The Mint Hill Historical Society recently added several newsletters from Bain School in the mid 1940s. Read about the newsletters in this week’s Mint Hill Times on newstands now. Click on a link below to view a sample of the newsletters:
Bain school newsletter vol1 no. 6
In 1960, the Mint Hill VFW at their Christmas party, named Clarke A. Prather from Wilgrove as man of the year because of his strong commitment to community service organizations. Boy scouts, civil air patrol, Woodmen of the World, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Philadelphia Presbyterian Church are among the groups he is active with. In an acceptance statement, he called Mint Hill his second home.
In 1979, Troy Pollard began his third term as mayor. He commented that MInt Hill is now the second largest town in the county. He added that a search is taking place for a site to build town hall on.
In 1973, a re-zoning proposal that would have required new homes in some parts of town to be built on one acre lots was voted down by the Mint Hill Town Board. There was concern that this proposal would keep middle class citizens from buying these properties and that it would stunt future growth.
In 1987, a list of groups, families, and individuals who had donated to the VFW memorial was printed in the local newspaper. This memorial had been dedicated in November.
A meeting to discuss possible routes for the future I-485 was recently held at Northeast Junior High. It attracted people from Mint Hill, Matthews, and Southeast Charlotte. Two comments that were heard at the meeting were:
“This route goes right through downtown Mint Hill.”
and
“That’s not county land, it’s mine, and they’ll get it over my dead body.”
Gambles store had an advertisement that included the following: Mom and Pop country ham for $1.49 per lb.; 10 lbs of ground beef – $.79 per lb.; 3 lbs of sweet potatoes – $1.00. With certain purchases, you get extra “Quality Stamps.”
[singlepic=276,270,190,,right]We’ve had several phone calls today alerting us to who was in this photo. It was taken by photographer Richard Holtzclaw of Mint Hill. Merle Austin Haney told us it was Ann Ross Maxwell and the picture was taken as Ross was being crowned Carrousel Queen in 1948. Haney said she went to school with Ross’s sister Sue at Bain Elementary and noted that all 24 of the Ross children were good looking. Jeanette Driggers also called us and said she tried to reach Ann Ross Maxwell to get her the photo from Mr. Holzclaw. The Ross’s grew up on land next to Bain Elementary School, where Hal Ross, Ann’s brother, still lives.
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Richard Holtzclaw came by the office this afternoon with a picture he took from the1950s or 1960s. It’s of a young woman in a beauty contest who is representing Mint Hill. Holtzclaw, an amateur photographer for many decades, can’t remember taking the photo but would like the person in the photo or a relative to have it. If you know who she is, call Tim Long at the Mint Hill Times, 704-573-4606.
