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Ada Boy Scouts in 1967

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 28, 2019

Here's Ada Boy Scout troop 124 in July, 1967.

Back row from left - Morris (Base Camp Staff), Tally DaPore (Trip Voyager), Joe DaPore, Dennis Tressel, John Reese, Norman Rex and Dale Madison.

Front row from left, Tim English, Joe Bischoff, Tim Davis and Nolan Helser.

(Photo provided by Leland Crouse)

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Once upon a time in Ada

Midwinter Fairs
Posted by LizGH on Saturday, October 26, 2019

By Leland Crouse
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Mid-Winter Fair
Excerpt from Small Town Sampler by Betty Miller
February 19, 1992

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Ada youth in the 1880s.

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 21, 2019

Here is a photo of either a Ada children in a school or church photo. Harry Hahn, the boy in the center is the only person identified. His parents, Albert and  Flora Hahn, owned a bakery in Ada in the 1880s.

The photo was taken by A.W. Clutter, manager and operator of The Gilbert (photo) Gallery, Ada. See the identification at the bottom of the photo

The photo is from the collection of Fred Steiner, Bluffton, Harry Hahn is his great-uncle.

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Once upon a time in Ada

Messick's dime store
Posted by LizGH on Saturday, October 19, 2019

By Leland Crouse
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Small Town Sampler
Betty Miller
13 May 1992 - The Ada Herald
Depending on your age you called it the racket store, the five and ten, the dime store or the variety store. If you had a nickel or a dollar you could leave the store with two or three items.

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Are you on the Ada 7th grade VB team?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 14, 2019

Here's an Ada 7th grade volleyball team that is from the late 1990s. Icon viewers can help nail down the correct school year. We think it is either 1997 or 1999.

Row 1 - Terra Coldiron, Tara Musselman, Jennifer McCombs

Row 2 - Mary Hughes, April Howard, Chelsty Hood, Vanessa Ward, Alexia VanAtta, Jennifer Wyss, Emily Stewart

Row 3 - Stephanie Minix, Megan Paugh, Kim Simon, Amy Young, Christina Rowe, Alexandra Koons

(Photo provided by Leland Crouse)

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Once upon a time in Ada

Posted by LizGH on Saturday, October 12, 2019

By Leland Crouse
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August 23, 1876 - St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized at the home of Samuel Anspach, Esq., by Rev. J.L. Smith, missionary president of this synod with the following membership; Samuel Anspach and wife, John W. Umbaugh and wife, J.H. Umbaugh and wife, S.M. Anspach and wife, Augustus Cronbaugh and wife, Luther M. McCreary and Mrs. A. Oberlin.

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