You might think that the April 1946 election must have been an exciting one in Ridgeway but according to the Ridgeway News column in the Bethany paper, it was very quiet. At that time, the city elected a marshal to enforce the rulings of the city court. Three men were running for this position: Henry Pierce, M. B. Lawrence (the incumbent), and Harold Tripp. Henry Pierce won by a single vote over Mr. Lawrence with Mr. Tripp coming in third. Dean Leazenby was re-elected as Mayor; Harley Butler won over J. C. Stanley for alderman and James Fulton beat Chester Bowen for the other alderman position. In other news, the Assembly of God church was hosting a pre-Easter revival; sixty-two attended Sunday school at the Christian Church; the Ridgeway cemetery and park boards bought new power mowers; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Tuggle moved to their new farm home in the Buckley neighborhood, and the first six grades of the school were getting ready to perform an operetta titled “Story-Land” on Friday, April 12, 1946. (Bethany Republican-Clipper, April 10, 1946.)
