THIS DAY IN OUR PAST

The following events took place on March 25 in the years identified:

1939:

The newly erected cinema house, the Capitol Theatre in Port Antonio, Portland, opens with the movie, an adventure thriller, The Life of Emile Zola.

1957:

Kingston’s second bishop suffragan is consecrated in the historic Cathedral of St Jago De La Vega, Spanish Town, as the Venerable Archdeacon, Edward Lewis Evans, Archdeacon of Surrey, succeeded the Rt Rev the Hon P.W. Gibson, now Lord Bishop of Jamaica. Chief consecrator at the ceremony is his Grace, the Archbishop of the West Indies and Metropolitan, the Most Rev Alan J. Knight.

1970:

Coconut Park Funland, the brainchild of Paul Levy of the Jamaica Association for Mentally Handicapped Children, and Sammy Henriques of the Polio Rehabilitation Centre, is officially opened by Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Dave Lindo. Governor

General Sir Clifford Campbell planted a coconut to mark the occasion. The park is equipped with ferris wheels, swings, slides, chutes and a complete train with a tunnel. (See related photo attached.)

1970:

Twenty-one Girl Guides from Immaculate Conception High School, led by Sister Marie Emmanuel Clough, leave Jamaica on an educational tour of Mexico. Sister Clough tells The Gleaner that they will be exploring the arts and getting to know the people. She also states that this year is the diamond jubilee of the Girl Guides movement throughout the world and the trip is part of its celebration.