MID-SOUTH MEMORIES
25 years ago — 1995
With three Citrus Bowl trips in the past four years, many of the Ohio State senior players have laid groundwork to be future Orlando tour guides. They can tell you that the Jaws attraction at Universal Studios will get you wet, and that Shamu will get you wetter at Sea World. They know to avoid standing in lines for the two best rides in Orlando — Space Mountain at Disney World and Back To the Future at Universal — you ride either early in the morning or late at night. But Ohio State wide receivers coach Chuck Stobart doesn’t know any of this. One year removed as the fired head coach at the University of Memphis, Stobart hasn’t enjoyed Orlando or any other bowl locale since the 1989 Rose Bowl when he was Southern Cal’s offensive coordinator. ”You never know what will happen to you in this business,” said Stobart, who was 29-36-1 in six seasons at the U of M. ”A year ago at this time, I didn’t know what I was going to be doing. This year, I’m back in a bowl game. It’s like my wife says about coaching, ‘If you win a lot you change jobs and if you lose you change jobs.’ ” The change has been beneficial for Stobart and the Buckeyes. It’s given him a chance to return to his coaching roots in Ohio, where he was raised in Bradbury, starred as a quarterback for Ohio University in 1956-58 and launched his coaching career at Berne High in 1959 at Sugar Grove, Ohio. Stobart doesn’t mind being an assistant. He has no desire to become a head coach again unless it’s a better job than what he has. 50 years ago — 1970
Miss Greyson Shull of Rocky Mount, N.C., one of seven Maid of Cotton candidates who arrived in Memphis yesterday, believes even the Women’s Liberation Movement would approve of the cotton industry’s feminine ambassador. “The Maid of Cotton is supposed to be a graceful young lady rather than a sex goddess,” said Miss Shull, a 20-year-old junior at the University of North Carolina. “I don’t feel exploited at all. In fact, everything I’ve heard about the Maid of Cotton makes it the antithesis of a typical beauty contest.”
75 years ago — 1945
Maj. Nancy G. Gillahan, Army nurse who left Corregidor in May 1942, just
24 hours before the Japanese took over, has been appointed principal chief nurse at Kennedy General Hospital. She succeeds Lt. Col. Edna Mahar, who is retiring after 28 years in the Army Nurses Corps. Born in Erin, Tenn., Major Gillahan has been chief nurse at Kennedy since October 1943. 100 years ago — 1920
An optimistic feeling for the future of business was expressed yesterday by John J. Heflin, manager of the Memphis branch of the Federal Reserve Bank. He believes business is about at its bottom and expects better conditions with the coming of a new year.