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Advocate Archives
Lumber Blaze, Top Tuna, Stubborn Clock
Oct. 22, 1931
FIRE AT DAYS’ LUMBER SHED
The Fire Department was called out on Sunday night, October 18, at eight o’clock, to the biggest fire we have had since August 13, when the gas tank ignited on the town wharf.
Frank Days’ lumber shed off Bradford Street, near Johnson Street, was the scene of the fire.
A blaze that required a half-hour to conquer it kept the men busy and furnished a large amount of excitement for a quiet Sunday evening. A large crowd gathered and many automobiles were parked nearby.
Every engine in the department was out, although several did not play their hoses. Engine number two, as well as two other engines, had their lines laid for instant use, but the fire was conquered without their aid.
One side of the shed roof was so badly burnt that it fell onto the lumber. The stored lumber was costly hard pine and the loss is estimated at about $3,000. Frank A. Days, Jr., reports that the fire was set.
Had this fire occurred the night before, Saturday night, it might have had a more serious ending, for the water supply was shut off at one time Saturday evening, but by Sunday the full supply was on.
Oct. 19, 1950
TOP ROD-REEL TUNA CAUGHT BY WOMAN
Heaviest tuna caught on rod and reel during the past season was brought in by a woman, Ruth Mendelson of New York, and, as a result, she wins the Finkel cup for the largest tuna caught by a woman, and the skipper of the boat, The Striper, Captain Joe Eldridge, has been awarded the prize of $250 for the boat on which the biggest tuna was caught.
These were two of the annual prizes announced this week by Max Finkel, owner of Seafood Packers, Inc., of Town Wharf at the end of his second tourney.
Two other $250 checks were given to John Vetorino of Barnstable for the 885-pound tuna which he took from his traps, and to Captain John Gaspie for the 710-pound tuna caught on a keg line. Frank K. Brown of Dartmouth won the Finkel cup for the biggest tuna caught by a man on the rod and reel. He, too, was on Captain Eldridge’s The Striper.
The Finkel Bass cup for men went to Larry Stevens of Philadelphia, who caught a 51 1/2 pounder, measuring 52 inches long. Second prize for men catching bass, a Seafood cup, went to William V. Slavin of Oreland, Pa., a fish identical in weight to the first prize winner, but measuring only 51 inches long, one inch less.
Largest bass landed by women, for which a Finkel Bass Cup was the prize, brought honors to Mrs. Miriam A. Fowler of North Truro, who landed a bass weighing 39 1/4 pounds, with second prize in the bass contest, a Seafood Bass Cup, going to Hazel Schling Huntington, N.Y., for a bass weighing 26 1/2 pounds.
Oct. 24, 1963
TOWN CLOCK WON’T MARK TIME CHANGE
End of Daylight Saving Time on Sunday will affect clocks all over town, but not the Town Clock, which is destined to remain mute atop Town Hall for some months to come.
Town Manager Walter E. Lawrence reported that the appropriation authorized at the last Town Meeting was insufficient to complete clock repairs which will require purchase of an additional part not included in the contract awarded the clock repair company in Ohio. Mr. Lawrence said that although the additional funds needed are slight, there is not enough available reserve cash to transfer to this use.
It is expected that funds will be made available at the next annual Town Meeting so that the hands of the familiar old clock may sweep away the minutes and chime away the hours again when Daylight Saving Time rolls around again next Spring.
Registrar of Motor Vehicles James R. Lawton reminds motorists that those who have been making the trip home from work during daylight will now be driving home in the dusk. He also pointed out the dangers of driving on Halloween and asked drivers to exercise special care for the great numbers of children who will be abroad on that evening.
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Oct 19th, 2006