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

E.M. Clarke, secretary and treasurer of the Saenger Amusement Co., is in the city. •  J.J. Williamson, who has been ill, is able to be out. •  Clarence Saunders will be here for the opening of the local store bearing his name.

90 YEARS AGO: 1934

The First National Bank & Trust Company celebrates its 50th anniversary with an open house. •  Marietta Russo is named president of the Junior Music Club. • Margaret McMurchy of Hermanville is in Vicksburg visiting Dorothy Klare.

80 YEARS AGO: 1944

Lt. Lyman Coker is killed in action in France.

70 YEARS AGO: 1954

The Rev. Albert West dies.

60 YEARS AGO: 1964

Mrs. H.L. Van Valkenburg is visiting in Whitwell, Tenn.

50 YEARS AGO: 1974

Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy B. Walker are vacationing at Gatlinburg, Tenn.

40 YEARS AGO: 1984

Clarke E. Robbins dies.

30 YEARS AGO: 1994

James E. Winfield of Vicksburg is awarded a James Oliver Eastland Scholarship in Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law.

20 YEARS AGO: 2004

Two Vicksburg men face charges related to the manufacture of crystal methamphetamine, and one is charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.

10 YEARS AGO: 2014

The Vicksburg Warren School District maintained a D rating, scoring 514 points out of 900. •  A Vicksburg woman was charged with grand larceny in the reported theft of a diamond ring valued at $1,300 from a home.