Troop 120 of the Burlington Methodist Church participated in the 1956 Memorial Day Parade. The scoutmaster was Everett Hartley. Seated, from left are, Douglas Bach, Joe Burd, Mickey Whaley, Butch Shute, Douglass Mann, Billy McCoy and Paul Hartley. Standing are scoutmaster Hartley, Earl Ransbottom, Burton Ferguson, Mike Beard, Stephen Cox, Carl Crabtree and Frank Petry. (Tribune File Photo)

Pupils of Margaret Marcum School of Dancing, located at the MacArthur Hotel, presented a recital at the Ironton High School auditorium in 1956 entitled “Dance Capades of 1956.” (Tribune File Photo)

One of 17 Boy Scout troops which were in the line of march for the annual Memorial Day parade of 1956 was Troop 107 of Sedgwick Methodist Church. Paul Legg was scoutmaster. Troop members were, front row from left, Robert Born, Carl Morris, Mike Miller. Second row, Howard Clark, Jimmy Kellogg, Buddy Barnette, Gene Martin and Gary Lynd.

Miss Kathleen Holtzapfel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Holtzapfel, crowned the Blessed Virgin at May Crowning in St. Lawrence Church in 1956. Participants in the service, left to right, are Timothy O’Keefe, attendant; Jennifer Marting, crownbearer; George Thompson, attendant; and Miss Holtzapfel. (Tribune File Photo)

Members of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority attended a dinner meeting in 1956 at the Patio in celebration of Founders Day. Shown seated in the picture are Miss Jerry Brown, Miss Marian Lutz, Mrs. John Black, Miss Rita Ferguson and Mrs. Glenn Griffith. Standing are Mrs. James Thomas, Miss Joann Ford, Mrs. Joe McCollister, Mrs. Ralph Davis, Miss Carol Boggs and Mrs. Bernard Saunders. (Tribune File Photo)

A Detroit-Toledo-Ironton train is seen in Ironton in 1923. (Photo submitted by Venessa and Darren Webb)