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Turning back Ada's clock

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 7, 2019

Leland Crouse shares this turning back the clock photo with Icon viewers.

Ada Fire Chief Jay Eply, right, presents Dwight Musser with a red axe in recognition of Musser's 50 consecutive years of service to the Ada -Liberty Township Fire Department.

The dress helmet Musser holds was presented on his 40th anniversary as a member of the department.

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Opera extras - 1991

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, September 23, 2019

The year was 1991.

Several area  Ada youngsters performed in the opera "Hansel and Gretel," at the Freed Center in December that year.

From left, Molly Kuhlman, Taylor Osbun, Paul D'Arca, Jared Wolf, Aaron Avelon, Karina Katsaras, Brian Ward, Erin Cole, Britton Devier, Cassie Seeley and Lauren Lobenhoefer.

Holly Keirn, an ONU music major (back row) was their director. (From the collection of Leland Crouse)

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1991 junior high volleyball team

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, September 16, 2019

If you played junior high volleyball during the 1991 Ada school year, then you are in one of these photos. The identifications are listed beneath photo.

(From the collection of Leland Crouse)

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It's a 1960 Ford Falcon - for ONU athletic department

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, September 9, 2019

Here's a photo from Cole Motor Sales archives. It's a 1960 Ford Falcon purchased by the Ohio Northern University athletic department. This was the first year the Falcon was introduced. That's a mean looking polar bear painted on the trunk.

Can an Icon viewer identify the three men in this photo?

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Once upon a time in Ada

Ohio Women Suffrage in Ada
Posted by LizGH on Saturday, September 7, 2019

By Leland Crouse
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October 1916 – A meeting was held at the Presbyterian Church under the auspices of the Ohio Women Suffrage association to form a suffrage group here. The local committee included Mrs. D.O. Betz, Mrs. E.E. McCoppin, Mrs. J.E. Hesser, Mrs. J.I. Barnsy and Mrs. J.C. McDowell. Officers of the newly formed Women’s Suffrage organization in Ada were Mrs. C.S. Ames, president; Mrs. E.E. McAlpin, vice president; Miss Rhea Welsh, secretary; and Mrs. J. Guy Deming, treasurer.

 

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Once upon a time in Ada

1991: First-of-kind youth soccer camp held
Posted by LizGH on Saturday, August 31, 2019

By Leland Crouse
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September 1991
Thirty-one area children between the ages of 6-17 were taught soccer skills, team tactics, and rules of the game during a three-day camp held at Ohio Northern University.

The camp, first of its kind in this area, was organized by ONU soccer coach Amar Bhattacharya (17th year) and his assistant Mike Varga, ONU law student and assisted by ONU soccer players

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