Once upon a time in Ada: Can you name the year the new firehouse opened?
Once upon a time in Ada
Things you didn’t know about your own hometown
By Lee Crous
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On Oct. 7, 1973, the Ada firemen held an open house of their new building.
The firemen were Russ Hathaway, assixtant chief; Walter “Red” Anspach, chief; Dwight Musser; Don Fisher; Louis Kipker;Darryl Kent; Ralph Fisher; Grover Carey; Hugh Murphy; Al Kallman; Roger Tarr; John Dearth; Jay Epley; Bob Shields; Bill Clum; Dave Simon; Lowell Musser; Jim Krejci; Pete Reese and Dean Hughes.
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