. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. John C. Makepeace, Long Prominent In Cranberry Industry, Dies At 85 He was a Leader in Banking Circles and in Civic Affairs of Southeastern Massachusetts The cranbeiry industry lost a leading figure January 24 in the death of John C. Makepeace of W a r e h a m, Massachusetts. He passed away at the age of 85 at Tobey Hospital, Wareham, after a long illness. For most of his years he had been interested in cranbei-'v tivation, His achievements were notable as a cranberry grower, in marketing both fresh and pro- cessed; in his contribu
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. John C. Makepeace, Long Prominent In Cranberry Industry, Dies At 85 He was a Leader in Banking Circles and in Civic Affairs of Southeastern Massachusetts The cranbeiry industry lost a leading figure January 24 in the death of John C. Makepeace of W a r e h a m, Massachusetts. He passed away at the age of 85 at Tobey Hospital, Wareham, after a long illness. For most of his years he had been interested in cranbei-'v tivation, His achievements were notable as a cranberry grower, in marketing both fresh and pro- cessed; in his contributions to every phase of the industry. His achievements extended to the banking world in which he was highly regarded, particularly in Southeastern Massachusp^^tt; where he was most active and throughout the state. He was ac- tive and influential in the accom- plishment of many civic and area betterments of his community. His Father was the late Abel D. Makepeace of Hyannis, a pioneer in cranberry cultivation o- a large scale and widely knc»wn for many years as the "Cranberry ; Mr. Makepeace was familiar with cranberry growing from the tim'e he was eight years old and spent several months each fall during the 1880's-90's with his parents at the Makepeace Wan- kinco bogs in Carver. From that time on a main interest of his life was the cranberry business although he branched out into financial and other business inter- ests. He was treasurer of the A. D. Makeneace Company at Wareham. a firm established by his father and reorganized by Mr. Make- peace in 1922. He was a founder and, until a year ago, secretary- treasurer of National Cranberry Association organized in He was an active participant in all affairs of that cooperative (orig- inally Cranberry Canners, Inc.) which nroduced and made inter- nationally known the Ocean Spray brand. The A. D. Makepeace Company, with approximately 1,500 acres of bog in Plymouth and Barnstable counties, is the largest growe
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