. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. The Egger family of cranberry growers. Left to right, John, 3rd, Lorraine, Mrs. Egger, Mr. Egger and Walter. (CRANBERRIES Photo) John and Walter Egger, 18, 16, Have Built and Operate Own Bog These High School Boys, With 20 Acres at Lake- ville, Mass., Probably the Youngest Growers in In- dustry—Members of NCA, as Is Their Father. Youngest Growers Possibly the youngest growers in tiie industry—certainly the youngest members of National Cranberry Association—are John H. Egger, 3rd, 18, and Walter Eg- ger, 16. They built and "ope
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. The Egger family of cranberry growers. Left to right, John, 3rd, Lorraine, Mrs. Egger, Mr. Egger and Walter. (CRANBERRIES Photo) John and Walter Egger, 18, 16, Have Built and Operate Own Bog These High School Boys, With 20 Acres at Lake- ville, Mass., Probably the Youngest Growers in In- dustry—Members of NCA, as Is Their Father. Youngest Growers Possibly the youngest growers in tiie industry—certainly the youngest members of National Cranberry Association—are John H. Egger, 3rd, 18, and Walter Eg- ger, 16. They built and "operate" one-twentieth of an acre on prop- erty owned by their father, John H. Egger, 2nd, on Highland road in Lakeville, Massachusetts. Mr. Egger and his brother, Mil- ton W., have about seven acres themselves, and are also members of NCA. Their father, the late John H. Egger, a native of Sand- wich on the Cape, whei'e he first learned about crnberries as a boy, later lived in Middleboro and con- ducted a small bog there. Mrs. John Egger and the daughter, Lor- raine, are cranberry workers, too. In short, the Egger family is col- lectively and individually pretty much "up to its ears" in the cran- berry business a considerable part of the year, although with all of them it is really a side-line—an important one—to their regular lives. Mr. John Egger is an instructor in the industrial arts department of Brockton High School, both boys are students at Brockton, taking the courses under their father. Lorraine is also in school. Mrs. Gertrude Egger is a housewife. They make their home at 258 West Chestnut St., Brockton, when they are not at the bog in Lakeville. 250-Year-Old Farmhouse This location is known as the old Ashley estate, and there is a farm- house about 250 years old, owned jointly by heirs of Mr. Egger's aunt, but at present utilized by the John Egger family. The weather- beaten story and a half farmhouse makes ideal headquarters for cran- berry a
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