The front page of the 3 Oct. 1973 edition of the Cayman Compass carried a fish story that was not a tall tale. The photo, ‘Some Catch!’ showed Carlston Bush standing next to the 8-foot-long blue marlin that he caught. Bush was fishing alone off South Sound at 6am when he hooked the massive fish, which he eventually got into his boat after an hour-and-a-half struggle.
On page 3, a story headlined, ‘Dr. Roy Performs Corner Stone Ceremony of New Church Hall’, concerned the well-known Dr. Roy McTaggart laying the cornerstone and speaking at the event for the new building, estimated to cost $60,000, and to be constructed next to Elmslie Church. Among the dignitaries on hand for the ceremony were Acting Governor Desmond Watler, and reverends George Hicks and John Gray.
The column ‘Something of Value’ was dedicated to Barkers Beach. Headlined ‘Goodbye Barkers’, the article, by the Cayman Islands Conservation Association, lamented that it was time “to bid a sad farewell to one of Grand Cayman’s most beautiful beaches”. It noted that one-half of that beach “has been eliminated from Cayman’s list of natural attractions” with trucks removing sand over the past two years for construction projects. “Perhaps the saddest note of all is that this activity is illegal,” the column said, adding that officials had not tried to stop it. Once again, it seems that problems from 50 years ago still exist today, with the erosion of Seven Mile Beach often in the news in present times.
And, lastly, the International College of the Cayman Islands was seeking to modernise its educational radio station, with the help of the Compass. The newspaper set up the ICCI Radio Fund with a $50 donation towards a target of $1,000. Among the station’s needs were a panel control room, shelving, a rug, an air conditioner and an operator’s chair.
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