70 Years Ago: 1944
Rabbi Stanley Brav delivers the baccalaureate sermon to Carr Central High School Graduates. • Dr. Harris Bell returns from Memphis where he attended the Tennessee Medical Association meeting.
60 Years Ago: 1954
Evritt Harris Jr. is home for the summer from Columbia Military Academy in Tennessee.
50 Years Ago: 1964
Mr. and Mrs. John Hebler and daughter are visiting friends on the Gulf Coast. • Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Peterson announce the birth of a daughter, Anita Louise, on May 26.
40 Years Ago: 1974
Mr. and Mrs. James Taylor Lick Sr. are parents of a daughter, Christina Ava, born May 20.
30 Years Ago: 1984
Norman Warren is among many who watch the eclipse in Vicksburg, some by focusing the sun on cardboard strips through a pin-hole.
20 Years Ago: 1994
Ronceynius L. Neal of Vicksburg is named a mathematics award winner by the United States Achievement Academy. • Bishop Burton Tart celebrates his second birthday.
10 Years Ago: 2004
Actress Jane Powell is speaking at River Region Health System’s Senior Day of Health.