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Highlights from this week in the past are compiled from the Fort Mill Times archives by Chip Heemsoth, a lifelong resident of Fort Mill

1988

• The York County Legislative Delegation turned down a request from the Fort Mill School District for a one-time extra millage increase.

• The Fort Mill High School girls track team, coached by Steve Mullinax, completed its conference schedule with a 7-0 record.

• A house being moved from Skipper Avenue to Steele Street was transported up Main Street, causing some delays.

1968

• Linda Leslie was crowned as the new Miss Fort Mill. Linda Merritt was named Miss Congeniality.

• Staff Sgt. Larry D. Haire, twice wounded and frequently decorated while serving in Vietnam, lost his life in a private boating accident on the Potomac River.

• Steve Funderburk and Regina Stables were crowned as King and Queen of the Fort Mill High School Junior-Senior Prom.

• A soaking rain ended the spring-long drought which had laid siege to Fort Mill for many weeks.

1948

• The Fort Mill School Chorus, under the direction of Mrs. Richard Hutchison, performed a 30-minute show over Rock Hill radio station WTYC.

• South Carolina was the only Southeastern state to show an increase in manufacturing employment over the wartime peak of November 1943.

1928

• Harriet Carothers, a student in the ninth grade at Fort Mill High School, won the Spelling Championship of York County. Frances Foster, also of Fort Mill, won the grammar grade championship.

• The Fort Mill Town Council granted a request from the local National Guard company to erect lights at the old baseball field in Whiteville Park.

1908

• The closing exercises of the Fort Mill Graded School took place at Town Hall. The pupils were treated to a picnic dinner.

• The new Flint Hill Baptist Church, located in the upper part of Fort Mill Township, was dedicated.