Here are officers of the Ada Parent Teacher Association (PTA) during the 1962-63 school year. From left, Edward Lay, treasurer; Helen Kyvig, president; Virginia Belch, vice-president; and Beulah Hays, secretary.
Ada Fire Department about 1923-1925 on the chemical truck -
Front row - L to R- Mayor Frank Kinsman who was Ada mayor in 1926-27, again in 1930 and again in 1932, Jim Wallick; Art Robinolte; Red Lantz; Chet Houser; Ed Firestone; John White was fire chief in 1926.
Back row-L to R- Charley High (on drivers seat with Slip the dog; Roy Dodge; Harry Bodell; Jim Candler; Claude Bodell was fire chief in 1923, standing on the sidewalk.
Here are the senior editors of the 1962-63 Ada High School yearbook. They include John Spitzer, Phyllis Hodges, Linda Fulks, Kathy James, Twal Heifner, Joan Moser and Charles Collett.
Here is a photograph of students in the Red county school, rural Ada, in 1905. It's a reprint from a newspaper clipping from the collection of Leland Crouse.
Your find several family Ada family names including at least six Tressels.
Here’s a story about the 1988 Farmers and Merchant’s Picnic:
August 1988 a new event was added to the Farmers and Merchants picnic and a large, impatient crowd initially waited on the game called Bessie Bingo.
As the hour approached for the release of Bessie, names were drawn from a bucket and spaces were assigned. Curious onlookers gathered as anxious ticket buyers located the empty space and wished for something in it.
