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A one-of-a-kind Ada weekend - Elvis was even here!

Here's proof - lots of F&M Picnic photos
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, August 14, 2017

Photos by Monty Siekerman
It was a great weekend in Ada as the 104th annual Farmers and Merchants Picnic took place under sunny skies.

LOTS OF PHOTOS AT BOTTOM OF STORY -

A good size crowd attended festivities throughout the day. More people than usual lined Main Street for the parade, drawing many children with sacks for the candy that was tossed to them.

Hint for next year: kids at the beginning of the parade get more candy that those at the end of the parade because the candy stock hasn't run out.

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100 years of scouting in Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, August 14, 2017

Ada Boy Scout Troop 124 is celebrating its centennial this year. Here, James Lee shows a carved wood sign telling what year the local troop was chartered. The Scouts displayed memorabilia from the local and national organization in a tent near the Scout cabin which is located in the park. The Scouts have met in the cabin in the park for many years. A dinner celebrating the local group's 100th year is planned for November. (Monty Siekerman photo)

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Kiddie pedal tractor pull champs

36 entries in this year's F&M Picnic competition
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, August 14, 2017

Thirty-six youngsters competed in this year's F&M Picnic kiddie pedal tractor pull, directed by the Ada Kiwanis Club. ALL WINNER PHOTOS BELOW -

Winners in three different classes are as follows:

Class A, ages 3 & 4, with 7 participants:
1st place, Riece Clark, Cridersville, age 4
2nd place, Xander Gammon, Alger, age 4
3rd place, Nevan Boulanger, Ada, age 4
4th place, Maura Johnson, Bluffton, age 4.

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Old school

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, August 14, 2017

Ada's 2017-18 school year starts on Tuesday. Here's a gone-but-not-forgotten photo of what one time meant school in Ada.

What memories does this stir in your mind?

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PETRSN 2

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, August 14, 2017

We're assuming this is Peterson 2. It's a Hancock County plate the Icon spotted on a black Ford Expedition EL at the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool.

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Once upon a time in Ada

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, August 14, 2017

Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse

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SUMMER 1910:

     July 1910 the Manufacture of Knit Goods to be Begun Here as Soon as Machinery Can be Placed, this was an announcement in the Ada Record July 13, 1910. About 1909 some Ada people bought a knitting factory at Wapakoneta, Ohio and in 1910 moved it to the Brewer Block at Ada on the second floor. The manager was to be W.H. Roper from LaPorte, Indiana. This factory was to employ mostly women.

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