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

Lois Gallagher left for New Orleans.

90 YEARS AGO: 1934

Walter Mattingly announced he would enter the race for supervisor. 

80 YEARS AGO: 1944

Mrs. John Culkin was a patient at Vicksburg Hospital. 

70 YEARS AGO: 1954

Ruth Faulk of Biloxi was visiting Vicksburg for the holidays. 

60 YEARS AGO: 1964

Richard Street of Memphis was in Vicksburg visiting his son. 

50 YEARS AGO: 1974

Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Biedenharn attended their daughter’s graduation at Tulane University in New Orleans. 

40 YEARS AGO: 1984

The school board okayed a lobby day for teachers to go to the Legislature in Jackson. 

30 YEARS AGO: 1994

Warren Central running back Brian Darden was selected as the Mississippi Sports Writers Association Player of the Year. 

20 YEARS AGO: 2004

The Children’s Ministry of  the Standfield Missionary Baptist Church collected Christmas gifts and blankets for the needy. 

10 YEARS AGO: 2014

Students at the Debra Franco School of Dance were practicing for their upcoming performance of “The Nutcracker” ballet.