way Field House and the Delta Lambda members handled the food for the event. The Delta Lambda organization also put out heart coin boxes around town to collect change and worked with Ridgeway Boy Scout Troop 138 to canvas the Ridgeway residents for donations.. The Eckerson Brothers Orchestra provided music for the event and the dance raised over $91 and the Boy Scouts added another $41 and change for a grand total of $132.49. The dance must have been popular because the Ridgeway Lions Club brought the Eckerson Brothers Orchestra back two weeks later for another dance.
In addition the dances, Ridgeway hosted two fox and wolf drives. Hunters were asked to bring shotguns only and meet at the Polley oil station. The second drive included the use of staghounds. The hunts lasted about two hours and any bounty money was donated to the March of Dimes.
One final bright note from this time period was a very nice article in the Harrison County Times about long time Ridgeway doctor and first woman to graduate from the University of Missouri School of Medicine Lake Brewer. This article was reprinted from the Kansas City Star and talked about Dr. Brewer’s life history and her desire to help people.
