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Remember this public work of art downtown? Anyone miss it?
11/15/2025

Remember this public work of art downtown? Anyone miss it?

A mayoral change, an inaugural festival and more from Chip Heemsoth’s 100 Years of Fort Mill History:2005L. A. Graham, J...
11/11/2025

A mayoral change, an inaugural festival and more from Chip Heemsoth’s 100 Years of Fort Mill History:
2005
L. A. Graham, Jr., defeated Ken Beam 519-291 for the Ward 3 seat on town council.
The Anne Springs Close Greenway was preparing to host the first ever Greenway Barbeque and Bluegrass Festival.
Indian Land beat Wagner-Salley 45-6 in the first round of the State Class A playoffs. The win marked the Warrior's first 10-win season in school history.
A Charlotte man, Ben Hovis, 27, won the 26*h Annual Springmaid Road Race.
1985
The Fort Mill High School Marching Band won the Class 3-A State Championship at Spring Valley High School.
The Fort Mill High School Jayvee football team won the Conference 2 championship. They were treated to a steak dinner.
Mrs. Anne Springs Close was elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Recreation and Park Association.
Springs Foundation, Inc., made 128 interest free loans this year to college students who lived in Lancaster County, Chester and Fort Mill.
1965
Diane Hill was crowned 1965 Homecoming Queen at Fort Mill High School at halftime of the Yellow Jackets win over Great Falls, which gave them the conference title.
Cleve Lytle defeated long-time incumbent Luke Patterson in the race for Mayor of Fort Mill.
1945
Marshall Edwards of Leaksville-Spray, N.C. was secured as athletic director as well as head football, basketball and baseball coach.
The Fort Mill Chapter of American War Dads was founded with W. R. Bradford as president.
1925
Hundreds of automobiles, nearly all bound for the speedway at Pineville, passed through Fort Mill.
Death claimed the four-year-old son of Mr. And Mrs. A.C. Sutton.

A bountiful harvest, fatal accident and more news from 100 Years of Fort Mill History by Chip Heemsoth:2005A group of hu...
11/05/2025

A bountiful harvest, fatal accident and more news from 100 Years of Fort Mill History by Chip Heemsoth:

2005
A group of hunters found a human skull in a gully near Vista Road, between I-77 and Vista Roa.
Fort Mill High School's Marching Band won its 21st state championship in 4-A competition at Batesburg-Leesville High School.
The Indian Land Warriors defeated Hunter-Kinard-Tyler 27-7. Fort Mill fell to Gaffney 27-42.
Fort Mill American Legion Eli Bailes Post 43 sponsored a poker fun run which raised $4,386.00 to benefit the Steven Millwood family.
1985
Morrie Mable, executive director of Piedmont Medical Center, was leaving. Mike Reed would serve as interim executive director.
Fort Mill High School's band win streak was broken by a band recognized as the best in the U.S., Rocky Mount, N.C.
The Fort Mill Christmas Parade was set for Thursday, December 5 at 4:00.
Shelly Mullis, junior offensive tackle from Indian Land, earned All District 6 honors at Wofford College.
1965
Kevin Dunlap, 4, died in York General Hospital after being hit by a car in front of his Doby's Bridge Road home.
Indian Land Warriors ended their season with an 8-1 record. A 13-14 regular season loss to Heath Springs kept the Warriors out of the playoffs.
1945
The eleventh grade, the highest grade level at Fort Mill High School, elected Sam Bowles as president, the 10th grade elected Jimmie Gregg as their president.
B. M. Lee said he harvested 23,000 pounds of pecans from his eight hundred tree orchard.
1925
Alexander Barber of Fort Mil completed 20 years as a letter carrier on R.F.D.3, Fort Mill, without as much as an hour lost to sickness or any other cause.
The York County Fair Association announced that the 1925 York County Fair lost $700.

A star Is born, the Best Band in the Land and more nostalgia in 100 Years of Fort Mill History by Chip Heemsoth:2005A Fo...
10/29/2025

A star Is born, the Best Band in the Land and more nostalgia in 100 Years of Fort Mill History by Chip Heemsoth:
2005
A Fort Mill Township man was arrested and charged with his sixth offense of driving under suspension.
The Fort Mill High School Marching Band won its second consecutive 4A Upper State Championship in competition held at Boiling Springs High School
Chauncey Beaver was crowned Indian Land Homecoming Queen at halftime of the Warriors 41-25 win over
Buford. Fort Mill was shutout 0-28 by Rock Hill.
Tommy Schmolze and Tommy Johnston were selected as principles of Fort Mill Middle School and Gold Hill Middle School schools respectively.

1985
In the last football game to be played in Fort Mill Memorial Stadium, the Yellow Jackets were shut out by Clinton, the number one team in the state, 0-9.
Fort Mill resident Jamie Tollison earned a spot on the Nashville Network show, "You Can Be a Star." The Fort Mill Marching Band was the Grand Champion at the Forbush Festival of Marching Bands in Yadkin County, NC. There were twenty-seven bands participating in the festival.
Fort Mill City Council and Fort Mill School Board elections were to be held in five days.

1965
Donnie Grant, a student at the University of South Carolina, was slightly injured when his automobile hit a mule on Hwy. 160 West. The car was a total loss, the mule died.
Recent movies at the Center included The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders, Love and Kisses, Old Yeller, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Having a Wild Weekend, The Train, Harlow, Sergeant Dead Head, The Girls on the Beach, Shenandoah. Also, live and performing on stage, Bill Price and His Country Pardners.

1945
E. L. Bayne and Cecil Jones opened a grocery store and meat market on Academy Street.
Twenty Boy Scouts of Methodist Troop 108 enjoyed an oyster supper as a reward for winning a blue ribbon at a camporee in Rock Hill.

1925
The Eli Bailes Post 43 American Legion Auxiliary held its organizational meeting. Mrs. Brice D. Culp was president.
The worst draught on record for Fort Mill was broken when an inch of rain fell here.

Feeling nostalgic? Read this week’s 100 Years of Fort Mill History by Chip Heemsoth:2005A Fort Mill man, Alan Eich, 50, ...
10/22/2025

Feeling nostalgic? Read this week’s 100 Years of Fort Mill History by Chip Heemsoth:

2005
A Fort Mill man, Alan Eich, 50, who loved to fly, died when his ultralight aircraft crashed in Lancaster County.

The Fort Mill Times announced the addition of Gina Turner and Jenny Overman to its staff.

Springs Industries occupational health director, Frieda Price, was named Nurse of the Year by the S.C. State Association of Occupational Health Nurses.

Indian Land was 7-1 after a 40-15 win over McBee. Fort Mill was 3-5 after being shutout by Northwestern for the second consecutive year.
1985
Fort Mill defeated Chapman 39-0 on homecoming night. Demetrious Hall ran 80-yards for a touchdown on the game’s first play. Brigitte Miller was crowned Homecoming Queen.

Fort Mill was saddened to hear of the passing of Mrs. Olive Barron, one of Fort Mill’s most popular citizens. She lived all of her 89 years in the same house on Tom Hall Street.

Mark McWhirter was completing plebe period as a freshman at Georgia Military College.

The Fort Mill Marching Band won the Class 1 Championship and the Mayor’s Cup Grand Championship at the Palmetto Tournament of Champions
1965
Private Benjamin W. Patterson, Fort Mill High School Class of 1964, arrived in Vietnam with the U. S. Army’s new 1st Cavalry Division (airmobile).

Butch McFadden defeated Benny Shaw, one-up, to win the Fort Mill Golf Club’s Men' s Championship.

1945
Two Fort Mill girls, Mary Dona Ardrey and Nancy Young, seniors at Winthrop College, were listed in “Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities.”

Recent movies at the Majestic included: Son of Lassie, The Utah Kid, Scared Stiff, It’s a Pleasure, Cowboy from Lonesome River, The Affairs of Susan, West of the Rio Grande, The Clock, Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion, Dark Waters, Bells of Rosarita and Nob Hill.
1925
H.E. Martin was appointed as a member of the Fort Mill Police Department.

Mrs. Susie Armstrong, with her daughter, Miss Kathleen Armstrong, who was a teacher at the Fort Mill graded school, bought a home on Tom Hall Street.

Take a trip down Memory Lane with 100 Years of Fort Mill History by Chip Heemsoth: 2005A Tega Cay couple was linked to a...
10/15/2025

Take a trip down Memory Lane with 100 Years of Fort Mill History by Chip Heemsoth:
2005
A Tega Cay couple was linked to a nationwide refinancing scam.

Kaye Taylor Callicutt, wife of Fort Mill School Superintendent Keith Callicutt, was the new organist and music director at St. John's United Methodist Church.

The Fort Mill High School boys' swim team won its first state championship, out racing Wando for the 4-A title.

Founders Federal Credit Union won a first-place award in the Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility program for credit unions.

1985
For the eighth straight year, Olin Collins was elected president of the Fort Mill Senior Citizens Club.

Fort Mill defeated Winnsboro 28-0. Demetrious Hall scored three touchdowns, including a 99-yard kickoff return. Jesse Jacobs ran for 157 yards on twenty carries.

Mrs. Trudie Heemsoth, Fort Mill School Board member, received the Gold Pin, signifying the highest recognition available from the Boardmanship Institute of the South Carolina School Boards Association.

The York County Fair was underway in Rock Hill for its 64th year. Performances by Fred Kirby, a very popular WBTV personality, were highlights for the children.

1965
Jeanie and Bob's Palmetto Cafe, at the corner of White Street and the Charlotte Highway, had seafood platters for $2.10.

Cleve Lytle, prominent Fort Mill attorney, announced his candidacy for mayor of Fort Mill. His brother, Frank, withdrew from the Ward 3 race for city council.

1945
Many Fort Mill men were returning weekly from long periods of overseas duty.

R. F. Palmer, former Fort Mill resident, was returning to Fort Mill as manager of Springs Farms.

1925
The Fort Mill School Board of Trustees approved the construction of a school in the Paradise community.

The 1925 York County Fair was in full swing in Rock Hill. A football game between York and Rock Hill was a highlight of Educational Day.

A knitting basket mishap, tragic car wreck and more news from 100 Years of Fort Mill History by Chip Heemsoth:2005Piedmo...
10/08/2025

A knitting basket mishap, tragic car wreck and more news from 100 Years of Fort Mill History by Chip Heemsoth:
2005
Piedmont revised its Fort Mill hospital plans from 64 beds to 100 beds, forcing its competitors to wait and see the actual plans before deciding how to react.
For the first time, the public was able to view the three options for attendance zones for the new Springfield Middle and Nation Ford High School.
A late penalty flag and missed extra point doomed Fort Mill to a 20-21 loss to the Boiling Springs Bulldogs. Indian Land was 5-1 after suffering its first loss of the season, 18-29 to Lewisville.
The Fort Mill Moose Lodge was participating in the “Dollar at the Door” program to raise money for Hurricane Katrina victims.
1985
The Fort Mill Playhouse kicked off its 1985-86 season with a wine and cheese membership party.
Ann Suite announced that she was running for reelection in the Fort Mill School Board race. Mike Short filed for the Ward 1 seat on city council.
Sam and Bob McIntosh, champion s**g dancers, were offering lessons at the Fort Mill Clubhouse.
Fort Mill, led by Demetrious Hall, Donald Runde, Scott Stogner, and Antoine Harris defeated Clover but lost to Broome.
1965
Roxie Bailes, senior, was chosen as Fort Mill High School’s 1965 Carrousel Princess. Esther “Bunny” Broom and Gloria Broom were runners-up.
Kathy Bryant, 11, had her little toe amputated after becoming caught in a knitting basket.
1945
A Fort Mill boy, Jame Edward Carswell, 5, died of diphtheria at a Rock Hill hospital.
Fort Mill High School’s football team dropped its season opener 0-19 to York.
1925
A careless smoker started a fire in the nearly completed Citizens Bank and Trust Company in Rock Hill. There were three serious injuries and one fatality.
Fort Mill defeated Lancaster 6-0 in high school football. The game was played on the Kiwanis athletic field in Lancaster.

Young cyclists break the law, new stadium construction and more from 100 Years of Fort Mill History by Chip Heemsoth:200...
10/02/2025

Young cyclists break the law, new stadium construction and more from 100 Years of Fort Mill History by Chip Heemsoth:

2005
Brandon C. Stewart, U.S. Army and Fort Mill native, was promoted to Captain at Lackland AFB, Texas.
Springs Industries was restructuring into two separate companies. One for its window fashions line and the other to operate its home furnishings line.
Fort Mill’s record was 3-2 after a 24-28 loss to Dutch Fork. The Jackets hurt themselves by turning the ball over four times.
The Indian Land Warriors were 5-0 for only the third time in school history after defeating Chesterfield 41-6.
1985
Fort Mill’s new football stadium, which would be on Munn Road, was expected to be ready for the 1986 season.
The Fort Mill High School Marching Band opened its 1985 season at the Rock Hill Marching Band Festival. The band received a superior rating.
The Fort Mill Yellow Jackets defeated Clover 22-6. Demetrious Hall scored twice for the Jackets.
The Milltown Outreach and Sunshine CB clubs raised $6,600 at the “September Festival”.
1965
Clifford Boyd and Donnie Shaw led the Yellow Jackets to a 26-0 win over the undefeated and defending state Class B champion Kershaw Eagles.
W. Earle Kimbrell, one of Fort Mill’s best-known sons, died at the Duke Hospital. He rose from a Fort Mill farm boy to a furniture magnate.
1945
The Fort Mill Health Department urged parents to have their children immunized against diphtheria. There had been a number of deaths from the disease recently.
Local police stated that many boys and girls were riding their bicycles after dark without lights, violating a city ordinance.
1925
The first game of the season for the Fort Mill High School football team ended in 0-0 tie with Clover.
At a court martial in Fort Mill, Baxter B. Banks of the Tom Hall Guards, was convicted of refusing to attend drills. He received a fifteen-day sentence in the York County jail.

A winter prediction, the town is set to grow and more in Chip Heemsoth’s 100 Years of Fort Mill History:2005Fort Mill’s ...
09/24/2025

A winter prediction, the town is set to grow and more in Chip Heemsoth’s 100 Years of Fort Mill History:
2005
Fort Mill’s football record was 3-1 after a 43-10 win over Charlote Christian. Indian Land was victorious over North Central by a 26-7 margin.
Two Fort Mill Rotary Club members, Ben Jones and TEC Dowling, were named Paul Harris Fellows.
The Fort Mill High School Marching Band held its annual marching band exhibition at Bob Jones Stadium.
The Fort Mill Town Council approved a final reading of the proposed 50- acre annexation along Doby’s Bridge Road.
1985
Reva Yates and Karen Winkler of the Fort Mill High School Band were nominated for the McDonald’s All-American Band.
J. H. (Hoss) Nesbitt, a member of Fort Mill City Council for five years, filed for re-election.
Fort Mill’s Yellow Jackets were 1-2 after a 3-7 loss to Chester.
J. B. Mills, Fort Mill’s self-proclaimed weather prophet, predicted a White Christmas for Fort Mill.
1965
After a three-week break, Fort Mill swarmed over the York Green Dragons for a 13-0 win. Indian Land fell to the Heath Springs Blue Devils, 13-14.
Johnny Morris was elected Captain of the 1965 Fort Mill Yellow Jacket Band. 1st Lieutenant was Walter McAlhaney.
1945
L. F. Mills defeated Major George Potts by a single vote, 14-13, in the city council special election.
Movies at the Majestic included: Meet Me in St. Lous, Cheyenne Wildcat, Keep Your Powder Dry, Guest in the House, Range Law, Gypsy Wildcat, God is My Co-Pilot, Flame of the Barbary Coast, Dillinger, Midnight Manhunt, Without Love, Delightfully Dangerous, Marked Trails, Texas Masquerade and Nasty Nuisance.
1925
Plans were put in place for a complete reorganization of the Fort Mill Fire Department. E. L. Case was fire chief.
Capt. Frederick Nims, Jr., and Sgts. Haywood Potts and Oscar Hammond of the Tom Hall Guards, returned form Camp Perry, Ohio.

Honoring a legend, another resident deployed to Vietnam and more from 100 Years of Fort Mill History by Chip Heemsoth:20...
09/18/2025

Honoring a legend, another resident deployed to Vietnam and more from 100 Years of Fort Mill History by Chip Heemsoth:
2005
The late Bob Jones was immortalized with the naming of the stadium at Fort Mill High School as Bob Jones Stadium.
Luci Lu’s restaurant and catering opened at 101-B Spratt Street. Fran Evans was owner.
Fort Mill’s record dropped to 2-1 with a 17-3 loss to Clover. Indian Land defeated Andrew Jackson 13-7.
Dylan Paul Mitchell, a pro cyclist and former Fort Mill football and soccer player, was killed while riding his bicycle in Richland County.
1985
Flint Hill residents voted in favor of a special tax district in their area.
Richard Carter filed for the school board election and incumbent Clarence Wilson filed for the city council election.
The Fort Mill Yellow Jackets fell to the Blacksburg Wildcats 35-0. Blacksburg’s Doug Bolin scored on runs of 70 and 98 yards as well as a 65-yard pass interception.
Fort Mill High School seniors Michelle Kendrick and Tim Moriarty were named semi-finalists in the 1986 National Merit Scholarship competition.
1965
Bill Richman of the U.S. Navy and 1964 Fort Mill High School graduate had arrived in Vietnam and was stationed aboard ship there.
Three Fort Mill teenagers, Donna Stroup, Charles Sullivan, and Mike Short gave a discussion on teenage drinking to the Fort Mill Woman’s Club.
1945
Recent movies at the Majestic included: In Harm’s Way, The Sons of Katie Elder, Circus World, What’s New Pussycat, She, From Russia with Love, Zebra in the Kitchen and Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar.
James T. Young of Young and Young, Inc., announced that his firm would sponsor the broadcasts of all Fort Mill High School football home games and the team’s game with WTS in Rock Hill.
1925
Record enrollment was expected for the Fort Mill graded school with the recent addition of the Riverview and Flint Hill districts.
Fort Mill remained in the grip of what seemed to be an unending drought.

In this week’s 100 Years of Fort Mill History by Chip Heemsoth, a military honor, prisoner death and new supermarket ope...
09/10/2025

In this week’s 100 Years of Fort Mill History by Chip Heemsoth, a military honor, prisoner death and new supermarket opening:
2005
Longtime Fort Mill Planning Commission Chairman L. A Graham filed to run against incumbent Ken Beam for the Ward 3 seat on Fort Mill Town Council.
A judge sentenced a 24-year-old Fort Mill man to three years in prison for the December 2004 hit and run death of a bicyclist.
BI-LO opened its doors in the former Winn-Dixie location on Highway 160 West in Fort Mill.
Fort Mill defensive back Devin Thomas intercepted two passes, returning one for a 62-yard touchdown, in the Yellow Jackets 22-19 win over the Hartsville Red Foxes. Indian Land beat Blacksburg 53-8.
1985
The York County Bicentennial celebration was moving to Fort Mill. The highlight would be the Fort Mill Community Chorus’ presentation of the “Ballad of Fort Mill.”
In a rare split vote, the Fort Mill School Board turned down a proposal to prohibit the sale of snack foods at the middle school.
Fort Mill defeated Indian Land 29-0 in the season opener for both teams. Demetrious Hall and Antoine Harris each scored twice for the Jackets.
Cub Scout Pack 108, St. Johns UMC, held its annual organizational meeting.
1965
Miss Minnie Mae Garrison, 89, highly respected local school teacher, died. Miss Garrison taught first grade in Fort Mill for 40 years.
Fort Mill opened its 1965 season by tying Blacksburg 13-13. It was Coach Bob Jones first game as head coach. Indian Land defeated Pageland 7-0.
1945
S/Sgt. John W. Phillips, 27, was recently awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action.
Bradford’s Book and Stationary Store, Confederate Street, Fort Mill, marked its first anniversary with an ad in the Times thanking its many customers.
1925
The Fort Mill baseball team won 3 and lost 1 during the week. The team’s record stood at 25-9-1.
A convict on the York County chain gang, who escaped with two other prisoners, was in a fight with chain gang guards and later died in a Rock Hill hospital.

A new era in local education, an arson investigation and more news from 100 Years of Fort Mill History by Chip Heemsoth:...
09/04/2025

A new era in local education, an arson investigation and more news from 100 Years of Fort Mill History by Chip Heemsoth:
2005
A routine traffic stop landed a Tega Cay resident behind bars. He was wanted in Hendersonville, N.C. for eleven felony counts of embezzlement.
The York County Sheriff’s Office and SLED were looking for person that set fire to a home in the Twin Lakes Mobile Home Park.
The Fort Mill Yellow Jackets defeated the Eau Claie Shamrocks 28-0 in the season opener for both teams. Indian Land shut out Prince Avenue Prep 21-0
The Fort Mill Swim Team ended Riverside High School’s four-year dual meet winning streak with a 171-169 win.
1985
Two Fort Millians, Leslie Parker and Betsy Ge**er, were to appear in the Rock Hill Concert Ballet’s season opener.
Aerobics Jazz classes for teens and ladies, racquetball lessons and Mike Hill’s photography class were set to begin at the Lero Sprins Recreation Complex.
1st Bank opened its Carowinds office on U.S. 21, off I-77, north of Fort Mill. Roy E. Watkins, III was office manager.
The 1985 housing survey in the United States was beginning.
1965
Integration came smoothly to the five schools of the Fort Mill School District when school opened for the 1965-1966 session.
Miss Cindy Swanson was honored with a going away party at the Fort Mill Golf Clubhouse. She would attend Baldwin School at Byrn Mawr, PA.
1945
Two Fort Mill men, L. F. Mills and Maj. George W. Potts, announced their candidacy for the vacancy on Fort Mill City Council.
Miss Betty Bennett enrolled at Carolina Business School in Charlotte and left to begin her studies.
1925
The consolidation of the Flint Hill and Sutton school districts with the Fort Mill school district, was approved.
Stephen Parks of Fort Mill was awarded the four-year York County scholarship to the University of South Carolina.

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