. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. WALTER A. NEALEY Death Takes CCI Research Chemist, Walter A. Nealey Walter A. Nealey, chemist and director of research for Cranberry Canners, Inc., died at his home. South Hanson, Saturday, June 22. Mr. Nealey had worked at the Hanson office until a few days be- fore his death, which came as a great shock to his associates and many friends in the cranberry world. Mr. Nealey was 69, having come into cranberry work from Maiden in 1928. He was a member of the American Chemical Society, Amer- ican Association for the Acvance- ment of S
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. WALTER A. NEALEY Death Takes CCI Research Chemist, Walter A. Nealey Walter A. Nealey, chemist and director of research for Cranberry Canners, Inc., died at his home. South Hanson, Saturday, June 22. Mr. Nealey had worked at the Hanson office until a few days be- fore his death, which came as a great shock to his associates and many friends in the cranberry world. Mr. Nealey was 69, having come into cranberry work from Maiden in 1928. He was a member of the American Chemical Society, Amer- ican Association for the Acvance- ment of Science. He was a mem- ber of Puritan Lodge, A. F. and A. M., Pilgrim Chapter, Royal Arch and Pilgrim Chapter O. E. S. Funeral services were held Tues- day aftei-noon June 25, at at Whitman, the annual meeting of Cranberry Canners having been curtailed, to enable members to at- tend, and many availed themselves of this opportunity to pay their last tribute to a respected worker for the cooperative and for the cranberry industry. Mr. Nealey, of course, was re- sponsible at all times for the qual- ity control of CCI products, but in spite of this he found time for much lesearch. It was he who discovered that the valuable ur- solic acid could, be commercially extracted from the skins of the cranberry and he has laid the foun- dation for whatever future bene- fits that may be developed in these by-products. The future benefits which are expected to accrue along these lines will all be due to his basic research. He did. much research on what types of berries were best for sauces. A very important devel- opment was due to his design and building of the cocktail press at the Hanson plant. Mr. Nealey was told this machine could not be built as he planned it, but he as- sumed the responsibility of mak- ing the press along his design and the result was a press which is the only one of its kind in the world. This presses out the juice so clean- ly that the seeds are left inside the sk
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