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 100 years. Enjoy.

100 Years Ago: 1924

Grace Toombs departed for Chattawa, Miss. to resume her studies. • Charlie Hude was home from Biloxi. • R.V. Turcotte was home ill. 

90 Years Ago: 1934

The national re-employment office moved to the Tillman Building. • Bernard Foster, G.W. Hogaboom and Hugh Calvin attended the funeral of Warren Ferguson. • The Vicksburg Little Theater presented “The Judge and the Gypsy.” 

80 Years Ago: 1944

Henry Hogaboom was in Vicksburg from Honduras visiting his parents. • Lt. F.M. Smith, U.S. Navy reservist, was in Vicksburg to visit his parents. 

70 Years Ago: 1954

Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Robinson returned from a vacation in Pennsylvania. • Mr.and Mrs. Joseph  Perkins announced the birth of their daughter. • Services were held for Eliza Murray.

60 Years Ago: 1964

Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Blackwell announced the birth of their daughter, Paula. • Dr. and Mrs. Lucian Ferris and their children returned from their vacation in Santa Rosa Island, Fla. • Harry Hardin was a patient at Mercy Hospital.

50 Years Ago: 1974

George Booth, 91, died. • Editors of the St. Aloysius High School newspaper, The Thunderbolt, were announced to be David Baylot and Matt Lusco. • Julia Arnold presented the Vicksburg Theatre Guild with an original program from the first production of “Gold in The Hills.”  • Council 9, led by Earl Johnson and Mark Buys, defeated Union 32 to 6. 

40 Years Ago: 1984

Christina Nicole Lewis celebrated her first birthday. • Porter’s Chapel Academy was presented with a flag that had been flown over the U.S. Capitol Building, as well as a certificate signed by Sen. Thad Cochran. • Services were held for Dan Allen Jackson.

30 Years Ago: 1994

Haley Nosser of Vicksburg placed second in the Pony 48-inch and under junior class at the District 4-H Horse Show in Jackson.

20 Years Ago: 2004

Vicksburg and Warren County officials approved spending plans for the next fiscal year, totaling $61 million. This imposed a countywide tax increase on real estate and personal property 

10 Years Ago: 2014

Jack Cristil, a beloved Mississippi State broadcaster, passed away. • The Vikings turned on the turnover machine against the Vicksburg Gators.