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 

Mr. and Mrs. T.A. Helgason gave a dance in honor of bride-to-be Edna Helgason.

90 YEARS AGO: 1935

At the Skeet Club weekly shoot, Bob Burnett broke 25 straight. 

80 YEARS AGO: 1945

Lt. Albert E. Moses was awarded the Bronze Star for heroic achievements in Germany. 

70 YEARS AGO: 1955

W.A. Johnston, a Vicksburg industry executive, was named chairman of a Mississippi Economic Council committee to review the organization’s labor-management relations policies. 

60 YEARS AGO: 1965

Mamie Thomas, the first female rural mail carrier in the United States, died in Warren County. 

50 YEARS AGO: 1975

Viola Sullivan received a silver necklace upon completion of 20 years of service with Westinghouse. 

40 YEARS AGO: 1985

Linda Jackson competed in the Miss Teen Pageant. 

30 YEARS AGO: 1995

Gautam Pandey of Vicksburg graduated from the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science in Columbus.  

20 YEARS AGO: 2005

Vicksburg mayoral candidates disagreed on how to use the city’s cable access channel, RCTV23. 

10 YEARS AGO: 2015

Vicksburg native Taylor Thomas Hosemann returned home from New Orleans to serve as a choreographer for the Miss Mississippi’s Outstanding Teen competition.