Biographical data for Lyman H. Andrews

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Biographical Data Lyman H. Andrews

Born on a farm at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, November 20, 1896. Moved to a farm near Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1898, then to Western Kansas in 1905 and from there to a farm near Greeley, Colorado, in 1907, where I had my first experience thinning beets on my father's farm. In 1913 we moved to Morrill, Nebraska, where my father farmed and was employed as a fieldman by The Great Western Sugar Company.

Following graduation from Morrill High School in 1914, I entered the University of Nebraska from which I graduated in 1918. I then enlisted in the Navy and was released from overseas duty as Communications Officer in September 1919.

I was employed by The Great Western Sugar Company in October 1919. My service with The Great. Western Sugar Company has included work as a fieldman

at Scottsbluff, Assistant to Nebraska District Manager at Scottsbluff until appointed Manager at the Lyman, Nebraska, factory from 1929 until 1936. I

served as Manager at Sterling, Colorado, from 1936 to 1939 and managed the Greeley and Eaton, Colorado, factories from 1939 to 1943 when I was appointed Manager at Billings, Montana, serving there until 1948.

In July 1948 I came to Denver as Assistant Vice President. In 1949 I · was appointed Northern District Manager in which capacity I served until September _.

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1957 when I was appointed Southern. District Manager.··.

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DENVER, Colo. , June

19 - -

Lyman H. Andrews of Denver, northern district mne.ger of The Great Western Sugar Company, va.s today appointed

manager of' the souther-11, or Colorado district ..

Pl"esident Frank A. Ke111P Ga.id that Mr .. Andrews would succeed the

late J~ R. Mason whose duties, since his dea.th last November, bad been

taken over by P. B .. Smith., general ag'.t."ieulturist ..

Mr. 'Andrews is lri.del.y known in Colorado. Born in Iowa., he ca.me

a.a a ycnmgster with his parents to Windsor. He was reared on a tam

near LaSalle &

After graduation from University of' Nehmska and war ser.rice,. he

entered Great Weste.rn service in 1919 and spent ten years in Nebraska

as fieldm.n

and

assistant to the district manager.

In 1929 he became •nase1• of the Lyman, Nebr., factory. He

subsequently served as manager at Stel'ling, Greeley and Ea.ton, Colo.; Billings, Mont. , assistant vice president, Denver, and became nol"'thern

district maw..ger in

1949.

Mro and Mrs. Andrews have t,ne son, Lyman, Jro, a. student a.t Brandeis

University near Boston., and a daughter, Diana, at Colorado University •

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Mr. /m4re1ra, who will aaaume his new pc,at September 24, was born on 1111 lo'Wa

ta.rm.,

spent part of his ohildhoocl .OD a Kansas f8l"IIL, _ow

to

W1ndaor, Colo., in a ooverea.

vason 1D

1907,

was

gl"&duatea. from. lln1.versit7 of lfebrulm; served overseas as a Be.val

ot-fioer 1D World War 1, an4 baa been with the oom}l8.D7 sinoe 1919 as a f1eldman 1D Bebraaka

and

ailrlaser

·of factories at

I.Jman,

Bebr., Sterling, Oreele7 and Katon, Colo., and has

been lllBllllpr at :Billings a1Doe

1943.

Mr. Andrews will be succeeded at :Bil11np by Robert L. 1:1wons, manager of the Greele7 an4 Baton factories

ainoe

1945.

Mt-.

nmona

was· born 1D Fort Co111na, graduated

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from. Colol"a4o A & M oollege aml, s:lnoe 1926, has aened the OOlllPBIQ' as f1el.aman at

Gerins,

l'ebr., an4 Longmont, Colo., assistant 1IIBIJ8ger at :Brush and mamger two 19ara

at 01"14, Colo., before go1ng

to

Gnele7.

Jolm D.

Bdm1aton,

manager Windsor, w111 beoome 1ll8D&8ff at Greeley and

Eaton

August 20. Ml-. Edmiston

was

b01'D in Penns7lvan1a,. spent hill bo7hoo4 1D Pueblo, Colo.,

. was graduated from CoJ.c>ieado A &

J4

oollese and has served the oompa117 since

1933

aa f1elaman 1D Bebraska, lonsmont an4 Fort Morgan, assistant 111N2Ager at :Bruh

ana.,

s1noe 19"4 baa

been -...pr at W1mlaor •

.R. l[. :Biaohotf 1 '11&1Ja89r

at

LoVell, WJ'C)., a1noe

191t3,

will beoome m,mager at

W1Ddsor August

6.

Mr. :Biaohoff was born 1n Utah, hoJ.as bachelor' a an4 .mater• s degrees

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troll Utah State College of Agl"ioulture., and .entered oom;pa.rq serrtoe 1D

1929.

:Before

beoom.1.ng

manaser

at Lovell he ha4

served

as fiel.dlllsn at SterliDg., B1111nga and W1ndaor·.

The new

aanaser

at Lovell, etteotive

Jul.7

23,

11111 be Will.1.all

c.

MaCart7, fieldman

at Ml.tab.ell, Nebr., who will So

to

Iovell

Jul.7

3.

Jfl!t. M>CartJ was born at

Ea.ton.,

Colo.,

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le~ Colozaio A & M oollep in

1917

to

serve 1D the Air Serv'ioe

am

has been with

the ·a0111.P8111' a1n0e 1920 1n · the

Ger1DS

anc1. M1tohell diatriota. _' .

super1Dtemen.t at

J.

aoram

Bngllah, mans.pr at Sterlins s1Dce 1939, will beaome manager at

. :Bripton

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J'ort L11pton Augaat

2:'f.

Mr. Bngl.1sh-was born 1n Greele7, graduated

f1'Ulll CoJ.moacl.o A & M

ooll.ese,

entered o ~ service with the field f'oroea at Lovell

.in

1916,

aeffed 1D the

1'&TJ',

was f1elc1man at Longmont 16 J'Sar&~ &114 .assistant 1ll&1Ulpl"

at

Brash prior to

soins

to

Sterl.11Js as manager.

George O. Beed, mar,apr at OV1d amoe 19115, will become

manager

at Stfflng

A.up.et

6.

Mr. Reed was bOl'A 1D Ohio, graduated from Ohio State UD1verait7, en.tere4

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c ~ service 1n

1924

amt served 21 7NZ'8 1n Morpu oount7

as

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am

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· aaaiatan.t m,maaer at

Brush.

Jolm Stewa.i-t, asaiatant -.nager at Brighton and Fort Lupton, willbeacae

IDlt.ll&pr at

ov1a.

JuJ.7

23.

Mr. Stewart was born in

Salt

Le.a

Cit7,

sraa.uatea

f'mD. Vt.ah

State Agr1cultural college &114

was

a fiel.almm at Lanpont 'trca

1936

to

l~l when he

vent

into aotive eerv1oe

_tor

nearl.7 f1v.e-,u.rs, atta1D1zlg the rank

ot

11eutemnt-oolollel. After the war he spent three ,ears aa a fiel.aam. at Brighton before beoci1D.1ns ·

aaeiatant

1DIIDBpr.

B. W. Morrison. in charge

ot

engineering tor the Billings and Lovell tac,, ...

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'rill 1 , e . _ diatl'iot Oligi11eer tol' a 11

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-BILLINGS, Uont., June 25 -- Lyman H. Andrews, who succeeds P.H •

MeMaster as Manager of the Billings factory of The Great Western Sugar Company

upon Mr. McMaster's promotion to Manager of the Nebraska district. is a true

v~esterner, a

veteran

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liorld v.ar I, an expert

in agriculture

and animal husbandry,

and has had twenty•t'our years

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ser~ic e with the Company. He has been Manager

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the Greeley and Eaton

factories

in Colorado since 1939.

Born in 1896 a.t Mount Pleasant, Iowa, Mr. Andrews spent part

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his

childhood in Kansas, and had the distinction of entering Colorado in true

pioneer

fashion w:1. th his parents in a covered wagon. The family located. in 190'1. near

Ydndsor and in 1908 began tarm.ing near La Salle in the Greeley district. Young

Andrews took eagerly to farm life and decided to make it his vocation. He

studied agriculture at the University of Nebraska e.nd was graduated with the

class of 19181 receiving his degree while in the Navy, in which he had enl.isted

in December, 1917. He served 22 months, during which he me.de eight trips to

France as communication officer on a troop transport.

Following his discharge from the Navy with a commission of Ensign,

Mr. Andrews entered Great '\'.estern employment at Scottsbluff I Nebr.• in the fall

of

1919. During his next ten years he served as Fieldman and in a general capacity

as assistant to the Nebraska District Manager. In July, 19291 Mr • .Andrews was

appointed Manager 0£ the Lyman, Nebr. , factory, which position he he 1d until his

appointment as Manager at Sterling July 14, 1936. He was transferred to Greeley

as Greeley-Eaton Manager August 2, 1939, from which post he now comes to Billings.

Mr. Andre\Vs was married to Uiss Patricia Yorke of New York in New York

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in 1934. They have two children, Lyman,, Jr.,, 5 years old, and Diana,

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Mr. Andrews has distinguished himself in agricultural research work. He

has written and lectured authoritatively on agricultural subjects1 is an excellent

photographer,, thoroughly understands crops and f'eeding and has had special

exper-ience in recruiting and handlillF of labor. In his recent work a:t Greeley he has

contributed to important developments

in

nechanization

or

beet produotion. The

new Billings Manager has a winning personality and has taken an active part in

civic and business activities in the communities where he has lived. He is a

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.ADDITIONAL DATA JN LYMAN H. ANDRE''!S

His appointment as Manager of the Eaton and Greeley factories is in the nature of a home-coming for Lyman

H.

Andrews. His earliest farm

ex-perience was in the Gree1ey-Windsor area.

Born in 1996 at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, Mr. Andrews spent part of his childhood in Kansas, and had the distinction of entering Colorado in true pioneer fashion, with his parents in a covered wagon. The family located

in

1907 near Farmers' Spur in the Windsor district where young Andrews worked in

his father's beet fields. In 1908 the family farmed in the Greeley district

southeast of La Salle.

Mr.

Andrews studied agriculture at the Universitv of Nebraska and

was

graduated with the class of 1918, receiving his degree while in the Navy in

which he enlisted in December, 1917.· He served 22 months, part of which was

overseas.

Following his discharge from the service, with the conmission of Ensign,

he entered employment of The Great Western Sugar Company at Scottsbluff,

Ne-braska, in the fall of 1919. During his next ten years in Nebraska he served

as Fieldman and in a general capacity as assistant to the Nebraska Distriet

Manager. In J'uly, 1929, Mr. Andrews was appointed Manager

of

the

Lyman

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Nebraska, factory, which position he held until his appointment as Manager

at Sterling J'uly 14, 1936.

Mr. Andrews was married to Miss Patricia Yorke of New York in New York in 1934. They have two children, Lyman, Jr., born April 2, 1937 • and Diana,

born July 26, 1939.

Mr. Andrews has distinguished himself in agricultural research work,

He is an authoritative writer on agricultural subjects, is an excellent

photo-grapher, and is respqmsible for many of the unusual underground photographs of beet root systems widely published in recent years.

· He beli.,.ves in building the be"lt crop "from underground up" and

ad-vocates early and thorough seed bed preparation as the fir~ step in securing

a good stand of sugar beets. ./'