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[ VOLUME 88.—NUMBER 14. , O'NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 12. 1948 PRICE 7 CENTS.
John McHugh, 82,
Dies in New York
Ex-O’Neill Banker Rises
to Presidency of the
Chase National
Began Career Here
John McHugh, 82, an O’Neill
banker before the turn of the
century who later became
president of one of the largest
financial institutions in the
world, died Sunday, August 1,
at Chappaqua, N. Y. The form
er president ot the Chase Na
tional bank of New York died
at his home of a heart attack.
He would have been 83 on
August 29.
Survivors include: Widow,
the former Elizabeth Callahan,
and a daughter, Mrs. Gerald
F Beal, of 1 Beckman Place,
New York City. Mrs. Beal is
the wife of the president of
the J. Henry Schroeder Bank
ing corporation of New York.
The Beals were in Europe at
the time of Mr. McHugh’s
death.
Born in Belleville, Oni.,
Mr. McHugh was left an or
phan when a boy, and at
the age of 18 went to work
for the Grank Trunk Rail- j
way at $10 a month, soon
becoming a telegraph opera- |
tor. By 1891 he was a di
vision agent, but he quit
railroading, crossed the bor
der, and soon afterward
started his banking career
with the State Bank of O'
Neill.
He resided in O’Neill be
tween 1891 and 1898 and own
ed the residence now owned
by Edward F. Gallagher.
In 1898 he joined the Iowa
State National Bank at Sioux
City, of which he became presi- j
dent. While in this capacity
he displayed his ability mark
edly in effecting a consolida
tion of 4 banking institutions.
and assumed the presidency of
the combination, titled the
First National Bank.
In the middlewest, Mr. Mc
Hugh made himself a banking
« leader, was elected president
of the Iowa Bankers associa
tion, and also a member of the
executive committee and chair
man of several subcommittees
of the American Bankers As
sociation. Among prominent
bankers who came to apprec
iate his caliber was Gates W.
McGarrah, then president of
the Mechanics and Metals Na
tional bank of New York. In
July, 1915, Mr. McGarrah in
vited Mr. McHugh to join him,
as a director and vice-presi
dent of the Mechanics and
Metals. He accepted, moved to
New York in 1916, and in 1922
he succeeded Mr. McGarrah as
president.
Four years later occurred
the second billion - dollar
bank consolidation in the his
tory of American banking,
when in February. 1926, the
Mechanics and Metals Na
tional Bank was merged
with the Chase National
Bank under the name of the
latter. The combined assets
of the 2 institutions were es- ,
timaled a t $1,025,000,000,
ranking the Chase at that
time as second only to the
National City Bank. Mr.
McHugh became the first
president of the consolida
tion.
He retained the post only 2
years, resigning in 1928 to take
the chairmanship of the ex
ecutive committee. After his
resignation of this chairman
ship, he continued as chair
man of the Discount Corpora
tion, which he had organized
in 1920, until 1941. He was a
former president of the New
York State Bankers associa
tion, and was for 18 years on
the executive committee of the
American Bankers association.
At his death he was a di
rector and member of the ex
ecutive committee of the Air
Reduction Company, the Am
erican Express Company,
Technicolor, Inc., and The
Technicolor Motion Picture
Corporation; and a director of
Congoleum-Nairn, Inc. He be
longed to the Union League
Club of New York.
Atkinson Serviceman,
Drowning Victim, Arrives
in U. S. from Pacific
ATKINSON — Mr. and Mrs.
E. J. Desive, of Atkinson, have
been advised by the govern
ment that the body of their
son, the late Clayton Desive,
has arrived in the United
States from a cemetery in the
Pacific area and will soon
reach Atkinson for final bur
ial.
Clayton Desive, a service
man during World War II, lost
his life in a drowning acci
dent.
Funeral arrangements are
being made by the Seger fun
eral home.
FARM SOLD
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Shoemak
er sold their farm 6 miles
southwest of O'Neill this past
week to Paul Schwisow, of O’
Neill. The 320-acre tract
brought $80 per acre.
JOHN McHUGH
(Story at left)
BINKERD BURIAL
TO BE AT DORSEY
I tody of Soldier Killed
Near Metz, France
To Arrive Friday
DORSEY—Final burial for
the body of Pfe. John E. Bink
erd, of Lynch, who was killed
near Metz, France, during
World War II, will take place
Saturday afternoon at the Dor
sey cemetery. Interment will
follow military funeral rites at
Lynch under the direction of
the Carroll-Binkerd post of the
American Legion.
The body of Private Bink
erd will arrive in Lynch Fri
day evening.
John E. Binkerd was born
at Dorsey on December 16,
1908, a son of Mrs. Benton
Binkerd and the late Benton
Binkerd. His father died in
March, 1943, 2 days before
Private Binkerd left home.
He received his military
training at Camp Roberts, Tex.,
and in 1944, reached
the continent of Europe as an
infantryman. He died on
November 12, 1944, while a
member of the famous Third
Army.
Survivors include: Widow—
Mrs. Melvin Spangler, of Ew
ing; son—John; daughter —
Joan; mother — Mrs. Benton
Binkerd, of Lynch; brother—
David, of Los Angeles, Calif.;
sisters—Mrs. Donald Stewart,
of Lynch; Mrs. Ada Olson, of
of Sioux City, and Nina, of
Sioux City; Mrs. H. Holgerson,
Washington state.
Private Binkaid was a son
in-law of Mr. and Mrs. David
Whitfeldt, of O’Neill.
Miss Coyne Returns
from Central America
Miss Mary Kathryn Coyne,
arrived Friday for a week’s
stay with her parents, Mayor
and Mrs. H. E. Coyne. Miss
Coyne has just completed a
month’s business trip to Cen
tral America.
Among the highlights were
Nicaragua, Costa Rico, Guate
mala and Mexico. She ex
pects to leave Friday for Chi
cago, 111., with Mr. and Mrs.
Dale Kersenbrock. Miss Ver
onica Coyne, her sister, will
accompany her. The Kersen
brocks expcet to visit Mrs.
Kersenbrock’s sister and her
husband, Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Conner and son, of Detroit,
Mich.
liUgtfaKe I^ost Near
Canadian Border Found
Mr. and Mrs. Allan P. Jasz
kowiak, who lost their luggage
from the baggage compartment
of their car near the Canadian
border about a month ago,
were the recipients of a letter
on August 3 from a man in
Minnesota, who found the lost
luggage along the road.
As soon as Mr. Jaszkowiak
missed the baggage he drove to
the customs stop on the bor
der to report the incident.
One of the passengers in a
a car passing through the cus
toms remarked that he saw a
Minnesota licensed car stop to
pick up something. The po
lice furnished the names of
people who had driven through
customs. Mr. Jaszkowiak sing
led out Minnesotans’ names
and luckily, he struck upon the
right person to write.
The luggage is expected to
reach O’Neill this week.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Ralph R. Barnes, 24, of Am
elia, and Miss Jeanette I. Hop
kins, 21, of Inman, August 10.
Delmont John Hoefer, 22, El
gin, and Miss Mary Ann
Schneth, 19, of Clearwater,
August 6.
GRANTED DIVORCE
Lottie Ridgeway was grant
ed a divorce from Wilford
Ridegway in Holt county dis
trict court on Friday, August
6, by Judge D R. Mounts. The
decree stated that the maiden
name would be restored
I
FORMER RESIDENT I
DIES IN HOSPITAL
Grace Olive Sundell, 45,
Buried Tuesday in
O’Neill Cemetery
Mrs. Grace Olive Sundell,
45, a former resident of the
Emmet community, died Sat
urday in a Norfolk hospital
following a long illness.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at Biglin Brothers
funeral home here and burial
was in Prospect Hill cemetery.
Rev. W. C. Birmingham, of
Atkinson, officiated. The pall
bearers were: Walter Puckett,
Harold Burge, Bean Burge,
Howard N. McConnell, Joseph
Biska and John Conard.
i A daughter of Jacob B.
and Emma Maring, she was
born near Emmet on Sep
tember S, 1902. She was
reared in Holt county, grad
uated from O'Neill high
school in 1919 as valedictor- 1
ian of the class, and taught
rural schools for 5 years,
first near Rapid City, S. D„
and later in Holt county.
On February 25, 1925 she
was united in marriage with
Elmer Sundell in Sioux City.
They became the parents of
4 daughters.
The late Mrs. Sundell was a
member of the Lutheran church
■ at Wakefield.
Survivors include: Daughters
—Florence and Ruth, both of
Omaha; Dorothy, of • Sioux
Falls, S. D. and Alice, of Dix- !
on; mother—Mrs. Emma Mar- j
ing; brothers—Oliver and Ho
mer Maring, of Emmet.
Mrs. Grant Peacock, of Em
met, and Mrs. Esther Cole
Harris, of O’Neill, sang at the
funeral rites.
TEACHER TAKES
CIVIL SERVICE JOB
_
John E. Urton Resigns to
Work with Indians;
4 Vacancies Exist
John E. Urton, for 3 years
the agriculture teacher at the
O’Neill high school, has re
signed to accept a civil ser
vice appointment on an Indian
reservation at Bellcourt, N. D.
He will continue agriculture
teaching with the Indians at
the Turtle Mountain agency.
Supt. Ira George said Wed
nesday that no successor has
been found for Urton’s va
| cancy.
Meanwhile, no successor
has as yet keen signed to
succeed the late F. E. ("Kel
ly") Saindon, 31, principal
and athletic coach who was
killed in an airplane crash
here July 23.
Marvin Miller, ex-coach at
Madison and Ewing, was sign
ed prior to Saindon’s death for
head football coach and as
sistant basketball and track
coach.
No formal board of education
action has been taken, but
Lloyd Sexton, former coach
and principal at Clearwater
and Wisner and superintendent
at Walthill, is being consider
ed for the principalship and
for basketball coaching.
Mrs. Sexton, also a teacher,
would be utilized in the grade
school if Mr. Sexton is signed.
With the departure of Mr.
! and Mrs. Urton, a vacancy also
' exists in the home economics
! department which has been
headed by Mrs. Urton.
I . —
Km Seriously Hurt
in Timber Accident
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CHAMBERS—Mr. and Mrs.
John Wintermote received a
message this week that their
son-in-law, Rock Bond, of
near Portland, Ore., had been
seriously injured while work
ing with timber.
Glen Taylor and Guais
Wintermote took Mr. Winter
mote to Scottsbluff from where
he and a daughter departed
for Oregon.
Details concerning the acci
dent are lacking.
DIES AT NIOBRARA
LYNCH—Cecil Johnson, son
of Mrs. Lena Johnson, of Mon
owi, died suddenly on a Nio
brara street on Sunday, Aug
ust 8. He has been ill for sev
eral years.
FIREMEN SUMMONED
Firemen were summoned on
Tuesday afternoon to the Carl
Asimus residence. A sewer
ditch had caved in on Bud
Pond, who the firemen found
unhurt.
J O. Walker on Saturday
went t o Sturgis, S. D., to vis
it his brother.
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS' . . , This float,
(above) depicting Benjamin Franklin with a
hand press printing and distributing leaflets
concerning freedom, won for the Atkinson
Graphic first place in the Hay Days parade.
Ralph J. Kelly represents Franklin. Second
place float was a "Blizzard Scene" (below),
depicting hardship during pioneer Winters in
Holt county. The theme of the float parade
was “March of Time.”—Photos by Rev. W. C.
Birmingham.
CORN WEATHER
STILL NEEDED
Week’s Rainfall Totals
2.68-Inches Including
1.72 Tuesday Night
Ranifall on 5 days out of th^
past 7 has convinced many!
that this is a wet country—
this Summer, anyway.
Rainfall during the week has
totaled 2.68-inches. A torren- j
tial downpour Tuesday eve
ning netted 1.72-inches. The
rain began falling about 9 p.
m. and continued for nearly
an hour.
The storm, accompanied by j
severe electrical disturbances,'
was general throughout the O’-1
Neill region.
Meanwhile, the wettness has
slowed harvest operations and
hot weather is needed to fin
ish the job. The corn likewise
needs ideal growing weather in
order to mature.
The week’s weather sum
mary, based on 24-hour per
iods ending at 8 a. m., daily,
follows:
Date Hi Lo Moist
August 5 74 49
August 6 75 57 .02
Auugst 7 65 57 .42
August 8 76 60 .02
August 9 84 65
August 10 89 62 .50
August 11 87 56 1.72
Total . „ 2.68
Style Show Feature
Tri-County Fair
STUART — The Tri-County
fair will be held at Stuart on
Wednesday and Thursday,
August 18 and 19
The livestock and home ec
onomics judging contest and
demonstrations will take place
Wednesday afternoon and the
style show will be at 8:30 p.
m.
Girls interested in partici
pating in the style show should
contact Miss Catherine Kirwin,
Holt county home agent, as
soon as possible, through her
office at O’Neill
Judging of all exhibits will
be at 9 a. m. Thursday with a
showmanship contest at the
close of the judging of live
stock. The parade will be at
1, followed by the baby beef
sale.
Visits Wisconsin —
Miss Hilda Gallagher left on
Friday for a visit in La Cros
se, Wis.
Democratic Congressional
Candidate Visits ii^City
C. Edgar Lerffdale, of Pot
ter', Democpmic candidate for
Congress/fn the Fourth district
and president of the Flying
Farmers association, last week
visaed Atkinson and O’Neill.
H/e was in Atkinson for the
ifay Days celebration and Fri
day came to O’Neill, traveling
by private plane.
Mr. Leafdale said he is tour
ing the entire Fourth district
by air. His opponent in the
November general election is
Dr. A. L. Miller, of Kimball,
incumbent.
New Lee Store
Opens Thursday
A new variety store is be
ing opened in O’Neill today
(Thursday). It is the Lee store,
a part of the Hested Stores Co.
with general offices at Fair
bury and 56 stores in Nebras
ka. Kansas, Wyoming, Iowa,
and Colorado.
Harold Bumann, recently of
Montrose, Colo., is the man
ager of the O’Neill firm.
The Hested company was
founded by H. J. Hested. who
came to Nebraska from
Iowa in 1906 to open his
first store at Fairbury. Mr.
Lee, who is now president,
was vice-president for sev
eral years, beginning as a
store manager at Superior.
The company has averaged
more than one store per year
in its expansion. A. S. Kelly,
formerly of Inman and now
of Omaha, is chief buyer for
the Hested organization. He is
a former manager of the Fair
bury store. Robert Williams
is vice-president and ^ general
manager and D. S. Campbell
is secretary.
Mr. Lee and Mr. Williams
will be in O’Neill in connec
tion with the grand opening.
Work was begun on the new
O’Neill store in late March.
Occupying 2 lots, the handsome
new building is situated on
the south side of Douglas
street between Third and
Fourth streets. The color
scheme of the front is cream
and red. (More details concern
ing the store may be found
in an advertisement on page 4
of this issue.)
Miss Biglin Arrives —
Miss Genevieve Biglin, of
Sioux City, arrived Monday to
spend a few days vialting rel
atives
PATH. KEYS DIES;
RITES WEDNESDAY
Lifelong Holt Resident, 17,
Succumbs in an
Omaha Hospital
Funeral services were held
at 10 a. m. Wednesday in St.
Patrick’s Catholic church here
for Patrick H. Keys, 47, a
life-long resident of the O’
Neill community, who died on
Saturday in St. Joseph’s hos
pital in Omaha.
His death was sudden. Mr.
Keys was enroule to Den
ver. Colo., to visit his sister,
Mae. While in Omaha he
consulted a doctor regard
ing an ear ailment, was
hospitalization, and died.
Rt. Rev. J. G. McNamara,
church pastor, officiated and
burial was in Calvary ceme
tery. The pallbearers were:
Leonard Shoemaker, Homer
Mullen, John McManus, Andy
Clark, Walter O’Malley and
William Murphy.
The late Mr. Keys was born
at O’Neill on March 21, 1901,
a son of Cornelius and Eliza
beth Gallagher Keys. He was
reared and educated here.
His parents were pioneer
Holt countyans. Following
the death of his father, he
carried on the ranching and
stock feeding at the place a
mile west of the city.
Mr. Keys never married.
Survivors include: Sister —
Mae, of Denver, Colo., and
brother—Cornelius, jr., o f
Phoenix, Ariz.
A rosary service was held at
Biglin Brothers funeral par
lor Tuesday evening.
Youth Visitor, 5,
Bitten by a Dog
CHAMBERS — Reo Radford,
15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Dale Radford, of Douglas,
Wyo., was bitten seriously by
a dog at the home of his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Coolidge, on Wednesday,
August 4.
The Radfords, who are for
mer Chambers residents, were
visiting at the Coolidge home.
The wounds required med
ical attention, and the youth’s
condition is “satisfactory.”
James Mullen, of Whitehall,
Mont., a former resident and
I a brother of the late Arthur
|F. Mullen, arrived in O’Neill
' Tuesday for a visit.
BETTY SCRIPTS
IS NEW QUEEN
N e w Royalty Crowned
During Hay Days
Celebration
Graphic Float Wins
ATKINSON—The 1948 edit
ion of the famous Atkinson
Hay Days is history, and the
new rulers in the Kingdom of
Hay are Miss Betty Scripter,
the hay queen, and Thaine
Humphrey, the whisker king.
The weatherman smiled on
the 2-day exposition Wednes
day and Thursday, August 4
and 5.
The parade, which opened
festivities early Wednesday
morning moved through
streets lined with several
thousand early arrivals.
First place went to the
Atkinson Graphic, weekly
newspaper, with a float la- »
baled. "Freedom of the
Press." The float depicted
Benjamin Franklin with a
hand press printing and dis
tributing leaflets concerning
freedom. Ralph J. Kelly,
editor and publisher, repre
sented Franklin.
Second place float was a
“Blizzard Scene,” depicting
hardship during pioneer Win
ters. The float was entered
by Ellenwood Cleaners. Third
place went to “Joan of Arc.”
The judges were: Mrs. Guy
Cole, of Emmet; Mrs. Edward
M. Gallagher, of ONeill, and
Mrs. Joseph Brewster, of Stu
art. The judges said the floats
were “excellent.” A number of
entries were created by 4-H
clubs.
The Circle S Saddle club, of
Stuart, was a feature of the
celebration. A number of the
riders were small children,
who won a warm response
from the crowd. A dog was
perched on one of the ponies.
A calvary unit from the
Army post at Ft. Robinson was
a Wednesday night attraction,
featuring 4 riders and 4 jump
ing horses under the direction
of Capt. ForreSt St. Clair.
The coronation ceremony
Wednesday night was direct
ed by Mary Ellen McKee
and the crowning was done
by Cullen Wright, promin
ent Omahan, who also made
an address. Fireworks, a
coronation ball, and music
by the Atkinson men's chor
us added to the festivities.
Atkinson’s baseball team
edged Ainsworth, 2-1, in the
Wednesday afternoon baseball
attraction, and tripped the
Omaha Eagles, a Negro team,
9-2 on Thursday afternoon.
The unique hay cabling con
test, a spectacular and novel
affair, required 9 minutes for
the 2 teams which were close
to first place. Charles Dobias
and Chuck Cole were winners
in the attraction which this
year supplanted the usual hay
baling contest.
All of the teams had hitches
with which to contend.
The choir from Boys Town,
near Omaha, was a feature
Thursday night. The 50-voice
organization, under the direc
tion of Rev. Francis F. Schmitt,
pleased the hundreds who
heard the music but inadequate
amplification prevented the en
tire crowd from hearing the
choir’s work.
Many states were represent
ed as scores of former Holt
countyans and others came
from distances to be present.
Kathleen Flood to
Be Band Soloist
M i.s s Kathleen Flood, so
prano, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed N. Flood, will be
featured soloist in the Satur
day night concert by the Mu
nicipal band. Miss Flood, a
St. Mary’s academy alumnus
and currently majoring in mu
sic in college, will sing selec
tions to be announced.
The program:
“Star Spangled Banner," by
Key; march, “Gallant Zouav
es,” by King; waltz, "Merry
Widow,” by Lehar; selection,
“Give Me a Roll on the Drum,”
by Romberg; march, “Van
guard of Democracy,” by
King; clarinet solo, “Autumn
Caprice," by Johnson, John
Berigan, soloist; march, “The
Children’s March,” Goldman.
Miss Flood’s selections.
Hymn, “Nearer, My God to
Thee," by Mason; march, “Our
Glorious Flag,’” by Carazo.
The band is scheduled to
appear at the Burwell rodeo
today (Thursday).
GRADING BEGUN
Mayor H. E. Coyne said
Wednesday that grading of all
, non-hardsurfaced streets has .
j begun in the city. The work
I is being done with the Hoh
oounty grader.