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

It was announced that shooting of wild geese from motor boats would be stopped. • Frank A. Scott was in Memphis on baseball business. 

90 YEARS AGO: 1934

All Saints College Glee Club presented “Belle of Barcelona.” • Members of the Vicksburg Rotary Club were in Monroe, Louisiana to attend a joint meeting of the two clubs. 

80 YEARS AGO: 1944

Mrs. Juanita Martin was doing nicely following surgery at Mercy Hospital. • Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bostwick, former Warren County residents, were visiting from Knoxville, Tennessee. 

70 YEARS AGO: 1954

Services were held for Mrs. Martha Jenkins. • Martha Easley died.

60 YEARS AGO: 1964

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schmitt and children moved to Valley View Lane. • William R. Ferris Jr. was awarded a Rotary Foundation Fellowship to study in Ireland.

50 YEARS AGO: 1974

Maj. Harold M. Beardalee was awarded the U.S. Army Meritorious Service Award. • Paula Parker was named Youth of the Month by the Exchange Club.

40 YEARS AGO: 1984

Jinx Smith, member of Bovina Senior 4-H Club, and a junior at All Saints Episcopal High School, was named to the state’s 49-member delegation to the National 4-H Congress in Chicago.  

30 YEARS AGO: 1994

A court ruling said Surplus City USA owner C.N. Thomas could keep his property, despite Vicksburg’s attempt to secure the land for Harrah’s casino. 

20 YEARS AGO: 2004

The City of Vicksburg and the Warren County Board of Supervisors were each taking closer looks into local economic development groups. 

10 YEARS AGO: 2014

The Vicksburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen passed a resolution accepting streets in the Fox Run subdivision that were in need of repair.