First, there was a two-hour fog delay this morning at Ada schools.
Then, at approximately 11 a.m. a gas regulator was broken resulting in a precautionary evacuation of the buildings. Emergency personnel were dispatched, according to the Ada schooll e-mail alert system.
The problem was fixed. All students are safely back in class at this time.
Brandt Miller, AVP, Commercial and Ag Lender for Liberty National Bank was awarded a diploma on Aug. 12, at commencement exercises during the 72nd annual session of the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The School, sponsored by state bankers associations from across the central United States, as well as the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was established in 1945 to provide bankers with an opportunity for advanced study and research in banking, economics and leadership.
Once upon a time in Ada
Things you didn’t know about your own hometown
By Lee Crouse [email protected]
Ada's First
• April 11, 1853 - the first train traveled through Ada.
• 1855 - Albert Wylie was the first physician at Ada.
• 1861 - Ada was incorporated with Horace J. Gilbert first mayor.
• 1866 - H.S. Lehr was the first Ada public school superintendent and served until 1871 when his “select school” had grown and claimed all of his time.
Do you remember these holiday lights in downtown Ada at Christmas time?
This photo shows Ada's Main Street 60 years ago, in 1956. The photo is unusual in at least two respects. It's a nighttime shot of Ada. And, it's a winter scene. Most older photos of Ada that we've seen are spring-summer-fall and daylight scenes.
There are plenty of American-made V-8 gas hogs on the street as we notice a couple Buicks, a Ford and maybe an Oldsmobile.
Other observations of this photo are welcome from Icon viewers: [email protected].
