. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. (continued from page 9) the most famous being a plantation hat worn by Charlton Heston in a film. The new president is well knovMi in his hometown of Wareham not only because his family has had the cranberry business for all those years, but also because he has been in the front line of town politics. He served on the school committee for 13 years and the finance committee for seven. His years in town government have been marked by such con- troversial issues as whether to build a new high school to relieve double sessions.
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. (continued from page 9) the most famous being a plantation hat worn by Charlton Heston in a film. The new president is well knovMi in his hometown of Wareham not only because his family has had the cranberry business for all those years, but also because he has been in the front line of town politics. He served on the school committee for 13 years and the finance committee for seven. His years in town government have been marked by such con- troversial issues as whether to build a new high school to relieve double sessions. Decas has taken a tough stand against school vandaUsm and jumped into the middle of a fray over whether a gay rights speaker should address high school students. He opposed the idea. All the while, Decas kept intact his sense of humor, which can be good natured or biting, depending on the situation. "I HAVE FOUND that the industry, including my own business, has had to rebuild itself . . grow with the times. . become innovative rather than conservative, such as in the use of sprinklers," Decas remarked. "I would say that we were one of the first major growers in the area to go 100 per cent with sprinkler ; In 1962 he was elected independent representative on the Cranberry Marketing Committee from Massachu- setts and now remains as the only original member left on the body. Also, he was once chairman of the Rochester Growers Assn., which embraces an area where his firm has property. He says the Cape Cod growers association "has made some Uberal changes in the past few years to meet the needs of the ; He credits outgoing president David Mann with having done an excellent job. The biggest challenge facing growers, he said, will be the need to produce enough berries to keep up with demand. "I maintain that the growers, with 10 the revenues produced due to good prices and large sales, will meet the challenge. I think we will find the
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