POLK'S
KEARNEY
(BUFFALO COUNTY, NEB.)
CITY DIRECTORY
1952
Including Buffalo County
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private
Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Build-
ings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete
Street and Avenue Guide, and Much Information
of a Miscellaneous Character; also a
BUYERS' GUIDE
and a Complete
Classified Business Directory
FOR DETAILED CONTENTS SEE GENERAL INDEX
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R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers
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Copyright 1952, by R. L. Polk & Co.
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GENERAL INDEX
Page Abbreviations .......................... 20
Alphabetical List of Names ............. 21
Divided in this on-line edition: Apartment Buildings .................... 222
| A-B | C-D |E-F-G | H-I-J | K-L |
| M-N-O | P-Q-R | S | T-U-V-W-Y-Z |
Banks .................................. 225
Board of Education ..................... 18
Buildings--Office and Public ........... 226
Bus and Coach Lines .................... 227
Buyers' Guide .......preceding Classified
Cemeteries ............................. 227
Churches ............................... 227
City Government ........................ 17
City Offices ........................... 42
Classified Business Directory .......... 221
Clergymen .............................. 228
Clubs .................................. 229
Convents ............................... 232
County Directory ....................... 257
Divided in this on-line edition: County Government ...................... 18
| A-F | G-L | M-R | S-Z |
County Offices.......................... 45
Courts.................................. 19
Fire Department......................... 18
Government Offices ..................... 64
Halls................................... 237
Homes and Asylums ...................... 238
Hospitals and Dispensaries ............. 238
Hotels ................................. 238
Libraries .............................. 241
Miscellaneous Information .............. 17
Newspapers ............................. 244
Organizations........................... 244
Parks and Playgrounds .................. 246
Police Department....................... 18
Post Office ............................ 19
Railroads .............................. 248
Schools-Parochial ...................... 250
Schools-Public ......................... 250
Schools and Colleges ................... 250
State Offices .......................... 137
Street and Avenue Guide ................ 157
U. S. Government ....................... 19
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE
SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
Page Anderson Funeral Home..back cover, left side lines and 13
Barlow Robt T. ........................back cover, and 12
Barney W W & Son ......................front cover and 2
Baxter & Brink .................... left top lines and 10
Bierman's Auto Electric
................front cover, right side lines and 3
Bissell Venetian Blind Mfg & Service
.............................right side lines and 27
Boasen & Divan........................................ 17
Bodinson Hardware................. right top lines and 14
Bowen-Mullowney Co. .................................. 25
Bower Funeral Home .. front cover, right top lines and 14
Campbell R C "Bob" ................................... 2
Carlson Harold E ..................right top lines and 17
Chicago Lumber Co.......................back cover and 20
Eck's Paint & Glass Store............................. 22
Electric Service Engineering Co.....left top lines and 11
Epperson Sheet Metal Works............................ 15
Fairmont Foods Co..................................... 11
Farmers Insurance Group............................... 18
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn right side lines and 19
Fort Kearney Hotel. .................................. 16
Fort Kearney National Bank. .......... front cover and 8
Harvey's "66" Service ................................ 5
Hasty Jesse L......................................... 10
Henry Hotels Co....................................... 16
Hilberg Arth L. ...................................... 24
Hotel Fort Kearney ................................... 16
Hotel Midway ......................................... 16
Hub Printing Co........................... bottom half A
Jensen's "66" Service ........... right side lines and 5
Johnson Robert L. .....back cover, left side lines and 13
Joy-Lynn Flowers & Gifts ............................. 12
Kaufman J E ............................back cover and 10
Kearney Buick Co...................................... 5
Kearney Daily Hub..................................... A
Kearney Floral & Nursery Co.........left top lines and 12
Kearney Hardware Co.................left top lines and 14
Kearney Hub Publishing Co............................. A
Kearney Ice & Cold Storage Co......................... 17
Kearney Land & Mortgage Co The
........................ right side lines, 18 and 25
Kearney Laundry & Zoric Cleaners...................... 9
Kearney Locker & Storage ............................. 13
Kearney Plumbing & Heating Co
.............................. back cover, 15 and 23
Kearney Roofing Co.................................... 26
Kearney Trailer Sales................................. 27
Kearney Upholstery..................left top lines and 27
Knispel & Weed Construction Co.....left side lines and 11
L & W Service Center..............right side lines and 3
Lederman Jack Parts Co................................ 5
Lucas L S & Sons...................right top lines and 24
Lund Oil Co.........................left top lines and 6
M & M Construction Co................. front cover and 11
Mattson I A "Ding" ................right top lines and 22
McMahon Bros Plumbing & Heating Co..... back cover and 23
Meyer Motor Co. ....................left top lines and 6
Midway Hotel.......................................... 16
Nebraska Crib & Silo Co............................... 9
Nebraska Irrigation Engineering Co.................... 19
Nebraska State Teachers College... right top lines and 9
Nielsen Chevrolet Co.................. front cover and 4
Nielsen Vance A. .... front cover, right top lines and 14
Peterson Motor Co...................left top lines and 6
Platte Valley State Bank............... back cover and 8
Polk's Bank Directory................................. 7
Schlupe Carl R. ...................................... 22
Spahr Machine & Mfg Co.............left side lines and 21
Spohn Oil Co......................right side lines and 5
Stark Glen Paint & Glass Store........................ 22
State Farm Insurance Companies. ...................... 18
Tollefsen & Elliott Lumber Co......... front cover and 20
Treadway's Central Typewriter Co...... front cover and 21
VanSickle Glass & Paint Co............................ 23
Webster's ............................................ 4
Weed Frank G.......................................... 26
Wittera Anthony C. .............. right side lines and 2
Worley C R Monuments.............. right top lines and 21
Yellow Cab Co.......................... back cover and 26
Zimmerman Printing Co..............right top lines and 24
INTRODUCTION
R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of more than 750 city, county, state and national Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1952 edition of the Kearney City Directory, which also includes Buffalo County.
Confidence in the growth of Kearney's industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Kearney to the world.
The enviable position occupied by R. L. POLK & CO.'S Directories in the estimation of the public throughout the country, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Kearney Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city and county.Six Major Departments The six major departments are arranged in the following order:--
THE MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT, pages 13 to 19, on white paper, presents lists of city, county and federal officials; post office Directory; statistical review; historical sketch; and manufacturing, trade and civic surveys.
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 21 to 156, on white paper. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Kearney, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 157 to 190. In this section the numbered streets are arranged in numerical order, followed by the named streets in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes, the designation of the population of each house and the designation of homes and places of business having telephones.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and separately paged from 1 to 28, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Kearney. The advertisements are Indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a progressive community like Kearney, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 221 to 255, on white paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common Intermediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.
THE BUFFALO COUNTY DIRECTORY extends from page 257 to page 287, on white paper.Community Publicity
The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the community, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a manufacturing site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of .the Directory In Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of Kearney and Buffalo County.
The Kearney Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Kearney City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Kearney Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 600 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.
The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.
R. L. POLK & CO.,
Publishers.
KEARNEY
(Courtesy Kearney Chamber of Commerce)
Statistical Review Form of Government--City manager.
Population-12,115 (1950 U. S. Census).
Area--4 square miles.
Altitude--2,146 feet above sea level.
Rainfall--26.3 inches (1951).
Parks--4, with total of 35 acres.
Assessed Valuation--$11,090,145.
Bonded Debt--$387,000.
Financial Data--1 national bank, 1 state bank, 1 trust company
and 1 federal savings and loan association, with total deposits
of $10,206,618, and total resources of $10,760,432.
Postal Receipts--$125,781.30 (calendar year 1951,).
Telephones in Service--3,810.
Churches--22, representing all principal denominations.
Newspapers--Kearney Daily Hub (evening, except Sunday);
daily circulation average, 6,183.
Radio Stations-KGFW, operating on a frequency of
1,340 kc. 17 hours daily.
Hotels--4, with total of 285 rooms.
Railroads--2; Union Pacific (main line); Burlington.
Amusements--2 theatres, 1 drive-in theatre, 5 playgrounds,
swimming pool, golf course.
State Institutions--3: Nebraska State Teachers College, with
6 buildings, 60 instructors, and enrolling 2,000 students
annually; State Training School for Boys, with 11 buildings;
602 acres, 63 employees, and accommodating 210 boys; State
Tuberculosis Hospital, with 7 buildings, 38 acres, 145 employees,
and accommodating 200 patients.
Hospitals--1, with 150 beds. Also State Tuberculosis Hospital and
3 homes for aged and invalids.
Education--City schools include 1 senior high, 1 Junior high,
1 vocational arts, 1 mechanical trades, 6 elementary,
2 parochial schools, and 1 nursery school. Enrollment
in public schools, 1,986; in parochial, 200. Teachers
and employees: Public schools, 110; parochial, 6.
Highways--U. S. 30 (Lincoln Highway); State 10 and 44.
Libraries--1 public, 1 college and 6 school, with total
of 76,578 volumes.
Trade Area--Retail area has radius of approximately 40 miles,
with population of more than 50,000.
City Statistics--Total street mileage, 71, with 20.7 miles
paved, Miles of gas mains, 38.5. Number of water meters, 3,011;
light meters, 3,915; gas meters, 3,200. Daily average pumpage
of water works (municipal), 1,146,169 gallons; miles of mains, 36.64;
value of plant and system, $500,000. Fire department has 4
paid men and 50 volunteers, with 1 station and 7 pieces of motor
equipment. Including rural truck, 2 iron lungs and disaster
unit. Police department has 12 men, with 1 station. Police
two-way radio operated on county and state frequency. City
offices and police and fire departments are housed in new
City building costing $100,000.
General Review Kearney is a community with a history that every resident may view with pride. From the strenuous days of old Fort Kearney, down to the present day, when more than 12,000 inhabitants claim the city as their own, Kearney has built for itself an enduring niche in the history of Nebraska and Buffalo County.
As a protection to the thousands of emigrants traveling the Oregon and Overland trails from the early 1830's to the completion of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1869, Fort Kearney was established in May, 1848, and garrisoned with U. S. troops until its abandonment in 1873. The Burlington Railroad was completed to Kearney in 1872, and the town was incorporated in 1873.
The present citizens of Kearney owe much to the sturdy pioneers of those early days. The spirit of the West, the accomplishment of results regardless of obstacles, was forcibly illustrated in the founding and incorporation of the city. The optimism of the pioneers, like the prairies about them, seemed without limit, and their faith in the ultimate success of their plans was unbounded.
Today Kearney is a thriving city, known as one of the most beautiful along the Lincoln Highway. Its citizens show a civic spirit and consciousness manifested in extensive improvements; in miles of wide, paved streets; in well-kept lawns and beautiful homes. Kearney is a community with all the advantages a city can offer and with the distinct advantages of a wholesome countryside.
Kearney's geographical location and transportation facilities make it an attractive point for distribution. Interested parties are urged to contact the Kearney Chamber of Commerce for detailed Information.
Due to its geographical location and its splendid distribution facilities, Kearney is the home of numerous commercial representatives covering Nebraska and surrounding states for many of the leading manufacturing and jobbing institutions of the U. S. Local organizations of the United Commercial Travelers and Travelers Protective Association are maintained.
The city is the location of one of central Nebraska's leading agricultural exhibits--the annual Buffalo County Fair. This is one of the largest county fairs in Nebraska.
Kearney has an abundance of electric power and an adequate natural gas supply at favorable rates. It is served daily by the Overland-Greyhound and the American bus lines, operating buses from coast to coast. Other bus service to points south and north. This city is on the Lincoln Highway-Federal No. 30--and on State Highways 10 and 44, and on the old Oregon Trail.
Kearney has, in connection with its public schools, a complete vocational agricultural department. A director devotes full time to this work, using a fully-equipped arts building for the training of more than 100 vocational boys each year.
Two excellent athletic parks are maintained by the Teachers College and High School, with regulation football and track facilities. The former has a seating capacity of 2,000, and the latter, 750. The latest-type lighting equipment provides for night football and other activities.
Nebraska's Most Beautiful Park Harmon Playfield, with 20 acres, in the northwestern part of the city, has a $50,000 swimming pool and pavilion; the largest rock garden in the state, with trickling streams of sparkling water; two lighted baseball fields for both hard ball and soft ball; eight tennis courts; lighted croquet and roque courts; shuffle and checker boards; lighted horse-shoe pitching courts; a large model playground, with the latest types of equipment; a wading pool for children; shelter houses; a spacious and attractive "sonotorium," with sound equipment of the latest improved type; formal flower gardens and lily ponds; ample room for all picnic parties, with plenty of clean tables and plenty of shade.
Kearney Country Club Kearney has one of the finest country clubs in Nebraska. Located just northwest of the city. 18-hole, sporty, grass and sand green course. Two lakes adjoining. Spacious and modern club house. Full-time professional. Visitors always welcome.
Other Features Kearney has one of the most beautiful drives on the Lincoln Highway--Watson Boulevard--with its double row of large trees on either side for more than a mile. The Lincoln Highway is paved from coast to coast.
The city enjoys the most cordial, cooperative and neighborly relations with those who reside in the surrounding territory--whether on the farm or in the neighboring towns and cities.
Kearney is located on the Platte River. For hundreds of miles along this river and for several miles on either side, at a depth of only a few feet, there is an underground stream which is authoritively said to be inexhaustible and which supplies the water for pump irrigation throughout the valley in central Nebraska. Any industrial concern requiring an unlimited supply of water should investigate this favorable condition which exists at Kearney. An attractive, wide, paved bridge spans the Platte just south of Kearney on State Highway No. 10. Nebraska's finest gravel and sand comes from numerous pits along the Platte in this locality.
Kearney and Buffalo County have a plentiful supply of skilled and semi-skilled labor. A full-time State and Federal employment office is maintained in the city. Buffalo County labor had an enviable war-time record for skill, integrity and application to duty. This same high quality of labor is available for private industry.
A FEW FACTS ABOUT BUFFALO COUNTY BUFFALO COUNTY--
Has a population of 25,134 (1950 U. S. Census).
Has 2,042 farms averaging 292.7 acres each.
Has 1,200 irrigation wells on 52,672 acres.
Farms average 292.7 acres each.
Has 800 miles of graveled roads.
Has 80 miles of paved roads.
Produced 66,600 tons of alfalfa in 1951.
Produced 5,041,690 bushels of corn in 1951.
Produced 933,980 bushels of wheat in 1951.
Produced 11,360 bushels of grain sorghum crops in 1951.
Produced 104,620 bushels of barley in 1951.
Produced 701,220 bushels of oats in 1951.
Produced 24,830 bushels of rye in 1951.
Has 9,000 acres under ditch irrigation.
Has 900 head of pure-bred sires.
Has organized noxious weed control district--all agricultural real estate.
Produced approximately 75,000 tons of sugar beets in a recent year.
Has 555 farmers cooperating with Buffalo-Ravenna Soil Conservation District,
representing 131,820 acres (as of Dec. 31,1951).
Has an active farm bureau employing seven full-time workers.
Has one of the largest agricultural exhibits and county fairs in the state.
Has 651 4-H Club members of 71 separate clubs.
Has 963 rural women enrolled in 50 home demonstration clubs.
Produced 148,500 bushes of early potatoes of superior quality in 1951.
Has three schools employing full-time instructors in vocational agriculture.
Has a rural electrification project .serving 1,600 homes, 480 irrigation pumps
and 100 school districts and churches.
Agriculture is as diversified as the State of Nebraska,
from intensive truck crop production to small-scale cattle ranching.
