Do you remember?

1996

▪ The Fort Mill School Board went public and confirmed the probable site of a new east-side middle school would be next door to the Leroy Springs Recreation Complex.

▪ An investigation was underway at the Fort Mill Post Office. The Postmaster had been temporarily reassigned.

▪ The Fort Mill High School Lady Jackets soccer team, in only their second season, clinched the Region 4AAA soccer championship with a 4-1 victory over Dutch Fork.

▪ Springs Industries unveiled the fifth in a series of bronze sculpture by Bruno Lucchesi, “Planning for the Future,” on Mill Run.

1976

▪ Winners in the “Miss Mamerica” pageant included Miss Darlene (Danny) Funderburk, Miss Randi (Randy) Smith, Miss Willene (Willie) Ware and Miss Jeri Bea, (J. B.) Mills.

▪ Patricia Lane (Patty) Mills, a rising senior Mars Hill College, was elected president of Student Government Association.

▪ A 37-year-old Fort Mill man was shot and killed in Fort Lawn by a 43-year-old Fort Lawn woman.

▪ Springs Mills announced a wage increase for its 15,000 hourly-paid textile workers. The amount of the increase was not disclosed.

1956

▪ One of Fort Mill’s old landmarks, the Mills home on upper Main Street, was razed. A Kimbrell’s furniture store was to be built on the site.

▪ The Fort Mill Recreation Department announced an extensive summer program, including a day camp, for children ages 7-12.

1936

▪ Confederate Memorial Day services were held in the local graded school auditorium. The Rev. J. E. Brown of St. John’s Methodist Church addressed the gathering.

▪ P. A. Shumpert, who operated a grocery store and filling station in upper Fort Mill Township, was charged with storing and selling illegal whiskey.

1916

▪ Mr. A. M. Schultz, one of the proprietors of the Custom Shoe Shop, bought a half interest in the Royal Café. A number of improvements to the Royal were expected.

▪ W. O. Mattox, a farmer who lived on the place of J. D. Potts in the Pleasant Valley community, died at the age of 32.

This story was originally published May 2, 2016 at 10:11 AM with the headline "Do you remember?."