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Advocate Archives
This week we look back to 1939, 1951 and 1965. The Flagship opens; will "the boys" become a problem; local fans trek to Fenway for Red Sox thriller.
May 18, 1939
Flagship To Open Season Tomorrow
Tomorrow Pat Patrick, skipper of the Flagship, famous on the Cape and known to people who come here from all parts of the country, will open for the season and that means, said Pat, the season opens in Provincetown.
Pat has not been idle this winter. He has been heading the Flagship into the bay with a large sturdily constructed pier which extends out over the water for fifty feet and is about thirty-five feet in width. Surrounded by a nautical railing and steel mesh netting, it will provide seating space for about 100 diners who want to eat out in the open close to the water.
From the beams and walls of the main dining saloon hang new relics from the sea, washed up on the backside and along the shores of the Point, culled by Pat and Bobby and hauled in by their ramshackle beach wagon. And even an old family organ has been added for Bayla Gaffin to play while Frances Kessler draws melody from her fiddle on Sunday evenings this summer.
May 17, 1951
Town Can Grow, Carpenter Insists
Provincetown has a great future and there is no good reason why it should not grow and develop, but we are not getting from our seasonal business one-half of the revenue that the people who come here are eager to spend in this town, Ralph S. Carpenter, pioneer on Cape Cod in improved cottages, told members of the Chamber of Commerce Monday night.
A greater faith in and knowledge of Provincetown’s assets, in what can be done with them, and a greater faith in what citizens and business men can do for and with their town, was the theme of Mr. Carpenter’s remarks.
“This,” the speaker said, “is one of the few towns that has any real history. It is also unique in its appearance, in its very layout which gives it the atmosphere of an ancient village on the English or Scottish coasts. We have developed a civilization that is entirely our own and have acquired peculiar habits and customs. Yet our own people know very little about this heritage which sets us apart and gives our town its powerful attraction.”
Mr. Carpenter went on to stress the vital importance of developing tourist business which he predicted would be the mainstay of the town should the fishing industry drift to ports which are nearer markets.
“However,” he warned, “we don’t need more people. We need better people and those with means. We need quality more than volume.”
Sharp criticism was directed against the practice of permitting the collection of rubbish and garbage by private trucks which make no effort to prevent refuse from being scattered along the roads. The town, he insisted, must adopt higher standards of cleanliness. Local restaurants, too, do not have uniform standards and while many of them provide satisfactory meals when traffic is not heavy, not a few become slipshod when rushed.
Mr. Carpenter was strongly of the opinion that the influx of “the boys” should be discouraged before they drive away entirely those upon whom the future of the town depends. In this move, he said, the business people and night spot operators should cooperate. Hitherto some of the latter have employed the type of help who will attract “the boys” and have become congregating places among them.
May 20, 1965
Cape End Fans See Red Sox Thriller
Thirty-four young Provincetown fans cheered the Red Sox Sunday to their two wins over the Detroit Tigers when an estimated 1,000, young and old, from Barnstable County, journeyed to Fenway Park for the third annual Cape Cod Day at the park. Arthur Roderick, recreational director, led the bus loads of local students, with their chaperones, to the wildly cheered game that netted the Red Sox five wins out of six Cape Cod Day games played at Fenway Park since Cape Cod Day was established in 1963.
Senator Leverett Saltonstall, long identified with Cape affairs, headed the list of Cape Cod dignitaries at the game, and tossed the first ball from a front box beside the Red Sox dugout. Congressman Hastings Keith was there for the opening of the game but a pressing engagement forced him to make an early departure.
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May 17th, 2007