The 18 Sept.1975 edition of The Caymanian Compass carried the news that W.D. Bodden, “the foremost pioneer of publishing in Cayman, died suddenly under tragic circumstances”. Bodden, 48, started Tradewinds with Jim Macdonald and Arthur Bodden in 1964, The Caymanian Weekly with Dr. Roy McTaggart and others in 1965, and The Cayman Compass in 1972 with Reid Dennis. The latter two newspapers later combined to form The Caymanian Compass. The article said that Bodden taught many Caymanians all aspects of the printing industry, adding, “He always put Caymanians, and in particular members of his staff, first.”
A photo in the middle of the front page showed a car smashed beyond recognition after colliding with a road roller. The 25-year-old driver of the Ford Maverick, who suffered a fractured leg and cuts and bruises to his face, was recovering in George Town Hospital.
On page 12 was a story about eight members of the Airport Fire Service who passed the exam in basic first aid knowledge, marking the second time in two years that a class of eight candidates had achieved a 100% pass rate. Earlier in the year, a class of four also all passed. The next plan was for the firemen to take the Red Cross Advanced First Aid and Emergency Care Course, which involved 50 hours of instruction and practical work, followed by a one-hour theoretical examination and two-hour practical test. The “immediate priority” was to make sure all members of the Fire Service had a basic knowledge of first aid.
The newspaper’s Rotaprint machine received an overhaul by German technician Werner Bohrisch. Looking on as he did the repairs were, from left, Compass Group General Manager Brian Uzzell, German-English interpreter Jetta Lechtenberg, Pressman Ray Myles and Production Manager Cleveland Ferguson.
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