As Thanksgiving 1959, approached the U.S. cranberry industry was hoping for a miracle to save it from financial ruin. Locally, the small bog owners were desperate. The Tuckerton Beacon editorialized on Nov. 19, one week before the holiday.

“With a warning that a weed killer used in the cranberry bogs in Oregon and Washington State may produce cancer or other effects, the Ocean County growers seem doomed to suffer a great financial loss with those of other states. Donald A.