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Lots of Tressels in the 1905 school photo

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 28, 2019

Here is a photograph of students in the Red county school, rural Ada, in 1905. It's a reprint from a newspaper clipping from the collection of Leland Crouse.

Your find several family Ada family names including at least six Tressels.

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Remember Bessie Bingo?

The first one was at the 1988 F&M Picnic
Posted by LizGH on Saturday, January 26, 2019

By Lee Crouse
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Here’s a story about the 1988 Farmers and Merchant’s Picnic:

August 1988 a new event was added to the Farmers and Merchants picnic and a large, impatient crowd initially waited on the game called Bessie Bingo. 

As the hour approached for the release of Bessie, names were drawn from a bucket and spaces were assigned. Curious onlookers gathered as anxious ticket buyers located the empty space and wished for something in it. 

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Familiar last names on this Sugar Grove baseball team

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 21, 2019

Sugar Grove Methodist Church baseball team 1917 –

•Back row, Lem Runser, Carl Barnes, Dayle Spar, Neil Paterson, Bryan Mull and Howard Barnes.

• Front row, Arden Searson, Roy VanAtta, ___Nye, Roy Aikenbery, Robert Patterson, Dale Carey, Ernest VanAtta and John Wells.

(Collection of Leland Crouse)

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Once upon a time in Ada

In 1988 boy scouts and cubs covered 17+ miles picking up litter
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 14, 2019

By Lee Crouse
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June 1988 - The Ada Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts covered more than 17 miles of Liberty Township roads picking up litter.

They collected 55 bags during the 91 man-hours of work, reported Robert Krofft.

Scouts involved in the activity were Brian Beckley, Brian Wilkerson, Mike Ring, Daryl Neff, David Benson, Donald Roby, Tom Lehman, Chad Hazelton, Travis Hazelton, Isaac Seagrave, Adam Vauvel, David Vaubel, Jacob Lehman, Daniel Rider, Eric Preston and Robby Logsdon.

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This was ONU athletics...way back when

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 14, 2019

Did you ever watch a football game at this location in Ada? It's a post card view of the athletic field and gymnasium on the ONU campus. The Taft gym is no longer standing and the field now longer exists.

(From the Leland Crouse collection)

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Ada Kindergarteners - what year?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 7, 2019

Here are 21 Kindergarten students in a class taught by Mrs. Carl Smith, Jr.

Front from left, Larry Conley, Mike Blaha, Tommy Stoodt, Mike Roberson, Suzanne Dilts, Laurie Miller, Jeanine Sousley.

Center row from left, Linda Baker, Carla Sleesman, Steven Brace, Kelly Martin, Pamela Smith, Bruce Smith and Scott Anderson.

Back row from left Singleton Remsburg, Cheryl Umphress, Dale Vandemark, Kenneth Merrill, Donald Klingler, Stephen Hubbel and Keith Blue.

(From the collection of Leland Crouse)

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