In October 1953, the first patients moved into the new Ridgeway Nursing Home. The home was owned by Mr and Mrs Jim Lacy, who also owned a convalescent home in Bethany. The home was originally supposed to be managed by Maxine Kirk, but she fell and injured her kneecap just before the home opened, so the home hired Mr and Mrs Clarence Hahn of Blythedale to run the home.
The home soon filled with patients and there was enough activity to warrant a Ridgeway Nursing Home section in the Ridgeway News column printed in the Harrison County Times paper. In December, Mrs. Hahn resigned from the home due to ill health and her job was taken over by Mrs. Ora Clark and her daughter Leta. Leta had previously worked at the Bethany nursing home and was “well trained for her duties.”
The nursing home operated for more than a year. On November 24, 1954, an ad appeared in the Bethany Republican-Clipper for a public sale on November 29 to sell the furniture and other goods of the Ridgeway Nursing home. An article in the in the Harrison County Times on Nov 25 stated that the patients at the home “were moved Friday and Saturday to the Lacy convalescent home in Bethany”. Mrs. Ora Clark resigned from the Ridgeway home due to ill health and moved to Bethany with her daughter Leta.