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Lee Crouse tells us that 1890 was a good year to live in Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, July 25, 2016

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.

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Ada HS class officers - class of 2001

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, July 25, 2016

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.

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Once upon a time in Ada: 100 years ago Ada High School orchestra organized

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, July 15, 2016

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;

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Were you ever on the Ada Junior High quiz bowl team?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, July 13, 2016

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.

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This is one large choir

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, July 8, 2016

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

Can you find yourself here?

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How many trophies could this group have earned?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, June 29, 2016

How many Northwest Conference sports trophies might have been added to the Bulldog trophy case had girls intra-school athletics existed when this photo was taken.

No one will know because intra-school athletics for girls was not permitted in the 1960s.

This is the next best thing: the Ada High School Girls Athletic Association (GAA). In it, girls played competitively among themselves.

This photo is from the 1965-66 school year.

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