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Published: Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 / Updated: Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 06:49 PM

This Week In History

1992

• Owners of the old Center Theatre building on Main Street were told to secure the building and improve the looks of the exterior.

• The Christian Teen Center announced plans to open in the former Town Creamery building on Main Street.

• Kate Coltharp of Gardendale Road, Fort Mill, celebrated her 90th birthday with senior friends of Philadelphia United Methodist Church where she had attended church for over 60 years.

• Fort Mill’s Yellow Jackets lost to Wren, 7-0, in the state quarterfinals. The Jackets finished the season with an 8-4 record.

1972

• The Fort Mill School Board was told to expect school enrollment to double in the next years as a result of Tega Cay.

• The Indian Land Warriors lost their first round playoff game, 6-0, to the Slater-Marietta Green Wave.

• Girl Scout Troop 361 of Fort Mill enjoyed a hayride and cookout at the home of their leader, Mrs. Tommy Chambers.

• Two prominent Fort Mill citizens, Richard H. McMillian, 69, and Manly Storme Young, 84, passed away.

1952

• Henry Franklin Young, 19, completed his Air Force indoctrination course at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas.

• Epps Jewelers on lower Main Street, operated by Mrs. Andy Epps, was sold to Mr. and Mrs. George Baker and Bruce Jollie. The business was renamed Baker and Jollie Jewelers.

1932

• Gov. Blackwood appointed R.P. Harris to succeed the late J. L. Lyles as Magistrate of the Fort Mill district.

• The Fort Mill Public Works Commission was having 1,000 feet of six-inch water main put down on lower Confederate Street at a cost of $500.

1912

• The ladies of Pleasant Hill Church sponsored an oyster supper at the Pleasant Hill Academy. All proceeds were to be used for charitable purposes.

• Convicted of retailing, Monk McGee, local tiger, was taken to the county’s convict camp where he was to serve 40 days hard labor.

Compiled by Chip Heemsoth, a lifelong resident of Fort Mill.