THIS DAY IN OUR PAST

The following events took place on April 28 in the years identified: 1971:Health The Minister of

Herbert Eldemire announces proposals for a large-scale rehabilitation programme for patients at the Bellvue Hospital. The programme will cover three areas of development. The first is an agricultural programme for the planting of vegetables and fruit trees which will incorporate an irrigation system and fertilisation of the land. The second is the establishment of a rehabilitation workshop, capable of accommodating 80 people, which will manufacture clothing, shoes, mattresses and furniture for the hospital. Contract will be sought with light industry, such as packing and assembly; and manufacture and commodities for sale to the public will be implemented. The introduction of a domestic training programme for women is the third area and this will include cooking and other skills required for domestic service. The minister makes the announcement before he opens a remodeled ward at the institution. 1995:urged Jamaicans are

to practise conflict resolution, especially during Child Month in May 1995, and set examples for the nation’s children. This call comes from Marjorie Taylor, Minister of State in the Ministry of Health, at the official launching of Child Month in Kingston. Rafael Diaz, chairman of Grace Kennedy and Company, launch the month at the Pegasus Hotel. Miss Taylor notes that the theme adopted by the National Child Month Committee, ‘Learn to Talk It Out, Not to Fight It Out’, is timely and relevant, especially for teenagers, considering the high level of violence being reported in the media.

“We tend to hit out, rather than talk things out,” says the junior minister for Health. The National Child Month Committee, head by chairman Mrs Doreen MillardBullock, is now putting the final touches to its calendar of activities to mark the month.

– The Gleaner Archives

Today’s Gem

“I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.” – Anthony Robbins