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Advocate Archives
This week’s look back into the Advocate Archives takes us to 1948, the so-called Tuna Summer, when everybody went out for the big fish. Next up is 1959 and Truro’s big celebration of its 250th anniversary. Finally, we revisit 1961 to hear about the successful program the police implemented to fingerprint all non-resident summer workers.
Aug. 19, 1948
Cape End Waters Green With Tuna Calling Fishermen Here For Sport
Even Dragger Crews Start Harpooning
Whatever else may be said about this season, it will definitely go down in Provincetown history as Tuna Summer. The waters around the Cape End seem to be alive with the huge fish and even the draggers are turning from their customary activities to sharpen their lances and go harpooning “hoss mackerel” which bring seven cents a pound on the wharf, and more when shipped.
Yesterday the dragger Amelia R., skippered by Captain Joseph Roderick, brought in eight big tuna, harpooned during the day by the crew, with the biggest over 700 pounds. The party schooner, Hindu, provided plenty of thrills yesterday for its passengers when Eric Rogers, a member of the crew, harpooned two tuna, one weighing 400 pounds and the other 100 pounds. Joseph Eldredge, who runs a party fishing boat, Striper, out of Buzzards Bay for bass, took a fisherman’s holiday yesterday and brought his craft to the Cape Tip to harpoon tuna, with considerable luck.
Aug. 20, 1959
Truro Crowded For 250th Anniversary As Old Town Lays Aside Its Dignity
One of the largest crowds ever to descend upon Truro reinforced the local population Saturday as townsfolk and visitors marked the 250th anniversary of the town.
For days beforehand, the stream of visitors made its way into Truro, augmented Saturday night by residents of other Cape towns who came for the oldtime supper and fireworks. If anything was lacking to the hurriedly conceived program it was not the loyalty of the friends of Truro. Nor was it the skillful, dedicated service of the band of women of Christian Union Church, headed by Mrs. Emma T. Holway, who served a bumper supper to more than 640 guests in the auditorium of Truro Central School.
The women, aided by a number of volunteers, cooked, baked, brewed and assembled their food supplies with efficiency and dispatch during the heat of a broiling Summer day. Their performance drew praise from the record crowd which filled the auditorium for three sittings. Many more guests, unaware that they could have been accommodated, left with thorough good grace, to rejoin local crowds for the fireworks at Pamet River, which ended the program.
Opening with a “family” box luncheon on the recently acquired Town recreation field in the rear of Town Hall, the program included sports, music and fun-making — much of the merry-making supplied by local personalities dressed in garb of a century ago.
Leading the masculine performers was Richard C. Steele, whose Abraham Lincoln beard, augmented by costuming to match, won him top applause. North Truro Postmaster Wesley F. Garran, handsomely bearded and gaily tailored in crimson waistcoat, ushered, waited on table and performed a dozen other chores. Horace H. Snow, Jr., in stovepipe hat, and Town Clerk Thomas A. Kane, in a shallow derby, were conspicuous among other richly bearded performers.
Aug. 17, 1961
Fingerprinting Wins Approval
Members of the Provincetown Civic Association, meeting last week in the Parish House of the Church of St. Mary of the Harbor, went on record as unanimously approving the system of fingerprinting non-resident workers in Provincetown this Summer. The system, which was adopted this year for the first time, includes fingerprinting and pictures of non-resident workers and is done by the Provincetown Police Department.
It was voted that the Association inform the Police Department and the Provincetown Selectmen of its congratulations in installing the system and that if feels that it is not important that a few people do not approve of this protection for the town.
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Aug 16th, 2007