MID-SOUTH MEMORIES
25 years ago — 1999
JACKSON, Tenn. – Men in Memphis and the surrounding Delta region barbecue pork shoulders or fry catfish when they want to feed a crowd. But just 80 miles east of Memphis, you will find those cookin’ kind of men stirring up kettles of stew. Not the beef, potato and carrot stew we all make. But Brunswick stew, a concoction that simmers with ritual and tradition. Brunswick stew, which is more like a thick chowder or hash than stew, has many variations. But it will almost always contain chicken, beef, pork, onions, tomato purée and pepper — lots
of black and red pepper.
50 years ago — 1974
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The giant is dead. Little David shot him down. Carolina in the morning may never be the same. But the memory of Saturday afternoon will live forever in the legacy of Tobacco Row.
Only the trembling 15,829 who watched in the madness of the Greensboro Coliseum can appreciate the thrill of this dramatic day and the score they will never forget — North Carolina State 80, UCLA 77.
75 years ago — 1949
Hebe, mythical goddess of youth and cup
bearer to the gods, will be a spectator of Memphis Cotton Carnival parades this year from her vantage point atop Court Square’s fountain if hopes of the Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division come true. Maj. Thomas H. Allen, president of the Memphis Light, Gas & Water Commission, said workers have started restoring the fountain to “as near the original as possible.”
100 years ago — 1924
At a meeting this week of the directors of the Union Planters Bank & Trust Co., the capital stock of the bank was increased to $3,000,000.