This week in Fort Mill history: Do you remember?

1996

▪ Faced with explosive growth in its schools, the Fort Mill School Board voted to approve a $2,500 impact fee for all new residential construction.

▪ Joe Gentry, a former Rock Hill school superintendent, was chosen as interim Fort Mill superintendent for the next six months.

▪ Work began on a “Fort Mill Parkway” linking U. S. 21 Business and the site of the U. S. Food service plant under construction off Brickyard Road.

▪ Under rainy, chilly skies, more than 550 runners ran through the streets of Fort Mill in the 17th Annual Springmaid Road Race.

1976

▪ Eight high school bands, numerous beauty queens and many floats highlighted the annual Fort Mill Christmas Parade in downtown Fort Mill.

▪ A new restaurant, Hillcrest Fish Camp, opened on U. S. 21 Bypass, north of Fort Mill.

▪ Fort Mill High School basketball coaches Zeke Neal and Judy Adkins were preparing their squads for the season opener against Lancaster.

▪ Crenshaw Motor Company on Spratt Street was selling a new 1977 Chrysler Newport four-door sedan for $7,381.90.

1956

▪ Don Sain, 11, had the distinction of being the only winner in South Carolina of a Turtle Wax nationwide contest. Sain won a Gruel wristwatch.

▪ Fort Mill’s Yellow Jackets won a twin bill over the Indian Land Warriors in the season opener for both schools. The girls won 32-28 and the boys were 67-36 winners.

1936

▪ The Fort Mill School Board decided to have a spiral fire escape erected at the graded school on Confederate Street.

▪ After being away from Fort Mill for about four years, M. H. McLin returned as local clerk-operator for the Southern Railway.

1916

▪ A petition was being circulated asking merchants to close their places of business at 9 on Saturday nights.

▪ Catawba Lodge No. 56, Ancient Freemasons of South Carolina elected A. L. Parks as Worshipful Master.

This story was originally published December 12, 2016 at 3:27 AM with the headline "This week in Fort Mill history: Do you remember?."