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

Rosia Morris returned from the Far West. • A dance was given for Odile Ashford of New Orleans. • Emile Bonnelli Sr. was very ill in Detriot. • Frank Robinson and John Anderson returned from the Gulf Coast.

90 Years Ago: 1934

Samuel Chapman, a well-known Utica farmer, died. • Nellie Beer and her granddaughter left for Chicago. • Mr. and Mrs. Theo Huston returned home from their vacation due to the death of Mr. Huston’s mother. 

80 Years Ago: 1944 

Francis Mee arrived in Vicksburg to visit her parents. • William Briggs Hopson, of Delhi, was a patient of Mercy Hospital. 

70 Years Ago: 1954

Katherine B. Dornbush died. • Services were held for Margaret Harris. • George Rogers Jr. addressed the local Knights of Columbus. • Leiland Duke Jr. visited family and friends in Columbus, Ga.

60 Years Ago: 1964

Services were held for Milton Reed, of Utica. • Henry C. Dixon died.

50 Years Ago: 1974

Dr. and Mrs. Charles Kolb returned from an extended visit out West. • Five area students were offered a full-ride scholarship from Mississippi Valley State University. • Judy Tullos was offered and took a position as a music specialist for the Stephen Foster Humanitarians Center in White Springs, Fla.

40 Years Ago: 1984

Gordon Martin died. • Warren County officials cracked a three-county burglary ring and arrested four area men. • Col. Tilford C. Creel, commander of WES, was honored with a retirement ceremony.

30 Years Ago: 1994

Vicksburg Police Sgt. Doug Arp began his seven-day stay in the fountain at Pemberton Square Mall to bring attention to National Night Out.

20 Years Ago: 2004

Repairs to area roads were moving faster than expected and were costing less than anticipated. 

10 Years Ago: 2014

Walton Construction Company’s owner was indicted for fraud. • The Strand held a fundraising dinner.