Historical Ada

Here's a photo of some of the attendees of the 1999 Ada High School prom.

Do you still have your prom dress?

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown
By Lee Crouse
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January 1890 Articles of incorporation for the Ada Tri-County Fair Company have been filed and stock books will probably be opened soon. The capital stock will be $10,000 divided into 100 shares.

February 25, 1890, the ONU military contest was inaugurated that was to become of great importance in the development of the school.

Early 1890s the Ada Water, Heat, Light & Power Company was granted a franchise for furnishing hot and cold water to Ada.

Here are the Ada High School senior class officers during the 2000-2001 school year. They are Jenise Smalley, president, Chris Poling, vice-president, Elisa Lenssen, secretary and Bill Putt, treasurer.

Once upon a time in Ada
Things you didn’t know about your own hometown
By Lee Crouse
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1916 the Ada High School Orchestra was organized in the year 1916 with the following members playing their respective parts:

Director, Hazel Dobbins; Pianist, Khiva Harvey; First Violin, Louella Phillips, Lowell Snyder, Maurice Elder, Virgil May, John Wells; Cornet, Mark Shanklin, Carl Klingler, Merle Agin, Paul Poling; Clarinet, Donavan Isham;

If you were a member of the Ada Junior High quiz bowl team during the 1998-99 school year, this is your group.

Front from left, M. Allen, A. Hamm, A. Castle, Retterer, G. McManus, B. Prater and K. McInturf.

Back row from left, S. Sperling, T. Risner, J. Preston, M. Boyadzhiev, R. Kindle, K. Brown and K. Reese.

This might well be the largest choir ever to perform on an Ada High School stage. The school year is 1980-81.

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