Historical Ada

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How many Northwest Conference sports trophies might have been added to the Bulldog trophy case had girls intra-school athletics existed when this photo was taken.

No one will know because intra-school athletics for girls was not permitted in the 1960s.

This is the next best thing: the Ada High School Girls Athletic Association (GAA). In it, girls played competitively among themselves.

This photo is from the 1965-66 school year.

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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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If you were in the Ada High School choir during the 1980-81 school year, here are your choir officers.

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The school year is 1925-26 - that's 90 Inter-class competitions ago. Here are the contestants during that school year.

The years go by, but the competition continues.

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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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Oct. 7, 1973 - the Ada firemen held an open house of their new building.

The firemen were Russ Hathaway, assixtant chief; Walter “Red” Anspach, chief; Dwight Musser; Don Fisher; Louis Kipker;Darryl Kent; Ralph Fisher; Grover Carey; Hugh Murphy; Al Kallman; Roger Tarr; John Dearth; Jay Epley; Bob Shields; Bill Clum; Dave Simon; Lowell Musser; Jim Krejci; Pete Reese and Dean Hughes.

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By Lee Crouse
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Some Ada Firsts

• April 11, 1853 the first train traveled through Ada.

• 1855 Albert Wylie was the first physician at Ada.

• 1861 Ada was incorporated with Horace J. Gilbert first mayor.

• 1866 H.S. Lehr was the first Ada public school superintendent and served until 1871 when his  “select school” had grown and claimed all of his time.

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