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1924 - were they called the bulldogs?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, June 10, 2014

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The year is 1924.

Were they purple and gold? Were they Bulldogs? Where did they play?

Perhaps an Icon viewer knows the answer to these questions. Here is the Ada High School football team from 90 seasons ago. It's the first in a series of anniversay Ada football teams.

Front  - Wertheimer (mascot)

Bottow row, from left, Mr. Stauffer, Ferrall, McElroy, Shelly, Baransy, Captain Doersam, Peterson, Anspach, Gallant, Stemple, Coach Morehead.

Second row, from left, Jameson, Wood, R. Long, J. Long, Baum, J. Klingler, E. Klingler, Snyder, Poling.

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They taught your grandparents

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, June 4, 2014

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Meet the Ada High School staff - 70 school years ago. Here are the teachers during the 1943-44 school year.

Front row from left, Evelyn Niswander, Ruth Huber, Hazel Tallman, R.O. Clymer, Evelyn Smith and Izora Anspach.

Standing from left, Alvin Augsburger, Mabel Mertz, Mabel Crawford, Pauline Widner, Leroy Iams, Eugene Coleman and Kelly Danford.

(From the Ada High School yearbook, collection of Ada Public Library)

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40 school years ago - Ada's FTA

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, May 29, 2014

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Forty school years ago, these students were members of the Ada High School Future Teachers Association.

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Banking in Ada 90 years ago

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, May 19, 2014

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There's lots going on in this photo of First National Bank, Ada. The photo was taken in 1923 or 1924. Note the "Join the Harding Memorial Association - here now" homemade sign. President Warren G. Harding, the 29th U.S. president, and Marion native, died Aug. 2, 1923.

Notice the ornate teller's window and the hot water heating system. Was Tim Tighe a customer who just happened to be in the bank when the photo was taken? Or, was he a shareholder? And how about the man on the very far left, partically cut off in the photo?

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90 school years ago, we present the Ada HS yearbook staff

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, May 13, 2014

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Look at those dresses and suit! This photo is from the 1924 Ada High School year book. Yes, 90 years ago - here's the Ada High School yearbook staff. Are your great grandparents in this photo?

Standing from left (sorry, last names only): Van Schoick, Mustard, Long, Kelly, McElroy, Lowman, Davis. Seated: Worl, Judkins, Snyder, Mr. Kessler, Whitworth

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Here's some of the Ada class of '68

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, May 7, 2014

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Here are some - but not all - members of the Ada High School class of 1968 as eighth graders.

Front row from left, Ethel Cheney, Wayne Wright, Linda Umphress, Steve Marshall, Nancy Bosch.

Second row from left, Carol Bischoff, Susan Benton, Edith Staley, Sam Hall, Mary Hubbell, Judy Ellison.

Third row from left, Bill Van Atta, Bill Cole, Dan Butler, Judy Wilkerson, Cathy Emlinger, Ruth Shields, Pam Long.

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