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NO ONE FACTORY EVER WINS A PENNANT; BACK OF EVERY SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCE IS THE EXPERIENCE OF THE OLD-TIMERS, INTER-WEAVING THROUGH ALL THE FACTORIES A COMMON KNOWLEDGE OF SUGAR-MAKING THAT MAKES FOR THE COMMON PROGRESS IN THE GREAT WESTERN SUGAR COMPANY. •• DAVE ROACH •• . .,... 1 1Pd ,r~ /~~ LOVELL'S NEW LANDMARK Time was, in the early 1920's, when the Lovell factory worked under the dubious collective name of "Midget Kewpie Coffee Grinder Runt Infant Baby of the Outfit." But look at her now! The views here show Lovell's new bulk sugar storage bins breaking the skyline almost like the Big Horns on the completion of slip-form concrete work on June 15. These are the same "tall boy" type of bins already at Love­ land, Longmont and Fort Morgan with a height of about 185 feet and a capacity of about 500,000 bags of sugar. No longer runty at all, Lovell also boasts a twin-scroll automatic diffuser installed last summer and worked last campaign for an average daily slice of nearly 1800 tons and a record day of 2138 tons. That's about 100 percent better than the best day of 996 tons during the Midget Kew pie's Pen­ nant-winning campaign of 1922-23-a campaign, incidentally, of only 35 days. • Photos by Andy Enevoldsen. SIGNS OF SUMMER by Leslie J. Welch Signs of summer are all around us now. The kiddies have already felt the thrill that comes with the last day of school. Everyday several barefooted boys pass our window with their poles over their shoulders, lunches under their arms and their minds far ahead of their scurrying feet. They are trekking to that shady nook along the old creek bank, known only to "the gang." It surely brings back the memories of days spent in carefree child­ hood by the old pond, throwing rocks at the bull frogs, and grabbing vainly for the wiggling pollywog. It also reminds us that vacation time for the older kids is close at published hand. Already plans are being worked out for the big event. Whether the vacation takes you to the busy East or to the scenic by West; or if it consists only of a few trips close to home, make it a real holiday and The Great Wes tern Sugar Company don't let a thing in the world remind you that you are grown up. -The Sugar Press: May, 1926 for These brief but poignant lines were set down by Les Welch in one of his first Great Western Men and Women columns as associate editor at Mitchell. He went on to write many other irJ,teresting and entertaining pieces for The Sugar Press, but none quite so captivating as this MAY, JUNE & JULY, 1962 pastel. Les, who was later sales manager, now operates his own sugar brokerage firm in St. Louis. T~J:CEl TO::t...,:D T ..8..::t...,ElS FEOJ::va::: 3 Operating Department ... ROBERT E. MUNROE G. R. ENEVOLDSEN DAN E. CONWELL from superintendent at Ovid from superintendent at Lovell from assistant at Loveland to assistant to vice president to superintendent at Ovid to superintendent at Lovell Auditing Department ... 0. P. DITTMAN ROBERT A. WITMER CHARLES LAUTENBACH retires as assistant to auditor from accounting supervisor from cashier at Billings with 46 years of service. to assistant to the auditor to accounting supervisor J. GERALD KISLER GEORGE R. GIBSON CHARLES B. MERRITT from cashier at Greeley from cashier at Windsor from General Office tax staff to c.ashier at Billings to cashier at Greeley to cashier at Windsor 4 PROMOTIONS and TRANSFERS ■ Operating Department: ■ Auditing Department: • J. Gerald Kisler, cashier at Greeley, was advanced in the same position to the Bil­ • Robert E. Munroe, superintendent at • 0. P. Dittman, assistant to the auditor, lings factory. Ovid, was appointed assistant to Vice Pres­ retires in August with 46 years of contin­ Jerry first worked for GW at Johnstown dent Lloyd T. Jensen on the operating uous service in the various sections of the in 1926 and again at Lyman in 1928, staff at the General Office. A graduate of Accounting Department. both places as assistant storekeeper. He Colorado School of Mines, Bob joined Ditt joined GW in 1916 as construction began his continuous service in 1933 as an Great Western in 1949 as a student as­ storekeeper at Lovell. After a tour of duty assistant storekeeper at Billings and moved sistant chemist at Windsor. He became an in the Marines, he returned to the ac­ in 1934 to Brush as timekeeper. In 1939 assistant chemist in 1950 at Loveland and counting staff at the General Office. he came to the General Office accounting moved to Johnstown in 1951. In 1925, he was appointed cashier at staff. The same year he was named chief Johnstown, then under construction; and In 1942, Jerry was appointed cashier at Lyman; he was sent to Ovid in 1943, to chemist at Johnstown and in 1953 he was in 1926 at Lyman, also under construction. Sterling in 1946, and to Greeley in 1952. superintendent at the Process Development In 1927, he came back to the General Of­ He is the son of John G. Kisler, an Lab at Loveland. Moving to the operating fice staff. He was appointed assistant to early-day Great Westerner who retired as side, he was named an assistant superin­ the auditor in 1937. treasurer and now lives in Greeley. tendent at Loveland in 1956 and at Johns­ A baseball player of note, Ditt played town in 1957. Upon his promotion to su­ for the Denver Bears in 1910 and was one perintendent, Bob was assigned first to of the playing organizers of semi-pro clubs • George R. Gibson, cashier at Windsor, Greeley in 1957 and then to Ovid in 1959. in the North Platte Valley. He also played was transferred in the same position to the on Great Western teams and in recent Greeley factory. years represented the Company in spon­ George joined Great Western in 1930 soring teams for youngsters in the Denver at the Windsor office. He was sent to .. Old Timers League. His "GW Sugars" in Wheatland in 1938 as a timekeeper and - ➔- 1959 won the city title and took second then to Longmont in 1940 in the same job. in the state tournament. In 1946, George was promoted to acting After an extended trip, Mr. and Mrs. cashier at Wheatland and named cashier • G. R. Enevoldsen, superintendent at Dittman will make their home at Seal there in 1947. The next year, he was ap­ Lovell, was transferred to Ovid in the same Beach, near Los Angeles. pointed cashier at Windsor. position. Andy first worked campaigns at Gering in 1928 and began his continuous .. • Charles B. Merritt, tax accountant at career there in 1937 as an assistant chemist. ➔- the General Office, was appointed cashier He was transferred to Billings in 1937 - at the Windsor factory. • Robert A. Witmer, accounting supervisor, in the same job and became a student was appointed assistant to the auditor at Chuck joined Great Western in 1951 foreman there in 1946. Upon his promo­ the General Office. as a store bookkeeper at the General Office. tion to assistant superintendent, he was Bob joined GW in 1928 as a side record In 1952, he was sent out as a timekeeper sent to Lovell in 1947, to Gering in 1949, clerk at the General Office. He was sent to the Sterling factory, and in 1955, he and to Billings in 1952. He was promoted out as a timekeeper at Minatare in 1935 was returned to the General Office to to superintendent at Lovell in 1955. and then to Windsor in 1936. He returned join the staff of the Tax Department. to the General Office accounting staff in 1942 and became head bookkeeper in 1943. ., In 1948, Bob was promoted to traveling ■ In the Chemical Department: auditor and held that position until 1951, - when he was appointed accounting super­ • Russell W. Dilley, chief chemist at Bay­ visor. ard, was appointed to the same position at Gering. • Dan E. Conwell, assistant superintendent • James D. Dalbey, chief chemist at at Longmont, was appointed superintendent .. Sterling, was appointed to the same position at Lovell. - at Bayard. A graduate of the University of Denver, • Charles J. Lautenbach, cashier at Bil­ • Paul H. Pumphrey, assistant chemist at Dan joined GW in 1946 as a draftsman in lings, was appointed accounting supervisor Scottsbluff, was promoted to chief chemist the Engineering Department at the General at the General Office. at Sterling. Office. He became a traveling engineer in A graduate of the University of Colo­ Northern Colorado in 1949, a buyer in rado, Chuck joined GW in 1947 as a the Purchasing Department in 1950, and timekeeper at Ovid and then at Fort Col­ ■ In the Agricultural Department: returned to his post as traveling engineer lins. He came to the General Office ac­ in 1952. counting staff in 1952 and in 1953 be­ • Robert N. Sanborn, fieldman at Mitch­ Moving to the operating side, Dan was came head bookkeeper. ell, was appointed assistant manager at named an assistant superintendent at Love­ Scottsbluff and Gering. In 1954, Chuck was appointed cashier He succeeds Donald S. Redabaugh, who land in 1960 and then at Longmont in at Sterling and in 1959 he was transferred was transferred to the Windsor district 1961. to the Billings factory. field staff. Mechanical Department ... C. M. IVERSON RAY BROWN C. W. HINES retires as master mechanic at retires as master mechanic at retires as master mechanic at Loveland with 40 years' service Sterling with 47 years' service Bayard with 33 years' service KERMIT W.

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