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A WOMAN at Pomeroon was washing clothes on a creek landing when a hand suddenly appeared out of the water, grabbed her and pulled her into the creek. Mrs. Inniss Jane Smith of Abrams Creek, Pomeroon told this story to people who heard her screams for help, rushed to her rescue, and brought her to safety.
A few hours later she was still suffering from shock, and could throw no light on the mystery of the grabbing hand. (Daily Chronicle October 28th, 1971)
TIGER MENACE
TIGERS are reported to be creating havoc at Black Bush Polder, (Corentyne), and cattle farmers are calling on the police to shoot the ferocious beasts which are killing their cattle.
One farmer who lost four calves to the big cats about a week ago said other cattle owners in the area were suffering similar losses. (Daily Chronicle January 9th, 1973)
Bogus doctor weeps as he is fined $126
MAGISTRATE Roopan Singh, having 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 Persaud’s lenience would be appreciated in this case. But counsel for Persaud said he may have chalked up the convictions because he had not been treated with leniency before. (Guyana Graphic October 14th, 1970)
MONKEY BUSINESS IN THE CITY : – causing a new kind of headache for GT housewives
MONKEY business is causing a new kind of headache for Georgetown housewives.
The Guyana Consumers Association has reported that a monkey in a section of North Cummingsburg is driving housewives to distraction. “This monkey is active both day and night, and there is considerable concern about the danger to children,” the Association said in its magazine, WHY.
It recalled that another monkey had gained entry into homes in the Subryanville area, causing fear and destruction. “If owners of these pets are unable to control their animals, the authorities will have to be asked to intervene to get rid of these nuisances,” the organization stated. (Daily Chronicle June 1. 1972)
CAUGHT IN THE ACT
FOR several weeks, a Bel Air housewife had been losing her ‘bilimbi’ from a tree in front of her house, and she only had a suspicion who the culprit or culprits might be.
Yesterday morning she caught him red-handed. It turned out to be a worker in the Cleansing Department of the City Council.
And it was a very embarrassed adult who had to return the fruits he had stolen when he was confronted by the angry woman.
Telling her story to the Chronicle, the woman said: “For four months, I have been losing the souries. I suspected it was some person or persons from the cleansing truck. I never caught them in the act, but it was curious that every time the truck was in the area, the fruits were missing.
“For the last four weeks – every Thursday – whenever the truck came in the area, I discovered that my souries were missing. This morning, when I saw the truck in the area, I decided to play detective.
“I saw the truck stop in front of my yard. There were about six persons on the truck, but one of them came out and picked a handful (of souries). What got me (angrier) was that the fruits were small and it is sheer waste to pick them like that. I confronted the thief and demanded my souries back, and he was certainly a very surprised man.” (Daily Chronicle, March 23, 1977)
Loud-speaking phones are here
LAT 4 loud-speaking telephone has come to Guyana. One of the latest inventions, it allows the busy executive complete freedom to refer to correspondence, make notes, or even type while carrying on a telephone conversation.
It is also designed to allow any number of people in the office to join in the conversation.
The telephone is operated by an on/off switch and a dial like that of the ordinary telephone. (Guyana Graphic October 11, 1970)
Fifty golden years for Ladies of Charity
THE Association of the Ladies of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul has planned a golden jubilee programme to mark the 50th anniversary of the organization in Guyana.
The Association was founded on June 23, 1927, and has since offered its services to the aged, poor and lonely, and to widows with children.
The association’s formation was the result of work done in the 1920s by six ladies in Georgetown, who formed a group and visited the aged, the disabled, the sick and the poor, whether they were in hospitals or in other institutions, or in their own homes.
Realising that their work could be better organized, the ladies met the late Bishop C.T. Galton, SJ, and discussed the possibility of forming a local ladies’ charity association, and on June 23rd 1927, the group was formally launched with 11 members.
Since then, several branches were set up in Guyana.
One of the projects since undertaken by the association was the setting up of the St. Bernadette’s Hostel in 1946, which provides a home for young girls who come to work or study in the city and find boarding and lodging hazardous.
The golden jubilee celebrations of the association’s anniversary began yesterday and will end on Sunday, June 26th.
The celebrations began with a church service conducted by Bishop Benedict Singh at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on Brickdam, and will end with a public meeting and concert at St. Roses High School.
Included on the programme for today are visits by members to families in their care to distribute jubilee hampers.
And tomorrow there will be a social gathering of active members of the St. Bernadette’s Hostel in Lamaha Street. (Daily Chronicle June 24th, 1977)
Englishmen drowned at Orinduik
TWO civil engineers employed by Balfour Beatty and Co. Ltd drowned, and both Englishmen, at Orinduik, while swimming on Sunday afternoon.
Victims of the tragic incident are Raymond A. Beale (27) and Victor Swindell (26). They were in a party of friends who had left Georgetown earlier in the day to visit Kaieteur and Orinduik Falls.
It was while they were swimming at Orinduik Falls that the two young men, who were described as very good swimmers, suddenly sank to the bottom of the Ireng River.
Police reported that despite a day-long search in which vessels of the Guyana Defence Force and the Guyana Police Force were used, the bodies were not recovered.
One eyewitness said that Beale and Swindell had seemed to be in no trouble at all prior to the incident. They had left Kaieteur and had travelled to Orinduik Falls on the Guyana/Brazil border when most members of the party decided to have another swim before flying back to Timehri. It was whilst they were frolicking in the water that the incident occurred.
Beale had represented Guyana along with Chris Swayne in the International Motor Rally in Barbados on June 24th and 25th. He was an active member of the Guyana Motor Racing Club, and his Lotus Super Seven was a familiar sight at rallies organized by the club.
Mr. Swindell was full-back for the Hornets Rugby Club, winners this year of the Dunlop Trophy. (Guyana Graphic July 4th 1972)
Clifford Stanley can be reached to discuss any of the foregoing articles at cliffantony@gmail.com or cell phone # 657-2043.
