TALES FROM WAY BACK WHEN (a look at some of the stories that made the news “back-in-the-day with Clifford Stanley)

BOGUS DOCTOR WEEPS AS HE IS FINED $126

(Guyana Graphic October 14, 1969)

Magistrate Roopan Singh, after being urged to show leniency in meting out punishment for the last time before leaving the magistracy, yesterday imposed a fine of $126 on Harry Persaud who was found guilty of false pretence.
Persaud who wept in court when convicted was also ordered to pay $79.58 costs with an alternative of three months imprisonment.
He was found guilty of obtaining $3.50 from aged Sylvanie Nugent after pretending that he was a medical doctor who could cure her.
The Magistrate overruled no case submissions by defence counsel and said he believed the victim’s story that Persaud gave her something to rub on her hands and face and posed as a doctor.
After Persaud admitted 20 previous convictions, the Magistrate said he was doubtful whether his lenience would be appreciated in this case.
But Counsel said that Persaud may have chalked up the convictions because he had not been treated with leniency before.

DRIVE TO MAKE MENTAL HOSPITAL A BETTER PLACE
(Guyana Graphic April 4, 1969)
Mr. Vincent Ishmael President of the Berbice Branch of the Guyana Mental Health Association (GMHA) formerly known as the League of Friends of the Mental Hospital and a senior attendant at the Fort Canje Hospital yesterday told of the Association’s plans to improve conditions at the hospital.
For a long time, he said, the conditions at the hospital had not been up to standard and the Association felt that a pleasant atmosphere would be far more conducive to a patient’s recovery.
With this in mind it was planned to provide a canteen where patients could purchase refreshments, toilet requisites etc! provide a hair dressing saloon for female patients, furnish about half the cost of a movie projector, improve the library and help furnish a home making unit where patients could occupy their time cooking sewing and baking.
Two Singer sewing machines, a stove, a radiogram and other items of furniture have already been placed in this unit, Mr. Ishmael said adding that though the project may seem impossible to many, the Association was determined to pursue its plans and was looking forward to public support.

116 YEAR OLD GUYANA STAMPS AUCTIONED IN UK
(Guyana Graphic May 3, 1969)

Four one-cent stamps issued in Guyana in 1853 when this country was known as British Guiana were expected to be sold on Thursday last by Stanley Gibbons Limited the London stamp company for a price in the region of £500 ($2400) .
The stamps which were once in the world famous Gaspary collection are in superb condition considering that they are imperforate.
Before the advent of perforations, stamps had to be cut from their sheets with scissors and therefore margins as wide as those on this block are extremely scarce.
The sale which included other stamps of great rarity from all over the world was due to take place at Gibbons auction rooms in London over two days May 1 and 2.

BULL FROGS MAY BE PRODUCED HERE FOR EXPORT

(Guyana Graphic May 9, 1969)

An American fishery specialist is here to look into the possibility of producing bull frogs for export to countries where they are an item of food.
The investigations are being carried out by Dr. Wayne Shell, fishery expert attached to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) now in Guyana on a three day visit.
Bull frogs it is understood are not found locally but Dr. Shell who started his probe in Berbice yesterday is interested in the possibility of importing the stock for reproduction in Guyana.
Among the places to be visited by Dr. Shell are the Onverwagt fish research station, the Corentyne, Kamarang and Matthews Ridge, the Lamaha water conservancy, the Canals Polder and Boeraserie conservancy, the lakes in Essequibo and the Tapakuma conservancy.

MEASLES DEATH REPORTED
(Guyana Graphic May 10, 1969)

One child has died and several others have been affected by a reported outbreak of measles at St. Francis Mission in the Mahaicony River.
Moses Headley an Amerindian died yesterday and many other children at the mission are said to be in a serious condition.
The Ministry of Health has been informed of the situation and an emergency team headed by a doctor is being sent to the area, Government sources said.

SPECIAL STAMPS IN HONOUR OF PHAGWAH
(Guyana Graphic January 26, 1969)

Guyana will issue a set of colourful stamps in honour of Phagwah 1969.
The new stamps are due for release on February 19 in good time for Phagwah day on March 4 which is a national holiday.
First day covers are under preparations for release on the same day as the special commemorative stamps.
Coloured proofs of the new stamps have been shown to representatives of the Hindu organisations.
These organisations have since congratulated the Post Office on its decision to issue the stamps and have expressed the view that they would be a success on the stamp market.

TWO MOTHERS WARNED NOT TO “BUY OVER” CHILDREN’S ROWS
(Guyana Graphic September 16, 1969)

Magistrate Rudolph Harper yesterday warned two housewives who appeared before him charged with disorderly behaviour not to appear children’s squabbles to cause them to appear in Court.
He told Daphne Rodrigues, mother of six, and Betty Persaud mother of eight that he hoped it would not happen again.
“Children are not like adults. Children will quarrel today and then talk and play the next day. Try to avoid quarrels arising from children’s pranks.”
The mothers lived in the same yard in Regent Street and on the day in question a misunderstanding arose between their children and this led to a quarrel between the two parents one of whom armed themselves with a stick and the other with a rolling pin and behaved in a disorderly manner until a Policeman intervened.
But a Probation Officer’s report on the two men showed that they were not viragoes.
Both, the report said, conformed to the general norms of society and to the normal behaviour of young women.
The Magistrate, after hearing that the women had come to realise the foolishness of their attitude reprimanded and discharged both of them.
Clifford Stanley can be reached to discuss any of the foregoing articles at (cliffantony@gmail.com or cell phone # 694-0913)

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