MID-SOUTH MEMORIES
25 years ago — 1997
JACKSON, Tenn. – Trish Lowry placed the latex model of a woman’s breast on a table at the front of the classroom. The 10 girls in her Girl Talk seminar snickered and giggled; their mothers just smiled. The snickering and giggling were no surprise. But, these girls will eventually be women, so the four-week Girl Talk class was designed to ensure they are armed with the knowledge needed to live informed, healthy lives.
“You’re going to learn how to do a breast examination because this might one day save your life,” said Lowry, who by day is administrator at the Jackson-madison County Health Department. She showed them how to press on the breast model holding their fingers flattened together. After Lowry explained that one of the breasts contained five “tumors,” the girls and their mothers gathered around the model. They each took a turn finding the lumps.
50 years ago — 1972
Memphis has been selected as one of five cities the mainland China table tennis team will visit on its United States tour this month. The 28-member Chinese delegation of players and sports officials, headed by three-time world champion Chuang Tse-tung, will play an exhibition match against an American team traveling with them at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 22, in the Mid-south Coliseum. City Councilman Jack Mcneil voiced the only public objection to the visit yesterday, saying he may introduce a resolution Tuesday to ban the use of any city facilities, including the Coliseum for the table tennis exhibition. Other city officials, including the mayor, said they did not object to the match.
75 years ago — 1947
Memphian Cary Middlecoff equals the competitive course record of 64 to win the $10,000 Charlotte Open playoff with George Schous.
100 years ago — 1922
Heavy rains during the past 24 hours have brought a new situation to flood conditions in the Mississippi Valley. While nothing alarming exists at any point, reports received last night indicate the danger is shifting from Memphis to points south. Arkansas, St. Francis, White and other rivers that empty into those streams are rising fast. Hundreds of acres of land unprotected by levees in their valleys are underwater. Farmers have succeeded in getting most of their livestock out and no damage is anticipated.
125 years ago — 1897
Mrs. J.T. Harahan, wife of J.T. Harahan, vice president and general manager of the Illinois Central Railroad, died yesterday at her Memphis residence on Lamar.