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Advocate Archives
This week our look back into the Advocate archives takes us to a “jolly” birthday party in 1931; two Truro officials sentenced to jail for larceny in 1941; and a study to find a way to stop the dunes from encroaching on Route 6 in 1961.
Oct. 29, 1931
Miss Adelaide Gibbs Given Birthday Party
Mrs. Minnie Gibbs gave her daughter, Adelaide, a birthday party, Friday evening, October 24th. The party was an informal one and only the closest of friends were invited.
The room was attractively decorated with a profusion of cut flowers; marigolds, nasturtiums and roses; and autumn leaves added their gay colors.
The pride of the evening was the birthday cake made by Mrs. Gibbs with its twenty-five candles. During the evening cheery games were hugely enjoyed by all. For music, Miss Gibbs and Miss Helen Rodgers played charming piano duets.
An attractive assortment of birthday presents were received by Miss Gibbs. The guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Needham Rodgers, Oscar Rodgers, the misses Helen and Louise Rodgers, Miss Lillian Perry, Mrs. Emma Atwood and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Snow.
At the close of the happy evening, the guests regretfully departed after thanking their hostess for such a jolly evening.
Oct. 30, 1941
Former Truro Official Sentenced for Two Years—Auditor One Year
Defense Attorneys Charge Crime to Voters Who Put George S. Williams in to Settle Town Feud
Protesting his innocence and determined to adhere to his original “not guilty” plea up to a late hour Tuesday afternoon, George S. Williams, former Truro Town Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector, indicted on two charges of larceny and another of conspiracy, suddenly changed his plea to guilty when arraigned before Judge Walter L. Collins in the Barnstable Superior Court and was sentenced to two years in the Barnstable House of Correction on the larceny charge consisting of 70 counts.
A sentence of one year in the House of Correction was imposed on William D. Parker, formerly auditor of the Town of Truro, who pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiracy to commit larceny from the Town of Truro.
After both men had entered guilty pleas the sentencing would have been more or less a formality but for the blast leveled by Attorney S. Osborn Ball against disgruntled Truro voters who had put Mr. Williams, his client, into office.
“I want to say,” stated Mr. Ball, “that this court record should stand as an indictment against lazy voters who sit back and elect an official to public office and then say ‘time will tell.’ Mr. Williams was elected to office by a slight majority of voters who were determined to satisfy a grudge against a Board of Selectmen whom they considered too conservative to hold office. In this matter those voters of Truro are the real criminals.”
Oct. 26, 1961
Federal Aid Comes to Help State Solve Dune Sand Drifting on Route 6 Here
There is hope that the problem of the shifting sands of the dunes off Route 6 here in Provincetown will be solved as a result of a meeting held Monday at Amherst. This is one of the major problems slated for study under a five-year $75,000 contract signed by the State Department of Public Works, the University of Massachusetts and the Federal Bureau of Roads, at the meeting at the university. The Federal Government will pay 78 percent of the contract and 22 percent will be paid by the State.
Commissioner Jack Ricciardi of the State Department of Public Works said at the meeting that, “we have to spend up to $15,000 a year to keep Route 6 clear of drifting sand dunes. We use snow plows and men with shovels in the Summer. That isn’t the right answer and we must find the solution.”
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Oct 25th, 2007