Atkinson Group Wins Class C Award
Veterans’ Wives Capture
Honors for Work
Toward Hospital
By a Staff Writer
ATKINSON — The Atkinson
Veterans’ Wives club has won
statewide recognition for the
town in the "Build a Better
Community Contest” sponsor
ed by the National Federation
of Women’s clubs.
The Holt county group won
first place in the class C div
ision in Nebraska, and annouce
ment of the win was made Fri
day at the annual convention
of the Nebraska Federation of
Women’s clubs held in Omaha.
The AVWC was cited for
its amazing record of con
ceiting a memorial hospital
for the town of Atkinson,
launching a fund-drive, rais
ing approximately 25-thous
and-dollars — all in a little
more than a year!
Mrs. Lou Verzal, who was
AVWC president in 1949, was
summoned to Omaha to receive
the award. Other officers dur
ing the campaign last year
were: Mrs. Marceilus Schaaf,
vice-president; Mrs. F. J. Man
cuso, recording secretary; Mrs
Roy Dickerson, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Robert Gaylor,
treasurer.
Meanwhile, new officers
have been installed and they
hope to push construction dur
ing 1950. They are: Mrs. Ed
Humpal, president; Mrs. Don
Carroll, vice - president; Mrs.
G. E. Gonderinger, correspond
ing secretary; Mrs. E. C. Mc
Kay, recording secretary; Mrs.
Charles E. Chace, treasurer.
Extraordinary features of
the AVWC is the fact there are
only 14 members. All are wives
of service veterans.
‘‘Build a Better Community”
competition was divided into
classes according to size of the
clubs.
Lexington was presentee
first prize among group A
clubs, those with more than 150
members. First prize in group
B, clubs of 51 to 150 members,
went to Howells. Honorable
mention in class B was award
ed Valley, Columbus and Gor
don.
Atkinson was first in class C,
clubs of up to 50 members.
Honorable mention went to
Stromsburg, Milligan and Ith
aca.
Final awards in the na
tionwide contest will be
made at the general federa
tion convention in Boston,
Mass., on June 1.
A spokesman for the Atkin
son group said Monday the 14
members are hopeful of win
ning national recognition for
their accomplishments. At
least, they’re going to try!
Four Atkinson women at
tended the state convention
last week. Besides Mrs Verzal,
who received the award in be
half of the AVWC, were Mrs.
Dickerson, Mrs. Donald Davis,
and Mrs. Chace.
Meanwhile, a new site for
the Atkinson Memorial hospi- I
tal has been selected.
At a recent meeting of the
hospital committee, a site on
State street, just 4 blocks from
the main square of Atkinson,
was selected as the building
site. The location is now city
owned and was recommended
to the committee by the hospi
tal site committee. The group
voted to accept the recom
mendation of the committee.
The location is legally de
scribed as block 37 of Kimball
and Blairs addition to Atkin
son. It will provide a readily
accessible building place and is
located on a street which is
blacktopped and is the main
street into the city from the
east. It will be only 2 blocks
west of highway 20.
Ground-breaking ceremonies
are being outlined now, and
more news will be announced
shortly.
Mrs. W. H. Hasbroock, of
West Point, was elevated from
vice-president to president at
the close of the annual conven
tion.
M’EACHEN DIES;
HEART VICTIM
ATKINSON— James A. Mc
Eaohen, 55, of Lincoln, former
chairman of the state liquor
commission and former Lin
coln businessman, died of a
heart attack Thursday night at
his ranch northwest of Atkin
son.
He was appointed to the li
quor commission in 1935 and
served 10 years In Lincoln he
had been president and part
ner of the Pegler - McEachen
company, wholesale grocers,
now Pegler & Co.
Mr. McEachen had come to
Atkinson from his home at
1704 Dakota, Lincoln, to look
after his agricultural interests.
Mr. McEachen was born
June 12, 1894, in Cuming coun
ty, the son of Robert A. and
Adelaide Burke McEachen. He
was educated at Wayne high
school, Wayne State Teachers’
college and the University of
Nebraska where he was a
member of Delta Chi fraterni
ty. He married Edna C Pegler
in Lincoln on August 15, 1923.
From 1916 to 1921 ha farm
ed at Wayne. In 1921 he join
ed the First National bank at
Randolph where he was
caahier from 1922 to 192.*,. He
entered the wholesale grocery
business in Lincoln in 1926.
Mr. McEachen was a mem
ber of the first liquor commis
sion when it began to function
in 1935. He served until 1945
He was appointed chairman for
a two-year term beginning in
1937 and was serving as chair
man immediately prior to leav
ing the board. He was elected
president of the National Con
ference of State Liquor admin
istrators in 1944.
During World War I he serv
ed in the army signal corps at
Ft. Logan. Colo., and in the of
ficers training corps at Louis
ville, Ky. He was a 32d degrea
Mason.
Survivors include: Widow:
sons—James A., jr., a medical
student at Western Reserve
university, Cleveland, O., and
Edmund, a law student at th«
University of Michigan, Ana
Arbor.
Mrs. McEachen is the daugh
ter of Mrs. E. A Pegler, of Lin
coln, and sister of Don Pegler,
new president of Pegler Sc C<x
Funeral services were held
at 3:30 p m. Saturday at West
minster Presbyterian church.
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