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Crankshafts
"Ken Facey, J.O.S. Training Officer, points out the scored crankshaft journal of Olympic buses to some of the new class of trainee apprentices at the J.O.S. Engineering Training School at Tivoli Depot. Twelve youths between 15 and 17 years of age…
Rennock Lodge
"The Rennock Lodge Story: As seen near the entrance to Hillside Crescent, 'Jolly Joe' is on its way back to Kingston."
Bus stop at Guava Ridge
"At Guava Ridge passengers disembark and others, carrying bags of coffee to the factory."
JOS maintenance crew
"JOS take-over: JOS maintenance crew converge beside parked buses along Industrial Terrace yesterday as workers walked off the job."
Sliding windows on JOS bus
"Cooler buses: in order to avoid a long shipping delay JOS accepted some 30 National buses without sliding windows in the rear section of the bus. The public complained that they were hot. JOS engineers, therefore, removed sliding windows from front…
J.O.S. Engineering School
"J.O.S. [Jamaica Omnibus Services] Engineering School re-opens: Training Officer, Ken R. Facey demonstrated the rocker gear assembly and its function to J.O.S. apprentices at the Tivoli Engineering Training School, opened on November 3."
Mavis Gibson, JOS driver
"One of seventeen: Mavis Gibson, J.O.S. bus driver received a certificate and cheque from Dr. Kenneth Rattray, Solicitor General, for one year of accident-free driving at a Safe Driving Awards Ceremony at the J.O.S. offices recently. Sixteen other…
School children loading bus
"A typical scene where school children gather around the entrance of a JOS bus."
New directors visit JOS
"New directors visit J.O.S.: Led by Mr. A.Z. Preston, Chairman, several of the new Directors of the nationalized J.O.S. visited all the company's offices and depots on Thursday. The Directors were amused by this notice put up in the Bodyshop at the…
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Children on television
"RAPPING WITH THE KIDS: The five young children in the picture seem to be delighted with the stories and antics of 'Uncle Noel,' who appeared with…