Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Mr. Jack Stephenson, giving the main address at the official opening of the Trelawny Beach Hotel, Falmouth April 26, 1974.
BANKING
February 10, 1978: Patrick Lynch, son of former permanent secretary Basil Lynch and his wife Rose, was appointed general manager of the Jamaica Citizens Bank. Lynch had been the bank's deputy manager since 1975. He was a former Kingston College student and a graduate of the University of the West Indies, Mona, and the City of London College.
COMMERCE
February 11, 1974: John Chuck of Gemcraft Jewelers of Tropical Plaza, Half-Way Tree, St. Andrew, offered to underwrite the annual operational costs of the Jamaica House Basic School scheduled to open its doors to the first batch of young pupils in a week. Chuck said he was prompted by a desire to become involved in a community project which was worthwhile and lasting. To effect his offer he used a portion of his advertising budget to meet these costs which amounted to $9,000.
INDUSTRY
February 12, 1973: Derrick Smith was appointed manager of the merchandise distributing division of Goodyear Jamaica. A graduate of Calabar High School and the College of Arts, Science and Technology, he joined the staff of Goodyear in January 1967 as a purchasing clerk. He was appointed purchasing agent in 1969 and promoted to traffic supervisor in 1971.
TOURISM
February 13, 1987: The Boscobel Beach Hotel in St. Mary was opened by John Issa. Former general manager of Holiday Inn, Montego Bay, Jeff McKitty, was appointed to a similar position at the new hotel.
TOURISM
February 14, 1974: The 350-room convention-type beachfront hotel Trelawny Beach Hotel, opened its doors for guests. It was the first major hotel constructed in the parish of Trelawny.
INDUSTRY
February 15, 1962: Construction started on a garbage-to-fertiliser plant on six acres of land leased from the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation at Bumper Hall in south-western St. Andrew. The plant, Jamaica Organic Fertilizers Ltd., a joint USA/Jamaica company, was designed to convert 15,000 tons of citizens garbage into 60-70,000 tons of organic fertiliser annually.
AGRICULTURE
February 16, 1955: Over 600 samples of Jamaican products such as preserves, pepper, vegetables and root crops were displayed at the Paris Exhibition in France. Honorary merits were awarded by the exhibition's commissioners for samples of rum. The preserves were described as "being of the highest quality".
- Compiled by Hartley Neita
