GW--GRAM Late news & comment, • in capsule form . • • New GW golf champ! He's Harry Wheeler That was biggest percentage gain of any of Longmont, agent for Railway. Harry brand--in fact, several lost ground. It won annual GW Tournament by firing 155 reflects energetic work of GW sales crew for 36 holes on Riverview course June 23 in rough and tough cane market area. In and 24 at Scottsbluff. Secondwas Dwight only 5 years, according to Survey, GW has Gordon of Gering, defending champ, with jumped 12.3% in preference among Greater 164. Herman Amend of Bayard was third Milwaukee families. In number of house­ with 168, Jay Hall of Scottsbluff fourth holds using GW, that's from 11,929 in with 169, and Harold Burk of Scottsbluff 1951 to 51,391 in 1956. fifth with 170. In the first flight, Herb Marten of Lovell won with 171, Pat Pump­ hrey second with 178. Lloyd Jensen of Denver won second flight in 191, Francis Entire beet sugar industry launches all­ Wood and Gabe Randall of Gering tied for out attack on mysterious enemy--the tiny second, 192. Lloyd Garber of Gering won worm called the nematode. The research third flight in 198. Steve Karnes of project will be conducted during the next Bayard took fourth flight with 198, Doug 18 months, thru two crop seasons, in the Callahan of Gering and Otto Nieder of states of Colorado, California, Michigan. Mitchell tied for second, 226. In fifth It's the first time the beet companies flight, Jim Denner of Denver won in 219, have teamed up to fight the nematode in­ Cal Smith of Brush was second with 221. festation problem. Project will be led by Dr. Fields E. Caveness with two other researchers, plus the agricultural staffs Suggestion Plan Committee sets new rules of all beet sugar companies, including for cash payments to award-winners. Ef­ Great Western. Plans were announced by fective June 18, full and final payment Beet Sugar Development Foundation at a will be made when suggestion is adopted, ,meeting in Fort Collins on June 20. if its earnings can be estimated at that time with reasonable certainty. Under old rule, suggestion had to be installed Promotions and transfers for Operating and checked for earning performance. In supervisors ••. A. L. Wetlaufer, house case earnings cannot be determined, the mechanic at Longmont, promoted to asst Suggestion Committee reserves the right master mechanic at Eaton ••• Dwight Gor­ to make a $15 minimum preliminary award don, asst supt at Gering, transferred and to pay balance of money on the basis to same position at Scottsbluff. He re­ of the suggestion's earnings in actual places Ty Miller, who became supt at operation when installed later. Change Fremont, 0 ••• Walt Ashby, asst supt at was made to speed awards for winners-­ Bayard, transferred to same job at Ger­ in view of seasonal operation. At the ing to replace Gordon ••. Bill Smoyer, same time, Committee authorized the very asst master mechanic at Mitchell, moved first five awards of Plan (See Page 5). to Johnstown MSG to replace Ralph Town­ send, who takes Smoyer's job at Mitchell. Carl Haffner, house mechanic at Bayard, Sales-wise, GW Sugar scores another gain promoted to head pipefitter at Bayard ••• on cane competitors in Milwaukee area. Art Bohm, chief electrician at Mitchell, Milwaukee Journal's Consumer Survey shows transferred to Johnstown for boiler and GW Sugar up 3.1% over last year's rating. turbine installation. THE COVER For rnany Sugar Trarnps, July rneans only fishing season. So here's one of those wishful scenes far away from the work-a-day world. The trout seern to be lurking under the water in schools. But don't be too sure. It's actually an irrigaUon ditch in the Flathead country of Montana. But it still looks good-and it doesn't hurt to drearn ! THE SUGAR PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITORS Published Monthly by the Employees of IRENE SWORD, Brighton MARVIN PETTIGREW, Johnstown The Great W estern Sugar Company, Denver, Colorado RAY GLASER, Johnstown JACK YORK, Johnstown HAROLD CAMP, Johnstown MSG JULY~ 1956 C. W. SMITH, Brush GWEN D. BATH , Fort Morgan HOWARD SCHAAL, Sterling In This Issue ... G. N. CANNADY, Ovid P. W. SNYDER, Scottsbluff GW Beet Crop- 1956 Model ---- -- -- ------ -- ---- --- -------- ------ ---------------------------- --- ---- 4 C. W. SEIFFERT, Gering T he 1956 crop appears prornising near rnid-season. Here's the outlook. A. J. STEWART, Bayard The First Five ! --------- ---------------------- -- --- ----------------------- ------------------- ------------------ ART BOHM, Mitchell 5 Six rnen share in the first five cash awards of the GW Suggestion Plan. DOROTHY COOPER, Lyman JACK K. RUNGE, Billings Ladies Night ---------------------- ------------------ -- ---------- ---- -------------------------- -------------------- 6 BESSIE ROSS, Lovell The Technical Society winds up another season with annual dinner-dance. LOIS E. LANG, Horse Creek C. G. REINHART, Fremont The Right to Grow --- --------- --- --- ---- ----- -- ----- -- ---------- --- -- ---- ----- ---------------------- -------- 8 A review of the new Sugar Act--its basic principle and future prospects. WARREN D. BOWSER, Findlay DORIS SMITH, Eaton Pot-luck in Purchasing --------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- 9 MARY E. VORIS, Greeley The P urchasing office gang throws a lunch-tirne picnio---a la desk tops. KAREN WAGNER, Windsor F. H. DEY, Fort Collins Western Beet Produces ---- --- -------- -- --------- ------- ------------- --- -- --------- ---- -- -- -------------- 10 The full narne is Western Beet Sugar Producers; here's what it produces. BOB LOHR, Loveland RALPH R. PRICE, Longmont School for Salesmen --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 C. J. AMOS, Denver GW salesmen gather in Denver for a refresher course in selling meth ods. ANGEL SMITH, Experiment Station DOROTHY COURTNEY, Denver Opening Day at the GW Cafe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 BOB GODFREY, Denver The new lunchroom at the General Office-and some of its first customers. C. B. GOODRICH, Denver Secret of Good Taste ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 DOROTHY HARRIS, Denver Great Western goes "Eastern" to sell MSG to Chinese-American trade. JO JACOBS, Denver BOB MAKIE, Denver Mister Boots ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16 From waif to watchman-the story of Gering·s adopted Sugar Tramp, dog. HOLDEN NICHOLSON, Denve r HERMAN SCHERTEL, Denver Log to Haiti ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17 RONNIE STAINBROOK, Den ver A travel-book vacation trip aboard an ocean liner-away from it all. EDITOR Among the Personnel ---------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- 18 JAMES LYON GW people in pictures-followed by the reports of the associate editors. GW Beet Crop 1956 Model by Phil Smith After a swing around the fa rm d istricts, GW's general agriculturist reports on the progress and prospects of the crop. This spring, more beet acreage was thinned with GW th inning machines than ever before. Here's one working in a field in Northern Colorado. HE 1956 sugar beet crop in record year. June has caused an early run off T Great ·western and Northern Billings and Lovell are at least of mountain snows which were Ohio territories is well underway. 10 days ahead of last year and ex­ from 100 to 120 per cent of normal. The new model is somewhat spotty cept for some of the Milk River Because of this, many beet fields in character with some of the areas area, where drought existed, both were watered prior to June 15. receiving too much moisture and districts are in excellent shape. Thinning has proceeded extreme­ others hardly any. In contrast ·with the Great "\Vest­ ly rapidly because of the earliness Over 190,000 acres were planted ern area, farmers in the Fremont of the crop. Twice as much acreage in the four ,vestern states and be­ and Findlay districts in Ohio re­ was thinned by June first as was cause of lack of rain during April, ceived an unprecedented amount of completed in the previous year . many growers immediately started rainfall starting about April 25, In order to assist growers in get­ to irrigate up. and continuing until about the first ting the crop thinned on time, be­ cause so much of it had germinated Almost half of the acreage in of June. Low temperatures pre­ vailed also ·which made the spring about the same date, twice as many Colorado received an irrigation for Mexican Nationals were brought germination and much of it also a backward and farmers were unable to plant their allotted acreage. in by the Company as in the preYi­ second irrigation in order to hold ous year. the seedlings. This made it very This was extremely discouraging ~Iechanical thinning really paid difficult and used up a lot of very to officials and Company men in off in 1D56. Farmers went OYer Yaluable water. Southern Michigan and "\Vestern nearly 100,000 acres with machines Some districts, notably the North Ohio as nearly 18,000 acres had in the four "\Yestern states in order Sterling, Riverside, the Bijou and been contracted but rains pre­ to assist the labor to complete the the Henry Lynn, were too short of vented about a fourth of it from job as quickly as possible. This was water to permit irrigation for ger­ being planted. considerably more acreage than in mination. Unfortunately, some of The reservoir