. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Russell Makepeace: A Life In Cranberrying Editor's Note: The story )elow first appeared in the September 1981 issue of :RANBERRIES. Russell Makepeace died on Jan. 1 of his year. By CAROLYN GILMORE Russell Makepeace, cranberry company president, banker and family genealogist, knows cran- berries-from Ben Lear to Stevens—and Makepeace history— from Abel Denison to Mary Zelinda. No great surprise there! Now in his seventies, he got his first job in cranberrying more than 50 years ago and has been president and director of the Mak
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Russell Makepeace: A Life In Cranberrying Editor's Note: The story )elow first appeared in the September 1981 issue of :RANBERRIES. Russell Makepeace died on Jan. 1 of his year. By CAROLYN GILMORE Russell Makepeace, cranberry company president, banker and family genealogist, knows cran- berries-from Ben Lear to Stevens—and Makepeace history— from Abel Denison to Mary Zelinda. No great surprise there! Now in his seventies, he got his first job in cranberrying more than 50 years ago and has been president and director of the Makepeace Co. for 23 years. As for family trees, the Makespeaces have been in America for 10 generations and Russell has been studying their history for years, tracing the name back to 13th century England. A gregarious individual and a natural storyteller. Makepeace ecently told this writer of his :arly start in cranberrying as he eaned back in his chair next to in old fashioned roUtop desk in he office of the Makepeace 'o. Inc. in Wareham, Mass. "The first job I had was nailing uarter barrel boxes in the screen- ouse," he recalled. He also pasted labels and orked in the scoop shop on that ;rstjob. That was in 1930 when he ent to work for his uncle, John makepeace, in Wareham. Prior to that stint, he had been aployed by Grand Union Co., a. RUSSELL MAKEPEACE'S grandfather started up a cranberry bog and Russell carried on the tradition, beginning in the industry by nailing quarter barrel boxes in the screenhouse. (CRANBERRIES photo by Carolyn GUmore) grocery chain headquartered in New York City, for five years following his graduafion from Williams College in 1925. Russell played varsity football at Williams. At Grand Union, he had worked his way up from deUvery boy to assistant superintendent. But an eventual commitment to cranberrying seemed inevitable in the life of a Makepeace. For well over a century, the Makepeace name has meant cran- berries. In the late 1
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