. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Al Pappi, Cranberry Grower, Electrician Wareham Man Has Done More Industry Electrical Work Than Any Man in the State By CLARENCE J. HALL . Alfred L. Pappi, master electrician and cranberry grower of Ware- ham, Massachusetts, has done more "cranberry" electrical work in Massachusetts than any other man engaged in the electrical field— possibly as much as all others put together. Comparisons are some- times a trifle odious, but how else can a fact be stated? In this case to list the jobs he has done by number would be almos
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Al Pappi, Cranberry Grower, Electrician Wareham Man Has Done More Industry Electrical Work Than Any Man in the State By CLARENCE J. HALL . Alfred L. Pappi, master electrician and cranberry grower of Ware- ham, Massachusetts, has done more "cranberry" electrical work in Massachusetts than any other man engaged in the electrical field— possibly as much as all others put together. Comparisons are some- times a trifle odious, but how else can a fact be stated? In this case to list the jobs he has done by number would be almost impossible. It can be said they extend from simple electrical pumphouse in- stallations to the most technical and complicated of packing house and freezer lay-outs. Or, it jiiight be expressed by saying that he has in- stalled and maintained between four and five thousand horsepower. His projects have included the newest freezer plant of National Cran- berrj' Association at Onset, and also the freezers at Chatham, Barn- stable and Sandwich. He has made installations for the A. D. Make- peace Company and for the United Cape Cod Cranberry Company, be- sides a great many others. He is recognized as one of the busiest of electrical contractors in Southeastern Massachusetts, of late years to a large extent in cranberi-j' work, but he is equally interested in growing cranberries, cultivation the past twelve years. since he was sixteen; in cranberry He has been engaged in electricity His cranberry interests today con- sist of about 80 acres, 60 of these being jointly owned with Edwin Heleen of West Wareham. Learned in Spare Time Mr. Pappi was born in West Wareham and when he was six- teen went to work for the Tre- mont Nail Company, Tremont, West Wareham), and his job was in the electrical department—10 cents an hour for a 10-hour day. He found he liked electricity and decided to take a correspondence course. For seven years, nights, Sundays, and any spare time he could find he
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