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[[advertisement]] Cables and Telegrams: STEVE KINGSTON P.O. Box 241, Kingston, Jamaica, B.W.I. C. P. Stephenson Manufacturers' Representative Agent for: • Swift & Company • Swift Canadian Co. Limited • Libby, McNeill & Libby • Ogilvie Flour Mills Co., Ltd. • H. R. Napp Limited (London) and other firms. [[/advertisement]] [[advertisement]] We rejoice with the readers of SPOTLIGHT that this Christmas we can truly say: "PEACE ON EARTH TO MEN OF GOODWILL." By the Blessings of peace, may our hearts be attuned to express with all sincerity A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL. JAMAICA FURNITURE CO., LTD. 62-64 KING ST. PHONE 3074 KINGSTON. [[/advertisement]] [[advertisement]] HAMILTON CLEANERS MODERN UP-TO-DATE ODOURLESS DRY-CLEANING 83 HARBOUR STREET. [[/advertisement]] machine function the first five years (to 1949). Following the announcement, he went to England for new orders. MAY: Ten years talk of local industries crystallized in a "Buy Jamaican" Campaign sponsored by Jamaica Manufacturers' Association. Week-long pageantry was highlighted by beauty queens from the parishes and industrial floats. JUNE: Jamaica received signal honour when native son Harold Egbert Allan was elevated to knighthood and invited to Buckingham Palace to receive the accolade from H.M. the King. AUGUST: At World Olympics young Jamaican giant Arthur Wint was first to raise the Union Jack by winning the coveted 400-m. race, with his compatriot Herb McKenley running second. Between them and the rest of the Jamaica team, pin-point-size "Paradise Island" was brought into glorious repute among the big nations of the world. SEPTEMBER: Two-gun killer Ivanhoe (Rhigin) Martin was shot at Lime Cay in a gun duel with the police. Escaped convict, he dashed up a one-man terror wave across the city, had the police hunting for six weeks during which he killed a detective, a woman, wounded seven, included a cop. AUGUST: Prime Minister W. A. Bustamante returned from England to receive a historic welcome. Over 60,000 people of all political hues turned out to welcome him. Nobody had ever seen a bigger crowd, more band-blaring, parading, glad-shouting and spectacular hero-worshipping. OCTOBER: Haitian footballers made goodwill tour; played All-Jamaica, got licked (2-1). • W.I. cricketers left for tour of India. • Barbados Executive Councillor Grantley Adams defended Br. Colonial System before UN Trusteeship Council and took a dig at the Reds. His speech met with mixed reception: applause from the English press, boos from W.I. socialists. NOVEMBER: Jamaica was host to two world-famed artists: Singer Paul Robeson, Pianist Hazel Scott. Robeson created record when he gave a free concert at Kingston Race Course and drew an estimated crowd of 55,000. Miss Scott became first celebrity artist to give an open air concert at Sabina Park. [[advertisement]] TIRED FEET? [[image - drawing of half leg and foot in bowl of water]] Hot, tired feet need the threefold comfort treatment:– A Cuticura Soap bath, Cuticura Ointment application, and Cuticura Talcum between the toes. Try it and know what real foot comfort is like. 212 Cuticura OINTMENT [[/advertisement]] [[advertisement]] Season's Greetings with Compliments of ROGERS & HENDRICKS 10 EAST STREET. [[/advertisement]] [[advertisement]] If you wear glasses .. [[image - drawing of woman wearing glasses]] have IMPERIAL TONE RAY LENSES Ground to Your Own Prescription COOL, GREEN, RESTFUL, ANTI-GLARE (Also in Sun Glass styles) Obtainable at your Optician. Distributed by IMPERIAL OPTICAL CO. (W.I.) Ltd. Canadian Bank of Commerce Building KINGSTON. [[/advertisement]] [[advertisement]] ITALIAN MARBLE S. NETHERSOLE MARBLE ARCHITECT 8 East Street, Kingston. Phone 2983 [[/advertisement]] 38 SPOTLIGHT, DECEMBER, 1948.
