. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. got drawn into general contracting in a local building boom. My land on Little Egg Harbor Bay became desirable as a shore development, so I founded Deerfield Park and soon splashed over into real estate development. One of the properties I showed frequently to prospects was an old run-down cranberry bog astride Bass River dating back to the last century. Each time I showed it I was baffled by the client's indif- ference, but I was drawn more and mere to return now and then with my wife for a couple of hours of quiet peace, away fro
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. got drawn into general contracting in a local building boom. My land on Little Egg Harbor Bay became desirable as a shore development, so I founded Deerfield Park and soon splashed over into real estate development. One of the properties I showed frequently to prospects was an old run-down cranberry bog astride Bass River dating back to the last century. Each time I showed it I was baffled by the client's indif- ference, but I was drawn more and mere to return now and then with my wife for a couple of hours of quiet peace, away from the hurly-burly of building and de- velopment and sales. It was here that I suddenly realized that I was â 'trapped" again by commerce. Betty and I laughed at ourselves over hot dogs and potato salad, and tcok stock. We sold Deerfield Park and decided to go to college to get 'he necessary degrees for teaching and preaching the eternal verities which we were discovering and 'earning to practice. We bought our beloved bogs, having no yen lO be cranberry farmers at the !.utset. However, we had settle- ;nent on September 9, 1958. There' /as a lush crop on the bogs. I thought what a fine lark it would !:e to harvest it. I got a truck, kicking machines and scoops, a r3w helpers, and away we went! That did it. I'll pi'obably work :iyself to death. But what a nice vay to die! We have labored ⢠ound the clock through the sea- on over the years and have lost :-!oney with fatiguing regularity. .\nd we love it. Some day we may ; ven make a profit. But we'll un- doubtedly pour it all back in lachinery, fertilizer, pesticides, ; ibor, barns, etc. But we've escaped the deadly ^ ?topus of commerce and the â plagues of anxiety and â ^security. Betty will graduate " om Douglas College this June : id receive her in Home Eco- :)mics. She will continue in her "5cation of teaching, with special ^nphasis on helping young women â " 1 value their femininity and
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