Old Post Files is a regular feature within the pages of The Vicksburg Post’s print edition and digital e-edition. This feature looks back at some of the happenings from the pages of The Vicksburg Post over the past few decades. Enjoy.

100 Years Ago: 1923
Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Lominick went to Liberty for a visit. • George Welch died.

90 Years Ago: 1933
Mrs. Flora Switzer returned from the Bahamas. • Katherine Jones returned from Houston, Texas.

80 Years Ago: 1943
Dr. A.J. Messina was elected president of the local Methodist society. • The USS Vicksburg was christened at Newport News, Va.

70 Years Ago: 1953
St. Paul Catholic Church was declared unsafe after tornado damage and will be rebuilt. • Services were held for R.B. Keithley.

60 Years Ago: 1963
Robert Emmirch was elected chairman of the Salvation Army board of directors for 1964.

50 Years Ago: 1973
Wiley Thomas Piazza was named to the president’s list at the University of Southern Mississippi.

40 Years Ago: 1983
A special Vicksburg Planning Commission committee voted to dissolve. • John Robert “Trey” Griffin III was one.

30 Years Ago: 1993
A crowd of about 50 showed up for the opening of the River City Cabaret. • Malcolm Williams signed a football scholarship with the University of Tulsa.

20 Years Ago: 2003
VFW members watched on television as Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. troops in Iraq. • a 7-year-old was shot during a fight in Utica.

10 Years Ago: 2013
I died, and 1 was injured in a shooting at a birthday party at the American Legion building on Monroe St. • The Attic Gallery hosted an open house.