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: 1925

Jacob Weise was visiting his mother in Warsaw, Poland. 

90 YEARS AGO: 1935

H.J. Rhodes entered the race for supervisor in District 4. 

80 YEARS AGO: 1945

Mrs. Georgia W. Gilett was killed in a car crash near Tallulah. • Henry O. Guion died. 

70 YEARS AGO: 1955

Charles J. Faulk was in New York attending the American Press Institute seminar at Columbia University. 

60 YEARS AGO: 1965

Services were held for Mrs. Emma Harris. • Paul Loyacano was elected president of the Vicksburg Engineers Club. 

50 YEARS AGO: 1975

James E. Blackburn Jr. was named a partner in the law firm of Teller, Biedenharn and Rogers.

40 YEARS AGO: 1985

The Warren County School Board granted teachers a day off to lobby the legislature for higher pay. 

30 YEARS AGO: 1995

William Cody Boone celebrated his first birthday. • The Lady Vikes defeated Clinton 47-44 in basketball. 

20 YEARS AGO: 2005

Northern storms were expected to cause the Mississippi to flood in late January. • Vicksburg fell to No. 5-ranked Murrah in a 65-56 decision on the basketball court. 

10 YEARS AGO: 2015

Kathy Hopson-Ricks was named regional director of Americorps. • Warren County District 2 Supervisor William Banks qualified to run for reelection.