. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Golden Anniversary Jubilee, Growers Cranberry Company of New Jersey, Was A Grand Affair PRESIDENT FRANKLIN S. CHAMBERS, AFTER 25 YEARS OF SERVICE, IS SUCCEEDED irJY THEODORE H. BUDD, Few Co-operatives in the United States, and no other coopeiative units in the cranberry industry have reached their fiftieth year, as has the Growers Cranberry Comprny, Inc., of New Jersey, v-hi.'h gloriously celebrated its Golden Jubilee anniversary at the Walt Whitman hotel, Camden, April 18th. Two presidents only have been at the helm
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Golden Anniversary Jubilee, Growers Cranberry Company of New Jersey, Was A Grand Affair PRESIDENT FRANKLIN S. CHAMBERS, AFTER 25 YEARS OF SERVICE, IS SUCCEEDED irJY THEODORE H. BUDD, Few Co-operatives in the United States, and no other coopeiative units in the cranberry industry have reached their fiftieth year, as has the Growers Cranberry Comprny, Inc., of New Jersey, v-hi.'h gloriously celebrated its Golden Jubilee anniversary at the Walt Whitman hotel, Camden, April 18th. Two presidents only have been at the helm since the incorporation, the late Joseph J. White, a great leader in cranberry affairs of the past century, hoU ing office from the incorporation in 1S95 until his death in 1920, and his son-in-law, Franklin S. Chambers, from then until now. This anniversary, as well as marking half a century of service to thf industry for Growers Cranberry Company, also marked the termination of Mr. Chambers as head, he requesting to be relieved. H. Budd, Sr., of Pemberton, who was second vice president, succeeds him, being chosen by the company directors at their annual meeting April 20. Growers Company Crop Marketed by C. W. Wilkinson C. W. WILKINSON Marketing the first and subse- quent crops of members of the Growers Cranberry Company, one of the signers of the original char- ter, and stockholder, and elected secretary and treasurer at the Philadelphia meeting in 1895, was C. W. Wilkinson, who, passing on in 1932, is vi'ell remembered by most of the older eastern cranberry growers. Mr. Wilkinson was one who helped shape the destinies of the industry in the period of be- ginning selling organization, both as a grower and a marketer of cranberries. The fruits of his ef- forts as a grower are still bearing for the industry, through the pro- duction of the Wilkinson bogs near Atsion, New Jersey, managed by Ralph B. Clayberger, his son-in- law. Mr. Clayberger likewise has made his imp
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