Old Post Files: January 17, 1925-2015

Published 4:00 am Friday, January 17, 2025

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

Mrs. Paul Polk was hostess at her whist club. 

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90 YEARS AGO: 1935

Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Platte left for New Orleans to take a Caribbean cruise. 

80 YEARS AGO: 1945

Ed Hayman announced track practice session at Carr Central. 

70 YEARS AGO: 1955

Services were held for Mrs. Melvina Evans. 

60 YEARS AGO: 1965

Offices and members of the board of directors of the Southern National Bank of Tallulah were reelected. 

50 YEARS AGO: 1975

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Thompson returned from a visit to New York. 

40 YEARS AGO: 1985

Vicksburg Middle School social studies students of Sherry Ann Fisher gave the American Red Cross $147.45 for the African Famine Relief Fund. 

30 YEARS AGO: 1995

Willie Qualls turned himself in to Sheriff Paul Barrett after being released by mistake following a court appearance in Jackson. 

20 YEARS AGO: 2005

One man was killed, and three other people were injured, in a head-on collision on Interstate 20. 

10 YEARS AGO: 2015

A Warren County teen was arrested for pointing a gun at a convenience store while Sheriff Martin Pace pumped gas at the location.