Wa I Hala: from the files of The Garden Island

80 Years AgoFrom the July 13 and 20, 1920 issues

CONQUERING DISEASE –

Board of health officials announced yesterday at a special meeting of the

commissioners that it is not expected any inmates of the Kalihi Receiving

Hospital will be sent to the leper settlement at Kalaupapa this year.

This,

the officials said is a healthy sign that leprosy, which has been on the

decrease in Hawaii the past few years, is being slowly, but surely conquered by

science and medical research.

EDITOR MISSING – E.B. Bridgewater,

formerly editor of the Garden Island and a member of the “Aloha Volunteers”

during the war, is reported missing from Des Moines, Iowa, according to news

received from that city.

When the war was over Bridgewater went to Des

Moines and became editor of the Iowa labor paper. The Tribune says he had both

wrists shattered, was a sufferer from shell shock, and had been wounded in the

head.

After a few months of editorial work he was sent to the Iowa Lutheran

Hospital where the physician pronounced him to be suffering from aphasia. For

weeks he was guarded night and day, as it was feared he might wander off and be

lost. On the night of June 3, Bridgewater walked out of the hospital. From that

time he has not been seen.

OVERLOADED – When, oh, when are we going to

get a boat that is suited to the demands of Kauai’s traveling public. For

months past the Kinau has been overcrowded, both going and coming, with first

cabin passengers, who pay $9.72 for the trip, sleeping on mattresses on

deck.

LEAGUE REBORN – We note with satisfaction that the Anti-Saloon

League has come to life again, with fresh vitality and vigor, and will leave no

stone unturned to check the flagrant violation of the Prohibition

Law.

66 Years Ago

From the July 17, 1934 issue

FOR BETTER

RECEPTION – A representative group of public utilities, radio distributors and

plantation managers met last Wednesday afternoon in the county building and

took action upon a possible means of eliminating radio

interference.

BIG FISH – Yoshizo Yamagata, popular member of the

McBryde Sugar Company’s Store office staff proved himself an able fisherman

when he pulled out a big 64 pound ulua out of the broad Pacific ocean off the

Hanapepe lighthouse while trolling last Sunday morning.

ANOTHER BIG

CATCH – An unusual catch of ulua was made last Thursday at Wainiha when a total

of 67 fish were taken with a net. The smallest fish weighed 14 pounds, while

the largest weighed 85 pounds. The catch was made by Kong Tai Ah

Kui.

HUNT IS ON – Miss Frances Chang was hostess at a unique party

last Friday evening at Waimea, honoring her house guests, Misses Helene and

Lynette Amoy and Edwina O’Brian. Guests were sent out motoring in foursomes as

“scavengers” to collect a list of specified articles. Much hilarity prevailed

as every store in Hanapepe was scoured for jellybeans, and Alan Faye was

disturbed in the theater for his autograph.

39 Years Ago

From the

July 19, 1961 issue

RARE MOTH – Staying awake in biology class paid off for

Kenneth Gouveia of Kekaha when Mr. Gouveia captured a rare green Sphinx moth,

which has been sought by collectors for many years.

Mr. Gouveia saw a green

moth alight on his garbage can cover last Friday. He thought it might be

valuable because he remembered his biology teacher talking about a rare green

moth.

He captured it by overturning a box on it, then called entomologist

Stephen Au of Koloa, show suggested it might be the Sphinx moth.

BEER

CAUSES SHORTAGE? – The Hawaiian refiner docked at Nawiliwili yesterday morning

with a supply of vegetables and frozen meats to alleviate shortages caused by

the strike, as well as lots of beer.

RUMMY BUST – Seven men pleaded

guilty in Lihu’e district court Friday to violations of state gambling laws.

Two other men forfeited bail in connection with the same police raid.

The

men were arrested at Puhi on Sunday, July 9, following a raid on a rummy game

in Puhi by officers of the flying squad.

CALL ANYTIME – Frank Correa,

the County’s new pound man, is on his second three months on the job after

having caught nearly 300 stray dogs during his first three months.

There is

a dog problem in many communities throughout the island, he said, and he is

doing whatever he can to cooperate with people seeking assistance in getting

rid of unwanted dogs.

Mr. Correa said he does not mind one bit to have

people call him for help, night or day. He may be reached by telephone at his

home near Knudsen Gap, he said and Mrs. Correa would be only too glad to take

any message when he is not home.

KIDS BEAT ADULTS – Children are the

library’s best patrons and adults are not reading enough, a three month survey

of adult borrowing patterns revealed.

The survey showed that adults borrow

only about 25 per cent of the adult books and that many adults borrow books for

their children but not for themselves.

High school students accounted for

about 75 percent of all adult books borrowed.