70 Years Ago: 1944

David Griffing is ill. • Fred D. Jones dies.

60 Years Ago: 1954

Mrs. Robert King is a patient at Mercy Hospital. • Services are held for Mrs. L.B. Moore.

50 Years Ago: 1964

Dr. Merrill Hawkins is elected president of the Vicksburg Rotary Club. Mrs. Frances Truly dies.

40 Years Ago: 1974

Services are held for Mrs. Anna MacNamara.

30 Years Ago: 1984

Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell Barnes announce the birth of a daughter, Margaret Jennings, on March 14.

20 Years Ago: 1994

Vicksburg thinclad Cheryl Griffith wins the eighth-grad, 3200-meter run at the Warren Central Junior Viking Relays.

10 Years Ago: 2004

A man who robbed Trustmark Bank on Mission 66 at Grove Street was arrested while trying to hide behind a parked school bus.