Column: Do you remember?
1995
▪ The old Majestic Theatre building on Confederate Street, a Fort Mill movie house between 1939 and 1949, was demolished.
▪ Senior football players from Fort Mill High School spent the weekend in New Orleans, where they attended the Saints-Packers game. Former Yellow Jacket and current Saints player Ernest Dixon supplied the tickets.
▪ A plan by York County to reduce Fort Mill’s water and sewer area in rural Fort Mill Township could limit future annexation efforts.
▪ Parents of Gold Hill Elementary School students volunteered to raise money for portable classrooms to avoid their children’s move to another school.
1975
▪ The Fort Mill Yellow Jackets’ run at a state football championship ended with a 21-16 loss at Woodruff. A controversial call by one official aided the Wolverines’ win.
▪ After 20 years of one-way traffic, two-way traffic resumed on Monroe White Street. The closure of Carothers Elementary School prompted the change.
▪ Winners of the Optimist Club’s outstanding Student award for 1975 were Ziza Smith and William Ward.
▪ Sisk Memorial Baptist Church recently dedicated its new fellowship-office complex.
1955
▪ Coach Pete Reynolds announced that Billy Wilson and Johnny Meyers were named captains of the 1955 Yellow Jacket football team.
▪ A giant, lighted Christmas tree, at the top of Main Street, would replace the colored lights on Main Street this year.
1935
▪ J.P. Bailes resigned as a teacher at Indian Land High School and accepted a position with the government Soil and Erosion Work Program in York County.
▪ Christmas carols were sung from the steps of the graded school auditorium by students of the local schools.
1915
▪ Peter Karas, well known Rock Hill restauranteur, completed arrangements for a restaurant and fruit and candy store on Fort Mill’s Main Street.
▪ Community Day was a success as many men and women helped renovate the school building and improve the grounds.
Compiled by Chip Heemsoth, a life-long resident of Fort Mill.
This story was originally published December 4, 2015 at 3:52 PM with the headline "Column: Do you remember?."