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

Mrs. S.E. Anderson was improving following an illness. • Aaron Orbach was ill. • Helen Kestenbaum was home after a trip to New York.

90 YEARS AGO: 1934

Charles Wyly died in Lake Providence, La. • Frank Bedford returned from Natchez. • Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Thames were visiting New Orleans.

80 YEARS AGO: 1944

Frank Andrews Jr. was named chairman of the Warren County fundraising appeal for the fight against polio. • Lt. Clarence Kestenbaum was in Vicksburg from New York City.

70 YEARS AGO: 1954

Services were held for John Cowan Jr., who died in Arlington, Calif. • Mrs. David Smith was visiting her husband, who was stationed at Camp Gordon in Augusta, Ga.

60 YEARS AGO: 1964

Mary Elizabeth Flood died. • Services were held for Mrs. Golena Dickson. • The Greenies defeated Natchez 20-18.

50 YEARS AGO: 1974

Four Warren County residents filed a class action suit challenging the annexation law. • U.S. Air Force Maj. Chester W. Griffin Jr. attended the Armed Forces Staff College at Norfolk, Va.

40 YEARS AGO: 1984

The Rev. Will Moffett, of Edwards, was the guest speaker at First Baptist Church, Lane Street. • Robin Jones, Miriam Crow and Susan Ammon were senior maids at Porter’s Chapel’s homecoming.

30 YEARS AGO: 1994

Cedar Grove mansion and Vicksburg was the focus of a 30-minute segment of “Great Country Inns” on The Learning Channel.

20 YEARS AGO: 2004

Candidates for the Vicksburg Warren School District Board of Trustees were scheduled to speak at the Vicksburg-Warren County Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

10 YEARS AGO: 2014

King’s Empowerment Center was holding a flea market in order to raise funds for youth programs. • The U.S. jobless rate was down to a six-year low of 5.9%.