The Cayman Compass noted the appointment of the new governor in its 24 April 1974 edition. Roy Crook was to be succeeded by Thomas Russell, whose name has since been memorialised with a George Town road. The British Foreign Office made the announcement, after Russell’s posting was approved by Queen Elizabeth II. He was expected to assume duties in Cayman later in the year.
Yet again making the front page was the latest news on the Cayman Pilot. This time, the turtle boat, which had been missing from George Town since 10 March and later discovered in Mexico, was reported to be in “pretty good condition” by co-owner Delworth McLaughlin, after talking to his ownership partner Gleason Ebanks, who had gone to Mexico to check on the vessel. Two detectives were on their way back to Cayman with the two men accused of taking the boat.
Inside the newspaper was a story on the Everglo Drive-In in Bodden Town. The owner had appointed a company to be the exclusive representative for screen advertising. The “increasingly popular entertainment facility”, built and opened more than five years before by Buddy Wood and his family, had “gained a steadily-growing patronage among visitors as well as residents”. The drive-in ran movies six nights a week, attracting an average of 1,800 customers weekly. The showing of advertisements was to be limited to five minutes.
And, finally, the photo headlined, ‘To Top It All’, depicted an AALL representative and three MacAlpine masons on the roof of the AALL Building on North Church Street. They were there to mark the topping-off ceremony of the structure. The company representative, who was the financial manager, had flown in from Tokyo for the occasion.
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