25 years ago — 2001
After Friday's opening of Hair at Playhouse on the Square, there are few actors left in Memphis whose naked behinds have not been seen in local theaters. It's not that Hair is an outright flesh fest. (For all the hype, the famous nude scene is candle lit and discreet.) Nor are community actors eager to shed clothing at the drop of a script. It's just that Playhouse on the Square likes being "controversial." Longtime theatergoers won't raise an eyebrow. Marijuana is the other "shocker" that has taken up residency at the theater company. In the middle of Hair, when a potent cloud of darn near authentic-smelling ganja smoke wafts over the audience, it's hard to know whether the giggling in the audience is disbelief or familiarity
with the trick.
50 years ago — 1976
P.W. Underwood doesn't know what it is about Memphis State. Everywhere he goes, the Tigers follow him. First to Southern Mississippi. Then to Tennessee. Then back to Southern Mississippi. Now to Auburn. "I guess out of the last 12 years, I've seen them 11 times," the 'Bear' says. "I even had them twice in one year (1964). Actually, Underwood has encountered the Tigers 12 times since he became a college football coach in 1963.
75 years ago — 1951
Albert M. Johnson, member of the Tennessee Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, will present a recital tomorrow evening on the new organ at the First Presbyterian Church in Covington. The program is under the auspices of the guild, of which Richard T. White, FAGO, organist and choirmaster of St. John's Episcopal Church is dean. Mr. Johnson, organist at First Methodist Church here for the past 19 years, formerly resided in Covington, where he began his career in music.
100 years ago — 1926
Gliding southward on the Father of Waters, the beautiful side-wheeler, Kate Adams, cleared port here late yesterday which officially marked the inauguration of through packet system from Memphis to Vicksburg, that famous old Mississippi port. Roustabouts went wild in glee, when a few clangs from the old bell, orders from the captain and then — the famous old Kate Adams whistle. The old time river "darkies" were there. Some of them old and feeble marked the return of the famous Kate.
From the Archives of the CA: Carriage Crossing over the years
Take a look at Carriage Crossing in Collierville over the years.
This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: What was happening in Memphis history on Oct. 7? A look back through the years
