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 

• M.L. Worrell Jr. is home from A&M College.

90 YEARS AGO: 1935

• Leo Koestler and May Tiller are married.

80 YEARS AGO: 1945

• Lt. Albert E. Moses is awarded the Bronze Star for heroic achievement in Germany. • Henry F. McCormack is promoted to captain in the Vicksburg Police Department.

70 YEARS AGO: 1955

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

60 YEARS AGO: 1965

• Mamie Thomas, the first woman rural mail carrier in the country, dies here. • Services are held for Ernest Bolls.

50 YEARS AGO: 1975

• Viola Sullivan receives a silver necklace upon completion of 20 years of service with Westinghouse. • Grover C. Myers dies after a short illness.

40 YEARS AGO: 1985

• Linda Jackson competes in the Miss Teen Pageant. • Candace Ann Tinsley celebrates her 3rd birthday. • Delvin Michael King is 2.

30 YEARS AGO: 1995

• Gautam Padey of Vicksburg graduates from the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science in Columbus.

20 YEARS AGO: 2005

• Maddie LaSalle, 5, walks Patty the dog at Vicksburg Convalescent Home during a dog show. • Seven people are arrested and charged with breaking into the home of a Vicksburg soldier serving in Iraq.

10 YEARS AGO: 2015

• The Salvation Army was hosting its annual soccer camp.