This week in Fort Mill history: Do you remember?

1997

▪ John and Carol Mantle announced the sale of the Fort Mill Times to Sacramento, Calif.,-based McClatchy Newspapers, Inc.

▪ The Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps announced that it would move from Charlotte to downtown Fort Mill.

▪ Fort Mill defeated the Ridge View Blazers 10-9. Omar Morrison scored on a 28-yard fumble recovery and run for the Jackets. Indian Land’s Warriors lost 13-8 to the Parkwood Rebels.

▪ Tony’s Pizza, 203 Main Street, Fort Mill, offered a 14-inch pepperoni pizza for $5.99, carry out only.

1977

▪ C. M. “Pete” Reynolds, 72, former Fort Mill High School football, basketball, and baseball coach and also Fort Mill Central School principal, died at his home in Whitmire.

▪ Southern Railway’s steam powered Education and Observation Special stopped in Fort Mill. It was the first steam engine to visit Fort Mill since 1954.

▪ Rock Hill movies included “Grand Theft Auto,” “Rollercoaster” and “Cherry Hill High” at the Cinema and “The Boatniks,” “You Light Up My Life” and “Between the Lines” at the Pix.

▪ Fort Mill, 3-1, suffered its first loss of the season, 28-20, to the Pickens Blue Flames. Indian Land was 2-1-1 after beating the Spaulding Tigers 28-0.

1957

▪ Totsie’s Shop opened over Park’s Barber Shop offering a full line of sportswear and lingerie.

▪ Fort Mill upped its record to 2-1 with a 13-7 win over Columbia High School’s junior varsity. Roy Gossett and Harry St. Clair scored for the Jackets.

1937

▪ Work was underway on a large addition to Mill No. 1 of the Fort Mill Manufacturing Co. Work would soon begin on an addition to the company’s Mill No. 2.

▪ Eddie Ferrell, 4-year-old Fort Mill boy, was instantly killed when struck by a car at the intersection of White and Sydney Johnson Streets.

1917

▪ Fort Mill police officers Lynn and Broom apprehended eight gamblers in a house near the old Fort Mill Academy.

▪ The York County Baptist Association held its annual session at Flint Hill Baptist Church near Fort Mill. A. E. Willis presided over the meetings.

This story was originally published September 26, 2017 at 11:28 AM with the headline "This week in Fort Mill history: Do you remember?."