Historical Ada

The reason why 19 Sigma Pi members were suspended in 1925

Posted by Beth Downing on Thursday, December 29, 2016

December 1904- Citizens were boasting of the installation of a $1000 magnetic fire alarm system with 15 boxes distributed throughout the town. The James Thomas barber shop sent the first call over the new fire system.

December 1925- Nineteen members of the Sigma Pi fraternity were suspended for the remainder of the school year for promoting and participating in dance in Lima, in violation of the Dance Rule.

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'56-57 Ada school board

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Charles Hubbell was Ada Exempted Village School District board president when this school board photo was taken during the 1956-57 school year. The identification of the board members are in the photo.

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In 1916 in Ada there existed a women's suffrage organization

Lee Crouse can tell you all about it

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 19, 2016

Once upon a time in Ada
Things you didn’t know about your own hometown
By Lee Crouse
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October 1916 - 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.

Nov. 23, 1916 - the many clubs of Ada were Federated. They included the Current Events, Twice Ten Art, Sorosis, Zetetic, Research, Entre Nous, Cosmopolitan, Advance, Quatre and Pastime.