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Once upon a time in Ada

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, January 31, 2017

 

Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse

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1892 North School construction was started on North Main Street.

Feb. 25, 1903 the First National Bank had an adding machine.

Feb. 1918 the Ohio Northern Service flag, World War 1, containing 225 names was unfurled during a special chapel service.

 

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Very vocal Bulldog fans from 10 season ago

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 30, 2017

If you think Ada High School cheering sections are loud today, you should take a close look at this photo from the 2006-07 Ada High School yearbook.

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19 school years ago! Can you believe it

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 23, 2017

Update and correction!

It's not 2006-2007. More like 1997-1998, says Icon viewer Judith Lusk. She also provided everyone's name:

Students front from left, Brian Humphries, Bill Putt, Elisa Lenssen, Amy Lusk
Noah Streib, Rikki Steingass, Scott Rettig and Dustin Shook.

HERE'S OUR ORIGINAL - INCORRECT DETAILS -

How's your math skills? Here's a group of Ada students in the 2006-07 school year's Math Counts team.

Students front from left, B. Humphries, B. Putt, E. Lenssen, B. Binkley and A. Lusk.

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ONU team plays first ever basketball game

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, January 23, 2017

January 1904 - The first basketball game played by an Ohio Northern team, was against a Kenton team, won by Kenton (score not given). Ohio Northern's team used the old "sheep pen" on the south west corner of the campus, now the Kappa Psi fraternity home (1954)

 

January 1925 - S.M. McCurdy, inventor for the McCurdy Mfg. Co., has placed a new scoring device in the Ada school gymnasium. By pulling a lever, a gong is sounded and every score of the opposing teams is shown. He has applied for a patent on the device.

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Lots of brass in this marching band - can you name the year?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 16, 2017

It's a tough call to say this is a "historic" Ada photo, since it's only 10 years old. Even so, it's an interesting photo. Here's the Ada High School marching band during the 2006-07 school year.

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'77-78 Varsity A

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Here's Ada High School male athletes during the 1977-78 school year. Where are they now?

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