TWO YEARS AGO
MARCH 19, 2015
Evergreen weather observer Betty Ellis reported .01
inches of rain on March 9, .01 inches on March 10, .01 inches on March 11 and
.13 inches on March 13. She reported a high of 79 degrees on March 15 and a low
of 52 on March 15.
City passes first social media policy: During a special
called meeting Wednesday night of last week at Evergreen City Hall, the
Evergreen City Council voted to pass the city’s first ever social media policy,
which sets down the rules for how city employees can use popular social media policy,
which sets down the rules for how city employees can use popular social media
programs like Facebook and Twitter.
Discussion about a proposed social media policy first
reared its head in December when the council unanimously agreed that the city
need to have a social media policy in place. During a meeting on Dec. 16, the
council voted unanimously to have a social media policy for all city employees
drafted immediately.
Coleton Padgett won the Reserve Champion Heifer Award
during the 70th Annual Conecuh County Steer & Heifer Show Feb.
23 at Breaking Ridge Farms in Evergreen.
The members of the “Biggest Losers in Conecuh County”
celebrated their six-year anniversary Monday morning at Carver Recreation
Center in Evergreen.
27 YEARS AGO
MARCH 15, 1990
Tracy Covin exhibited the Grand Champion of the 45th
annual Conecuh County 4-H and FFA Steer Show on March 5. Farmers Cooperative
Market of Frisco City bought the steer for $1.25 per pound.
Tommy Burt had the Reserve Champion of the 45th
annual Conecuh County 4-H and FFA Steer Show. Owassa Woodyard represented by
Joe Nichols paid $1.26 per pound for the steer.
Evergreen City Clerk Mrs. Laurice A. Baggett has received
a diploma from the Alabama Judicial College certifying that she has
successfully completed the Municipal Court Seminar for Court and Police
Officials during the period March 8-9, 1990. The Judicial College is at the
University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
As City Clerk, Mrs. Baggett serves as clerk of the
Evergreen Municipal Court which is presided over by Municipal Judge Joe B. Nix
Jr.
Evergreen weather observer Harry Ellis reported no rain
between March 5 and March 11. He reported a high of 83 degrees on March 11 and
a low of 37 on March 11.
Attorney General Don Siegelman brought his campaign for
governor to town Tuesday afternoon of last week and had a little time to do
some politicking in the Courthouse area before holding a public meeting at 2:30
in the courtroom. He asked Shelby Waters and Tracy Chandler for their support
while visiting Conecuh-Monroe Counties Gas District.
52 YEARS AGO
MARCH 18, 1965
The 1965 Miss Evergreen will
be crowned next Friday night, March 26, at the Evergreen City School. There are
44 lovely young ladies from Evergreen High School who are competing for the
title this year. Out-of-town judges will select the winner.
Ronnie Shaver and this fine
fat calf are a reminder that the annual Conecuh County 4-H and FFA Fat Calf
Show will soon be here. The show will be held at Conecuh Cooperative
Stockyard’s show arena next month. Ronnie and his calf, which took Reserve
Champion honors in last year’s show are featured on the current calendar of the
Evergreen FFA Chapter. Ronnie is an outstanding member of the chapter which has
Dave Fleming as advisor.
Mr. and Mrs. D.T. Stuart
attended the graduation of Miss Nell Stuart from Auburn University at its
Winter Quarter exercises Wed., March 17, at 2:30 p.m.
Dr. Watkins Batt Castleberry,
68, native of Conecuh County and a resident of Birmingham for many years died
March 11, 1965. He was a graduate of Auburn’s School of Veterinary Medicine and
gave more than 40 years of devoted service to the profession. He was a member
of the Exchange Club and a Mason.
Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Donovan
joined Mr. and Mrs. Troy Cox of New Orleans at Natchez, Miss., and toured the
antebellum homes there.
77 YEARS AGO
MARCH 21, 1940
Following a long illness,
Dennis Percy Moore, 52, former citizen of Evergreen, died at a veterans hospital
in San Ferdinand, Calif., Thurs., March 14. His remains were brought to his
home in Andalusia Monday afternoon and funeral services were held at Mason
cemetery at Dixie Tuesday morning at 10:30 with Masonic rites.
He was a World War veteran
and was gassed while in the service overseas, an injury which is believed to
have brought on the diseases that resulted in his death.
Wednesday’s Fire Damages
Residence of James J. Lee: Fire which is believed to have originated from the
kitchen flue about three o’clock Wednesday afternoon, did slight damage to the
residence of James J. Lee, Tax Assessor of Conecuh County, before it could be
extinguished. The fire broke out in the shingle roof over the dining room and
burned a hole about four or five feet square. The interior was damaged to some
extend by water.
Kelly & Hagood Form Law
Partnership Here: J. Lamar Kelly, local attorney who is present in Montgomery
serving as District Supervisor of the census, and Travis L. Hagood Jr., have
formed a partnership, to practice under the firm name of Kelly & Hagood.
Mr. Hagood graduated in Law
at the University of Alabama in the class of 1939. He was very active in class
and school activities, and is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He is
the son of Travis L. Hagood Sr., a native of this county who is now actively
engaged in the drug business in Brewton.
Luke Bragg, a student of
Repton High School, Repton, will represent this county in the congressional
district finals of The Birmingham News-Age Herald oratorical contest to be held
at McKenzie Friday night, April 5.
102 YEARS AGO
MARCH 17, 1915
R.F. Croom will make his new
brick building two stories instead of one as at first designed. The second will
be used as Knights of Pythias and Woodmen Hall. This will be a beautiful place
for a meeting hall for these two fraternal orders.
Gov. Glenn Coming: Ex.-Gov.
Glenn of North Carolina will address the citizens of Evergreen and Conecuh
County at the courthouse on Wed., March 24, 1915 at two o’clock p.m. Gov. Glenn
is one of the leading and most brilliant orators in behalf of the prohibition
cause in the South and his coming will be a matter of considerable interest
throughout the county.
Bob Simmons of Flat Rock has
an automobile which he gets more benefit out of than hundreds of other car
owners. He uses it to thrash velvet beans and peas, husk corn and grind feed,
and when he wants to come to town or go anywhere, he hops into his car and is
soon at his destination.
Robt. H. Jones and Henry D.
Moorer were among the successful applicants before the Supreme Court recently
for license to practice law. Both are most excellent young men, energetic and
deserving, and The Courant wishes for each of them the fullest measure of success
in their chosen profession.
Henry B. Vincent, head of the
organ department of Chatauqua Institution, will given an organ recital on the
night of March 19th or 20th, under the auspices of the Ladies Aid Society at the
Methodist Church.
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