. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Nantucket (Continued from Page 10) Mr. Smith's first cranberry prop- erty. He had bought his first bog in November, 1898, he recalls, the same day the S. S. City of Portland was sunk at East Sandwich on the Cape. Third Generation Grower His father was S. Curtis Smith, a teacher, for the last 37 years of his life master of English High School in Boston. After that he grew cranberries near the Quaker Meeting House at East His grandfather, Franklin Nye, began cranberry growing about 1870 in the same East Sandwich area. Some
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Nantucket (Continued from Page 10) Mr. Smith's first cranberry prop- erty. He had bought his first bog in November, 1898, he recalls, the same day the S. S. City of Portland was sunk at East Sandwich on the Cape. Third Generation Grower His father was S. Curtis Smith, a teacher, for the last 37 years of his life master of English High School in Boston. After that he grew cranberries near the Quaker Meeting House at East His grandfather, Franklin Nye, began cranberry growing about 1870 in the same East Sandwich area. Some of the first berries they produced, Mr. Smith says, were shipped to Paris in barrels filled with water, about 1875. Mr. Smith, who is of historical mind, has a remarkable interest in early Cape history. He is treas- urer of the Nye Family Associa- tion of America Inc., and a direc- tor of the Tupper Family, both these geneological organizations being among the lai-gest and best informed of such organizations in the country. He maintains a sum- mer home in East Sandwich. He himself was born in Jamaica Plain, now a suburb of Boston, April 4, 1877. He graduated from Boston University Law School, cum laude, June 7, 1899. Incorporator of Cape Cod Ass'n When the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association was incorp- orated, January 25, 1910, Mr. Smith handled the legal end of the business. The incorporators were George R. Briggs, John C. Make- peace, Dr. Franklin E. Marsh, Dr. William W. Marsh, Irving C. Ham- mond, Zebina H. Jenkins, LeBaron R. Barker, Edwin A. Stevens and Mr. Smith. But three survive: Mr. Smith, Mr. Makepeace and Mr. Barker. He was elected to the Board of Directors and has sei-ved. on that board until the present time, al- though this year his title is hon- orary. He has been on the leg- islative committee during this period. He was president of the association in 1931-32. Mr. Smith incorporated the Cranberry Distributors, Inc., in 1914 for marketing cranberries and w
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