Old Post Files: January 10, 1925-2015
Published 4:00 am Friday, January 10, 2025
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: 1925
Jacob Weise was visiting his mother in Warsaw, Poland.
90 YEARS AGO: 1935
H.J. Rhodes entered the race for supervisor in District 4.
80 YEARS AGO: 1945
Mrs. Georgia W. Gilett was killed in a car crash near Tallulah. • Henry O. Guion died.
70 YEARS AGO: 1955
Charles J. Faulk was in New York attending the American Press Institute seminar at Columbia University.
60 YEARS AGO: 1965
Services were held for Mrs. Emma Harris. • Paul Loyacano was elected president of the Vicksburg Engineers Club.
50 YEARS AGO: 1975
James E. Blackburn Jr. was named a partner in the law firm of Teller, Biedenharn and Rogers.
40 YEARS AGO: 1985
The Warren County School Board granted teachers a day off to lobby the legislature for higher pay.
30 YEARS AGO: 1995
William Cody Boone celebrated his first birthday. • The Lady Vikes defeated Clinton 47-44 in basketball.
20 YEARS AGO: 2005
Northern storms were expected to cause the Mississippi to flood in late January. • Vicksburg fell to No. 5-ranked Murrah in a 65-56 decision on the basketball court.
10 YEARS AGO: 2015
Kathy Hopson-Ricks was named regional director of Americorps. • Warren County District 2 Supervisor William Banks qualified to run for reelection.