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RIDGEWAY'S FIRST SCHOOL WAS A SUBSCRIPTION SCHOOL
CONDUCTED IN THE UPPER ROOM OF A STORE BUILDING. IN THIS SCHOOL HENRY
BURGIN TAUGHT THE OLDER CHILDREN AND MRS. MAY HARRISON TAUGHT THE YOUNGER
ONES. THE SCHOOL WAS SOON ABANDONED AND IN 1880 A SMALL TWO ROOM
SCHOOLHOUSE WAS BUILT WITH MARK BURROWS AS PRINCIPAL. THERE WAS ONE
ROOM UPSTAIRS AND ONE LARGE ROOM DOWNSTAIRS. THIS SCHOOL CONTINUED
UNTIL 1901 WHEN A TWO STORY BRICK BUILDING CONSISTING OF FOUR LARGE ROOMS
AND A STUDY HALL UPSTAIRS AND FIVE ROOMS ON THE FIRST FLOOR, WAS
CONSTRUCTED. IN THE LATE 1930'S AN ADDITION WAS ADDED, CONSISTING OF A
LARGE GYMNASIUM, AUDITORIUM WITH LARGE ROOMS AND A STUDY HALL
UPSTAIRS. THIS ADDITION WAS FINANCED BY GOVERNMENT FUNDS AND
LABOR.
ON SEPTEMBER 14,1951,DISASTER STRUCK THE TOWN OF RIDGEWAY AS
A FIRE, BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY FAULTY WIRING IN THE 50 YEAR OLD
BUILDING TOTALLY GUTTED THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING AND RESULTED IN
DAMAGES OF $200,000.00. AMONG THE IRREPLACEABLE LOSSES WERE MANY TROPHIES
AND AWARDS EARNED BY PAST STUDENTS AND ATHLETES OF RIDGEWAY HIGH
SCHOOL.
SOME OF THE EARLIER STUDENTS OF RIDGEWAY
WERE:
GUY MCKERN, PEARL HEYCUS, THEODORE MICHAELIS, ZELLA AND MYRTLE
CROSBY, GERTIE POE, LOLA CAMPBELL, HOMER SPICER, BERTMINER, OMAR
WHISLER, HATTIE MEADOWS,DOLPH KUTZNER, THEO BENNETT,PEARL COLEMAN, CARRIE
MORRIS AND FRED HYER.
INFORMATION SUBMITTED
BY: ALICE JEAN ALLEN
SOURCE: RIDGEWAY THEN AND NOW
1880-1980
EXCERPTS TRANSCRIBED BY:MELODY
BEERY
RIDGEWAY HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATES:
1897-1910
1897:
POSE BAKER, FRED BENSON,
NELS BENSON, NELLIE MAY COLEMAN, WILLIAM HITCHCOCK, PEARL COLEMAN, ANNA
LINTHICUM, RUTH MCKERN, JOSEPH PERKINS, FRANK WILEY
1898:
FRED KERN, MOLLIE MAINWARING, RUBEN STANLEY
1899:
LAKE BREWER, FRANCES CARLISLE, FRED HEYER, CARRIE JACKSON, JESSE
LINTHACUM, LOUISE MICHAELIS, HARRIET MIDDAGH, ATTA RAGAN, CAROLINE
TULL.
1900: NO CLASS
1901:
ANABEL COLEMAN,
WILLIAM BENSON, IRENE MICHAELIS, HOLLIE NEFF, EARL
SPRAGG
1902:
CARA BARTLETT, EDITH DALE, ELBERT MINER, MAY
RAGAN, ROY WILLIAMS.
1903:
LOREN COCKLIN, CORA LOWE,
MABEL MCELHINEY, JEANNE TAYLOR.
1904:
GLADYS ALLWOOD,
ALICE BARTLETT, WILLIAM BRIGGS, MARY JACKSON, BROWN NEFF, DEMAR PIERSON,
MAUN WILEY
1905:
GLENN DALE, PEARL JOHNSON, MINNIE
LEASENBY, WILLIAM PERKINS, CHARLES REDINGER, RAY TULL, WILLIAM
WILEY
1906:
BEULAH BRIDGES, ARTHUR CHAPMAN, LOLA
CHAPMAN, MYRTLE ELLIOTT, LOUISA HAMMACK, ZENITH SCOTT, CLARA PIERSON,
LLOYD SPRAGG, BELVA TAYLOR
1907:
HATTIE BENNETT, G.H.
BRIDGES, ELVA BUNCH, EARL DALE,PEARL HUGHES, JEANNE LILLY, CHARLES MINER,
WAVE PAUP, WILLIAM PIERSON, FRANCES SPRAGG.
1908:
MINNIE
BROWN, CLELLA BUNCH, ALICE COCKLIN, DORIS GOODWIN, GRACE JACKSON, ROSCOE
HOPKINS, LEROY NEFF, JOSEPHINE NORWOOD, RAYMOND POWELL, ORA SCOTT, TESSIE
TAYLOR, HAZEL WITT, JESSICA YEATER.
1909:
CARL BARTLETT,
CARL BURRIS, CHESS CAIN, J.BEN CHAPMAN, MABEL HENDREN,KEITH JACKSON, JAMES
HUGHES, ERWIN MINER, GRACE MURRAY,MABEL NORWOOD,JESSE WHISLER, MAE
YOUNG
1910:
ALTHA FOSTER, WILLIAM REDINGER, EARL
SANFORD, EDITH SWITZER, WATIE WEBB
SOURCE: RIDGEWAY THEN AND NOW 1880-1980
TRANSCRIBED
BY:MELODY BEERY
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