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25 years ago: 1988
The owner of Briargate Country Club Golf Course in Southaven has entered into an option agreement for a possible sale of the country club and golf course. When asked if the property had been sold, Frank Rasco, owner of Briargate, said Friday, “It’s a possibility. The deal has not closed.” Rasco said someone planning commercial development of the property has an option to buy it, but no money has been paid. Even if the sale closes, Rasco said the golf course will continue to operate through October 1989. The potential buyer was not identified. The property, with about 150 acres at 267 Goodman Road East, is immediately east of a 288-acre tract at Goodman Road and Interstate 55 that has been purchased by Landmark Capital Corp. for a new regional mall.
50 years ago: 1963
Working toward a sleek suntan this summer? If you are, you are hastening the aging of your skin and may be damaging it greatly, report dermatologists. “Getting a suntan definitely ages skin,” says Dr. John H. Lotz, Memphis dermatologist. And it encourages skin cancer in fair-complexioned people. “It’s impractical to tell people to stay out of the sun entirely,” Dr. Lotz says. “If you have to be out in the sun a lot, you should get just enough tan to protect you from a severe burn. But you should not get out in the sun just to get a deep tan.” Another dermatologist, Dr. John M. Knox, says, “There’s no question but that sunlight injures the skin irreversibly — at least in the light of our present knowledge, these changes are irreversible.”
75 years ago: 1938
Friends expect Berry Brooks to turn big-game hunter now that he has bagged a near world’s record Kodiak bear in Alas- ka. The bear missed being a world’s record by a fraction of an inch in height.
100 years ago: 1913
First graduates of the Memphis Law School are Dr. Jesse J. Cullins, a physician who took up the study of law, J. Bernard Loeffel, Kenneth Rayner, Herman Goldberger, Thomas H. Meek and Emanuel D. Rosenstein.
125 years ago: 1888
PONTOTOC, Miss. — An old-fashioned barbecue will be given here on the Fourth to celebrate completion of the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad to Pontotoc. The silver spike will be driven by Jack Fouland and addresses will be delivered by C.B. Mitchell and Col. W.C. Falkner. J.E. Walker, C.W. Bolton, Will Robinson and James Bell are in charge of arrangements.