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Historical Ada

Once upon a time in Ada

By Leland Crouse
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August 23, 1876 - St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized at the home of Samuel Anspach, Esq., by Rev. J.L. Smith, missionary president of this synod with the following membership; Samuel Anspach and wife, John W. Umbaugh and wife, J.H. Umbaugh and wife, S.M. Anspach and wife, Augustus Cronbaugh and wife, Luther M. McCreary and Mrs. A. Oberlin.

Turning back Ada's clock

Leland Crouse shares this turning back the clock photo with Icon viewers.

Ada Fire Chief Jay Eply, right, presents Dwight Musser with a red axe in recognition of Musser's 50 consecutive years of service to the Ada -Liberty Township Fire Department.

The dress helmet Musser holds was presented on his 40th anniversary as a member of the department.

Opera extras - 1991

The year was 1991.

Several area  Ada youngsters performed in the opera "Hansel and Gretel," at the Freed Center in December that year.

From left, Molly Kuhlman, Taylor Osbun, Paul D'Arca, Jared Wolf, Aaron Avelon, Karina Katsaras, Brian Ward, Erin Cole, Britton Devier, Cassie Seeley and Lauren Lobenhoefer.

Holly Keirn, an ONU music major (back row) was their director. (From the collection of Leland Crouse)

1991 junior high volleyball team

If you played junior high volleyball during the 1991 Ada school year, then you are in one of these photos. The identifications are listed beneath photo.

(From the collection of Leland Crouse)

It's a 1960 Ford Falcon - for ONU athletic department

Here's a photo from Cole Motor Sales archives. It's a 1960 Ford Falcon purchased by the Ohio Northern University athletic department. This was the first year the Falcon was introduced. That's a mean looking polar bear painted on the trunk.

Can an Icon viewer identify the three men in this photo?

Once upon a time in Ada

Ohio Women Suffrage in Ada

By Leland Crouse
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October 1916 – A meeting was held at the Presbyterian Church under the auspices of the Ohio Women Suffrage association to form a suffrage group here. The local committee included Mrs. D.O. Betz, Mrs. E.E. McCoppin, Mrs. J.E. Hesser, Mrs. J.I. Barnsy and Mrs. J.C. McDowell. Officers of the newly formed Women’s Suffrage organization in Ada were Mrs. C.S. Ames, president; Mrs. E.E. McAlpin, vice president; Miss Rhea Welsh, secretary; and Mrs. J. Guy Deming, treasurer.

 

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