05/29/2026
Ridgeway News
Reposted from May 27, 2026
CITY NEWS: Thank you to the veterans and volunteers who put up the flags along Main and Cedar streets and placed them on veterans' graves at the cemeteries!
The Ridgeway Community Betterment Association will kick off Ridgeway’s celebration of the 250th birthday of our country with a patriotic themed Bingo night! Everyone is invited for fun and food on June 1 at 6:30 pm in the Community Room in City Hall. The snack theme is “Patriotic” and donations of snacks are appreciated. Free-will donations are also accepted for snacks and cards. There are always three winners per game and fun prizes for all ages. Bring the family for a great evening with friends!
The City-Wide garage sales are on the calendar for June 26-27. If you are planning a sale and would like to be added to the list, please stop by the city hall office and fill out a sign up sheet or email [email protected] for a copy. The lists will be available the week before the sales. You are responsible for your own advertising.
Volunteers are needed to help with the 4th of July dinner after the parade and for groups, families or businesses to sponsor a game in the park after the meal. Dinner volunteers would help with preparation, serving and clean-up. Game sponsors can choose the game, set the rules, provide any needed equipment and determine the winners. So far, people have committed to horseshoes, tug-of war, and croquet and corn hole. Other game suggestions include various types of races (three-legged, egg race, hoop race or other creative ideas), pie or watermelon eating contest, or any other type of inexpensive, old-fashioned fun you can dream up. Games must be free for participants to play. Winners will get bragging rights for the next year.
The Ridgeway Community Betterment Association is working hard to plan this year’s 4th of July to celebrate the 250th birthday of our nation. They need volunteers to help prepare, serve and clean-up this year’s post parade lunch. They are also asking for families or groups to sponsor an old-fashioned game in the park such as three-legged races, tug-of-war, horseshoes or similar games in the afternoon after the meal. For more information, please contact a board member or email [email protected].
As you are getting ready for the garage sales, put aside your old electronics for the E-Waste Recycling Day! The Ridgeway Community Betterment Association, Ridgeway Technical Services and Virgil T’s are co-sponsoring an electronics recycling event on Saturday, August 8 from 9 am to noon outside the Old Ridgeway Hall. A list is available of what items will be taken for free, what items require a fee and what items will not be accepted – please contact Paula Scott at 660-872-6500 or email [email protected] for more information.
SOCIETY: The community sewing groups will meet on Monday, June 1 and Monday, June 16 from 1 pm to 4 pm to work on bags for the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home. Anyone is welcome to join this group – you do not need to attend that church, bring a sewing machine or even have sewing experience.
BIT OF HISTORY: A few items from the front page of the Ridgeway Journal dated May 28, 1930:
Commencement exercises for the Ridgeway class of 1931 were held on Friday, May 15th. The attending crowd was so large that the building “would not hold all of them” and some were not able to come in to watch the ceremony. There were thirty-four graduates that year, “this being a very large class for a school of this size.” The commencement address was given by Dr. Dildine “from the college at Maryville” and the valedictorian speech was given by Roberta Nible. Her speech was printed in the paper as well.
The Memorial Day program was published in the paper that week. The service was to be held in the City Park. The Ridgeway band and the scout troops were to meet at the Methodist church for the park to the park. The program included the song "America", an invocation by Rev Stanley, the scouts' Pledge to the flag, a speech titled "The Mission of America" by Rev. Reed and music by the Ridgeway Band.
The Burlington Railway Company announced changes to the train schedule that would allow Ridgeway to get both morning and evening mail delivery as well as the afternoon newspapers. The Ridgeway band announced that they were ready to start their summer concerts if the local businessmen wanted their services. The Yankee Ridgeway Cemetery board published their annual financial statement showing that they had moved from being $7.23 in the red to $7.27 in the black for the year. They would also hold Decoration Day services and officer elections that Sunday.
CLOSING: If you know of any events or plans around town that you would like to see shared with others, please send me the details by Sunday evening! Thank you for reading! Wave to your neighbors!
