Once upon a time in Ada: Was your great-grandmother in the “Zetetic” club?
Once upon a time in Ada
Things you didn’t know about your own hometown
By Lee Crouse
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May 1915 - Ohio Northern University entered the Ohio conference. Other schools were Denison, Ohio University, Otterbein, Western Reserve, Miami, Cincinnati, Oberlin, Kenyon, Case, Wooster, Wittenberg, Wesleyan and Antioch.
June 1915 the “Zetetic” club is the name of a new literary club organized among women in the southwest part of town.
June 1915 the first annual banquet of the Ada high school alumni was held at the armory. Floyd Elliott, who had been active in forming the association, introduced Agnew Welsh as toastmaster.
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