Column: Do you remember?

1996

▪ Fort Mill High School’s boys’ tennis team, coached by Willie Ware, won its third consecutive State Class 3A Championship by defeating Dreher 4-2.

▪ Jack and Phyllis Childers had three grandchildren graduating from high school. Corey would graduate from Fort Mill High, Ashley James from Indian Land High and Marie from South Mecklenburg High.

▪ Shawn Crawford of Indian Land High School won the 100 and 200 meter races at the Class 1A State Track and Field Championships.

▪ Divers recovered the body a 19-year-old Indian Land man from the Catawba River. It was believed he drowned while swimming with friends.

1976

▪ Richard Sorrow was named Mr. Jacket, Deborah Osborne was named Miss Jackette and Chuck Mullinax won the Billy Marrett Award at Fort Mill High School’s All-Sport banquet.

▪ Tommy’s General Store opened on Doby’s Bridge Road and Fairway Drive. A 64-oz. Pepsi-Cola sold for 79 cents.

▪ The Fort Mill School Board adopted a 1976-1977 calendar that had school starting on Aug. 26 and graduation being held on June 3.

▪ Dallene Marie Patterson of Indian Land graduated magna cum laude from Winthrop College.

1956

▪ A fine concrete skating rink was under construction on the campus of Fort Mill High School. The rink was courtesy of Col. Elliott Springs.

▪ Among those pictured in the Fort Mill’s Future Citizens feature were Mary Martin and Richard Huff, Rusty Rector, Joe Hinson, Brenda Powell, Jane Patterson and Cindy Howie.

1936

▪ A wreck on the Charlotte Highway caused by a group of boys riding around in a rattletrap car sent two women to the hospital.

▪ Miss Lois Waters and Miss Dottie Jean Sutton were winners in a beauty contest sponsored by the PTA.

1916

▪ The first rain to fall in this vicinity since April 7 gave some relief to farmers. The dry spell had caused great injury to the grain crop.

▪ Closing exercises of the Belair school were held at the school. A picnic, held on the school grounds, followed.

This story was originally published May 15, 2016 at 9:57 PM with the headline "Column: Do you remember?."