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It's the Ada we never knew - on East Lincoln

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 14, 2017

Our story about John and Christina Dean and their 125 E. Lincoln Ave. house restoration story grabbed Icon viewer attention yesterday.

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Our Facebook post as of Thursday afternoon recorded 2,357 reaches, over 110 likes and shares and a dozen comments.

In that story we posted these three old photos that were discovered in the house.

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Ah, those Ada seniors - could it be that long ago?

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 11, 2017

Here's a photos from the Ada High School 1999 yearbook of members of the senior class. Icon viewers are encouraged to post names of class members in this photo.

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Once upon a time in Ada

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, December 11, 2017

Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse
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1935 Ada Schools withdrew from the county system to become Exempted Village School District. This move made the school district directly responsible to the state department of education.

September 1935 Play-by-play announcing of high school football games was inaugurated here with Leland Smull and Harold Huber in charge.

 

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Once upon a time in Ada

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, December 4, 2017

Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse
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Liberty Township trustees in 1953

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 27, 2017

Do you recognize any of these men? They are the Liberty Township trustees from 1953. Seated from left to right, J.W. Mertz, Oscar Patterson, John W. Van Atta, Joseph L. Cotner (clerk), and Joseph Myers (custodian).

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Once upon a time in Ada

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, November 27, 2017

Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse
[email protected]

January and February 1930:

January 1930 Sororities were given recognition at Ohio Northern University.

February 1930 within 20 minutes from the time a big crane started to work, a new Pennsylvania railroad bridge weighing 300 tons was in position across Grass Run east of Ada.

February 1930 the Theta Phi Delta sorority established a home at 503 South Johnson Street. It was the first to establish a home after reactivation went into effect.

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