This week in Fort Mill History: In 1997, the construction of Baxter would soon begin

1997

▪ The Close family announced that construction of its Baxter neighborhood would begin in about a month. The number of villages planned for the township was reduced from six to four.

▪ The return of two former Tega Cay Police Department employees showed evidence that the retirement of Chief Joe Gebbia was improving the morale of the department.

▪ Indian Land High School senior Jessica Patterson, pitcher and fifth year All-State selection, signed to play softball for Augusta State University.

▪ Fort Mill High School teacher Ruth Wasserman was named Outstanding Chemistry Teacher of the Year by the Piedmont Region of the American Chemical Society.

1977

▪ Fort Mill Chief of Police Robert Kimbrell announced that a 23-year-old man had been arrested and charged in the bottle throwing incident that took the left eye of Patrolman Gene Crump.

▪ Ann Catherine Bradford, a political science major from Fort Mill and senior at Winthrop University, was listed in the 1977-78 “Who’s Who in American Universities and Colleges.”

▪ Debra Osborne, former Fort Mill High School basketball standout, was playing for North Greenville Junior College in Tigerville.

▪ The Riverview Elementary School PTO sold charcoal grilled hamburgers for 75 cents, hot dogs for 50 cents and drinks for 25 cents as a fund raiser for the school.

1957

▪ Fort Mill swept a basketball double header from the Indian Land Warriors. The Yellow Jackets won 57-39 and the Jackettes were victorious by 29-26 margin. Fort Mill coaches Jim Shannon and Miss Helen Cook coached their first games for Fort Mill.

▪ The York County Natural Gas Authority opened an office at 118 Main Street, Fort Mill, in the building formerly occupied by Bailes and Crouch Jewelers.

1937

▪ A movement, sponsored by the local Lions Club, was under way in Fort Mill to collect funds to string Christmas Lights on Main Street.

▪ Members of the Junior Class at Fort Mill High School had been busy practicing for a play that would be given on Dec. 10.

1917

▪ The store building owned by W. B. Meacham at 32 Trade Street was being re-fitted and would be occupied by B. M. Lee’s dry goods business.

▪ Professor R. L. Coe resigned from the local high school and joined the Aviation Corps of the U.S. Army.

This story was originally published December 5, 2017 at 5:45 PM with the headline "This week in Fort Mill History: In 1997, the construction of Baxter would soon begin."