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Advocate Archives
Cookie Fan, Cape Sites 1948, Science Fair Survivor
June 10, 1948
INDIANA WANTS CAPE TIP COOKIES
A number of letters of appreciation from various parts of the country and even from Canada were received as a result of the special air mail edition of The Provincetown Advocate sent out by the Town Criers on May 19. As a result of the mailings quite a few inquiries were received by the Town Criers and The Provincetown Advocate asking for information regarding accommodations for the coming season.
Perhaps the most interesting result that has come to light so far [comes from] a Mrs. L.J. Borst of La Porte, Indiana.
To Burch’s Bakery Mrs. Borst writes, “In a recent copy of The Provincetown Advocate sent me, I saw your advertisement for Brownies, Ice Box cookies and baked beans. The beans could not very easily be sent by mail, I suppose, although I am sure they would be very good. But I wonder if you would care to send me by parcel post mail, say, two dozen each of the Brownies and Ice Box cookies. It would be nice to have a few of each and if it is convenient for you to send them by mail collect, I would surely appreciate it. No special hurry, next Saturday or the following or whenever convenient. I spent a few hours in Provincetown last summer and enjoyed it so thoroughly I thought it would be nice to have something from there.”
June 10, 1948
TOWN TO WELCOME TOP JOURNALISTS
Provincetown will have as its guests on Saturday and Sunday a delegation of leading magazine and newspaper travel and fashion editors, and officials of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, who will conclude, with the Cape End, a three-day tour of the interesting spots and towns on Cape Cod.
A group of local citizens, some of whom are members of the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce, which has arranged the program for the visitors, will be hosts in Provincetown.
It is expected that the visitors will arrive at the Gifford House about 3:30 Saturday afternoon and at 4 o’clock they will leave, weather permitting, for a ride over the sand dunes, or in case of rain, they will visit the Historical Museum. At 6:15 they will leave for a tour of the town, visit the Pilgrim Monument and Race Point after which they will be on their own briefly. At 8 o’clock they leave the Gifford House for dinner at the Flagship, and at 8 the following morning they are due at the Bonnie Doone for breakfast. They are scheduled to leave for Falmouth by special bus 45 minutes later.
En route to Provincetown the party will stop in Wellfleet to get the Lorenzo D. Baker, United Fruit Company story about the first bananas brought to this country, and they will visit Highland Light in North Truro.
As guests of the railroad the journalists will be entertained en route with a fashion show featuring Cape Cod beach togs and the newest in summer resort attire.
June 8, 1961
FIRE SPURS GIRL TO WIN FIRST PRIZE
Last Thursday afternoon the Donald Gleason home on Bradford Street was badly damaged by fire. Family heirlooms packed carefully away were ruined. But most precious in the eyes of Cheryl Gleason, Freshman of Provincetown High School, was months of work in preparation for the Science Fair held Monday night. Cheryl’s exhibit was Photosynthesis and she visualized complete ruin.
But she not only won in spite of fire, smoke and damage, she walked away with the grand prize.
About 60 students of the Freshman classes, college and general, of the science classes of Richard M. Santos entered their exhibits. This is a new project this year for the freshmen only, but the fair created such interest that Mr. Santos hopes to include all High School science classes next year with the exhibit to be held in Town Hall.
Cheryl had on display a large poster in three sections of photosynthesis as well as nine growing plants. Photosynthesis is the process by which plants form carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water through the agency of sunlight acting upon chlorophyll. Cheryl’s specimens were grouped in two classes. The first was nutrition; in regular soil enriched with liquid fertilizer, in plain water and in washed beach sand. The second class dealt with light; in sunlight, in semi-light, in complete darkness and in artificial red light. She had 18 of them growing in various parts of the house, but half of them, the adult ones, were destroyed by the fire.
The first section of the poster showed photographs of the development of a seedling from three to 10 days. The second section was a full colored drawing of photosynthesis in action and the third section, also a full poster sheet in color drawing, showed the biological cycle of the seedling.
Cheryl’s grand prize was a gold statue, and there were three other winners from each class together with an honorable mention.
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Jun 8th, 2006