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Spit N Whittle Club Grows Around Ada Catalpa Tree
About 50 years ago Sam Jergen planted a catalpa by his West Main service station. The tree became the center of Ada’s Spit N Whittle Club where older men swap stories whittle and spit under its branches. The Ada Chamber of Commerce preserved the tree when ownership changed and added benches.
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Sam Jergen
West Main
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Catalpa
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Ada Chamber of Commerce
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