Do you remember?

1996

▪ Plans were being drawn to widen Tom Hall Street to three lanes from a realigned Banks Street/Steele Street intersection to Kimbrell Road.

▪ Louise Starnes, executive director of the Fort Mill Housing Authority, was named Fort Mill Citizen of the Year.

▪ Sgt. Craig Neal, an investigator with the Fort Mill Police Department, accepted a position with the South Carolina Police Academy, where he would teach firearm use and precision driving.

▪ “Planning for the Future,” the fifth of seven life-size bronze sculptures by Bruno Lucchesi, was unveiled on the grounds of Mill Run on North White Street, Fort Mill.

1976

▪ The Fort Mill High School Marching Band received an invitation to attend and participate in the National Bicentennial Parade to be held on July 4 in Philadelphia.

▪ Great progress was being made on Fort Mill’s giant new Recreation Complex under construction on S.C. 160 East.

▪ Chuck Little, fourth-grader at Fort Mill Elementary School, was a member of the cast of “Oliver” which was playing at the Pineville Dinner Theatre.

▪ Slick’s Tavern was now open at the corner of Academy Street and Railroad Avenue. Boyce “Slick” Jennings was the owner and proprietor.

1956

▪ The seniors at Fort Mill High School were planning a trip to Washington and New York. The trip would cost each student $30, which included travel, lodging and meals.

▪ Recent movies at the Center included “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” “Anything Goes,” “Fort Yuma,” “The Last Command” and “Dig That Uranium” with The Bowery Boys.

1936

▪ The Fort Mill High School baseball team split its first four games. The local nine beat Clover and Sharon while losing to York and a rematch with Clover.

▪ At a meeting of Fort Mill’s Democratic Clubs, Club No. 1 elected Dr. J. R. Desportes president. Club No. 2 elected L. A. Harris president.

1916

▪ A large majority of the old veterans of Fort Mill Township had been in Rock Hill attending the Annual Reunion of the South Carolina Confederates.

▪ Playing at the Majestic was “For Another’s Crime” and “Mr. Jarr and the Captive Maiden.” Admission was 5 cents and 10 cents.

This story was originally published April 25, 2016 at 3:10 PM with the headline "Do you remember?."