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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