70 Years Ago

Marjorie jane Ervin undergoes surgery at the Vicksburg Hospital.

60 Years Ago

Over 750 high school students are in the city for the annual District 6 Choral Festival.

50 Years Ago

Frank E. Everett Jr. is named head of the Delta Council membership drive. • F. C. Bullard dies.

40 Years Ago

Allison Bullard and Eleanor Cook, students at Vicksburg High School, take honors in the state finals of the high school Platform Contest.

30 Years Ago

Dr. M. E. Hinman and Leo Boolos tell a Chamber of Commerce First Friday luncheon group that restoration is a sound economic venture.

20 Years Ago

Vicksburg businessman and civic leader James Emerson Blackburn Sr. dies. • Rufus J. Hendon celebrates his second birthday.

10 Years Ago

Army-Navy Club had a steak dinner meeting. • County man is accused of car theft.