Old Post Files

Published 10:00 am Tuesday, June 3, 2014

70 Years Ago: 1944

Si Corley, state commissioner of agriculture, addresses the Kiwanis Club.

60 Years Ago: 1954

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Clarence Derryberry undergoes surgery at the Lutheran Hospital. • Services are held for Mrs. Ella Bunch.

50 Years Ago: 1964

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Williams announce the birth of a daughter, Melinda, on May 30. • Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Gage III are spending several days at Sea Island, Ga.

40 Years Ago: 1974

Sylvia Bufore, Susan McCaskill, Buddy Emery, Sandra Oakes and Sherry Schultz, Council 9 graduates, are honored at a cookout in the garden of Mrs. Homer Lane Ford, school librarian.

30 Years Ago: 1984

A three-wheeler is stolen from the home of Department of Wildlife Conservation officer Eugene Stokes in Redwood. • Community Bible School begins in four downtown locations.

20 Years Ago: 1994

A fire is set to papers stored in a stairway at the Warren County Courthouse. No structural damage is reported.

10 Years Ago: 2004

Three administrative jobs in the Vicksburg Warren School District are open.