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

Douglas Fairbanks was seen in “Mixing In” at the Alamo Theater. • Dr C.O. Groves, of Kosciusko, started a religious meeting at the Presbyterian church. 

90 YEARS AGO: 1934

Tilford Holler and Regina Duncan were married. • Henry Burger died. • Mrs. R.L. Morgan returned from a visit to Arkansas. 

80 YEARS AGO: 1944

Mr. and Mrs. Ben Colmery planned a trip to visit their son, Lt. Ben Colmery Jr., with the U.S. Navy.

70 YEARS AGO: 1954

Mrs. Mollie Harris returned home after an extended visit with relatives in Arizona and California.

60 YEARS AGO: 1964

Rolling Fork defeated the St. Aloysius Flashes 20-0; Corinth beat Cooper High School 25-21. 

50 YEARS AGO: 1974

Carol Ramsey was crowned homecoming queen at Warren Central High School, as the Vikings defeated Magee 16-0.

40 YEARS AGO: 1984

Mrs. Winnie Martin died.

30 YEARS AGO: 1994

Customers of the troubled T&J Utility heard from the Mississippi Public Service Commission about what could happen if a buyer was not found for the sewage collection and disposal company.

20 YEARS AGO: 2004

A man accused of malicious mischief was in jail after a bulldozer plowed through the church of a congregation that met in a mobile home on U.S. 80.

10 YEARS AGO: 2014

Haunted tours of the Baer House on Grove Street were being given as part of Vicksburg’s Halloween activities.