THIS DAY IN OUR PAST
The following events took place on September 18 in the years identified:
1962:When rain stops play in the City of Kingston Tennis Championships at the Rectory Courts, North Street, Loris Leyden seems set to retain the singles championship which she won in 1961 from the same challenger, Jean Passailaigue. Leyden wins the first set in 9-7, and is leading 4 – 0 in the second when the rain comes. She was in complete control against an opponent who seemed to lose heart after dropping a close first set. But the battle is not yet won, and should Passailaigue come out fighting, she can make a match of it. Play resumed on September 19 at 4:15 p.m. 1968:Corporate Water storage in the Area continues to increase, the Water Commission states that there are 441.8 million gallons in the two reservoirs; 350 million in Hermitage Dam and 91.8 million gallons in Mona Reservoir, the result of showers on Monday, September 16, and Tuesday, September 17. On Monday, 1.23 inches fell in the Hermitage catchment and 72 parts at Hope. On Tuesday, 57 parts fell at Hermitage and 84 parts at Hope. The Hope River flow is bringing in daily about six million gallons, 2.25 million gallons of which goes into Mona Reservoir and 3.75 million gallons into the Hope filter plant. The output has dropped and is reported to be 24.18 million gallons a day. 1974:champions National League and one of the island’s top football clubs, Santos, receives a boost of $1,000 from Grace Kennedy Ltd. This is announced by Wallace Campbell, marketing manager of Grace Kennedy, at a press conference held at Advertising and Marketing’s Tobago Avenue offices, Campbell says that the $1,000 is an initial amount provided mainly for equipment and incentive awards for outstanding achievement and sportsmanship on and off the field. Campbell says his company has been watching the development of Santos and feels that their progress in their 10 years of existence are unequalled by any other club in Jamaica. Formed in April 1961 by Winston Chung, the club which stared in Division 3 moved up rapidly, and by 1966 was in Division 1.