THIS DAY IN OUR PAST

The following events took place on May 27 in the years identified:

1940:

Henry Walker, a cultivator of Maryland, upper St Andrew, is held by Constable Holman of the Gordon Town Police Station on charges of growing ganja and having ganja in his possession. 1948: Centuries of old rituals of the Roman Catholic Church are entered upon for the first time in the history of Jamaica at a service at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, when Leslie Xavier Russell, SJ, is raised to the office of subdeacon. 1960: Lenn Happ and Company Ltd opens a luxury supermarket at 68 Orange Street in Kingston. 1966: Passage is given in the Senate to three government bills sent up from the House of Representatives. They are the Public Utilities Commission Bill, the bill to amend the World Bank Act of 1966, and the Civil Aviation Bill. 1966: Heavy showers fall over Jamaica, particularly the eastern end of the island. Reports from principal towns such as Montego Bay, Mandeville, Port Antonio and Morant Bay tell of flooded streets and snarled traffic. There are no reports of major damage to house or other property. 1970: American Ambassador Vincent de Roulet officiates at an Honour Awards Ceremony in the embassy’s Consular Waiting Room, during which ceremony awards were presented to both foreign and local employees. The Special Honour Award for superior management of the Consular Section over the last year is presented to Nancy Ostrander.