70 Years Ago: 1944

Mrs. Claude Selby is here visiting her parents.

60 Years Ago: 1954

Robert Garner Sr. is h ere visiting relatives. • Services are held for Claude McDougal.

50 Years Ago: 1964

Lee Davis Thames is elected president of the Vicksburg Junior Chamber of Commerce. • James Lemay is elected president of the student body at Cooper High School

40 Years Ago: 1974

Mr. and Mrs. Michael L Piazza are the parents of a son, John Anthony, born April 29. • Retired Brig. Gen. Keith C. Stainbrook, resident of Vicksburg for 54 years, dies at his lodge in Eagle Lake.

30 Years Ago: 1984

Jeremy Baxter and Kristy Frazier play with the newly hatched chicks from eggs the class brought to Culkin Elementary to observe.

20 Years Ago: 1994

Blake and Stacey Teller of Vicksburg announce the birth of a daughter, Morgan Elizabeth, on May 4.

10 Years Ago: 2004

Two Warren County men are in jail after being arrested at the Exxon station and charged with burglary and grand larceny.