NEGenWeb Project - Adams County
Who's Who in Nebraska, 1940
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LINN, CARL EDWIN: Clothier; b Clyde,
Kas Jan 28, 1883; s of Charles Linn-Christine S Nelson; ed Clyde
Kas; m Besse French Mar 14, 1906 Clyde Kas; s Charles E; d
Gwendolyn M (Mrs Roy R Rainforth), Lurline L; 1905-08 emp by J K
Herman, clothier, Clyde Kas; 1908-14 with clothing firm, Herman
& Linn Co, Ravenna; 1914-23 prop C E Linn Co, Ravenna; 1923-
owner & opr C E Linn Co, clothiers, Hastings, son ptr since
1933; past mayor of Ravenna 6 years; C of C; Hillside Golf Club,
dir, ch mbr, Hole-in-One Club; AF&AM, ch mbr; Scot Rite;
Tehama Shrine; BPOE; IOOF; KP; FOE; Hastings Country Club; Congl
Ch; Rep; hobbies, golf, bowling; off 722 W 2nd; res 834 N
Bellevue, Hastings.
LOWMAN, WILLIAM M: Real Estate & Loan
Agent; b Stark Co, Ill Aug 11, 1865; s of Davis Lowman-Anne M
Williams; ed Hedding Coll Abingdon, Ill; Wheaton Coll, Wheaton
Ill; Eastman Natl Bus Coll, Poughkeepsie N Y; m Florence M Garratt
Sept 26, 1881 Sterling Ill; s William M Jr (dec Sept 23, 1923); d
Vera G (Mrs C K McCleery); came to Hastings 1878; pur carload of
cattle & carload of horses on first trip to Neb; 1878-1886
with father owner & opr D Lowman & Son Real Est & Loan
Co, 1886 name changed to William M Lowman Co, 1886- opr; 1905 org
Bank of Commerce, Hastings, pres until 1915; org, dir & VP
German Natl Bank; dir First Natl Bank of Hastings; dir of Hastings
B & L Co; 1887 Adams Co supvr; administrator & executor of
several estates; mbr finance com of Sunnyside Old Peoples Home;
pres Parkview Cemetery of which father was an org, 1st pres &
1st person buried in cemetery; Neb St Hist Soc; past dir C of C;
AF&AM; KCCH; Scot Rite; Rep; hobbies, autos, horses; mother
born in Hereford England; father born in Highland Co, O; stock
farmer in Ill & at one time importer of Shorthorn cattle from
Scotland & England; off 124 N Hastings Ave; res 805 N LinColn
Ave, Hastings.
McDONALD, D G: President Mercantile Co; b
Hamilton, Mo Mar 18, 1887; s of D G McDonald-Martha Frances
Madden; ed Hamilton Mo; m Eileen June Hogan Dec 30, 1934 Oakland
Cal; d Delores Dee, Gloria June; worked with father in gen mdse
store, Hamilton Mo until 1903; 1903-05 with Burham-Hanna-Munger
Whol House in Kansas City, Mo; 1905-14 salesman for Spokane Dry
Goods Co, Spokane, Wash; 1914-16 mgr J C Penney Co, Kellogg Ida;
1916-23 in chg of buying off, J C Penney Co, St Paul Minn; 1923-26
buyer & dir of J C Penney Co, New York City; retired 5 years,
spent time in Cal; 1934- owner int in Brown & Eckberg Co,
changed to Brown-McDonald Co, VP until 1936, 1936- pres; off 333 W
2nd; res 919 Lincoln, Hastings.
MACE, JOHN L: Physician; b Eldorado, Ill
Mar 2, 1879; s of Willis L Mace-Eliza Jane Smith; ed Harrisburg,
Ill HS; So Ill Normal; U of Tenn, MD; m Ella Deppe June 1, 1911
Glenvil; s Glen L; 1909 prac in Glenvil; 1910-20 prac in Roseland,
1920- prac, Hastings; Adams Co Med Soc, past pres; Neb St &
AMA; Amer Proctologic Soc; C of C; Lions; AF&AM, Shrine, Scot
Rite; Meth Ch; Rep; res 228 E 7th, Hastings.
McGRATH, J H: Hardware Merchant; b Shelby
Co, Ill Apr 22, 1863; s of William McGrath-Priscilla Doyle; ed
Shelby Co, Ill; m Grace C Green Dec 24, 1893 Hastings (dec May
1937); s L J; d Florence Marguerite, Emma Corona, Grace Evelyn;
1884-86 with hdw store in Hastings; 1886-90 with Berger Bros Hdw
Co; 1890-92 traveling salesman for Berger Bros; 1892-93 salesman
for Omaha Hdw Co; 1893-1903 salesman for Rector & Wilhelmy Hdw
Co of Omaha; 1903- with brother C E owner & opr J H McGrath
Hdw Co in Hastings; Neb Retail Hdw Assn; C of C; Bapt Ch; hobby,
books, has library in home; parents came from Ill to Hastings
1884; off 631 W 2nd; res 1334 W 6th, Hastings.
McWHORTER, FORD: President Investment Co;
b Wilber, Neb Nov 9, 1879; s of James McWhorter-Mary Ellen Brady;
ed Pierce; Bellevue Coll, BA 1903; m Lulu L Johnson Jan 5, 1910
Holdrege; s Dean R, Stuart J, James E; 1903-06 supt of schs at
Bertrand & Newman Grove; 1906-25 cash, First State Bank at
Bertrand; 1926-32 secy, First Trust Co of Hastings; 1932- pres
Mortgage Investment Co; past lt gov of Neb; Kiwanis; Hastings Coll
trustee; AF &AM, Scot Rite, Shrine; Hastings Coll Golf Club;
BPOE; Presby Ch; Rep; hobby, golf; off City Bldg; res 1124 N St
Joseph, Hastings.
MADGETT, WILLIAM: Real Estate &
Insurance Agent; b Broome Co, N Y July 9, 1879; s of James
Madgett-Mary ___; ed Hastings HS; Hastings Bus Coll; m Pauline
Nance, 1900, Savannah Mo; d Pauline (Mrs C R Welton); 1894-1901
from off boy through all depts First Natl Bank, Hastings; 1901- in
real est & ins bus; 1912 brother John P Madgett joined firm;
past mayor of Hastings 3 terms; helped obtain lower electric &
gas rates for Neb & other states; past pres League of Neb
Municipalities; awarded gold cup for being best orator of Neb Real
Est Assn; VP Public Ownership League of Amer; past dir C of C;
Lions; KP, past chancellor comm; past royal vizier DOKK; Rep State
Central Com, past mbr resolutions com, mbr Grass Roots com;
AF&AM; Scot Rite 32o; Shrine; OES; BPOE; Episc Ch;
hobby, public utilities; off Madgett Bldg; res 750 N St Joseph,
Hastings.
MARVEL, ARCHIE D: President Credit Co; b
in sod house in Hamilton Co, Neb May 26, 1892; s of John S
Marvel-Mary E Bedell; ed Giltner HS; Hastings Coll, BA 1912;
Harvard U, 1912-14; Eta Phi Lambda, ch mbr; m Beth Newell Sept 8,
1925 Alexandria; s Richard D, Robert J, John N; d Marilyn; 1914-26
asst cash, later cash Bank of Commerce, Hastings; 1926-31 VP First
Natl Bank, Hastings; 1931- org, pres & gen mgr Gen Credit
Corp, Hastings; Hastings Coll, trustee; Neb St Bar Assn; Kiwanis,
past pres & ch mbr; C of C; AF&AM; Scot Rite; Shrine;
BPOE; Presby Ch, trustee; Dem; hobbies, gardening, flower raising
(roses); father banker in Hamilton Co, later bank pres, Hastings;
off City Water & Light Bldg; res 511 University Ave,
Hastings.
MATTHIESEN, CARL R: Pharmacist; b
Superior, Neb Mar 1, 1890; s of M H Matthiesen-Wilhelmina
Sackhoff; ed Superior HS; Creighton U, PhG 1913; m Edith Floy
Lewis June 15, 1916 Wymore; 1908-11 clk George L Fisher & Co,
drugs, Superior; 1913-19 pharm for George L Fisher & Co,
Wymore & Byron; 1919- with George L Fisher & Paul E
Schmeling, mgr & part owner Carl E Matthiesen & Co, 1925-
owner & mgr; C of C, past dir; Rotary, past pres; AF&AM;
Scot Rite 32o; Shrine; BPOE, past mbr; past mbr Flying
Club; Meth Ch; Rep; hobbies, golf, aviation, 1st priv pilot lic
from Hastings municipal airport; father early settler in Nuckolls
Co; off 725 W 2nd; res 726 N Burlington Ave, Hastings.
MIKKELSEN, NIELS: Pharmacist; b Denmark
Jan 20, 1876; s of Jens Mikkelsen-Mary K Nielsen; ed St Paul HS;
Northwestern U, PhG 1898; Phi Beta Chi; m Elvera Petersen Dee 26,
1900 Dannebrog; s Maurice B, Max Everett; came to Neb in 1881;
1898-1900 chemist for E E Bruce Co, Omaha; 1901-05 with Wangler
Drug Co, Waterloo Ia; 1905-07 prop Red Cross Drug Co, Cherokee Ia;
1907- pharm Mikkelsen Drug Co in Kenesaw; 1918-23 mbr state bd of
pharm examiners, 1916-32 J P & police magistrate; 1929-32
mayor; 1919-23 pres sch bd; Neb Pharm Assn, org & past pres,
del to convs at Washington D C 1920-46; C of C; Neb St Hist Soc;
AF&AM; past secy 20 years; Scot Rite, Tehamah Shrine; Luth Ch;
Rep; hobby, reading, has hist lib of 10,000 volumes; res
Kenesaw.
NOWERS, WALTER E: Physician &
Surgeon; b Howells, Neb June 20, 1881; s of George W Nowers-Mary
Jane Allen; ed Leigh HS; Creighton U MD 1908; Phi Rho Sigma; m
Susie Petit Jan 10, 1910 Chicago; s Walter J; d Grace; 1899-1904
tchr in Colfax Co schs; 1908-09 interne Englewood Hosp, Chicago;
1909- phys & surg, Kenesaw; staff mbr Mary Lanning Memorial
Hosp, Hastings; city phys 15 years; past mbr sch bd; Adams Co Med
Soc; Neb St Med Assn; C of C; MWA; AF&AM, past master; Scot
Rite & Shrine, Hastings; Congl Ch; Rep; father born in
England, came to U S in 1865, farmed in Ill; 1880 moved to
Howells; res Kenesaw.
OLSON, ALMON GEORGE: Manager Wholesale
House; b Omaha, Neb Dec 3, 1886; s of Olaf Olson-Hannah Swanson;
ed rural HS, Omaha; bus Coll, Omaha; m Louise Mader 1907 Leigh;
1905-08 express messenger for UP RR, Omaha; 1908-13 branch mgr
Paxton, Gallagher & Co, Cheyenne, Wyo; 1913- Hastings mgr
Paxton & Gallagher Co; Neb Assn of Wholesalers; C of C;
AF&AM; KP, past chancellor comm; BPOE; Presby Ch; Rep;
hobbies, gardening, lodge work; off 346 W 1st; res 1123 N Hastings
Ave, Hastings.
OVERTURF, GEORGE E: Secretary &
Manager Chamber of Commerce; b Nemaha Co, Neb Apr 20, 1886; s of
John L Overturf-Alzina Sheldon; ed Cotner Coll; U of N; Hastings
Bus Coll; m Nellie McDonald June 25, 1910 Hastings; s Lee L,
Donald S, George E Jr; 1910-11 with German Natl Bank of Hastings;
1911-12 with Hastings water & light dept; 1912-18 bkkpr &
Adams Co dep treas;
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1919-28 secy, treas & credit mgr Wolbach & Brach Inc;
1929 org City Fuel & Feed Co Inc, 1929-36 secy & treas;
1937- secy & mgr Hastings C of C; mbr sch bd 6 years; 1933-35
mbr city coun; org of Hastings Museum; ARC, secy; Lions, past pres
1936; Hillside Golf Club, ch mbr; KP; DOKK; Presby Ch,
inter-church reserve pres 2 years, treas 4 years, trustee 3 years;
Rep; hobbies, reading, gardening, shopwork; parents born in 0,
came to Nemaha Co 1877; off C of C; res 839 N Kansas Ave,
Hastings.
PARSONS, JOHN HOWE: Owner & Manager
Oil Co; b Wenona, Ill May 22, 1885; s of John I Parsoons (sic)
-Addie Hopper; ed HS in Cal; m Verna E Wilson Oct 10, 1907 Chenoa,
Ill; s Roger L, John Bufford, Gerald Wilson; d Mary (Mrs Robert
Holm), Jean; 1903 with uncle John Lyman farmed near Springfield,
Ill; 1904-09 farmed near Chenoa Ill; 1909-10 farmed near Eagle
Lake, Ill; 1910-17 farmed near Button; 1917 moved to Hastings
& built garage; 1918-20 with Adams Co highway dept; 1920-29
with Smith Machine Co; 1929- owner & opr whol & retail gas
& oil co; mbr bd of ed past 15 years, pres past 10 years; Neb
Retail Oil Dlrs Assn; C of C; Lions, past pres; SA, bd mbr; KP;
IOOF; FOE; Meth Ch; Rep; 325 N Hastings Ave; res 226 University
Ave, Hastings.
PHILLIPS, LIB: Proprietor, Amusement
Park; b Furnas Co, Neb Dec 14, 1879; s of Kaleb Phillips-Sarah
Brown; ed Furnas Co; m Effie Beatty Sept 19, 1919 Brady Island;
learned barber trade 1894; 1894-97 barber in Cambridge &
Gothenburg; 1897-98 prop saloon in Elm Creek; 1898-1918 prop
saloons in Juniata, Hastings, Minden, Roseland, Heartwell,
Prosser, Deweese, Sutton & Shickley, lived in Hastings; 1918-
owner & mgr Hastings Amusement Park; swimming instr; owns
several producing oil wells & has int in others; 1933- whol
distributor for Goetz Brewery Co; opr fox farm in Clay Co; once
had largest priv collection of mounted animals, police records,
guns, relics, etc in U S, donated these to Hastings Coll; C of C;
ARC; YMCA; BPOE; Rep; hobbies, hunting & mounting N Amer
animals; parents born in W Va; father in Civil War 4 years, came
to Neb in 1865, lived 1 year in Plattsmouth, later homesteaded
Furnas Co; res Hastings.
PICKETT, LEWIS H: Insurance Adjuster; b
Montgomery Co, Ind Feb 14, 1903; s of A H Pickett-Rose Eleanor
Hamilton; ed Darlington, Ind; Wabash Coll, Crawfordsville Ind, BA
1925, mbr football team; m Frances H Walters June 22, 1932
Indianapolis Ind; d Frances Eleanor, Anne Harrison; 1925-29
athletic coach & tchr, Lebanon Ind HS; 1929-31 asst mgr
Metzger Lbr Co at Lebanon Ind; June to Dec 1931 in Chicago off of
Western Adjustment & Inspection Co; 1931-33 staff adjuster for
Western Adjustment & Inspection Co at Des Moines Ia, 1933-85
off mgr at Ottumwa, 1935- resident adjuster at Hastings; Rotary,
pres; C of C; AF&AM; Scot Rite, Ind; Murot Shrine; BPOE;
Presby Ch; Rep; hobby, fishing; off Madgett Bldg; res 906 Hill St,
Hastings.
PRATT, CARL E: President Business
College; b Adams Co, Neb Aug 7, 1893; s of John Clark Pratt-Cora
Belle Osler; ed Hastings HS 1912; Hastings Coll, BSc 1916; Kappa
Tau Phi; m Nora Edna Tripp June 20, 1917 Hastings; s John W, Carl
E Jr: d Helen H (Mrs Paul E Cowgill), Lois Janice, Barbara Lenore;
1916 Sutton HS tchr & coach; 1917 supt of schs, Sutton; 1919
supt of schs, Plattsmouth; 1921- pres Hastings Bus Coll; North
Platte Sch of Commerce, pres; state representative 1933; C of C;
Rotary; AF&AM 317, worshipful master; master of Kadosh, Scot
Rite: Shrine; KP, past chancellor comm; Adams Co Dem Club, past
chmn; Presby Ch, deacon; hobbies, history of Sioux Indians &
Custer fight, golf; off 315 E 9th; res 214 E 9th, Hastings.
PRATT, HOWARD G: Bank President; b
Hastings, Neb Oct 29, 1894; s of George H Pratt-Harriet Wikoff; ed
Hastings HS; Hastings Coll; U of Chicago, BA; Delta Chi; m Adah
Allen Dec 24, 1923 Smith Center Kas; d Harriett; 1917 joined base
hosp 13 US army, disch 1919; 1919-22 farm opr & mgr land ints;
1922 VP Hastings Natl Bank, 1923- pres; past dir Hastings Fed
Savings & Loan Assn; mbr Neb & Amer Bankers Assns;
Hastings Coll, bd VP; Mary Lanning Memorial Hosp, pres of bd; sch
bd mbr; C of C, past pres; Rotary, past pres; AF&AM; Scot
Rite; Shrine; BPOE; Presby Ch; Rep; hobbies, golf, sports,
hunting, fishing; off Hastings Natl Bank; res 919 N Kansas Ave,
Hastings.
RENNER, PERCY ROBERT: Printer; b Nebraska
City, Neb Apr 22 1870; s of Dr Frederick Renner-Victoria Heilig;
ed Nebraska City; Hastings Bus Coll; m Anna Mirilla Hall Oct 24,
1897; s Robert Hall; d Victoria Frances (Mrs Harold C Churchill);
1883 appr to Jung & Beutler, printers in Nebraska City;
1884-89 printer for A L Bratton, editor Hastings Nebraskan;
1889-91 printer for Renner & Montgomery in Hastings; 1891-93
with H P Fitch, publisher Hastings Nebraskan; 1893-96 with Merritt
& Creeth; 1896-1900 with brother Fred opr comml printing bus
in Hastings; of Percy Renner & Co; 1900- prop O; city coun,
pres since 1913; C of C; 1901 org Neb St Baseball League; past dir
Hastings Baseball Club; AF&AM, Scot Rite 32o;
Shrine; KP, past chmn; BPOE, past exalted ruler; Episc Ch; Rep;
hobbies, baseball & all athletics; father born in Austria,
came to US in 1856 & was mbr of 1st Neb territorial
legislature, estab Staatz-Zeitung 1st German newspaper in Neb; off
525 W 3rd; res 917 N Hastings Ave, Hastings.
RENNIE, ORVILLE C: Theater Manager; b
Cedar, Ia Nov 30, 1900; s of William Rennie-Ida Charnock; ed Sioux
Falls, S D HS; Cornell Coll, Mt Vernon Ia; U of Minn; Sigma Phi
Epsilon; m Sara Jane Whitehead Aug 14, 1929 Tipton, Ia; s Orville
Jr, Richard W; 1924-34 singer & master of ceremonies in
various theaters in Chicago, N Y City, Minneapolis Minn, Rock
Island Ill, Milwaukee Wis, Sioux City Ia; soloist at Old
Heidelburg Inn at Chicago World's Fair; singer, radio station WBBM
Chicago; worked for First Natl & Warner Bros, Hollywood in
1929; 1934-36 production mgr for Paramount-Publix World Theater in
Omaha; 1936- mgr of Tri-State Theater Corp, Hastings; C of C;
AF&AM; Scot Rite; Abu Bekr Shrine; Bapt Ch; hobby,
photography; off Rivoli Theater; res 503 Briggs Ave, Hastings.
RILEY, OTTO ARCHIE: Bank Vice-President;
b Webster Co, Neb Nov 30, 1886; s of John O Riley-Catherine R
Morton; ed Lawrence; Hastings Bus Coll, 1906; m Lyla Pearl Bauder
June 9, 1909 Pauline; s Russell R; d Dorotha E; 1906-07 with First
Natl Bank of Hastings; 1907-10 with First Natl Bank, Lawrence;
1910-19 with First Natl Bank, Hastings; 1919- dir State Bank,
later Hastings Natl Bank; 1919-30 cash Hastings Natl Bank, 1930-
VP; 1919-25 mbr bd of edn, chmn 3 years; 1919- treas, Adams Co
ARC; Neb Bankers Assn, past chmn exec coun, past pres group 4; S
Central Neb Regional Clearing House Assn, pres; Kiwanis, pres
1928; C of C, dir; Adams Co Agrl Soc, past treas; Hillside Golf
Club; DOKK; KP; Presby Ch; Dem; hobby, travel; off Hastings Natl
Bank; res 839 N Bellvue Ave, Hastings.
ROBERTSON, FRANCIS I: Department Manager
of Newspaper; b St Edward, Neb July 18, 1903; s of F A
Robertson-Lula Akers; ed St Edward HS; Hastings Coll, BA 1926; mbr
track team 1926, editorial staff Hastings Collegian & Bronco
year book; m Rheva Eyre, June 28, 1935 Superior; photographer for
Nelson Studios in Hastings while in Hastings Coll 1922-25; 1926-31
photographer Hastings Daily Tribune; 1926 installed photographic
dept; 1931-37 head photographer & sales mgr engraving dept;
1937- mgr of graphic arts dept, production & sale of
photographs, photo engravings & comml printing; Lions; Jr C of
C, dir; alumni secy Hastings Coll; BSA, scoutmaster troop 200;
Presby Ch, deacon; Rep; hobbies, BSA work; off Hastings Daily
Tribune; res 1314 W 3rd, Hastings.
RURUP, HENRY C: Manager Lumber Co; b
Seward Co, Neb Aug 27, 1886; s of Henry E Rurup-Amelia Bielefeld;
ed Bee HS; Fremont Normal 1903-05; m Katherine H Nielsen Nov 19,
1919 Omaha; 1905-08 yard man for Updike Grain & Lbr Co, Bee;
1908-15 mgr & auditor Updike Grain Co at Arlington; 1915-17
owner int in Updike Grain Co, changed name to Arlington Lbr &
Grain Co, sold to Octavia Lbr & Grain Co 1917; 1919-21 secy
& treas Octavia Lbr & Grain Co, 1921 sold to Joyce Lbr Co;
1921- 23 mgr Joyce Lbr Co, Marshalltown Ia; 1923-25 mgr Midwest
Lbr Co, Mt Pleasant Ia; 1925-33 mgr Montgomery Lbr Co, Winner S D;
1933- mgr J H Yost Lbr Co, Hastings; owns farm in Thurston Co;
1914-17 mayor of Arlington; 1917 in US army during World War, OTC
Camp Funston, commd 2nd lt, 1st lt at Camp Lee, Va, MTC Washington
DC; O/S 10 mos, adjt, commanding ofcr in command of assembly
transport equipment, later in command of 14th section 310th unit
MTC, army of occupation, disch Sept 10, 1919; Amer Leg, comm;
Lions, past dir; C of C; dir; AF&AM; Scot Rite; KP; BPOE, dir;
Hillside Golf Club; Presby Ch,
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trustee; Rep; hobby, golf; parents came from Germany to Wis
1866, to Neb 1870; off 215 S Denver Ave; res 914 W 11th,
Hastings.
RUSSELL, HARRY F: Attorney; b Kenesaw,
Neb June 6, 1890; s of Henry M Russell-May Haller; ed Kenesaw HS
1906; Hastings Coll, BA 1910; Pi Gamma Mu; m Esther R Fuhr June
30, 1926 Pasadena, Cal; s Harrison Frederick Jr; 1910-12 with
Exchange Natl Bank of Hastings; 1912-30 investment banker,
Hastings; 1930 adm to prac law in dist court of US, US supreme
court, ICC, US internal revenue dept, US pension bur, veterans
administration & all courts in Neb: 1930- atty, Hastings;
Adams Co dep atty; Hastings Coll, trustee: Neb Childrens Home Soc,
trustee; during World War in US army, sgt of inf, completed ofcrs
training course for commission in central machine gun OTS at time
of armistice; Amer Leg; Adams Co, Neb St & Amer Bar Assns;
Rotary, dist gov 120th dist; C of C; Neb Good Roads Assn; Hastings
Country Club; AF&AM 32o; RAM, past high priest;
Scot Rite; R&SM; KT; KCCH; Tehama Shrine, past potentate;
Presby Ch; Rep, chmn Adams Co Central Com; hobbies, golf,
photography; off City Water & Light Bldg; res 827 N Bellevue
Ave, Hastings.
RUTHERFORD, CHARLES ALEXANDER: Manager
Plumbing Shop; b Adams Co, Neb Apr 30, 1881; s of Alexander
Rutherford-Anna Longdell; ed Hastings HS; Hastings Bus Coll; m
Margaret Anderson Dec 1, 1903 Hastings; s Warren E; d LaVon (Mrs
Elmer Boner), Wilma (Mrs Eldon Miller), Fern (Mrs Richard Brown),
Margaret (Mrs Ed Sizer), Marjory (Mrs Wendol E Foote), Avalon (Mrs
Max Houtchens), Phyllys; 1899-1905 with brother Adam Rutherford in
plumbing bus, Hastings; 1905- owner & mgr Rutherford Plumbing
& Heating Co; 1905 Frank Rutherford became assoc with firm;
mbr city coun past 7 years; Neb Master Plumbers Assn; Natl Assn of
Master Plumbers; Lions, past mbr; C of C; AF&AM; Scot Rite
32o; Shrine; KP; Meth Ch; Rep; hobby, fishing; off 444
2nd St; res 1110 W 7th, Hastings.
SCHUSTER, LELAND CHARLES: Store Manager;
b Thief River Falls, Minn Oct 10, 1900; s of Charles C
Schuster-Martha L Bower: ed U of N D, BA 1924; Sigma Nu; m Martha
Niblack Aug 7, 1928 Vincennes, Ind; s Sanford, Lee; d Martha Lee;
1924-25 in production dept Western Electric Co, Chicago; 1925 3
mos in purchasing dept of Yellow Coach & Truck Mfg CO,
Chicago; 1925-26 salesman for A W Shaw Publishing Co, Chicago
& New York City; 1926-33 salesman for J C Penney Co,
Connersville Ind; 1933-35 floorman, J C Penney Co at Indianapolis
Ind, 1935-37 asst mgr at Omaha, 1937- mgr at Hastings; Kiwanis,
dir; C of C, dir; AF&AM; Presby Ch; Rep; hobbies, fishing
& hunting; off J C Penney Co; res 706 E 7th, Hastings.
SEATON, FRED A: Publisher; b Washington,
D C Dec 11, 1909; s of Fay N Seaton-Dora Elisabeth Schmidt; ed
Manhattan Kas HS; Kas St Coll, 1927-31 dir of sports publicity,
1930-31 student asst in dept of pub speaking; Beta Theta Pi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi Kappa Delta: Purple Masque; m Gladys Hope Dowd Jan
23, 1930 Manhattan, Kas; emp by father in Seaton Publications,
while in sch at Manhattan; 1929 teleg editor, 1930 city editor,
1929-31 sports writer Kansas City Journal-Post; 1931-37 bus mgr
Seaton Publications; 1936 secy to Gov Alfred Landon during
presidential campaign; 1937- publisher & gen mgr of Hastings
Daily Tribune; NPA; Rotary, dir; C of C, dir; BPOE; Rep, jr natl
committeeman for Kas 1935-36, vice-chmn Kas delegation to
Cleveland conv; Y R Club, Kas St vice-chmn 1932-34, Kas St chmn
1934-38; hobbies, fishing, coin & stamp collecting, radio
sports announcing; off Hastings Daily Tribune; res 238 Forest
Blvd, Hastings.
SERF, OTTIS EUGENE: Commercial Printer; b
Freeport, Ill Nov 28, 1873; s of Theodore W Serf-Susanne Gabe; ed
Blue Springs HS; m Harriet Alice Shaulis Sept 9, 1909 Hastings; d
Mary Elizabeth; learned printing trade in newspaper off at Blue
Springs; 1893-94 printer, Aurora Register; 1895-1907 printer,
Hastings Daily Republican; 1910-27 part owner Renner & Serf,
Comml Printers; 1927- owner & mgr O E Serf Printing Co; one of
reorgs F J Jaden Mfg Co Inc, past dir, 1931-37 secy & treas;
worked short time for Lincoln News, Lincoln Call & State
Journal; C of C; Dem; father was United Evang minister; off 331 N
Hastings; res 811 N St Joseph, Hastings.
SHAFFER, DEAN E: Secretary-Treasurer
Investment Co; b St Edward, Neb July 17, 1903; s of Chas J
Shaffer-Angeline C Finch; ed Hastings Coll, BA 1925, mbr debate
team 1922-25; U of Cal, 1925; Pi Kappa Delta, Pi Gamma Mu; m
Shirley Elizabeth Cowlbeck June 10, 1939; 1924-25 asst mgr radio
station KFKX, Hastings; 1926-27 instr in journalism Hastings Coll;
1927- secy & treas Mortgage Investment Co Inc & mgr of ins
dept; 1922-27 special reporter for Hastings Daily Tribune; 1936-
asst to pres of Hastings Coll; Neb Assn of Ins Agents; recd U S Jr
C of C distinguished civic service award 1930; DeMolay, Legion of
Honor, mbr advisory coun; Rotary, past secy; C of C; YMCA, dir;
AF&AM, Scot Rite, Shrine, Presby Ch; hobby, coll athletics;
off City Bldg; res Stratton Apts, Hastings.
SIMMS, DAVID S: Postmaster; b Alma, Neb
Dec 2, 1885; s of B M Simms-Alice G ___; ed Alma HS; Creighton U;
U of N, LLB; Phi Gamma Delta; m Nettie Hill June 7, 1911 Hebron;
1910-12 in retail drug store, Superior; 1912-19 prac law,
Superior; 1919- owner & opr Simms Drug & Book Store in
Hastings; 1934- P M; C of C; AF&AM; IOOF; Episc Ch; Dem; res
810 N Lincoln Ave, Hastings.
SMITH, ARTHUR ANDREW: Physician &
Surgeon; b Sparta, N C July 5, 1884; s of Charles W Smith-Cora
Pennington; ed Bridle Creek Va Acad; George Peabody Coll,
Nashville, Tenn, LI 1904; U of N, BA 1910; Rush Med Coll, MD 1912;
surgical fellowship Mayo Clinic 1918-21; Beta Theta Pi; Nu Sigma
Nu; m Florence Cole June 16, 1920 Minneapolis Minn; S Robert C; d
Katherine E; 1912-15 Interne at Lincoln Sanitorium, Lincoln, 1st
asst; 1915-18 house surg at Mary Lanning Memorial Hosp, Hastings;
1921-23 dist med inspector & chief med ofcr of 13th dist
appeal bd of veterans bur, Seattle Wash; 1923- surg at Hastings;
mbr surgical staff Mary Lanning Memorial Hosp; consulting surg
state Hosp at Ingleside; CB&Q RR & MoP RR surg; during
World War in US army, 1st lt in res corps & pathologist in chg
of pathological section base hosp Fort Riley, Kas, in central dept
Fort Leavenworth 1918-19; Adams Co Med Soc, past pres; Neb St
& Amer Med Assns; fellow ACS; C of C; Rotary, past pres; Amer
Leg; AF&AM, past master; Scot Rite; York Rite; Tehama Shrine;
KP; BPOE; Meth Ch; off 131 N Hastings Ave; res 1136 N St Joseph
Ave, Hastings.
SMITH, ELLEN DORRANCE: Librarian; b
Pawnee City, Neb Nov 22, 1884; d of Joseph William
Dorrance-Elizabeth Dinnis; ed priv sch; U of N; Hastings Coll; U
of Chicago, grad sch of lib service; m Boteler Chernocke Smith
June 2, 1906 Pawnee City (dec Feb 21, 1921); s Lt. Charles, Edward
V (dec July 7, 1936), Boteler Chernocke; d Elizabeth Chernocke
(Mrs Robert M Watt), Mary Janet, Eleanor Dorrance; tchr in grade
& HS in Pawnee Co before marriage; 1927-36 children's
librarian city lib at Hastings, 1936- head librarian; Neb Lib
Assn; ALA; Federated Womans Club, past pres; ARC, life mbr; chmn
of Liberty, Loan drive & received medal for services during
World War; PEO, past pres; OES; Presby Ch; hobbies, reading, art,
photography; off Hastings Library; res Hastings.
SMITH, HENRY GREEN: Retired; b
Philadelphia, Penn Sept 16, 1878; s of William Henry
Smith-Margaret Green; ed ___; m Caroline Meyer Oct 29, 1902
Washington D C; s Henry I Smith; 1892-97 appr printer, Lincoln;
1898 reporter Lincoln Evening News; 1899-1902 emp by Omaha Bee as
staff correspondent, Lincoln; 1902 reporter Washington D C Post;
1902-05 secy to US Senator C U Dietrich, Washington; 1905-28
managing editor of Hastings Tribune, 1928-37 editor & gen mgr;
1937- ret; 1935-37 mbr Neb St planning bd; 1933-34 chmn of
depositors reorganization com Neb Natl Bank, 1934- chmn bd of
trustees; Hastings Coll trustee; NPA, past mbr; Inland Press Assn,
past mbr; C of C, past pres; hobby, fishing: res 1104 N St Joseph
Ave, Hastings.
SPADY, JOHN: Area Manager of Telephone
Co; b Norka, Russia Apr 23, 1903; s of Henry Spady-Christina
Hieser; ed Russia; Hastings; m Alberta E Perkins May 19, 1928 Clay
Center; s Richard J; d Barbara Ann, Johanne M; 1907 came to Amer;
att Hastings schs a short time, later schs in Russia; with two
sisters & uncle & aunt retd to U S 1916, att sch in
Hastings while emp by Polenski Bros, Shellak & CO; 1927-28
ground man, Lincoln Tele & Teleg Co, 1928 third class lineman,
1928-29 second class combination man, 1929-30 sales solicitor,
1930-34 dist salesman, 1934-35 area sales mgr Clay Co with hdqrs
Sutton, 1935- area comml mgr hdqrs Hastings; dir Lincoln Tele
& Teleg Co; Employes Co-op Credit Assn; Rotary;
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C of C; past pres Jr C of C; AF&AM; Congl Ch; Rep; hobbies,
fishing & hunting, travels with family on fishing trips each
year; off Telephone Bldg; res 412 N Colorado, Hastings.
STALEY, ALVAH H: Educator; b Branch Co,
Mich Jan 4, 1873; s of Fredrick Staley-Sarah Jameson; ed Tri-State
Normal Coll, Angola, Ind, BA 1895; U of N, BA 1901; Columbia U;
Hastings Coll, Dr of Pedagogy 1939; m Helen Teresa Browne Sept 3,
1902 Lincoln; s A Eugene; d Katharine; 1895-97 prin of schs in
Huntertown Ind; 1897-99 supt of schs, Long Pine; 1901-07 supt of
schs, Friend; 1907-18 supt of schs, Superior; 1918-19 assoc prof,
U of N in chg of tchrs training sch; 1919- supt of schs, Hastings;
NEA; NSTA, past pres, past pres Dist 4; Amer Assn of Sch
Administrators; 96 Club; Amer Peace Coll, fellow; C of C; Rotary;
Nebraskana Soc; AF&AM; Scot Rite, Tehama Shrine; YMCA;
Hillside Golf Club; Presby Ch, mbr of session; hobbies, golf,
athletics; off High School; res 1212 W 7th, Hastings.
STEWART, RALPH H: Plumbing Heating
Contractor; b Hastings, Neb, Sept 11, 1905; s of Edward H Stewart-
___; ed HS; ICS; Kappa Alpha Phi; m Alberta Adams Sept 14, 1926
Hastings; 1924-38 with uncle Walter Stewart in plumbing &
heating bus, 1938- indep opr; Hastings Booster Club; Jr C of C;
Engrs & Architects Socs; AF&AM, past master; Shrine;
Hillside Country Club, dir; hobbies, BSA work, golf, collecting
old coins & antique furn; off 314 N Lincoln Ave; res 1722 W
5th, Hastings.
STINER, LESTER B: Attorney; b Cardington,
O June 4, 1871; s of Henry Stiner-Mary St Clair; ed Hastings Coll
1891; legal ed in law off in Hastings; m Eva H Robertson Dec 2,
1907 Harvard; s Lester R, Frederick K; d Roberta (Mrs Edmund
Brandes); 1898 adm to Neb bar & to prac in all state & fed
courts; 1898-1900 prac at Fairfield; 1900-02 prac at Sutton;
1904-10 Clay Co atty, Clay Center, still retaining off at Sutton
& Fairfield; 1910-14 Clay Co judge; 1915- prac in Hastings in
firm of Stiner & Boslaugh, 1937 son joined firm; 1916-20 mayor
of Hastings; mbr Neb St planning bd; Adams Co Bar Assn, past pres:
Neb St & Amer Bar Assns; C of C, past pres; S Platte United C
of C, 3 years pres; Rotary, past pres: AF&AM; KCCH, Scot Rite,
Hastings; Tehama Shrine, past potentate; KP; Congl Ch; Rep; hobby,
gardening; off Clarke Bldg; res 850 N Burlington, Hastings.
STINER, LESTER R: Attorney; b Clay
Center, Neb Sept 18, 1909; s of Lester B Stiner-Eva H Robertson;
ed Grinnell Coll; U of Cal, BA 1931; Harvard U; U of N, LLB 1934;
Phi Delta Phi; m Maurine Hardt May 31, 1934 Hastings; adm to bar
June 4, 1934, in all state courts & U S dist courts; 1934-
prac in Hastings; 1937- mbr firm Stiner-Boslaugh & Stiner;
1938- U S commr dist of Neb; mbr lib bd, Adams Co Bar Assn; Neb Jr
Bar Assn, dir; Neb St Bar Assn; Kiwanis, past pres, past lt gov; C
of C, Jr C of C; ARC, 1938 roll call chmn; Presby Ch; Rep; hobby,
photography; off Clarke Bldg; res 729 N Lincoln, Hastings.
STITT, WILLIAM DETLOR: Sales Manager; b
Hastings, Neb July 22, 1907; s of Albert E Stitt-Grace G Dillon;
ed Hastings HS; U of N, BA 1929; Harvard U, BSc 1932; Beta Theta
Pi; m Thomasine Vida Watson Apr 14, 1934 Hastings; s Thomas
Detlor, David Watson; 1932-34 in sales dept of Stitt Motor &
Appliance Co, 1934- sales mgr; Natl Auto Dlrs Assn; Jr C of C, dir
& past pres; US Jr C of C, vice-chmn of trade promotion;
Kiwanis, VP; Uni Club, Lincoln; Harvard Club; UCT, jr councilor;
St Marks Episc Ch, secy; hobbies, fishing, golf; off Stitt Motor
Co; res 924 N Hastings, Hastings.
SWANSON, BETTY MAY: Dancing Teacher; b
Cripple Creek, Colo June 22, 1904; d of Frederich Richard
May-Alice Lee Gibson; ed Colorado Springs; Los Angeles HS;
Denishawn Sch of the Dance, Los Angeles 1917; West Lake Sch for
Girls, Los Angeles, held scholarship 1925-26, sr class pres,
dancing tchr; studies at New York or Los Angeles each year; m
Leonard A Swanson June 16, 1927 Glendale Cal; s Leonard Alan; d
Betty May; was youngest mbr of the Ruth St Denis Concert Dancers
who toured US 2 years; 1921 one of 3 dancers chosen by Ted Shawn
for his solo tour of U S & Canada; recd medal given to most
outstanding & representative pupil of Denishawn Sch; helped
estab Denishawn Sch in New York City, then danced at Coliseum in
London 1 mo; 1922-23 toured U S with Ruth St Denis & Ted
Shawn; 1923-24 solo dancer at prologues in New York City; 1924-27
danced in movies; 1927- opr Hastings dancing sch; also holds class
in Kearney; Womans Club; OES; Episc Ch; hobby, dancing; off &
res 600 N Hastings Ave, Hastings.
SWANSON, LEONARD A: Physician &
Surgeon; b Clay Center, Neb July 1, 1896; s of Samuel A
Swanson-Amanda C Turner; ed U of N, BSc 1921, MD 1922; Kappa
Sigma; Phi Rho Sigma; m Betty J May June 16, 1927 Glendale, Cal; s
Leonard Alan; d Betty May; while in U of N was mbr of band at
Lincoln, summer 1920 on tour with Al Sweets band; interne Clarkson
Hosp of Omaha 1921-22; 1922- 24 Interne Kings Co Hosp, Brooklyn N
Y; 1924 prac surgery in Burlington N J short time; 1924- prac
gynecology, obstetrics & pediatrics, Hastings; 1938- opr
clinic for women & children; consulting gynecologist, State
Hosp, Ingleside; 1930 finished residency in gynecology at Lakeside
Hosp at Cleveland Ohio; commanding ofcr of NNG ambulance Co in
Hastings; 1936 grad med field service sch at Carlisle Barracks,
Penn; Adams Co Med Soc, pres; Neb St & AMA; Central Assn of
Obstetricians & Gynecologists; Assn of Mil Surgs of US; Amer
Soc for Control of Cancer, mbr state exec com of womens field
army; Rotary; C of C; Amer Leg; AF&AM; Scot Rite; Shrine;
hobbies, candid camera & NNG work; off 612 W 6th; res 600 N
Hastings Ave, Hastings.
SWIGLE, STEPHEN: Bank Director; b Austria
Dec 14, 1864; s of John Swingle-Anna Woodsinger; ed Austria; m
Hattie Sadler Mar 8, 1892 Chillicothe, Mo; s Leo, William C; d
Gertrude (Mrs W J Goehring), Florence (Mrs R L Dycus), Susan (Mrs
Charles R Logue), Helen; came with parents from Austria 1879,
homesteaded Herndon, Kas; herded cattle fall of 1879 to spring of
1881; 1881-92 worked on farm near Hastings; 1892-1924 owner &
opr 80 A farm in Adams Co; added 760 A in later years, oprd grain
farm & raised Poland China hogs; 1924 ret & rented out
farms except 160 A; Hastings Natl Bank, ch mbr; appraiser of
chattel mortgages; Farmers Grain & Supply Co, past pres;
Hastings Milling co, past pres; Adams Co Fair Assn, org & pres
12 years; Fed Land Bank Assn of Adams Co, pres since 1918: PCA,
Org & pres 3 years; Tri-Co Project dir 3 years, land buyer 2
years, made trip to Washington, D C in its int; Rotary, Past mbr;
Fed Relief Bd, past mbr; C of C, mbr highway com, mbr agrl com;
ARC; KC, grand knight 3 terms; Cath Ch; Dem; hobbies, gardening
& supervising farms; off Hastings Natl Bank; res 800 N Kansas
Ave, Hastings.
THEOBALD, ALBERT J: County Treasurer; b
Bruning, Neb July 31, 1894; s of Conrad Theobald-May B Boyle; ed
Hastings HS; Hastings Coll, BSc; Eta Phi Lambda; m Merle J Likely
June 25, 1919 Hastings; d Ruth V, Jean J, Margery A; 1917-19 in US
army air corps Fort Logan, Colo, Kelly Field, Mitchell Field;
1919-23 clk Exchange Natl Bank, 1923-26 asst cash, Hastings; 1926
with Neb Natl Bank of Hastings; 1927-30 cash Sipple Motors; 1930-
Adams Co treas; Neb Assn of Co Treas, past pres; Lions, secy &
treas; C of C; Amer Leg; KP; UCT; YMCA; DOKK; Presby Ch, past
deacon, past elder, SS supt, past trustee; Rep; hobby, fishing;
off Courthouse; res 237 University Ave, Hastings.
THOMAS, ELMER A: Dentist; b Webster Co,
Neb Dec 11, 1874; s of Lorenzo Dow Thomas-Mary Anne Chambers; ed
Webster Co; U of Omaha; U of N; Northwestern U; Columbia U, Amer
Coll of Dentistry, DDS; Delta Sigma Delta; Omicron Kappa Upsilon;
m Jessie Radley June 9, 1902 Nuckolls Co; s Charles E; d Frances
Muriel; 1898-1900 emp in Neb St Hosp at Hastings; 1902-11 prac
dentistry in Red Cloud; 1911-prac Hastings; past supt of dental
research, Neb St Hosp; 1909 apptd to Neb bd of dental examiners;
editor Journal of Neb St Dental Assn; has written approximately 50
articles on dental subjects; editor History of First 70 Years in
Dentistry in Neb; S W Dist Dental Soc; Neb St. Dental Assn, past
pres; ADA, mbr since 1905; Amer Assn of Dental Editors, 1st pres;
Kiwanis, past mbr; C of C; SA, bd mbr; Presby Ch,hobby, science;
off 214 N Burlington Ave; res 322 E 7th, Hastings.
THOMAS, LLOYD CREIGHTON: Radio Station
Owner; b Elwood, Neb. July 8, 1899; s of John W Thomas-Dora
Gallup; ed Orleans Seminary; Boyles Bus Coll, Omaha; m Belle M
Liveringhouse Feb 16, 1908 Wayne; 1908 pur Alliance Herald, editor
& mgr until 1920; published largest country weekly in size
& circulation in Neb; 1917 state representative from Box Butte
& Sheridan Cos, also mbr special session 1918; 1922-23 secy
Alliance C of C; 1923-27 secy Hastings C of C; mgr Westinghouse
radio station KFKX at
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Hastings; 1927-32 gen mgr Westinghouse radio station KDKA
Pittsburgh, KYW Chicago, WBZ Boston; 1932-34 local broadcasting
mgr 17 stations for NBC; 1934-38 pres & gen mgr WROK, Rockford
Ill & chmn Natl Com of Indep Broadcasters; 1939- org &
part owner KHAS, Hastings; owner KGFW, Kearney; owner 5,000 A
ranch at Pine Ridge, SE of Crawford; has traveled 600,000 miles by
train & plane; instrumental in avoiding musician's strike, one
of nine com mbrs of independent radio stations who met with
representatives of Amer Fedn of Musicians & made agreement;
favors publicity campaign to acquaint US with buying power of Neb;
Lions; AF&AM; Scot Rite; Tehama Shrine; IOOF; KP; BPOE; FOE;
UCT; Gideon; TPA; hobbies, ranching, photography, fishing; off
KHAS; res Hastings.
THOMPSON, BURTON T: Store Manager; b
Albion, Neb Jan 8, 1905; s of Dr D L Thompson-Rose Sturdevant: ed
Gothenburg; U of N; U of Omaha; Theta Phi Delta; m Suone Miller
July 10, 1925 Akron Colo; s Rodney M, Burton Gene; 1925 with Anton
J Novak Clothing Co of Gothenburg; 1927 asst cash First State Bank
of Gothenburg; 1928 while at U of N emp by Magee Clothing Co,
Lincoln; 1929 credit & off mgr Brachs Inc, Hastings, firm
founded 1875, inc 1907; 1934- secy & treas of Brachs Inc,
1937- gen mgr; Allied Clothiers & Jobbers Assn; Lions, past
pres; C of C; YMCA, past pres; BPOE; KP; Meth Ch: Rep; hobbies,
sports, fishing, hunting; res 227 E 6th, Hastings.
TILLEY, ETHEL: Dean of Women; b Bellevue,
Penn Dec 12, 1894; d of J Frank Tilley-Dollie Smashey; ed Ohio
Wes, BA 1922; Boston U, MA 1926, PhD 1936; Radcliffe Coll;
Cambridge U, England; Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Gamma Mu; 1915-26 singer
& tchr in eastern US; 1922-24 staff mbr Bellevue Meth Episc
Ch, Bellevue, Penn; 1924-25 tchr Folts Inst, Herkimer N Y; 1927-28
in social service & morals court work in Pittsburgh Penn;
1928-30 dir of edn at Christ Meth Episc Ch at Pitsburgh; 1930-31
secy to Bishop Herbert Welch at Pittsburgh; 1932-33 psychology
instr, New England Deaconess Hosp at Boston; 1933-34 asst to dean
of women Sargent Sch of Boston U, at Cambridge; 1934-36 instr in
religion at Penn Coll for Women & dir of church sch of
Shadyside Presby Ch at Pittsburgh Penn; 1936-37 prof of philosophy
& psychology at Cazenovia Jr Coll, N Y; 1937- dean of women
& assoc prof of philosophy & psychology at Hastings Coll;
AAUW; AAUP; League of Women Voters; B&PW; Amer Philosophical
Assn; Natl Assn of Deans of Women; Neb Acad of Science; pres Neb
St Assn of Deans of Women; Meth Ch; hobbies, writing, music,
astronomy; off Hastings Coll; res 731 N Cedar Ave, Hastings.
TOPP, ANTON CHRISTIAN: Florist; b Denmark
May 15, 1879; s of Christian Hans Topp-Anna Christensen; ed
technical schs in Denmark; m Marie Jensen Aug 10, 1907 Council
Bluffs, Ia; s Tage Winther, Olfert Winther; learned florist trade
in Denmark. Germany & England; 1893-97 appr in greenhouse
& flower shop in Randers, Denmark; 1887-99 in chg green house
in Denmark; 1899,1900 noncommd ofcr in Danish army at Copenhagen,
Denmark; 1901-03 florist Frankfort, Dresden & Berlin Germany;
1903-04 florist in England; 1905 came to Amer, settled in Council
Bluffs Ia & worked as florist until 1914; 1913 family visited
Denmark; 1914-21 built & oprd own greenhouse & floral shop
at Yankton S D; pres of corp which built greenhouse Mitchell S D
1921 & oprd until 1928; 1928- owner & opr A C Topp Floral
Co, Hastings; 1929 Mr & Mrs Topp visited Denmark; one of 5 Neb
judges at Natl Flower Show at Omaha; org, mbr 3 years Yankton S D
NG; life mbr Soc of Amer Florists & Ornamental
Horticulturists; FTDA; Neb St Florists Soc; Kiwanis, ch mbr at
Yankton, S D; mbr com to org BSA troop at Hastings; C of C;
AF&AM; Scot Rite; Shrine; OES, past patron; KP, treas 6 years;
UCT, past councilor; BPOE, ofcr; Congl Ch, past trustee; Rep;
hobbies, fishing, reading; has traced family to 1134 A D & has
family coat of arms; off 737 W 2nd; res 848 N Minnesota Ave,
Hastings.
TOPP, TAGE WINTHER: Florist; b Council
Bluffs, Ia May 30, 1908; s of Anton Christian Topp-Marie Jensen;
ed Yankton S D; Mitchell S D HS; mbr football team; HS golf
champion 1926; U of Ill, 1926-27; Phi Kappa Sigma; 1915-27 worked
in fathers greenhouses & learned florist bus at Yankton &
Mitchell S D; 1927- asst mgr & florist A C Topp Floral Co,
Hastings; Instr & demonstrator at sch of floral design at
meeting of the Dist Florists Assn at Omaha in 1935, and at Neb St
Florists Soc meeting in Beatrice 1935 & at Columbus 1936; has
judged flower displays at co fairs; visited Denmark with parents
1913; Jr C of C, 1936 VP & state dir, 1937 treas & state
VP, 1938 att meeting natl bd of dirs, St Louis; Neb St Florists
Soc; FTDA; an org & past mgr Hastings Show of Progress
1935-36; Garden Club; past ofcr DeMolay, Mitchell S D; Congl Ch,
past pres Chris Endeavor 1931-32; hobbies, travel, golf; off 737 W
2nd; res 842 N Minnesota, Hastings.
TURPIT, ROY J: Fuel Dealer; b Adams Co,
Neb May 14, 1887; s of William J Turpit-Belle James; ed Hastings
HS; m Ella P St John June 5, 1912 Hastings; s W James Turpit; d
Mary Louise (dec); 1905-27 with father William J Turpit & Fred
L Pease in Hastings Fuel Co, 1927-29 owner with father &
brother Howard; 1929- mgr, owner with brother since father's
death; dir Hastings Home Fed Savings & Loan Assn; C of C;
Rotary; AF&AM; Scot Rite; Shrine; BSA, trustee of all troops
of city; FOE; BPOE; Episc Ch, mbr of vestry; Rep; hobby, travel;
off 9 N Hastings Ave; res 845 N Lexington Ave, Hastings.
UERLING, CHARLES E: Merchant; b Ayr, Neb
Aug 7, 1900; s of Anthony Uerling-Charlotte Ulman; ed Hastings HS;
Hastings Bus Coll; m Helen C Spellman June 24, 1924 Hastings; s
Charles C Jr; d Sheila Mae; 1919 bkkpr, Western Brick & Supply
Co; 1919-20 off mgr, F H Brandes Co; 1920-22 acct, Wolf & Co,
Kansas City, Mo; 1923-33 off & credit mgr, Gaston Music &
Furn Co, Hastings; 1933- owner & opr Charles Uerling Furn
& Appliance Co; 1939 pur Gaston Furn Co; Hastings civil
service bd, chmn; Jr C of, C, ch mbr; Sr C of C; Kiwanis, past. VP
& secy; BPOE; KC; Cath Ch; Dem; off 521 W 2nd res 234 Forest
Blvd, Hastings.
VANCE, RALPH R: Retired; b Ripley, O Nov
27, 1869; s of James R Vance-Hattie G Denning; ed Clay & Adams
Cos; m Anna V Frisch Mar 12, 1894 Genvil; s Roy O; d Mabel (Mrs
Robert Taylor); came to Neb, in 1887; was in Clay Co schoolhouse
all night during the blizzard of 1888; 1889 emp on farm; 1890
grain buyer for Comer & Gregg; 1891-1901 farmed in Clay Co,
raised purebred Duroc Jersey hogs; 1901-17 farmed in Adams Co,
raised purebred hogs; still owns farms in Clay & Adams Cos
& ranch in Thayer Co; 1917-20, VP & foreman Hastings
Milling Co; 1912-38 secy & dir Farmers Grain & Supply Co:
1938- ret; agt & adjuster for Farmers Mutual Ins Co of Neb;
past dir, past agt & past adjuster for Farm Central Mutual Ins
Co, Hastings; 1919-27 state representative; 1927-33 state sen;
Hastings Natl Bank, org & dir, VP 19 years; 1925- mbr Neb St
bd of agr, pres 2 years; Adams Co Fair bd, 18 years mbr, pres
since 1934; Presby Ch; Rep; hobby, fair work; res 1011 N St Joseph
Ave, Hastings.
VAN SICKLE, ARTHUR DUVAL: Laundry
Proprietor; b Hastings, Neb June 16, 1888; s of A R Van
Sickle-Annie Wolf; ed Hastings HS; m Helen Margaret Maher June 18,
1927 Lincoln; s Arthur Duval Jr; d Barbara Jean; 1910-11
timekeeper SP&S. RR of Portland, ore; 1911-13 in various
positions in Pacific NW; 1914- part owner Queen City Laundry in
Hastings, estab 1888; 1916- ptr of H L Harse; Neb Laundry owners
Assn; C of C; Rotary; BPOE; Rep; hobbies, gardening, fishing,
hunting; off 100-104 N Bellevue; res 808 N St Joseph Ave,
Hastings.
VOLLAND, GEORGE A: Funeral Director; b
Haigler, Neb July 30, 1888; s of F P Volland-Mary Kearney; ed HS
in Colo; Hastings Bus Coll; U of Colo; m Paquita M Studebaker Dec
29, 1909 Red Cloud; s Vernon G, Norman H; 1907 appr Livingston
Funeral Home; 1907 became lic embalmer; 1907-09 mgr funeral home
at Red Cloud; 1909- owner & opr funeral home in Hastings;
Adams Co coroner 1914-18; Neb Funeral Dirs Assn, past pres, 1st
pres of 4th dist; Natl Funeral Dirs Assn; C of C, past pres, dir
25 years; Rotary, past pres; AF&AM; Scot Rite 32o;
Shrine; MWA; BPOE; IOOF, past noble grand; Congl Ch; Rep; hobbies,
golf, billiards; off 421 N Lincoln Ave; res 914 N St Joseph Ave,
Hastings.
WATERMAN, LEONARD T: Mayor; b Redwillow
Co, Neb July 7, 1893; s of Charles F Waterman-Annie Thomas; ed
Lebanon HS; KSTC; U of N, BSc, BA; Bushnell Guild; Alpha Kappa
Psi; m Fay Warner June 6, 1924 Erickson; s Leonard Alan; d Irene,
Eileen, Jean, Gwendolyn; 1912-15 tchr in rural schs in Neb;
1917-15 with US army hdqrs, detachment 314, motor supply train,
89th div, disch 1919 personnel sgt; 1922 with First Natl Bank of
Scottsbluff; 1923-26 sales representative for Baker-Vawter
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Co, Lincoln; 1926-28 traveling auditor for Chevrolet Motor Co
of Omaha; 1928 sales representative Remington Rand Co; 1929-33
sect Hastings Chevrolet Sales Co; 1933-35 city clk of Hastings;
1935- auditor of Central Neb Pub Power & Irrigation Dist;
1939- mayor of Hastings; mbr bd of edn; Kiwanis, past mbr; C of C;
past comm, past adjt Amer Leg; 40 & 8; UCT, senior councilor;
KP, past chancellor comm; Presby Ch; Rep; hobbies, social
activities, golf, fishing; off City Light & Water Bldg; res
808 Webster Ave, Hastings.
WATSON, RAYMOND A: High School Principal;
b Maryville, Mo July 31, 1892; s of Albert S Watson-Annie M
Galbraith; ed Maryville MO; U of Mo, BSc 1920; U of Chicago, MA
1928; Phi Delta Kappa; m Ruth Jane Keplar Mar 19, 1916
Pattonsburg, Mo; s Edward A, Raymond A Jr; 1910-13 supt of schs,
Coffey Mo; 1913-15 supt of schs, Bolckow, Mo; 1920-22 science
tchr, Hastings HS; 1922-24 supt consolidated twp HS, Ideal S D;
1924-26 supt of schs, King City Mo; 1926- prin Hastings Jr &
Sr HS; NSTA; NEA, life mbr; Natl Assn of School Supts; Rotary; C
of C, dir; AF&AM; Scot Rite; Presby Ch; hobbies, fishing,
hunting, stamp collecting; res 726 N Lexington Ave, Hastings.
WEYER, FRANK E: College Dean; b
Ainsworth, Neb Jan 14, 1890; s of John Weyer-Elizabeth Sweitzer;
ed Doane Coll Acad; Hastings Coll, BA 1911; U of N, MA 1916;
Columbia U 1916-17, summers of 1917, 1932, 1936-39; summer 1924
Stanford U; Acacia; m Mabelle Carey June 3, 1916 Hebron; d Mary
Elizabeth, Dorothy Claire, Phyllis Lucile; 1911-13 prin Newport
schs; 1913-16 supt of schs, Atkinson; 1917-18 prof of edn &
psychology Kendall Coll Tulsa, Okla; 1918- prof of edn & dean
of Hastings Coll; co-author Status of Rural Tchrs in Neb, pub by
US Bur of Edn in 1919; Neb Schoolmasters Club; Mary Lanning
Memorial Hosp Sch for Nurses, bd mbr; Ingleside Sch of Psychiatric
Nursing at state hosp, bd mbr; Kiwanis; AF&AM; Presby Ch,
elder; Rep; off, Hastings Coll; res 503 E 6th, Hastings.
WILSON, CLARENCE OREN: Railway Agent; b
Norton, Kas Dec 31, 1888; s of John C Wilson-Esther E Ridgway; ed
Steele City; Boyles Bus Coll, Salina Kas; m America Queen
Sweetland Sept 23, 1908 Marysville Kas; s Vernon H (dec 1934);
1907 station helper AT&SF RR, Ness City Kas, Aug 1907 became
teleg opr: 1908-21 teleg opr with St Joe & Grand Island RR,
Sabetha Kas; 1921-36 agt for St Joe & Grand Island RR,
Hastings; 1936- UP RR agt, Hastings; past mbr sch bd, Hansen; ORT;
C of C; Kiwanis; AF&AM, past master, RAM, past high priest;
York Rite, secy all bodies; Tehama Shrine, 2nd ceremonial master;
OES, past patron; KT, past comm, grand sr warden; KP; UCT; BPOE,
past mbr; Rep, city committeeman; hobby, lodge work; res 818 N
Colorado Ave, Hastings.
WOOD, WORTHY B: Sheriff; b Kearney Co,
Neb Dec 31, 1891; s of Horace L Wood-Alice Canfield; ed Minden; m
Sadie Rowe May 17, 1917 Hastings; foster d Dona Rowe; 1910-12
mechanic, Minden; 1912-19 thresher, Nuckolls Co; 1919-22 mechanic
& service man for Buttonfield-VanGiIder Garage, Nelson;
1922-26 Nuckolls Co sheriff; 1927-31 mechanic & service mgr,
Hunt Motor Co, Hastings; 1931-35 oprd Wood Repair Shop; 1935-
Adams Co sheriff; Neb Sheriffs & Peace Ofcrs Assn; Kiwanis; C
of C; pres Hastings Gun Club; AF&AM, York Rite; KP; Meth Ch;
Dem; hobbies, target practice, fishing; rese 610 E 6th,
Hastings.
WOOLERY, GLENN WILLIAM: Grocer; b
Fairfield, Ia Mar 25, 1894; s of Edgar Woolery-Martha Stuart; ed
Central City HS; m Maude K Newmyer Dec 14, 1915 Central City; s
Charles E, Don D; 1910-15 with Agnew Groc, Central City; 1915-17
owner, opr motion picture theater Oelwein Ia; 1917-18 owner, opr
Pure Food Groc Store, Central City; 1918-21 traveling salesman for
Brown Fruit Co, hdqrs Hastings; 1921-25 traveling salesman for
Donald Co, Grand Island; 1925-30 ptr J C Davidson, bottling, whol
candy & tobaccos, Hastings; June 1930- prop Glenn's Market; C
of C; AF&AM; York Rite; Shrine, past potentate; BPOE; FOE;
Presby Ch; Rep; hobbies, hunting, fishing, dogs; res 1102 N
Minnesota, Hastings.
ZINN, FREDERICK M: Jeweler; b Hastings,
Neb Nov 2, 1893; s of O C Zinn-Nellie McLyman; ed Hastings HS;
Hastings Coll; Hastings Bus Coll; Principia Coll, St Louis Mo; Eta
Phi Lambda; during World War 1917 in air corps, Berkeley & San
Diego Cal, disch 1918; 1918- with father O C Zinn in jewelry bus,
1919- mgr; student Amer Gem Soc; past mbr Neb St Jewelers Assn; C
of C; Rotary; Amer Leg; AF& AM, Shrine, Scot Rite
32o; BPOE; KP; hobby, study of gems; res 509 N Denver,
Hastings.
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