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This was Main Street Ada - 1953

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 7, 2016

Check out that beautiful new Buick parked on the left side of this 1953 Ada Main Street photo.

Looking north from the Pennsylvania Railroad track (double tracks at the time) there's morelots to see.

There's a Pure gas station, Harry Tousley Insurance (with a clock on Main Street), J.M. Mertz Hardware, a soda fountain, and yes, that's the steeple of the Methodist Church (not yet United Methodist).

Don't missing the charming lights along Main Street. What else do you see? Send your observations to: [email protected].

 

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This photo is worth more than one thousand words

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 31, 2016

If a photo is worth one thousand words, this one easily lives up to the reputation of that phrase.

It's the Ada Farmers and Merchants Picnic board of directors. The year is 1953, a centennial year for the Village of Ada. Thus the interesting beards.

Identification of members is on the photo. Who do you recognize?

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Once upon a time in Ada: The first parcel post package sent from Ada was in 1913

Lee Crouse shares some things you didn't know about your hometown
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 24, 2016

Once upon a time in Ada
Things you didn’t know about your own hometown
By Lee Crouse
[email protected]

Jan. 1,1913, the first parcel post package sent from Ada was a roll of fancy assorted papers sold by the Record to a young man who sent them to Pennsylvania. For the first week of the new parcels post the local business in Ada post office was as follows: parcels mailed out, 129: parcels received, 195: parcels for local delivery, 3.

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Chevy and Olds dealer in Ada? You bet!

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 24, 2016

There was a time when you could buy a new Chevolet or Oldsmobile in Ada. Here's the dealership photo, known as Liberty Chevrolet. This photo is from the 1953 Ada centennial book.

The Icon needs some assistance from viewers about this photo. Where was the dealership located and when did it go out of business.

Send details to: [email protected].

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1912 in Ada - Business men organized to make plans for the first F&M Picnic

Once upon a time in Ada - things you didn't know about your hometown
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 17, 2016

Once upon a time in Ada
Things you didn’t know about your own hometown
By Lee Crouse
[email protected]

March 3, 1912 the Business Men’s Club was organized. W.C. Ewing was the first president. In 1914 this organization formulated plans for the first Farmers & Merchants Picnic.

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Ada women's Cosmopolitan Club - 1953

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 17, 2016

The year is 1953. Here is the Ada women's Cosmopolitan Club. The club was organized in 1935 and state federated in 1945.

You certainly recognize some famiiar Ada names here including Marshall, Stambaugh, Hindall, Bowden, Cole, Neiswander and Stober, for example.

And, we see Mary Bowden in the second row. Who else do you recognize in this group of Ada women?

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