By Mark Lawrence

In the attic of Rosser Thrash’s Summerville home sits a small box—about the size of the ones that mail–order fruitcakes are shipped in.

It is filled with programs, press clippings, and some financial records from the early years of the Sertoma Football Classic in Charleston that is marking its 40th anniversary this month (Aug. 19 and 20). Thrash kept the mementos as a reminder of his central role in that event’s founding.

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