Financial Secretary Vassal Johnson told the Chamber of Commerce that Cayman’s financial industry was in “first place in the economy”, according to a story in the 14 Aug. 1975 edition of The Caymanian Compass. Noting that people in the tourism industry would not agree with that assessment, he said, “It can quite rightly be said that the financial industry has always boosted tourism”, adding, “It is the big financier who can afford the best accommodation and stay the longest.”
The newspaper also published a weather synopsis for July 1975, which said the month had been cooler than normal, with an average temperature of 80.9 degrees, 1.5 degrees less than the mean. The average maximum and minimum temperatures were 88.7 degrees and 73.1 degrees, respectively, with eight days where the temperature went above 90 degrees. Rainfall hit a total of 16.07 inches, the second highest for July since 1970.
There was also an article on Delworth McLaughlin and his cousin Dudley, who monitored a ship-to-shore radio at Delworth’s Esso about 20 hours a day. The radio had stayed on every day for the past four years, except Sundays, when the station was closed, with Delworth and Dudley monitoring in shifts. According to Delworth, “we are the only ones on the island who keep a radio on this much time out of a day”.
On the same page was a story on darts matches at the Royal Palms. In one match, Mike Brown beat Jack Millman to win a case of Heineken, with Attlee Bodden and Reid Dennis winning a doubles finals. The week-long competition was connected to the new look of the pub, which included a short-order kitchen featuring a microwave that “turns out hot dogs and hamburgers … in a matter of minutes”.
And, finally, the ‘photography team’ of Cathy Church and her then husband, Jim, were going to be on island to teach a group of 75 visitors the art of underwater photography.
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