Column: Do you remember?

1995

▪ Fort Mill mail carrier Mike Randall, who was representing Fort Mill-Rock Hill letter carriers, was set to present a check to Jerry Lewis during the Jerry Lewis Telethon for Muscular Dystrophy nationwide broadcast.

▪ Fort Mill’s Yellow Jackets were defeated 18-11 by the Northwestern Trojans in the football season opener for both teams. Indian Land fell to the North Central Knights, 26-8.

▪ Tega Cay resident Blair Bycura, pilot, and Jennifer McLear, a passenger, died in a plane crash in southeastern Rock Hill.

▪ Two Black Horse Run homes were severely damaged by flood waters after Tropical Storm Jerry dropped 5 inches of rain on the Indian Land community.

1975

▪ The small building on Academy Street that served as the Fort Mill jail for more than a third of a century was razed by a bulldozer.

▪ School principals for the five Fort Mill schools were listed as: James R. Shannon, Donald V. Worrell, Robert W. Jones, Harold M. McCallum and James E. Walser.

▪ Fort Mill schools opened to record attendance. Superintendent J. H. Nesbitt reported that 2,409 students attended opening day.

▪ Recent movies at the Ft.-Roc Drive-in included “True Grit,” “The Trial of Billy Jack,” “Seven Alone” and “The Private Affairs of Pamela Mann.”

1955

▪ The football forces of Fort Mill High School were training intensively at Myrtle Beach High School. The team was staying and dining at Springmaid Beach.

▪ James Henry Hutchinson, 62, highly respected Fort Mill merchant, died. He had operated Hutchinson’s Department Store at 123 Main St. since 1934.

1935

▪ Fort Mill was saddened to hear that Will Rogers, beloved humorist, and Wiley Post, noted aviator, were killed in an airplane crash near Point Barrow, Ala.

▪ Fort Mill residents were upset about the “sky high” cost of meat. Cured hams and bacon were up to 45 cents a pound; rib meat, 28 cents a pound; and lard, 15 cents a pound.

1915

▪ The County Bridge over the Catawba River, east of Fort Mill, could not be used safely until extensive repairs were made to the structure.

▪ “The Chocolate Soldier,” a movie in five parts, played the Majestic. Admission was 10 cents and 20 cents.

This story was originally published August 24, 2015 at 9:53 AM with the headline "Column: Do you remember?."