Boarding bus in preparation for trip to Ohio State Fair in this photo are members of the Lawrence County Neighborhood Youth Corps who had been working under the NYC program. The 176 students also toured the governor’s mansion and heard Gov. Gilligan during an address. Meals and traveling expenses were paid by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, said NYC Director Robert Livisay. NYC members shown boarding bus at Coal Grove are, from left, Emanuel Wilson, Tim Harrison, Alberta White, Fred White, Gloria Wilson, Loretta White, Connie Harrison, Sue Neice and Marsha White. (Tribune File Photo | John Pruitt)

W.T. Smith, of South Point, shows off a rare R-17 Martin guitar at the Wheelersburg flea market in June 1974. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo)

The Ironton St. Joseph High School Junior Varsity cheerleaders for 1974-1975 were, front row from left, Julie Crance and Mary Lutz, and in the back row, sophomore co-captains Renee Grimm and Mary Anne Whaley. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo)

One of the top winners of the Ohio Open Japanese Karate Tournament in June 1974 was 17-year-old Gary Green, an Ironton High School student. He finished with two third place trophies in the competition which featured students from across the U.S. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo)

Scrimmage action got underway in late August 1974 at Tiger Stadium where the Ironton Tigers took on the Wheelersburg Pirates. The Pirates are shown with possession of the ball as Gene James officiates. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo)

It’s a party affair. Democratic U.S. Senate nominee John Glenn and his wife, Annie, were hosts July 21, 1974 at their home in Columbus to the Ohio Democratic County Chairmen and their spouses, including the chairman of the Lawrence County Democratic Executive Committee David McCown. Pictured here from left to right are Glenn, McCown, and Mrs. McCown. (Ironton Tribune | File Photo)

The Rock Hill High School majorettes brought home a superior rating during the Smith-Walbridge Majorette Clinic in Syracuse, Indiana in July 1974. They are, front row, Kim Hardy, Lorraine Callicoat, head majorette; and Ginger Murnahan, and in the back row are Laura Markel, Monica McCollister, Debbie Ritchea and Karen Phillips. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo)

Volunteers signing the register of blood donors are, from left, Chesapeake Police Chief Gary Ellis, Chesapeake Fire Chief James Turner, and Burlington Fire Chief Frank Frame in preparation for the Sept. 5, 1974 Bloodmobile visit to Burlington Elementary School on Old. Rt. 52. Seated are, from left, Harriet Ramsey, president of the Checkerboard Club, which is sponsoring the visit, and Polly Sites, health chairman. (Tribune | File Photo | Tom Lundy)

Three winners in the 4-H Club clothing division at the Lawrence County Fair last month will compete in their respective categories at the State 4-H Style Revue Tuesday at the Ohio State Fair. Displaying their first-place County Fair trophies and wearing the outfits which they made are, from left, Luella Brock of Lake View 4-H Club, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Brock, Rt. 4, South Point, dress up outfit; Debbie Betts, Dogfork Hay Makers Club, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Betts, Willowood, lounging clothes; Goldie Townsend, Kitts Hill, clothing complement (purse). Sue Moyer, County Extension Agent in Home Economics, said the style revue will begin 3:30 p.m. at the Rhodes Center. (Ironton Tribune | File Photo)

Five school districts in the Lawrence County School System opened for the 1974-75 term with the familiar yellow buses picking up and delivering students along almost every public road in the districts of Coal Grove, South Point, Fairland, Rock Hill and Symmes Valley. Chesapeake schools opened the following Wednesday and Ironton schools the next Tuesday. The students above are shown unloading at Sheridan Elementary as they begin their first full day of classes after brief sessions on Monday. (Ironton Tribune | File Photo)

Recording star Hank Williams Jr. and “The Cheating Hearts Show” were on stage Aug. 25, 1974, at Rinks’ Shopping Center in Wheelersburg during the last night of Wheelersburg’s Sesqui-Centennial. (Ironton Tribune | File Photo)

In 1974, a new softball league was set up for girls in South Point. In this photo, McKee’s Realty’s Ann Daniels rounds the bases as Rocky Lundy of Local 2351 jumps for an overthow. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo)