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Advocate Archives
This week’s look back into the Advocate Archives takes us to 1939 and a surprise party for Mr. Joe Dears; to 1948 when a couple of PHS students disappear into New York; 1959 to the first meeting to consider forming the Cape Cod National Seashore; and to 1967 when Wellfleet students form a group to face social conflicts.
Nov. 16, 1939
Big Day for Joe Dears
Yesterday was a big day for Joseph Dears, manager of the Joseph Rich Fish Company on Railroad Wharf. It started in the morning when Mr. Dears received a telegram which he thought was from his company but it was really a message of congratulations on his birthday. And at night when he took home his customary ice cream soda for Mrs. Dears he found gathered a large group of relatives and friends to help him celebrate his anniversary. The center of attraction was a huge cake studded with 50 candles. Mr. Dears has been associated with the Rich Fish Company for 35 years. His home here is at 78 Bradford St.
Nov. 18, 1948
Young Pair Found In New York City
Richard Veara, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Veara of North Truro, and Virginia Fields, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Fields of Provincetown, members of the Senior and Junior classes, respectively, of the Provincetown High School, are expected to be back at their Cape homes today after their disappearance on Monday which resulted in a wide search by police in nearby states.
According to Provincetown Chief of Police William N. Rogers this morning they were located in New York City as the result of a telephone call made by the girl from Grand Central Station to a relative in Utica, New York, asking if she might go to that city to stay. Already warned that such a call might be made and that the girl had left her home here, the relative advised her to go back to her parents at once.
Mr. and Mrs. Veara were informed, in the meantime, that the couple had been located and they talked to their son in New York. They told him they were sending money for his fare back. Both the girl and boy promised that they would return to their homes, according to Chief Rogers, who said the police had no reason to take a hand in the case if the pair returned.
Monday afternoon the girl told Principal George Levden that she would have to be excused from her classes because she had a dentist appointment, and the boy did not come to school at all, although his parents said that he left for there at the accustomed time.
Nov. 19, 1959
Senators Announce First Park Hearing
First legislative hearing on S. 2636, the Keith-Kennedy-Saltonstall bill for the creation of Cape Cod National Seashore Park, will be held in the Eastham Town Hall on December 9 at 10:00 a.m., Senators John F. Kennedy and Leverett Saltonstall announced today.
Under the chairmanship of Senator Frank E. Moss (D-Utah) the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the Senate Interior Committee will take testimony from local and state officials on December 9 and 10.
“We are delighted that active consideration of this important bill will begin in the Cape area in December so that it can be the basis for further consideration by the committees and the Congress as a whole early in the new session of Congress.”
Nov. 16, 1967
Teenagers Start Unique Movement
A unique youth action group calling itself the Vivarians and organized in South Wellfleet, believes its principles have appeal throughout the country for American youth bewildered and frustrated under the impact of the social conflicts confronting them.
Concerned with the conflicts but unwilling to identify with the Hippie movement, the Cape group, whose members range in age from 16 to 21, foresee other chapters throughout the country forming a counterpoise to what they call the “loosely motivated” Hippie movement.
The Vivarians include a number of students at Nauset Regional High School and to date 12 members of the Wellfleet Job Corps. Philip Johnston, a VISTA worker and a sociological major at the University of Nebraska, has agreed to act as consultant to the young folk.
“This is a liberally oriented but not a Hippie-oriented group,” Mr. Johnston explains.
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Nov 15th, 2007