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

J.W. Boone had a 51/2-pound Puerto Rican sweet potato on exhibition in the Wright Bros. show window. 

90 YEARS AGO: 1934

Barber Brothers Construction Company was the low bidder on the Vicksburg National Park paving job. 

80 YEARS AGO: 1944

Ensign Bruce Timman, a graduate of Midshipmen’s School at Notre Dame, arrived in Vicksburg for a visit. • Harry G. Sherard, a lifelong Vicksburg resident, died. 

70 YEARS AGO: 1954

Frank George Saines, a former cafe owner, died. • Walter Newman died. 

60 YEARS AGO: 1964

Services were held for Maj. Daniel Cloud. • Sharp Banks III died.  

50 YEARS AGO: 1974

Fawn Hyland was elected president of the Warrenton 4-H Club. • The Vicksburg High School Gatos celebrated homecoming with a 6-0 win over Yazoo City. 

40 YEARS AGO: 1984

Pilot Edgar R. Wooten, his son Bennie, and Willie Gladwell, all of Redbone Road, were injured when their plane crashed into the yard of the Frank Dayton home on Belva Drive minutes after children left the house, which served as a daycare.  

30 YEARS AGO: 1994

Former 9th Circuit Court Judge Benjamin A. Guider died at the age of 83. • The Mississippi High School Athletic Association determined that Brian Darden was eligible to play football for Warren Central High School. 

20 YEARS AGO: 2004

Members of the Aeroshell Aerobatic Team took part in an airshow at the Vicksburg-Tallulah Regional Airport.

10 YEARS AGO: 2014

The Sons of Confederate Veterans group repaired four tombstones at Soldiers’ Rest in Cedar Hill Cemetery.