Old Post Files is a regular feature within the pages of The Vicksburg Post’s print edition and digital e-edition. This feature looks back at some of the happenings from the pages of The Vicksburg Post over the past 100 years. Enjoy.

100 YEARS AGO: 1925

Theo Levi was in New York on a buying trip. • Bob Auter was able to return to work after a long illness.

90 YEARS AGO: 1935

W.W. Broome was named chairman of the Boy Scout finance drive. 

80 YEARS AGO: 1945

Maj. Bart LaHatte was awarded the Bronze Star and Combat Infantryman Badge for exemplary conduct and action against the enemy in the Pacific. 

70 YEARS AGO: 1955

Services were held for Elizabeth Griffin. • Capt. and Mrs. W.G.  Davis were visiting  Memphis. 

60 YEARS AGO: 1965

Services were held for Mrs.Charles Ross Sr. • Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sanderson announced the birth of a son, John. 

50 YEARS AGO: 1975

Warren Central coach Lum Right was chosen as head coach of the South Squad for the 26th annual high school all-star game. 

40 YEARS AGO: 1985

Mrs. Elenora Smith died. • Janice Michelle Parks celebrated her fourth birthday.  

30 YEARS AGO: 1995

Benjamin S. Patin was selected for membership in Iota Phi Sigma national funeral service honor society. 

20 YEARS AGO: 2005

Porter’s Chapel Academy first-graders Hannah Patel and Emily Kolb packed up goodies for PCA graduate Allen Pugh, who had been deployed to Afghanistan.  

10 YEARS AGO: 2015

Construction costs on Merit Health River Region’s new annex building had risen by nearly $4 million, state health regulators reported.