70 Years Ago: 1944

Mrs. Daniel Green is in San Francisco visiting her husband who is in the Navy.

60 Years Ago: 1954

Mrs. W.R. Ferris and daughters visit relatives in Boston.

50 Years Ago: 1964

Judy Simono is named Miss Vicksburg. • Alice Herrin leaves for Glacier National Park where she will be employed for the summer.

40 Years Ago: 1974

The Showdoat melodrama, “Gold in the Hills,” is showing in the Showboat Theatre.

30 Years Ago: 1984

Navy Seaman Cynthia S. Harpole, daughter of Eleanore R. Yates of Port Gibson, completes recruit training in Orlando, Fla.

20 Years Ago: 1994

Pizza deliveries are banned in some Vicksburg neighborhoods due to high crime. • Dale and Dianne Barefoot of Vicksburg announce the birth of a daughter, Rebecca Sheldon, born May 16.

10 Years Ago: 2004

Two Vicksburg residents are in jail after being accused of kidnapping a 4-year-old  relative.