told
him he had been flying over a section of pavement under construction on new
Interstate Highway between Georgiana and Greenville.
Carden said the motor was
sounding funny and when he got out to check it after landing, the engine caught
fire.
A widely-known Alabama weekly
newspaper publisher, civic worker and humorist will be the featured speaker at
the annual meeting of the Evergreen Chamber of Commerce. The meeting will be
held Thursday night, March 22, at 7:30 at the Evergreen Recreation Center,
according to Chamber President W.T. (Jack) Wild.
Herve Charest Jr., publisher
of The Tallassee Tribune, will bring the members and guests a bit of
everything, including laughs, when he speaks on “THEMLYINGNEWSPAPERS.”
69 YEARS AGO
MARCH 20, 1947
Fat Calf Show – Stock Yards –
Evergreen, Ala. – Mon., March 31, 1947 – TIME: 9:30 A.M. – 4-H Club Boys &
Girls, F.F.A. Chapter, F.H.A. Chapter - $250 Prizes To Be Awarded – GUEST
SPEAKER: GOV. “BIG JIM” FOLSOM – Formal Dedication of Conecuh Producer’s
Cooperative – Music By Maxwell Field Band – Sponsored by Evergreen Junior
Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with Extension Service and Vocational Ag.
Dept.
WE ARE SORRY: We are sorry
that due to the illness of our Linotype operator, E.B. James, The Courant is
coming to you a day later than usual. Mr. James was taken ill Monday and was
not able to return to work until Thursday P.M. We were also forced to omit
numerous news items and quite a number of ads. These will appear in next issue,
though later than intended.
Brooklyn Sergeant Serves In
Japan: With the Eighth Army in Tokyo, Japan – Staff Sgt. William H. Alexander,
Brooklyn, Ala., serves with the 8th Engineer Squadron attached to
the famous 1st Cavalry Division in the occupation of the Japanese
capitol.
Alexander, now communications
chief for the 8th Engineers, has served in the army since June 26,
1941. Sgt. Alexander was an instructor in the states until June 7, 1944, when
he sailed to the Pacific Theatre of Operations and took part in the Philippine
and Okinawa campaigns.
Sgt. Alexander arrived in the
8th Engineers Feb. 18, 1947. Staff Sgt. Alexander is the son of Mr.
A.L. Alexander of Brooklyn, Ala.
84 YEARS AGO
MARCH 17, 1932
OLD PISTOL NEARLY FATAL TO
BOY: An old cap and ball pistol which had been used for a plaything for more
than a year, and which in all probability was 100 years old, almost proved to
be a fatal instrument last week for Henry Mac Stallworth, 11-year-old boy
living a few miles from Evergreen.
The boy, according to a
statement from his father, Henry Stallworth, found the old pistol about a year
ago and had been playing with it at various times since. Last Tuesday was
hog-killing day at the man’s house and a large fire had been built in the yard
to be used in connection with the work.
For some reason the boy
decided to throw the old pistol in the fire, not thinking it loaded or capable
of doing any damage. Soon after he had done so, a loud explosion occurred and
cry from the boy was heard. Upon examination it was found that the ball from
the pistol had hit the boy in the forehead, striking the skull and ranging
upward. He was carried to Dr. G.G. Newton, who removed the bullet from under
the skin near the top of his head. The wound was not serious, but might easily
have been had the bullet entered the skull.
The pistol was of the cap and
ball style and it is believed that the load was left in it years and years ago
when it was discarded, the powder being protected from deterioration by having
been sealed in the cylinder.
FIDDLER’S CONVENTION:
Remember the “Fiddler’s Convention” to be given by the O.E.S. at the City
School auditorium on April 1 at 8:00. Admission 10 cents and 25 cents. Come and
play your fiddle, for you may win the $25 violin given for first prize. Enroll
with Miss Verna McCreary in this contest.
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