The editors reminded people that now that spring had arrived, it was time to clean up the “accumulated waste of the winter months” where it had been “consigned to the back alley and far corner of the yard”. The situation seemed to be concerning enough that the town had created a new board of health to help combat the problem. The editors felt that the new board needed to do a “tour of inspection” which would “reveal much that could be done in the way of cleaning up.”
The Methodist church reported 176 attended Sunday School the previous Sunday and the collection was 3.76. The Christian Church reported 119 in attendance and a collection of $2.73. All the local churches were preparing for Easter services to be held the next week. The WTCU (Women’s Christian Temperance Union) were planning a public meeting to promote their cause: “No saloons, happy homes, pure government and the peace and prosperity of the whole people.”
The home of Mr. & Mrs W. A. Stoner of close to Mt. Moriah burned and was a total loss. One ad announced that Dr. J. C. Boyd, a newly graduated veterinarian, had moved to Ridgeway to set up a practice. He was located in Lundy’s livery and was alr
eady quite busy. Wm. A. Miner was selling lots in the new Fairview Addition located on the northwest side of Ridgeway which included most of the property north of Elm and west of Main. The Ridgeway Journal had so much going on that week they had to expand their paper by an extra 4 pages.
