70 Years Ago

A son is born to Lt. and Mrs. John Hude Jr.

60 Years Ago

Dr. W.K. Purks is guest speaker at the Y’s Men’s Club meeting. • Paul Bailey passes away.

50 Years Ago

Col. John Oswalt Jr. is named director of the U.S. Waterways Experiment Station. • A.C. Landwehr dies.

40 Years Ago

James R. Tuttle is promoted to chief of the Potamology Branch of the Mississippi River Commission and Lower Mississippi Valley Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

30 Years Ago

The Warren Central golf team holds off the VIcksburg Gators and the Pearl Pirates to win first place in the three-team match at Clear Creek Golf Course.

20 Years Ago

Melissa Ann Haas of Vicksburg is named the 1994 young careerist by the Vicksburg Business and Professional Women.

10 Years Ago

An art exhibit at Vicksburg Battlefield Museum shows rare guns used by Confederate Gen. Frank Crawford.