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Can you name the school year and organizaton?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, August 28, 2017

It's the Ada High School student council and the school year in 1987-88 - 30 school year's ago. Names of members are on the photo.

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Once upon a time in Ada

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, August 28, 2017

Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse

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     June-December 1932:

June: the transfer of the Ada Public Library from the Ada Federated Clubs to the new district library boards was in effect. Mrs. George Stambaugh was elected chairman of the new seven-member board.

July: reconstruction of the elevator of the Ada Farmers Exchange was started. It had been destroyed by fire.

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Once upon a time in Ada

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse

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Early 1932:

January: the Ada roller skating hockey team lost to Lima. Players included Sanford and Harry Wright, James Ferrall, Kenneth Robnolte, Robert Lindsley, Homer Hawes and Robert Wallick.

March: Andrew’s Dairy (later Ada Dairy) was in business in Ada.

March: Russell and Stella Hoover of DeGraff purchased the Ada Creamery and opened the Hoover Creamery at 227 North Main Street.

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Ada school board 1967-68

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, August 21, 2017

Here's the Ada school board during the 1967-68 school year. Standing from left, Dr. Robert Elliott, board president; Ron Parshall and Larry Archer.

Seated from left, Dr. Thomas Martin and Nancy DaPore, board vice-president.

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Old school

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, August 14, 2017

Ada's 2017-18 school year starts on Tuesday. Here's a gone-but-not-forgotten photo of what one time meant school in Ada.

What memories does this stir in your mind?

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Once upon a time in Ada

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, August 14, 2017

Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse

[email protected]

SUMMER 1910:

     July 1910 the Manufacture of Knit Goods to be Begun Here as Soon as Machinery Can be Placed, this was an announcement in the Ada Record July 13, 1910. About 1909 some Ada people bought a knitting factory at Wapakoneta, Ohio and in 1910 moved it to the Brewer Block at Ada on the second floor. The manager was to be W.H. Roper from LaPorte, Indiana. This factory was to employ mostly women.

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