Ada's own Trista Douce has gone from captain of the Ada High School cheerleading squad to head cheerleader at Ohio Northern. Here, she is hoisted high by Lucas Schumate, of Spencerville, during the Saturday ONU homecoming parade. Trista is a senior business major. (Monty Siekerman photo)
By Monty Siekerman
Two members of the Hardin County Genealogy Society (right) chat with Jennifer Carman, of rural Alger, following a talk about cemeteries in Hardin County held at the Ada Public Library on Tuesday evening.
The speakers, Kathy Hines (center) and Doris Blum, both Society officers, said symbols on gravestones have various meanings, for example:
Once upon a time in Ada
Things you didn’t know about your own hometown
By Lee Crouse [email protected]
Jan. 1,1913, the first parcel post package sent from Ada was a roll of fancy assorted papers sold by the Record to a young man who sent them to Pennsylvania. For the first week of the new parcels post the local business in Ada post office was as follows: parcels mailed out, 129: parcels received, 195: parcels for local delivery, 3.
There was a time when you could buy a new Chevolet or Oldsmobile in Ada. Here's the dealership photo, known as Liberty Chevrolet. This photo is from the 1953 Ada centennial book.
The Icon needs some assistance from viewers about this photo. Where was the dealership located and when did it go out of business.
Meet CHRS MSN. The Icon spotted this plate on a red Chrysler 300 S in the Mennonite Memorial Home parking lot in Bluffton. It has a Hancock County sticker. If Chris is viewing this, please tell us the meaning of this plate.
