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From the Advocate Archives
July 17, 1941
War Dept. weighs Route 6 completion
Route 6, its bad curves, generally poor condition, as well as the dilatory attitude of state officials in finishing the job of widening and straightening the highway from Eastham through to Provincetown have, at least, been brought directly to the attention of the Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson.
Chairman of Selectmen Jesse D. Rogers who has been endeavoring to bring state and national pressure to bear on the project of completing the improvement of Route 6 yesterday received from Senator Henry Cabot Lodge a letter which the latter had from Secretary Stimson stating that the highway matter is receiving attention.
Mr. Stimson’s letter to Senator Lodge reads, “Receipt is acknowledged of your letter of July 1st, transmitting two communications from Honorable Jesse D. Rogers, Chairman, Board of Selectmen, Provincetown, Massachusetts, relative to the designation as a defense highway of a road leading to the Lower Cape which also feeds the pier in Provincetown. The matter is receiving attention and I shall be pleased to give you a further reply at the earliest practicable date.”
Thus the matter of the improvement of Route 6 has been brought squarely before the chief of the War Department and so too has been brought to a head the buckpassing of the past and present Commissioners of Public Works who have maintained that all road building funds are now controlled by the Federal government. This contention has been difficult for the Lower Cape to meet while all road improvements and new road building projects have been concentrated around the Upper Cape and in the vicinity of Camp Edwards.
Force has been given to arguments for the completion of the Route 6 improvement by the almost constant use of the highway by troop convoys from Camp Edwards and the increasing use of this territory as maneuver grounds.
June 12, 1958
Escape injury in freak accident
Through what Dr. Daniel H. Hiebert described as “a miracle,” Mrs. Custodio Silva of 8 Standish Avenue and her three children escaped with minor injuries when their car went through a state fence on New Beach Highway on Monday night and the four-by-four inch top railing went through the car.
Driving through one of the densest fogs of the year, just before 9 o’clock, the car went off the road, through the fence and down the embankment where it stopped in a grove of trees. The ragged edge of the fence railing had gone through the radiator, up through the hood, through the right section of the windshield and out through the right rear window. Police said the railing extended from about five feet in front of the car, through the car, and protruded about the same distance out the rear window.
Mrs. Silva, her son Lawrence, 6, her daughter Brenda, and the 14-month old baby, Timothy, were taken to the office of Dr. Daniel Hiebert by Bernard Roderick of Montello Street, who drove by just after the accident occurred. Mrs. Silva and her children were badly shaken up, and Mrs. Silva had particles of glass in her eyes which had to be removed. Timothy had minor cuts and bumps on the head and glass in his ears and hair, and the two other children had glass in their hair.
The car, badly damaged, was hauled away by the wrecker from Duarte Motors, Inc. Sergeant Francis H. Marshall of the Police Department investigated the accident.
July 15, 1976
Seashore court charges nudists
Two federal magistrates took turns last week handing down $25 fines to a number of people cited for nudity this year in the Cape Cod National Seashore.
On Wednesday, court was convened at park headquarters in Wellfleet with Judge Peter Prinei presiding. In total he heard 28 cases, 27 of which were for nudity. The other charge was for a vehicle violation. All nudists were fined $25. There were 10 no-shows who were summoned for the July 21 hearing date.
Of the seven nudity cases, three had an additional charge added on for presenting false identification papers. Two of these people were fined an additional $10, the third an additional $20.
A spokesman for the Seashore said the next hearing date will be July 14. She described the proceedings as “quiet, orderly and businesslike.” She said there were few spectators or members of the press in attendance.
The switching of judges was explained by the fact that Judge Mullen, who will be sitting permanently as Federal Magistrate for the Seashore, wanted to observe court for one day before proceeding on his own. Judge Mullen is from West Barnstable. Previous magistrates had to come in from Boston to hear cases.
Seashore court will be held every Wednesday from now until the end of the summer.
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Jul 14th, 2005