Historical Ada

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Pat's News Stand had served as the location of many Ada businesses over the years. Leland Crouse shares this photo of the "news stand." He provides the following list of businesses that operated out of this location in the past 95 years.

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Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse
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Joshua Crawford, ONU printing services supervisor, shares this 1912 campus photo with Icon viewers. Click on the image to enlarge.

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Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse
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May 1928 the Ada Kiwanis painted “ADA” in 16 foot letters on the town hall roof for an airplane guide. Clyde Elder and J.L. Ferrell did the painting. Will Rodgers offered to pay the national bill for all signs of three letters or less.

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Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse
[email protected]

March 1931 J.G. Tressel was busy opening a new stone quarry south of Hog creek north of Ada.

March 1931 Ohio Northern fencers won their seventh consecutive victory by defeating Toledo YMCA at Toledo.

March 1931 P.W. Root and W.E. King, both of Kenton, purchased the Slagle Lumber Company here.

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Here's the members of the Ada-Liberty Township Fire Department in September 1957.

Front from left, George Binkley, Sylvan Simon, Ralph Fisher, Dwight Musser and Allen High.

Back from left, Richard Fry, Grover Carey, "Jack" Melvin Boutwell (assistant chief), Richard Derringer, Richard Fulks, Charles Dilts, Paul Fletcher and Charles Umphress, (chief).

Missing are Charles Anspach and Ted Hurlburt. Photo by Norman Noe.

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