SlJGAR PRESS

Published Quarterly by the Employees of the Great WesteJ·n Sugar Company Winter quat•te•· 1949

When the big snow h i t the G1·eat Western Rail1cay - a scene (' a s t of I~ovelancl.

Billings Wins Pennant- Four Factories Honored Among the Personnel- Beet Outlook Improves The beet sugar industry assures a sound future for many a west­ ern youngster- and his parents can add to that security by pur­ chasing bonds on the Payroll Savings Plan. The Sugar Press PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE EMPLOYEES OF THE GREAT WESTERN SUGAR COMPANY DENVER, COLORADO

VoL. XXXIII WINTER QuAR'f.ER-1949 NuMBER

Improved Outlook For Beet Acreage ROSPECTS for restoring normal beet acreage in G-\V territory have substantially improved over the past quarter. As our last issue P went to press there was uncertainty as to how much sugar would be available in 1949 under the sugar act. Large industrial consumers wanted a very large consumptive re­ quirement- 7,940,000 tons. This was more than a million tons too much in the opinion of domestic sugar farmers and processors. They recom­ mended 6,900,000 tons. . On December 23, the Secretary of Agriculture announced 7,250,000 tons, which was closer to the farmer-processor recommendation than that sugge~t~-d by the large industrial consumers. That the Secretary recog­ nized_the. difficulties which had beset domestic sugar producers was made clear in the following statement by the Depa1'tment of Agriculture: "Sugar prices declined during 1!148 while costs of production, proc­ essing and transportation generally increased. Current prices are some­ what below the relative levels indicated in the Sugar Act as a considera­ tion in determining sugar requirements. In fact they are below $8.40 per hundred pounds, which was the price prevailing when price control was discontinued. In view of the reduction in stocks, however, it is expected that the demand for quota sugar will improve substantially and that the announced determination will achieve the objective set forth in the Sugar Act of providing a supply of sugar for the year at prices which will not be excessive to consumers and which will fairly and equitably maintain and protect the welfare of the domestic sugar industry.'' Sugar economists described the announcement as "definitely bull­ ish.'' The raw market immediately took a firmer tone and all refined prices advanced 25 cents per 100 pounds. T was now evident that growers would receive substantially more money for their 1948 beets than many had anticipated and that the I outlook for 1949 was very encouraging. On January 28 the Company paid farmers nearly 2 million dollars as a first additional payment on 1948 beets. Each farmer received a letter analyzing the improved situation in which occurred the statement: ''The Company is backing with hard cash its confidence in sugar price prospects by making this substantial addi­ tional payment on the 1948 beet crop. On the basis of sales made at the sugar price which was in effect just before the recent price advance, and with the continuance of similar market conditions for all of the 1948 sugar, the final net return might be expected to range around $6.50 a hundred.'' It thus appeared that Colorado-Nebraska-Wheatland farmers, on the foregoing basis, might finally receive $12.50 per ton for 1948 beets testing (Continued on page 5) 4 THE SuGAR PREss Billings Wins 1948 G-W Pennant Windsor second and Brush third in race 1narked by fine improvement in operating efficiency. By SIDNEY J. OSBORN, General Chemist ITH the winner would have to be considerably return of better than those of recent years. Bil­ W the 1 9 4 8 lings was third in the first period and p e n n a n t to the crowded Brush out of second place in Banana Belt after the second period. a lapse of 9 year3, In the third period Billings closed we hail the new up Windsor's margin to ·only .06, and pennant winner, after the engineers and auditors had Billin6s. Billings their fling, Billings outdistanced Wind­ has deservedly sor by a margin of .31 in the final g a i n e d the top standings. A favorable coal correction honor by its oper­ was of considerable assistance at this ating r e c o r d of time. the past cam­ Billings showed a well-rounded per­ paign. formance, with its principal earnings This is the third in dried pulp production, coal con­ S. ]. Osborn pennant won by sumption, losses and molasses purity. the Billings or­ Even without its credit for dried pulp ganization, the previous two having production, an item which enters into been gained by the high records for the pennant calculation at only one the campaigns of 1938 and 1939. Only other factory, Billings would still have Windsor and Fort Morgan have now won the pennant by a narrow margin. won more pennants than Billings, which shares the achievement of three INDSOR, if denied another pen­ pennants with Brush and Gering. nant to add to its long string, Although Billings' final margin of W maintained second place by a victory was decisive, this was due to margin of only .02 over Brush. Wind­ a remarkably strong finish, and up to sor has attained the remarkable rec­ the last period it was trailing the re­ ord of placing in one of the three top doubtable champions, Windsor and positions for each of the last eight Brush. campaigns consecutively. The conte-t was close, especially as it Brush, the other familiar contender was realized that the 1948 pennant for top honors, maintained its recent

Improvement FINAL PENNANT RATING 1948 over 1948 1947 1947 1. Billings ...... 101.01 100.28 .73 2. Windsor ...... 100.70 100.40 .30 3. Brush ...... 100.68 100.46 .22 4. Longmont ...... 100.42 99.76 .66 5. Scottsbluff ...... 100.19 99.56 .63 6. Loveland ...... 100.16 99.30 .86 7. Greeley ...... *100.11 98.94 1.17 8. Lovell ...... 100.04 99.72 .32 9. Sterling ...... 99.99 100.10 -.11 10. Brighton ...... 99.95 99.59 .36 11. Fort Collins ...... t 99.92 97.80 2.12 12. Eaton ...... 99.82 99.64 .18 13. Ovid ...... * 99.72 98.11 1.61 14. Mitchell ...... * 99.60 98.25 1.35 15. Gering ...... 99.49 98.62 .87 16. Bayard ...... 98.73 98.18 .55 17. Lyman ...... 98.42 96.99 1.43 18. Fort Morgan ...... 96.90 96.18 .72 * 1 Point Above Last Year and At Least 99. t Greatest Improvement and At Least 99.75. VVxNTER (?uARTER--1949 5 good record by holding third place against threats from Greeley, Long­ mont and Scottsbluff. PICTURES OF BILLINGS However praiseworthy may be the PENNANT WINNERS achievements of the winners, the suc­ cess of the Company's operations does not depend on the efforts of a few fac­ tories, but is directly related to the Appear performance of the factories as a On Next whole. Last fall in a series of meetings with Four Pages the operating organizations of each factory, Mr. Kemp and Mr. Roach pic­ tured some of the difficulties confront­ ing the Company, among them the fall­ ing year as to exhibit a real conquest ing off in operating efficiency in recent of previous difficulties. years. This challenge was accepted in HESE supplementary awards had good spirit and was valiantly met. two features. First of all, an ex­ Whatever may have been the reasons T tra day's vacation was granted to for the slump, occasioned in some de­ the permanent operating organization gree by unfavorable field conditions of the factory which showed the great­ and a difficult labor problem, it is grat­ est improvement in pennant rating in ifying that the old time operating effi­ 1948 and at the same time achieved a ciency of the Company is returning, mark of at least 99 .75. Fort Collins, and the management has already ex­ with a final pennant standing of 99.92 pressed its appreciation to several fac­ and an improvement in pennant stand­ tory groups. ing of over two full points, won this For those statistically inclined, it award. may be noted that the slicing perform­ It was also stated that dinners would ance of all factories, which had bogged be tendered by the management to the down into the low nineties during the factory organizations whose record last four years, in the 1948 campaign showed an improvement of one point increased in one year from 94.8 to 100.6 or more in pennant 'rating, provided per cent of standard. Eight of the that the final figure was at least 99. eighteen operating factories attained a Four factories qualified in this cate­ pennant rating of over 100 and four gory: Fort Collins, Greeley, Ovid and others exceeded 99.75. The average Mitchell. pennant rating of all factories im­ These four dinner meetings have re­ proved from the 1947 average of 99.03, cently been held, at which the execu­ the low point of all pennant history, to tives have expressed their deep appre­ 99.77 in 1948. ciation of the records made and have At the beginning of the campaign a evinced confidence in improving condi­ new feature was set up as an adjunct tions in the beet sugar industry gen­ to the pennant plan. This was aimed erally. to give recognition to factories which Certainly the operating crews will might not be good enough to win one not be behind in showing that only a of the three top positions, but which start has been made in regaining and might nevertheless show such improve­ even surpassing our former operating ment in a single year over the preced- efficiency.

IMPROVED OUTLOOK FOR BEET ACREAGE (Continued from pages; 16 per cent and over $11.50 for 15 per cent beets, while a prospect of $13 per ton was justified in the Billings-Lovell area. Such returns would be only about 10 per cent below the all-time high prices for beets O'Uaranteed by the government in 1947- which would be a lower p rcentage decline from 1947 prices than for many standard farm crops. By the end of November, 1948, prices of major crops such as wheat, oats, corn, barley, beans and alfalfa had declined 25 to 40 per cent as compared with the same date the previous year, and as we went to press the rate of decline had accelerated - with prices of some crops dropping the full limit allowed in any one day on the exchanges. (Continued on page 17) 6 THE SuGAR PR Ess BILLINGS CHAMPIO·NS - 1948

SUPERVISORY Standing: P. H. Marsh, J. T. Davis, William Jensen. Sitting: R. L. Kim­ mons, C. S. Scott.

SUGAR BOILERS Standing: E.]. Schindler, J. Burk­ hardt, F. R. Cashner, ]. R. Hanna. Sitting: V. Lindell, D. A. Brown, B. Lin­ dell.

DUMP CREW Standing: C. Al­ brandt, C. · Eckhardt, H. J. Lapp. Sitting: H. E. Hud­ dleston, G. Bastoni.

STEFFEN FOREMEN E . W. Kyger, C. Olsen. W. N . Humphrey. WINTER QuARTER-1949 7 BILLINGS CHAMPIONS- 1948

OFFICE FORCE S tan ding : M. C. L i s t, 0. W. Bal­ trusch, E . C. Dicker­ son, J. Wagner, P. 0 . Brush. Sitting: S. ] . Lew­ is, T. English, .J . H. Hyde.

ASST. MASTER MECHANICS, HEAD PIPE FITTER, SHOP FOREMAN, CHIEF ELECTRICIAN Standing : H. B. Pippin, R. ]. Leon­ ard, G. A. Mitchell, W. B. Black. Sitting: F. A. Bor­ zych, W. E. O'Dell.

STENOGRAPHERS Standing : Mary Marler, Clarice Flan­ ders. S i t t i n g : Helen Ryan, Janet Garland.

ASSISTANT SUPERIN­ TENDENTS G. C. Fosgate, S. E. Childers, V. C. Anderson. 8 THE SuGAR PREss BILLINGS CHAMPIONS- 1948

BEET END GROUP Standing: E. Kai­ ser, C. Bracken, W. Griffith, E. Bittner, J. Ruff, M. Heiser, C. A. Whitaker. Sitting: P. A. Wax, William Bly, R. Da­ ' H. Durnback, E. Spalinger.

SUGAR END GROUP Standing: R. W . LaSeur, W. S. Wil­ son, F. W. Lohstret­ er, R. Burrows, C. L. Clark. Sitting: P . E. Tet­ ers, M. J. Kimble, M. W . Morton, T . W. Miller.

MECHANICS Standing: W. S. Barkley, A. Brown, L. Holou­ bek, R. Olsen, E. M i ttlestadt. Sitting: P. Par­ L. A. Ros­ L. E. 0'-

AGRICULTURAL DEPT. Standing: R. Rose­ berry, R. B. Millice, R. K. Riddell, C. F. Mann, V. Schwartz, G. H. Alva. Sitting : T. W. Mullowney, B. A. Nelson, C. R. John­ son, D. L. Jackman, L. R. Mondt. ,.I

VVINTER (?UARTER--1949 9 BILLINGS CHAMPIONS- 1948

BOILER HOUSE FOREMEN W. P. Smith, J. McGrady, C. H. Rie­ ker.

PULP DRYER R. D i m m i t t, A. Bittner, j. C. Graham.

WATCHMEN C. R. Fulk, A. S c h r e i b e r, A. W. Clark. 10 TH E SuGAR PREss Four Factories Win Honor Banquets HE fine spirit of Great Western higher wages and reduced volume, re­ factory organizations was demon­ sulting from the smallest beet acreage T strated in the 1948 campaign by in years. This challenge was met in outstanding gains in effectiveness of the best G-W tradition. operation. In addition to the customary honors Plain talk in teJl pre-campaign meet­ to pennant winners, recognition was ings had given every employee a full given to factories which, though not at sense of the need for restoring pre­ the top of the list, showed the great­ war efficiency in order to meet the est improvement over the previous triple-threat problems of rising costs, year. The best improver, which had

Honoring the Fort Collins organization for gains in efficiency, at Hotel Armstrong, Fort Collins, January 19. Top picture, speakers' table, left to right: C. H. Criswell, W. W. Chris­ tinck, Frank A. Kemp, R. L. Colwell, A. A. Clark and R. L . Partridge. Middle photo, lower left, part of the speakers' table. Lower right, Dorrance Morris. At near tables, right: Charles Cochran, Obert Onstad, Joe Kittle, Emil Rue and Oscar Wetzler. Behind them: S. J. Osborn, Sam Moore and J. A. Bair. At rear, from extreme left: Ray Dar­ nell, Henry Michaud, Otto Nieder, Bill Thompson, Ed Niehaus, Howard Brooks, Ernest Taylor, Lloyd Daniels, Henry Meyer, William Arnst, Charles Lautenbach, Riley Harris, Jesse Stewart and Charles Foos. Bottom picture, front row, left to right : Lynn Pitcher, Elmer Facer, Felix Michaud and Dorance Morris. Behind them: Harry Harding, Phil Kern, Gabriel Dienes, Derald Whiting, Jack Eastman, V. H. Babbitt and Joe Moore. Back row: Bob Moore, Jack Henderson, Byron Rooker, John Rasmussen, Glen Schaeffer, Lennie Michael, John Sunderland, Hugh Dey, Irwin Johnson, J . R. Mason. Alfred Williams, Byron Albert, Dale Bushnell and Elmer Peterson. WINTER Q ARTER-1949 11

Celebrating Ovid's increased efficiency at the Sugar Cafe, Ovid, January 20. Upper, around tables, left to right: L. E. Henry, J. E. Stokes, D. G. Redman, E. A. Greathouse, Sam Scott, Phillip Mollendor, Raymond Seeber and Ed Schaffer. The speaker, center, is D. J. Roach, flanked by H. L. Hartburg, left, and A. A. Clark. The lower left group includes Mott Cannon, E. E. Whittier, Eugene De Manche, B. L. Whiteside, A. P. Fox, Delbert Lay, Robert Clary, F. L. Alexander and G. W. Atkinson. Lower right, Ed Niehaus and J. R. Mason.-Photos by Jim Rinn. to score at least 99.75 to qualify, was Pennant Rating In­ to receive an extra day's vacation and 1947 1948 crease an honorary banquet, while similar Fort Collins 97.80 99.92 2.12% banquets were to be given any factory Ovid ------··-·-·--·-··· 98.11 99.72 1.61% group with an improvement of one Mitchell ----····---­ 98.25 99.60 1.35% point or more, provided the final stand­ Greeley ------·--- 98.94 100.11 1.17% ing was at least 99. In recognition of these achievements Fort Collins came out ahead in this banquets were tendered the Fort Col­ category, while Greeley, Ovid and lins organization at the Armstrong Mitchell qualified in the second-men­ hotel January 19, the Ovid group at the tioned improvement classification. Sugar Cafe at Ovid January 20, the Here's how the gains were made: Mitchell group at the G-W Hotel, 12 THE SuGAR PREss

There's some duplication in these pictures of the banquet January 27 celebrating Mitchell's fine record, but we couldn't unscramble them without using a centrifugal. Upper picture, near side: Gordon Rudolph, H. W. Hooper, George Rienks, J. S. Ankeny and D. J. Roach; across table: E. A. Chirrick, Harold Black, S. G. Hooper and A. A. Clark, with Ed Niehaus at the end. Second table, backs to camera: Herald Curtis, Lee Stewart, E. S. Flickinger, E. W. Hunnicutt, F. A. Wood, M. V. Rogers and B. W. Morrison; back row: W. W. Dodd, H. D. Hanson, John Weitzel, E. L. Tangeman, L. G. Witham and C. S. Scott. Lower picture, near side, left to right: Walter Vermeline, Clarence Nasi, JohnS. Sherman, Gordon Rudolph, H. W. Hooper, George Rienks and J. S. Ankeny; second row: J. H. Richard, Eugene Kenyon, L. L. Hays, E. A. Chirrick, Harold Black; back table, near side: C. E. Hirsch, C. B. Towse, C. W. Way, E. W. Todd, Herald Curtis, Lee Stewart; far side: P. H. McMaster, A. V. Tangeman, Stanley Brozee, Carl Case and Ed Haddie. Mitchell, January 27, and the Greeley tion, average daily company slicing group at the Greeley Country Club, was 561 tons higher than in 1947. Slic­ January 31. ing efficiency was 100.4 per cent of President Frank A. Kemp was the standard, an increase of 5.9 per cent principal speaker at the Fort Collins over the previous year. The back­ and Greeley meetings, and Executive ground against which this improve­ Vice President D. J. Roach at the Ovid ment had been made was recalled in and Mitchell celebrations. Vice Presi­ the slump from 101.5 per cent in 1941 dent and General Superintendent A. A. to only 94.5 per cent in 1947. The Clark and Assistant Vice President E. come-back was good. As Mr. Kemp put R. Niehaus, Jr., attended all the meet­ it, "This was a remarkable improve­ ings. In each instance the local dis­ ment, and the entire organization is to trict operating and engineering execu­ be congratulated on the fine job done." tives were present. The average pennant rating for all The speakers pointed out that in factories in 1948 was 99.77 per cent 1948, with one less factory in opera- as compared with 99.03 per cent in Celebrating Greeley's gains in sugar-making, January 31 at the Greeley Country Club. Top, left to right: A. A. Clark, Frank A. Kemp, C. T. Carney, E. R. Niehaus, C. H. Criswell, Art Dimmitt and Les Hibler. Middle pictures, left table: Art and Les again, then Fred Brothers, George Heiser, Wellington Ferrell, V. L. Donahue, Grover Nihiser, Ted Sadek, W. A. Lloyd, Marius Conrad­ son, A. R. Rickert, Ted Stevens and R. V. Stanton. Small group at right: Herb Lackey, Layton Brumley, Fred Lindberg, James Luman, Claude Mains and Calvin Smith. That's Sidney Osborn in the foreground. Lower left: V. H. Babbitt, A. R. Barr, Allen Gordon, William Bruce, Howard Rienks, Fred Law, Elmer Anderson, John Edmiston and 0. C. Brumley. Right, rear to front: Don Morris, William Feland, Harry Smith, William Long, Robert Bresnahan, Henry Hoff, Harry Miller, Ted Burrous, Dan Moore, Charles Lutes and Vernon Harsh. 1947. In every category - slicing, and it must be done as economically as losses, coal consumption, number of possible. operating men used, and quality of The speakers cited the tremendous sugar produced, the 1948 operation increase in normal maintenance costs excelled that of 1947. for the period March 1, 1948 to Febru­ ITH deserved congratulations ary 28, 1949, compared with costs for for this accomplishment, the the period March 1, 1940 to February W speakers emphasized that it 28, 1941. For the four factories under must be regarded as a step toward discussion, estimated costs had in­ further goals in view of objectives creased as follows: Greeley 148 per which must be attained. cent, Fort Collins 102 per cent, Ovid First, all factories must be put back 95 per cent and Mitchell 162 per cent. into top mechanical condition for a Some of the increased cost elements much longer campaign than last year, affecting maintenance in all G-W fac- 14 THE SuGAR PREss tories were mentioned, comparing closing factories, reducing personnel 1940 with 1949 - wages up 68 per cent, and discontinuing many of our present copper and brass products up 100 per activities." Reduced intercampaign cent, fabricated steel products up 150 crews was one of the inevitable results per cent, lumber up 165 per cent and of reduced volume, it was explained. intercampaign coal up 89 per cent. But in facing these facts realisti­ To quote Mr. Roach, "This constantly cally, it was fortunate, the speakers increased maintenance cost makes it said, that some very favorable devel­ more and more difficult to justify the opments could also be recognized with continued operation of all the facto­ the same realism. They closed the ries." Then, in asking "what are we meetings with analysis of improved going to do about it?" he suggested sugar markets following the announce­ some of the answers. ment by the government of the 1949 "We can do only that work that is consumption estimate. They explained necessary to put the factory in good why beet growers will get more for operating condition for next campaign their 1948 crop than earlier views had and not do anything that does not anticipated, and why the prospect for need to be done. We can make sure sugar beets in 1949 is very encourag­ by careful planning and intelligent in­ ing, particularly in view of sugar pros­ terest in our job that every man-hour pects compared with declining trends paid for gives the greatest possible re­ in general farm prices. turn in productive accomplishment. These developments, treated more "We can conserve material by only fully elsewhere in this issue, are facts using new material when second-hand which should be widely known. For or used material is not available or every G-W employee to familiarize will not do the job. We can be careful himself thoroughly with them, and to to save whenever possible. We might avail himself of every opportunity to surprise ourselves on how much could inform farmers and businessmen of be saved on our maintenance costs by his community-such activity can be a completely cooperative effort on the of real influence in restoring normal part of everyone of us along the lines beet acreage, it was emphasized. I have suggested." "Our main hope," concluded Mr. Second, discussing the objectives of Kemp, "must be in ourselves, in the 1949, a normal beet acreage is of vital ability of the Company organization importance. The speakers pointed out itself. We must reduce costs in all that production from all Great Western categories, labor, materials and over­ beet factories in the campaign just head, and we must get a normal beet closed was 5,0·015,345 bags, as compared acreage. Personally I have confidence with 8,860,610 bags in 1947 and a five­ that the fine Great Western organiza­ year average of 8,130,212 bags for the tion will meet the challenge, and I period 1938-1942 inclusive. think the magnificent performance of "Our company is an eight-million­ these factory groups and of the other bag-plus outfit and we cannot run very factory groups during the past cam­ long at a five-million-bag clip without paign indicates that such confidence is cutting ourselves down to that size by justified."

Worst Drifts in History of G-W Railway By V. V. HARTMAN, Loveland HE Great Western Railway was and the procedure repeated. By this put completely out of commission process the line was finally opened to T from January 1 to the 8th by the Johnstown, Milliken, Longmont and snow storms and drifts. Unable to se­ Windsor. At the present writing, Jan­ cure a rotary snow plow owing to their uary 20, huge drifts hardened by some demand by other railroads, the accom­ melting and freezing, require blasting to aid a wedge plow four miles east of panying pictures show the method Eaton. Several times the engines and adopted in the first drift from four to plow were off the track and slow prog­ eight feet deep east of Loveland. Three ress is being made. Great Western engines in tandem plowed the drifts Railway officials will record the De­ making a few feet at a time, backed cember-January storms as by far the up, snow removed. from the engines worst in the history of the railway. VVINTER (2uARTER--1949 15

Fighting snow east of Loveland on the Great Western Railway-and note the bare part of the field in the upper left picture, typical of how the snow drifted in many areas.-Phqtos by Skeets Calvin, Greeley. 16 THE SuGAR PREss The Challenge of Safety Off the Job By FRANK A. KEMP, JR. HE recent Braking Distances on Various Road sudden and Surfaces at 20 m.p.h.- T tragic deaths Car requires 26 feet to stop of two of Great Concrete on wet concrete. Western's most Car requires 21 feet to stop loyal and able em­ Pavement { ployees has quick­ on dry concrete. ly brought to mind With no chains car stops in that there are con­ Packed 69 feet. stant perils an d Snow { With chains on rear wheels dangers f a c i n g car stops in 40 feet. each and everyone of us while we are With natural rubber tires a way f r o m o u r and no chains, 169 feet is work and engaged required to stop a car. in community ac­ With synthetic rubber tires Glare and no chai-ns, 197 feet tivities, s p o r t s , Ice ~ traveling., or mere­ is required to stop a car. ly taking part in With chains on the rear Frank A. Kemp, Jr. the home life. ( wheels, 88 feet is re­ Most of the people who read the quired to stop a car. Sugar Press have an automobile and OST of the accidents that occur use it constantly as a means of trans­ during the winter are caused by portation to and from work and also ....._M bad surface conditions of the drive a good deal during the hours roads and poor visibility. The follow­ away from the job. All know what a ing is a list of rules that should make murderer the automobile has become your driving safer: in America. In 1947, 32,500 people 1. Get the "feel" of the road before were killed and 1,365,000 were injured you start out. in traffic accidents. 2. Adjust speed to road, weather, The chief cause of this appalling and traffic. number of fatalities and injuries is speeding. Speeding is intentional. Other traffic violations can often be blamed on mechanical failure of the Ten Co·mmandments of a automobile, ignorance, lack of skill, or Safe Worker apathy, but speeding is quite clearly a Reading Time: 1 Minute deliberate action. The only antidote to 1. Keep in top physical condi­ speeding is the simplest safety meas­ tion. ure of all- thoughtfulness. 2. Handle all tools and mate­ A universal determination to resist rial with care. the temptation of fast driving would have saved nearly 10,000 lives. It 3. Use safeguards provided for would have spared a quarter of a mil­ specific jobs. lion persons the anguish of broken 4. Report all unsafe conditions bodies. In all driving, the urge to get to the foreman. · to the destination in a hurry should be 5. Report all injuries immedi­ tempered with consideration for the ately. other fellow and for ourselves in case 6. Always keep your mind on that excessive speed should cause an your job. accident. Because of the severe winter 7. Always be cooperative and weather most of the G-W territory has promote good team work. been having it might be well to review 8. If you don't know, ask the some of the winter driving facts re­ foreman how to do the job cently made public by the National safely. Safety Council. A chart of braking dis­ 9. Be a good housekeeper; keep tances for a car traveling at 20 miles your place clean. per hour under various winter condi­ 10. Always be on the lookout for tions shows clearly how dangerous fire hazards. roads become when ·covered with snow ftlld ice. WINTER QuARTER-1949 17

3. Use tire chains on ice and snow. 4. Keep windshield and windows "THERE'S A LOT ABOUT BOOBY clear. 5. Pump your brakes on snow or ice. Don't lock wheels. 6. Follow at a safe distance. It takes three to twelve times more distance to stop on s,now and ice. Winter brings about other conditions which are very dangerous besides those that affect the driving of an automobile. Furnaces are going full blast during the cold spells and the heating units should be constantly checked for leaky flues which permit gas to escape. And coal furnaces that have cracked walls which allow flame and hot air to escape are a constant source of fire and explosion. Nearly every day we read stories of people's homes being gutted by fires caused by faulty heating, cooking, and lighting equipment. ' Accidents i'n the home take a heavy toll of lives and cause many serious eating also fill many funeral parlors injuries. Some of these are caused by and hospital wards. the following: falling on slippery ' or By these brief examples it is con­ icy walks, falling down stairs, falling clusively clear that the sugar man from ladders or from furniture, trip­ must be as conscious of safety at home ping over obstacles in a dark room, as he is at the mill. And in addition, burns from carelessness in the kitchen, during a week of the intercampaign the taking of improper medicines, period he is 'in the factory some 40 strains from overexertion and over- hours and off the job 128.

IMPROVED OUTLOOK FOR BEET ACREAGE (Continued from page 5) LL in all, the beet prospect is good and there is a general feeling throughout the territory that the small acreage last year was very A unfortunate from every angle. ''Beet money'' was missed. Al­ though the price per ton is turning out favorably, the total volume was disappointing. In the Longmont district, for example, the amount of money in local channels of trade was reduced by more than llh million dollars, compared with the previous year. This is typical of other com­ munities. To make these favorable trends well known presents a real opportu­ nity to every member of the G-W organization. Letters have been sent to growers, statements and advertisements have appeared in the press; our executives have made many talks to farm and business groups and to factory personnel. This is all to the good, but more can and must be done. Good news sooner or later makes itself known, but to make it known immediately to every farmer and businessman is not only doing him a real service, but is vitally important to the economic welfare of every member of the G-W organization, because normal acreage must be restored to assure the vol­ ume of beets required for satisfactory operation. It is not a job for the field forces alone. Each of us is in the for­ tunate position of a salesman who has a very superior commodity to sell. If the facts are well known in our communities, a big beet crop is assured. Let's get the job done! 18 THE SucAR PREss

at designing packages. DENVER Mildred Sword has been making the EVERYBODY, Associate Editor trip to and from Brighton daily despite LOISE Whitmer of Washington, the hazardous condition of the high­ D. C., is working temporarily as way. E comptometer operator on sixth We extend our sympathy to Mr. and floor. Mrs. C. J. Packer in the loss of Mrs. A Denver County pioneer passed Packer's brother, to Lois Wansted in away December 13 at the age of 100. the loss of her grandfather, and to Mrs. Veronica Damascio was the Mary Lou Haskell in the loss of her mother-in-law of Horace Palladino. grandfather. Colds and flu have been taking their If you want to know what DD's or usual winter toll, Mary Darby, George M's or PF's are, get in touch with Kuempel, Roy Jensen and Corinne Ol­ Mr. J. H. Burris. sen to mention a few. George Stillman says his son must We are glad to hear Mrs. Hugh Cook have a broken arm judging from the is much better after a severe illness. lack of correspondence. Jeffery is in The $64.00 question-How to pay Memphis, Tennessee, studying avia­ for the Christmas presents? Looks like tion electronics at the naval training a run on the Credit Union. center. The bowling league is a little over How come Bert Cope cabled Buddy the halfway mark and as we go to to say hello to his grandchildren? press the following are the leaders: At this writing, F. G. Holmes, labor Teams: 1. Research, 2. Mavericks commissioner, is in the south inter­ and sixth floor tied for second place viewing labor agents preparatory to with the other five teams close up. spring business. He expects to return Individual Averages: 1. Anderson about February 10. 178, 2. Roush 169, 3. C. H. Philips 161. Messrs. Soots and Jarrell have .again High Single Game: 1. Poth 246, 2. gone to Texas, where they will super­ F. E. Phillips 243, 3. Iverson and Davis vise recruitment of labor in their re­ tied with 241. spective territories for our various Hig,h Individual Series: -1. Hanscom factory districts. 661, 2. Scilley 635, 3. Anderson 624. Roy Cliff escaped the extreme cold Attention Credit Union: Hot tip for by traveling south to Texas for Christ­ new loan customer- AI Whitaker­ mas. The weather down and back was · reason!-he saw the 1949 Chevrolet. mild enough and the Cliffs didn't en­ Clara Belle Chalfant is a new addi­ counter snow till they hit Denver again. tion to the stenographic room. Roy said the trip was perfect and at Our correspondents for this issue in­ Christmas time he had it all over city clude Velma Woodhams, W. T. Scilley, folks for getting a Christmas tree. Roy Mary Lou Haskell, Merial Ricker, John stepped out the back door of his rela­ R. McAnally, C. C. Hanscom, Frank tive's house and chopped one down to Weick, Marie McGinnis, Walt Schrei­ his liking-for free and a little exer­ ber and R. J. Brown. ci Cyclone" that the insurance claim WINTER QuARTER-1949 19

a house. There are three or four en­ gineers left who'd like to make that switcheroo, but haven't been able to swing it yet. B. B. Buffum, inventor, strategist, and glutamic expert, will now be in the home recording game. His recent purchase has wire recording and Mrs. Buffum will now be able to play back a few promises Buff might make. Tony Fiasco offers three easy les­ sons on bow to grow a good mustache as a reward for the finding of his me­ chanical drafting pencil, green in color. Doane Watson will not visit "Cab­ bage Patch" till spring, or better. Snow weasels are all rented out and heli­ coptors are too expensive. The "cab­ bage" will have to go on freezing with­ out "Watts." George Pfeiff had a siege of illness that kept him out for over a week but he was back on the job with zesto. Grandpaw Hill (Don, that is) with young The noon-time bridge club still con­ Donald Lynn Raymond, born Oct. 11, the venes-Fiasco, Wilson, Tom Kinney, son of Mr. and Mrs. ]. L. Raymond. She Jack Powell, Buffum, Iverson and, was formerly Sally Hill. amongst these six, they keep four seats bidding. Y our correspondent pans some pay dirt. butted in one day, seeking sympathy We extend a hearty welcome to for the females, and asked if anyone 'Valter Mandl, who has joined the En­ believed in clubs for women. Iverson gineering staff recently. Mr. Mandl said, "Yes, if kindness fails." journeyed here with his family, Mrs. Wayne Argabrite has purchased a Mandl and two small boys, all the way war surplus 16 mm. gun camera, which from Turkey, where Walt spent 14 he plans to convert to a home movie years in the beet sugar industry on camera. Noteworthy and commend­ the drawing board and in the factory able. Home hobbyists and camera fans both. Walt was born and educated in take note. Austria. Howard Hooker has been up in the John Barnes turns to color photog­ snow as much as possible and trying raphy. John spent Christmas firing 35 to avoid sitzmarks as much as pos­ mm. at his little son, Scotty. Scotty's sible. Well, Sal om, Gelandsprung and complaint was that he got "plumb Track to you, Howie, for being able tuckered out" trying to strike a pose to get out of bed these cold, snowy and play with his new train at the Sunday mornings. The rest of us en­ same time. Technicolor Barnes went joy the exercise of "Mind over Mat­ even further and collaborated with tress." John Wilson in spraying their own Fred Baty's second daughter, Vir­ Christmas trees, whom the latter had ginia Louise, was married to Sherman on brilliant display at "Open House." L. Jones January 8, at the South Broad­ The Wilsons served eggnog from a way Christian Church. huge silver bowl, and tasty bits on Ernie Stabenow was taken ill Janu­ open plates. ary 20, and was in St. Luke's hospital Marie Bredehorst went caroling at as these notes were written. Yuletide and Noel was just fine, but Frank Kemp, Jr., went to Dallas, a bonfire would have been better. It Texas, over New Year's to witness the was too all-fired cold, and even St. Cotton Bowl game. A friend of Frank's Nick drove in on a drum of anti-freeze. from Oregon University played in the Dan Conwell and f a m i l y finally game. " moved into their new home, and just Gus Schmidt was recently visited made it before Christmas by virtue of by his son Charles and wife, Phyllis, late hours of hard work. Ask Dan. who braved the snow drifts in coming Harry Ward bought a house and we from their home in Hollywood, Cali­ think he got settled about Jan. 15. fornia. Charles said he found Denver That's the most wonderful change a to be the same "home town" he had man can make-- from an apartment to known it to be during his early years 20 THE SuGAR PREss here. Reseigh, C 1 a r k Evan Kugler, and Delores Stanton has replaced Lydia Thomas Nixon Burns. Manning in the Railway office. Delores Recently, an impromptu birthday says she feels right at home in Den­ celebration was held in the Purchas­ ver's cold and snowy weather, having ing stenographers' room for Evelyn formerly lived at Royal Oak, Michi­ Capillupo, turned 21. In case you gan. She was employed there by the should wonder as to the owners of the Detroit Edison Company, a public voices blending in the five-part har­ utility firm. monious rendition of "Happy Birth­ Since the last writing, trips through day," we present: Jack Frost, tenor; the East have been made by Messrs. Bob English, baritone; Dick Hudson, Cottingham and Petitt of the Purchas­ alto; Cliff Reseigh, bass; and Duane ing Department. Miller, you name it. Don Cossack The Sugar Press of Autumn, 1947, Choir, please take notice! carried the following in regard to ad­ Duane Miller is now a member of ditions to Purchasing Department fam­ the National Guard Infantry band. He ilies: born 8-22-47, Laura Lee Kugler; is a trombone tooter with a corporal's born 8-31-47, David Norton Reseigh; rating. Understand he has two stripes born 9-19-47, D'Ann Burns; and born stencilled on the trombone with room 10-5-47, Jan Kathryn Schreiber. To fo·r three more. bring you up to date, we present pic­ Vacationers since the last writing tures of the kiddies at the age of one have included: Ray L up ton, who year. toasted his tootsies by the fire while The stork has completed operation we battled the snow to make it to ye "Wa-a-a, I want my vittles" at the olde office; Evelyn Capillupo, who Clifford Resigh, Bill Kugler, and Tom went to Wyoming over the Holidays; Burns households. Offsprings, all male, Betty Hanks, another stay-at-home; have been tabbed Michael Chapman and Jane Spence, who spent two weeks in Florida. Jane and her son David had quite a time at the annual yacht regatta at St. Petersburg. Jack Frost, (not a winter weather fan) has spent quite some time (we're not sure on which part of him) ice skating with his sons. Incidentally, we are proud to report that Jack is very active in boy scout work. At pres­ ent, he is committeeman and counselor for Troop 10. Jack has been able to handle courts of honor, patrol and pack meetings, and counselings, but he's not sure whether the 10-mile hikes are putting him in shape or out of com­ mission. Lois Vander Ploeg's husband has taken on the responsibility of super­ vising operation of a doughnut shop. It seems the shop was running in the hole and needed help to get it back in the dough. Understand Dave Roemer has given up the cigarette habit. Dave likes to have you know that he hasn't spent a cent on smokes since November 1st, but we hear that if all the sticks of gum Dave has chewed since that date were laid end to end, they'd reach from here to the Camel factory at Winston-Salem. Here's how four of our 1947 babies looked Barbara Grotberg became secretary in 1948: upper, Laura Lee Kugler, left, and David Norton Reseigh; lower, D' Ann Burns to Mr. Niehaus upon the departure of and Jan Kathryn Schreiber. What's more, all Helene Schwab January 28. Miss of them, except Jan Kathryn Schreiber, got Schwab is soon to be married to Harry new little brothers in 1948. When asked to comment on the situation, Jan said it was S. Raub of Denver, an automotive en­ due to circumstances beyond her control. gineer and technician. VVINTER (?uARTER--1949 21

and drop in often to see us. Harvey Lammel succeeded· Frank Ricker as petty cashier. Harvey came to us in 1947, after several years' ex­ perience with Morey Mercantile Com­ pany at Greeley and Scottsbluff.

General Office Now Has Credit Union By JOHN L. FELLOWS HE first annual meeting of The Great Western Sugar Company T Employees Federal Credit Union was held Friday afternoon, January 28th, in the 5th floor Accounting room. The purposes of the meeting were the George and Alice Reynolds want all their G-W friends to know how much they are en­ reports of officers and committees, elec­ joying their new RCA-Victor radio-phono­ tion of officers and discussion of plans graph. for the future. Sixty-six members were present for the meeting. The election of officers was held first Jack Maynard was in Montana con­ with the following being elected: board ducting feeder tours as these notes of directors . (for 1 year) : Carl Crist, were written. Ruth Jobush and C. H. Philips; (for Maj. Robert F. Hemphill was in 2 years) Ed Rebhan and John Fel­ Rhodes at this writing as legal advisor lows; credit committee (for 1 year): on the staff of Ralph J. Buuche, medi­ Fred Anderson 'and Marie McGinnis; ator in the Israel-Egypt situation. His (for 2 years) Ed Niehaus; supervisory wife, the former Betty Roach, is visit­ committee (for 1 year): Allan Ogilvy; ing the senior Hemphills in Omaha, (for 2 years) Walter Schreiber and with her two children Bobby and Vir­ Barbara Grotberg. ginia. Maj. Hemphill, as a military The directors' report covered the observer for United Nations, arrived in bond for the treasurer and officers, Palestine just before the assassination safeguards for loans by loan insurance of Count Bernadotte and subsequently on borrowers covering death and total went over to Dr. Buncl1e's staff. disability, use of the deposit office and Lyman and Patricia Andrews are the future expansion. The treasurer living at 833 Fillmore Street, Denver 6. reported on the financial status both The children are in Stevens school, at the end of the fiscal year and at the Lyman, Jr., in the 5th grade and Diana date of the meeting. There are now in the 6th. 99 members and the total deposits Maj. Gen. Orlando Ward, Bert amount to $1600. It is hoped that ex­ Ward's brother, had lunch with some pansions may be started during the of the G-W men at the Oxford Jan. 31. year. General Ward, who has been in Korea The credit committee reported that about two and one-half years, was en 9 loans had been made to date averag­ route to Washington. ing $96 each. The supervisory commit­ Cecil and Grayce Doherty have tee reported that the quarterly audit moved into their new home in Cedar showed the books in balance and that Lane off West 28th Avenue. all rules have been complied with. Frank H. Ricker, who has graced the In new business, it was decided that General office with his friendliness and the deposit office would be open only good cheer for approximately 33 years, on Tuesday and Friday noons and also retired on November 30, 1948 to enjoy on the 5th and 6th of each mouth. It a well earned rest. Frank had served was also suggested that information the company well in many capacities, regarding the Credit Union be distrib­ first as sugar sales statistician, as a uted to help spread the benefits as sales contact man and in recent years widely as possible. as petty cashier. His knowledge of The Credit Union held its first or­ banks and banking procedure, obtained ganization meeting on September 8, while associated with a St. Louis bank 1948, under the sponsorship of C. H. prior to coming with G-W, was valu­ Philips, Berneas Kennedy, John Fel­ able to the company. Good luck, Frank, lows, Allan Ogilvy, E. R. Niehaus, 22 THE SuGAR PREss

Blanche Fish, Fred Anderson and Bar­ Dutch Pryor has done a magnificent bara Grotberg. At this meeting appli­ job with the crane in keeping the cation was made for a federal charter. boiler-house, dormitory and main of­ Officers were elected to operate the fice supplied with pit coal. As we go Credit Union until the first annual to press, the sugar road (GWRR) is meeting. The charter was approved on within 4 miles of Eaton with some of October 26, 1948, and the operation of the worst drifts yet to be opened. The Great Western Sugar Company Agricultural Superintendent Elmer Employees Federal Credit Union was Anderson IS vacationing in Florida open for business. The growth as as we go to press. shown by the reports indicates the in­ Andy and Lola Tinn spent the holi­ terest taken in the few weeks of actual days in California and were fortunate operation. enough to get to observe the Tourna­ The board of directors requests that ment of Roses and the Rose Bowl all members and potential members game on New Year's day; however, feel free to ask for information or to they had the misfortune of being make criticism. stranded in Logan, Utah, for a few When you need money, think first of days on account of the storm. your Credit Union! Our deepest sympathies are ex­ tended to Paul Smith whose father recently passed away in California, EATON and to Mrs. Victor Beets whose mother RIO Not Grande, Associate Editor recently died in Ft. Collins. NOT HER Campaign under the Ike Enwall is now driving the Ply­ belt, the usual reports and mouth formerly owned by George Cum­ A whatnot having been completed, ley, retired assistant superintendent we have finally settled down to the at Eaton. Morris Schoonover has taken normal intercampaign swing. over the ownership of Ike's Chev. Several of the crew were marooned Snoops and strolls around the prem­ and unable to make it to work for a ises reveal: couple of days on account of the re­ Supt. Steve Force and Master Me­ cent storm. The general conclusions chanic Walt Brossman making final drawn were that this is the heck of preparations for the annual trip to a time of year to take a vacation. Denver on the maintenance list.

January sunshine and shadow at the Eaton factory, as photographed by Supt. S. L. Force. Not shown in this picture 1s Elmer Anderson, who was in Florida at the moment. VVINTER (?uARTER--1949 23

The fieldmen, Garner, Schroeder, Tormey and Butler mapping the dis­ GREELEY trict a1id preparing for a better-than­ HORACE GREELEY, Associate Editor average acreage this year. S we mailed these notes, every­ Walt Hamilton, C. E. Morehead and body was planning on attending Ike Enwall removing the kinks from A the free dinner to be served on the line shaft. January 31, at the Greeley Country Clarence Conway and· Alex Miller Club. This dinner is given by the com­ overhauling the centrifugals. pany to the employees for their fine Ellis Miller and S. D. Stone remov­ performances during the campaign. ing the shimmy from the large granu­ The e~ployees at the Greeley factory lator. were m hopes that we could win one Tom Bateman, Sam Shelburn, and of the first three prizes the company John. Stevens overhauling valves, was offering but we are glad to have cleamng pipe lines and inspecting the finished the campaign over the 100, per pans. cent mark. Harry Kern, Morris Schoonover and The day before the slicing of beets Harold Springer overhauling the water was finished A. R. Barr, assistant su­ pumps. perintendent, slipped and fell while Charles Springer, Roy Biddle and checking the fiumers and pulled a Tuck S 1 o an overhauling the beet muscle loose in his leg. He was off slicers. from work more than two weeks, but Vic Beets, George Walker, Harold has returned and there seem to be no Saxton and Fred Rau cleaning the ill effects from his injury. The daugh­ press frames. ters and granddaughter of Mr. and Bun Matheny firing the summer ??? Mrs. Barr spent the holidays at the boiler. Marion Ring turning down pump home of the Barrs. shafts and rotors. . Mr. and Mrs. Herb Lackey are mak­ Ardie Scofield hoping to finish a mg plans to take a trip to Texas right storeroom inventory. after the first of March. As far as it is John Reis and Lola Tinn batting out known they are intending to visit Mex­ the pay checks. ico and other interesting spots in that Dutch Pryor moving more coal from part of the country. the coal pit. "Bill" Lawrence and V. L. Donahue York Saxton g'iving the thermom­ have really been working over the eters and recorders the once over. presses and hope to eliminate all Ray Ferrell on the beet end motors. trouble that might exist in them be­ The following article is dedicated fore the coming campaign. These boys to one of the local sugar end foremen know where to look for trouble as they who recently entered the chicken busi­ have overhauled the presses several ness and, hearing a strange noise the times in the past years. other night, he thought it came from Wade Lloyd has been working on the chicken house. the evaporators. Wade is keeping a Getting ready for bed, yet still hav­ very close watch on the newspapers to ing on his long underwear, our hero keep up with what is going on in the slips on his house shoes, gets trusty baseball world. shotgun and flashlight, and goes out Ted Sadek has been trying to elimi­ to investigate. He throws open the hen nate some of the drafts that have been house door, kinda squats, pointing gun coming into the factory by installing and flashlight, peering into the hen new window lights and repairing some abode. of the old window frames. Well, you know the seat construc­ Grover Nihiser is controlling the tion of long drawers, they kinda boiler and is keeping a good supply of gapped, and about this time his old heat for office and factory. He has hound dog came over to see what was also been helping with the loading of going on, touched our friend with his molasses which are very thick in this cold nose on the rear and our friend cold weather. killed 27 chickens. On December 24 Mr. and Mrs. Rob­ Since this episode we've had stewed ert Bresnahan and Don Morris left for chicken, fried chicken, chicken a la California, just as our first storm was king, chicken fricassee and still have descending. The outlook for them was a locker full of frozen chicken. not good as the roads were covered The inclosed photo is a sample of with snow then but after some discus­ the snow in this neck of the woods. sion they took off. After leaving Den­ Yours till better fishin'. ~er they found most of the highways 24 THE SUGAR PRESS

When Wes Kendall first put up our "How're We Doin'?" chart we thought the paper was pretty big. However, it wasn't long before Wes had to get a step-ladder to paint on the lines which extended right out the top of the chart and on up the wall! The ten slicing days shown in the photograph are ten pretty darn good days. On election day we didn't do so hot but the results of Truman's win had some effect on the crew and they really sliced beets for a few days. The dark lines are daily slicing and the light lines show the to-date average. Notice the nice curve in the right direction in our to-date slicing. "Bill" Feland and Charles Lutes, Jr., have been keeping the spray gun in high gear painting tanks, centrifugals, sugar scroll, etc. · "Bill" Long, janitor, completed fill­ ing up all of the holes in the driveway just before the first snow fell. Bill has been battling a cold. Clayton Rickert, assistant superin­ tendent, spent the week before Christ­ Wes Kendatl had to get out a step-ladder mas having the wheels balanced and to show how well we were doing. Next year he'll have to use an air-lift. putting some new tires on the Chev. On December 23 Rick and his wife left Greeley to spend the holidays with in good condition and made it without relatives in Wyoming. They had no any trouble. The Bresnahans visited trouble in making the trip both ways relatives while Don entertained a girl in sub-zero temperatures and getting friend. This was Don's first trip and through the highways that had a great he really enjoyed California. On their deal of snow on them. They brought return things were not quite so good back with them so much fresh meat as they had to take a different route in that they had to rent a locker for it. order to miss some of the snowy high­ Calvin Smith recently made the ways. Don had one close call when front sheet of the town newspaper as the cars in front of his car started the weather observer who was snow­ turning crosswise on the highway so bound at his home in Eaton. He had he took to a ditch and avoided an other troubles too. While he was at accident. They arrived in Greeley Jan­ home his wife put him to work clean­ uary 3 to be greeted by our severe ing the apartment. We wonder if he blizzard. wouldn't have preferred his regular Fred Lindberg and "Shorty" Ferrell job. have been checking and repairing vari­ Layton Brumley and Les Hibler have ous pumps throughout the factory. overhauled the laundry machine and Fred missed one day of work nursing are checking and repairing the sugar a cold. Shorty spent a couple of days conveyor to melter when not helping at home treating a pulled muscle in on sugar. his leg. Art Dimmitt and Vernon Harsh are "Pete" Brumley, WWIB Inspector, checking, repairing and repacking r is really kept busy when ten-pound valves. packages are being loaded. Pete has been making repairs to the knife-filing Ted Burrous is cleaning the tubes machine and cossette shoot. in the evaporators and heaters. George Heiser has been building up Conradson, Miller and Hoff have pump shafts and housings and doing been assigned as watchmen during in­ routine work in the shop. George had ter-campaign. to leave the shop the first part of De­ Claude Mains is assisting the chem­ cember to give the boys a lift on the ists, Smith and McCurry, in the lab­ loading of sugar. oratory. He is kept busy washing Don White is polishing and cleaning tubes and dishes that are used in mak­ the gas tubes. ing the bacteria tests and is probably VVINTER (?uARTER--1949 25

getting dishpan hands. his house. Dan Moore has been doing some Fred Brothers has been supervtsmg pipe work and giving the other boys a various jobs through the factory. lift now and then on various jobs in Chester, Ray Gordon and Ray's fam­ the factory. ily spent the holidays with their par­ Most of the personnel were on the ents, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Gordon, who job during the blizzard but a few who live here in Greeley. When Chester live away from town were unable to was returning home he had to shovel get through the high snow drifts. snow from the highway so he could Wes Kendall and wife have left for get through. Texas. The second morning of the big snow, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rienks spent "Bill" Bruce got a phone call advising the Christmas holidays in California against leaving home to go to work. with their two daughters and their There were too many big drifts on families. They came back the south­ 13th street and no dog teams avail­ ern route and arrived in Greeley just able. Bill finally made it by taking the day before the big blizzard. They a different route in the afternoon. claim they came back to Greeley to get wa.rm. "Sunny California," did ·you say? WINDSOR Fred D. Law has spent his vacation C. H. McCURRY and T. H. HYDE, playing housekeeper and nursemaid to Associate Editors Mrs. Law, who underwent a minor op­ UCH! That was a close one­ eration on January 13. Fred has really we mean the race between been strutting his stuff as he became O Brush and Windsor for second a grandfather a few days before place. We wish to extend our heartiest Christmas. His son, Bob, presented congratulations to the Billings organi­ him with a grandson. zation for the manner in which they Ted Stevens has only memories of forged ahead toward the end of cam­ a vacation and tells how hot it was in paign. Grand Island, Nebraska, last summer Jake Wamboldt suffered a very se­ when he came home. Doesn't seem to rious and painful eye injury just a few warm us up much, however. days before the end of campaign when John Edmiston and family spent the hot milk of lime splashed directly holidays in Denver and Pueblo. Over into his eye when he was cleaning a the Christmas holidays they went to plugged pipeline from the pump. We Denver to visit the Roaches, and then are glad to report that he has just they made whoopee with John's fam­ about completely recovered from the ily in Pueblo on New Year's. They, injury. too, arrived in Greeley just in time to Clarence Crosby, storekeeper, was get out the snow shovel and start to taken ill just a couple of days before work digging out. the end of campaign, and was con­ We tried to get George Weber to fined-first to the hospital, and then "fire up" one of the Atheys and clear to his home for several weeks before our factory yard, but didn't talk loud he was able to return to work. T. I. enough, I guess. The Greeley street Robbins, assistant storekeeper at the department could have used all of Fort Collins factory, helped out in the them and to good use. Ask us all. storeroom . during that time; also, Harold Kauffman, pulp weigher, de­ Howard Modlin, campaign storeroom cided to take vacation at the time the man, was held over until Clarence was storm hit, which was a bad idea, as able to take over the duties. we only delivered three loads of pulp Fieldman Tom Baxter is driving a during the first two days of the storm. brand New Ford. The car was sold Dan Bernhardt is the one who had the to him at Douglas, Wyoming, so Tom vacation. Harold had to shovel snow took the train to Douglas and drove at home. the new Ford home. Tom and his fam­ ily vacationed in California during the Joe Mooney has spent most of his holidays, and were delayed by the time lately preparing the maintenance blizzard on their way home. list. Joe is all set for the trip to Den­ Fieldman Beryl Becker did some va­ ver where the list will be well dis­ cationing in Estes Park during the cussed. holidays. If any one wants to know how deep The Great Western Railway experi­ the drifts really got in Greeley, ask C. enced the greatest of difficulties in at­ T. Carney. He can tell you as they tempting to break through the snow were plenty deep in the alley back of and ice that blank'eted the tracks be- 26 THE SUGAR PRESS tween Severance and Eaton after the C. E. Chipman and "Vic" Leffler blizzard in early January. It took more were replacing the pressure gauges than two weeks to clear the 7-mile in the boiler house. stretch between Severance and Eaton. "Cooney" Hoff was shoveling ccal Dynamite was tried on the thick packs into the summer boiler. of snow and ice-but was not very Martin Reed was patching up some successful. Finally the only instru­ holes in the impeller for the battery ments that seemed effective were supply pump and "Bill" Geng, janitor, picks and crowbars. The G-W Rail­ was mopping the floor in manager's road s e r v e s Loveland (where the office. roundhouse is located), Johnstown, Dave Weinmeister was repairing Milliken, Windsor, Eaton, Severance, b r a k e s h o e s for the centrifugal Mead, and Longmont; and goes south clutches. almost to Fort Lupton. Mart Schmode, "Pix" Goodner and Sue Marie Chipman, daughter of Ted Hyde were checking over and J Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Chipman, became discussing the maintenance list for ill while singing in the choir at the Windsor. Windsor Methodist Church on Sun­ Clarence Crosby was on his way to day, January 16, and was rushed to the cashier's office to get the mail. the Weld County Hospital in Greeley George Gibson, Orey Edgar and for an emergency appendectomy. She Willene S t o ll were checking the was recuperating nicely at the latest growers' records and drafts. report. C. H. McCurry was typing some Conrad Hoff, boiler house foreman, Sugar Press notes and cussing the was wearing a very uncomfortable slick roads to the Greeley factory brace to support his head in one posi­ where he is working four days a week. tion for several weeks after cam­ The watchmen- Philip Altergott, paign. It was discovered upon close "Bugs" Jacoby and George Weinmeis­ examination with x-rays etc., that a ter - were at home at the time of vertebra in his neck was fractured course. from an injury by a falling bag while The annual High-Ten banquet for loading sugar during the previous in­ the Windsor district was held at the tercampaign. Northern Hotel in Fort Collins on Jim Gonyou, apprentice fieldman, Tuesday, January 18, at which awards and his wife recently moved to an were presented to the ten highest apartment on east Locust street in growers by AI Watson, local manager, Windsor. and master of ceremonies. J. R. Ma­ On a recent walk about the premises son, Colorado district manager, de­ we noted the following: livered a short talk. Harvey Johnson, George Wilder was circulating sugar of the Beet Sugar Development Foun­ in the bins. dation, commented on the color pic­ Les Miller and Carl Hurich were tures which were taken on a trip overhauling the raw juice pump. through Europe last fall by Phil Smith, "Wib" Potter and "Scotty" Gallo­ director of the Foundation. These way were repairing the control valves color films illustrated some features on the thin juice heaters. of beet production and harvesting I. C. Bressler and E. D. McKim were methods in several European coun­ repairing the agitators in the second tries; fieldman Roy Marsh operated carbonation tanks. the projector for the pictures. "Bob" Sanders was machining some Manager Watson and his corps of parts for the centrifugals. men on the company farm one mile "Bill" Geng was machining a seal south of the factory experienced some ring for the first press pump. real serious difficulties in trying to "Bill" Rutz, Ed H emmerle, "Bob" feed and take care of some 600 head Fritzler, "Mike" Rutz, "Sandy" Strom­ of cattle during the blizzard in early berger and Reiny Berhardt were pack­ January. However, their efforts were aging 30/ 2s and stacking them in the successful and no loss was sustained warehouse. during the severe storm. Philip Scheller and Henry Kaiser Saturday, January 22, we noticed a were repairing the raw juice heaters. number of sugar tramps giving the Floyd Fosdick and Paul Keller were new Chevrolet the once over at the overhauling electric moto-rs. local display room. It may be that "Bill" Taylor and Henry Schimpf some of us who are driving old wrecks were covering the warehouse windows might possibly be driving something to keep the cold air out; and an even better by the time we want to take temperature in. · some vacation in warmer weather. WINTER Qt;ARTER-1949 27

Mr. and Mrs. Mart Schmode were Fieldman Elmer Facer attended the caught in the storm on the highway F. F. A. steak dinner in Denver. between Cheyenne and Torrington, If you have lost out on the latest Wyoming, on the evening of January anecdotes, contact Charlie Cochran. 2, while returning from a new year's Mr. and Mrs. Al. B. Connlly and day visit with friends and relatives daughter C I au d i a are located at at Scottsbluff, Nebraska. They finally Greenville, Mississippi. Mrs. Cannily got to Cheyenne where they were is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John forced to remain for a few days. How­ Rasmussen. ever, they report that tP.ere was hardly Mrs. H. A. McHone enjoyed an ex­ a dull moment, since the football spe­ tended visit with her son-in-law and cial train bearing a group of North­ daughter, Major and Mrs. H. M. Deane we s t e r n University students and and family in Fort Worth. rooters from the Rose Bowl game was James N. Clark, 69, widely known also stranded in Cheyenne; and these here, died on November 19. At the students -with their cheer leaders, time of his death Mr. Clark was as­ acrobats and musicians, really kept the sistant cashier of a local bank and guests at the Plains Hotel entertained from 1908 to 1914 was a member of with their stunts, yells, singing and the G-W organization, having been em­ so on. ployed in the storeroom. Robert Walters, son of Mr. and Mrs. Since The Sugar Press is a quar­ W. E. Walters of Windsor, was mar­ terly, Mr. Ferril advises we avoid such ried to Miss Bernadine Booher at statements as "last weekend." How Nevada, Iowa, her home town, on De­ about "Lost Weekend?" I was certain cember 26. The young couple are liv­ somebody would crack that, weren't ing in ,Windsor where Robert is em­ you? ployed by the Standard Oil Company; Our old friends, Robert B. Jessee, and his wife is teaching at Park School William (Scotty) Thompson and Bud where she has been employed for Schelt, with proper ceremony, were three years. William E. "Billy" Wal­ presented gifts upon occasion of their ters is manager of the company farm retirement on December 31. south of the sugar factory. Bob Jessee entered G-W service here in 1910, on the old cold presses and was made Steffen foreman in 1930 and was such 'at time of retirement. Dur­ FORT COLLINS ing the shut-down here, he served in DOER DYE, Associate Editor Sterling and Fort Morgan. To say that The eager wind whines Bob will be missed around the mill O'er the icythermal lines. in general and the Steffen house in ARKED improvement in operat­ particular, is to put it mild. But he ing efficiency was achieved in will be busy looking after his vested M the campaign of '48 in com­ interests and may fortune favor you, parison with the 1947 record, and R. B. By the way, did anybody ever everybody is happy! find out if Bob really did come from Mrs. William Arnst, hospitalized by Missouri? a fall on the ice, has returned home As you h a v e guessed, "Scotty" and is making satisfactory recovery. Thompson first saw the light of day Howard Brooks guns with varied in Scotland. He came to the United success for cottontails and other deni­ States around 1905 as a herdsman and zens. served in that capacity at the agricul­ Mr. and Mrs. Derald 'Vhiting were tural college here for some twelve among those snowed in near Wheat­ years. He entered G-W service in land. 1917. He was lime kiln foreman until J Graveside rites for Otis E. Rogers, 1937 when he took up the duties of 62, formerly head pipe fitter here for yard foreman and was watchman dur­ many years, were conducted by offi­ ing intercampaign. If good fortune has cers and members of the Fort Collins a lick of sense she will follow Scotty, Elks, of which Mr. Rogers was a Past else look out for her horns. So con­ Exalted Ruler. Mr. Rogers had retired tinue to "look sharp, me lad." some five years ago. Surviving rela­ Bud Schelt began with G-W in Love­ tives include Mrs. Rogers, a son, Ollie land in 190·2 on hot presses and worked K. Rogers, and a grandson, Thad. B. the first campaign in Collins. Bud cut Rogers. Interment was at the Windsor sugar for a number of seasons and cemetery. was entrusted with the duties of cen­ Manager Ralph L. Patridge and trifugal foreman, beginning in 1919, 28 THE SuGAR PREss carrying on in that position until 1948. struck. He too was watchman in inter-cam­ Alex Wagner and R. Galyardt have paign. Bud is an expert with the rod added their names to the payroll. and reel and likes to visit the apple Presentation of awards and general country in the state of Washington. discussion for the good of the order May there be a lot of Rainbows and were on the program at the annual Delicious with a German Brown and a "High Ten" dinner held here recently. Jon a than thrown in now and then. A film depicting the cultivation of the Mr. and Mrs. Emil Rue were stranded sugar beet in Europe was presented in Loveland on their return from a by the Beet Sugar Development Foun­ holiday visit with their daughter and dation. Manager R. L. Partridge acted family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Keating as M.C. and little Cheryl, of Denver. Emil is an Assistant Master Mechanic J o h n old timer in these parts and says he Sunderland traded his Model 1937 Ter­ never saw such a blizzy blizzard in his raplane in on a much later type Chrys­ born days. ler job. Mrs. A. J. Fiolkoski is hospitalized Fred Taylor is confined to his home in Denver at this writing and we are by illness at this writing. He is re­ pleased to report is making satisfac­ cuperating following s e v e r a I days tory progress toward recovery. spent at the hospital. We hope that Cashier Byron Albert was elected to by the time this is in print he will handle the moolah for the local Elks have completely recovered. Lodge. Likewise, Mrs. Byron Rooker Timekeeper Chuck Lautenbach for the Rebekahs. looked over the calves at the Stock Mrs. J. A. Bair visited the sons, Show. Willard and Edward Bair who are stu­ Stenographer Vera Roselieve is an dents at Yale and Brown. Mrs. Bair ice skating fan, together with daughter made the trip by plane. J. A. tested Mary Jane and son Jim. his skill at steak frying in the absence Felix Michaud came to work one of the Mrs. morning recently with a real cud of Assistant Master Mechanic and Mrs. Climax. Anyway, his jaw stuck out Ernest Taylor journeyed to Tucson like this. for a visit with the daughter and hus­ Sam Moore designed a new type of band, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Spoon. union suit for cold weather, but be­ The Spring lamb crop has begun to fore he could put it on the market the arrive at the Jess Stewart acres. Lucky bottom dropped out. thing you have roofs over their heads, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Dey and son Donny Jess. are located at Flint, Michigan. Cholly Cochran, Howard Brooks and Joe Kittel went ice .skating, fell Alex Kling, with the help of Henry down and cracked his looking glass. Meyer and his locomotive crane, fin­ He had it in his pocket. ished rolling the big steel plate for The finished product is moving out. the Loveland boiler feed tank. Jack Eastman and the boys have been Ira Robbins helped on the inventory kept busy at the warehouse. at the Windsor storeroom while Store­ Fort Collins was honored by the keeper Crosby was confined by illness. State 4-H Club dinner held at the Stu­ The Lynn Pitchers were stormbound dent Union, Colorado A. & M. A pro­ from Sunday to Friday, in Cheyenne, gram followed the dinner. Mr. J. R. on their return from Scottsbluff. Mason was M:C. Mr. and Mrs. I. L. (Red) Johnson H. A. McHone was out for a time took in the Skating Vanities show in with an injured shoulder. Denver. Archie Gifford and William Lass Lloyd Daniels crawls out early to had to buck the big snow drifts to get beat the farmers to the pulp silo these to work from the West, as did Charlie mornings. Norman Metcalf is his chief Witte and Gabe Deines from the East. assistant. At the silo we mean. It wouldn't surprise me none if Don Oscar Wetzler, receiving station re­ Morris went into the cleaning, press­ pair crew head, is busy these days ing and altering business. looking over beet dump assets and lia­ Mr. W. H. Eckis, 84, father of Mrs. bilities. Glen Shaffer, died at his home in Den­ Machinest E. C. Petersen was among ver December 29. Mr. Eckis followed those who remained at home rather the carpenter trade and was a long­ than shovel through a twenty-foot time Denver resident. Other than Mrs. snowdrift. Shaffer, he is survived by Mrs. Eckis Fieldman A. R. Williams insulated who is in her 88th year, one son and his house just before the big cold snap two daughters. WINTER QuARTER-1949 29

William E. Thompson and 0 r i n hand at our achievement award din­ Eychner are trudging around in the ner. snow with flashlights, on the watch­ See you in apple blossom time! man assignment. Joe Moore's little grandson says he isn't the type who likes to dry dishes. Must take after his Grandpa .. LOVELAND As s i s tan t Superintendent L. E. V. V. HARTMAN, Associate Editor Michael and Sugar Boiler Glen Shaf­ AMPAIGN closed November 30 fer are making a close-range study of after fifty-one days of operation. the evaporators. C Interest in the performance of Ray Darnell has some good snaps our rejuvenated plant was extremely of his wife shoveling snow. We wanted high and all Pennant reports were one for the S. P., but no go. eagerly scrutinized and digested. A Otto Nieder looks over thermometers disastrous first period could not be and gauges in his spare time. overcome by excellent performance Well, it won't be too long now, un­ the remainder of the Campaign. We til such experts as Bob Moo-re, Cholly finished in sixth place, outside the spe­ Foss and Jim Buckendorf can appeal cial rewards. to the feel of the creel and reel. Another busy and interesting inter­ Wishful thinking department. Harry campaign of remodeling is now in Harding says about all cold weather progress. Major changes include the is good for is . to make a trip to look installation of two new high-pressure over the southern beachnut crop. evaporators, necessitating the rear­ I. H. Drennon is seeing to it that ranging of three old effects. Three A c c o u n t s 201 and 202 don't feel ribbon-type pans, heater changes and slighted. numerot s pipe changes will complete Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Harris and the program of remodeling in the fac­ son of Boulder, and Bob Harris of the tory proper. Ninety-one men are now • I University of Michigan, sojourned with employed on the various jobs. parents here, Mr. and Mrs. Riley Har­ We welcome R. H. Boston, welder ris. from Fort Collins, to assist in our This is off season for sugar boilers work. His experience and ability will but Phil Kern and Jack Henderson be of great help. are kept out of mischief by various Miss Marie Lienert, having com­ jobs which pop up around. pleted her work in the superintend­ 0. 0. Shellman is head pipe thawer. ent's office, has accepted a position Judy Bushnell, 6, daughter of Mr. with the Montana Dakota Utility Com­ and Mrs. Dale Bushnell, parted com­ pany and will be located in Sheridan, pany with her tonsils since our latest Wyo., in connection with demonstra­ report. tion work for which she has been Henry Michaud says he wants to trained and is well qualified. The office hear no more cracks about the won't be the same without Marie. weather. Me, too. Charles Bittiker, assistant master Recognition for increased efficiency mechanic, after quite a siege of sick­ in the campaign just completed, was ness of some two months duration is given the Fort Collins organization in again on the job, apparently fully re­ the form of a dinner at the Armstrong covered and none the worse from his Hotel on Wednesday, January 19. We illness. showed an improvement of 2.12 over Superintendent and Mrs. Gonyou our final pennant rating of 1947. Su­ spent Christmas with his daughter and perintendent R. L. Colwell, master of family in Oklahoma. He reports no ceremonies, commended the outfit and particular difficulty in winter travel introduced Mr. Kemp, Mr. Clark, Mr. except for icy highways and some rain. Mason, Mr. Osborn, Mr. Criswell, Mr. Paul Hermetet, Steffen foreman, un­ Babbitt and Mr. Niehaus of the G.O. derwent surgery in the Larimer The chief address of the evening was County Hospital. Present reports in­ presented by Mr. Kemp, who pointed dicate good progress and we hope for out some of the obstacles found in the a fast recovery. industry today and expressed confi­ Many interesting visitors from dence for the future of the beet sugar abroad visited our plant toward the industry. close of our run. Parties from Eng­ A. W. Cameron, of Johnstown, who land, Belgium, Sweden and Czecho­ ably handled an assistant superintend­ slovakia were especially interested in ent assignment for us during cam­ the continuous battery, high pressure paign, was among those given the glad boilers and the new power unit. 30 THE SuGAR PREss

Leslie Parker and wife, taking a presented to J. B. Hitt, our cashier, a fieldman's vacation, motored to south­ handsome two-suiter samsonite case, ern California, visiting his son and the occasion being his retirement from other relatives. Leslie was not too the Company as of January 1st, 1949. much impressed with the heating sys­ J. B., as he is familiarly known, first tems in California homes during the went to work for the Company in Sep­ unusual weather conditions that pre­ tember 1905 in the office here at Long­ vailed during his visit. mont. In June of the following year We are glad to see Assistant Master he was transferred to Brush where Mechanic C. C. Rawson back on the that factory was in the course of con­ job after an operation performed in struction. A year later he was moved Fort Collins. Curley is still a little off to Greeley, where he was in the office color and minus a few pounds which for two years. In 190·9 he was ap­ we trust will rapidly be regained. pointed cashier at Sterling, which po­ Manager Whiting and wife visited sition he held until May of 1916, when in Grand Island before Christmas and he returned to Longmont to assume a then motored to Grinnell, Iowa, and similar position, which he held until returned with their daughter. Jane is his retirement. He is at present tak­ a student at Grinnell College and spent ing life easy, going back and forth to the Holidays with her parents. Denver a good deal to spend as much time as the weather permits with his granddaughter, Susan Jane, daughter LONGMONT of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Krill (nee A. B. STEPHEN and K. D. KNAUS, Mary Alice Hitt). The big accomplish­ galloping to the rescue of ment of the New Year was that under FLORENCE FISHER, Associate Editor the careful tutelage of the grandfather UR congenial and popular jani­ the young lady took her first step and tor, Alban G. Marsh, died Nov. is now walking all around, preparing O 12. He first became associated for her first birthday, Ja.nuary 30. with the Company in Brush some Good luck to you J. B. and "Lang may thirty years ago. He later moved to yer lum reek." Longmont where he held various po­ We welcome Harry Wadsworth from sitions in the mill, and on the dump Bayard, Nebraska as our new cashier. repair crew. About ten years ago he We are all conscious of Harry's pres­ became janitor in the offices, which ence, but all of us have not figured position he held until . his death. He him out as yet. In the first place time­ is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rose keeper Frank Wilson took sick before Marsh, two brothers R. K. Marsh of he was to start work under the new Denver, Paul Marsh of Billings, two management, and did not recover for sisters Miss Anna Estelle Marsh, and nearly a week; then stenographer Eve­ Mrs. J. G. Conner, both of Los An­ lyne Cummings went down for the geles, Cal., to all of whom we express count with strep throat. Assistant our sympathy. time-keeper Alex. Hamilton moved in Hilmer Landis is our new janitor the house next door to the Factory so and the glad hand of welcome is ex­ that he could get home in a hurry in tended to him. In no time he had the case he fell a victim to these colds. smoking members of the field depart­ At this stage of developments we are ment broken to the fact that the floor wondering whether this is a part of is not the proper place for ashes. Sau­ the new cashier's sense of humor, of cers have been supplied for that pur­ which we had advance notice, or pose. whether this is just the result of our On the afternoon of December 22 a balmy winter weather. large group gathered in the beet room and held a small Christmas party. Ann Brewbaker, daughter of Dr. and They consisted of the office staff, man­ Mrs. H. E. Brewbaker, spent the holi­ ager and field department, a large rep­ days at the home of her parents. Ann resentation from the factory organi­ is attending music school at Oberlin zation, the experimental station, seed College in Oberlin, Ohio. house, and dump repair crew. Very Mr. and Mrs. Ben Pedigo announce tasty refreshments were served by the the arrival of a granddaughter on De­ girls. After the disappearance of all cember 16. Her parents are Dr. and the good cake, nuts and candy, ice Mrs. Myron B. Pedigo. cream, and coffee, A. B. Stephen Supt. and Mrs. J. B. McDonald took called attention to the fact that they another jaunt to California over the had an especial guest there that after­ holidays to visit their daughter, Mrs. noon, and on behalf of those present vV. V. Warner, husband and family, WINTER QuARTER- 1949 31

at Inglewood. Jack reported the Rose mumps that the feeling is mutual. Parade was wonderful and the roads Norb Cimiyotti and wife took a trip coming home were good, as he only to Tulsa, Okla., during the holidays to had 950 miles to contend with that visit relatives. The trip was made all had various depths of snow and ice. OK but Norb did not like the brand James J. Shields, our assistant mas­ of weather, claiming it was just as ter mechanic, is spending a vacation good or bad as here, so he hurried at Hot Springs, N. M. . home to take the matter up with Pat H. S. Varner with six other leading Carey, who seems to have quite a business men from this city were rep­ little influence with Harry S. Truman resentatives at the meeting of the (our President to you), in the hopes Colorado Resources Development that something might be done about it. Council which was held at the Shirley­ Lewis French, one of the old stand­ Savoy Hotel in Denver Nov. 16. bys at this factory, dropped in at Mrs. Josephine Davis, mother of Christmas time to wish all the boys Mrs. Ben Pedigo, died at a Longmont his best. He is now ranching at Cor­ hospital Dec. 8 after a two-months ill­ tez, Colorado. ness, following an attack of pneu­ Lieut. J. R. Stephen, son of Mr. and monia. She had lived in this area Mrs. A. B. Stephen, listened to the nod since 1900, after moving from La of Uncle Sam and has returned to the Plata, Missouri where she was born. army way of life. At present he is sta­ John Evans, who worked for the tioned at Camp Lee, Virginia, where company for thirty years, and was re­ he is taking a refresher course. His tired ten, years ago, died at his home wife and two girls will rejoin him on in Longmont December 23 at the age his assignment to a permanent post in of 93. · about three months. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Powell are the During the blizzard Mr. and Mrs. proud parents of a son born October George B. Holmes adopted a n i c e 23. Mrs. Powell is the former Patty healthy tomcat or it could be the cat Slay, daughter of Millard Slay, and adopted them, as it was very insistent Leslie is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross on being admitted to their home the Powell. night we had the balmy wind with the Miss Dorothy Dietz, who worked in snow thrown in. Tom spends his nights the office during the campaign of in the basement and prefers the fruit 1947, came home to spend the holidays room where occasionally his conduct with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herb. has not been of the best. Dietz. Dorothy is now a private sec­ When K. D. Knaus took down his retary to an attorney in Washington, stocking Christmas morning he found D. C. therein a nice shiny blue 1948 two-door Jim Smith, son of Ivan Smith, ware­ Fleetline Chevrolet. Kenny has since house foreman, left Longmont January been busy herding over these snowy 14 for Fort Ord, California, where he roads by Mead and Johnstown so that was inducted into the army. when beet contracting time cm·pes R. Ralph Wood, associate agrono­ along the car will know where to go to mist of the Experiment Station staff, pick these contracts up. has recently been transferred to Long­ Do you ever tune in on Station mont from Billings. We are happy to KTLN in Denver? At 7:30 A. M. they have you and Mrs. Wood among us, have a news broadcast by one Paul Ralph, and we hope you will like Blue. He was raised and received his Longmont. Of course we know that early education in Longmont. He is the Mrs. Wood is already in love with the son of Mr. and Mrs. James V. Blue­ place, because after less than two baugh. weeks residence h.ere she won $300 As of January 1, we had two other worth of merchandise at a merchants' veteran employees who retired. J. C. drawing. That does not happen to Gwin, who first went to work for the everyone however, as some people • company in 1909 in the sugar end, had have lived here forty years and never been connected with the same depart­ won anything yet. ment more or less for the past forty E. W. Shannon, our seed-cracking years. He became a permanent em­ expert, kept up with the mumps, no ployee in 1918. Charles Manwell went we mean he went down with the to work for the company in 1910 as a mumps. What we want to say is that mechanic, and has been here at this E.W. is down on the mumps, because factory ever since, becoming a perma­ the mumps had him down, but we do nent employee in 1922. Both these not think between Shannon and the fellows have earned this vacation and 32 THE SuGAR PREss

we hope they will enjoy it, and get economics. Congratulations and the caught up in their fishing and other best of luck, Alan. He is the sou of recreations. Mr. and Mrs. Pat Carey. Pat has been On December 16, Jo Ann Gwin ar­ a sugar boiler here for a long time. rived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob The annual election of Local # 22125 Gwin. We expect that "Shorty" (J. C. A. F. L. of Sugar Workers was held Gwiu) will now have more time to here January 7 and the following offi­ attend to the raising of his grand­ cers were elected. President A. V. Wet­ children. laufer; vice president, Wm. Hamilton; C. E. Varner, sou of Mr. and Mrs. H. secretary, Floyd Wheeler; treasurer, S. Varner, recently was graduated Arthur Runberg; and financial secre­ from the University of Colorado, as au tary, A. T. Pedigo. aeronautical engineer. Prior to gradu­ The sympathy of our organization is ation· he was initiated into Pi Tau extended to R. E. James of Kansas Sigma, a national honorary fraternity, City on the death of Mrs. James. Mr. in which membership is attained thru James is president of the International scholarship, character and potentiali­ Sugar Workers Union. ties for a successful engineer career. Under the keen supervision of Al Charles has accepted a position with Nies and his gang, Pete Laybourn, A. the Douglas Aircraft Corporation at T. Pedigo and Scotty Hamilton, the Santa Monica, California, to which new washroom in the factory has been point he set out in a nice two-tone completed. It is a thing of beauty and Fleet line Chevrolet with his wife a joy forever. Elaine, and sou Jamie. Good luck! Brian H. Rundle, man about factory, came to work the other morning with not a single button on his coat or BRIGHTON sweater. They had all popped off. He IRENE SWORD, Associate Editor was soon seen walking all over the S these notes are written we are place with a box of cigars in one hand still shivering from the icy and candy bars in the other. The rea­ A blasts of cold weather which we son-another Brian H. Rundle had come have experienced all through January. to town and taken up residence at the We promise not to complain about the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rundle, weather when the temperature climbs so Grandpa Rundle will be busier than upward next summer. ever before. Jim Arnold, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Lamar Henry, who has been con­ P. Arnold, who was en route back to nected with the Experiment Station for school in California, was one of those the past two years, has been trans­ marooned at Rockport for two days ferred to the agricultural department during the severe storm early in ·Jan­ at this factory. He received a hearty uary. He returned to Brighton as soon welcome, and no doubt will get an ex­ as the roads were opened and then cellent training if one can judge by continued on his way to California. the hearty laughter that emanates If the stacks of figures of estimated from the fieldmen's room. In his place man-hours and estimated costs, etc. comes William Foeppel from Brighton, which were compiled by Supt. Burk, Colo. Welcome too, Bill. M. Mech. Schertel and Supt. Clerk Les Enwall are any indication of the When Thomas H. Ferril's letter of amount of work to be done, it will be January 10 arrived, the local associate another busy summer for our boys. editor nearly threw a fit. Almost for­ Since last campaign was shorter than got to tell you her name, Miss Florence usual, quite a bit of the. work has been Fisher. She was swamped with work started in preparation for the next due to getting the "list" out and placed campaign. At this 'time installation of the situation before Superintendent the powdered sugar equipment is un- McDonald. Jack came down to the . der way. Manager's office saying he believed Manager and Mrs. English enjoyed that as the fieldmen had nothing to do, a visit from their son and his wife, some of them could get the items out. Lt. j.g. and Mrs. James G. English, So there you have them. Jr., at Christmastime. Lt. English is Alan Carey was noticed sometime with the regular navy and reported back wandering off the campus of back for duty at Key West on January Colorado A. & M. College. It was found 15. he was seeking new worlds to conquer, Traveling Auditor Bob Witmer as he was armed with a brand new spent several days with us during De­ sheepskin, indicative of his ability in cember. VVINTER (2uARTER--1949 33

Lee Taylor spent the holidays visit­ ing in Kansas City and West Plains, JO·HNSTOWN Mo. JERRY DONAHUE, Associate Editor Our congratulations and best wishes HE Johnstown factory began the to W. G. Foeppel in his .new job at the 1948-49 campaign November 3 at Experiment station in Longmont. Bill T 6: 0·0 P.M. The first couple of days has been a member of our agricultural were slow but after that we started to staff about two years and has made work the molasses at a rapid pace and many friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Foep­ reached our capacity faster than had pel and their small son, "Butch" plan ever been done before in the history of to move to Longmont very soon as the plant. The usual troubles and de­ they were very fortunate in locating lays have occurred but luck has been a house immedia:tely. with us and no serious calamities have Mr. and Mrs. Lester Enwall have struck as yet. moved into the terrace formerly occu­ We welcome back all the old-timers pied by the Stallsworths. and extend a glad hand to the new Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hall enjoyed men. a vacation trip to California during The recent blizzard resulted in short­ the holidays. En route they visited age of help but thru the noble efforts the Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, and of many men who worked 16-hour other points of interest, and on New shifts and slept the off 8 here at the Year's Day they witnessed the Rose factory we managed to keep the mill Bowl para,.de in Pasadena. running on schedule. Oscar Lee, who was retired last Au­ Asst. Supt. Hank Wolf's large 14- gust 1 after 44 years with the com­ point buck was proclaimed winner of pany, died at his home here on No­ the Poudre Canyon Association's deer vember 18 following a brief illness. contest. Hank bagged his deer in the We extend condolence to the family. vicinity of the narrows in the Poudre Mr. and Mrs. Claude Holleman have Canyon. He was awarded $150 worth moved into their new home which was of prizes.' recently completed. Cashier Harry Koenig has been seen Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wagy are oc­ in overalls a few times lately much to cupying the terrace vacated by the the amazement of the crew. When Hollemons. questioned about this Harry said it was time again for the storeroom's annual inventory. Did anyone catch Time­ FORT LUPTON keeper John Bossert working in the MISS IMA BLUEJAY, Associate Editor storeroom? HIS has been a quiet, lonesome Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Glaser a place since all those people left new son at 5: 00 A.M., October 25, 1948. T here last summer, but Jack Han­ Congratulations! sen is right here on the job every day. Pipefitter Sam Lanham was severely He's the caretaker, you know. He fin­ burned around the face and shoulders ished shipping the sugar out of the with sulfuric acid Nov. 7. Sam has not warehouse last fall. returned to work yet, January 19, Then in December several cars of but we understand he is getting along beet seed and phosphate were shipped as well as can be expected. Here's to in and some fellows from Brighton a speedy recovery, Sam! came down and stored it all in the Paul Woehrle, director of develop­ warehouse. ment and research for the National Floyd Ball was confined to his home Sugar Refining Co., Philadelphia, for some time because of illness but visited us November 16, 1948. he is feeling better now and is able to be out again. We welcome to Johnstown Machinist Joe Witherow, Lee Alden and Floyd George Kidd from Fort Morgan and Ball, the fieldmen, seem to be very Henry Boxberger, welder, from Eaton. busy with some agricultural reports. Asst. Master Mechanic Rex Miller, Maybe they're getting ready to write has returned to us from Loveland. Rex beet contracts (lots of them, we hope). claims to be dieting, but we can't say Lowell Bond and his family moved he looks any thinner. His lunch usually over to Bayard about the first of the consists of hard-boiled eggs, pickles year. Wonder if it's still snowing over and popcorn balls which seems like a there. mighty odd diet. How about it Rex? That's all now. I think I'll fly south, Ancil Cameron brought two parties maybe to Brighton, for the rest of the of sugar tramps over from Fort Collins winter. on November 16 and 17. 34 THE St:GAR PRESS

Visitations have been made by stu­ ant Master Mechanic Rex Miller have dents from Colorado University, Wyo­ been spending most of their time in ming University and Denver Univer­ the master mechanic's office. When sity. The C. U. junior engineers were asked about this, the blame was put here November 13, Wyoming students upon this years maintenance list. A on December 4, and approximately 40 few think the new pin-up girl calendar young engineers from Denver on No­ is the principal reason. vember 20, 1948. The entire crew was happy about the promotion of George Morgan to OVID master mechanic. George has been a MOTT CANNON, Associate Editor sugar tramp for a good many years HE campaign of 1948 being a and entirely merits his new position. thing of the past, and various Bill Miller, young shift electrician, T and sundry machines and pipes not yet familiar with all sugar terms, and stuff having been inspected, and was instructed to print "Grosse Pan" this data handed in to the compilers upon a certain switch box, he did what of the maintenance list, we breathe a came natural and printed Gross "A" sigh of pure relief. pan. Congratulations Billings on a super. In the last issue of the Sugar Press run. we mentioned about our horseshoe Work was hampered some by the tournament that was in progress. The storm which will go down in Colorado final results were: first, Bill Tregon­ history as one of the worst. ing, second, Buss King, and third, Vern Thanks to the foresight of Supt. Tregoning. Prizes were awarded these George Atkinson and Master Mechanic three men. Fern Barnhart, when the town of Ovid Another puzzle developed when our and the surrounding community were telephone book was missing one morn­ cut off from electricity and water the ing, Manager Heinie Zisch and the factory could act as a stand-by. writer searched the entire office but Anybody needing enlightenment on our search proved fruitless as the book the expression "Molasses in January" was not uncovered. Two days later we found it in the Denver mail with the following note attached, "No good numbers so am returning telephone directory," signed-Frank Gunther. Is it really the numbers Frank? Some say it might be old age creeping up! Charlie Horne, chief chemist from Fort Lupton, is here now helping on odd jobs. John Schnieder, Orville McQueen and Delmar McQueen were involved in an automobile accident on their way to work January 9. The car was damaged quite badly but luckily the three men were not injured seriously. Orville was taken to the hospital for treatment, but was back on the job within a few days. Asst. Chemist Ray Glaser spent a week at Fitzsimons hospital in Denver recuperating from ailment incurred while in the army. We are glad to re­ port he is back on the job now. During Ray's absence, Johnny Farlow and Lloyd Sybrandt worked twelve-hour shifts. Charles V enis, Roscoe Sampson and Rex Miller did a nice job of decorating our Christmas tree. The traditional cigars were passed on Christmas Eve and Christmas day. How the Barnhart house looked from the . Since the first of the year Master top of a drift in the middle of the street Janu­ Mechanic George Morgan and Assis- ary 5. VVINTER (2UARTER--1949 35

The snows of Lower Slobbovia have nothing on Ovid. Upper left, looking toward the street from Manager John Stewart's garage; right, Supt. George Atkinson's igloo; lower left, the ski course separating Chief Chemist Paul Grissinger's house left and the home of Asst. Supt. Walt Pash; right, Highway 138. is advi3ed to consult with Sugar End machines and the installation of a Foreman Jack Peyrouse who has been conveyor for the sacking station. unloading foreign molasses in sub­ Asst. Supt. Walt Pash prays daily zero weather. for cars for sugar loading. Cashier John Schrade and family Dryer Foreman Nick Bretz keeps the motored to Nebsaska to visit with truckers supplied with dried pulp. friends over the new year. When he Asst. Master Mechanic Whiteside is did not put in an appearance on the happy again juggling pieces of main 4th, everyone was anxious, partly on engine. He is ably assisted by Floyd account of the possibility that John Miller, Judd Russell and Bob Weis­ might be stumbling blindly in a snow gerber. drift and partly that on the 5th would Asst. Master Mechanic Cliff Davis, be pay day. supported by Ralph Hays, Maynard Timekeeper Ralph Smith saved the Laufman Jim Stokes, Erwin Henry day when he broke through from and Ed Schafer, have the boiler house Julesburg in his trusty Nash with the and juice and water pumps backed help of two snow weasels. John finally into a corner by now. showed up after all the work was Beet End Foreman Al Fox is again caught up. overhauling valves. Yours truly fur­ Asst. Supt. Jack Whittier with Beet nishes the moral support. End Clyde Kemper and Dryer Fore­ Asst. Supt. Ben Williams, Harvey man Eugene DeManche have tested Wood, Pat Hewgley and Del Lay are and repaired all pans and are now polishing off the battery. looking for other worlds to conquer. Thursday, January 20, we were Now and then we catch a glimpse of guests at a dinner given by the officers Chief Electrician Ford Kime; seems of the Denver Office in recognition of as though they are having trouble with outstanding advancement in perfor-m­ the stoker in the Great Western Build­ ance over the previous campaign. ing. Members of the Denver office present Asst. Master Mechanic Alex Fritz­ as hosts include Messrs. Niehaus, ler, Charles Woodhams, Walt Dunham, Roach, Mason, Clark, Hartburg and Herman Bauer and Sam Scott have Schneider. After a delicious dinner just about completed the centrifugal very interesting and instructive talks 36 THE SUGAR PRESS

were given. had four feet of s~ow against it, and Master Mechanic Fern Barnhart and the porch was almost full of snow. Storekeeper Newt Cannady were two "At our mansion now, you ·go down of the hardier members who ventured several snow steps to land on the front forth to attend the Stock Show in Den­ porch, and the same is true for the ver. back door. Snap shots inclosed give some idea "However, I should have known of snow fall in Ovid. enough to nail the screen doors open Now if John Bell can get these re­ when the storm started, but we did not marks typed and in Denver by yes-· expect it to be so bad. As all the win­ terday morning he will be something dow screens were blown full, except super. one, we could not see just what was Lena Walter, stenographer, left us happening, except through the one during campaign to marry Allyn Lock­ window, and we could not even see the wood. They are residing at Kimball, house next door to us. Nebraska. Our loss is Allyn's gain. "It began to blow again about 5:30 Our heartiest congratulations are ex­ Tuesday evening, and all the snow tended to both of them. We are happy shoveling that had been done during to welcome Evelyn Cleary, wife of the lull was filled in. The state tried to Robert D. Cleary, assistant store­ run a plow through our street Monday keeper, to take Lena's place. night, but gave up after they found it John M. Farmer, assistant fieldman, impossible to do so. The state had a who joined us the beginning of beet rotary plow and opened the main high­ harvest from the Holdrege, Nebraska, way through here Thursday evening, territory has resigned his position to but they were only interested in the go into the livestock and ranching main highway. The drifts were too business with his father at Frannie, great for the conventional butterfly Wyoming. plow on a bull-dozer. "The storm was rather freakish, as the drifting was localized to certain districts. The house across the alley How Grissinger Got from us is two stories, and it is drifted Snowed In up to the eaves." PERSONAL angle on the Ovid storm situation was described in A a note to Sidney J. Osborn, gen­ STERLING eral chemist, from P. M. Grissinger, J. ]. KENNEDY, Associate Editor chief chemist at Ovid. Mr. Grissinger HEN there is nothing else to wrote as follows: talk about, there is always the "We really had a storm here, and it W weather, and what a subject was especially bad in the west part of of conversation that has been since town, and north of the main highway. January 3. The blizzard, the drafts, the The west street was under 6 to 7 feet cold, the transportation tie-up, are now of snow. We live on the next street an old story or rather a continued east, and it was the next worst. The story, and it seems about everything street has been shoveled out about two­ has been said and written about them; thirds of the way. but perhaps we can lend a little local "The drifts at my house were up to color. the eaves of the house on the south Clarence Potter claims he had the side, and nearly as high on the north biggest snowdrift in town in his drive­ side, but they were not right against way, and is still (January 24) digging the house. My driveway is full of snow it out. Jim Cummins, our veteran 7 feet deep, and it will be some time boilerhouse foreman, who lives on a before I will get my car out, as there tract at the edge of town, was snow­ is no place to shovel the snow. bound for three days. Henry Scholten "When I went to go out of the house took his children, Kenneth and Donna, Tuesday evening, when we had a lull by auto back to Colorado University on for a couple of hours, I could not open Saturday January 1, and did not get either door, as both had screen doors back to Sterling until the following which opened out, and as both were Tuesday by train. Doreen Kennedy, who covered with translucent plastic, I was visiting her parents during the could not see out. I finally went out a Christmas holidays, was due to leave window, and found six feet of snow Sterling for Winnepeg, Canada, on against the back door, and the front January 3, could not get any trans­ door, which is on a screened in porch portation until January 6. When shear- I WINTER QuARTER-1949 37 rived at Winnipeg it was 30 degrees Company at Fort Collins, and the F. F. below zero. A. boys and their fathers at Denver: A Dominic Vecchia, one of our watch­ party will be given for the Ten High men who also lives on a tract near growers on February 1. town, could not get in to work for two Beet seed processing for the 1949 or three days. crop was begun on January 5, under During the worst of the storm two the supervision of Don Latta. watchmen were assigned to each shift. Mrs. Lenora Myers is back again this Solomon Luft, one of our local boys year to help on the germination end of and b r o t h e r of our stenographer, the beet seed. Marie made the headlines during the It was with deep regret that we heard recent storm. Sully, who leases the of the sudden death of Frank Har­ Municipal airport at Chadron, Ne­ greaves. Frank endeared himself to all braska, has been almost continuously of us during his time at Sterling, and on rescue flying missions since. He our heartfelt sympathy goes out to Mrs. dropped food and other necessities to Hargreaves and children. the two isolated towns of Harrison and Gordon, and cotton seed cake and hay to starving cattle and sheep. It was BRUSH Sully who spotted the frozen body of W. K. LANE, Associate Editor tJ:ie truck driver near Gordon. Sol's N Sunday afternoon, Jan 2, it brdther David who had much exper­ began to snow here and by mid­ ience dn Japa~ese bombing missions, O night strong winds were blow­ assisted in the flights of mercy. ing with a continuing snow. The result John Reed, a student at Colorado was that by early Monday all train University and Jerome, a student at and auto traffi<:. was . paralyzed and Colorado A. & M., spent the Christmas holidays with their parents. drifts higher than an automobile were Alice Willis has returned to her reported on the Brush-Ft. Morgan high­ studies at Northwestern University, way. Traffic to the north into Wyoming E·vanston, Illinois. and Nebraska was not resumed for Fieldman William Outcalt has re­ several days. Several deaths by freez­ ceived word that his son Charles, ing, mostly of stranded motorists oc­ C.B.M., U. S. Navy, arrived in San curred in the midwest region with Francisco on December 23 after spend­ heavy losses to livestock also reported. ing two and one-half years at Pearl The many friends of J. Y. (Jim) Harbor. He will be assigned to shore Henderson, Great Western fieldman, duty on the West coast. were saddened to learn of his death Keith Matteson has enrolled at Den­ due to a heart attack Monday, Jan. 3, } ver University. while shoveling snow from his walks , Paul Drake, who has been with us during the heavy storms of Jan. 2nd for the past year as student fieldman, and 3rd., Mr. Henderson has been as­ has resigned to take up sheep ranch­ sociated with the company for the past ing in Wyoming. We hope, Paul, you 33 years, the major portion of this have not yet started. time as a fieldman. He is survived by Glen and Mrs. Armstrong recently his wife Pattie, two nephews, Don, and visited the Mayo clinic for a check-up. Mickey and a niece, Ellen Berry and No serious ailment was discovered. three brothers and three sisters. The maintenance list is finished and As we go to press, Superintendent Jones and Master Mechanic Karns are typed, and we noticed "Ch~ef" Myers sharpening a new red pencil, prepara­ in Denver working on the mainten­ tory to the annual visit to Denver on ance list for the coming year. the list. He thought one would be suf­ Asst. Manager J. D. Petrikin and Asst. ficient. Supt's. Kidwell and Urbach attended the Beet S u g a r Technical Society Don and Pat Latta have a new mem­ meeting held recently in Denver. ber in their household. They brought Illness has confined George Hard­ to their home on December 11, a little grove, Assistant Master Mechanic to his boy eleven days old. The baby has been home the past week. named Scott Dennis, which could be Ralph Bristol reports the purchase of S.D. (Special Delivery). Grandpa Jack a home recently on Turner St. Ralph Kennedy, thinks he is the brighte~t expected to be moved by Feb. 1st. baby he has ever seen, not barring his Frank Tate, Harry Daily, R. C. own, and that's some admission. Bretzke and Carl Lorensen attended a The 4-H club winners and their fa­ Central Body meeting of the Sugar thers were royally entertained by the Refiner's Union at Greeley, on Friday 38 THE SuGAR PREss

evening, Jan. 21. Mr. Niehaus address­ Wayne Stenback, Superintendent's ed the meeting and an open forum was clerk, has obtained a "Ham radio oper­ held. ator's" license and is building an SO­ Harvey Baughman, sugar end fore­ watt transmitter. He hopes to get in man employed here in different capaci­ touch with Hawaii and South America ties for 31 years, has retired due to any day now. It seems that Brush now illness. has four or five such stations. Doss Hutcheson is back on the job again after a weeks illness resulting from a strained back while working FORT MORGAN in the sugar warehouse. A. H. BURDETTE, Associate Editor Chief Chemist Jack Huleatt and his ET''S start these notes by congratu­ wife have returned from a visit with lating Billings, the winner of the their son and family in San Bernar­ L 1948 Pennant race, also Windsor dino. Ask Jack what the elevation for showing, and Brush for placing. above sea level of Laramie, Wyo. is Manager .. J. L. Williams and family and you'll get a correct answer. It chose the time of the recent storm to seems that the Huleatts' train got tied be vacationing at Phoenix, Arizona. up by the storm at Laramie and their Fieldman Lowell Giauque and his car stopped in such a position that the wife drove to Los Angeles, California, elevation marker on the depot was for a winter vacation. easily visible. After staring at it for We welcome John A. Zeckman, Jr., a couple of days Jack says he'll never and family of Gering, Nebraska. John forget it to the inch. i3 our newest fieldman. The Zeckmans

N. ]. Muscavitch took the upper picture showing a rotary snowplow, moved in from Mon­ arch pass, cleaning the highway between Fort Morgan and Brush, Jan. 2. Both the lower pic­ tures were taken on Vern Hall's farm. The girl in both is his daughter Lois. VVINTER ()uARTER--1949 39 are making their home at 6210 East report, is able to be around again. 6th Avenue. John is sporting a new Roy's biggest worry is to lose 20 pounds Ford car. of weight which means less peanuts. Superintendent Muscavitch and Mas­ Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Good, living at ter Mechanic Iverson have been busy 319 Prospect Street, celebrated their supervising the writing of the main­ 50th wedding anniversary on the 12th tenance list. All in the organization of January. Mr. Good was Cashier at have had a hand in getting the list the Brush factory when he was retired. finally put out. We offer our best wishes and congratu­ Miss Harriet Lore, a student at Colo­ lations to this couple. rado College, spent the holidays at the Fort Morgan was lucky in that the home of her parents, Cashier and Mrs. storm the first of January was not as F. H. Lore. severe as in other parts of the country. Also home for the holidays were Mr. A few of the boys living in the country and Mrs. Darrel Lingle and Darwin were absent until the roads could be Lingle, sons of Assistant Superintend­ cleared. Those snowed in were Vern ent and Mrs. Everett Lingle. Both boys Hall, from the Wildcat; Dope Patton, are attending Colorado State College from the Bijou Flats; Kenneth Dohner, at Greeley. from Snyder, and George Spence and Edgar Williams, son of Beet End Chuck Heffner, from the Country Club Foreman and Mrs. E. 0 . Williams, District. visited at home over the holidays. The organization here wishes to ex­ Edga'r was initiated into Eta Kappa tend our condolence to Mrs. James Nu, national honorary electrical engi­ Henderson and children of Brush upon neering fraternity, at the University of the death of her husband who ·was Colorado. formerly a fieldman here and who will Jimmy Bachar, also of the University be missed by a great number of ac­ of Colorado, visited his parents, AR­ quaintances and friends. sistant Superintendent and Mrs. C. R. Friday evening, January 14th, the Bachar, over the holidays. local union put on their annual dance Gerald Muscavitch spent the holidays and f'eed at the Farmers Union Hall, with his parents, Superintendent and east of town, for their members and Mrs. N. J . Muscavitch. Gerald is a stu­ invited guests. Circles, squares, and a dent at Colorado A. and M. at Fort few hops made the evening last until Collins. morning. A few boys were conspicious Also home from Colorado A. and M. by their absence-could it be no poker was Elton Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. games? Vern Hall. Mrs. Conrad Urbach is convalescing Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Woods spent after a minor operation at the local Christmas with relatives in Nebraska. hospital. We hope her speedy recovery. He is our dump foreman. Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Schaal spent Christmas with relatives at Polk City, Iowa. Howard took the hard way SCOTTSBLUFF and used the best part of the three sets P. W. SNYDER and FARRELL CONN, of chains getting back to work on time. Associate Editors Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Smith also vaca­ OR a starter, we probably should tioned East. They took the "traveling mention the weather-or should cushions" on the Zephyr to Chula, Fwe ?-suffice to say that there has Missouri. They reported a very pleas­ been plenty of it-plenty of snow­ ant trip with plenty of turkey over the plenty of wind-and plenty of sub-zero holidays. temperature. D. H. Drew, W. W. I. B. Inspector, Mrs. W. L. Gullett entered the Meth­ had the misfortune to be hit by a car odist Hospital on New Year's day for while crossing the street near his home. emergency surgery. We are glad to re­ Dan suffered some broken ribs, a cut port her back at home and recovering above the eye, and a bruised leg. but nicely. is back on the job feeling 0. K. again. Mrs. John Schraeder underwent an operation at the M. E . Hospital and Harry Scilley is back on the job after has since returned to her home. being off a few days with a bruised Mrs. E. H. Schmode is in the hos­ foot when an I-beam caught him while pital .at this writing. pulling a hose on the Silver diffuser Keith Bigsby, of our pipe gang, suf­ during "clean-up." fered a painful accident when a ladder Roy Curvey, retired sugar boiler, has on which he was working slipped side­ been on the sick list but from the last wise causing him to fall to the concrete 40 TH E SUGAR PRESS

floor. He sustained a fractured heel Our earnings will be sufficient to pay and ankle bone and will be laid up for a 3% dividend, after providing for the some time. reserves which are required under our We all deeply regret the accident federal charter. We feel rather proud which befell Matt Brennan while he of this organization, especially when was doing disaster relief work with his we remember that it started just nine plane after the recent storm. We sin­ years ago with seven members and cerely hope for Matt's speedy recovery. $35 in capital. Lee Whipple has been ill at home Mrs. C. C. Adams has been admitted for a few days. to a hospital in Denver. Reverting again to the weather, it The Farrell Conns have moved into hasn't been exactly what you would their new house in Gering. It is of call a "summer outing" for the men clay tile construction, built on a con­ who are building the new seed-crack­ crete. base, with tile floors throughout. ing plant and warehouse. J. E. McAl­ Completely insulated, it is equipped lister and his crew, John Lenz, Henry with radiant heating from copper coils Kupilik, Oley Goos, George Durnin, installed in the ceiling and the tem­ Bus Hight, Adam Herdt and Zeke Rice perature within is maintained at any have been on the steel and transite job desired point, regardless of the tem­ every day that the temperature and perature outside. The boiler operation wind velocity have been bearable. The is controlled by a thermostat located buildings are now completely enclosed. outside of the house. Farrell and Mrs. Along with the steel work, George Conn are very proud of their new Luce and Bill Lohrie have kept their abode, especially so, since they engi­ electrical work apace, as well as the neered the construction themselves, pipefitters, Lee Gibbons and Keith with the very ab!e help and advice cf Bigsby. The dump repair crew were Lloyd Jensen, superintendent at the also on the job running the founda- Gering Plant. . tions for both buildings and taking The "Blizzard of '49" will not soon care of the erection of the Steelox be forgotten . . Most of us had an en­ warehouse building. Now that both forced vacation of three days when we buildings are entirely enclosed and were unable to reach the office. And heat has been provided in the mill the cold weather continues-it is get­ building, the setting of the equipment ting to the place where we think it is will proceed at a rapid pace regardless warm when the temperature gets up to of the weather. zero. A new hobby which has sprung up is Gordon Hobert, fieldman at Scotts­ the raising of "hamsters," those small, bluff, and his family spent a very tailless rodents, which can be raised in pleasant Christmas vacation in Cali­ the basement or any other relatively fornia, where they saw the Rose Bowl warm enclosure. Roy Babbitt has a game and Parade of Roses. Their re· pair and Peck Snyder's grandsons are turn was somewhat delayed by the also in the business. The problem of blizzard as they were held up in both taking care of the future generations Ogden and Laramie, on the return trip. will soon begin, since these little ani­ C. B. Jones has been enjoying the mals are noted for their speed at "mul­ prolonged visit of his grandson and tiplication." Guinea pigs and rabbits granddaughter and their mother from are just amateurs in comparison. Boulder. His son, Bob, and family came over to spend the Christmas holi­ At this time of year we like to report days. Because of the blizzard Bob re­ on our Sugar Workers Credit Union, turned to Boulder alone, leaving his but we must share this with the other family here. factories in the Nebraska District. The officers are: L. H. Calvert, Bayard; P. Mr. and Mrs. McMaster spent a very W. Snyder, Geo. Burrows, Al Ruth, pleasant vacation with their daughter Harry Hood, Don Cross and 0. W. in Florida, returning home just after Dwyer, all of Scottsbluff; Geo. Howard the big blizzard. They reported a won­ and Edward Bott of Gering; Herald derful trip with no bad roads or Curtis and Don Hansen of Mitchell· weather until they got back to Ne­ and Theodore Turnbull and Jack braska. Runge of Lyman. We ended the year Mr. Clement, who has recently been of 1948 with assets of $26,430, with in the hospital, is convalescing at loans of $22,894 outstanding. During home. the year we loaned a total of $46,144 Don Cross and family spent Christ­ to members. We have 203 members mas at Hastings, Nebraska. While with average savings of $114 each. there he also attended the wedding of I

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his sister. Roy Schaffer .and family spent a va­ cation in Oklahoma during December, returning home the day before the blizzard. They were completely snow­ bound at their country home for a week or so after the blizzard. Roy re­ ports that he and his hired ·man got out the "Doctor Book" and studied up to ba ready for an emergency should an expected baby decide to put in its appearance at the home of the hired man before the mother could be taken to a hospital or a doctor could break through the snow blockade. Fortu­ nately the emergency did not arise. AI Ruth was a recent victim of the flu and was confined to his home for two or three days. Dick Toops, one of the draftsmen, had quite an experience during the recent storm, and when we say storm WE MEAN JUST THAT. Dick, along· with many local fliers, was helping in observation flights over this area, locating stranded farmers who needed food and medical aid. He happened to be in the plane that started from Scottsbluff Airport to pick up our master mechanic, Matt Bren­ nan, at Mitchell after his accident. After landing a few miles out of Chad­ ron, the pilot decided he would be un­ able to return with two cf the men who had gone on the trip with him, so Dick and another helper were left at a farm house. After spending two Lloyd jensen and his camera had better days or more in a "snow-bound" area luck reaching the loading dock of the sugar he finally got to Alliance and was warehouse than any of the freight cars did. brought home. Dick says they didn't have too much food and the floor was they anticipated- among them were not "too soft." Anyway we gathered Darrel Davidson from Colorado U., he was plenty happy to return to "good Dick Goldfain from Nebraska U., and old Scottsbluff." William Arvin Reynolds of Nebraska u. Mrs. C. H. Scott returned home from California to her Gering home. Four GERING inches of snow near Los Angeles was GEORGE GOLDFAIN, Associate Editor too much to put up with so Mrs. Scott RRRRRR-50 mile-an-hour wind headed for milder climate in Nebraska, -15 below zero - 15 foot snow only to arrive in Scotts Bluff County B drifts- where the weather is perfect- for Who called this the banana belt? hibernation. Such has been life in this valley for Adam Sinner, Orner Kelly and Mel­ the past 30 or more days beginning vin Yocum commuted for a short time w i t h our Christmas holidays. The to Minatare, moving equipment from North Platte valley seemed to be al­ the Minatare plant for the Scotts­ most in the center of that devastating bluff seed plant-and the boys claim storm .and many folks barely escaped that the temperature inside that Mina­ death when caught in the storm and tare building was no less than 30 de­ were marooned out on the highways grees colder than out of doors. for several days. Asst. Supt. "Cotton" Gibbons re­ Many of the boys who were visiting turned to his custodian's duties at at the homes of their parents during Minatare after completing campaign the Christmas holidays were marooned work here at Gering. at home for a longer vacation than Fieldmen have been busy compiling 42 THE SUGAR PRESS

Storekeeper Harvey Abbott's back door, left; the kids enjoying the enormous drift behind his house, upper right; and his car marooned for more than a week.

15-year averages of yields and sugar Rena's place and we wish to welcome content. the Melton family to our G-W group. Fieldman Dave Sunderland's activ­ They are no strangers to this commun­ ities were happily interrupted by the ity, as Paul worked at the Gering Na­ arrival of Sharon Alexis Sunderland, tional Bank before journeying to Colo­ weight 5 lbs. 4 ounces, length 20 rado. inches, dark hair, soprano voice, and Mrs. Stella Callahan, mother of mother is doing fine. Congratulations Cashier Doug Callahan, passed away to Mrs. and Mr. Sunderland on the ar­ at her home in Scottsbluff after a brief rival of a princess. T'ime of arrival­ illness. January 15. Omar W. Stallings, father of Bruce Bert Holmes, our Lake Minatare Stallings, our beet end foreman, died dryer foreman, was marooned for sev­ at his home in Denver. Mrs. Nettie eral weeks at his lake farm behind Goldfain, mother of George Goldfain, mountainous snow drifts and many our chemist, passed away at her home worried as to the safety of the family. in Denver, after a long period of ill­ Contact was finally established with ness. the home via county grader equip­ Colonel E. W. Davidson, brother of ment and Bert reports the loss of a Hal Davidson, our sugar end foreman, number of good-sized porkers on his died at his home in Rye, New York. own place. We wish to extend condolences and Our genial, diminutive, cute little heartfelt sympathies to the families in stenographer, Mrs. Rena Gross, re­ the loss of their dear ones. cently resigned her position to help her Mr. Clement, our manager, was con­ husband in the management of a gro­ fined for a short period at the Metho­ cery and filling station business in the dist Hospital, and we are glad to re­ Lake Alice community. We all wish port that he is up and around and in them good fortune, and don't any of good health and spirits. you Lake Alice fishermen forget to stop Frank Quinn journeyed to California in at the store and quaff a coke while during December to preside at the con­ cooling off. vention of the Pacific Coast Sugar Paul Melton, recently employed at a Worker's Council. Frank substituted Lakewood, Colorado, bank, has taken for R. E. James, president of the Na- WINTER QuARTER-1949 43 tional Sugar Worker's Council, whose any mail from Denver for three days. wife died recently. Here's hoping our seed catalog comes A. W. Reinholtz, better known as through! "Slim," long a resident of Minatare, Burt Purvis, who hasn't been able to was retired on January 1 and the boys return to work since campaign, is ser­ presented "Slim" with some timely iously ill. His son, Burt, former bat­ wearing apparel. Slim first worked on tery foreman, has been called home to construction at Gering in 1916, then see his dad. We all hope to see Burt on construction at Bayard in 1917, make a speedy recovery and get back then acted as boiler house foreman at on the job. Gering in 1918-19-20. During the inter­ It was with deep regret that we campaign he was employed as a fore­ learned of the death of Mrs. Scott man on Winter Creek Canal construc­ Brummitt, February 1. Our sympathy tion from 1918 to 1921. Construction goes out to Scott who had retired attracted him to the building of the December 31. Mitchell and Minatare factories in Scott started with the Company Oc­ 1920 and 1921. After acting as boiler tober 27, 1916, working for the Im­ house foreman at Mitchell from 1922 perial Land Company and later for the to 1925 he moved to Minatare and was sugar company, driving a truck be­ boiler house foreman until the closing tween the Scottsbluff and Gering fac­ of the mill in '41 when he occupied tories. A. H. Heldt, seeing the ap­ himself as foreman at Mitchell until parent abilities of the truck driver, 1943, whence he came to Gering and commissioned Scott a fieldman and was our boiler house foreman until assigned him to the then new aQ.d un­ Jan. 1949. T'he boys will miss his smil­ tried DeGraw territory. From this ter­ ing countenance and expert technique ritory he was transferred to Mitchell in the boiler house operations. Come factory where he was fieldman until back and visit us soon, "Slim." return to Bayard district in 1936. Scott The latest Scotch technique has just recently built a new home four miles been brought to the attention of this north of town. column, as regards the art of getting Another who retired December 31 your deep snow moved and shoveled was our veteran sugar end foreman out of your driveway. As soon as it Joe Scrivner. has stopped snowing, order a ton or Joe started his career with the two of coal delivered to your house Great Western at Fort Collins on and let the coal yard men shovel or October 7, 1915, coming to Bayard on move your snow out of the driveway. construction work in 1917. After build­ However, one should use certain ing the factory, he made himself useful amount of finesse in that art of guile about the place at several jobs, includ­ -and, oh, for further advice in that ing that of W. W. inspector, sugar respect, consult Russell Johnson of boiler and, for the past twenty three Scottsbluff. years, sugar end foreman. Joe, who is Gering concluded one of its shortest the champion goose shooter of the or­ campaigns on record, and shall we ganization, is also a cracker-jack gar­ say, due to circumstances slightly be­ dener and the boys are expecting to yond the control of the boys, we just still partake of the Scrivner horn of missed that chicken dinner by a plenty when and if ever summer chicken's neck. Look out in '49! comes. To both these men the entire or­ ganization gives its sincere good BAYARD wishes for the years to come and also CRO CUS MARTIS, Associate Editor that they will come in often to see us. BOUT the biggest thing in this We are searching high and low for country to write about is the big a good stenographer to take the place A blizzard of '49. Exactly unlucky of Ann Anderson who has given us her thirteen men were at work one day resignation effective February 25. Any during the height of the storm and girl who takes Ann's place has to be none of them would have been there if good in more ways than one for Ann they had really thought much about has done a splendid job here and every­ the weather. Drifts high enough to one is going to miss her. Her plans, bury a car, if you could get a car out while not complete as we go to press, of the garage, were all over town. No include some sort of social work for trains either way through town for a the Episcopal church. week the first part of January and as On December 29, the men in the mill we write our notes, we haven't seen sent former cashier, Harry Wadsworth, 44 THE SuGAR PREss

on his way to Longmont with good fornia. Their Chrysler proved equal to wishes and a billfold, card case and the occasion and helped make the en­ keytainer. Amiable Harry, in express­ tire trip enjoyable. ing his thanks to the men, gave them Otto Stelk attended the stock show his new address in Longmont and told in Denver and came back not a little them to stop in on their Colorado fish­ bewildered at the high price of steaks ing trips. Harry leaves a deep gap to on the hoof. Accompanying the Stelks be filled in the ranks of Bayard people as far as Longmont was Mary Jean as he served his former community as Wadsworth, who had stayed in Bayard a member of the school board, his to finish the school semester. The church board, the Scout committee and Stelks report that the W adsworths are his lodge as master. We hope that comfortably settled in their new home Longmont takes advantage of all these albeit Harry can't get his car in or out attributes. of the basement garage. Lowell Bond, former cashier at Fort Notable among the non-resident field­ Lupton and erstwhile working in the men are Augie Heldt and Tom Nida Denver office, succeeds Wadsworth. who put in an appearance in the office The Bonds are firmly snowed in in since January 1. Abe Spurgin and Jack their new home in the former Wads­ Elliott no doubt would have been worth domicile across from the fac­ around if Old Man Winter hadn't shut tory. We welcome them to Bayard. them in, but we must presume that Al Kosmicke bought himself a new they are re3ting comfortably in a nook 1949 Chevrolet but a lot of good that near the stove dozing and dreaming of does him since he hasn't been able to bigger and better beets. We hope. get to that nationally famous snowed Grandparent> Charlie and Mrs. Nin­ in town of Gordon, Nebraska to take egar thoroughly enjoyed a Christmas delivery. When the last bit of ice and holiday season with their children and snow has disappeared and the robins grandchildren. Charlie reports that start to chirp we may get to see that his grandson who lives in California new car. built a snow man as a result of the Newly elected officers of the Bayard "unusual" weather in that state. Local installed January 14 in the Odd Fellows' hall include: Otis George, president; Al Stewart, vice-president; Sugar Gives Most Food John Ankeny, secretary and Floyd Per Acre of Land-Hockett Black, treasurer. "Sugar gives a far bigger yield of Superintendent Bristol and Master food per acre of land devoted to its Mechanic Hartney have been sweating production than any other product," over the maintenance list with the as­ states Dr. Robert C. Hockett, scientific sistance of Chris Moberg, Charlie Com­ director of the Sugar Research Foun­ stock, Gordon Gardner, Hap Calvert, dation. "This fact has been recog­ Floyd Mitchell, Clyde Spangler, AI nized in Europe for a long time," he Stewart and Jim Wimmer. As we go continues. "Such countries as Czecho­ to press Mr. Rienks and Mr. Hooper slovakia, Belgium, S w i t z e r l an d , have grasped firmly the censor's shears Sweden and England are highly popu­ and we don't know yet how much snip­ lated and do not have very ample acre­ ping has been done. It may be that ages of arable land. In all these coun­ this year we will get rid of all our tries the sugar beet is an important sugar. crop and its cultivation has been en­ Among those snowbound during the couraged as a means of getting the big blow was Ernie Harris' boy and hi 1 most fJod possible out of the available · daughter-in-law. After several days of land. waiting to hear from them, Ernie "I do not hesitate to say categori­ found that they were among the 200 cally that sugar is one of our most im­ persons marooned at Rockport, Colo­ portant basic resource3," the director rado. Needless to say Ernie's anxiety concludes. considerably decreased with this infor­ mation. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Ginn escaped Beets Stimulate Trade being caught in the blizzard by arriv­ Every ton of sugar beets produced ing home just before it on December involves a trade movement of nine tons 30. T'hey enjoyed a holiday vi ' it with of other commodities, according to a Mr. and Mrs. Harry Booth, Jr. and recent report on the British beet sugar daughters in Corona Del Mar, Cali- industry. VVrNTER (2uARTER--1949 45

are now homeowners, having pur­ MITCHELL chased a house which they moved into B. S. PLENTY, Associate Editor recently from one of the Sugar Com­ LIZZARD: pany terraces. We have had Others who have taken winter vaca­ B enough to tions were: Gordon Rudolph, spent at last us the rest of Fort Collins; John R. Weitzel, spent the season. Really at home; J. R. Schwartz, Jr., Sugar we should enjoy Boiler, at Lincoln; Harold F. Black, the handiwork of superintendent's clerk, and Herald nature and take Curtis, storekeeper. it in our stride. Under-the-weather folks who have Winter Wonder­ now fully recovered were Bonnie With­ land, yes, what am, E. A. Chirrick, E. W. Hunnicutt, do we do about Ed Haddix and J. H. Schwartz, Jr. it, j u s t huddle George Gross, sugar boiler and I. c 1 o s e r to t h e C. watchman, was retired from service stove, instead of January 1, 1949. Mr. Gross started his getting out and G-W employment at Longmont in 190'6 ski, sleigh ride, as student sugar boiler and inter-cam­ etc. Yes Sir, guess paign pipe fitter helper and in 1919 we're really hot he became sugar boiler. He was trans­ house p 1 a n t s . ferred to the Fort Lupton Factory in L o o k i n g at it 1925 and then to the Minatare Fac- from the o t h e r tory in 1929. After side it m a k e s that p 1 ant was things pretty closed d o w n he gloomy, with the s e r v e d there as untold suffering to watchman in 1941 men a n d beasts and 1942, coming alike. The death of to M i t c h e 11 in Beth Vermeline F r a n k C. Har­ August of 1943 as· greaves, chief chemist, on January 5th, watchman and was a great shock to all of us. To the campaign s u g a r bereaved family we extend our deep­ boiler in which est sympathy. Mr. Hargreaves entered capacity he served G-W service as assistant chemist at until his retire­ Fort Collins in 1911, then worked at ment. His services Sterling and Loveland until 1918 when with the Company he went to the Alameda Sugar Com­ had been continu­ pany in California. After working with ous with the ex­ Amalgamated at Ogden and the Holly ception of leave of company at Torrington he returned to absences granted G-W in 1930 as a permanent employee. from December Matt Brennan, master mechanic, 25, 1922 to July 1, who was injured on January 7 in the 1923 and a g a i n crack-up of his airplane while on an from December errand of mercy for one of the bliz­ 25, 1923 to July 1. zard victims, is recovering from his 1924, for a total injuries nicely and should be back Leroy's first trout. of approximately with us before too long. 41 years. George Larry Nasi, son of Cashier and Mrs. has been a faithful and conscientious C. B. Nasi, is sure proud of the first employee. The best wishes of this or­ trout he caught. This took place while ganization go with you and that your the family was on vacation last sum­ retirement may be one of joy, rest and mer at Red Lodge, Montana. No he contentment. isn't smoking a cigarette, this was in­ Mrs. L. L. Hays, wife of Sugar End vestigated and found to be an ali-day Foreman L. L. Hays, has been ill, candy sucker. Sure makes one dream and our wishes are that she will of nice warm summer days-10·2 de­ be her usual self soon. grees in the shade should be just Beth Vermeline is the t a 1 en ted right! daughter of Timekeeper and Mrs. W. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Juergens en­ V. Vermeline. Beth is 9 years old. Be­ joyed a month's vacation in Texas. sides her ability as a ballet dancer, Fieldman and Mrs. John Sherman having been featured in several musi- 46 THE SUGAR PRESS cal revues and public appearances, she few miles through Wyoming, to reach is equally adept at playing the piano their "Homeland of Colorado" where and also plays the clarinet in the Mor­ they tell, "those of us who have spent rill, Nebraska, High School band and a lifetime of suffering in this barren the violin in the beginners' orchestra. waste, as they call it, known as Ne­ In between, she practices twirling the braska," that the wind doesn't blow or baton with hopes of becoming a ma­ the snow never drifts above a hub cap. jorette. Those making this trip were "Guide and Scout" Glen Vail and his trusty Lafayette; others following in behind LYMAN were the William Kruegers, Hugh H. T. WAGGONER, Associate Editor T the present writing everyone is Highleys, and another carload or two still trying to dig out of the big of local folks not connected with the A blizzard. Several sugar tramps factory. are beginning to wear slight smiles We who spend our lives in this deso­ again, due to the fact their wives lation here, wish to inquire if these finally shoveled out driveways, and wonderful things we hear of Colorado got their cars out so as to save their are all we've been told or if Glen Vail honorable spouses the inconvenience and Hugh Highley are a couple of boys of walking to work in the cold and from the Chamber of Commerce. snow. Of course it wouldn't do for this writer to mention anyone's name in particular, but these people reside in what is commonly known as Ly­ man's Sugar Town. We had several visitors to Colorado during the holiday season. Supt. and Mrs. W. H. Evans jour­ neyed to Longmont and vicinity. This trip was necessary due to the presence there of two granddaughters, who must be shown a good Christmas. Mr. Evans has reported an enjoyable time. The same weekend there was or­ ganized what is now known as the Ne­ braska-Colorado Caravan. It seems that we have among us a few Colo­ radans who are possessed with the pioneer spirit of their ancestors, and Fieldmen L. W. Henderson, left, and Wil­ liam G. Krueger kept the beets rolling in and who braved the stormy quarter-mile are planning on having a lot more to roll in waste through western Nebraska and a 1949.

A fine job in the Cashier's office was done by, left to right, C. D. Schwaner, Cashier; Fran­ ces Henderson, Head Beet Clerk; ]. H. Lawson, Timekeeper and Shirley Butcher, Typist. Dorothy Cooper and Carol Jean Edwards were not present when this picture was taken. VVINTER (2uARTER--1949 47

We do wish to state that everyone arrived home safely, and enjoyed the trip with all the hazards and incon­ venience involved. Our sincere congratulations to the newest addition to parenthood, Jack "Pop" Runge and MFs. Runge, the par­ ents of a fine baby girl. Thanks for the cigars Jack. We also offer congratulations and best wishes to our newlyweds, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Weddell. Jess was known to some of us as "Romeo," but looks as though we'll have to pass this title on to someone else. Rolling along with the tumbling tumble­ We were saddened here to learn of weeds. the passing of F. C. Hargreaves of Mitchell and also a former employee the 7th of January. We express our with some of us at Lyman. Our sin­ sympathy. cere sympathy to his family and rela­ 1-J:erb Pearcy, fieldman, has been hos­ tives. pitalized at Pueblo, Colorado, and we During the week of the blizzard we are happy to report that his convales­ had . two of our gang at Lyman cence has been rapid and he will be stranded over in Colorado. Herman back on the job soon. Juergens, our manager was marooned at Fort Collins when taking his son and daughter over to school, and the BILLINGS William Kruegers ran into the storm TY MILLER, Associate Editor at Cheyenne and returned to Loveland HE most important news at Bill­ until the roads were open. Vail and ings at this time is our winning Highley haven't yet explained this in­ T fi:r;st place in the annual Pennant cident to us satisfactorily. race. The will to win and the excellent Fieldman Krueger tells us that not teamwork on the part of everyone in­ only does Cheyenne have special rates volved were the outstanding features for their annual Rodeo, but also, for in this year's victory. We also had stranded blizzard motorists, but Bill ideal weather conditions in which to isn't complaining he was glad to get a harvest and process the crop. We place to stay for the five days stranded sailed along at an even pace with very in Cheyenne. little operational or m e c h a n i c a 1 Fieldman Henderson was a busy troub1e. The b :: et end engine gave some man during the blizzard. It was nec­ t r o u b 1 e , however, by developing a essary to walk a mile and a half south broken wedge bolt on two different of Lyman to feed the calves he is in­ occasions-the first time in fourteen terested in. He made it every day and years, according to some of the older from last reports they have not lost heads. any animals. Our congratulations are extended to Cashier Schwaner was home and Windsor and Brush for winning the yet he wasn't. Chuck was stranded in "place" and "show" positions. It was Scottsbluff but made it back to Lyman an exciting race all the way. after first snow plow through. Late campaign visitors included Messrs. B. W. Morrison and H. W. Hooper from Scottsbluff, and George Rienks and Charles Hirsch from Den­ WHEATLAND ver. N. C. DAVIS, Associate Editor On December 4 Jeff Morrison was in HE gentleman in the picture is Billings to measure the limerock, coal Fred La Follette, Wheatland care­ and coke. It so happened that the first T taker. Fred is wondering just how snowstorm of the season was then in to harvest his crop of Russian thistles progress. When accused of bringing which was tumbled in on the east side the snow "With him, Jeff replied, ''I of the boiler house by the soft breezes have the reputation of bringing snow­ cf Wyoming. It can now be reported storms when I GOin~ ~ to rp.ea§ure rqck that he accomplished his mission. and coke." Some of that snow is still W. D. Nicholson, agricultural super­ with us, Jeff. · · .· · ·- · ·' intendent, was called to Leadville, Christina Ward Miller arrived, via Colorado by the death of hi father op Stork Lines, December 6, 1948, at the 48 THE SuGAR PREss

Ty Miller home. This now makes three abled several families to spend the Queens and a Jack. Need one more Christmas holidays away from Bill­ Jack for a full house. ings. Cashier P. H. Marsh journeyed R. Ralph Wood, to California and Texas. He informed associate agrono­ us that both states were colder, at the mist, was trans­ time, than Billings. ferred to the Assistant Manager and Mrs. Charles Longmont Experi­ Mann spent the holidays in Pendleton, ment Station on Oregon, visiting their daughter, Mrs. December 1, 1948. Robert Cook, and her family. Before his trans­ Chief Chemist and Mrs. J. T. Davis fer, R a 1 ph had spent Christmas in Helena visiting t r i e d unsuccess­ their daughter, Mrs. Dean McKay, and fully to buy a new family. c a r . Finally he Fieldman B. A. Nelson recently re­ lost patience and turned from a vacation in Minnesota. bought a fire-en­ John Farmer, fieldman from Ovid, gine red Interna­ visited in Billings shortly before tional pickup Christmas. On the night of December 20th the "Chief" Beulah truck. S o m e . of GWESCO Club, Sugar Tramp auxil­ Woods the ileldmen de- iary, held a party to which all the cided that the new red truck needed men were invited. Games and dancing a chief, so they presented Mrs. Wood were the entertainment offered, and with a regulation fireman's helmet in­ by all reports everyone had a good scribed, "Chief Beulah, Billings, 1948." time. The accompanying photo shows Chief Beulah wearing her badge of authority. On December 13 Ray Dimmitt and During the cleanup after campaign R. L. Kimmons attended a conference a very amusing incident occurred. at Longmont concerning the operation Dryer Foreman AI Bittner and a helper of the seed cracking plant. were connecting the water heater to In December fieldman Ralph Millice lines which supply the lab and locker bought a new Pontiac with the hydro­ rooms. After they had completed their matic gear s h i f t attachment. This "pipe fitting" they left their ladder gadget operates without a clutch pedal, standing-and with good reason. Up­ and Ralph said that for the first few on careful examination it was dis­ days he drove the new car he had to covered that either AI or his helper tie a weight on his left foot to keep had run the hot water line between from hunting for the clutch pedal. the two top rungs of the ladder. Neither However, he now says he wouldn't man claimed credit for the job, so we have a car without the hydromatic still don't know "who done it." shift. It is with regret that we report the During the duck hunting season the deaths of two former fieldmen of Bill­ following article appeared in "Tales of ings. W. A. Nelson died October 30, the Town" of the Billings Gazette: 1948, in Powell, Wyoming. Bill had "Three Billings d u c k hunters been in ill health for many months missed Wednesday's early morning prior to his death. Jesse Forbes died shooting, if any. But they won a in Long Beach, California, recently, at farmer's gratitude, and later bagged the age of 77 years. He came to Bill­ two ducks. Ed Juni, Carson Mowre, ings from Sterling in 1936, and retired and Charles Franzen, Great Western from the Company in May 1941. Sugar Company sales representative, The surgeon's knife again was busy were driving approximately five among our people. Mrs. A. E. Hartung, miles east of Huntley at 6:20 a.m. wife of Speed Hartung, was operated when they noticed flames leaping on in November and is now recovered. around a barn a half mile south of Dryer Foreman Ray Dimmitt sub­ highway 10. They raced to the farm. mitted to a tonsillectomy in January. A straw-covered corral was ablaze Manager R. L. Kimmons recently re­ with 23 head of cattle huddled in turned following a hernia operation. one corner seeking to escape the fire. Dryer Foreman Albert Bittner was Flames were licking up one side of taken to the hospital January 7th to the barn, which housed a litter of undergo an emergency appendectomy. pigs. The trio freed the livestock Mrs. Don Jackman also was operated and awakened the sleeping family. on in January. An electric water pump was started The short campaign this year en- and backfiring saved an adjacent VVINTER <)UARTER--1949 49

straw stack. With the help of neigh­ O'Dell, brother and sister-in-law of the boring farmers, who joined in a bride. The couple are making their bucket brigade, the fire was extin­ 'home in Sacramento. guished." The Billings organization was sad­ dened to learn of the sudden passing of Frank Hargreaves, chief chemist at Mitchell, and Jim Henderson, fieldman at Brush. Our sympathies are extended to the bereaved families. Superintendent's C l e r k M. C. S. "Bud" List, operates a bee ranch on the Stillwater river. Bud has been ex­ perimenting for two years now, in crossing bees with horse flies. Wonder what the outcome will be? Assistant Manager Charles Mann was recently elected for a three-year term to the board of directors of the Billings Commercial Club. Messrs. Andrews and Fisher of the General office were in Billings January 10-11 attending a conference between representatives of the beet growers' associations and government officials. Officers elected to head the Union for the coming year are: Clarence Olsen, president; E. W. Ky­ ger, vice president; H. B. Pippin, sec­ retary; Bert Huddleston, P. 0. Brush, and L. A. Roslien, trustees. Stan Lewis, Bill Wilson, S. E. Chil­ ders, Bill Early, Butch DeNeve, and George E-rickson comprise the Sugar company bowling team. The fellows bowl in the Yellowstone league and at present are in fourth place among 12 teams. They are hereby offering a chal­ lenge to any team to come up and Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Dumble compete against them. We welcome to our organization The seed cracking plant is operating Mrs. Lucille Quist, stenographer. with Ray Dimmitt, Jack Graham, C. ) A quick look among the personnel. A. Whitaker and John Burkhardt do­ S. E. Childers is again in charge of ing the work. the warehouse; Mike Heiser, Ray La­ In the shop Barney Pippin is crack­ Seur, Clair Clark, Virgil Lindell, Jake ing the whip over Gene Kyger, John Ruff, Pete Wax, Ernie Spalinger, and Hanna, Hap Morton, and Loren O'Dell. Bud Bracken are making packages. Bill O'Dell, Joe P i r a m and Pat When the going gets tough, Earl Bitt­ Smith are overhauling pumps. ner and Wilbur Barkley help out. Bill Bill Black and Bob Olson are going Humphrey is again taking charge of over the centrifugals. the bins. Ray Daley is making powdered The beet end is being fixed up by sugar. T om Breashears, campaign V. C. Anderson, Bill Bly, Earl Bitt­ warehouse shift foreman, is now help­ ner and Clarence Olsen. ing Bernie Lindell load bulkers. Ervin Schindler and Emanuel Kaiser Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Wilson announced are helping Glen Fosgate load pulp and the marriage of their daughter Jean pellets and doing other cold jobs. to Mr. Wallace T'hornsen on December Archie Brown is massaging belts, 10, 1948. The couple will make their home in Billings. while Les Butler is seen all over the Miss Denise O'Dell, daughter of Mr. place. and Mrs. W. E. O'Dell, became the Paul Parker and Walt Griffith are bride of Ira Weed Dumble of Sacra­ unloading coal. It seems that t'he mento, California, on Thanksgiving colder the weather, the more coal there Day. The ceremony took place at the is to unload. home of Mr. and Mrs. Wendell E. Hank Reiker and Jim McGrady are 50 THE SuGAR PREss

firing the boiler d u r i n g the cold with their daughter and family who weather. live there. "Pop" Teters is overhauling valves Clyde Nicholls, Glen Averett, Wil­ and Murl Kimble is making a lot of liam Oatman, Merrill Godfrey, 0. E. noise scaling pipe lines. Frisbie and S. J. Houser tried their Two questions seem to be uppermost luck at deer hunting on the first day in our minds nowadays- Where to of the extended season; they brought spend the extra week's vacation, and back four deer. how to finance it. John 0. Liethead attended dinner at I. P. Mead, a retired fieldman, passed the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York away in a Billings hospital Jan. 19. the latter part of November in honor The funeral was held at Huntley, Mon­ of his son Barry, who was honored as tana. Mr. Mead was one of the first becoming president of the Cluett-Pea­ fieldmen employed by the Sugar Com­ body & Company at that time. John pany at Billings and retired in 1943. returned to Lovell early in January from a wonderful trip and vacation. Barry flew to Lovell in his private plane and together they went east. LOVELL On this 21st day of January, Lovell BESSIE ROSS, Associate Editor is still in the midst of one of the long­ E wish to congratulate the Bil­ est winters it has experienced for a lings factor crew on winning number of years. Not so much snow, W the pennant. Nice to have it but just sub-zero weather and wind- come even this close to our territory. 26 below yesterday morning was the Chief Chemist 0. H. Swaney spent a coldest reported to date. couple of weeks at the Fort Morgan Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Hostetler left factory after the close of our cam­ here December 18 for a vacation trip paign. to Califorina, via ·Lander and Salt Frank Kemp, Jr., paid us a visit on Lake City, and on to Glendale to spend December 16, 1948. He also spent some Christmas with their two daughters time at the quarry near Warren, Mon­ who live there. They came back the tana. Southern route and were held up for Mr. and Mrs. Riley Elliott spent the two days in Colorado on account of the Thanksgiving holiday in Longmont storm. They report a very nice trip

How it looked as you arrived at the Lovell factory at night during the last campaign-as photographed by G. R. Enevoldsen. WINTER QuARTER-1949 51 and plan to repeat the trip again some­ groom graduated from Mitchell high time in the summer. school and spent three years in the Wyoming-9-933-1949 is the num­ navy. Very best wishes are extended ber seen on the shiny new gre.en Ford to this young couple! that fieldman Otb Frisbie is driving Manager and Mrs. vV. C. McCarty at­ the3e days. tended the wedding of their son at Assistant Chemist A. F . Fillerup, Scottsbluff during the.h olidays and vis­ with the close of the slicing period ited with friends. last fall, completed 30 campaigns at Our storekeeper, 0. N. Edmiston, has the Lovell factory. Mr. Fillerup worked resigned and it is ·with regret that Ed every campaign since the factory was leaves Lovell. He will be here until built in 1916 except three, and is to be the first of March. He has been at the congratulated on this fine record. Lovell factory since it reopened. in 1944. Best of wishes for a much earned Even with the longer time to pre­ vacation and rest. pare the list, everyone concerned Robert Averett, son of Sugar Boiler around this place has been busy to the and Mrs. Myrl Averett spent the Nth degree. This morning, January Christmas Holiday from Army train­ 21st, the list is back from the printers ing at Fort Bliss, Texas. all bound and ready to put in an ap­ E. E. Stone, father of Sugar End pearance at Scottsbluff on Monday. Mr. Foreman JF-s;:; ie Stone and formerly Hostetler, superintendent, and S. J. an assistant superintendent at Lovell Houser, master mechanic, too are ready for a number of years, died at the to start their journey to Nebraska to Lovell hospital of a heart attack Janu­ meet with the District Staff on the ary 23. He is survived by his wife, list. one son and one daughter. Funeral ar­ Lowell and Genevieve Earl, brother rangements awaited the arrival of the and sister of Phyllis Earl, our main daughter, Mrs. Hovis from California. office stenographer, left after spending Mr. Stone was retired about two years the Christmas holidays here with their ago and had made his home in Lovell family for Utah to continue their col­ since. The sympathy of the entire or­ lege work; Genevieve to Logan, and ganization is extended to the family in Lowell to Salt Lake City. their los3. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Marten of Bil­ lings spent New Years at the home of his brother and wife in Lovell, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Marten. Mr. and Mrs. HO·RSE CREEK Roy Landon were also New Years clay QUARRY dinner guests of the Martens. TIZZIE, Associate Editor 0. E. Frisbie, at this writing, had ILL CROSS, SR., is driving a 'new been in Cheyenne at the Veterans' hos­ used' Ford. pital for two weeks where he went for B J. P. Ruth has been to the a check-up. He expected to be home in quarry several times ironing out diffi­ the very near future. culties on the DieHel motors. Fieldman M. B. Walker has gone to Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Hays and Tommy Cheyenne, also, to be present at the spent a week end at the Bijou Ranch convening of the legislature. "Doc" is east of Kiowa, Colorado, visiting with one of our representatives from Big Mr. Hays' parents. T. J. Larson and Horn County. As I recall, this is his son, Bob, accompanied them as far as third term. Fort Collins. In a lovely wedding at St. Agnes Mrs. Harold Townsend, Jr., spent Catholic church, Scottsbluff, on Mon­ Christmas holidays in the hospital day morning at 10 o'clock December after an operation. 27th, Kathryn Mae Schafer and Wil­ There are still many large drifts of liam R. McCarty were united in mar­ snow _around camp to substantiate the riage. The bride is the daughter of story of the worst blizzard in many a Mrs. Rosetta Schafer of Scottsbluff and year. The plant was closed for several the late Charles F. Schafer. The groom days during and after the big storm. is the son of Manager and Mrs. Wil­ Gordon Folts has left our employ liam C. McCarty of Lovell, formerly of and Mr. W. H. Tourville has taken over Mitchell. Following a brief wedding the commissary. Ed. Hays has taken trip the couple will reside in Lincoln, Mr. Tourville's place as warehouseman. where the groom is a senior at Ne­ Chester Stevens' small son caught braska university. The bride is a grad­ his arm in the washing machine uate of Scottsbluff high school. The wringer but is recovering nicely. 52 THE SuGAR PREss

T. J. Larson. superintendent, came A f t e r waiting for what seemed up from Fort Collins on the Colorado hours, the customer buttonholed the & Southern Railway snow plow and head waiter: "Just as a matter o! was the first to get through after the curiosity," he said, "did the waiter who big snow. took my order leave any family?" M. R. Stoneman, formerly of Gree­ ley, is the new electrician succeeding Remarks that are uncalled for are Walter F. Duncan. Mr. and Mrs. Stone­ usually delivered. man and family are rapidly becoming acquainted with our folks and are proving a welcome addition to our There are people who don't know community. Mr. Duncan, who had what they want, and won't rest till been our electrician for some time, they get it. ' had, with his family, previously been living in the Canal Zone for a number A chisler is a guy who gets in a re­ of years, found our weather too se­ volving door behind you and comes vere. They are now residing in Flor­ out first. ida. Another welcome addition to our Some folks seem to think they can group is the Gilbert M. Reets family eat their cake and have yours too. from Fort Collins. Mr. Be ~ t s b employ­ ed as a machineman in the mine. We are very happy to welcome two former Psychiatrist: "Tut! Tnt! As for the long-time employees and friends, who habit of talking to yourself-forget it. with their families are back with us There's nothing to worry about." again. Stanley Brewer and Wrex Cas­ Patient: "But I'm such a bore." ter will resume their forme~· occupation as machinemen. It's been three weeks since Uncle Eph and Aunt Ada have had a fight in their home-they've been scrapping in Foreman: "Do you think you are fit cafes and taverns. for really hard labor?" Applicant: "Well, some of the best judges in the country have thought Bobby-Teacher, would you scold so." anybody for something they didn't do? Teacher-Of course not. But why, Bobby? Perfume salesgirl to blonde: "Just a word of advice, honey-don't use Bobby--Well, I didn't do my arith­ this stuff if you are only bluffing." metic.

People who squawk about their in­ You get out of life what you put into come taxes may be divided into two it. That's why most of us are so hard classes- men and wo!nen. up. Boss (pointing to a cigarette stub I've been staying up night. trying on the floor): "Is that yours, Johnny?" to figure out what's wrong with me. Last night I found out what it was. Office Boy: "No sir. You saw it I ain't been getting enough sleep. first."

Along with the old shoes tied on the Grass Widow: A woman who feels back of the newlyweds' car was a sign like a new man. that read, "Amateur Night." 'rhe difference between wrestling Johnny and Mary went into the and dancing is that in wrestling some country to pick wild flowers. Mary's holds are barred. mother went with them, so they picked wild flowers. Beware of that most dangerous kind of inflation- an inflated ego. A serious impediment to marriage nowadays is the increasing difficulty The new cars are so strikingly beau­ of supporting the Government and a tiful, any girl should be proud to be wife on one income. seen walking home from one.