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Visit Ada and ... you'll get what's coming to you!

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, September 5, 2013

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You can't go wrong by visiting Ada. The message of this 100-year-old post card suggests that the love of your life may be waiting here.

Post card from the collection of Leland Crouse.

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Meanwhile, back in 1953

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, August 23, 2013

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Ada residents were in the spirit of the Buckeye State during the 1953 Ohio sesquicentennial celebration.

Here's a photo from the Ada Public Library's historic photo collection of some Ada residents "playing pioneers" in 1953.

Front from left, Dr. C.E. Wintringham, Dr. Alger Tipple (Ada dentist), Mary Tipple and Clyde Lamb.

Back from left, Madge Weimer, Ron Parshall, Phoebe Lamont, Katie L. Hanson, Gayle Zimmerman, Wilma Wintringham, Alice Marshall, Rev. Harry Bright (Methodist), and Genevieve Wheelock.

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1954 Ada village council

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, August 13, 2013

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Fifty-nine years ago in Ada.

Certainly there's an Icon viewer in the audience who had identify some of these town fathers. This is the 1954 Ada village council. The photo is from the collection of the Ada Public Library, however no names are written on the photo.

If you know someone here, please tell us!

 

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Ada's Civil Defense Council from the 1940s

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, August 5, 2013

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In World War II Ada had an active Civil Defense Council. Here is a photo of the group as they stood on Main Street. 

From left, Bill Tietge, George Umphress, Louie Anspack, Harry Sousley, Harry Pratte, Clair Motter and Errett Motter. The man in the from is unidentified. This photo is from the collection of historic photos at the Ada Public Library.

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1954 Ada children's theatre photograph

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, July 30, 2013

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Here's a photograph from the Ada Public Library collection. The photo is identified as a 1954 Ada community theater children's production.

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1st row, from left - Bonnie Springer, Norman Noe, Tom Parkhill, Linda Marchant, Susan Brown
2nd row, from left - Fran Price, Joe Beschoff, Betty Miller
3rd row, from left, Ann Lowry, Robert Lamb, Smith (?)

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Important Ada industry 100 years ago

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, July 24, 2013

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One hundred years ago, one of Ada’s most significant employers was the Ada Clay Co. It produced drain tile from sizes 8 ½ inches to 24 inches. The plant was located along the railroad. Notice the freight cars parked on the siding. This photo a picture postcard mailed Dec. 23, 1915, to a customer in Dola.

The accompanying map shows the layout of the factory, which had it own railroad siding. The tiles were an important industry at the turn of the century as farmers were draining fields from the Black Swamp.

(Photo from the Leland Crouse collection)

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