Once upon a time in Ada - Willis Winkler was first president of Ada Senior Citizens
Here's another installment of Once upon a time im Ada, stories you never knew about your hometown, provided by Leland Crouse:
June 1971 the Ada Senior Citizens organized. The new Senior Citizens Center organization has accepted the offer of Post 185, American Legion, for free use of its first-floor room in the mornings and afternoons was announced by Willis Winkler, president.
Opening of the Senior Citizens was held Aug. 16, 1971, at 109 North Main Street.
Committee members were Mrs. Marie Binkley, Mrs. S.A. Smith, Mrs. Alice Huston, Mrs. Lowell Leake, Anne Pugh, Mignon Winkler, S.D. Peper, Barton Snyder, Eugene Eakin, Carl Sanderson, Rev. A.R. Hancock, and Willis Winkler. There are 111 charter members.
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