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

Lindsay McGee stated the Mint Springs Park would soon open. • Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kinkead were married. 

90 YEARS AGO: 1935

Mrs. A.A. Wood of Cincinnati was in Warren County visiting her sister, Mrs. Grey Flowers.  

80 YEARS AGO: 1945

Etta Mae Brumfield of the Bowmar Avenue School faculty was spending the Easter holiday in Texas. • Lottie Griffin was hostess to members of the Crawford Street Wesleyan Guild.  

70 YEARS AGO: 1955

Services were held for Gene Farley. • Lt. and Mrs. Fred Newcomb announced the birth of a daughter, Paula, on March 22. 

60 YEARS AGO: 1965

T.A. Woods died. • B.H. Quinn and Shouphie Habeeb were appointed to the 1965 United States Savings and Loan League.  

 50 YEARS AGO: 1975

Carrie Bell Rivers died. • Howard Wayne Martin, son of Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Martin, joined the Air Force. 

40 YEARS AGO: 1985

Executive Editor Charles Faulk retired – sort of – after 50 years with the Vicksburg Evening Post. • Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Wayne Peay of Cary announced the birth of a son, Dustin Wade, on March 22. 

30 YEARS AGO: 1995

Staff members of the Vicksburg Medical Center washed physicians’ vehicles to celebrate Doctors’ Day. • Culkin Elementary students formed an American flag with pieces of cardboard as part of a “Proud to be an American”  presentation. 

20 YEARS AGO: 2005

New signage went up in Vicksburg, directing tourists from the Vicksburg National Military Park into the city’s historic downtown area. 

10 YEARS AGO: 2015

Vicksburg celebrated Easter with the second annual Breakfast with the Easter Bunny at the Outlets of Vicksburg.