FARMER KILLS TIGER WITH AXE
(Daily Chronicle January 31, 1972)
A brave Berbice cattle farmer who killed a six -foot long tiger with an axe and pitchfork last Thursday was cheered lustily as he exhibited the tiger’s paw to leaders of the East Berbice Union of Local Authorities at their general meeting on Saturday afternoon.The farmer, Walter Odai of Bloomfield Corentyne was assisted in killing the tiger by his two sons Lloyd 25 and Claude 21.

Claude was struck on the right hip by the beast and had to be treated by Dr. Ramlall of New Amsterdam.
The President of the Guyana Association of Local Authorities (GALA) Mr. Hulbert McGowan and Rose Hall Mayor George Trim praised Odai for his brave act.

YOU MUST PAY TO LISTEN
(Daily Chronicle January 14, 1972)
Magistrate Rupert Trim yesterday told 20 persons, mostly women, that if they wanted to listen to “Auntie Cumsie” the “Guiding Light” and “So help me God” they must take out their radio licenses.

Fines totalling over $150,000 were collected from them for not taking out radio licenses for 1972.

MARABUNTA FIRE DESTROYS SCHOOL
(Guyana Graphic October 4, 1972)
A fire that was used to kill marabuntas at the Lutheran Government School at Kimbia, completely gutted a $3,000 school building in the Berbice River last week.

An official of the Lutheran body in New Amsterdam yesterday confirmed that the fire that was being used to kill marabuntas got out of control and razed the building.
The building, the property of the Lutheran body was insured for $2,000 while the furniture, property of the State was insured for $500.
Nothing was saved.

MONKEY BUSINESS IN THE CITY
(Daily Chronicle June 1, 1972)
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 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 organisation stated.

RARE GUYANA BUTTERFLY IN BRITISH EXHIBITION
(Daily Chronicle April 8, 1972).
A comprehensive collection of Guyana’s rarest herbs and butterflies adorned the exhibition hall of the City Library of Winchester England last month.

The display which was described by the Hampshire Chronicle as an exhibition “of unusual interest” was staged by the Cambridge Expedition which spent June to September 1971 at Baramita North West District.
The six young Cambridge graduates who comprised the expedition to Guyana collected among other things specimens of plants used medicinally by the Caribs of the area and of butterflies, moths and beetles.
Over 100 different plants were collected some of which were left on exhibition in Georgetown.
“Of the butterflies found, at least one was so rare it was not represented in the British Museum Collection,” the Cambridge newspaper reported.
The collection also included 30 items of Amerindian craftwork and some 70 photographs.

NEWSUM APPOINTED
(Daily Chronicle May 19th 1972)
The Boys Scouts Association of Guyana has recently appointed Mr. Edward S.F. Newsum as District Commissioner for Scouts for New Amsterdam.

His appointment has come after more than 35 years as a cub, scout, master and Assistant District Commissioner.
Mr. Newsum was born in Georgetown in February 1927 and lived in New Amsterdam from the age of four.
There began his long service to the Boy Scouts Association when he joined the 48th Mission Chapel Troop as a cub.
In the early 60s he was put in charge of the 2nd New Amsterdam (St. Aloysius) Troop and shortly after received training in scouting.
In 1966 he was appointed Asst. District Commissioner after completing a Wood Badge course.
Mr. Newsum attended the “Bigi Krootoe” in Suriname and the 3rd Caribbean Jamboree in Guyana.
He expects to attend the 4th Caribbean Jamboree in Barbados later this year.

PALMS AMONG BUILDINGS TO BE PRESERVED
(Guyana Graphic July 26, 1972)
THE PALMS, the institution being run by the Government on Brickdam for the poor, is to be among at least nine buildings to be preserved by the National Trust for their architectural importance.

The GRAPHIC also learnt yesterday that other buildings identified for preservation because of their historical and cultural significance are the Victoria Law Courts and City Hall on the Avenue of the Republic, Sacred Heart Church on Main Street, St. George’s Cathedral, St. Phillip’s Church, Leguan and a Hindu Temple at Woodley Park, West Coast Berbice.
A Bill passed in Parliament on Monday provides for the setting up of a nine member corporate body to be known as a National Trust which will be charged with the responsibility of preserving sites, buildings , monuments and other things of historical and cultural importance to the nation.
As a result of research done by the National History and Arts Council, a number of pre-historical and historical sites, wilderness areas and sites of natural beauty have also been identified for preservation by the National Trust.
These include in terms of pre-historic sites, the famous Timehri engravings in the interior region, rock carvings in the Cuyuni and a mound at Port Mourant.
The sites of historical importance will include Orealla in Berbice where Sir Walter Raleigh is believed to have made his first landing in the country; an area in Kamuni, Demerara River, reputed to have been a Chinese settlement, Fort Nassau, Fort Island and Kyk-over-All.
A windmill at Hogg Island and the old Dutch built koker in Kingston, north of the Rice Marketing Board will be among other historical sites to be preserved.
The wilderness areas and sites of natural beauty to be declared of historical importance by the Trust will include Mount Roraima and Great Falls.

(Clifford Stanley can be reached to discuss any of the foregoing articles at cliffantony@gmail.com or by Telephone # 657-2043).