The Ada Family Center will have Sunday worship in McIntosh Center tomorrow, where they have met for the past four years. After that, they will meet at the Ada Theater for three weeks, then have a kickoff celebration at their new location, Center on Central. Worship time is 10:30 a.m.
The Ada Senior Citizens have scheduled two activities for May.
They will lunch at the Plaza Restaurant on Wednesday, May 9. Be at Community Health Professionals at 11:15 a.m. to carpool.
Madonna Lawrence will have the program entitled “Our Mothers” at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 23 at Community Health Professionals . Members may bring pictures or articles that they wish to share.
By Monty Siekerman
Ada, like many small towns, once had a large, thriving lumber company.
In Ada it was first known as Root King Lumber, then King Lumber. It was located at the corner of Buckeye and Gilbert streets.
The Village of Ada now owns the property. The building is locally known as the Blue Building (blue siding has been applied) and is used for storage. The lumber yard area has been turned into a parking lot for the public and for the police vehicles and workers at the adjacent City Building.
By Monty Siekerman
Know where the Ice House Recycling is across the railroad tracks from Keith’s Hardware? It’s an old brick building in the rear with a new part added onto the front but has stood idle for decades. The weathered sign still says Ice House Recycling and Propane Fill Station.
The original building was put up by Storer Bros Co, which dealt in butter, eggs, and poultry from area farms. The company located along the railroad tracks so that the merchandise, kept cold with ice, could quickly be put on trains.
UPDATE JUNE 2023: A list of the 81 veterans is HERE.
By Monty Siekerman
ONU and the Village of Ada are joining together to honor Civil War veterans from Ada and Liberty Township.
After much research, the names of 81 veterans of the War Between the States have been found and their names, rank and unit will be inscribed on bricks and placed at the foot of the Civil War era canon in Railroad Park. The canon is a monument to those men who fought to preserve the Union and free a people.
