By Monty Siekerman
An initial meeting to form a local historical society drew great interest when 11 Ada citizens gathered at the Ada Public Library on Monday evening.

The group considered a name, applying for nonprofit status, discussed what history is located where, considered having a presence on a website and Facebook, and other organizational matters.

The group represented both local townspeople and the university: people who collect history, longtime residents, the ONU archivist, a history professor and student majoring in history, community leaders, and others.

Rhett Grant, director of the Ada Public Library, thought the time was ripe for Ada to have a historical society to preserve and make available historical information and documents about the community, so he called a public meeting to find out the interest.

Good interest was shown, so another organizational meeting was called for 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 9. All those interested are invited to attend.

To be added to a mailing list to receive notices of meetings and meeting minutes, email [email protected].

Pictured are (from left) Don Traxler, Ruth Roider, Lee Crouse, Ashley Bisciotti, Jennifer Grant, Paul Logsdon, Russ Crawford, Monty Siekerman, Karen Ward, Jon Umphress, and Rhett Grant.