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Cranberry Queen Ellen Stillman Shapes Family Business
Ellen Stillman of Boston, a cranberry farm owner near Hanson Massachusetts, manages 45 acres producing as much as half a million pounds yearly. Once a records helper at the cooperative, she borrowed 15000 dollars at 25 to start her own plantation now thriving. She still guides bog care, writes fiction, arranges pageants, and serves a festive cranberry punch at Christmas.
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Ellen Stillman
Boston
Mass
Cranberry Cooperative
Hanson
Miss Stillman