. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. OCEAN SPRAY BOARD OF DIRECTORS VOTES TO ACCEPT CLAM FACTORY SITE FOR NEW NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS by J. B. Presler The Board of Directors of Ocean Spray cast a majority vote to approve the construction of a new office building for the large cooper- ative to be housed in a renovated building in Plymouth, Massachu- setts conmionly referred to as the 'Clam Factory.' The Board arrived at their decision during a two-day meeting in the third week of August. As reported in the last issue of Cranberries, the Plymouth Board of Appeals and othe
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. OCEAN SPRAY BOARD OF DIRECTORS VOTES TO ACCEPT CLAM FACTORY SITE FOR NEW NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS by J. B. Presler The Board of Directors of Ocean Spray cast a majority vote to approve the construction of a new office building for the large cooper- ative to be housed in a renovated building in Plymouth, Massachu- setts conmionly referred to as the 'Clam Factory.' The Board arrived at their decision during a two-day meeting in the third week of August. As reported in the last issue of Cranberries, the Plymouth Board of Appeals and other Plymouth boards have given Ocean Spray the go- ahead on the construction project. The town has enthusiastically re- cognized that the new cranberry center will be a major asset to the town and in particular to the waterfront area in which it will be located. Photographs of the present site may not look encouraging, but the architectural drawings for the pro- posed building are impressive. They portray an attractive building which makes use of the basic architectural design of the stone section of the original clam factory complete with arched windows. Also included in the plans are nicely laid out grounds with trails along the harbor looking across the harbor to the outer beach in Plymouth, and working cranberry bogs which will serve as part of the educational program available to the public. It is not widely known that Ocean Spray has occupied the same buUding once before. Ocean Spray took over a cranberry dehydration business from the Colley Cranberry Company in 1942. They occupied the building and carried on the process perfected by the Colleys until 1951 when the property was sold to the International Shoe Machine Corporation. International Shoe held the building, in which they manufac- tured Keds slip-on rubbers and adhesive cements and in which they assembled shoe machinery, until January 1, 1970 at which point it was sold to Marine Realty, the present owner. The proper
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