Wa I Hala: From the files of The Garden Island

86 Years AgoFrom the Jan. 7, 1915 issue

SPEEDING MAILMAN – John Lovell, Jr. driver for the Nawiliwili Garage had a

collision with a train of cane cars makai of the Hotel Lihue. Saturday

afternoon that partially wrecked his mail truck and came near resulting

seriously to himself.

Lovell had left the postoffice with his load of mail

and was speeding down the Nawiliwili road to catch the Kinau at the landing.

When the car track below the hotel was approached, a train of cane cars

suddenly backed in across the road. Lovell tried to check his machine, and

partially succeeded, but the crash was sufficient to throw him off his seat and

partially wrecked the vehicle …

There has been some comment of late

regarding the speed made by the mail car on its way to steamers, and there

appears to be a feeling that a little less speed and greater safety would go

well for a change.

FIGHT OVER FAIR ONE – A Filipino named Julio de la

Cruz is under arrest at Waimea on a temporary charge of carrying a deadly

weapon. Before the case comes to trial, however, it is likely that he will be

charged with assault with a deadly weapon.

It is alleged that last

Thursday, at Camp 2, de la Cruz opened fire with a pistol on another Filipino

named Amastacio Pampin. The latter was not struck, but did some lively dodging

and got away to make complaint against his assailant.

A woman was at the

bottom of the shooting affair.

SLOW EXPRESS – complaints have come

into this office to the effect that shippers of parcels at Honolulu have become

exceedingly careless as to the Kauai customers, at least. Complaint is also

made against the express company down there on the same account.

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Years Ago

From the Jan. 7, 1947 issue

HIGH SEAS – The heaviest seas in

the memory of any living person on Kauai pounded the north shore of the island

last Friday night and Saturday morning. Roads were washed out and approaches to

at least one bridge destroyed b y the seas, along the north shore. Kalihiwai

was the hardest hit by the wave action, as the main county road from the foot

of the hill to the bridge across the stream was destroyed, and the seas washed

away as well all the property on the makai side of the road in this section of

the valley.

FREAK HAIL – Kokee was struck by a freak hail storm Friday

morning that lasted nearly thirty minutes. The storm first struck about eight

o’clock. The ice from the hail stones was still evident two hours later. The

hail stones were about the size of gravel according to Joseph Souza the forest

ranger at Kokee. He stated that the storm did no damage.

SPECIAL

VISITORS – Kauai was visited last week by a tour party of the Hawaiian Tour and

Travel Service. The group arrived Monday and left Wednesday , New Year’s Day.

The party went on trips to Kokee and Haena. it was entertained Monday night

with a luau at the Luau Garden. The floor show included hula numbers and

singing by a trio comprised of Henry Malina, Mrs. Melvin Kailikea and Miss

Mabel Makaneole.

36 Years Ago

From the Jan. 6, 1965

issue

READY FOR REVIVAL – Forrest Layman, director of Counseling and

Follow-Up work of the Billy Graham team, arrives tomorrow to begin the first of

a series of five Counselor Training classes in preparation for the Billy Graham

Kauai Crusade next month.

NOT GEORGE WASHINGTON – Police are looking

for a full grown Christmas tree which disappeared by the All Saints Church

grounds at Kapaa two days before Christmas.

The theft of the ten-foot tall

Norfolk Pine tree was reported Dec. 23, by Richard Wong, junior warden of the

Kapaa congregation.

The church is raising about 20 trees near the south

border of its property. Police said the tree had been chopped down with a

hatchet.

LIGHTS OUT – the $100 cash prize in the Kapaa Businessmen’s

Association’s light bulb guessing contest is still awaiting a winner. The

Association had announced that the light bulbs on the Christmas tree in Kapaa

would be counted last Sunday and the winner named, but they ran into an

unexpected problem, they couldn’t get the 100-foot tree down.

No one knows

exactly how many lights are on the tree, and they will have to be counted to

determine the winner. but they can’t be counted until the tree is taken

down.

The only crane tall enough to lower the huge tree is currently

working in Waimea, and the Businessmen’s Association will have to wait until

the project is pau before it can be brought to Kapaa later this

week.,

PUSSYCAT STRIKE – About a dozen employees of the Prince Kuhio

Long House walked off the job in a short pussycat strike (there are no wildcats

in Hawaii)- Saturday. AN ILWU spokesman said the dinning room employees had

struck in sympathy with a supervisor who quit her job following a disagreement

with the management.

Union representatives met with the management Saturday

night and ironed out the difference. The employees returned to work

Sunday.