From the front page of the Ridgeway Journal dated March 20, 1913:
In the Methodist Church notes, there was a funny little bit that “Pastor Snider put a ban on Easter millinery, asking that no new hats be worn on Easter morning.” His reason was that too many women who unable to purchase a new hat for Easter would simply not attend the Easter morning service and “He wanted everyone to come.” He also asked the ladies not to wear hats to the evening lecture so that everyone could see the platform.
The best part about this little bit was that at the top of the column was an ad for the new hat line available at Miss Maude Campbell’s. She had a new line of “beautiful spring hats in ladies’, misses and children’s. She also planned to give away a “hand embroidered pillow. Anyone may get it.” She would take eggs in exchange for hats.
Three “prominent Bethany citizens” were arrested in Ridgeway, “charged with speeding their horses on the public highway.” Rush Eades was in a buggy and William Tilley and “Mr. Tolliver” were in another rig and they were racing to get to the party to be served first. They were at the depot waiting to return to Bethany when they were arrested by Ridgeway’s Constable Dale.
The students at the Ridgeway school published an accounting of the receipts and expenses for their “recent Shakespeare play”. They performed two nights in Ridgeway as well taking the show on the road to Eagleville and Cainsville. They paid for costume rental, train fares, meals, teams and sleds, printing, curtain material and paid help. They took in a total of $211.10 and had a net profit of $93.40 (about $3000 today). This money was donated to the Board of Education to be added to the school’s Library Fund.
