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

Suggestions were requested for Vicksburg’s proposed centennial celebration. 

90 YEARS AGO: 1934

R.M. Kelly addressed a Woodman of the World meeting at Drew. • Mrs. R.K. Sanders of Saltville, Virginia was in Vicksburg visiting her son, J.E. Sanders, and his family. 

80 YEARS AGO: 1944

Two escaped German prisoners of war were captured at Rolling Fork. • Noted pianist Rudolph Ganz was presented in concert at Carr Central High School. 

70 YEARS AGO: 1954

Douglas Leslie received the first service award, a 15-year pin, from the Vicksburg Westinghouse Corporation plant. 

60 YEARS AGO: 1964

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pettway announced the birth of a daughter, Pamela, born Nov. 18.

50 YEARS AGO: 1974

The Vicksburg Country Club held the grand opening of its new building. • The first towboat built by Vicksburg Shipbuilding Inc. was launched on a trial run. 

40 YEARS AGO: 1984

The Vicksburg Gators, District 6, 4A champions, hosted West Jones in the first round of the state football playoffs. 

30 YEARS AGO: 1994

Terri Tucker, a second-grade teacher at Halls Ferry Elementary, gave birth to triplet daughters at University Medical Center. Tucker was already the mother of four daughters, including twins. 

20 YEARS AGO: 2004

A professional geologist helped Dana Road Elementary students collect seashells, many of which were thousands of years old, near the Mississippi River bluffs.

10 YEARS AGO: 2014

The City of Vicksburg was beginning the process of extending South Frontage Road. • Faulty wiring was determined to have been the cause of a fire at America’s Best Inn in Vicksburg.