Once upon a time in Ada: There was a Kroger grocery store
Provided by Lee Crouse
On Oct. 3, 1964 the Ada Kroger grocery store was closed.
Leo Wright was the store manager. With the closing Ada was left with the Don Lehman Supermarket in the 100 block of North Main Street and the Claude Harris IGA Foodliner at the south limits of the village.
Doyle Paugh operates a neighborhood market at 411 South Main, and John Elwood Equity store at 225 North Main Street.
Employees at the time of the closing were Don Fisher, assistant in the grocery department; Harold Carothers, produce department; John Spitzer, part-time utility man.
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