. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. â .dw^'^,; Marcus M. Urann Canadian Ocean Spray President Marcus M. Urann (Cranberries, Sept., 1958) was elected presi- dent of Ocean Spray of Can- ada, Ltd. at a Directors' meet- ing held, January 22, in Hanson, Massachusetts. T^he Canadian com- pany is a subsidiary of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. The pro- cessing plant of the Canadian as- sociation is located in St. Johns, Province of Quebec. Mr. Urann is also President of United Cape Cod Company, world's second largest cranberry producer and a member of Ocean Spray. United's cr
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. â .dw^'^,; Marcus M. Urann Canadian Ocean Spray President Marcus M. Urann (Cranberries, Sept., 1958) was elected presi- dent of Ocean Spray of Can- ada, Ltd. at a Directors' meet- ing held, January 22, in Hanson, Massachusetts. T^he Canadian com- pany is a subsidiary of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. The pro- cessing plant of the Canadian as- sociation is located in St. Johns, Province of Quebec. Mr. Urann is also President of United Cape Cod Company, world's second largest cranberry producer and a member of Ocean Spray. United's cranberry proper- ties stretch over some 15,000 acres in the southeastern Massaohusetts towns of Hanso'n, Halifax, Pem- broke, Plympton and Duxbury. 700 are bearing acres and yield 7,000 pounds of cranberries per acre, far exceeding the Massachusetts average. Cranberries are both a vocation and avocation for Mr. Urann, who comes from a famed cranberry family whose leadership contrib- uted to the progress of the in- dustry for more than half a cen- tury. He is the son of Carl B. Urann, retired grower and former President of United, and the ne- phew of Marcus L. Urann, organ- izer of United in 1907 and founder of the Ocean Spray brand in 1912. Himself a grower, owner of a 12-acre bog in East Bridgewater and a partner in Three M cran- berry bog in Middleboro, the new- ly elected President began his cranberry career working sum- mers at the Cranberry Experi- ment Station in Wareham. while attending Bates College. He has served on the Board of Directors of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. since 1948 and on the Board of Ocean Spray of Canada since 1959. He received his first pay check from United Cape Cod in 1932, later serving as Assistant Manager, Treasurer, and as Vice President. He is Secretary-Treas- urer of the Cranberry Institute, which represents all growers and distributors in the cranberry in- dustry, and is active in the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Associa- tion and the South S
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