Hundreds support Labour Day projects

Linstead, St. Catherine: HUNDREDS OF Service Clubs members, representatives of Citizens Association, Parents Teachers Association and church groups turned out to support Labour Day 2000 in north west St. Catherine. The township of Linstead was selected as one of the major projects in St. Catherine.

At the Linstead Health Centre, President of the North St. Catherine Junior Jaycees Mr. John Clarke led a team that replaced damaged lights and fixtures as well as the plumbing work to broken water mains.

Mr. Clarke said a number of club members were trained in such skills and assisted where necessary with repairs to broken sections of the health centre.

They were assisted by the North St. Catherine Kiwanis Club.

The Jaycees also placed garbage receptacles at the post office, the health centre, the hospital and the Linstead market.

Meanwhile Inspector Victor Hamilton in charge of the Linstead Police Station led a team of lawmen and police youth club members to clean up and paint the Linstead Square. The group painted sections of the square and cleared debris before public places.

Drains in flood prone areas of Linstead were cleared by a team led by Deputy Mayor of Spanish Town and Councillor for the Linstead division Denese Daley.

The Rosemont Citizens Association did repairs to the main roads into that community that were in a deplorable condition for a prolong period of time.

Inspector Michael Walker at the Bog Walk Police Station and his officers cleaned the entire station and cleared the compound of debris.

Members of the Linstead Baptist Church cleared and painted sections of the church and cleaned the compound of the church yard. TRELAWNY:

Trelawny's main project for Labour Day got good support from persons across social, political and denominational divides yesterday as they pitched in to help with the general clearing of Falmouth.

Specially targeted was the infirmary, hospital, police station, and square. Friends of the Falmouth Hospital along with other concerned residents, cleaned and painted sections of the hospital while the police along with Police Youth Club members and other persons painted and cleared the police station.

The PNP Youth Organisation members worked at the infirmary while the majority support was for the Compound Community by its residents. Others who did not work on public projects heeded the call the local Labour Day Secretariat - Social Development Commission - headed by Mrs. Merna Walker to clean their own homes and surroundings.

Mrs. Walker reported that there was activities in almost all communities. MANDEVILLE:

Members from at least 30 service clubs joined hundreds of persons from various communities to give Manchester a face lift as part of their Labour Day activities.

From as early as 7am Mayor Horace Williams was joined by staff members of Courts Jamaica Ltd., Social Development Commission (SDC), Lions and Kiwanis Clubs as well as the Chamber of Commerce to clean up and repaint walls in the centre of the town.

Others, including the staff of the Local Consumers Affairs Commission office, removed garbage and other debris from drains on Ward Avenue while residents of surrounding communities in Greenvale, Bethel Street, Dunrobin and Albion gave their labour to the repair of a basic school. The building of a library and the replanting of trees and flowers.

The Mandeville Police Civic as they have done over the past ten years cleaned and carried out repairs at the Mandeville Police Station.

Custos Gilbert Allen who also participated in the projects told The Gleaner that he was pleased with the level of participation by the government agencies and service clubs which he said was far better than previous years.

He said the spirit of cooperation was evident among the people and needed to be encouraged.

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