Additional material on Homer S. Varner

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ADDITIONAL MATERIAL ON HOMER S. VARHER

Homer s. Varner, manager or the Loi,gmont factory since

194 3,

will retire July l after 40 years of outstanding service with The Great Western Sugar Company. He will assume inactive status June l.

Mr. Varner vaa born on a farm in De Kalb county, Mo. The family moved ·to Pueblo, Colo., in

1896,

where his father, Charles L. Varner, was employed by the Colorado Fuel and Iron cc:mipa.ny. The youngster thinned his first sugar bet,to in the Arkansas Valley in J.901. The family presently

re-turned to Missouri whe.re Homer attended grade and high school at St. Joseph, wo-rking on neighboring farms during summer va..:ations.

Be was graduated f'rom the University of Missouri in

1916,

bachelor of' ar.1ence, agriculture, majoring in animal husbandry. Be was one

ot

a

doz.en outstanding students invited by the late

w.

D. Lippitt and Hana Mendelsohn to came to work :tor Great Western. Mr. Varner started as field-man o.t Lovel.nnd in 1916. Be was made assistant manager at Brush in 1932, became manager at Ovid in 1936 and was transferred to Longmont as manager in

19430

Mr.

Varner

ws

married to Miss Josephine

M.

Breitweiser

at

Sedalia, Mo., in 1915 o They bs.ve tw sons and one daughter: B. S. Varner, Jr,. ,

Denver, an executive vi.th the Bureau of Reclamation; Charles E ..

Varner,

Mountain View, Calif'. , designing engineer for the Hiller Helicopter Co.;

and Mn 8 A. Bo ltenney, also of Mountain View.

Mr. Varner is a member of Gamma Sipe. Delta, honor society of agriculture, the Rotary Club, the Elks and the Baptist church. He has

participated widely in civic at>:tairs and served as president of the Larimer County

P&ir

for four

yearso

Upon his retil'f'..me:n.t, Mr., and Mrs" Varner expect to travel and look after their faming 1nt..erests o