Historical Ada

Call phone number 31 if you need to rent a horse and buggy

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, July 30, 2018

If you need to rent a cab pulled by horses, call Ada telephone number 31. You'll talk with W. C. Lentz, manager of the L.O. Ream's Barn located at 302 S. Main St., Ada.

Leland Crouse shares this turn-of-an-earlier-century advertisement with Icon viewers.

Other wording on this ad follows:
L.O. Ream's Undertaking Establishment with Equipment
Calls answered night or day
202 S. Main St.

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Once upon a time in Ada

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse
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April 1939 the Ada Garden Club was organized.

April 1939 an ordinance was being enforced to remove perishable foods from being displayed on the sidewalks of grocery stores.

April 1939 the state board of athletic control voted to discontinue girls interscholastic basketball in Ohio schools.

June 1939 the Ohio-Kentucky Manufacturing Company obtained additional floor space for its growing business on the second floor of the former Young hotel.