HIS HANDS WERE OFF THE HANDLE:
At Providence Magistrate Court on Tuesday, Deodat Suknanan appeared on a charge of riding a bicycle on Hertstelling Public road without his hands being on the handle bar.The defendant pleading guilty to the charge was fined $5 or 14 days imprisonment  by Magistrate R.S. Field, who told him that such an act could have caused an accident.

COURT FINES 15 JAYWALKERS
(Daily Chronicle October 7, 1980)
The campaign against careless use of the roads being waged by the Police Traffic Department took a turn yesterday when fifteen pedestrians were fined $50 each at a City court on charges of using the roads carelessly.
Senior Magistrate Norman Jackman imposed the fines after the defendants had pleaded guilty to a charge of walking in a manner likely to cause obstruction to vehicles using the roadway.
The Magistrate issued warrants for nine other jaywalkers who failed to appear in court to answer the charges.
On the previous day Magistrate Lashley Babb fined seven other jaywalkers $50 each.

HERBS ASSOCIATION TO BE SET UP
(Guyana Chronicle January 19, 1980)
Guyana is to have an Association that focuses attention on ways in which traditional healers and herbalists can contribute to health care in the country using local herbs and medicines.
A steering committee has been set up to organise the launching of the Association which is to be known as the National Association of Traditional Healers and Herbalists.
The aim of the Association is to prepare a paper on the use of herbs in Guyana, contribute to the production of a book on herbs –now being written- and contribute to the wider use of local herbs , the Association said.
The Association will also seek to encourage farmers to produce herbs that could be used for medicinal purposes and to identify herbs that can be used as drugs and chemicals or in their manufacture to save foreign exchange.

DEDICATED TWO GUIDES HONOURED FOR 50 YEARS’ DEDICATED SERVICE
(Guyana Chronicle 6, 1980)
The Guyana Girl Guides Association has honoured two of its members for 50 years of loyal and dedicated service with the organisation.
At a recently held annual general meeting Ms. Agnes De Lima and Milicent Rose were commended for their contribution to the organisation’s 55 years existence in Guyana.
Ms. De Lima joined the movement in 1929 and started a Company attached to St Barnabas Anglican Church.
She ran companies at St. Phillip’s at Vreed-en-Hoop and has trained brownies, guides and rangers.
She also started the first Sea Ranger Crew at Vreed-en-Hoop and is active in the Boy Scouts Movement.
Ms. Rose started Guiding in 1924 when the movement began in Guyana.
A patrol of Rangers was started in 1930 and later grew into a company to which she is still attached.
Ms. Rose has taken rangers on several camping expeditions to different parts of the country and has joined the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) fulfilling her promise as a ranger to render service to the community.
Tribute was also paid to District Commissioners Princess Blair and Inez Samuels who died last year.
Both had given unstinted and loyal service to the movement for many years.
Mrs. E. K. Knobbs, one of the persons who helped to put Guiding onto a solid foundation in the early days was also commended for her contribution.

JACKY CHAN IS BACK
(Guyana Chronicle January 8, 1980)
Now showing at Plaza Cinema; spectacular in  every sense of the word: Monkey Kung Fu; real pretty: the gibbon fist: “Eagle’s Claw, Snake’s Fist, Cat’s Paw”
Now showing 4.15 & 8.30 p.m. Daily.

COMPLETES 50 YEARS AS AN ORGANIST
(Guyana Chronicle January 9, 1980)
Mr. Cyril Victor Too Chung well known city accountant and retired civil servant of Cross Street Charlestown has completed 50 years of continuous voluntary service as organist of St. Saviour’s Anglican Church at Broad and Saffon Streets.
A letter sent to Mr. Too Chung for Rev Fr. Oscar Agard Administrative Secretary of the Anglican Diocese in Guyana said: “By any standards this is an outstanding achievement and a wonderful example of faithful and devoted use in the service of the Church of a talent that is both given by God and acquired by his Grace.”
On behalf of the Anglican Diocese Fr. Agard extended thanks and congratulations to Mr. Too Chung.
Mr. Too Chung, apart from his musical talent was an outstanding cricketer in local competitions and an outstanding lawn tennis player.
Upon retirement from the Civil Service he served in the Senate in the 1961-1964 Government and presided over a number of meetings of the Senate as Deputy President.

BRINK SHOW ‘80 OPENS FRIDAY
(Guyana  Chronicle January 10, 1980)
The tradition of the Brink Show comes alive once more this Friday night at the Theatre Guild Playhouse in Kingston.
And even though there is still some argument over what the name of this brink should be, everyone connected with it is feverishly working towards getting their act together.
The cast for this Brink Show is  probably the biggest ever and includes actors singers and dancers.
The content is a highly varied one that takes a poke at many facets of the society-its successes and failings.
Many of the players have made their names in previous Brink Shows one such person being Pat Gomes.
Attending a performance any night over the next two weeks will tell you that no one can beat her in a “talk name”.

GIRLS ON THE RUN:
(Guiana Graphic February 10, 1979)
Police are looking for two teenagers who escaped from the Belfield Girls School on the East Coast of Demerara.
Alexis Smith 15, was wearing a red plaid dress and was bare-headed and bare-footed when she absconded.
Sheila Fecker 14 is of fair complexion and was last seen wearing a red blouse and flowered skirt.
She is also without hat or shoes.
The two girls made their break shortly after 7.15 o’clock on Friday night last.

(Clifford Stanley can be reached to discuss any of the foregoing articles at cliffantony@gmail.com or cell phone # 694 0913)