Prom invitations are elaborate affairs these days. In the old days, young men hoped no one was listening on the four-party line when they dialed up a potential date and popped the question. Riley J.L.

Last year when Griffin Gulledge asked a girl to prom, he wrote the invite on a big sign and posted it in the school hallway for his date to see. After that, he and his friends at Trussville High ...