The New Year brought news of ‘Two Caymanians Honoured By The Queen’, with a front-page story in the 2 Jan. 1974 edition of the Cayman Compass. Inspector Vernon Willoughby Ebanks received the Colonial Police Medal, and Angelia Jerrine Conolly was awarded the Queen’s Badge and Certificate of Honour. Ebanks joined the police force in 1947 and at the time was serving as serjeant-at-arms for the Legislative Assembly. The article noted that Conolly “has long been an active member of the community and dedicated her life to the church and the people in Bodden Town where she lives”.
An action shot, also on page one and headlined, ‘Breaking Through To A New Year’, showed a man breaking a board during a karate demonstration at the Galleon Beach Hotel.
The editorial, ‘The Year Ahead’, talked about the plans to establish a National Social Service Council “in which all sections in the colony will have the opportunity to participate for the benefit of the country”. In addition to a full-time social welfare officer to carry out the functions of the council, representatives of service clubs, churches and voluntary organisations, along with government staff and the private sector, will work together “in a coordinated effort to the benefit of the Cayman Islands”.
And, finally, there was a page 7 story on Sybil McLaughlin, then Clerk of the Legislative Assembly and future National Hero, who was guest speaker at a Rotary luncheon, offering advice to secretaries. Noting that a good secretary was “key to any successful business”, she detailed qualities essential to the job: courtesy, personal appearance, and ease and efficiency.
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