50 YEARS AGO

January 4, 1973 – Although behind in its original schedule, work is now coming along smoothly on construction of the new Ridgway school, according to Samuel Avis, superintendent of Ridgway Schools.

The foundation has been completed except for one section and workmen are about two-thirds through with the structural steel. Avis says he hopes the entire building will be completed by sometime in the spring, again depending on the weather, but he does not foresee that the building wi...