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

Frank J. Fisher and family go to the fair in Tallulah.

90 YEARS AGO: 1934

Mrs. Wayne Bryant and son, of Natchez, are in Vicksburg visiting Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Godard.

80 YEARS AGO: 1944

Richard Conner, with the Air Force, is promoted to the rank of major.

70 YEARS AGO: 1954

William K. Rawdon is elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary fraternity at Yale University.

60 YEARS AGO: 1964

Mrs. Ben Kremer is elected president of the Country Club Auxiliary.

50 YEARS AGO: 1974

John M. Tully, president of Anderson-Tully Company, is named Outstanding Lumberman of the Year at the annual Loggers Luncheon in Memphis.

40 YEARS AGO: 1984

Lee Barber, owner of Lee’s Body Shop, has broken glass replaced in his shop, which was shattered by high winds and heavy rains during a storm.

30 YEARS AGO: 1994

Henrietta Hall dies at the age of 104. •  Reece Liewellyn Wilber celebrates his first birthday.

20 YEARS AGO: 2004

29 engineers from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers districts across the country are in Vicksburg to learn better ways to tame erosion around rivers.

10 YEARS AGO: 2014

Student safety was a main concern for Vicksburg Warren School District bus drivers, who said many motorist don’t pay attention or stop when the bus stops. •  Sassafras owner Nancy Bullard prepared for a visit from California-based glass designer Annie Morhauser of Annieglass.