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

BATTLING LEPROSY ON FOUR FRONTS
(Guyana Graphic July 21, 1968)
The problem of leprosy is being tackled in Guyana from four sides, said Mr. Chetram Singh Administrator of the Georgetown Hospital who supervises the Mahaica Hospital, the institution for leprosy.
He said that popular businessman Mr. John Fernandes “who is really a true friend of the Georgetown Hospital “gave the institution an air-conditioned theatre.Mr. Fernandes was also providing the funds for further structural improvements to the Theatre.
Since the completion of the Theatre a few weeks ago, 70 operations on patients’ hands feet and eyes were performed by the Medical Superintendent Dr. J. Tiongson.
Mr. Singh disclosed that the department of occupational and physical therapy had been opened to work in close collaboration with this new phase of rehabilitative surgery.
Mr. Singh said that when people became well again and were put back “into circulation” they should be beneficially occupied and that was why a number of projects had been undertaken jointly by the employees of the hospital and the patients.
He added that these projects included basket making, rugs, mats , other crafts, farming and poultry rearing.
A few months ago a farm project to teach patients how to raise pigs, was launched by officials of the hospital.
The guiding light behind the project was Ms.V. Adams Warden of the Hospital.

BROTHER QUALIFIES AS LAWYER, SISTER GAINS B.A
(Guyana Graphic July 3, 1968)
A brother and a sister, who left the country more than four years ago to further their studies, have qualified in their fields in Britain and the United States.
Mr. Clement O. Richards has qualified as a Barrister-at-Law at Gray’s Inn while his sister, Mrs. Lloyda E. King has gained the B.A Degree in Sociology.
Mr. Richards and Mrs. King are brother and sister of Transport and Harbours Assistant Supt. (Goods), Mr. Vernon Richards.
Mr. Richards who will be called to the Bar in England shortly was a first class trained teacher at Providence Congregational School Berbice before leaving the country in 1963.
Mrs. King who is the wife of Mr. Olin E. King will graduate shortly from Pasadena State College where her husband also is a student.

NOW A MAGAZINE FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY
(Guyana Graphic July 4, 1968)
The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce is producing a new bi-monthly magazine called “Guyana Business” to cater for the needs of the local business community.
At a press conference Tuesday to launch the new publication, , the Chairman of the Chamber’s Public Relations Committee, Mr. Eric Stoby, said that Guyana needed a good well produced magazine dealing with the activities of trade commerce and industry.
He felt that with the coming of Carifta, it was more than ever important and indeed urgent that there should be a vehicle to keep businessmen completely in touch with what was happening in the area.
Guyana Business, he said, aimed to fulfill this function and he urged local businesses to make it a success.

GUYANA SENDS MEDICAL MISSION TO BRAZIL
(Guyana Graphic July 12, 1968)
A medical goodwill mission is flying out of Guyana this morning for the Amazonas area in Brazil to help in relieving the suffering of people stricken with leprosy.
Headed by the Superintendent of the Mahaica Hospital Dr. Jose Tiongson, a specialist in bone and reconstruction surgery ,the six-member mission will spend three weeks in the Amazonas leprosy hospital in Manaus.
“We expect to operate on at least thirty cases,” the leader said as he and other members of his team including his wife Mrs. Tiongson, Sister Mary Carmen (Superior) Sister Mary Benedict of the Mahaica Hospital and two Staff members  Mr. Vincent Lewis and Mr. Michael Budhoo were packing their suitcases last night for the trip.
The mission is going to the Amazonas at the request of the Brazilian Government and with the approval of the Guyana Government.
Dr. Tiongson who along with the members of his team have been given special leave by the Ministry of Health to carry out this mercy mission, will also evaluate the situation during the three week stay.

“POLIO” CAMPAIGN GOES UP-RIVER
(Guyana Graphic June 12 1968)
The Ministry of Health resumes its mass anti-polio inoculation programme in the Wismar-Mackenzie  Christianburg area from 9 a.m to 1 p.m. tomorrow and Friday.
The centres are St. Aidan’s Anglican school , the Health Centre and the Recreation Hall at Wismar and Christianburg Community centre.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Health said that children between the ages of three months and six years should be taken to these centers   on either of the two days to receive doses of the vaccines which will be administered six weeks apart.

PROPERTIES SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION
(Guyana Graphic May 17, 1968)
Eighteen properties at Rose Hall Corentyne have been sold at public auction this year for non-payment of taxes.
The properties which value thousands of dollars, have been sold for only $2,513.79, the amount of taxes owed to the Rose Hall Local Authority .
The overseer of the village disclosed that while rate collection for the date was better than last year’s for the same period, there was still a large amount of rates uncollected.
As a result, he said, 215 notices of persecution had been sent out to offenders

CHEAPER FLIGHTS TO KAIETEUR SOON
(Guyana Graphic March 23, 1968)
The Guyana Airways Corporation wants to introduce regular flights to Kaieteur Falls much cheaper and to slash rates by half as from the coming Easter Holiday.
This step is aimed at paving the way for more rapid development of the country’s tourist industry and promoting the idea of local holiday resorts for Guyanese.
General Manager of the GAC Mr. Lanny Abrams said that Corporation hopes to complete work on the Kaieteur airstrip in time for the Easter Holidays when the new low cost flights to the waterfall would begin.
The rates would be 50% lower than the rates charged for the Grumman flights to the area at the moment.
Overnight facilities would be provided at the terminal building to be constructed at Kaieteur top .
Work on this building is due to begin shortly and provision would be made for visitors to spend a night or two in the area, Abrams said.

(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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