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  • Tuesday, September 2 is Fair Day for Ada Schools students - No school today!

Once upon a time in Ada

  • Section: Historical Ada
  • / Jun 14, 2018

Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse
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December 1936 the Ada council started the proceeding for a 14 year age limit on drivers in Ada. Nearly 100 licenses have been issued to minors by the highway patrol who passed the drivers test as young as 11 and twelve years of age.

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