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

Peter C. Canizaro invented a shoe tongue loop. • Michael J. Foley died. 

90 YEARS AGO: 1934

Almetus McKinley, member of the Jett 4-H Club, won a national dress contest. • Ann Fleury, a former Warren County resident, died in New York. 

80 YEARS AGO: 1944

Harold Showman and son left for a visit to St. Louis. • Corp. William Campbell was in Vicksburg on a visit to his family. 

70 YEARS AGO: 1954

Mr. and Mrs. B.D. Segrest were honored with a surprise dinner party on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. 

60 YEARS AGO: 1964

Mr. and Mrs. George Dick announced the birth of a daughter, Cynthia, on Nov. 28. • Mrs. J.M. Harper was visiting relatives in Memphis. 

50 YEARS AGO: 1974

Pvt. Daryl Jackson received an outstanding trainee certificate while in Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

40 YEARS AGO: 1984

Joshua William Poole celebrated his fourth birthday. • St. Aloysius Flashes Corey Pinkston, Lee Speyerer, Joe Baladi and Brent Barfield were among those named to the 1984 All-District 6A West Subdistrict team. 

30 YEARS AGO: 1994

No. 4-ranked Warren Central faced Provine in the Mississippi Class 5A championship at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson. 

20 YEARS AGO: 2004

Warren County’s E-911 commissioners were considering options for replacing computer software and hardware that could cost nearly $450,000.

10 YEARS AGO: 2014

Robert S. Browning IV was named 2014 Young Engineer of the Year for the Mississippi Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers.