Old Post Files: May 16, 1925-2015
Published 4:00 am Friday, May 16, 2025
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
T.E. Drexler, who had been ill, was improving.
90 YEARS AGO: 1935
Lee Nichols, a former Warren County resident, died in Greenville, Texas.
80 YEARS AGO: 1945
Lt. James Harper was wounded in action on Okinawa.
70 YEARS AGO: 1955
Mr. and Mrs. R. Henry Jones announced the birth of a son, Dewey, on May 10.
60 YEARS AGO: 1965
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Beaumann announced the birth of daughter, Carla, on May 4.
50 YEARS AGO: 1975
Murray Pinkston announced his candidacy for the office of city clerk.
40 YEARS AGO: 1985
N.H. “Dusty” Lewis III turned six.
30 YEARS AGO: 1995
Warren Central Principal Peter Pikul transferred to lead Warrenton Elementary.
20 YEARS AGO: 2005
The halls of South Park Elementary school were turned into a tropical rain forest to help students learn about nature.
10 YEARS AGO: 2015
Vicksburg student Luke Eckstein, a senior at St. Aloysius High School, was named a 2015 U.S. Presidential Scholar.