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

D.S. Hogg joined the gas company in Vicksburg. • Dr. R.P. Crump was in Warren County from Nitta Yuma. 

90 YEARS AGO: 1935

R.W. Dunn, for 10 years the caretaker at Long Lake, died.  

80 YEARS AGO: 1945

Mrs. H.C. Fielder was named director of the Girl Scout Day Camp to be held in June. 

70 YEARS AGO: 1955

Burkett Martin was the speaker for the Y’s Men’s Club supper meeting. 

60 YEARS AGO: 1965

Mrs. Wylma Spann died. • Mr. and Mrs. Fredie Jones announced the birth of a son, Brian, on March 5. 

50 YEARS AGO: 1975

Winners of the Bank of Vicksburg’s cash drawing, Mrs. Delbert Hosemann and Mrs. Louise Wood, were presented with checks by James R. Cole, bank president, for $166.66, one day’s interest on $1 million. 

40 YEARS AGO: 1985

Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Smith Jr. of Eagle Lake announced the birth of a son, Jarred Doc, on Feb. 12. 

30 YEARS AGO: 1995

Vicksburg won a $4,000 grant to study local cultural resources. 

20 YEARS AGO: 2005

Primary and alternative sites were chosen for the new school to house sixth- through twelfth-grade students in Madison Parish, Louisiana. 

10 YEARS AGO: 2015

The IRS was proposing stricter reporting rules for casino winnings, including those in Vicksburg.