70 Years Ago: 1944

Dr. D. Swan Haworth of the First Baptist Church is conducting a revival at Anguilla. • Evelyn Ponder is named science teacher at Carr Central.

60 Years Ago: 1954

Ira Boswell is elected president of the Vicksburg Kiwanis Club. • Frances Fitz-Hugh and Beth O’Neil return to Millsaps College after spending the weekend here with their families.

50 Years Ago: 1964

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Oxford announce the birth of a daughter, Leslie. • Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Jones announce the birth of a daughter, Karen.

40 Years Ago: 1974

Thomas J. Money Jr., equal employment opportunity officer at Waterways Experiment Station, is guest speaker at a meeting of the Vicksburg Chapter, Federally Employed Women Inc.

30 Years Ago: 1984

Mrs. Betsy Scott is employed as director of the Physical Therapy Department of Vicksburg Medical Center.

20 Years Ago: 1994

Vicksburg’s two trolleys are taken out of the city gas plant by men who said they were repossessing them. Tom McDonnell of LeFleur Transportation says the act was not repossession

10 Years Ago: 2004

Roof and window repairs at the Sharkey County Courthouse are being completed just under the three-year deadline for state grants to be executed.