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Open house on Nov. 18 and Nov. 25

Siefker Real Estate and Auction Co., Ottawa, announces a public auction Saturday, Dec. 8, of Dr. Howard Shelly, M.D., property and real estate.

The auction is on site at 7900 Tom Fett Road, Bluffton, with a 10 a.m. start for four parcels of real estate and an 11 a.m. start for personal property items.

Two open houses are planned. One is from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 18, and a second is from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 25.

The specific auction list is attached.

Meet Hunter. He is a one year old chocolate lab mix. He is available today. Can you give Hunter a forever home?

To give a dog a forever home, contact the Hardin County dog shelter. It is located at 49 Jones Road on the west side of Kenton.

Hours of operation:
Monday 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. 
Tuesday and Thursday - closed 
Wedneday 12 p.m.- 6 p.m.
Friday 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Phone: 419-674-2209.

Generally, about 20 to 25 dogs are available for viewing.

Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse
[email protected]

The Ada Herald, Ada, Ohio, March 2, 1982

A cloth banner was found by The Ada Herald recently. A very well done painting is on each side of the banner, but the reason for either side being painted is unknown. Does anyone of our readers remember anything of the ONU Club, or what American Tin and Honest Dollars could stand for?

The Ada Herald, Ada, Ohio, March 10, 1982

Ada High School junior, Abbie James, showing for the first time in the junior beef heifer class at the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Kentucky. (From Ada Bulldogs Facebook)

Aline Click Rowe, age 94, died on Friday, November 9, 2018 at 8:15 p.m. at Vancrest of Ada, after a two week illness.                        

            She was born on November 20, 1923 in Garrett, Kentucky to the late Frank and Virgie (Huff) Click.  On February 28, 1939 Aline married Earnest Rowe and they were married for 66 years before his passing. They married at the age of 15 and 18.   

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