Proudly displaying a 5 ¼ pound large mouth bass that he caught, using a rod and reel and artificial nightcrawler, at Lawco Lake in 1972 is 11-year-old Johnny McClellen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McClellen of Ironton. (The Ironton Tribune | File photo)

Damer Miller, of Kitts Hill, holds up a 54 ½-inch long timber rattler that he killed on Caulley Creek Road near Waterloo in 1972. (The Ironton Tribune | File photo)

Keith Williams, of Kitts Hill, a member of the Working Wind 4-H Club, takes part in the rabbit competition at the Lawrence County Fair in 1972. (The Ironton Tribune | File photo)

Lawrence County Sheriff deputies Jess Willis, left, and Roy Mullins, right, are seen with a truckload of stolen bicycles and parts that they recovered from a group of juveniles in 1964. (The Ironton Tribune | File photo | Jack Davidson)

The Ironton High School marching band parades downtown to campaign for passage of a school funding levy in 1964. (The Ironton Tribune | File photo)