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1,000 yard football players
Posted by LizGH on Saturday, November 9, 2019

By Leland Crouse
lcrouse@centurylink.net
Newspaper clipping from fall 1992:
Craig Roberson joins the list of Ada HS athletes who gained at least 1,000 yards during their varsity football career. Roberson rushed for 1,139 yards and scored 12 TCs in 10 games in 1977. Roberson caught two Stan Parshall passes for 25 more yards. The Bulldogs finished 7-2-1 under Coach Jeff Wise during the 1992 football season.

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Ada Neighborhood Club, 1950s

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 4, 2019

Here's a photo of the Ada Neighbor Club from the 1950s. Names of members are under the photo. From the collection of Leland Crouse.

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Once upon a time in Ada

History of War Memorial Park Stadium
Posted by LizGH on Saturday, November 2, 2019

By Leland Crouse
lcrouse@centurylink.net
History of War Memorial Park Stadium
It’s time to replace the original wooden bleachers!

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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
lelandcrouse@hughes.net
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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