Alyssa Adkins and her friend, Shannon Ghee, take a spin in a car as the two imagine a trip down the highway at the opening of South Point Day Care’s two new playgrounds in 1998. (The Ironton Tribune | File photo | Tim Swick)

Honoring World War II veteran and actor Harold Russell, who won an Oscar in 1946 for his role in the motion picture “The Best Years of Our Lives,” were 1946-47 Hudson Brothers Post of the Ironton American Legion officers, from left, John Ackerman, Johnny Crank, “Hoot” Birkel, Harold Rockwell and Jim Sayre. (The Ironton Tribune | File photo | Submitted by John Fearing)

The Rev. Calvin Evans, of Pedro, feeds orphans while doing missionary work in Haiti in 1987. (The Ironton Tribune | File photo)

Faye Stevens, left, and Belinda Littlejohn sing along to “Rocky Top” at Coal Grove’s Family Fun Days in 1987. (The Ironton Tribune | File photo)

Mother Loretta Leadingham, enjoys her conversation on a pay phone on S. Third Street in Ironton in 1987, while her daughter, Christina, searches for her own access to the line. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo)

James Asch and Mikie Vaughn at the 1964 Ironton High School Senior Prom. (Photo submitted)