Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse
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March 4, 1938 the Ada Future Farmers of America was chartered. The advisors to present (1971) have been Alvin Augsburger, 1938-1945; J.J. Kreglow, 1945-1963; Loren Schaffer, 1963; Joe Saltzman, 1964-1969; Kenneth Badertscher 1970, J. Shafer, Ruhlen, Feeser, Tracy Strous 1989-1990, Tony Dyer

Chapter State Farmers are 1940, Robert Berger; 1941, Earl Stober; 1944, Charles Wood; 1947 James Kreglow; 1948, Charles Spallinger; 1953, Wayne Fleming; 1955 Dennis Heldman; 1955, Ronald Jump; 1956, Lowell Jump; 1958, Larry M. Tabor; 1958 Robert W.Wyss; 1961 Frank Badertscher; 1962, Kenneth Badertscher; 1965, Gary Ludwig; 1965, Carl Hackworth; 1967, Dale Badertscher; 1970 Mark Daft; 1972 Robert Baughman, Randy Wagner and David Wagner; 1973 Richard Bosse and John Baughman; 1975 Bill James; 1976 Jerry Badertscher; 1983 Doug Griffith, 1984 Tonya Welch and Randy Jump; 1985 Dick Reichenbach; 1986 Ted Griffith; 1987 Kent Everhart and Matt Klingler; 1989 Coleen Griffith; 1990 Keith Everhart; 1991 Doug Poling;1992 Kyle Poling; 1993 Rod Dudgeon; 1994 Crystal Sharrock; 1995 Chad Hazelton; 1998 Alison Sharrock; 2000 Ty Daft, Matt Gossman, Jennifer Sharrock, Chris Poling; 2002 Andrew Badertscher; 2003 Trey James, Cody Hays; 2004 Jessica Rausch, Brian Wilson; 2005 Rachel Sharrock; 2006 Blake Pifer; 2007 Garrett Oestrich, Dustin Risser; 2008 Trent Bass, Allison Wilson David Yankee; 2009 Jordan Tabor; 2011 Kendra Hall, Austin Everhart; 2014 Caleb Garman; 2015 Alex James, Blake Willeke, 2016 Kaitlyn Long; 2017 (most Ada FFA members to receive this award in one year) Caitlyn Stover, Hunter Purdy, Justin Light, Maddie Gossard, Ashley Breidenbach