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The lands at Hamohamo are given to the future Queen Lili•uokalani by her mother, Ana Keohokalole. 20

Road to Waikiki widened and improved; residential houses being built on the beach at Waikiki. 31

Archibald Scott Cleghorn, the future governor of o•ahu and father of Princess Ka•iulani, purchases 1 Ainahau estate for $300. As a lavishly landscaped royal residence, it was the scene of parties and other pastimes. 20

James Makee, Thomas Cummins, Archibald Cleghorn and others organize the Kapi 1 olani Park Association in 1876. The following year, Kapi 1 olani Park opens with a large celebration. 20

July, The Park Beach Hotel, first hotel on the beach at Waikiki, 1888 opens. 20

1889 Tramcar line reaches Waikiki; previous mode of public transportation, omnibus. 31

1892 Over 500 acres of rice are planted in Waikiki. Many fishponds . 31 1n use.

1893 George Lycurgus opens the Sans Souci Hote1. 20

1896 Act 61, S.L. 1896, lays the basis for the compulsory filling

in of low-lying wetlands in the district of Honolulu. Owners

of wetlands in Honolulu, which includes Waikiki , are required to bring their lands up to a specified grade, to create dry land, if the Board of Health judges their lands to be "deleterious to public health."31

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1898 James B. Castle builds 11 Kainalu, 11 home in Waikiki. (HSB 6/13/59, Magazine Section, p. 23)

An infantry regiment and a battalion of engineers set up a temporary post, Camp McKinley, in Waikiki near Diamond

Head. 26

1899 Princess Ka•iulani passes away at 1 Ainahau at the age of

twenty-four. 20

1900 Rice and taro are grown in many Waikiki fishponds. are run largely by Chinese. John Cobb, an agent of

Commission of Fish and Fisheries, writes: 11 0wners of rarely have much to do with the practical working of they usually lease them to Chinese who attend to

Fishponds the U.S.

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them, as

everything .... Most of the ponds on o•ahu are controlled by two Chinese merchant firms in Honolulu, who work in close

harmony. They take particular care that the Honolulu market never becomes overstocked with •ama•ama and awa [punctuation

provided by editor], and are thus enabled to command almost any price they please .. 31

1901 In Waikiki, there are fifteen fishponds--the same number as for the whole island of Moloka•i. All fifteen in use, fourteen for commercial fishing and one for rice cultiva­tion.31

Moana Hotel opens. 30

August, St. Augustine•s Church, latticework 11 Church without windows, ..

1901 built in Waikiki. 20

1902 Electric trolley replaces horse-driven tramcar through

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1903 W 'kTkT A . b 'lt 30 a1 1 1 quar1um u1 .

Honolulu Rapid Transit Co. inaugurates trolley service between Downtown Honolulu and Waikiki. 20

1904 Honolulu Aquarium, located at the terminus of the Honolulu Rapid Transit line, opens. HRT stocks and maintains the

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1905 Alexander Young purchases Moana Hote1. 23

Territorial Legislature changes name of Waikiki Road to

Kalakaua Avenue. 20

1906 The Seaside Hotel, owned by George W. Macfarlane, opens on land near the Hawaiian Annex bathhouse and the royal coconut grove, Helumoa. Composed of cottages on a ten-acre beach-front site, it eventually is razed in 1925 to make way for the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. 20

President of the Board of Health, Lucius E. Pinkham, in a report, states that Waikiki is ••insanitary" and "deleterious to the public health," and could, with "reclamation" be made into an attractive urban environment, which would "otherwise remain of only agricultural value for rice and banana culture or valueless." As envisioned by Pinkham, a new and better class of people would live in reclaimed Waikiki. 31

1907 The Hau Tree, forerunner of the Halekulani, opens. Robert Irwin leases Robert Lewers• two-story beach-front home and turns it into a small hote1. 20

Alexander Young purchases Royal Hawaiian Hotel (Downtown location) with its beach annex, the Seaside. Together, with the Moana, these hotels form the Territorial Hotel Co. 23

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Public Baths built in Kapi'olani Park by the city and county of

Honolulu. 20

1908 Outrigger Canoe Club founded by Alexander Hume 11 Pop 11 Ford. 24

1909 The Women's Auxiliary of the Outrigger Canoe Club organized,

with dressing room on club grounds. 61

1910 Between 1904 and 1910, U.S. War Department acquires

approximately seventy-three acres of land in Kalia. Named Fort

DeRussy, the area was drained, filled, and occupied by the 1st

Battalion of Engineers from Fort Mason, California. 20

Archibald Scott Cleghorn dies and wills his 'Ainahau estate to the Territory of Hawai'i. 20

Mistaking the lights of the Moana Hotel for those leading into

Honolulu Harbor, the British ship Helga runs aground in a reef

approximately 300 yards from Cassidy's beach. 20

New clubhouse built for Outrigger Canoe Club, 11 two-story 11

structure with a dance floor above, underneath for canoes. 61

1911 Percy Pond purchases Loko Ka'ohai fishpond and fills and

subdivides the area into Beach Walk Tract. 20

Hui Nalu founded. 24

1912 The Sanitary Commission urges the end of wet agriculture and

1 t W "k~k~ 31 aquacu ture a a1 1 1.

Duke Kahanamoku and others participate in the Olympics at

Stockholm, Sweden. 19

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James Steiner residence, one of the most magnificent in Waikiki, is built. This is one of a number of Waikiki mansions built around the turn of the century by wealthy Caucasians such as James B. Castle, William G. Irwin, Frank Hustace, and

others. 20

1913 Gray's By-the-Sea, located on the beach between Ft. DeRussy and the Seaside Hotel, next to the Hau Tree, opens. 20

TheN. Aoki Store and Kapi'olani Clothes Cleaners open on the corner of Kalakaua and Paoakalani Avenues. 20

Queen Lili'uokalani's property, Hamohamo, is subdivided, and moderately priced house lots built and sold to the public. 20

1914 Cassidy's At the Beach changes name to Pierpoint Hote1. 20

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World War I. Tourist traffic nearly ceases in Waikiki. 26

1915 Waikiki Inn sold to Rudolf Heydenreich. It becomes known as Heine's Tavern for the next few years, until it runs into economic straits with the coming of Prohibition. Then for a year or two the Elks use it as a lodge hall, and in 1923, the lease is assumed by Rawley's Ice Cream and Dairy Products.

Under this firm the Waikiki Inn name is reinstituted and the hotel again resumes full services. 20

Percy Pond acquires six-acre portion of King Kalakaua and Queen Kapi'olani's Waikiki estate from Prince Kuhio and converts it into the Royal Grove subdivision. 20

Clinton G. Ballentyne, an observer, writes of Waikiki :

" passing through an algaroba grove beneath which the

cattle are feeding, speeds across the great rice fields and

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duck ponds of the Chinese, and here you see the thousands of

ducks swimming about in canals between tongues of land that are

planted in bananas, and here too are the ponds in which these

industrious Chinese raise the thousands of mullets that are

sold daily in the market. Everything is utilized--water for

raising fish, for duck ponds, and for edible frogs, and the

land, every inch of it out of water, for intense cultiva­tion.1131

1916 Matson's Hawaiian Hotels subsidiary adds new wings and an

overwater dining room to the Moana. 61

Moana Hotel leases Hustace residence as an employees' annex.

Residence built in 1890s. 20

1917 'Ainahau estate is subdivided for residential purposes after

city officials decline Cleghorn's donation of his estate for a

public park. Between 1913 and 1917, 'Ainahau is operated as a

small hotel by Mrs. E.H. Lewis. 20

The number of tourists increases from 3,000 in 1900 to 8,000 in

1917. 20

Clifford Kimball leases 68,000 square feet of land on Kalia

Road from Robert Lewers at $150 a month. Formerly known as the

Hau Tree, the hotel is renamed 11 Halekulani 11 ( 11 House Befitting

Heaven 11 ) by Kimball. (Adv. 11/28/39, p. 9)

Governor Lucius E. Pinkham signs Act 102, S.L. 1917,

appropriating $5,000 for the Superintendent of Public Works to

make 11 a complete survey, map, and plans of all that district in

Honolulu between King Street and the sea beach and between

Kapahul u Road and Sheri dan Street. 11 The area comprises

approximately 1,400 acres. 31

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Governor Lucius E. Pinkham signs Act 231, S.L. 1917. This act authorizes the governor to appoint a commission to 11 devise a

system or plan for the sanitation; reclamation, and improvement of that area of land, 11 and to •• ... provide for the necessary fill and drainage of said area and a comprehensive system of streets, sidewalks, and sewers thereof. Said drainage system shall include one main lagoon or canal through said area extending from Kapi•olani Park to the sea and the •Ewa [punctuation provided by editor] end of said area, of

sufficient width and depth to receive and take care of the natural and flood waters of said area. 1131

1918 Governor Lucius E. Pinkham signs Act 14, S.L. 1918. This act authorizes the Superintendent of Public Works, with the

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approva 1 of the governor, to 11 acquire for pub 1 i c use, by condemnation, purchase, exchange or otherwise, all necessary lands and rights of way for the purpose of digging and

constructing a portion of the drainage canal or lagoon ... 11

This act also authorizes the Superintendent of Public Works 11 to enter into a contract or contracts for the excavation of said

portion of said lagoon or drainage canal ... 1131

At a cost of $530,000, concrete wings added to the Moana Hotel. Addition of wings double the hotel•s capacity. 20

Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana•ole obtains Queen Lili •uokalani•s

beach-front property on Kalakaua Avenue at Lili 1 uokalani Avenue

as part of an out-of-court settlement of his challenge to the legitimacy of the queen•s will and the establishment of the Lili•uokalani Trust. 20

Wai kiki Reclamation Project Commission decides on location of Waikiki Drainage Canal, 11 having a width of 150 feet with a 75-foot boulevard on each side, making a total right of way of 300 feet to be acquired ... After further consideration, the

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commission decides to acquire an additional 500 feet directly

north of the 300-foot right of way.

1919 According to the Superintendent of Public Works: 11 ... all property-owners having property within this [Waikiki Drainage

Canal] area have been communicated with and requested to place

a value on their holdings which they are willing to sell to the

Territory, thus avoiding the expense of condemnation proceedings. The property-owners have except in a very few

instances been very slow to cooperate with the government in

this respect, and to prevent any further delay in this

much-needed improvement, description and abstracts of title

have been made out for all these properties and condemnation proceedings will be initiated without any further delay ... 31

There are five major hotels in Waikiki: the Moana, Seaside,

Halekulani, Pierpoint, and Waikiki Inn. 20

Prince Kuhio sells remaining portion of Kalakaua's former

estate and it becomes the Pualeilani Tract. Around this time,

11-2/3 acres of 'Ainahau are subdivided and sold as residential

units. 20

June, The Superintendent of Public Works reports that 11 85 percent of

1920 the 300-foot strip comprising the area required for the Waikiki

Drainage Canal and boulevards has been actually acquired and 71

percent of the 500-foot wide parking strip. 11 He continues, 11 In

addition, negotiations have been practically agreed upon for 12

percent of the area required for the canal and boulevards, and

21 percent for the parking strip, leaving only 3 percent to be

acquired for the canal and boulevards and 8 percent for the

parking strip, condemnation suits for both of which have been

or will very shortly be filed. 1131

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Dec., Waiklkl Reclamation Project advertises for bids: "Sealed 1920 tenders will be received up until 12 o'clock noon of Saturday,

Dec. 18, 1920, for dredging a drainage canal and filling and reclaiming certain unsanitary lands at Waiklkl, Honolulu, T.H." (Bidding deadline later postponed to December 23, 1920.) 31

Dillingham's Hawaiian Dredging Co., Ltd. receives contract to implement Waikikl Reclamation Project. 31

1921 Dredging on unit no. 2 of the Waiklki Drainage Canal begins. 31

Act 220, S.L. 1921, ratifies the action of the Board of Health,

T.H. which had issued a resolution on October 14, 1920, declaring construction of the Waiklki Drainage Canal "necessary for the proper drainage and sanitation of Waiklki." The sum of

$600,000 was appropriated for the canal, and according to section eight of Act 220, S.L. 1921, "the cost of such digging and construction shall be borne by the property owners within

said drainage district ... "31

Act 221, S.L. 1921, confirms the boundaries of the Waiklki Improvement District as being Sheridan Street to the west, King Street and Wai'alae Road to the north, Kapahulu Road to the

east, and the ocean to the south. Act 221 also provides for a

commission to plan boulevards, streets, and parks within this district. 31

'Ainahau burns to ground. 20

Under the ownership of P.Y. Chong, Lau Vee Chai opens. 20

1922 Aloha Amusement Park opens on five acres of filled land bound by John 'Ena Road, Kalia Road, Fort DeRussy, and the residential lots fronting Kalakaua Avenue. 20

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Farmers in Waik1ki file claims. These farmers, mostly Chinese

and Japanese, protest damages and request compensation from the

Hawaiian Dredging Co. for the destruction of crops, animals,

and fish by the then ongoing dredging and filling operations.

Farmers receive only token payments for their losses. 31

After completion of unit no. 2, dredge work begins on unit

no. 1 of Waik1k1 Reclamation Project. 31

J.F. Child purchases Pierpoint Hotel, forerunner of the Niumalu

Hotel, from the Cassidy family. Hotel consists of a main

building and neighboring cottages. A thousand-foot pier

extends from the property into the ocean. (HSB 6/8/55, p. 9)

Act 74, S.L. 1923, appropriates an additional $100,000 to the

Sanitation Fund to be used to implement the provisions of

earlier sanitary laws. These laws required property owners,

when ordered to do so, to fill in their low-lying wetlands. If

the owners could not afford the costs of filling their lands or

otherwise refused to do so, the territorial government would

pay to have the work done, from the money available in the

Sanitation Fund. Then a lien would be placed on the filled

land which, if not repaid by the landowner within a certain

period of time, was foreclosed and the land auctioned to

satisfy the lien. 31

Act 248, S.L. 1923, authorizes increase in the width of the

Waikiki Drainage Canal from 150 feet to 250 feet. 31

Act 254, S.L. 1923, appropriates $10,000 to pay for damage

claims in which the territory was judged to be liable.

Legislature enacted Act 254 because some Waikiki residents,

whose homes had been damaged during the dredging of the

drainage canal, asked for relief. During the dredging,

according to the Superintendent of Public Works, certain gases

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were released, presumably hydrogen sulphide, which attacked the

paint of some nearby homes. 31

Hawaiian Dredging Co. dredges Waikiki Canal (aka Ala Wai Canal) its entire length ending almost at Kapahulu Road. Due

to a shortage of funds, however, the Diamond Head end of the canal is not connected to the sea. Canal is 150 feet wide. 31

The main building of the old Seaside Hotel is torn down to make way for the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. (HSB 10/26/65, p. B8)

The McCarthy and Bigelow Subdivisions open in 1925, following

the draining of the area by the Ala Wai Cana1. 20

The Outrigger Canoe Club pavilion moved back from the beach and

a canoe shelter built closer to the water. 61

1926 The Women•s Auxiliary of the Outrigger Canoe Club severs its

ties with OCC, and the Uluniu Women•s Swimming Club is

formed. 61

Kalakaua Acres subdivision built. 20

1927 City and County Board of Supervisors passes zoning ordinances

concentrating Waikiki•s commercial activity on Kalakaua

Avenue. 20

Moana Estates subdivision built. 20

Matson ship Malolo docks in Hawai 1 i for the first time. (Adv.

1/10/60, p. D-1.) The 650-passenger luxury liner cuts two days

off the former 6-1/2-day voyage to Hawai•i from the West

Coast. 20

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Heen Investment Company acquires Pierpoint Hotel and the

adjoining cottages of the Cressaty and Hummel families. Hotel

and cottages open as the Niumalu Hotel. (HSB, 6/8/55, p. 9)

Royal Hawaiian Hotel opens. Guest capacity of Waikiki is

almost doubled. (HSB 10/26/65, p. 88)

By mid-year, Hawaiian Dredging Company completes McCully Tract

filling; canal is 250 feet wide, almost to Kapahulu Road. 31

Natatorium, not far from the Aquarium, opens as a memorial to

men who lost their lives in World War 1. 30

1928 Clifford Kimball buys Minnie and Joe Gilman•s property

adjoining Halekulani. Property contained Lavancha Gray•s

hotel, Gray•s By-the-Sea. After Kimball•s purchase, Gray•s

remained in operation until the expiration of Mrs. Gray•s lease

in 1931. The hotel then moved to the adjoining property, but

remained in this location for only one year before closing in

1932 when Kimball also incorporated this land into the

Halekulani•s grounds. 20

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gives Hawaiian Dredging Co.

permit #45 to dredge the Waikiki Drainage Canal (later known as

the Ala Wai Canal). 31

Low-lying areas in the vicinity of Fort DeRussy being filled

in. Area once consisted mostly of fishponds. 28 Entire project

is officially completed. The construction of the canal, later

named the Ala Wai, marks the transformation of Waikiki from an

agricultural area to an urban one. 31

Boom in tourism continues, reaching a peak in 1928, when over

20,000 people visit Hawai 1 i. 20

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Annie•s Lei Stand opens on the Royal Hawaiian Hotel grounds. 20

Oct., Kapi 1 olani Park to be enlarged by 105,554 square feet with 1928 approximately 1,000 feet of beach frontage. Condemnation

proceedings have been filed against three parcels of land--the

Cunha Estate, and the Hartwell and Husted properties--for park.

(Adv. 10/17/28, Special Waikiki Section, p. 6)

Construction of Aloha Inn, by Walter Gustlin, Ltd., to begin

next month. Hotel will be located on Ala Wai Boulevard between

Seaside and Lewers Road. (Adv. 10/17/28, Special Waikiki

Section, p. 4)

Waikiki Beach reclamation project to start before January 1,

1929. Project to extend from mouth of Ala Wai Canal to the

Elks Club. (Adv. 10/17/28, Special Waikiki Section, p. 3)

1929 Honolulu branch of S. & G. Gump Company of San Francisco opens

in Waikiki. 20

Stock market crashes; drastic decline in number of visitors to Hawai•i. 20

1930 Clifford Kimball purchases Halekulani land from Robert Lewers.

(HSB 10/1/42, p. 3)

Deemed a hazard, Moana Pier torn down. 20

Dec., Police investigate Waikiki ••joint" (located near Moana Hotel)

1930 for allegedly running bootlegging, drug, gambling, and

prostitution operations. (Adv. 12/15/30, p. 1)

1931 New main building of Halekulani erected. Building is two

stories and made of concrete. (Adv. 11/28/39, p.9)

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1932 George Mossman and family open Lalani Hawaiian Village on the

former Lemon Estate near Kapi 1 olani Park. A popular tourist

attraction, it was forced to close during World War II for lack

of tourists. 20

Only 10,400 people visit Hawai•i. Occupancy levels in

Waikiki 1 s hotels drop. No major hotels are built until after

World War II. 20

Matson Navigation Company buys Royal Hawaiian Hotel from the Territorial Hotels. (Adv. 12/9/58, p. AS)

1933 Daisy, the African elephant in Honolulu Zoo, is killed by police marksmen after attacking her trainer. 20

1935 The Banzai Cleaning Shop, run by Tokuji Harakawa, opens in new

building on Kalakaua Avenue. 20

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1936

The City and County of Honolulu purchases Prince Kuhio•s

beach-front property at auction and in the following yea~

demolishes the house and Lili•uokalani•s pier as part of a

beach improvement program. After 1922 and prior to 1935, the

residence housed a succession of tea rooms and eventually fell into disuse. 20

••Hawai 1 i Calls," based in the Moana Hotel, initially a radio

program, later a television program, begins thirty-seven-year

run.

Outrigger Canoe Club members informally offer beach services

(not club connected). 61

Alexander Young Estate asks city to extend business section

between Seaside and Lewers Roads to 160 feet ma uka of Kalakaua

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Avenue. This change requested because two separate parties are interested in building hotels there. (Adv. 7/25/36, p.4)

August, The Waikiki Theater, designed by C.W. Dickey, opens. 20

1936

Feb., Clifford Kimball is elected president of the newly formed 1937 Waikiki Improvement and Business Association. Some of its

goals are the continuation of beach improvements and legislation to provide funds for the Hawai 1 i Tourist Bureau. (Adv. 2/9/37, p. 1)

New Waikiki shopping center planned for rna uka side of Kalakaua Avenue opposite the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. Liberty House, Eastman Kodak, East India Store and the Hawaiian Drug Company

are among the stores to open in the center. (HSB 2/11/37, p.l)

August, Mayor Fred Wright and Board of Supervisors favor bill to ban

1937 vehicular traffic from alleys and right of ways less than ten

feet wide. Waikiki Improvement and Business Association, however, presents petition to keep alleys open. (HSB 8/11/37, p. 7)

Beach patrol boys (part of Outrigger Canoe Club) roam the beach

in front of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, hawking canoe rides, swimming and surfing lessons to tourists. (HSB 8/7/37, p.4)

City acquires Dean•s Hotel grounds and Luella Emman•s property

to be used for parks. (HSB 8/11/37, p. 2)

March, Waikiki begins to experience building boom. Boom evident in

1938 the number of building permits being issued. Most new

buildings are being made of concrete as opposed to the older wooden frame structures. (Adv. 3/20/38, p. 1)

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Beach reclamation works in progress. Reef from Kuhio Park to

Dean•s Hotel is broken up and huge concrete blocks are placed in

ocean 200 feet out from shore to reclaim beach. (HSB 1/6/39, p. 1)

May, Beach reclamation nears completion. Six thousand eight

1939 hundred (6,800} square yards of sand moved. Groin built to

prevent sand from creeping 1 Ewa. (Adv. 5/l0/39, p. 1)

August, John D. Kaupiko heads new Outrigger Canoe Club beach patrol.

1939 (Adv. 8/10/39, p. 1)

1939- World War II, especially the early years, brings about an

1945 almost complete cessation of beach activity. Some beach boys

enter defense occupations, others enter the armed services.

Beach, itself, is almost shut down, as persons are not

permitted into surfing areas. Wartime curfew and blackout procedures restrict informal gatherings on the beach in the

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War conditions bring George Mossman•s Lalani Hawaiian Village

to an end; the area becomes a servicemen•s recreation center.

Mossmans purchase the formerly leased land and make elaborate

plans for a postwar Hawaiian Village. 55

Prior to World War II, tourists and beach boys frequented the

beach of Waikiki. In 1944, 11 thousands of our f ti ghting men

stroll this beach. which has taken on a Coney Island aspect

that was inconceivable before the war. 1155

1941 Outrigger Canoe Club moves to Moana Hotel grounds, taking the

site of Uluniu, creating the Hau Tree Terrace, OCC dining and

bar facilities on upper floor, and canoe and surfboard

maintenance on ground floor. 61

Honolulu Rapid Transit Co. •s trolleys replaced by buses. 20

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U.S. Navy leases Royal Hawaiian Hotel for rest and recreation

purposes. ( Adv. 12/9/58, p. A5)

Most local residents have not been inside the hotel since the

war began. 55

Phoenix fountain in Kapi 1 olani Park, erected in 1915 to

commemorate coronation of Emperor Yoshihito, to be torn down

this month. (Adv. 12/8/42, p. 1)

Jerome Zucker purchases Niumalu Hotel for $400,000. 20 (HSB

6/8/55, p. 9)

Makeshift curio shops, recreation centers and 11 joints 11 give

Waikiki an unfavorable appearance. Tourists and servicemen

disappointed with area. (Adv. 7/16/45, p.1)

U.S. Navy returns Royal Hawaiian Hotel to Matson Navigation

1945 Company. (Adv. 12/9/45, A5)

1946 There are 1,006 hotel and apartment spaces on o•ahu for 15,000

t . t 24 our1s s.

Post- Barbed wire entanglements are being removed from Waikiki•s

World beaches. The one-man stands of war days are disappearing and

War II in their places are more substantial structures. A few years

ago there was no crowding at Waikiki. Now homes and apartments

along Kalakaua Avenue and its branch streets are much in

demand. 30

Waikiki Improvement Association founded. Purpose is

trifold--the advancement of Waikiki area to benefit first its

residents, secondly its hotel and apartment owners, and thirdly

its merchants and purveyors of service. 4

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1947 Hawai'i Vistors Bureau formed. 61

United Airlines initiates DC-6 Mainliner service to Honolulu

from San Francisco. 59

Ruddy Tongg purchases fourteen acres of unimproved,

cora 1-fi 11 ed 1 and in Kal i a bordering Hob ron Lane, • En a road and

Ala Moana Boulevard from Bishop Trust. Tongg plans to

subdivide property into seventy lots and install roads and

public utilities, making it suitable for home, apartment, and

hotel construction. (Adv. 1/15/47, p. 1)

Feb., Matson Navigation Company spends $1,250,000 to renovate the

1947 Royal Hawaiian Hotel and opens on day of twentieth anniversary.

(Adv. 12/9/85, p. A5)

1948 Outrigger Canoe Club formally adopts the Outrigger Canoe Club

W . k-:-k-:- B h • 61 a1 1 1 eac serv1ces.

Feb., "Waikiki Shops" shopping center planned for corner of Royal

1949 Hawaiian Hotel grounds at Kalakaua Avenue and Lewers Road.

(HSB 2/5/49, p. 19)

May, Waikiki Improvement Association plans a Kalakaua Avenue

1949 Association which would strive for cooperation among merchants

in matters which would improve the shopping district. (Adv.

5/3/49, p. 6)

1950 Hawai'i Canoe Racing Association (HCRA), formed with Outrigger

Canoe Club, Hui Nalu, Waikiki, and Healani as nucleus. 61

United Airlines now serving both San Francisco and Los Angeles,

initiating Mainliner Stratocruiser service providing overnight

first-class sleeper service. Honolulu is now linked directly

with eighty-seven other Mainland cities. 59

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Hustace residence razed to make way for Surfrider Hote1. 20

James Steiner residence razed as part of the Kuhio Beach . t . t 20 1mprovemen proJec .

1951 There are approximately 1,400 hotel and apartment spaces on O'ahu for 46,593 tourists. 24

Kapi'olani Drive Inn {KDI) opens on the corner of Ala Moana Boulevard and John 'Ena Road. 20

Feb., City's new master plan for Waikiki angers landowners; plan

1951 calls for condemnation of beach-front properties to make parks. {Adv. 2/11/51, p. 15)

1952 Honolulu Zoo in Kapi'olani Park is rebuilt and restocked. 59

Oct.,

1952

Matson opens 152-room Surfrider Hotel, which is connected to the Moana Hotel on the ground floor. 59

First Moloka'i-O'ahu Canoe Race held. 61

1953 Hawaiian Dredging and Construction Co. digs out a new boat channel from the sea for a yacht harbor near Ala Moana Park, at no cost to the territory. In exchange, the company is able to

use the 280,000 cubic yards of excavated coral for ground fill for the projected Ala Moana Shopping Center, which eventually is built in 1959. 59

May, Hung Wo Ching and Assoc. buy out 270,000 square feet near Kau

1953 Kau Korner in fee simple from Waikiki Land Trust. (Adv.

5/17/53, p. 1)

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June, City gives tentative okay to condemn Steiner property and a 1953 portion of Queen's Surf, 'Ewa side. Resolution to condemn

Steiner property and a portion of Queen's Surf approved. (Adv.

6/3/53, p. 1; HSB 6/17/53, p. 1)

July, Waikiki Biltmore to be built by Joseph Greenbach opposite of

1953 Moana Hotel. Ground to be broken September 1. (Adv. 7/3/53)

Sept.,

1953

City plans purchase of Waikiki Bowling Lanes. (Adv. 7/22/53,

p. 1)

Waikiki beach front virtually controlled by Matson, Kimball and

Kelley. Matson buys Wilder property outright and is about to lease

James Robinson Estate. Halekulani (George Kimball) acquires

cottages on adjoining land known as Gray's By-the-Sea. (Adv.

7/31/53' p. 18)

Alaskan businessmen plan twelve-story Rosalei Apartments.

Construction to start on December 1. (Adv. 9/22/53, sec. II-11)

Waikiki associations talk of possibility of turning Waikiki into a

"pedestrian's paradise." (Adv. 9/26/53, p. 1)

Oct., Earl Thacker negotiates with Hawaiian Trust for master lease on

1953 Queen Emma property. Current lease, held by Matson Navigation Co., expires at end of year. (HSB 10/19/53, p. 18)

Matson negotiates new lease rights to James Robinson Estate on Kalia

Road between Halekulani and Royal Hawaiian Hotel for sixty-five years. (Adv. 10/29/53, p. 1)

1954 Henry J. Kaiser purchases the 339,000-square-foot John 'Ena Estate

along Kalia Road for $750,000. Owners and tenants of this

residential area (once commonly known as "Submarine Alley") are

given six months to move out. (Adv. 6/10/54; Adv. 3/28/55)

Jan., 1954

Feb.,

1954

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Beach Walk Hotel sold to Vaughan and Jacobsen for $100,000.

(HSB 1/12/54, p. 12)

Waikiki Association calls for city to speed up condemnation proceedings on Steiner property. The association especially

wants removal of the bowling alley on that site. (HSB

3/24/54, p. 24)

March, Matson opposes Kalakaua Avenue realignment. Proposes (first

1954 time mentioned) to make Kalakaua and Kuhio Avenues one-way

thoroughfares. ( HSB 3/4/54, p. 1)

June,

1954

July,

1954

Capital Investment Co. {Chinn Ho) signs sixty-five-year lease

with Fong Inn Estates for 31,000 square feet of land opposite

Waikiki Theater and ma uka of Tropics restaurant on Seaside Avenue.

{Adv. 6/20/54)

Hawaiian Trust {Queen Emma Estates) sells 7,757 square feet on

corner of Keoniana Street and Kalakaua Avenue to Standard Oil Co.

(Adv. 6/23/54, p. A12)

City condemns 8,465 square feet of Mrs. Ellen B. Fullard-Leo•s

property for extension of Kuhio Avenue. Property is located

between Seaside and Ka•iulani Avenues. {HSB 7/3/54, p. 5)

1955 United Airlines inaugurates DC-7 Mainliner service to Honolulu,

cutting two hours off flying time from the West Coast. Rather than

spending four-and-a-half days aboard a ship in each

increasing number of tourists are choosing to fly.

Matson•s four Waikiki hotels registered half of the

direction, an Thus, while

109,798 tourists who visited Hawai 1 i in 1955, Matson•s passenger ships carried only

20,000 tourists. 59

Waikiki Biltmore Hotel built, at the time Hawai 1 i 1 s tallest

building. 20

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One year after purchasing the John 1 Ena Estate, Henry J. Kaiser purchases the neighboring Niumalu Hotel from Associated Hotels, Ltd.

(Jerome Zucker) for $1.2 million. The property consists of 253,000

square feet. Kaiser also leases adjoining land from the Paoa family, the only nearly original property left in this district.

Later this year, on these three large parcels of land (20 acres),

located on the corner of Ala Moana and Kalia Roads, Kaiser builds

the Hawaiian Village Hotel. (Adv. 4/23/55; 9/4/55)

The arch of the new Waikiki Shell erected in Kapi 1 olani Park; new structure replaces old wooden bandstand. 32

Jan., Paul Trousdale and Clint Murchison, Jr. (Waikiki Development

1955 Corp.) lease fifteen acres of Queen Emma lands for fifty-five years. (Adv. 1/13/55, p. 1)

Feb., Because of higher land values, hotels will be forced to build

19·55 higher to get' a better return for investors. Concern over

limiting building heights arises at this time. (HSB 2/10/55,

p. 24.)

Waikiki Biltmore to officially open. At· eleven stories, it is the

tallest completed structure in Hawai•i. (HSB 2/17/55)

Ma-rch, Six-story 11 Waikiki Hale 11 planned for corner of Kalakaua and

1955 Uluniu Street. Opens in December. (HSB 3/12/55; · HSB 12/12/55)

The Rosalei Apartments, the first high-rise apartment building

in Hawai•;, opens on Ala Wai Boulevard and Kai•olu Avenue.

The structure is twelve stories high. 20

April, Murchison and Trousdale seek to rezone Queen Emma land for

1955 business; hearing set. They expect to spend $20,000,000 in

developing area. (Hss· 4/1/55, p. 12)

May,

1955

June,

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Legislature approves budget which includes $5.3 million for realigning Kalakaua Avenue. (HSB 5/27/55, p. 1)

New Kuhio Avenue widening plan to take off more land on rna uka 1955 side of street to spare new building projects on rna kai side. (Adv.

6/6/55, p. A9)

July,

1955

Sept.,

Matson opens 11-story, 252-room Princess Ka'iulani Hotel. Largest Waikiki hotel since Royal Hawaiian opened in 1927. (Adv. 6/12/55,

p. 1)

Although Legislature has passed bill to delete Steiner property from

master plan, city moves ahead, asks courts to speed up condemnation

suits on Steiner and Waikiki Tavern properties. (Adv. 6/11/55, p.

A3)

City gets okay to proceed with project to straighten Ka•iulani

Avenue from Kalakaua Avenue to Ala Wai Boulevard. City pays

additional $6,590 to Mrs. Fullard-Leo out of court to get the

judgment. (HSB 6/20/55, p. 10)

New business district proposed for area ma kai of Kuhio Avenue

between Ka•iulani and Kapahulu Avenues. (Adv. 7/30/55, p. 81)

Henry J. Kaiser opens Hawaiian Village (9/17/55) on site of

1955 former Niumalu Hotel. (Adv. 9/18/55)

Oct., City endorses ordinance to restrict ice cream and trinket 1955 vendors from selling on the beach. (HSB 10/4/55, p. 6)

Waikiki Improvement Association discusses matter of overhead versus

underground wiring. HRT's electrical trolley system to be retired

in 1957. Later the Waikiki Improvement Association decides wires

must be removed. (HSB 10/29/55, p. 20; HSB 11/3/55)

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Dec., Rising land values force small property owners out of Waikiki.

1955 Many of them are not able to keep up with the taxes. (HSB

12/9/55, p. 8)

1956 Citing rising operating costs and property taxes, and the

difficulties of operating a low capacity cottage-type hotel on a

large area of land, the Kimball family puts Halekulani up for sale.

Estimated value of property: $6.5 million. Expanded tourist

development puts emphasis on multi-story development. (Adv.

11/2/56, p. A1:2)

Jan., Ground breaking for International Market Place to take place in

1956 mid-February. {Actually held on 4/28/56.) {HSB 1/17/56)

Feb., Waikiki Development Corp. begins clearing of Queen Emma land

1956 for building. {Adv. 2/7/56, p. 10)

July, Kaiser announces plan to enlarge Hawaiian Village by adding

1956 760-room hotel. {HSB 7/5/56, p. 33)

Kaiser leases beach-front property at end of Dewey Way from Young

Choon Lee. Lee says he bought the 16,697 square feet of land from

Henry J. Silverton. {Adv. 7/18/56, p. 1)

Board of Supervisors okay widening of Kuhio Avenue to fifty-six feet

as in original plan. {Adv. 7/21/56, p. AS)

August, Kapi'olani Drive Inn and James Woolsey ask to rezone their

1956 property at the end of Hobron Lane and John 'Ena Road from

apartment/hotel to business in order to build restaurant and

nightclub. (HSB 8/17/56, p. 2)

Matson hotels to open new shop building next to Moana Hotel,

fronting Kalakaua Avenue on October 1, 1956. {Adv. 8/28/56, p. 85)

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Sept., City opens new Waikiki Shell; 16,000 people attend Saturday and

1956 Sunday shows. (HSB 9/10/56)

Oct., Waikiki land values have soared in past ten years. Lili'uokalani 1956 Estates increase lease rentals for next ten years. (Adv. 10/18/56,

p. C4)

Mcinerny to open new shop on Kalakaua Avenue in July 1957. (Adv.

10/31/56, p. B6)

Roy Kelley says construction to start April 1 on new, twelve-story apartment building on Lewers Road. (HSB 10/23/56, p. 1)

1957 Aluminum dome built on grounds of Hawaiian Village Hotel. The $80,000 structure takes a mere five days to construct. (Adv.

1/5/57)

Roy C. Kelley offers Kimball family $4 million for Halekulani.

Kimballs reject offer. {Adv. 3/20/57, p. 1)

International Market Place built. 59

Jan., Seven-story medical/dental building to be built at corner of

1957 Royal Hawaiian Avenue and Lau'ulu Way. (Adv. 1/8/57, p. B4)

Feb., Don the Beachcomber huts bulldozed to make way for new Liberty 1957 House. (Adv. 2/25/57, p. 11)

May, Hawaiian Housing Corp. plans nineteen-story apartment two

1957 blocks from Waikiki Biltmore. The apartment is tentatively named "Beach Towers." Construction by John Shinn who earlier had planned

twenty-one- to twenty-three-story building. (HSB 5/7/57, p. 1)

Sept., New Liberty House opens next to International Market Place. 1957 (HSB 9/30/57, p. 1)

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Oct., City drafts law, wanted by hotel owners, to rid sidewalks of

1957 lei sellers. (Adv. 10/2/57, p. 1)

Construction on White Sands Hotel to begin. Hotel to be located between Nahua Street and Nohonani Place, and Kuhio Avenue and Ala

Wai Boulevard. (Adv. 10/26/57, p. 6)

1958 Four-million-dollar Kaiser Medical Center built. (HSB 8/2/57)

May, A nine-story, $3 million apartment on Outrigger Canoe Club•s

1958 present site is planned for early 1960. (Adv. 5/11/58, p. A1)

Sept., Hawaiian Ambassador Hotel being planned for the corner of

1958 Ka 1 iulani and Prince Edwards Streets within two years . (Adv.

9/6/58, p. A6)

Construction of Queen Emma Apartments to begin on October 15.

Building will be located at Kanekapolei Place. (Adv. 9/24/58, p.

A12)

Businessman John Barkhorn and John W. Folty announce plans to build

twelve-story buildings on Kuhio Avenue behind the International

Market Place and on Kalakaua Avenue, 1 Ewa of the Elks Club.

Dec., Waikiki Improvement Association president RalphS. Corey calls

1958 Waikiki 11 a breeding ground for crime. 11 He asks for more police

protection. (Adv. 12/19/58, p. A2)

City and Steiner Estate agree on sale of Steiner lands for $1,230,000. (Adv. 12/24/58, p. A4)

1959 Hawai•i becomes fiftieth state, marking a new era of tourism and Waikiki hotel construction. 20

March, 1959

April,

1959

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Pan American inaugurates Boeing 707 service to Hawai•i, cutting flight time from the West Coast to five hours. 20

Army to turn over twenty acres of Fort DeRussy lands to the territory, pending congressional approval. Land is an L-shaped strip bound by Ala Moana Boulevard, Kalakaua Avenue, Kalia Road, and Saratoga Road. (HSB 3/2/59, p. 3}

Hotelman Roy Kelley offers Young Women•s Christian Association a new

two-story building for free if the YWCA discards plans to build fourteen-story apartment next to his Reef Hotel. (HSB 3/25/59, p. 10}

Elks Club to be torn down to make way for new two-story building. Built in the 1890s as home for James B. Castle, it was acquired by the Elks in 1920 for $155,000 to serve as their headquarters. (HSB 4/8/59, p. 6)

Mayor Neal Blaisdell submits $1 million Waikiki Improvement plan

which includes $500,000 for Kuhio Avenue widening project. (HSB 4/10/59, p. 1)

Attorney Sam P. King says YWCA's fourteen-story building will go up

despite Roy Kelley•s objections. · (Adv. 4/11/59, p. 86)

Ruth Willbrandt, owner of Sans Souci, leases 23,000-square-foot area to Kapi 1 olani Corporation for $2 million. Willbrandt bought the land in 1939 for $40,000. (HSB 4/28/59, p. 2)

May, Five-hundred-thousand-dollar ($500,000} Royal State Theater to 1959 be built on corner of Kuhio Avenue and Kanekapolei Street by Royal

Theater Company. (Adv. 5/28/59, p. A12)

June, Hotelman Roy Kelley files suit against MKG Corporation which is

1959 building a fourteen-story apartment on lands adjacent to his Reef

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Hotel. Kelley cites building code violations and MKG countersues

using same charges. (Adv. 6/6/59, p. A6)

YWCA's two-story beach clubhouse will be removed from present site

in four sections. YWCA purchased the land from Mrs. Sam Damon in

1926. (Adv. 6/20/59, p. A7)

Surf Associates plan fifteen-story 11 Waikiki Manor 11 on corner of

Kalakaua Avenue and Paoakalani Street, former site of the Mossman

Estate. (Adv. 6/29/59, p. B1)

Matson sells its four hotels--Moana, Royal Hawaiian, Surfrider~

Princess Ka'iulani--to the Sheraton Hotel Corp. for $17.65

million. 59

August, Hawai'i Hotel Association calls buildings on former Steiner

1959 lands now owned by city, 11 fire-traps and crime-breeding

slums. 11 (Adv. 8/13/59, p. A7)

City must wait for expiration of leases on March 31, 1960, before

demolishing old buildings on former Steiner Estate. (Adv. 8/14/59,

p. A6)

Ten-story Queen Kapi'olani Apartments to be built at 220

Ka'iulani Avenue by Philip W. Won and Associates. (HSB 8/26/59,

p. 19)

Nov., Work is 75 percent completed on Roy Kelley's thirteen-story

1959 Reef Towers. Construction on an addition to the Reef Towers will

begin in March, 1960. (Adv. 11/1/59, p. 012)

1960 Sheraton Corp. sells the Moana, Surfrider, Princess Ka'iulani and

other properties to a group of Japanese investors headed by

financier Kenji Osano for $30 million. Sheraton continues to manage

the hotels. 59

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There are 8,100 hotel and apartment spaces on o•ahu for 296 , 517

tourists. 24

Jan., Nineteen sixty marks the beginning of construction on 2,187 new 1960 hotel rooms--a 46 percent increase over current facilities. (HSB

1/26/60, p. A1)

Sheraton announces plans to build a beach hotel on the grounds of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel; Sheraton construction already in progress

includes new wings at the Princess Ka•iulani and Royal Hawaiian and new shops fronting Kalakaua Avenue on Royal Hawaiian grounds. (Adv.

1/6/60, p. A1)

March, As Waikiki property soars to $40 per square foot, developers 1960 reach for the sky with high-rises going up everywhere. Planning

Director Leighton Louis calls for control of densities and uses of buildings and an effort to maintain a well-balanced proportion of open space to building bulk. (HSB 3/6/60, magazine section, p. 2-3)

April,

1960

Destruction of the Steiner Estate, located across from the

Biltmore Hotel, marks the end of an era of Waikiki beach-front estates; future site of the Kuhio Beach Park. The Bertha Young

house next to the Royal Hawaiian Hotel is the last single-family dwelling left on Waikiki•s beach front. (HSB 4/3/60, p. 11)

The clothing industry surges to third place among island industries,

undoubtedly due to the increase in tourism. In Waikiki, competition is fierce among eighty retail ready-to-wear shops. (HSB 4/10/60, magazine section, p. 2-3)

May, The new Roy Kelley building, the Reef Tower, typical of the

1960 multi-story buildings springing up in ••inland Waikiki," is due to

open late this month. Three or four years ago the only skyscrapers

were on the beach. (HSB 5/3/60, p. 22)

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June, Governor William Quinn and Hawai•i Visitors Bureau President

1960 Fred Simpich send out a warning to Waikiki--get rid of tawdriness

and preserve the aloha spirit, or suffer. Problems cited include

the deplorable conditions of Kuhio Beach Park, catch-penny enterprises detracting from its charm, entertainment at times honkey-tonk, recent instances of banditry and assault, and continued

assembling of ruffian elements. (HSB 6/27/60, p. 8)

July,

1960

August,

1960

Sept.,

1960

Oct.,

1960

The white colonial house at Ala Wai Boulevard and Walina Street, a

Waikiki landmark, formerly the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Carter, is being razed to make room for a sixty-three-unit luxury co-op;

developers include the Urban Development Corp., headed by Richard

Hirano, and the Midtown Development Corp., headed by Hideo Kawano.

(Adv. 6/28/60, p. A8)

About seventy property owners near the Diamond Head side of

Kapi 1 olani Park band together to make their land available for

large-scale development. (HSB 7/11/60, p. 1A)

There is increasing concern over the building boom and its

effect on Waikiki and tourism; concern voiced by the Honolulu

Star-Bulletin editor, architect-planner Arthur B. Gallion and international planning consultant Desmond Muirhead. (HSB 8/17/60,

p. 8; Adv. 8/17/60, p. B1; Adv. 8/18/60, p. A9)

The Queen Development Co. announces plans for a three-building

co-op hotel, the Hotel Lava, to be built behind the International

Market Place. (Adv. 9/2/60, p. A12)

Ground breaking for the Waikiki Cabanas, a Vannatta

Enterprises Co. seventy-two-unit co-op, at Paoakalani Avenue and

Lemon Road. (Adv. 10/20/60, p. B4)

Ground lease rentals double for the Biltmore Hotel and Sheraton•s

Royal Block building; in both cases the renegotiation period was

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relatively short--six years for the Biltmore Hotel and ten years for the Royal Block. (HSB 10/28/60, p. 1)

Dec., Small hotels are "starving" in Waiklki; occupancy rates for 1960 1960 are the lowest in ten years. Major hotels are not affected as

greatly. (HSB 12/13/60, p. 31)

1961 Henry J. Kaiser sells Kaiser Hawaiian Village Hotel to Hilton Hotels Corp. for $21.5 million. Renamed Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel.

(HSB 1/19/61)

Original St. Augustine's Church razed to make way for the present St. Augustine's Church, the largest in Hawai'i when built. 20

Jan., The Sans Souci Apartments at the Diamond Head end of Kalakaua 1961 Avenue are under construction and scheduled to open in September.

(HSB 1/27/61, bus. ind. section, p. 14)

Feb., The Finance Investment Co., an affiliate of Finance Factors, 1961 announces plans for the first major air-conditioned office building

in Waikiki, the Waikiki Business Building, at the site of the defunct Hawaiian Monarch co-op. (HSB 2/2/61, p. 27)

Governor William Quinn calls for more effective zoning and

development of a beach improvement and erosion control program to

preserve Waiklki as one of the world's famed vacation areas . (Adv. 2/17/61, p. A5)

March, The $22 million 'Ilikai Hotel, the largest co-op in the world, 1961 nears the digging stage. Chinn Ho has taken over promotion due to

lack of finances by the original promoters, two California real

estate men, who purchased the seven acres fronting the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor for $7 million from Hawaiian Dredging Co. in February 1960. (HSB 3/19/61, sports section, p. 5)

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The Queen's Surf Restaurant, a Waikiki institution for twenty years,

loses its lease in August, and Mayor Neal Blaisdell wants immediate

conversion to public park. The city and county purchased the property in 1958. The mansion was built as a private residence in

1916 and later housed servicemen during World War II. (HSB 3/26/61,

magazine section, p. 32)

May, The new Kuhio Beach Center (formerly the Steiner Estate across

1961 from the Biltmore) opens. Major improvements to the beach include

destruction of termite-eaten buildings which separate the public

beach from hotel beaches, repair of the seawall, and the building of

a new bathhouse. (HSB 10/2/60, magazine section, p. 3; HSB 5/2/61,

p. 31)

Norton Clapp, a Tacoma, Washington financier, buys the Halekulani

Hotel for $4.2 million. The late Clifford Kimball took over the

Halekulani Hotel in 1917; the main building was erected in 1930.

(HSB 5/23/61, p. 1)

August, The city council votes to extend the Queen's Surf lease for

1961 three years, despite Mayor Neal Blaisdell's efforts to close it

down. (Adv. 8/9/61, p. 1)

Nov.,

1961

1962

Jan.,

1962

Sheraton Hawai'i Corp. announces plans to build a twenty-two­

story hotel at the site of the parking lot rna kai of the Royal

Hawaiian Hotel. (Adv. 11/1/61, p. A1)

The Foster Towers is built, the first building to mar the

ground-1 eve 1 view of Diamond Head from Ka 1 akaua Avenue. 20

Licenses expire for all street vendors and will not be renewed.

All flower-lei stands are relocated to private property where

property owners have built stands with thatched roofs and Polynesian

styling, electrical outlets and refrigeration space. (HSB 11/6/60,

magazine section, p. 2; Adv. 1/11/62, p. A7; HSB 1/15/62, p. 1)

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Feb., Ordinance 2007, a revised height-density law limiting Waikiki 1962 buildings to a total floor area of five times the area of the lot,

to take effect March 26, 1962. (Adv. 2/8/62, p. B1; HSB 4/10/62)

Passage of Bill 29 authorizes the Building Department to issue permits after March 26 for structures not conforming to Ordinance 2007 if applications are filed by that date. (Adv. 2/28/62, p. 1)

March, Compared to ten years ago, Waikiki has a new type of tourist 1962 now--middle-income, rather than wealthy. (Adv. 3/6/62, p. A6)

May, The Waikiki International Terminal Building, offering direct

1962 bus service to and from the airport, check-in counters, and luggage handling facilities, opens on Kuhio Avenue. The $1.5 million

structure was developed by Robert C. Allen, president of Gray Line

Hawai'i, Ltd. and Waikiki Multi-Deck Parking Corp. (Adv. 4/9/61, p.

A14; HSB 7/3/62, p. 21)

July,

1962

A new Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (CZO) for O'ahu is

proposed, to make drastic changes in the current forty-year-old hodgepodge of zoning laws. Those features most affecting Waikiki

include minimum lot sizes of 5,000 square feet for residential and 10,000 square feet for high-rise apartments, stricter floor-area ratios for hotels, and revised off-street parking regulations. The new law, says Planning Director Fred Lee, is aimed at encouraging more attention to aesthetics in land use and at giving architects and builders more leeway in design. (Adv. 7/21/62, p. 1; Adv.

1/29/63, p. B1)

August, Shigeo Shigenaga, president of Hotel Kaimana, Inc., and Walter

1962 F. Dillingham, chairman of Dillingham Corp., announce plans for a

nine-story Kaimana Hotel to be built at Sans Souci to replace the

old Kaimana Hotel. In 1948 Shigenaga purchased the former Mcinerny

home and added the hotel in 1953. This development is seen by

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Dillingham as a big asset in the development of tourism from Japan.

(HSB & Adv. 8/26/62, p. 1)

Sept., More surfers cause overcrowded waters and dangerous situations 1962 with swimmers. (HSB 9/8/62, p. 11)

The Waikiki Bowl to come down next month; a new structure may be built to house a concession for Kuhio Beach. (HSB 9/13/62, p. 1)

Mayor Neal Blaisdell signs a bill to rezone part of a lot at

Kalakaua Avenue and the Ala Wai Boulevard to make way for a

ten-story office building, the proposed Federal Aviation Agency

Building. (Adv. 9/28/62, p. 1)

Dec., The Cleghorn family is awarded $574,000, or $66.50 per square

1962 foot, for their beach property, condemned for the city in 1958 for

park expansion. The land, located next to the Surfside Hotel, once

belonged to King Kalakaua, and the Cleghorns inherited it through

Princess Ka'iulani, Governor Cleghorn's daughter. (Adv. 12/14/62,

p. 1)

June, "Operation V" enacted to stop shoplifting, thefts and other

1963 Waikiki crimes involving surfers, servicemen, and beach bums. (HSB

6/3/63, p. 1)

August,

1963

Sept.,

1963

Bertha Young, daughter of Alexander Young, dies at ninety-two on

June 6. She lived for fifty years in her two-story home on the

beach at 2267 Kalia Road. (Adv. 6/12/63, p. 1)

Von Hamm-Young Co. purchases the Bertha Young property, as

prearranged before her death, for $60,000. (HSB 8/20/63, p. 1)

The George Mossman property, formerly the Lalani Village across

from Kuhio Beach, sells for $700,000 after Mossman's death. (HSB

9/21/63, p. 3)

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Oct., Sheraton offers the Uluniu Club a one-year extension on their 1963 lease which is to expire on October 30 after fifty-four years. The

Uluniu Club, located between the Royal Hawaiian and Outrigger Canoe Club, began in 1909 and is the oldest swimming club in the U.S. (HSB 9/8/63, p. D1; HSB 10/1/68, p. 1)

Nov., 1963

Dec., 1963

Hotel burglaries are on the increase; police blame tourists who leave their rooms unlocked. (Adv. 11/21/63, p. 1)

The new Waikiki Post Office opens. Located on Kuhio Avenue, it replaces the old office on Royal Hawaiian Avenue. (Adv. 12/3/63, p.

B1)

Roy Kelley wins a forty-seven-year lease on the coveted Outrigger

Canoe Club site from the Waikiki Development Corp. which holds the

master lease on the Queen Emma Estate. Negotiations included bids

from Sheraton, Inter-Island Resorts, and a Japanese hui . Kelley is the largest hotel owner and operator in Hawai 1 i with eight hotels;

- . he plans to build a sixteen-story hotel on the site. (HSB 12/2/63, p. 1; Adv. 12/14/63, p. 1; Adv. 12/17/63)

Roy Kelley acquires another Waikiki Development Corp. property on the ma uka side of Kuhio Avenue between Nahua and Walina Streets. (Adv. 12/18/63, p. 1)

Outrigger Canoe Club at 2335 Kalakaua Avenue closes its doors. 61

Jan., New Outrigger Canoe Clubhouse opens, January 11, 1964, at

1964 Diamond Head. 61

After a few years on the market, the Judd Estate, located •Ewa of

the Moana Hotel, sells for $2.8 million to Kenji Osano, Tokyo businessman. In the past year Osano acquired the Princess Ka 1 iulani

Hotel, Moana Surfrider and Kyo-ya Restaurant. (HSB 9/10/60, p. 1; Adv. 1/22/64, p. 1; HSB 2/10/64, p. 1)

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Feb., Nineteen sixty-four marks the beginning of the influx of

1964 Japanese tourists; Kenji Osano cited as a major promoter. (HSB

2/10/64, p. 1)

March, Inter-Island Resorts, Ltd. enters the Waikiki scene as 1964 half-owner and manager of Roy Kelley's proposed new hotel at the

Outrigger Canoe Club site. (Adv. 3/14/64, p. 1)

April,

1964

May,

1964

July,

1965

Royal Theaters plan to build a new, technically advanced theater at

the corner of Kuhio Avenue and Kanekapolei Street. (HSB 4/9/64, p. l

Ground breaking is scheduled for May 5 for William Mau's Waikiki

Business Plaza at Kalakaua and Seaside Avenues. Mau bought the

30,000-square-foot property for $1.5 million in 1963 from Roy Kelley

who purchased it in 1960 for $230,000. In January 1964, the city

council granted a height variance to add a revolving restaurant atop

the building. (Adv. 1/15/64, p. 1; Adv. 4/25/64, p. 1)

Two new high-rises planned for Waikiki--a hotel at the corner of

Lewers Street and Kalia Road, presently the site of the Coconut

Grove Hotel, and an apartment building at the corner of Ala Wai

Boulevard and Lipe'epe'e Street. (Adv. 4/30/64, p. 1)

Early discussions of establishing the Waikiki Improvement

District bound by Ka'iulani Avenue, Ala Wai Boulevard, Kapahulu

Avenue, and Kalakaua Avenue. (HSB & Adv. 5/24/64, p. A8)

Passage of Act 115 authorizes the Department of Transportation

to regulate commercial activities on the beach. This act is aimed

at smoothing the way towards beach restoration. Waikiki beach boys

have been fighting regulation since 1957. (HSB 4/24/64, p. 5; HSB

7/21/64, p. C5)

Sept., The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union makes

1965 its entry into Waikiki to organize the tourist industry. (Adv.

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9/25/65, p. 1)

Nov., The army releases its master plans for Fort DeRussy--to keep 1965 all seventy-two acres for military use rather than sell it. (Adv.

11/19/65' p. 1)

Sheraton Hawai'i Corp. pays a record high of $74.50 per square foot for the former Bertha Young property. (HSB 11/25/65, p. 1)

1966 Lau Vee Chai on Kuhio Avenue is demolished to make way for the Ambassador Hotel. 20

Jan., City auctions off an abandoned alley running ma kai from Ala Wai 1966 Boulevard between Nahua and Walina Streets. Only abutting property

owners allowed to bid. One small portion sells for $95 per square foot, a record high. The rest sell for upset prices of $6.75 per square foot. (Adv. 1/22/66, p. 1)

March, The state resorts to lawsuits to get the beach boys off the 1966 . beach. (Adv. 3/9/66, p. A7)

The Lili'uokalani Plaza Development Co. announces plans for a fourteen-story condo, the Lili'uokalani Plaza, on Lili'uokalani Avenue just ma uka of Kuhio Avenue. (Adv. 3/23/66, p. All)

April, Lili'uokalani Trust releases its plans to develop sixteen acres 1966 of "old" Waiklkl land, known as the "Jungle," six or seven blocks

between Lili'uokalani Avenue and Paoakalani Avenue. (HSB 4/15/66, p. 1)

May, Eaton (Bob) Magoon plans a $40 million Magoon Center for a

1966 seven-acre tract bound by Ala Wai Boulevard, Kalakaua Avenue, Hobron Lane, and 'Ena Road. Magoon Development Corp. plans to expand its proposed Magoon Center to a high-rise complex of apartment-

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commercial and entertainment buildings. (HSB & Adv. 5/22/66,

p. A14)

All beach boy activities on the public beach fronting the Moana-Surfrider Hotel are banned by ,Circuit Judge Allen Hawkins.

(Adv. 5/25/66, p. A14)

June, Waiklkl is now the "in place" for Mainland young people;

1966 Hawai'i Visitors Bureau predicts 73,000 youngsters this year,

compared to 63,500 last year and 53,000 in 1964. (HSB 6/30/66, p. 01)

July, Waiklkl stores are beginning to feel the pinch of the nationwide

1966 airline strike which began July 7. (HSB 7/12/66, p. AlA)

Construction is under way for the Aloha Surf Hotel next to the Royal

Theater; Shigeru Horita, developer. (HSB 7/15/66, p. All)

Woolworth's, located in the Bank of Hawai'i Building at Royal

Hawaiian and Kalakaua Avenues, opens. (HSB 7/19/66, p. B3)

August, Colin de Silva, president of Waiklkl Marine ,Surf, Inc., plans

1966 the Marine Surf, a $5 million condo at Seaside and Kuhio Avenues.

(HSB 8/1/66, p. B7)

Sept., Sheraton Hawai'i Corp. finalizes its plans for a beach-front

1966 hotel, the Sheraton-Waiklkl, to be located just 'Ewa of the Royal

Hawaiian Hotel. The site is the last remaining stretch of open

beach in Waiklkl's "Miracle Mile.•• (HSB 9/9/66, p. A6; HSB 7/17/69, p. C2)

Oct., Ben Dillingham, president of Palms Development Corp., plans the

1966 Palms, a seventeen-story condo near Ala Wai Boulevard between Nahua

and Walina Streets. (HSB 10/20/66, p. D8)

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Jan., Mayor Neal Blaisdell announces the Queen Lili'uokalani Project, 1967 a ten-year, $100 million urban renewal project for Waikiki, with

concentration in the "Jungle"--sixty-six acres bound by Ka'iulani Avenue, Kalakaua Avenue, Kapahulu Avenue, and Ala Wai Boulevard. Once a summer playground for Hawaiian royalty, much later (1950) a quiet, pleasant neighborhood where residents formed a community , today it is a paradox of blight amidst affluence. Its twenty-five blocks are filled with old cottages, interrupted here and there by concrete apartment buildings, a mixture of old-time residents and assorted transients. The area is a trouble spot for police officials, with loud parties, drug dealers, and lots of violence. But for many residents, Waikiki is home. (HSB & Adv . 4/17/66, p. AlA= HSB 1/30/67, p. Al; Adv. 4/6/67, p. C2)

Feb., The Fort DeRussy Sewage Pumping Station, needed due to increased

1967 growth of the Ala Moana area, is under construction at the Diamond Head side of Fort DeRussy, facing Kalakaua Avenue. (Adv. 2/6/67, p.

AlO)

Ten thousand seven hundred twenty-eight (10,728) rooms are filled, as Waikiki experiences an occupancy rate of 101 percent; 1,000 more hotel rooms should be ready within the next few months. (HSB 2/10/67, p. A3; HSB 3/8/67, p. B11)

March, Teruya Brothers, Ltd. plans a $2 million sixteen-story hotel on 1967 Nohonani Street next to the White Sands Hotel. (Adv. 3/3/67, p.

April,

1967

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Construction begins to widen Kalia Road from twenty-four feet to fifty feet between Ala Moana Boulevard and Dewey Way. (Adv. 3/9/67, p. D1)

The four two-story beach lanai sections at the Hilton Hawaiian

Village are being razed to make way for a new thirty-two-story ~ddition. (HSB 4/21/67, p. A6B)

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A proposed high-rise, twin-towered hotel on Kalakaua Avenue across

from Kuhio Beach will be the first major project in Lili 1 uokalani

Trust•s development; Waldo D. Anderson, developer. (HSB 4/24/67, p.

A1)

The state senate passes a bill to restrict building heights to sixty feet in a proposed "Diamond Head Control Zone," which includes the

seashore below Diamond Head. (Adv. 4/26/67, p. A1)

May, The net taxable value of Waikiki has reached $292 million, $28

1967 million more than last year; land value is $145 million, buildings

valued at $147 million. {HSB 5/13/67, p. A1)

Waikiki $100 million redevelopment plan is approved by the U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban Development; developers to pay $35

million, the city $2 million, and the federal government $53

million. (Adv. 5/26/67, p. A1)

Chinn Ho urges business groups to get behind the redevelopment

program, to raise the value of Waikiki from $1 million per acre to

$5 million per acre. (HSB 5/26/67, p. C6}

Construction begins June 1 on the thirteen-story Scandia Towers

luxury condo at Paoakalani Avenue and Cartwright Road; Axel

Ornelles, developer. (HSB 5/30/67, p. D2)

June, Kock Hun and T. Mun Loui announce ground breaking for King

1967 Kalani Apartments, eleven-story apartment at 303 Lili 1 uokalani

Avenue. (HSB 6/22/67, p. E7)

July, Five projects under way or planned would adtl at least 10,000

1967 rooms, doubling present facilities--expansion of the Royal Hawaiian

Hotel, the Lili•uokalani redevelopment project, twenty-five-story

luxury hotel on Lewers, Kenji Osano•s new beach-front hotel, and the

Magoon Center. (Adv. 7/19/67, p. A2)

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The Halekulani, Royal Hawaiian, and Moana Hotels are listed as

Waikiki•s foremost landmark buildings, in an effort to gain tax

relief for these distinctive, old Waikiki hotels. This comes as a

result of Bishop Estate•s recent proposal to develop its Royal

Hawaiian grounds, demolishing the ••Pink Palace" and adding three new

high-rises. (HSB 7/24/67, p. B4)

August, Randolph M. Lee, Halekulani manager, says that tax relief may be

1967 necessary to keep Halekulani in its present low-rise, garden-type

form. Halekulani and the Royal Hawaiian are the only hotels of this

type remaining in the heart of Waikiki. This is partly due to the

sharp rise in property values in Waikiki since statehood.

Halekulani•s property tax is largely based on that of adjoining

property such as Roy Kelley•s high-rise Reef Hotel. (HSB 7/19/67,

p. Al; Adv. 8/14/67, p. All)

A new non-denominational ministry is formed to combat Waikiki•s

increasing social problems. (Adv. 8/5/67, p. A9)

Sept., State officials look to other parts of o•ahu and the Neighbor

1967 Islands as resort destinations to relieve the overflow in Waikiki.

(Adv. 9/5/67, p. B2)

Oct.,

1967

Construction begins on the Kuhiolani, a thirteen-story condo at

2415 Kuhio Avenue, half a block from the former Prince Kuhio

Estate; American Pacific Mortgage Corp. is the developer. (Adv.

9/20/67, p. AlO)

The new Waikiki Improvement Association, a powerful new association

to protect and plan for the future of Waikiki, is formed. (HSB

10/13/67, p. A5)

Stark Enterprises and Haas & Haynie plan Wailana, a twenty­

four-story condo at 1 Ena Road and Ala Moana Boulevard; it will

replace KDI--Kapi 1 olani Drive Inn. (HSB 10/17/67, p. B5)

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Jan., Sheraton Corp. and Bishop Estate propose a land swap with the

1968 city--5,900 square feet of the dead-end part of Kalia Road to go to

Bishop Estate and Sheraton; 5,900 square feet at Lewers Street and

Kalakaua Avenue to the city. (HSB 1/31/68, Al)

Feb., Hotels are booked solid as Waik1k1 experiences another year of

1968 100 percent occupancy rates. (Adv. 2/23/68, p. All)

March, The city council adopts a land use map and development plan for

1968 Waik1k1 with many revisions. For further information, consult: HSB

1/29/65, p. 1; HSB 3/31/66, p. A8; Adv. 11/17/66, p. 1; HSB

11/17/66, p. B5; Adv. 2/10/67, p. Al; Adv. 3/10/67, p. AlO; HSB

5/10/67, p. AlA; Adv. 5/12/67, p. Al; Adv. 6/13/67, p. Bl; HSB

7/15/67, p. Al; Adv. 2/14/68, p. Al; HSB 2/21/68, p. Al; Adv.

3/26/68, p. A8.

April, Opening of the Ambassador Hotel is scheduled for May 1; built

1968 on the site of the old Lau Vee Chai Restaurant. The new restaurant

was eliminated from the plans in December 1966 and will be built in

the future in a more central location of Waik1k1. (HSB & Adv.

12/4/66, p. D22; HSB 4/17/68, p. E8)

Andre Tatibouet plans a sixteen-story hotel on a one-acre tract at

the site of the Dairy Queen, to be called the Pacific Surf Hotel;

the site is bound by Lili'uokalani, Kalakaua, Kealohilani, and Koa

Avenues. (Adv. 4/27/68, p. All)

May, AITS Inc., a Boston developer, announces plans for a twenty-three-

1968 story hotel on Kalakaua Avenue between Paoakalani and 'Ohua Avenues

displacing the 'Ohua Inn and ten businesses, mostly family-owned,

that have been there for many years--Aoki Store, fifty-five years;

Kapi'olani Cleaning Shop and Waikiki Sanitary Barbershop, since

World War II; and Unique Lunch Room, since 1932. (Adv. 5/25/68, p.

A8; HSB 5/30/68, p. A4)

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June, After years of studies, plans and delays, the city and the state

1968 decide to begin, without waiting for federal funds, a million-dollar

project to widen Kuhio Beach and build a promenade-park along the

strip. (HSB 6/7/68, p. A1)

July, Kalakaua Avenue replaces Hotel Street as the center of Honolulu•s

1968 nightlife. (Adv. 7/23/68, p. 81)

Haas & Haynie Corp., a firm of developers and general contractors

active in Hawai 1 i for many years, is building the Catamaran Hotel at

Kalakaua and Paoakalani Avenues for San Francisco investor Louis

Petri--to be leased to Holiday Inn. (HSB 9/13/67, p. C14; Adv.

4/16/68, p. 83; Adv. 7/24/68, p. 05)

Zoning is approved to permit construction of a three-theater complex

and parking structure on Seaside Avenue to be erected by

Consolidated Amusement. (Adv. 4/16/68, p. 83; HS8 7/12/68, p. A12;

HSB 7/26/68, p. 86)

August, After four years of delays, the Park Shore Hotel, owned and

1968 operated by the Vance Corp. of Seattle, opens August 1.

Construction on sixteen-story hotel at Kalakaua and Kapahulu,

formerly called the Alohalani Hotel, was begun in 1963. Financing

problems soon stopped the building with only the skeleton erected.

The project went through a number of court cases and auctions before

it was purchased last year. (HS8 4/20/67, p. 06; HS8 8/3/68, p. 84)

City Traffic Director William Wong proposes a $100 million program

to speed up traffic in Waikiki. For further information, consult:

Adv. 8/21/68, p. C5; HSB 9/14/68, p. A12; Adv. 11/23/68, p. 87; HS8

12/17/68, p. 04; HSB 8/14/69, p. 82; Adv. 8/17/68, p. A1.

Waikiki is termed the "Concrete Jungle," with 120 high-rises already

built, twenty-eight more are under construction. (Adv. 8/22/68, p.

A14)

Sept.,

1968

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Waikiki tax value soars to $162 million for 1967, an increase of

$24.5 million in the last two years; the big boost is related to the

amount of real estate transactions, over 6,000 on o•ahu in 1967.

(HSB 8/24/68, p. A1)

Chances for federal funding to renew the 11 Jungle 11 are being

jeopardized by private industry building new high-rise developments which do not conform to the acceptable renewal plan. (HSB 8/19/68,

p. A24)

Ground breaking announced for the Essex House, a ten-story

hotel-apartment at Ala Wai Boulevard and Nahua Street; Loyalty

Enterprises, Ltd. are the developers. (Adv. 9/18/68,

p. D8)

Amfac plans to build a twenty-six-story hotel at the present

site of Liberty House. (Adv. 9/26/68, p. D6)

Nov., City council approves rezoning, from business to park, the 1 Ewa

1968 tip of the triangle at Kalakaua Avenue, Kuhio Avenue, and •olohana

Street for the proposed 11 Gateway Park.•• Initial plans, April 1968,

included the entire triangular block, but the Diamond Head end was

left for development of the Gateway Hotel which had already been

planned. (Adv. 11/13/68, p. A7)

Spencecliff Corp. plans a ten-story hotel on Beach Walk; former

plans called for a twenty-story building which does not conform

to present zoning laws. (Adv. 3/6/68, p. B5; Adv. 11/23/68,

p. A6)

Dec.' 11 A 1 oha Gentlemen' II first adult bookstore on Ka 1 akaua Avenue'

1968 opens. (Adv. 12/31/68, p. A5)

Feb., Alexander Young Co. plans a seventeen-story hotel at Kuhio

1969 Avenue and •olohana Street. (HSB 2/5/69, p. B11)

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March, Aoki's Store, now called Aoki's Mini Mart at its new location 1969 at Kalakaua Avenue and 'Olohana Street, is still doing good

business. (HSB & Adv. 3/16/69, p. AB)

Construction is underway on Herbert Horita's second Waikiki development, an eighteen-story hotel at Koa and Lili'uokalani Avenues. (HSB 3/20/69, p. B4)

The city abandons its plans to redevelop the "Jungle" because visiting federal officials said federal funds will not be available for an area where private enterprise is already cleaning out substandard units. (Adv. 3/22/69, p. A1)

Mayor Frank Fasi announces on March 25 that the lease on the city property, site of the Queen's Surf Restaurant, will not be put up

for bid again, despite efforts of several city councilmen and the general public to save the establishment. (Adv. 3/26/69, p. AB)

Mayor Frank Fasi promises to set up a relocation center in the

"Jungle" to help find affordable housing for those residents displaced by new high-rise developments. (HSB 3/29/69, p. B1)

April, Construction begins on a fifteen-story luxury apartment-condo 1969 at 250 'Ohua Avenue; A & E Corp., developers. (HSB & Adv. 4/6/69,

p. E1)

May, 1969 .

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Jack Nosaka plans a fifteen-story condo in the ''Jungle" at 2465 Kuhio Avenue. (Adv. 5/8/69, p. Bll)

Occupancy rates are down this year; the building boom is seen as the

major cause. With 23,000 hotel rooms now, 10,000 more are under construction. (Adv. 5/15/69, p. B1)

Two-day grand opening celebration, May 15 and 16, for Kenji Osano's

Surfrider Hotel; construction began two years ago on the

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twenty-one-story building. (HS8 4/25/67, p. D13; HS8 5/16/69, p.

A4)

Surf and Sand Development Co. plans a nineteen-story condo at 2233 Ala Wai Boulevard between Lewers Street and Seaside Avenue. (HSB & Adv. 5/25/69, p. H2)

The new Kapi 1 olani Beach Center at Queen•s Surf opens after nine

months of construction. (HS8 5/13/69, p. D15; HSB 5/30/69, p. A10)

June, Imperial Finance Corp. plans a fifteen-story condo at Lewers

1969 Street and Aloha Drive. (HSB 6/2/69, p. D10)

July,

1969

August,

1969

The Waiklkl "Jungle" is formally denied federal funds in a letter

from the Department of Housing and Urban Development--"private

enterprise is doing an excellent job in consolidating parcels and

helping remove the blight." (HSB 6/18/69, p. AS)

Construction to begin on the seventeen-story Waiklkl Gateway

Hotel located at the Kuhio-Kalakaua triangle, formerly the site of

the Wagon Wheel Restaurant. (Adv. 7/4/69, p. D3; HS8 7/7/69, p. 84)

It•s a buyers• market in Waiklkl with occupancy rates down and

an atmosphere somewhat less than the paradise sold to visitors.

(HS8 & Adv. 8/3/69, p. A14)

Sept., Waiklkl is becoming the number two hotel city in the nation;

1969 with 31,000 rooms by 1971 it will be second only to New York with

112,000 rooms. The magnitude is realized by comparison with other

resort areas--Miami with 21,000 rooms, Las Vegas with 16,000. (HS8

9/20/69, p. A1)

Nov., Waiklkl panhandling, concentrated around the International Market

1969 Place, has become widespread and is done openly and freely. (Adv.

11/6/69, p. 81)

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City Planning Director Robert Way calls for a moratorium on building

in Waikiki. (Adv. 11/8/69, p. A1)

The Waikiki building boom is over, says Roy Kelley. A major reason for the boom was the rush to beat passage of the Comprehensive

Zoning Code which reduces the floor space and increases the landscape space for high-rises. It also calls for off-street loading zones and 1-1/2 parking stalls per unit . Of thirty-four construction sites now in Waikiki, thirty-two qualified under the

less stringent law. (HSB & Adv. 11/9/69, p. E2)

Senator Hiram Fong, top Republican on the Senate Post Office and

Civil Service Committee, reports authorization for a one-acre area,

near Kalia Road, to be turned over to the Post Office Department,

for fiscal 1970. (Adv. 11/26/69, p. A10)

March, Planning Director Robert Way asks for building moratorium in

1970 Waikiki. Sees vacancy crisis: too many hotel rooms and not enough

tourists. (Adv. 3/7/70, p. D7)

April,

;1970 '·t

June,

1970

Senator Hiram Fong urges city to build new Waikiki Post Office in

accordance with master plan. (Adv. 3/17/70, p. 87)

Waikiki Improvement Association expresses concern that area is becoming habitat of drug dealers and users, criminals and

panhandlers. (Adv. 3/20/70, p. 81)

New twenty-five-story Holiday Inn has been open since January,

without fanfare, and still awaiting official debut. Sits on land

once owned by Keekapu, the first royal patent land grantee. (Adv.

4/8/70, p. E7)

Save Our Surf group fights beach widening project at Kuhio Beach.

(HSB 6/3/70, p. 16)

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Ground breaking takes place for new Hawaiian Village Bazaar. (Adv.

6/30/70, p. B7)

July, City approves "King•s Alley" project. (HSB ·7/24/70, p. A4)

1970

Sept.,

1970

Waikiki Ministry opens Drop-In Rap Center in old Waikiki Drug

Clinic at 215 •ohua Avenue. Center designed to help Waikiki

residents.

Oct., Waikiki district brings in $69 million but receives only $9

1970 million from the state. Senator Percy Mirikitani says Waikiki

should secede from the city and establish itself as a county in

order to get more state monies. (HSB 10/14/70, p. A7)

Hawaiian Electric Co. removes overhead lines between Lewers Street

and Kuhio Avenue and will install underground lines. (Adv.

10/24/70, p. C7)

1971 The 1,346-room Hawaiian Regent Hotel opens. 20

Thirty-one-story Sheraton-Waikiki Hotel, at the time the world 1 s

largest resort hotel, is built next to the Royal Hawaiian. 20

1974 Waikiki Biltmore Hotel demolished, using 300 pounds of TNT, only

nineteen years after it was built. 20

1976 Christopher B. Hemmeter opens the $150 million, 1,260-room Hyatt

Regency Waikiki Hotel on the former site of the Biltmore Hote1. 20

1984 Hawai•i•s visitor count reaches 4-1/4 million, compared with 300,000

prior to World War II and 100,000 in the mid-1950s. 20

Oct., Kaiser Medical Center is razed. (HSB 10/18/86)

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GLOSSARY

The following words and phrases are non-English terms. Non-English is here defined as any lexical item not found in the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., Ltd., 1975).

The letter or letters in parentheses after each word or phrase indicate its language family:

C - Chinese F - Filipino Fr - French H Hawaiian J Japanese Pi - 11 Pidgin 11 English P - Portuguese S Spanish

References for the definitions used in this glossary include: Isabella A. Abbott, Limu: An Ethnobotanical Study of Some Seaweeds. 3d ed. (Lawai: Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, 1984); Brian Dutton, L.P. Harvey and Roger M. Walker, Cassell •s New Compact Spanish Dictionary (New York: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1970); Koh M~suda, Kenkyusha•s New Japanese-English Dictionary. 4th ed. (Tokyo: Kenkyusha, Ltd., 1974); Mary Pukui and Samuel Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1971); Mary Pukui and Samuel Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary. rev. ed. (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1985); Michael Sakamoto, Pacific Shore Fishing (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1985); Douglas Simonson, Pidgin to the Max (Honolulu: Bess Press, Inc., 1981); Nao Sekiguchi Wenkam, Foods of Hawaii and the Pacific Basin: Vegetables and Vegetable Products--Raw, Processed and Prepared (Honolulu: College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, 1983); Edwin B. Williams, The Williams Spanish and English Dictionary (New York: Charles Scribner•s Sons, 1978); and Yale University, Institute of Far Eastern Languages, Dictionary of Spoken Chinese (New Haven, London: Yale University Press, 1966).

In some instances, the spellings and definitions could not be found in these references but were provided by Larry Kimura of the University of Hawai 1 i Indo-Pacific Languages Department, Oral History Project staff, or the interviewee in whose transcript the word or phrase appears. Such items are asterisked (*).

The following definitions apply to the lexical items as they appear in the context of the transcripts.

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•a 'ale kapulu ['a 'ole kapulu] (H) not in slipshod fashion

'a'ama (H) edible black crab ( GJtap-6M gJtap-6u.6 .ten.t.UCJtuota..tM)

'a'awa (H) wrasse or Hawaiian hogfish (BocUan.u.6 bilun.tdatu.6)

abunai ( J) dangerous abura (J) oil ahen (J) opium ahi (H) fire 'ahi (H) Hawaiian tuna fishes, --e5pecially yellow-fin tuna

( Thun.n.M ai.bac.aJt.u ) aholehole (H) Juvenile ahole

(Hawaiian flagtail or flag fish KuhUa -6an.d.vic.eM..U)

ahupua'a (H) land division usually extending from uplands to the sea

ai (H) interjection of surprise "iii (H) food or food -plant, esp. vegetable to

distinguish it from i'a, often refers to poi; to eat

aikane (H) friend; friendly; to become a friend

akamai (H) smart, clever, expert ake (H) 1 i ver aku (H) bonito or skipjack tuna -(Kat-6uwon.u.6 pef.arni..-6) 'akulikuli (H) general name for

succulent plants; also coastal herb (Suuviwn poJdulac.a.otJtum)

• ala-aumoe (H) shrub known as night cestrum (Cut:Jtum noctUJt.n.um) or Chinese inkberry

'ala 'ihi (H) squirrelfish (Holoc.en.t:Jtidae genus)

• a 1 ami hi (H) common b 1 ack crab (Metopog.Jtap-6uo thukuhaJt.)

alanui (H) street, road, highway, thoroughfare, waterway

alavia (Pi) childhood game* ali'i (H) chief, chiefess, --officer, ruler, monarch, peer,

headman, noble, aristocrat arne ( J) rain 'ami (H) hula step with hip --revo 1 uti ons I anunu (H) greed ~(H) large, taro-like plants

(Aloc.Mia mac.Jto.JtJthiza, Xantho-6oma Jtobuotum)

arigato (J) thank you

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'auwai (H) ditch, canal 'auana (H) short form of hula

'auana, informal hula without ceremony or offering, contrasted with hula kuahu

awa (H) milkfish (Chano-6 c.han.o-6) 'awa (H) kava plant with root that --r5 source of a narcotic drink of

same name azuk i ( J) sweet red beans used for

fillings or desserts

bango (J) number assigned to plantation workers as a means of accounting and identification

benshi (J) a speaker; talker; orator

ben to ( J) 1 unch; box 1 unch bon see Obon EOn odori-rJ) Bon festival dance Bon-san (J) Buddhist priest buche (P) masseuse* bl.iiiiba"i (Pi) by and by, later on* buta i ( J) the stage, boards buyo (J) dance, dancing

-chan (J) suffix to first names chee (Pi) mild exclamation* Chee-fah (C) Chinese gambling game chow fun (C) fried Chinese noodle

and vegetable dish chugakko (J) lower secondary ~chool; a junior high school

chug en ( J) 1 ast day of the Lantern Festival

cockroach (Pi) steal* crack seed (Pi) Chinese preserved

seeds*

da kine (Pi) an expression with an unspecified referent; "what you might call," "this stuff," "thingness"*

daikon (J) Japanese radish which can be eaten raw, steamed, dried or pickled

demo (J) but, yet, still, though dojo ( J) 1 oach fish (Mi.6gUJt.n.u.6

an.guiltic.audata) dosei renya (J) homosexual d~shikai (J) social/mutual support

club composed of persons from the same hometown or region*

•e1e•e1e (H) edible alga ( En.teJLomo~r.pha pJLof.4,eJLa) , a b 1 ack 1 imu

enenue (H) ash-colored rudder or pilot fish (Kypho~~ b~g~bb~, K. v~g~e.M~)

•Ewa (H) place name west of ~nolulu, used as a direction

term

furo (J) hot tub, bath fUrO-ba (J) bathhouse furyo shonen (J) poor or wicked

young man

ga natsukashii (J) feel yearning for, feel homesick for (a thing)

gaijin (J) a foreigner, alien, Caucasian

gao (C) Chinese rice cake geta (J) wooden clog sandals -gumi (J) group, gang, company -~ (J) county, suburban (rural)

districts

haku (H) to braid, as a lei hala (H) pandanus or screw pine ---r?atui.an~ odoJLCLtiA~~lL6) whose

leaves, flowers, roots, and fruit has many uses

halau (H) long house, used for canoes or hula instruction

hale (H) house, building, --rnstitution, lodge, station,

hall, to have a house hallowea see alavia* hanai (H) foster child; foster;

adopted hanamatsuri (J) anniversary of

birth of Buddha; Buddha•s birthday festival

hanau (H) to give birth; to lay --ran egg); born; offspring, child,

childbirth Haole (H) formerly a foreign --person, now commonly applied to

Caucasians Haole koa see koa haole haori (J) Japanese half-coat ~Haole (H) part-White person h~pai (H) carry, lift; pregnant,

to conceive

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hapai ko (H) to carry sugar cane bundles on back, as formerly done by plantation workers

hapu•u (H) endemic tree fern (Cibotium ch~~oi)

hapu•upu•u (H) a mound, as for playing marbles

hasu (J) Indian lotus (Ne.iumbo ---;u:Lci,6.eJLa) hau (H) branching tree (Hib~c~ ---ti£iace.lL6), that can be erect,

gnarled or spreading horizontally over ground making an impene­trable thicket

haohao (H) soft meat that can be scooped from young coconuts

haupia (H) pudding formerly made of arrowroot and coconut cream, now usually made with cornstarch

he•e (H) octopus (PolyplL6 species), commonly known as squid

heiau (H) pre-Christian place of --worship, shrine hi-no-tama (J) ball of fire, a

fi reba 11 high makamaka (Pi) big shot* hinahina (H) native heliotrope

(HiUobtop~um anomalum), a low-spreading beach plant with small, white, fragrant flowers

ho hana (H) weeding; field work with a hoe

hoki (H) mule, ass hOlehole (H) to strip sugar cane

leaves from stalk holoku (H) loose, seamed dress

with yoke and train, patterned after Mother Hubbards of missionaries

homongi (J) a visiting dress; gala dress

ho•olaule•a (H) celebration ho•omalimali (H) to flatter hua (H) winning word in chee-fah

game huhu (H) angry, offended, --rndignant, mad, scolding hui (H) club, association,

society, corporation huki lepo (H) to hill* hula ku•i (H) any interpretive

hula, so called since Kalakaua•s day; li..:t., joined hula

hula pahu (H) dance to drum beat huluhulu-waena (H) edible red

seaweed (G~ateioupia ~cina) hupekole (H) young children

imposing themselves in adult affairs

hyo ( J) bag

;•a (H) fish 'Tlima (H) small to large native

shrubs (Sida species) bearing yellow, orange, greenish or dull red flowers, some strung for leis

imu (H) underground oven; food --cooked in an imu •;namona (H) relish made of cooked

kernel of candlenut (kukui) mashed with sa 1 t --

inari sushi (J) flavored boiled rice wrapped up with fried bean curd

ingua (P) swollen gland in u (H) to drink TnU lama (H) to drink rum or other

alcohol ~ (H) bottle gourd (Lagen~a ~ic.Vt~a, also L. vuig~), some used for rattles for dances

iriko (J) dried small sardine TWaShi (J) sardines

jinjo (J) ordinary, common, usual, av~rage_

jinjo-koto (J) Japanese elementary school with eight grades, four which were compulsory

ka•a uila (H) streetcar, electric bus, electric vehicle

kabuki (J) type of popular Japanese drama

kahea (H) recital of the first --rines of a stanza by the dancer

as a cue to the chanter kahiko (H) old, ancient kahili (H) feather standard,

symbolic of royalty kahu (H) pastor, minister kahUna (H) priest, minister,

sorcerer kahuna lapa•au (H) medical doctor,

medical practitioner, healer

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kai (J) club, association. --gathering · kala (H) surgeonfish, unicorn --rish, Teuthidae kala (H) dollar, silver, money kala limu see limu kala kalua (H) to bake in ground oven;

baked kama•aina (H) native-born, lit.

1 and child kamani (H) tall, handsome tree

( calophyUum inophy.Uum) with orange b 1 ossoms

kanaka (H) human being, man, person, individual

kane (H) male, husband kanna (J) plane kapa (H) tapa, as made from wauke

(paper mulberry) or mamaki (Pipt~U6 species); also, quilt

kapa kuiki (H) to quilt kapo (H) mother* kapulu (H) careless kapT (H) to sprinkle, as with

salt ~ (J) raincoat kapu (H) sacred or forbidden katakana (J) square form of kana

(Japanese alphabet) katta (J) won kaukau (Pi) food* kauna•oa (H) native dodder plant

(C~c.uta ~andwic.hiana) belonging to morning-glory family

keiki (H) child, offspring, descendant

-ken (J) a prefecture kenban (J) geisha call-office kiawe (H) algaroba tree (P~o~op~

palf.ida) Kilipaki (H) Gilbert Islanders kim chee (K) preparation of Korean

vegetable made with ginger, garlic, chili and other spices

kine see da kine kTni •a; (H) pail for carrying poi

or other food koa (H) largest of native forest ~rees (Ac.ac.ia koa) which has a

fine red wood once used for canoes, surfboards and calabashes, but more often used today for furniture and ukuleles

koa haole (H) common roadside shrub or small tree (Leucaena leucocephala) closely related to koa, whose uses include leaves for fodder

koi-nobori (J) carp streamer or pennant

koji (J) malted rice kole (H) surgeonfish (Ctenochaet~ --;;-vugo~~) kole nuku heu (H) variety of the

fish kole, said to have fine hairlike growths around the mouth

kolohe (H) mischievous, naughty kompa (Pi) to cooperate, to share,

to do together* kompang (Pi) to accompany, to

cooperate; sugar cane cultivation by a small group*

koto (J) Japanese harp koto (J) high grade; high class ~gakko (J) senior high school kuhonu (H) edible spotted-back

crab (Po4tun~ ~anguinolent~) kukae (H) excreta, dung, feces kukui (H) candlenut tree --rAZe~~ moluccana) kukui hele po (H) lantern; tit.,

lantern (for) going (at) night kuleana (H) right, privilege,

concern, responsibility, title, business, property, small piece of property

kulolo (H) pudding made of baked or steamed grated taro and coconut cream

kumi (J) neighborhood group kumu (H) red goatfish (PaJtupene~ --pG4hy4e~), adult stage kumu hula (H) hula teacher kupuna (H) grandparent, ancestor,

someone of grandparent's generation

laiki loloa (H) long rice langlang (C) a fragrant

greenish-yellow spider-shaped flower*

lani (H) sky, heaven rau-hala (H) leaves of hala tree,

made into mat, baskets:-hits laua'e (H) maile-scented fern

(Mie4o~o4ium ~colopend4ia)

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laulau (H) packages of ti leaves or banana tops containing pork, beef, salted fish or taro tops, baked in imu, steamed or broiled

lawalu (H) fish or meat bound in ti leaves for cooking

leho he'e (H) cowry shell with heavy lead weight and a two pronged hook

lehua (H) blossom of 'ohia tree ----ux-et4o~.<..de4M mae4op~) ; a 1 so

tree itself liko lehua (H) 'ohi •a lehua bud

flower limu (H) general name for seaweed, --sea moss, sea lettuce, land

mosses, freshwater algae limu eleele or limu-'ele'ele see

'ele'ele limu kala or limu-kala (H) long,

rough brown seaweed (SaJtg~~um species), gathered in shallow to deep water along the reefs

limu kohu (H) edible red seaweed resembling minature pink tree (A~paJtagop~~ tax£6o~) found attached to coral reefs

limu lipe'epe'e ~ee lipe'epe'e limu lfpoa see lipoa limu manuea see manauea limu wawae'iole see wawae'iole lipe'epe'e (H) edible red seaweed

(LaU4encia species) short with stiff, knobby branchlets

lipepe see lipe'epe'e lTpoa (H) two species of edible,

branched brown seaweed (V~ctyopt~ plag~og4amma and V. ~uaRM)

loke lani (H) common small red rose

lolo (H) paralyzed, numb, feeble, crazy

lomi (H) to rub, press, squeeze, --crush, mash fine, knead, massage,

rub out lomilomi or lomi-lomi (H) masseur,

masseuse; dish of raw fish worked with fingers and mixed with onions and seasoned, adapted from kamano lomi, i'a lomi

lua (H) toilet, outhouse lua'i (H) vomit

lu•au (H) young taro tops, --e5Pecially as baked with coconut

cream and chicken or octopus luna (H) foreman, overseer,

supervisor

-machi (J) a town, a city mago (J) grandchild mahimahi (H) common dolphin

(Co~yphaena hipp~~), game fish prized for its flesh

mahina la 1 ila 1 i (H) full moon* mahu (H) homosexual ffiaTT hula (H) dance in honor of

the genitals maile (H) native twining vine with --shiny fragrant leaves made into

leis rna kai (H) on the seaside, toward

the sea maka le•a (H) twinkle-eyed,

happy-eyed, mischievous make (H) to die maketa (J) defeated maki sushi (J) rolled sushi maku (J} scatter; sprinkle maTThini (H) stranger, foreigner,

newcomer, tourist, guest malo (H) male•s loincloth ffiana•e (H) to the east manaita (J) a chopping board manapua see mea•ono-pua•a manauea (H) small, red seaweed

(G~aciiania eo~onop~oiia) used extensively for food; similar seaweed is ogo (G~aciiania b~a-pMtow)

manienie (H) variety of grasses: Bermuda, buffalo and seashore rush

manini (H) convict tang or surgeonfish (Aeanth~~ tnio~teg~), adult stage

masu (J) a measure ma-uka (H) inland, upland, towards

the mountain mauna loa (H) sea bean (Viociea w~onii), that Hawaiians once used flowers to make leis but now refers to Canavaiia eath~­tiea used for mauna loa leis

mazeru (J) mix, admix, mingle, blend

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mea•ono-pua•a (H) Chinese pork cake

mei-sui-lan (C) ornamental plant* meiwaku (J) trouble mekakushi (J) a bandage,

blindfold, blinkers, blinders Menehune (H) legendary race of

small people who worked at night building fish ponds, roads, temples; if the work was not finished, it remained unfinished

menko (J) a pasteboard dump menpachi (J) squirrelfish, genus

Ho£ocenUI.L6 minai (J) did not see --mina-mina (J) all (people), all of

them (you) miso (J) soybean paste mochi (J) rice cake moi (H) threadfish (Po£ydacty£1.L6 ~e~), much esteemed for food

moi li 1 i (H) little moi, five to eight centimeters long

moku (H) ship, schooner mokUahi (H) steamship, £it., fire

ship momi apple (Pi) mammee apple

(Mammea am~cana); fruit has brownish skin with orange pulp that tastes like an apricot*

mo•opuna (H) grandchild muliwai (H) river, river mouth,

pool near mouth of a stream, as behind a sand bar, enlarged by ocean water left there by high tide

-mura (J) village miiSLibi (J) a riceball

na•au (H) intestines, bowels, guts

na•au pua•a (H) a dish of intestines prepared Hawaiian style

-nai (J) not nakOdo (H) a go-between,

middleman, matchmaker namasu (J) dish of raw vegetables

and fish, seasoned with vinegar nami {J) wave naraberu (J) arrange (goods) natsukashii (J) dear, beloved naze (J) why, how, for what reason

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-ne (J) tag word at end of -sentence, seeking passive

confirmation nehe (H) same as ki nehe (Bide~

pilo~a); young plants, just before flowering, are cooked for tea

nehu (H) Hawaiian anchovy ---'(StolephoJL~ pWtpWte~ ) nezumi ( J) rat nT'au (H) midrib of coconut leaf

or frond Nihon buyo (J) Japanese dancing Nihon odori (J) Japanese dancing no (J) of; belonging to nui (H) big, large, great nurui (J) tepid, lukewarm

'oama (H) juvenile goatfish (weke) 0-bachan (J) grandmother obi (J) belt, sash Obon (J) Buddhist All Saints' Day; --rintern Festival; Festival of the

Dead Odai-san (J) Japanese clairvoyant odori (J) dance, dancing odori sensei (J) dance teacher o-furo see furo ogo (J) edi~seaweed (GJLacllallia

species, esp. GJLacllallia b~a-p~to~), similar seaweed is known as manauea

ogokku (Pi) main cook, or plantation cook, based on Japanese pronunciation of "cook"*

'ohana (H) family, relative, kin , group

'ohi'a see lehua --'ohua (H) servants 'o'io (H) bonefish (Albuia vulp~) O-kane chodai (J) Please give me

money O-kane nai (J) I don't have money okasan (J) mother okazu (J) a side dish oke (H) rotten '3kole (H) buttocks '~kolehao (H) liquor distilled

from ti root in a still; later, a gin as made of rice or pineapple juice

'okole'oi'oi (H) marigolds (Taget~ species)

o-koto see koto 'olapa (H) now, any dance

accompanied by chanting and drumming on gourd drum

omocha ( J) toy ono (H) large mackerel-type ~ish or wahoo (Acanthocyb~um ~olandU)

'ono (H) delicious; to relish or crave

onsen (J) hot spring 'O'QPu (H) general name for fishes

included in Eleotridae, Gobiidae and Blennidae families

'opae (H) shrimp opaparu ( ) pinker menpachi (Holoce~ xantheJLythJLU6)

'opelu (H) mackerel scad ( VecapteJLU6 p~nnui.atU6 )

'opihi (H) limpet, any of several species of HeluotU6cU6

'opihi limu (Hl peppery flavored limu, limu mane'one 1 one*

1 0PThf moemoe (H) perhaps a type of limu*

1 opiuma (H) Manila tamarind (P~hecellob~um dui.ce)

'opu (H) belly, stomach 0-samba-san see samba 0-san see -san o:shOgatsu see_shogatsu o-shoyu see shoyu o-sushi see sushi otosan (J) father o-yu (J) hot water

pa 1 ahao (H) prisoner pahu (H) refers to hula pahu pa'ina (H) meal, dinner, small

party with dinner pa 1 i pa 1 i (H) to c 1 ap E!i2£ (Pi) little surfboard* pai pu (H) to beat a gourd drum;

the drum itself and accompanying chant and sitting dance by the chanter

pa 1 i umauma (H) chest-slapping hula

pakalana (H) Chinese violet (Telo~ma coJLdata) which has yellowish-green flowers

paka lolo (H) marijuana P~ke (H) China, Chinese

Pake hua (H) Chinese marble used in children•s games*

paki 1 i (H) various flatfishes ( Bothu-6 manc.u-6 )

pakiki (H) crush, pound pakini (H) tin plate palaoa (H) sperm whale; ivory palupalu (H) flexible, supple pan ( J) bread paoa (H) strongly odiferous ~ (H) native-born, especially

for several generations papale (H) hat papio (H) young jack or ulua fish pau_(H) finished pa•u (H) skirt worn by women

horseback riders pau hana (H) finished work* Pehea •oe (H) How are you? pepeiao (H) Chinese cake stuffed

with meat, named for the resemblance to the ear

pikake (H) Arabian jasmine (la¢minum ~ambac.) with small, white fragrant flowers used for leis

pilau (H) rot, stench pilikia (H) trouble of any kind pilut (Pi) someone who drinks a

lot* £iEi (H) beef, cattle pipi kaula (H) salted and dried

beef, broiled before eaten pipipi (H) edible black shellfish

(Theodoxa¢ neglec.tu.-6) Podagee (Pi) Portuguese* ~ (H) people poha (H) cape gooseberry (Phy~~ pe4uviana) with edible, many-seeded fruit

poke (H) to slice, cut crosswise into pieces, as fish or wood; Hawaiian dish containing diced raw fish

po•okela (H) foremost, best, superior

popolo (H) in slang, Blacks are sometimes referred to as popolo

Pordagee see Podagee £.1:!.! (H) flower pua-kenikeni (H) shrub or small

tree grown ornamentally; foliage, flowers, fruit

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puhi-paka (H) one of commonest of the larger eels (Lyc.odo~ -61-avimaJLginata¢)

puka (H) hole pulehu (H) to broil pune•e (H) movable couch puo•lo (H) bundle, bag pupu (H) general name for marine

and 1 and she 11 s pupule (H) crazy, insane,

reckless, wild

renkon (J) lotus root ryokan (J) hotel

saboten (J) cactus sailor moku (Pi) bell-bottom

pants* saimin (C) dish consisting of

noodles in a soup base sake (J) rice wine sakUra (J) hana-fuda, or Japanese

playing cards or flower cards samba (J) midwife samTSen see shamisen -san (J) Mister, Miss, Mrs., Ms. sansankudo (J) perform the

ceremony of the three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups

sashimi (J) slices of raw fish see mui (C) variety of preserved

plum sensei (J) teacher, instructor,

master, doctor sensu (J) (folding) fan shaka (Pi) 11 right on 11

Shamisen (J) Japanese string instrument

shee (Pi) mild exclamation* -shi (J) city or town shTbai (J) a play or drama shogatsu (J) January, the New Year shoya (J) village headman, a

squire shoyu (J) soy sauce shoyu no aji (J) flavor of soy

sauce shu (J) a (religious) denomina­tion, (sect) sipa sipa (F) reduplication of

sipa, a game played with a very light ball which is kicked from one person to another

soba (J) buckwheat noodles SObashi (J) broker somen (J) vermicelli noodle son (J) rural township sugi ( J) cedar sumo (J) Japanese wrestling sumotori (J) a sumo wrestler sushi (J) vinegared rice

taiko (J) drum tako (J) octopus taku (J) burn, kindle, make --rbuild, light) a fire tamana (J) cabbage tanomoshi (J) mutual financing

association tapa _see kapa Tencho-setsu (J) Emperor 1 s

birthday tenno heika (J) His majesty the

Emperor to (J) 4.765 gallons toishi (J) whetsone, grindstone tsukemono (J) pickles, pickled

(salted) vegetables tutu (H) granny, grandma, grandpa

udon (J) noodles, wheat ---vermicelli 1 Uha (H) wasteful, extravagant uhu (H) parrot fish of which SCCVLLU PeJL.6pici11.atLU is among

the most abundant and largest uku (H) deep-sea snapper (Ap4-i.on

v-Ut.uc.en.6) ule makou (H) male part of crab* 1 Ulu (H) breadfruit tree ( M..toc.aJr.pLU ai!J:l.1M ) ulua (H) certain species of --crevalle, jack or pompano

fish ume (J) 1 umi (H) 'i:iriii 1 urn i

moss

pickled plum ten

(H) hinahina or Spanish

1 uniki (H) graduation excercises as for hula

1 upapalu (H) larger cardinal fishes, Apogon species

vida (S) life, living, livelihood voil~ (Fr) there, behold, there --now, there is, there are

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vovo (P) great-grandmother

wahine (H) woman, lady, wife waiawf (H) yellow strawberry guava

( P -6it:Uum c.at:tleianum) Waikiki (H) place name used as a

direction marker in Honolulu wana {H) sea urchin wataboshi (J) a bride 1 s veil (of

floss silk) wawae 1 iole (H) dark green, spongy

branched edible seaweed , that exudes a red liquid upon standing ( CocUum edule)

weke (H) fish of certain species of the Mullidae family

wen (Pi) indicates past tense, precedes a verb*

won bok (C) Wong-nga-bak or Chinese cabbage

wun tun (C) pork dumpling*

yen (J) basic monetary unit of Japan

i:2 (J) night yoshi (J) adopted son-in-law yukata (J) informal kimono

(Japanese clothes) for summer wear

INDEX

'A'ala Park (O'ahu), 285, 293-94, 370' 1359

Abe, Masao, 1078 Agricultural crops

banana, 7, 759 rice, 26, 32, 689, 759,

969 {see also CHINESE, farmers; TARO)

Ah Leong Store, 649, 734-35 Ah See, Jules, 1078, 1098, 1105,

1106, 1107 Ah Sui, Charlie, 1081 Ah Yin Store, 636, 643 Ahakuelo, Ben, family, 671, 924, 971 'Aiea Plantation, 284, 285 'Aiea School, 289, 292 'Ainahau (home), 28, 784, 966,

1039, 1044-45 fire at, 1045, 1197

'Ainahau Court, 1308, 1986, 1996 'Ainahau neighborhood

families in, 443, 459-60, 670, 714, 799-800, 938, 966, 967, 970-71, 972, 1039-46, 1049-50, 1051, 1335, 1340-41, 1362-63, 1413, 1426, 1434, 1458-59, 1673, 1919, 1925, 1996

Airplanes Southern Cross, 1072

Airports (O'ahu) Kaka'ako, 1088

(see also JOHN RODGERS AIRPORT) Aitken, Victor, 864 Akaka, Rev. Abraham, 1081-82 Akaka family, 418, 419, 674, 929,

1406, 1457, 1921 Akamatsu family, 910, 912, 1457 Akana, Joe (Joseph Y.) (in-terview),

2-68 as beach boy, 17-18, 20-24, 37-

38, 40-57, 61-62, 691, 1025, 1657

as cane worker during 1919 strike, 32-33

as cargo specialist, 61-62 childhood activities of, 790,

799-800, 801 childhood home of, 'Ohua Ave.,

2, 8-9, 81, 1426, 1456, 1924 in Elks Club Band, 66-68, 82

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Akana, Joe (Joseph Y.) (continued) in movies, 45-48 parents of, 2-4, 5, 25-27, 31,

794 schooling of, 5, 6, 16-17, 29,

31 siblings of, 4; 7, 8-9, 12,

19-20, 31, 58-59 and surfing, 788, 810

Akana, Lang, 877 Akana, Vim Kung (see JOE AKANA,

parents of) Akeo, May, 441, 442 Akiona, Ah Fang and Julia (see

REBECCA KAPULE, parents of) Akita, "Sally," 11 Akana, Nip Tong, 1023, 1024 Ala Moana Boulevard, 8, 396-97,

543, 549, 636, 638-39, 1492, 1558-61, 1605

Ala Moana Park, 7-8, 106, 653, 1599, 1830

Ala Moana Road, 609-10 (see also ALA MOANA BOULEVARD)

Ala Wai Boulevard, 1682 Ala Wai Canal, 510, 580, 584, 586-

87, 593-99, 689, 1005-6, 1046, 1139, 1201, 1269, 1642

crabbing and fishing in, 1307 dredging of, 7, 79-80, 188,

371, 389, 447-48, 550-51, 598, 599, 628, 688, 761, 845, 1219-20, 1438, 1737, 1831, 1925, 1996

and effect on sea fishing, 366, 367, 551, 760, 763, 1446, 1856, 1857

and effect on Waikiki develop­ment, 613

landfill from, 595-97, 1273, 1940-41

and May Day program, 1640 swimming and skiing in, 271-72,

759' 1682' 1831 Ala Wai Golf Course, 1572 Alama, Helen, 1578, 1579, 1594,

1616 Aldridge, Peggy, 1045 Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., 592,

619, 626-27

Ali.iolani School, 1310 Almeida, Johnny, 1087 Aloha Park, 374-75, 396-97, 549,

613, 653-54, 716, 970, 1191-92, 1492-93, 1537, 1542, 1604-5,

.1674, 1838

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"Aloha spirit," 1096, 1114-15, 1205, 1206, 1724, 1726, 1728

Aloha Week (see CELEBRATIONS AND HOLIDAYS)

Alohikea, Lizzie, 1850 Aloma, Hal, 1086 Amalu, Charley, 33, 36, 691, 1136,

1140 Amalu, Sammy, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1835 Amalu family, 1124, 1126, 1332-33,

1428, 1459, 1683-84 (see also CHARLEY AMALU; SAMMY AMALU)

Anahu, Hiram, 20, 41, 49, 50, 55, 57, 115, 1025, 1032, 1134

Anderson, Robert Alexander (inter­view), 198-240

childhood home of, Beretania St., 198

childhood of, in Waikiki, 198-204, 207-11

family of, 198, 204-7, 226-27, 232-33

as Hawai 1 i Tourist Bureau member, 1740

schooling of, 200-2, 203, 211, 212

songwriting of, 201-2, 213-14, 229-31

sports and hobbies of, 201-2, 209-13, 232

as World War I pilot and POW, 216-26, 234-40

Andrade family, 795 Andrews, Ray, 1101 Andrews, Sybil Bright, 1372 Animal quarantine station, 610 Aoki, Harold (interview), 724-74

childhood activities of, 738-39, 746-47, 748, 749-70

childhood home of, Moana Hotel cottage, 726-27, 746

childhood home of, Paoakalani Ave., 747-48

parents of, 733, 738, 744 (see also MIZUNO AOKI; NIRO AOKI)

siblings of, 727, 738, 745, 746, 751-53, 770

Aoki, Mizuno, 724, 726, 731 Aoki, Niro, 725, 729, 731, 732-33,

734 (see also HAROLD AOKI, parents of)

family, 425-26, 497, 509, 698, 788, 789, 1407, 1408 (see also HAROLD AOKI)

Aoki Mini Mart, 10, 1563 Aoki Store, 9-10, 318, 422, 423,

710-11, 725, 730-37, 739-45, 840, 841, 902, 903, 937, 971, 1057, 1238, 1382, 1400, 1924, 1952, 1993

customers of, 725-26, 732, 733, 734, 741, 742, 743-44, 745

delivery and services of, 679, 734, 740-41, 744, 789

location, on 2548 Kalakaua Ave., 735-36, 739-44, 773-74, 787, 788, 1043, 1675

location, on Paoakalani Ave., 730-35

merchandise of, 730-31, 733, 734, 998-99

once Okasako Store, 971, 1888 as sponsors of community activi­

ties, 679-80, 753-57 workers of, 734, 735, 740, 745

Aona family, 1504, 1506 Apaka, Alfred, 611, 1079, 1083,

1085, 1093, 1101, 1103, 1105, 1108, 1110

Aeau S~ore, 1201 •Apuakehau Stream, 334-35, 355,

967, 970, 972, 1040-41, 1474, 1987

Aquarium (see WAIKlKl AQUARIUM) Arashiro, John Yonenaga (inter-

view), 1894-1908 childhood of, in Japan, 1894-95 family of, 1900, 1904 as Halekulani Hotel waiter,

1901-8 schooling of, 1895-98

Arizumi family, 1490, 1512 Armed Forces

baseball players of, 25th Infan-try, ~14, 617

and Hale 1 iwa Hotel, 1718 and housing, 1225 and prostitution, 1249 and relations with community,

21, 398, 550, 562-63, 654-55, 742, 1597-98, 1858

Armed Forces (continued) Reserve Officers• Training

Corps (ROTC), 1360 and United Service Organiza­

tions {U§O), 1364-66, 1621 and Waikiki during World War

I I , 1313, 1862 (see also FORT DeRUSSY)

Arnold, Charles N. and Hau Tree Hotel, 1722

Asing, J"ohnny, 1868 Asuka, Miyo (interview), 885-915

and Asuka Camp, 255, 257, 415-16, 417, 427, 428, 459, 474, 885, 897, 898-99, 909-10, 927, 1427, 1438, 1457

family and home life of, Japan, 885, 886, 887-88, 889, 890, 894, 901, 903-5

and immigration to Hawai'i, 893-96

and jobs other than laundry, 905, 908-9,

landownership of, Kuhio Ave., 848, 911-12, 914

and laundry work, 423, 427, 899-900, 901. 902, 905, 913-14, 915

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marriage and family of, 891-92, 903-5, 907, 908, 913, 1458 (see also TOKUMATSU ASUKA)

on Waikiki past and present, 915 Asuka, Tokumatsu, 899, 900, 906-7,

914' 1453 Asuka Camp (see MIYO ASUKA) Auld, Aggie, 1341 Austin, Gwynne, 1756-58, 1773-74 Automobile (see TRANSPORTATION) Aylett, Simeon 11 Kalakaua, 11 1109

Bader, Esther (Jackson) (inter­view), 412-87

childhood home of, Hamohamo Rd., 413-15, 477-78

courtship, marriage and family of, 428, 441, 461-63, 464, 472, 478, 485

family life in childhood of, 422, 427, 431-36, 444, 445, 446-47, 464, 472, 475-77, 480, 485, 672, 960

hula lessons of, 441 jobs of, 464-75

landownership of, 455-57, 478-79, 480-83

parents of, Alonzo and Hannah Jackson, 412-13, 415, 428, 430-35, 439, 440, 443, 444, 450-51, 452-53, 456-57, 485

schooling of, 438-41, 443, 444, 448-52, 455, 457-58, 459

sister of, 413, 444, 454, 465, 472, 478, 487-88

and tenants, 479-80, 482 on Waikiki past and present,

484, 486 World War II experiences of,

468-75 Baker, Ray Jerome, 1210, 1490,

1858 Bakeries, 1393 (see also UNIQUE

LUNCH ROOM) Baldwin family, of 'Ulupalakua

Ranch, 3-4, 16, 801 Banyan trees (see TREES) Banzai Clothes Cleaners (see KUHIO

CLEANERS) Banzai Inn, 1501 Barbecue Inn, 375, 1444, 1542,

1544, 1561-62 Barbershops, 7, 787-88 Barefoot football (see SPORTS) Barrett, Ululani, 1343, 1346 Barter system, 15, 16, 377

plantation, 1533 Baseball (see SPORTS) Bathhouses, 56, 77, 78, 112, 294 Baty, Harry, 1103 Beach boys, 17-18, 20-24, 37-38,

40-57, 61-62, 875-76, 1966-67 and canoeing, 17, 23, 84, 114,

118, 555, 1029-30, 1129-30, 1132, 1425, 1659, 1660

clothing of, 20-21, 43-44, 114, 872' 1676

competition among, 556, 559 as escorts, 18, 19, 21, 558-59 gambling by, 806 as golf caddies, 110-11 and Halekulani Hotel, 1734 housing of, 1665-66 and hula, 1686 Mainland trips by, 23, 45, 557,

1691-92 and massage, 1661 meeting tourists at ships, 555

Beach boys (continued) in movies, 45-48 music of, 20, 48-52, 116-19,

123, 142-43, 555, 561, 873-76, 1091, 1092-93, 1096, 1661

named, 870, 1653, 1655-56, 1658

and neighborhood children, 515, 681, 1059, 1134, 1308~ 9' 1l44' 1653

and off-season work, 60 past compared with present,

876, 1143-44, 1691 philosophy of, 873, 875 and post-World War II, 1690 services and fees of, 17, 18,

21-22, 37, 38-44, 84-85, 114-19, 120-22, 354, 555-60, 646, 810, 863, 871, 874, 1132

and soldiers, 471, 708, 1926 and surfing, 21-23, 39, 556,

559-60, 806 and swimming lessons, 603-4 and Unique Lunch Room, 1388-

89' 1392 and women, 11, 19, 20, 21, 38,

46, 52, 871-72 and World War II, 61-62, 90,

1031 (see also COIN DIVING; HUI NALU CANOE CLUB; MOANA PIER; OUTRIG­GER CANOE CLUB; STONEWALL GANG; and individual names)

Beach Clothes Cleaners, 394, 537, 1183

Beach Road (see ALA MOANA ROAD) Beach, Donn, 1103 Beaches, 677, 896, 1736, 1946

erosion of, 627-28, 697, 1051, 1238, 1416, 1664, 1679-81

in Kalia, 585, 1181-82, 1191, 1496, 1675, 1698-99, 1700, 1857

in Hamoh~mo~ 940, 942 (see also KUHIO BEACH)

public access to, 537, 582, 701' 1196' 1722

and World War II, 471-72, 1312

Beamer family, 1077-78 Becker, Lei, 1340, 1341

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Beckley, George, 795 Beelby, Malcolm, 1621 Belgium

during World War I, 234-37 Benaglia, Mr. (Royal Hawaiian

general manager), 1990 Bertelmann family, 795 Betty Lei Hula Studio, 1601 (see

also DOROTHY KAHOLO CAMPBELL) Biggers, Earl Derr, 867 Biltmore Hotel, 75-76, 1217,

1677 Bishaw, Jack (interview), 492-527

childhood home of, Paoakalani Ave., 494

courtship and marriage of, 517-18

and family move to Moloka•i, 499-506, 520-21

as luna, 507 parents of, 492, 499, 500, 522-

23 schooling of, 501-4, 515 siblings of, 493

Bishaw, Joe, 53-54, 499, 671, 675, 870, 1242, 1654, 1672

Bishaw, Mapuana Mossman, 1341 Bishaw, Pu•u Aloha 11 Peachy, .. 518,

525, 526, 527 Bishaw family, 418, 492-93, 671,

779, 1356, 1457, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1947-48, 1968 (see also EWALIKO FAMILY; JOY FAMILY)

Bishop Bank, 1224, 1790 Bishop Trust, 641-42, 1856, 1860,

1862-63 Blacks, 614, 618, 1089 Blackshear family, 1216 Blaisdell, Neal S., 1850 Blanding, Don, 213, 229, 1995 Bloch, Admiral C.C., 1765-67 Blue Harmony (band), 1085, 1097 Blue Lei (nightclub), 1089, 1100 Blue Ocean Inn (restaurant), 424-

25, 679, 711, 1941 Bluebird Cafe, 1563 Boat Days, 1361, 1619-20, 1849,

1850-53 and music, 1096, 1115

Bodine, Henry, 1241 Bond, Dr. Benjamin,_1066, 1076 Bottle clubs (see CRIME AND LAW

ENFORCEMENT, liquor)

Botts family, 1367 Bowen, Alice, 1779-80 Bowman, "Pappy, 11 1106 Bray, "Daddy," 1329 Breakers (military club), 1366 Brennan, George, 1090 Bridges, 334, 536, 587, 652, 689,

699, 788, 1042, 1131, 1183, 1200, 1219, 1345, 1427, 1446, 1503, 1673-74

Bridges, Charles K., 641, 647, 1168, 1169

Bridges, Cy, 1169-70 Bridges, George Allen, 635, 1168,

1169, 1174-75 Bridges family, 1168-70 Bright, Andy, 1105 Bright, Simeon, 1103 Brodie, Lex, 1229 Brooks, Renny, 1091, 1093 Brooks-McQuestin band, 1094 Brown, Arthur Morgan, 1735 Brown, Francis, 645, 1093, 1095 Brown, May, 1373 Brown, "Tiny," 1087, 1090 Brown Estate, 867, 1453, 1474 Budge, Alexander, 1096 Bungo family, 671, 1936, 1939,

1952, 1955 Burnett family, 1341 Burns, Bob, 1789 Burns, Jean and Margaret, 1308,

1310 Burns, John A.

mother of, 1224 Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 5 Bush, Emma, 684 Byrd, Jerry, 1116

C. Brewer Co., 4 Cabral, Manuel and Mary, 1072,

1074-76, 1077, 1082 California Feed Company, 1713-

14 Call, Raymond, family, 1333 Camacho, Louis, 620, 622, 625,

1229' 1239 Cambra, Dorothy, 442, 444, 446 Campbell, Dorothy Kaholo, 1128,

1129, 1601, 1617, 1618, 1619 Campbell, Princess Alice Kamokila,

301-2 Campbell family, 582, 1043

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Canlis (restaurant), 1677 Canoeing (see BEACH BOYS, canoeing;

SPORTS; individual canoe clubs) Canoes

Kakina, 1134 Leilani, 1134, 1140 Princess, 1140

Capelles, Arnold, 1217 Carroll, Johnny, 1142 Carter, Arthur "Babe," 1222, 1228,

1305, 1428 Carter, He 1 en and Pau 1 (see

MARJORIE MIDKIFF, parents of) Carter, Jake, 1101 Cartwright Road, 672, 926-27, 929 Cassidy family, 584, 586, 636,

1193-94, 1425, 1699-1700 Cassidy Pier (see PIERPOINT) Castino, Joe, 1081 Castle & Cooke, Inc., 466-68 Castle, Harold, 668, 801, 1031,

1051, 1433 Castro, Tommy, 1090, 1093, 1100 Cathcart, Abel, 1162 Cattle (see LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY) Cazimero brothers, 1112, 1115 Celebrations and holidays

Aloha Week, 1637, 1643, 1774-76 Armistice Day, 1360, 1961-62 baby luau, 1867, 1949 birthday, 608, 610 Bon dance, 271, 753 Boy•s Day, 765 Christmas, 480, 546-47, 693,

694, 715, 1407, 1995 Halloween, 1382, 1409 horse races, 803 Kamehameha Day, 445, 1358, 1641 May Day (Lei Day), 30, 440, 950,

1352-54, 1637-41, 1686, 1959, 1995

New Year•s Day, 546-47, 610, 641, 661-62, 765, 1859, 1864-66

parades, 1358-59, 1360-61, 1961-62

Tencho-setsu, 250, 764 Cemeteries, 5, 6, 667, 1046 Center, George David "Dad," 231,

334, 344, 544, 544, 1134, 1433 Center, Margaret (Mrs. Robert

Alexander Anderson), 202, 227, 231 Central Grammar School, 332

Central Intermediate School, 923 Central Medical Clinic, 814 Charcoal

making of, 330 Charlock, William, family, 990 Cherry Blossom Dry Goods Store,

1399, 1456

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Chickens (see LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY) Childbirth

and chloroform usage, 181-82 and midwifery, 2, 283-84, 727, 1076' 1919-20

Children allowance of, 331, 791 and beach boys (see BEACH

BOYS, and neighborhood children)

as cannery workers, 565-66 and canoeing, 1858 chores of, 5, 476-77, 634,

644. 1524, 1581, 1594, 1824, 1825' 1827

chores of, in Japan, 828-29 as contributors to family

income, 32-33, 300, 302-4, 363, 364, 545, 696, 750-51, 1046, 1193, 1440, 1465, 1827-28, 1829

discipline of, 331-32, 421, 495, 496, 651-52

education of, 5, 6, 16-17, 29-31, 289, 290, 292-99, 307-9, 440, 501-4

as field workers, 300, 564-65, 1525

and fishing, 1606-9, 1611 jobs of, 590-91, 820, 1341-42,

1896-98, 1987, 1996 play of, 13-16, 28, 249, 251,

259-60, 372-73, 418, 431, 498, 535, 542, 543, 648-49, 746-47, 748, 757, 761, 1304, "1469-70, 1996

raising of, 477, 525, 687, 689, 1465-66, 1478, 1957

and recreation in Waikiki at night, 1306

and swimming, 1467 (see also RECREATION, swimming)

and tourists, 1469 Chinatown

Fire of 1900, 294-95 food shopping in, 1834

Chinese, 3, 25-27, 293, 737-39, 759, 1014-15, 1435, 1462-63

farmers, 689, 897-98, 968, 969, 1988

fishponds, 858, 1828, 1830-31' 1841' 1842

landowners, 642 laundry men, 421, 677, 937 name change to Hawaiian, 1086 rice paddies of, 845 vegetable gardens of, Ala Moana,

1124 Ching, Joseph 11 Joe Black, .. 1505 Ching family, 1861, 1864, 1865,

1867 Chinn, Mrs., 947, 948, 950 Chong, P.Y., 580, 581, 582, 1497,

1731 Chow, Henry En Ming and Nyuk Lan

(see BEATRICE TOMINAGA, parents of)

Chris, Sally, 1603 Chung Hoon family, 1338 Churches

and attendance, 506 Church of Jesus Christ of

Latter-Day Saints (Mormon), 1097' 1581' 1583

• Ewa, 180 Ho'omana Na'auao Church, 1935 Kalua'aha Church, 1156 Kawaiaha'o Church, 642, 1944 Waikiki Hawaiian, 11 Red Church, 11

5, 642, 681, 682, 698, 790, 973, 1046, 1427, 1477, 1944-45

(see also ST. AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH) Circuses, 764 City dump, 8, 1026, 1599, 1830 Clamming, 537, 538, 1610-11 Clapp, Norton, 1708, 1787-90, 1794,

1805, 1906, 1907 Clark, Herman, 13, 36, 38, 877,

879' 1088' 1499 Clark family, 1191, 1839 Clark Ranch, 1651 Clarke, Mary Paoa (interview),

634-62 childhood home of, Kalia,

635-36, 641, 657, 658 family and home life of, 634,

646-47 marriage and family of, 650-51

Clarke, Mary Paoa (continued) and Paoa property, 656-57 parents of, 635, 637, 641-43,

646, 647, 650, 653, 654-55, 661 (see also GEORGE ALLEN BRIDGES; FLORENCE BRIDGES PAOA; HENRY HO'OLAE PAOA)

schooling of, 634-35, 651 siblings of, 640-41, 644-46,

650, 656 {see also FRED PAOA)

on Waikiki past and present, 660-62

Clarke, R.K., 582 Cleghorn, Archibald

family of, 97, 612, 784, 798, 972, 1044, 1046, 1423 {see also 'AINAHAU (home))

Clothing, 512 bathing suits, 860 of children, 687, 1676, 1959 of Chinese men, 421 industry, 1637 prices of, 968 sewn at home, 968 shoes, 449

{see also BEACH BOYS, clothing of)

Coconut weaving, 1469 Cohen, Alton J., 1799 Coin diving, 805, 1469, 1620,

1851 Colgate, Sam, 1091, 1093 Collins, Lei, 1069 Columbia Inn {restaurant), 1568-69 Communication

correspondence, 506 telephone, 734, 1530-31

Community activities, 680, 688, 753-57, 810, 857-58, 881, 944, 1400, 1408-9, 1460-61, 1467, 1479, 1502, 1836, 1859, 1862, 1864-66, 1867

Community organizations Boy Scouts, 591-92 Elks Club, 1084, 1097 Future Farmers of America,

Moloka'i, 503 Girl Scouts, 950-51 Kalia Lions Club, 1566 Shriners, 585 Waikiki Aloha Kai, 794, 846-

47, 900, 910, 1400-1, 1461

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Waikiki Rotary Club, 1809-10 Young Men's Christian

Association, 710, 1019 Young Women's Christian

Association, 179, 1195-96, 1275, 1327, 1328

Conradt, George, 695 Convention center

proposed locations of, 584, 610, 629, 1280, 1297, 1797, 1810

Cook, Molly, 1091 · Cook, William (interview), 1122-

48 and canoeing, 1135 childhood home of, Kalakaua

Ave., 1124, 1135 childhood home of, Kuhio Ave.,

1123-24 childhood home of, Lewers Rd.,

1128 on father's business, 1124-26,

1128 on Outrigger Canoe Club beach

services, 1140-42 schooling of, 1130-31 taxi service by, 1145-47 on tourism, 1146-47

Cooke, Mrs. Charles Montague, 1327, 1331

Cooking by kerosene stove, 1883, 1884-

85 by open fire, 505, 968

Cook's Place {restaurant) originally Prince Kuhio's beach

home, 1125-26, 1128 Cox, Oscar P., 877, 878 Crabbe, Buster, family, 543-44,

1431~ 1602, 1730-31, 1917 Crabbing, 520-21, 857, 858, 1181,

1307, 1345, 1606, 1609, 1611, 1832, 1856-57

Crack Seed Lane, 717-18 Crane, Ezra, 815-16 Craw, Roy Alexander, 328-29 . 331,

332, 334, 339 Craw, Wilbur (interview), 328-

55 as beach boy, 338-39~ 355 childhood home of, Kina'u St.,

329-30, 331 as food broker, 349-53 marriage of, 348-49

Craw, Wilbur (continued) parents of, 328-29, 331, 336,

338 schooling of, 331, 332, 333-

34, 337-38, 344, 345 (see also 11 SONNY 11 CUNHA, FAMILY; EARL WILLIAMS)

Craw family, 1042 Cressaty Apartments, 586 Cressaty family, 637 Crime and law enforcement, 671,

773, 1951 burglaries and thefts, 1319,

1538 drugs, opium, 26, 255-56, 938,

1397, 1463 Fukunaga case, 269-70, 1127,

1221' 1227' 1273 gambling, 11-12, 25-26, 436,

802-3 gangs, fights with soldiers,

11 (see also STONEWALL GANG)

juvenile delinquency, curfew, 108-9, 673

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liquor, 13, 16, 27, 33-35, 434-35, 603, 742, 779, 1099-1100, 1249-50, 1862, 1866, 1867

bottle clubs and speakeasies, 716-17, 1099-1100

•okolehao, 34, 306-7, 686, 793, 810, 944, 982, 1075

during Prohibition, 13, 33-35, 87, 183, 306, 307, 877-80, 1022, 1033, 1546

during World War II, 90-91

Massie case, 193, 671, 1641, 1849

Officer Henry A. Chillingworth case, 1249

Pali Camp murder, 305 police, 8-9, 14, 106, 143, 307,

339, 568-71, 673, 802, 1059, 1060, 1067, 1087-88, 1197, 1239, 1243-44, 1245, 1251, 1553, 1854-55, 1975

prostitution, 187, 276-77, 1249-50, 1251

territorial, 10, 11, 12 Wilder case, 1248-49

Cronin, Steve, 626 Cross, Clarice, 1308, 1310 Cross family, 1127 Cruz, Fred, 1960-61 Cummings, Andy, 1086 Cummings, Frank, family, 1335,

1340 Cummins School, 1331 Cunha, 11 Sonny, .. family, 252, 318,

319, 334, 338, 340, 420, 487, 779, 786, 971, 1043, 1057, 1928

Cunha Apartments, 924

Dairies Waikiki, 1441-42

Dairymen•s Association, Ltd . , 1383, 1827-28

Dairymen•s Drive Inn, 813 Daisy (elephant), 695, 709, 939 Damon, Sam, 1720 Damon Estate, 1799 Dancing

at Aloha Park, 375 at home parties, 8-9 at hotels, 19, 117, 1781 (see

also individual hotels) hula at Stonewall, 10 (see also

HULA) Japanese, 758

Daniels, 11 Chick, 11 1088, 1091, 1092, . 1093, 1132, 1692

Dawson, Alky, 1087 Dean•s By-the-Sea (restaurant),

252, 677, 1238, 1430, 1677 Deering, Major, 794 DeFries family, 418, 442, 674-75,

1242, 1458 Dela Cruz, Linda, 1372 Delgado, Harry, family, 1994, 1997 Depression, the (1930s), 843,

1265-66, 1389, 1905 DeRego, Antone, 1926-27, 1929 DeRego, John, 673-74, 1914-15,

1920 DeRego, Joseph 11 Steppy, 11 12, 697,

806, 1235, 1239, 1242, 1388, 1430, 1926

music of, 1091, 1096, 1097 DeRego family, 12, 417, 470, 509,

926, 1405, 1406, 1457 Developers and development, 481-83,

521-22, 583, 1050, 1055-56, 1273-75, 1317-18, 1357, 1971

Devoy, Dorothy, 1333 Dewey Court, 1111-12, 1193, 1497,

1602' 1917 Dewey Way, 1266, 1269 Diamond, Joe, 1069, 1072 Diamond, Marion, 1327, 1334, 1338,

1349-50, 1368, 1369, 1852 Diamond, Van, 1327 Diamond Head, 896 Diamond Head Cleaning Shop, 787 Diamond Ice Cream Parlor, 1382-83 Dickey, C.W. "Pop,"

and Roy Kelley, 1265, 1266, 1273-74

Dillingham, Walter F. and Halekulani Hotel, 1727-28,

1729-30 as operator of Hale 1 iwa Hotel,

1716, 1717, 1721 Dillingham Corporation, 597

Watertown drydock, 285, 286 (see also HAWAIIAN DREDGING AND CONSTRUCTION CO.)

Dillingham family, 585, 795, 800, 801, 1715, 1733-34

Divorce, 470 Dogs, 786 Dole, Sanford B., 985 Oominis, John 1 Aimoku, 1198-99 Don the Beachcomber•s (restaurant),

1103 Donnelly, William, 417, 457, 479 Downtown, at Christmas, 1914,

1881 Dragons (band), 1084 Dredging

economics of, 596-97 (see also HAWAIIAN DREDGING AND CONSTRUCTION CO.)

Drugs (see CRIME AND LAW ENFORCE­MENT)

Dry docks (see DILLINGHAM CORPORA­TION)

Duarte family, 926 Ducks and duck ponds (see CHINESE;

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY) Oyer family, 1216, 1222 Dykes family, 372, 589, 795 (see

also EARLE "LIKO" VIDA, parents of)

E.O. Hall and Son, 626, 1534 Earthquakes, 715

0-9

Eben, Clarence, 1085 Edgewater Hotel, 1295-96 Education

attitudes toward, 454, 485 college, 201, 212, 1578, 1584-

86 commercial over academic, 954 in Japan, 888, 889-90 subjects studied, 1957

Effinger, John, 74, 701-2 Egan, Mark, 1740, 1776-77, 1783 Emma, Queen, 1710 Emmons, Delos, 1313 Emmons family, 97 Empire Theater, 1216 1 Ena Road (see JOHN 1 ENA ROAD) Enchanted Lake (o•ahu), 1061 Entertainment

11 Hawai 1 i Calls" (radio show), 1103-5, 1113-14, 1361, 1738, 1740-41, 1972

radio, 431, 843-44, 1072, 1085, 1091, 1101, 1116, 1327, 1651

television, 567-68 Ernstberg, John (interview), 102-

50 as beach boy, 37, 110-24, 130-

32, 141-44, 1023, 1657 childhood home of, Kalia, 105 family of, 102-5, 106-9, 110 as lifeguard, 137-41, 146-50 as stevedore, 132-33 as water pump oiler, 135

Espinda family, 104, 582, 609, 1598, 1860 (see also NAN! K. ROXBURGH)

Esposito, Joseph V., 345 Ethnic relations, 14, 257, 289,

290, 374 and baseball, 616-17 between Blacks and Haoles, 1826 between Chinese and Japanese,

1725, 1903 between Japanese and Hawaiian,

428-29, 434, 1455, 1460, 1472 between local residents and

military, 470, 1391-92, 1731-32, 1773

•Ewa (0 1 ahu), 627, 628-29 •Ewa Gym, 1084, 1085, 1097 Ewaliko, 11 Skinny," 1388 Ewaliko, William L., family,

1403

Ewaliko cottages (Kukilakila), 416, 480, 521

Ewaliko family, 512, 518-19, 526, 672, 927, 960, 1243, 1458

F-4 (submarine), 810 Fairyland Preschool, 1316 Falkenberg, Jinx, 40, 1621 Family and home life

celebrations, 7S4, 7S6-S7 (see also CELEBRATIONS AND HOL I­DAYS)

family activities, 497, 498, 644-45

finances, 41S horse racing, 802 Moloka'i homesteading, S01-6 picnicking and camping, 387,

688, 846, 10S8, 10S9, 1307 recreation (see RECREATION,

family activities) vacationing, 432-33 visiting, 27, 199-200, 434,

43S, 548, 981, 1236, 1884, 1888, 1890

Farden family, 1393 Farrington family, 1717 Fasi, Frank F., lOSS Fernandes family, S81 Fernandez, Charley "Fat," 609,

718 Fernandez, Kalani, 1116, 1117 Ferris, "Hub," 614, 620, 624-

25 Filipinos, 289, 296, 317, S08

attitudes toward, 289-90 Fires

at Aloha Park, 6S4 Fireworks, 970 Fish

cooking of (see FOOD, fish and shellfish)

prices of, 300, 337 types of, 249, 2Sl, 537, 1612,

1662, 1820, 1857 Fishing, 13, 15, 85, 89, 97, 261-

62, 300-1, 335, 365-67, 697, 858, 941, 985, 997, 1436-38, 1466, 1467, 1500, 1605-lS, 1632, 1925

in Ala Wai Canal, 1307 near Diamond Head, 434

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for eel, 797, 858, 1858 in fishpond, 1819, 1820, 1821-22 freshwater, 335, 1820-21 at Halekulani Hotel beach, 1903 with Hawaiian stone, 638 for home use, 534, S35 in Kalia, 584, 638, 652-53 in Moloka'i fish lore, 1155-56 for mullet, 1307 with net, S82 , 984 for 'o'opu, 249, 2Sl, 535, 536,

548-49, 1160 for papio, 808 at Pearl Harbor, 1071 at Pierpoint, 365, 369, 551-54 by poisoning fish , 585 in sampan, 1306 for sand fish, 1857 at Sans Souci, 1433 by skin diving, 1023-24 with spear, 804, 1160 with squid, 533 with surfboard, 605-6 techniques of, 365-66, 535, 538 by torching, 1829, 1856

Fitzgerald family, 1988 Flint, Edna. L., family, 1411, 1426 Floods

in Kalihi, 667 in Maki~i~ 202-3 in Waikiki, 209, 254, 436,

447-48, 537-38, 598-99, 858, 969, 1404, 1830, 1996

Flora ginger, 330 May Day arrangements, 1638-39 pikake, 1045

Florentine Gardens (restaurant), 989

Flower growers, 156-57 carnation, 1096

Fong Lee Laundry, 788, 1396-97 Food

broker, 349-53, 1538, 1544, 1546-47, 1748-49

candy, 1382-83 canned fish, 1833-34 coconut, 783 crack seed, 716, 788, 1480 dessert, 73, 331, S46 fish and shellfish, 261, 432-

33, 533, 535, 548-49, 646, 1156, 1609, 1611-13, 1726-27

Food (continued) fruit, 670, 1304, 1459, 1468,

1471 Hawaiian, 14-15, 124-25, 247,

335-37, 365, 366, 423, 547, 548, 557, 558, 608, 646-47, 668, 669, 683-84, 786, 981-83, 1384, 1832, 1864-66, 1949-50 (see also POI)

and Hawaiian hospitality, Moloka'~, 1165

and Hawaiian restaurants, Waikiki, 1387

Hawaiian tea, 1158

D-11

homegrown, 199, 202, 670, 1157, 1533, 1824

ice cream, 790, 1383 Japanese, 336 lunch, 432, 444, 501~2, 1466-

67 meat, 764-65, 1166 pineapple, 683 at political rallies, 370 prices of, 733, 968, 1385,

1543-44, 1545 refrigeration of, 669 school lunch, 1958 shave ice, 648 soda, 1963 turkey as holiday food, 373

Football (see SPORTS) Ford, Alexander Hume "Pop," 1424,

1811 Foreladies (cannery)

attitudes of, toward work, 464

Forman, Bill, 1287-88 Fort DeRussy, 473~ 550, 584, 589,

595, 636, 654-55, 1192, 1195, 1212, 1275, 1547, 1597, 1733, 1769

as site of proposed convention center, 584, 1280

Foster Towers, 28, 56 Franckx, Father Valentin H., 792,

1228, 1428-29, 1923 Frank (partner of Sakazo Tahara

Fujika), 678, 1383-84, 1393, 1401

Franklin, Lady, 1710 Franks family, 1603 Fredlund, Alice, 1372 Freitas, Andy, 1250

Freitas, Hilda Pacheco-DeRego (interview), 1912-1930

childhood home of, Paoakalani Ave., 1920

childhood jobs of, 1913, 1915-19, 1921, 1925

marriage and family of, 1926-27, 1929

parents of, 1912-13, 1919-20 schooling of, 1915 siblings of, 1925 stepfather of (see JOHN DeREGO) on Waikiki past and present,

1930 and work, 1918-19, 1927-28

French, Bob, 591 Fujii family, 1882, 1885 Fujika, Hisako

as dressmaker, 1386, 1401-2 (see also HELEN KUSUNOKI, parents of)

Fujika, Sakazo Tahara, 423-24, 1387, 1388, 1391 (see also HELEN KUSUNOKI, parents of)

Fujika family (see HISAKO FUJIKA; SAKAZO TAHARA FUJIKA; HELEN KUSUNOKI; UNIQUE LUNCH ROOM)

Fujika Unique Hawaiian Food Restaurant (See UNIQUE LUNCH ROOM)

Fujimoto, Kuni, 682, 695 Fujiwara, Dr. Thomas F., 814 Fukuda, Joe Hideo, 1988, 1989,

1900, 1991 Fukumoto, Ryoichi and Michio

curio store of, 842, 1383, 1396, 1399

Fullard-Leo, Ellen, 1027, 1038, 1041, 1044, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1051-54, 1057, 1059, 1060, 1061

Fullard-Leo, Leslie (interview), 1038-61

as actor, 1038, 1048 childhood home of, Ka'iulani

Ave., 1039~40, 1041 childhood home of, Tantalus,

1059-60 childhood of, 1058-61 and hotel associations, 1048-

49, 1054 and landownership, 1041, 1048,

1050

Fullard-Leo, Leslie {continued) parents of, 1038, 1048, 1051

{see also ELLEN FULLARD-LEO) schooling of, 1047

Fullard-Leo family, 967, 1254,

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1459 {see also ELLEN FULLARD-LEO; LESLIE FULLARD-LEO)

Furniture koa, 1579, 1580, 1583 pune•e stuffing, 1159

Furubayashi family, 1506

Gabrielson, Police Chief William, 1245, 1246, 1248, 1249

Gambling {see CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT)

Gardens Chinese vegetable, 1818-19 home, 586, 789, 967, 1459,

1582-83, 1970 Gardner, John, 1735 Gaspar, Eloise, 1370 Gear, A.V., 589, 609 Gillette, Capt. and Mrs., 685, 703 Godfrey, Harold, 609 Golfing {see SPORTS) Goo family, 1305 Gray•s Beach, 1217, 1254 Gray•s By-the-Sea, 1328, 1800 Grayline garage, 715, 1730 Green, General Thomas, 1313 Green Lantern {restaurant), 1731 Gregory, "Magoon," 1087 Guerrero, Amelia Akeo, 1327, 1349-

50' 1368' 1369 Guerrero, Augustine M., 1326, 1357 Guerrero, Lena, 1097 Guerrero, Tony, 12, 45 Gump•s, 970, 1127, 1737, 1780 Guslander, Lyle "Gus," 1775-76

Hakalau Plantation Co., 282 Hakuole, Jimmy, 1134 Hale~ Louis R. "Sally," 39, 118,

1132, 1425, 1657 Hale•iwa Hotel, 1056, 1084, 1097,

1716-19, 1732 Hale 1 iwa Theater, 1409 Halekulani Girls, 1372 Halekulani Hotel, 115, 586, 867-

68, 899-900, 906-7, 913, 1106, 1112, 1196-97, 1217, 1275, 1327-28, 1468, 1721-28, 1735

beach at, 1218 and beach boys, 1096, 1734-35 competition of, 1737-38, 1758,

1760, 1798 employees of, 71-73, 1724-26,

1743-44, 1749-52, 1753, 1754-55, 1790-91, 1794-95, 1901, 1902-5

entertainment at, 1327, 1363, 1371-72

food at, 1726-27, 1747-49, 1760-61, 1902

guests of, 1328, 1727-28, 1746-47, 1778-79, 1780

during longshoremen•s strike, 1795-96, 1907-8

new building of, 1930, 1725 and Norton Clapp {see NORTON

CLAPP)" reservations at, 1783 room rates at, 1759-60 visitors photographed for

society page at, 1778-79 after World War II, 1742-44 and World World II, 1367, 1762-

70, 1781, 1906 Halfway House, 330 Halley•s Comet, 287-88 Ham family, 1458 Hamada family, 1497 Hamasaki family, 1505, 1861 Hammond, Norman, family, 1427 Hamohamo neighborhood

annual picnics of, 754-57 description of, 926-30, 970-71 families in, 415-22, 459-60,

494-96, 508, 670-83, 772, 786, 787-89, 794, 797, 926, 928, 983-84, 989-90, 995-96, 1001, 1005, 1184, 1197-98, 1274-75, 1427-28, 1456-59, 1684, 1889, 1919, 1920-22, 1951-52, 1968

high-rises in, 480-82, 483-84, 521-22

stores in, 74, 420-21, 459, 677-79, 736, 737, 747, 787-88, 840, 842, 1237-38, 1642

typical house in, 415-16, 1684 {see also MIYO ASUKA; ASUKA CAMP)

Hamohamo Road, 426, 669-70, 671 Hanalei {Kaua • i), 1710 Hanau•umiakanoena (mythical

figure), 1170-72

Hancey, Tom, 1078-79 Handa family

peddler, 1471

D-13

Haoles, 34, 35, 290, 301, 306, 365, --sQ3 {see also ETHNIC RELATIONS) Hapa-Haole families, 938-39 Hara, George, 844, 1512 Harada, "Biggie," 614 Harakawa Cleaners, 674, 936, 951,

971, 1389, 1411, 1457, 1888 Harbottle, Isaac, 583, 718, 856,

1188-89, 1603 Harris, Gay, 417, 426, 582, 583,

603, 611, 938, 1043 Harrison, Mrs. Mary, 1994 Harvey, Mike, 792 Hata, Laurence, 751 Hau Tree {hotel), 1720-21, 1722-23 Hauck, Arthur, 864, 866 Hausten family, 595 "Hawai 1 i Calls" {radio show) {see

ENTERTAINMENT) Hawai 1 i Commercial Institute, 1997 Hawai•i Hochi, 1790 Hawai 1 i Hotel Association, 1054 Hawai 1 i Kai {0 1 ahu), 596, 599-600,

1058 Hawai 1 i Medical Service Associa­

tion, 1790 Hawai 1 i State Hospital, 345-46 Hawai 1 i Tourist Bureau, 1365, 1738,

1739-41, 1758, 1777 {see also HAWAI 1 I VISITORS BUREAU)

Hawai 1 i Trail and Mountain Club, 1060

Hawai 1 i Visitors Bureau, 1104-5, 1637, 1779, 1783-85, 1797-98 {see also HAWAI 1 I TOURIST BUREAU)

Hawaiian Dredging and Construction Co., 7-8, 79, 104, 286, 376, 593-94, 677, 1802

Hawaiian Electric Co., 456, 469-70, 617, 993, 1311

Hawaiian Girls• Club, 1327, 1850 Hawaiian Mission Academy, 1897-98 Hawaiian Regent Hotel, 897, 971 Hawaiian Telephone Co., 1074-75 Hawaiian Town {nightclub), 36-38,

123-24, 1089, 1691 Hawaiian Tuna Packers, 1511 Hawaiian Village Hotel {see HILTON

HAWAIIAN VILLAGE HOTEL; KAISER HAWAIIAN VILLAGE HOTEL)

Hawaiians, 31, 34, 36, 125-26, 127-29, 603, 1068, 1069, 1339

associations of, 169-70, 692-93 and college curriculum, 1578,

1584-86 and credit, 5 culture of, 934-35 ethnic relations of, 293, 954

{see also ETHNIC RELATIONS) fishing by, 1606-13 {see also

FISHING) hanai (system of guardianship), 454, 1153 in Hobron neighborhood, 587,

1537, 1184, 1191, 1491, 1492, 1494-95, 1537

and homesteads, 500 hospitality of, 797, 1936 in Kalia neighborhood, 1823-24 landownership by, 12, 427-28,

668, 719, 1654-55 language of, 31, 541, 935, 1348 on Mainland, 1370-71 on Moloka•i, 1157 and music, 1864-65, 1866 and Punahou School, 1331-33

Hawk, Leonard "Red," 1084, 1085, 1097

Haynes, Warren, 1041 Hazelden, Mrs. "Pio" Purdy, 674 Healani Yacht and Boat Club, 1017-18 Health, Board of, 252 He 1 eia (o•ahu), 31-32 Heen family, 1602 Heine, Leina•ala Kalama, 442 Heine•s Tavern, 16, 54, 612 (see

also WAIKlKl TAVERN) Heleluhe, John "Jack" P., 1850 Helm, George, 1104 Hemenway, Charlie, 618, 619 Hemmeter, Chris, 96, 402, 1039 Herman, Fritz, 1346, 1632 Hew Len, Billy, 1109 Hikida, Sadao {interview), 966-76

family of, 727, 1434, 1435, 1474, 1996

as Moana Hotel employee, 973-74 parents of, 966-67 schooling of, 971-72

Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel, 537, 571-73, 656-57, 1109, 1110, 1111 (see also KAISER HAWAIIAN VILLAGE HOTEL)

Hind, Charlie, 1095 Hirohito, Emperor, 1634 Hiromoto family, 1457 Ho, Chinn

childhood of, 5-6, 80 Hobbs, Jean, 275

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Hobron Lane, 395, 1819, 1858, 1859, 1861

Hobron neighborhood description of, 588, 1184, 1491-

97, 1534, 1535-37 families in, 1173, 1201, 1490-

92, 1547-48, 1560-61, 1856, 1863, 1867

stores in, 787-88, 840, 842, 999, 1238, 1501, 1834, 1837, 1924

Hobron, Coit, 587, 588, 1860 Hoke, James, family, 683, 699,

1228, 1241, 1457 Hollinger family, 799, 1212, 1222 Holmes, Chris, 1432, 1511, 1947 Holstein, "Audie," 51, 56, 870 Holt, Edward S. and Augusta Lemon

(see LEMON WOND "RUSTY" HOLT, SR., parents of)

Holt, Jimmy, 779, 787 Holt, Lemon Wond "Rusty," Sr.,

498, 509, 587, 971, 1381; (interview), 778-821

a·s beach boy, 8, 805-7 childhood home of, 2558

Kalakaua Ave., 778-85, 816 childhood jobs of, 779, 782-83,

820 family and home life of, 8, 15,

27, 252, 732, 782, 785, 809, 810' 1457

family property of, 1381 and football, 815, 820-21 jobs of, 816-19 parents of, Edward S. Holt and

Augusta Lemon Holt, 589, 779, 782, 784, 786, 793, 798

schooling of, 790-91, 805, 810-13, 816

and surfing, 788-89, 796, 809-10

and University of Hawai'i, 813, 814

on Waikiki past and present, -820

Holt, Tani, 1926

Holt family, 587 Home Run Bakery, 1480-82 Honey's Cafe, 349 Hongwanji Mission, 308, 1407 Honolulu Advertiser

and sports, 1052 Honolulu Armory Hall, 1084, 1085,

1097 Honolulu Girls' Glee Club, 1327,

1348, 1358-59, 1369, 1852 Honolulu Harbor, 82, 1016, 1139 Honolulu Military Academy, 1720 Honolulu Plantation Co., 284-85,

288, 1770 Honolulu Rapid Transit Co., 1215 Honolulu Stadium, 614 Honomu Sugar Co., 284 Ho'olehua (Moloka'i), 499-501 Hoopai, William, 1248 Hoopili family, 1861 Horie family, 1427, 1456 Horita Store, 1501, 1504 Horses, mules and donkeys

hoki, 295 horses, 801, 802, 1162

(see also SPORTS; TRANSPORTATION) Hospitals, 288 Hotel camp (see employees' cot­

tages under individual hotels) Hotels, 5, 400, 408

clientele of, 716 compared with apartment

rentals, 1282-84 Downtown, 191

· management of, 402 (see also ROY C. KELLEY; RICHARD "KINGIE" KIMBALL; and other individuals)

swimming pools of, 295-96 Houghtailing family, 1240 House without a Key, 867, 1327 Housing, 8, 198, 208, 232, 248,

329, 344, 414-16, 532, 669-70, 672, 727-28, 729, 747-48, 780, 786, 925, 970, 972, 1128, 1158-59, 1306, 1941, 1955

Hawaiian, 1579-83 plantation, 831-32, 1935 price of, 329, 347, 668, 1335 rental of, 479-80, 586, 672,

1129, 1216, 1218, 1231, 1234, 1236, 1237, 1273, 1308, 1315, 1318, 1458, 1474, 1685, 1928, 1955, 1987

Housing (continued) school cottage, 1166

Hu, Henry, 1753, 1761 Hubbell, Caroline, 1346 Hui Nalu Canoe Club, 12, 17, 38-

40, 41-44, 54-56, 603, 690, 870, 970, 972, 1020, 1021-23, 1024-25, 1032, 1138, 1139, 1425, 1689

organization of, 41-42 skippers, 18 uniforms, 43-44, 56

Hula, 1371 clothing, 1601, 1616-17, 1637 Hapa-Haole, 1330-31 instruction, 441, 676, 685,

688, 930-32, 1329-30, 1588, 1600

ma'i, 1330 on Mainland, 1339 male, 1687 pa'ina, 1339, 1351 Pele, 1938 performance of, 442, 1341-42,

1586-89 at political rally, 692 and salary, 1686

{see also ESTHER JACKSON BADER; EMMA KAAWAKAUO; LILA REIPLINGER; 11 TOOTSIE 11 NOTLEY STEER)

Hummels family, 637, 638

D-15

Hustace family, 795, 798, 970, 972, 989

Hyatt Regency Hotel, 76, 96, 908

Iaukea, Curtis Piehu, 911 Ibaraki family, 682, 698, 1398,

1888 Ibaraki Store, 422, 433, 436, 678,

683, 711, 735, 736-37, 842, 971, 1238, 1381, 1398, 1456, 1480, 1952

Ikeda family, 1889 Ikeole, Joseph, family, 587, 636,

858, 1505 Ikesu Tea House, 580-82, 609 Ikuta family, 1493, 1500, 1504 Ilala'ole, Joseph, 688, 1329,

1588 Ima, 780, 785 Immigration, 538, 1881 Incomes, 968

Influenza epidemic of 1919 (Japan), 903-5

Inman, Bill, 617 Insects, 249-50, 1051, 1315, 1737 Inter, Clara 11 Hilo Hattie, 11 230,

1341, 1370, 1112 Inter-Island Steam Navigation

Company, 132-33, 463, 1912 International Market Place, 973,

1987 Inu Lama, 27, 29 'Iolani Palace, 1359 Isaacs, Alvin, 1091, 1093, 1094,

1097' 1101 Isaacs, Barney, 1083, 1098, 1103 Isaacs, Pauline 11 Nalani, 11 1106

Jackson family, 927, 1458 {see also ESTHER {JACKSON) BADER)

Japan education in, 829, 1414-15 farming in, 827-29, 1878-80,

1894 Hiroshima, 886-87, 888-89, 1378-

79 influenza epidemic in, 903-5 landownership in, 1423 marriage arranging in, 891-92 pre-World War II visit to, 849-

50, 1476-77 rice market in, 887, 889 vinegar merchants in, 886-87 and war with Russia, 244-45 ·

Japanese, 14, 26, 106, 317, 318, 897, 1469

Americans of Japanese Ancestry {AJA) baseball league, 1529

attitudes toward, 14, 290 bon odori, 679-80, 1400, 1460-61 businesses in Waikiki, 902-3,

906, 1888 {see also HAMOHAMO NEIGHBORHOOD; KALlA NEIGHBOR­HOOD)

camp {see also MIYO ASUKA; MOANA HOTEL, employee cottages of; YOSHIDA CAMP)

camp in Hamohamo neighborhood, 670, 715, 726, 727, 728, 753, 926' 1454' 1455, 1456, 1457' 1823

camp in Kalia neighborhood, 1823 community activities, 754-55,

1400

Japanese (continued) cultural lessons, 1402, 1409 and dual citizenship, 245-46,

1476 farming, 1878-80 fishing, 301, 554 furo, 304, 728, 967-68, 1398, --r454' 1530 in Hamohamo neighborhood, 428,

944, 1453-55, 1481-92, 1500-1, 1502, 1853 (see also JAPANESE, camp, in Hamohamo neighborhood)

1 anguage, 423 marriage arrangements, 313,

833, 1379, 1880-82 and plantation work, 303-4,

832-33 religious ceremonies, 256 shogatsu, 1531 speakeasies, 33 tanomoshi, 838, 847 in Watertown, 285 during World War II (see WORLD

WAR II) Japanese Central Institute, 1409 Japanese-language school, 254-55,

265, 292, 298, 307-8, 680, 767, 907-8, 1457' 1922

Jarrett family, 580, 581, 718, 1915-16

Jefferson Elementary School, 443, 1316, 1317

Jeffrey fami 1 y, 1229 Jobs, types of

babysitter, 1919 bath-house (furo) operator,

294, 304-5-carpenter, 1520-22 food broker, 349-53 grain trader, 1709, 1713 ho hana, 283 hotel clerk, 399-407, 1985 hotel waiter, 728-29, 834-35,

1899-1900, 1902-8 kompang, 1524, 1529 laundry worker at clothes

cleaner, 836-40 laundry, home, 258-59,

423 marine engineer, 328-29 mental hospital attendant,

345-46

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newsboy, 545, 590-91 peddler, 725, 729, 731, 733, 734 plantation camp cook, 288-89 police jailer (turnkey), 14 policeman, 568-71, 1243-53 research assistant, 275 salesman, 1481 ship's officer, 462-63, 464,

478 stevedore, 564-65, 771 taxi/tour driver, 301, 302, 684-

87, 691, 1975-79 tuna cannery worker, 302-3

Joe Kamakau Trio , 675, 684 John 'Ena Estate, 637, 656, 859,

1599 John 'Ena Hotel, 1598 John 'Ena Road, 397-98, 536, 901,

1498, 1506 John Rodgers Airport, 1070-71 Jones, Eddie, 981-82, 984 Joy, Barney, 1943 Joy, Delmas L. "Tall" and Rose

Punohu (see LEIILIMA JOY, parents of)

Joy, Kaiser, 698, 717, 1507, 1943 Joy, Leiilima (interview), 1934-80

childhood home of, Paoakalani Ave.~ 1934, 1936, 1941

and childhood swimming, 1946, 1965-66, 1974

family and home life of, 1935, 1975

grandmother of, Esther Punohu, 1934-35, 1940, 1942, 1946, 1965-66, 1969, 1974, 1975

parents of, De 1 mas L. "Ta 11" and Rose Punohu Joy, 1934, 1939-40, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1962-63, 1969

schooling of, 1956-63 siblings and cousins of, 1934,

1941, 1945-46 as taxi driver, 1975-79 on Waikiki past and present,

1964-65, 1967, 1968 Joy family, 417, 442, 671, 928,

1942 (see also LEIILIMA JOY)

KC Drive Inn, 1544 Kaaa, Sam, 1101 Kaahea, Shandra, 1042 Ka'ahumanu School, 16

Ka'ai, Bobby, 1082, 1153 Ka'ai, David 1082, 1167, 1168,

1174 (see also ADELAIDE K. MCKINZIE)

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Ka'ai, Ella Kamakea (Bridges), 1168, 1169 (see also ADELAIDE K. MCKIN­ZIE)

Ka'ai family, 637, 1194, 1602 Kaaihue, Phillip, 1661 Kaakua, Hiram "Black Grange,"

family, 1427 Kaapu, David, 1339 Kaapuni, Sam, 1101 Kaawa, Mike, 1115 Ka'awa, Robert "Bob," 870 Kaawakauo, Elias Kahoohuli, 920-

21, 935, 941-42, 944, 945, 949, 953, 954, 958, 959-60

Kaawakauo, Emma Kaeo, 921-23, 929, 935, 937, 944-45, 948-49, 953, 954, 958, 1478, 1925, 1956-57

Kaawakauo, Emma (interview), 920-61 on being Hawaiian, 923, 955-56 childhood home of, Hamohamo

Rd., 924-25 family of, 417, 459, 671, 920,

959-60 and hula, 930-36, 940, 952 parents of (see ELIAS

KAHOOHULI KAAWAKAUO; EMMA KAEO KAAWAKAUO)

schooling of, 946-50, 951-55, 955-57

siblings of, 955-56 on Waikiki past and present,

960-61 Ka'awaloa, George, 1081 Kaeo, Aloha, 697, 719 Kaeo, Sonny, 10, 671, 697 Kaeo family, 417, 418, 697, 928 Kahala (O'ahu), 209, 1058 Kahale (aka Kapule), Major and

Edith, 1190 Kahalewai, Haunani, 1217 Kahalewai, Iwalani, 1372 Kahalu'u (O'ahu), 104, 296-97 Kahanamoku, Bernice, 856, 865, 876,

1839-40 Kahanamoku, Bill, 640, 653-54, 855,

877, 1239 Kahanamoku, David, 855, 1093 Kahanamoku, Duke Halapu, 654, 854,

861, 867, 882

Kahanamoku, Duke Paoa, 9, 460, 544, 610-11, 647, 748, 750, 854, 855, 860, 861-62, 872-73, 876, 1134, 1411

birthday celebration of, 608, 610

Kahanamoku, Julia Pa'akonia Paoa, 854-55, 865, 871

Kahanamoku, Kapi'olani, 855 Kahanamoku, Louis Ko'oliko

(interview), 854-82, 1239, 1240 as ·beach boy, 863, 870-78 childhood home of, 1847 Ala

Moana, 856, 876 and football, 860-61 and music, 864-67 parents of (see DUKE HALAPU

KAHANAMOKU; JULIA PA'AKONIA PAOA KAHANAMOKU)

as Prohibition agent, 877-80 schooling of, 862-66 on Waikiki past and present,

880-82 Kahanamoku, Maria, 856 Kahanamoku, Sam, 590, 591, 855,

861, 871, 1090, 1092, 1093, 1228, 1239, 1464-65

Kahanamoku, Sargent, 690, 855, 861, 876' 1239, 1240

Kahanamoku Beach, 571 . Kahanamoku family, 106, 539, 543,

544, 548, 559-60, 561, 583, 635, 637, 647, 854-55, 882, 1025, 1111, 1128, 1187, 1188, 1961

Kahele, Buck, 869 Kaho'okele, Johnny, 12 Kai, Ernest, 1313 Kaia, Jimmy, 1127 Kaimi, Pua, 365, 369, 582, 608,

1605.t 1613 Kaimuki (O'ahu), 1328-29 Kainapau, George, 1093 Kaiser, Henry J., 571-73, 656-57,

1105, 1106, 1107, 1110, 1112, 1694

Kaiser Hawaiian Village Hotel, 571-73, 656-57, 1099, 1106, 1108, 1696 (see also HILTON HAWAIIAN VILLAGE HOTEL)

Ka'iulani, Princess Victoria, 1045, 1274

Kaji family, 1435 Kaka'ako (O'ahu), 610, 1015-16

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Kala'epohaku (see ST. LOUIS COLLEGE) Kalakaua Avenue, 7, 8, 365, 386,

508-9, 898, 969, 972-73, 1223, 1541

Kalakaua School, 1076, 1078-79, 1081

Kalama, Benny (interview), 1066-1118

arranging music, 1098, 1101, 1103, 1116

childhood of, Kohala, 1067-69 childhood of, Watertown, 1070-71 childhood of, with Cabral

family, Kalihi, 1072-77 and "Hawai 'i Calls, 11 1103-5 on Hawaiian music, past and

present, 1115-18 in Las Vegas, 1108 as school musician, 1078-82 on music and tourism, 1084-91,

1102, 1113-15 as musician, Hawaiian Village,

1105-11 as musician, making records,

1077-78, 1100-1 as musician, Moana Hotel, 1082,

1105 parents of, 1066, 1068, 1069,

1073, 1077, 1081 with Royal Hawaiian Serenaders,

1089-90, 1093, 1094, 1097-98, 1102

siblings of, 1068, 1069, 1073 Kalama, Gaylynn, 1066 Kalama, Leina'ala, 1115 Ka 1 ama, "Shorty, 11 9, 12 Kalao'a, Dan, Sr., 12, 14 Kalauokalani, David, 1860, 1868 Kalauokalani, Marguerite, 1860,

1862, 1863 Kalauokalani family, 588, 1495,

1860, 1862-64, 1867, 1868-69, 1871-72 (see also ROSE KANEAPUA)

Kalia, Puni, 1086 Kalia neighborhood

community activities of, 589, 607-8, 658, 661

description of, 1498-99, 1514-15 (see also BEACHES)

development of, after World War II, 655-57

families in, 339, 363, 374, 393-96, 397-98, 545, 571,

393-96, 397-98, 545, 571, 573-74, 580, 587, 602, 635, 648, 717-18, 758, 856, 997, 1059, 1099, 1173, 1175-76, 1177, 1179-83, 1187-91, 1195-97, 1206, 1595-96, 1598, 1602, 1856

fishermen and fishing, 608-9, 1605-15

Kalihi (O'ahu), 1072-73 Kalihi Mutual Men's Syncopators

(band), 1097 Kalima family, 717, 1973-74 Kalua'aha (Moloka'i), 1156 Kam, Lawrence, 1502 Kam Look Store, 373, 587, 636, 643,

718, 1501, 1502, 1505, 1834, 1837, 1858-59' 1861

Kamahele, Solomon "Sonny," 1096, 1109, 1112-13, 1117-18

Kamaka, May, 1329, 1348 Kamana, John "Squeeze, 11 f025, 1102-

3 Kamehameha I

and Waikiki battle site, 971 Kamehameha Schools, 12, 863

boarding at, 705, 811-12 work-study (part-time) system,

1920s, 812 Kanahele, Keakaokala, 1588 Kanakanui family, 97, 797, 1000,

1126 Kanaka'ole family, 1587-88 Kaneapua, Rose (interview), 1848-73

childhood of, Kalihi-Palama, 1850, 1853, 1855

childhood of, Waikiki, 1855-59 and entertaining on waterfront,

1852-53 and family and servicemen during

World War II, 1862 family of, 1848, 1852, 1860,

1864' 1872 family property of, 1860, 1863,

1865, 1866, 1868-70, 1871-73 as Hawaiian entertainer, 1852,

1870, 1872, 1873 on Hobron neighborhood, 1860-69 marriages of, 1848, 1860, 1868,

1872 parents of (see LENA MACHADO;

LUCIANO MACHADO) (see also KALAUOKALANI FAMILY)

Kanekoa, George and "Tutu Hea," 681, 719, 1427, 1944, 1945

Kaneloa Street, 671, 929 Kanemoto family, 1504 Kane'ohe {O'ahu), 312, 1610 Kaneshiro family, 1490 Kaonohi, David "Johnny Pineapple,"

1625 Ka'o'o, Antone, 684, 1589, 1600 Kaopuiki, Jimmy, 1103, 1106, 1110 Kapahulu {O'ahu), 733, 794, 941,

969, 1212-13, 1332 Kapi•olani Boulevard, 1220 Kapi'olani Clothes Cleaners, 836-

38, 841, 1381, 1382, 1456 Kapi'olani Drive Inn, 446, 695-96,

1111 Kapi'olani Maternity Home, 778 Kapi'olani Park, 11-12, 64, 65,

250, 385, 387, 388-89, 695-96, 761, 764, 896, 974-75, 1186, 1412-13, 1432-33, 1922-23, 1947

bandstand at, 445, 975, 1357-58

homes near, 696, 794-95, 874, 1057-58, 1059, 1357, 1410, 1411' 1603

horse track at, 699, 801, 802, 1058

phoenix fountain at, 970, 975, 976

polo at, 969, 1186, 1471-72 prisoners of war during World

War II at, 913 stream at {see MAKEE ISLAND

STREAM) zoo at, 64, 445-46, 496, 670,

695, 709, 939, 974-75, 1240, 1470-71, 1596

Kapule, Rebecca {interview), 384-408

family of, 392, 393, 399, 658 as hotel reservations clerk,

399-407 marriage of, 391, 396 parents of, Ah Fang and Julia

L. Pila Akiona, 384, 390, 391

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schooling of, 389-90 on Waikiki past and present, 408

Karratti family, 419, 929, 1457 Kaukele family, 671, 794 Kaumeahiwa, David, 1085

Kaunakakai {Moloka'i), 1162-68 Kaunakakai Honey, 1163 Kaunakakai School, 1166-68 Kaupiko, John D. "Old Man," Sr.,

18, 41, 114, 115, 690, 691, 870, 1024, 1136, 1139

Kaupiko, John D., Jr., 20, 48 Kauwe, Matilda, 1600 Kawaiahao, "Big George," 418, 419 Kawananakoa, Princess Abigail,

1627, 1634 family of, 1640-41

Kawasaki family {Cartwright Road), 1458

Kawasaki family {Lemon Road), 1427, 1456, 1457

Kawata family, 1504 Kawohionalani, Ernest "Prince

Kawohi," 1081 Kealakai, Mekia, 1850 Kealamakule family, 1069 Kealoha, Jimmy, 603 Kealoha, Pua, 51, 56, 603, 861,

1024' 1094 Kealoha, Sam, 1091 Kealoha, Warren {swimmer), 603, 861 Kearns, Jackie, 1430 Keaweamahi, Daniel "Steamboat,"

1024' 1191 Keaweamahi, George "Tough Bill,"

638, 643-44, 654, 869, 1654 Keaweamahi family, 1868 Keister's Sewing School, 1401 Kekaha {Kaua'i), 1895-96 Kekahuna, Pauline, 1852 Kekai, "Rabbit," 1141 Kekauoha, Joseph "Little Joe,"

1091 Kekuku, Joseph, 1083 Kelii, David, 1103 Keliikoa, Jacob "Jake," 1087 Keller, Helen, 1076-77 Kelley family {not Roy), 418, 1241 Kelley, Dr. Richard, 1288, 1290,

1291, 1293, 1294 Kelley, Mrs. Roy {Estelle), 1271,

1277, 1285, 1799 at reservations desk, 1290-92,

1293 Kelley, Roy C., 95-96; {interview),

1260-1300 and attempts to buy Halek~lani

Hotel, 1787-88, 1794

Kelley, Roy C., (continued) business philosophy of, 1299-

1300 childhood of, 1260-62 on convention center, proposed

location, 1280, 1297 and Damon Estate lease, 1801-

4 as developer, 1270-71, 1272,

1277, 1278-79, 1281, 1285-89

family of , 1295 (see also DR. RICHARD KELLEY; MRS. ROY (ESTELLE) KELLEY)

on government, 1281, 1286 on hotel management , 1282-84 ,

1289-90, 1292-95 as hotel owner, early years,

1281, 1282-87 and move to Hawai•i, 1262,

1263-66' 1269 on other hotels, 1289, 1292,

1293, 1298 on Reef Hotel building, 1275-

76 on Waikiki traffic, 1296-98 World War II years of, 1281-

82 Kelly, Bill, 1760, 1781, 1783 Kennedy, Eugene (interview), 1210-

55 childhood activities of, 1222-

23, 1226' 1230' 1236' 1238-39' 1255

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childhood home of, Haunani St., 1215, 1224-25, 1227

childhood home of, Lewers Rd., 1215-16' 1224

childhood home of, o•ahu Ave., 1216, 1229, 1230

childhood home of, •ohua Ave., 1231-33, 1235, 1236

grandparents of, 1210-12, 1213, 1224' 1490

parents of, 1212, 1213-15, 1230, 1231-32, 1236

on Pearl Harbor attack, 1245-48

as policeman, 1239, 1252-53 siblings of, 1228, 1232, 1247 on Waikiki past and present,

1253-55 Kennedy, Frank, 1227

Kennedy, Jacqueline, 1029 Kennedy, Thomas F. and Mary L.

(see EUGENE KENNEDY, grand­parent~ of)

Kenney, Ed, 1112 Kepo•o family, 1427 Keppeler, "Ma," 1081 Kewalo Basin, 106, 593 Kewalo Inn, 1088, 1090, 1099-1100 Kia, Henry, 808 Kia, Johnny, 12-13 Kiakahi, Ioela, family , 417, 671,

928 , 1243 , 1457, 1458 , 1942 , 1944 , 1968

Kilpatrick Apartment, 1473 Kim, Philip, 1080 Kimball, Cl ifford

on airlines and tourism, 1780-81 and emplo~ees, 1790 and Halekulani Hotel, 906-7,

1714, 1715, 1720-21, 1727-31, 1732, 1742, 1747, 1751, 1752, 1754, 1761

and Hawai•i Tourist Bureau, 1738, 1758

Kimball, George, 1741, 1743, 1761, 1781-83, 1787, 1788, 1812

Kimball, Helen, 1728, 1735 Kimball, Juliet, 1712, 1713, 1714,

1715, 1803-4 and Halekulani Hotel, 1327.

1328, 1727, 1744, 1752, 1770, 1781-83, 1788

Kimball, Richard "Kingie" (inter-view), 1708-1813

on Aloha Week, 1774-76 on changes in Waikiki, 1810-12 childhood of, Hale•iwa Hotel,

1716-17, 1719-20, 1732-33 childhood of, Halekulani Hotel,

1218, 1222, 1733-38, 1753, 1902' 1908

on communism, 1791-93 and family table, 1751, 1752 Halekulani Hotel, helping

father at, 1742-43, 1746-49 Halekulani Hotel, management

of, 1708-9, 1754-58, 1761, 1773, 1774

Halekulani Hotel, sale of (see NORTON CLAPP)

on hotel industry, 1739-41, 1784-85, 1806-10, 1812

Kimball, Richard "Kingie" (contin­ued)

and Pearl Harbor attack, 1769-72

in politics, 1712-13 on proposed Waikiki convention

center, 1797, 1810

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and Roy Kelley, 1798-1805, 1806 schooling of, California, 1741

Kimmel, Admiral Husband E., 1764-65, 1771

Kimokeo family, 680, 682 Kimoto family, 1504 Kimura family, 1988, 1989 Kina'u Street

neighborhood, 329-30, 331 King, Josephine Wundenberg,

1710 King, Mabel, 253-54, 438, 640,

878, 947, 971, 1176, 1441, 1477, 1603, 1604, 1956, 1996

King, Thomas J., 1709-13 King, Thomas Victor, 1712 King's Alley, 1039, 1044, 1050 Kinney, Dawn Holt, 611, 808-9 Kinney, Ray, 611, 1086, 1091, 1094,

1926 Kitagawa family, 1504 Klum, Otto "Proc," 814, 815 Kneubuhl family, 618 Kobara, Haru (barber), 1382 Kobara family

restaurant, 1888 Kobayashi Tea· House, 607 Kobayashi's store, 901-2, 905 Kodak Hula Show, 976, 1346-47,

1368, 1372-73, 1617, 1632-34, 1872

Kokoiki (Hawai'i), 1067 Kokokahi Sugar Plantation

store, 312 Komata family, 927 Kosaki family, 417, 423, 481, 926,

1458 Kozuki family, 622, 623 Kruger, Harold "Stubby," 1018 Kuboi family, 1989, 1990-91 Kuekaunahi Stream, 15, 496, 711,

788, 807, 808, 845, 898, 939, 970, 971, 1381, 1404, 1438, 1469-70

Kuhio, Prince Jonah Kalaniana'ole, 28, 78-79, 385-86, 608, 612,

658, 732, 760, 796-97, 840-41, 874, 968, 1000, 1039, 1176-78, 1180

home of, 611-12, 797, 966, 970, 1125-26

and surfing, 796 Kuhio Avenue, 413, 681, 1210, 1271,

1272, 1336-37, 1362-63, 1590 widening of, 456, 458-59, 712-

13, 848, 973 Kuhio Beach, 251, 259, 841, 1051,

1054, 1430, 1809 during Prince Kuhio's life, 386,

760 Kuhio cafe, 1090, 1102 Kuhio Cleaners, 842, 936, 1456 Kuhio Pier, 969, 1125, 1126, 1178 Kulamanu Dance Studio, 1365 Kulamanu Race Track, 1365 Kumalae Block, 770-71 Kuni Taxi (see KUNIYUKI TAXI) Kunihisa, Lawrence "Peanuts," 1568 Kuniyuki, Eisuke, 846, 1402, 1881,

1886 Kuniyuki Taxi, -678, 840 Kupele, David, 1106, 1107 Kuramoto Camp, 1427, 1456 Kusunoki, Helen (interview), 1378-

1418 childhood home of, 2546

Kalakaua Ave., 1404 childhood home of, 2565

Cartwright Rd., 1404, 1406-7 family and home life of, 1389,

1399, 1403-5, 1406-9, 1410-12, 1414

and family business (see DIAMOND ICE CREAM PARLOR; UNIQUE LUNCH ROOM)

in Japan, 1389-90, 1414-15 marriage of, 1415 parents of, 1378-80 (see also

SAKAZO TAHARA FUJIKA; HISAKO FUJIKA)

schooling of, 1414 siblings of, 1393, 1395-96,

1399, 1401, 1403, 1411, 1414

on Waikiki past and present, 1417-18

Kyo-ya (restaurant), 1562

La Hula Rhumba (nightclub), 1088, 1106

Lai Hip, Anna Lindsey, 1359 Lalani Hawaiian Village, 15, 388,

419-20, 441, 442, 509, 510, 676-77, 688, 781, 816, 930, 932-35, 971, 1171, 1338, 1339, 1456-67, 1937-38

apartments, 1381, 1970 (see also GEORGE MOSSMAN)

Lam, Eddie, 418, 440, 444 Lam, Mrs. (teacher), 1478 Lambert family, 636, 637 Land, 668, 848, 1317, 1356-57, 1654

development of, 344-45, 774 leasing of, 1318, 1999 price and value of, 456-57,

781, 873 (see also HAWAIIANS, landowner­ship by)

Lau family, 418, 671, 1458 Lau hala, 435-36, 1159 Lau Vee Chai (restaurant), 581

970, 1397, 1497, 1562, 1731 Laundry

home business, 130, 258-59, 315, 316-17, 397, 421, 425, 506, 645, 672, 726, 737-38, 897, 967, 968, 1460, 1726, 1904, 1905, 1941-42

(see also MIYO ASUKA; UME MURAKAMI)

Lavque, Wally, 1085 Leagues (see SPORTS) Leal, Johnny, 1105 Lee, Albert, 1495, 1501 Lee, Billy, 1089 Lee, Elmer, 1093, 1094, 1133, 1370 Lee, Randy, 1096, 1789 Lee family, 587 Lee Store, 1834, 1837 Lei sellers, 157-58, 159, 165-66,

167, 168, 190, 1851, 1967 Leigh-Quai, Herbert, 1090 Lets, 871, 1096, 1114-15, 1343-44

and Boat Day, 1758-59 flowers for, 156-57, 159 and greeters for hotels, 1632 haku, 933

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hala, 662 and Halekulani hotel employees, ·

1724 pikake, 1096 prices of, 42, 157-58, 190

Lemon, Augusta, 793, 798 (see also LEMON WOND "RUSTY" HOLT, SR . , parents of)

Lemon, Leslie, 8 Lemon, Mary Ann Wond, 778, 783,

784 Lemon, Silas

family, 779-881 (see also LEMON ESTATE)

Lemon, Ululani "Nani," 626 Lemon Estate, 676, 781, 816 Lemon family, 420, 487, 602 Leprosy, 1076 Lewers, Robert, 1720, 1722, 1723 Lewers & Cooke, Inc., 1482 Libby, McNeill & Libby, 296-97,

299, 500-1 Lighthouse Inn (restaurant),

1501 Liholiho School, 1331 Liliha (O'ahu), 1578, 1581 Lili'uokalani, Queen Lydia, 659,

691, 783, 793, 799, 1044, 1075, 1198, 1199, 1942, 1944

homes of, 27-28, 682, 1125-26, 1197-98, 1338

Lili'uokalani Intermediate"School, 390

Lili'uokalani Trust, 247, 730, 841-42, 911, 922, 1232, 1235, 1390, 1429

Lilikalani, Edward, 647 Limu, 67-68, 263, 335-37, 366, 393,

433, 497~ 534, 969, 1468-69, 1606 limu lipoa, 336 limu'ele'ele, 533, 534, 1613-15

Lincoln, Bill, 1086 Lincoln School, 1229, 1591-94 Ling family, 587, 1495, 1505, 1859,

1861, 1864, 1865 (see also ELLA LING WONG)

Liquor (see CRIME AND LAW ENFORCE­MENT, liquor)

Lishman family, 1428 Livestock and poultry

cattle, 1154, 1316, 1719 chicken, 291, 688, 726, 731,

747, 1826 fighting chicken, 1463

duck and duck ponds, 5, 335, 448, 580, 588, 590, 610, 788, 1046, 1184-85, 1493, 1494, 1822-23, 1861

Livestock and poultry (continued) pigeons, 1470 pigs, 812, 1074, 1158 in swampland, 1185-86 turkeys, 785

Lloyd, Hal, 593 Lloyd family, 1216 Lobster (see SHELLFISH, gathering

of) Loeb, Jack, 1094 Log Cabin (nightcl~b), 1086 Long Branch neighborhood, 4, 6-7 Lono family, 929-30, 946 Loo family, 1994 Lorch family, 929 Love, Alan "Turkey," 18-29, 1032;

(interview), 1650-1703 as beach boy, 1309, 1658-66,

1691-1703 and beach concession at Hawai­

ian Village Hotel, 1694, 1696-99

childhood home of, Kuhio Ave., 1652, 1674

family of, 1093, 1218, 1222, 1254, 1355, 1459, 1651-52, 1685-88' 1700-1

and Hui Nalu Canoe Club, 1689 Mainland trips of, 1688-89,

1691-92

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and Outrigger Canoe Club, 1689-90

on Waikiki surf, past and present, 1701-3

Love's Bakery, 741, 984-85 Low, Eben, 1359 Lozier, "Big Six," 618 Luahine, 'Ialani, 931, 1106, 1329,

1341 Luaus (see FOOD, Hawaiian; TOURISM) Luck, Robert "Lucky," 1112 Lum, Adam, 697 Lum fami 1 y, 1084 Lum•s Store, 1481 .Luttard family, 581 Lycurgus, George, 1714-15 Lyman family, 1729 Lyons, Al ul i .• 37 Lyons, "Freckles, .. 37 Lyons, Kepoikai 11 Splash, 11 37, 1092

Ma Wing Vue curio store, 1396

McCallum, Capt. Lono, 626, 811 McCarthy, Charles J., 1308 McCully (O'ahu), 4, 5, 377, 389,

448' 759' 1127 McDiarmid, Don, 1085, 1086, 1128 MacFarlane, Walter, 301, 813, 814-

15, 1137, 1627, 1660 Machado, Lena, 581, 1849-50, 1852,

1870-71 Machado, Luciano, 1849, 1854-55 Mcinerny family, 1210, 1428 Mcinerny's Store, 794-95, 1313 Mcintire, Lani, 1090 MacKenzie, Jack, 1424 McKinley High School, 92, 273-74,

308-9, 333-34, 368, 515, 972, 1442-3, 1474

band, 1079, 1081, 1082 sports, 510-11, 1019, 1080-81

McKinney, Fadden, 786, 804, 806 McKinney, Minnie Miller, family,

779, 787, 795, 803, 804, 994 (see also BUNGO FAMILY)

McKinzie, Adelaide K. (interview), 1152-1206

childhood of, Waialua, Moloka'i, 1153-63

childhood of, Waikiki, 1168, 1172-73, 1175-1200

on Hawaiians, 1204-5 at Normal School, 11731, 1201-2 parents of (see ELLA KAMAKEA

(BRIDGES) KA'AI; DAVID KA'AI) schooling of, 1167-68, 1172-73,

1186 on Waikiki past and present,

1203-4, 1206 McNamara family, 989 Macomber family, 927-28 McQueen, 11 Red," 614 McQuestin, Bob, 1101 McShane, ~~~irlie," 1370 Madison, Ray, 1246, 1248 Maeda family, 1989, 1990 Mae's Restaurant, 1136 Maggie's Inn, 1087 Magoon, A.K., 1534, 1537 Magoon Estate, 1229, 1491, 1493,

1494, 1505, 1506, 1515, 1841, 1868

Maharajah of Indore, 18, 23-24, 1635-36

Mahi, Aaron, 1854

Makaha (O'ahu), 785 Makee Island, 77, 341, 432, 447,

495, 762, 807, 808

D-24

Makee Island Stream, 446, 599, 807, 808, 939, 975, 1238, 1412, 1434, 1470, 1678

Makee Road, 671, 672, 927, 1434 Makia, Peter, 867 Makia, Sam (aka Sammy Chong), 1086 Makiki Fire Station, 1714 Makino, Fred, 1790 Makuakane family, 927 Maluhia (nightclub), 1366 Mamiya, Iwa, 620 Mann, John Cline, 1137 Manoa (O'ahu), 1216, 1219, 1229,

1230, 1782 Manoha, George, 587, 1505 Manu family, 418, 494, 509, 675,

1457' 1921 Mapulehu Dairy, 1156 Marigold Apartments, 1497-98, 1917 Martin, Charles S., 733 Martin, Jim, 1733 Masaki Camp, 1504 Mason family, 587, 1861 Masuda family, 1506 Matson, Ka'iulani Boyd, 1331-32 Matson Navigation Co., 400, 401,

403-4, 467-68, 1137, 1368, 1626-31, 1738, 1758, 1775-76, 1784

and hotel business, 1057, 1094, 1267, 1767-68, 1806

Matsumori, "Kiyo," 1504 Matsumori, "Toots," 1500, 1504 Matsumoto family, 1505 Matsumura family, 1456 Matsushige family

and taxi business, 1454, 1886 Matsuzawa family

peddler, 417, 672-73, 926, 942-43, 976, 1412, 1433, 1456, 1458, 1471, 1922

Matthias, Jessie (interview), 174-94 childhood home of, Haulani

Court, 185-86 childhood home of, Manoa, 182-

83, 184 family of, 174-75, 177, 178,

180' 181' 184 at plantation camp, 175-77,

183-84 schooling of, 176-77

as teacher, 177, 178 Mau's Gift Shop, 1399 May and Co., 179, 1043 May family, 676 Medical care

dental, 204-5 surgery, 205-6

Merry-Go-Round Bar (see WAIKIKI TAVERN)

Mid-Pacific Lumber, 1482 Midkiff, Marjorie (interview)~ 1304-21

childhood home of, Kaimuki, 1304 childhood home of, Walina Place,

1305-6, 1314-16, 1318, 1320-21 children of, 1316-17, 1319 family and home life of, 1307,

1308-9 husband of, Merlin "Paddy"

Paddock, 1312, 1313-14, 1317 marriage of, during World War

II, 1313-14 parents of, Helen and Paul

Carter, 1304-7, 1308~ 1310, 1311, 1313-14, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319-20

schooling of, 1310 siblings of, 1304, 1307, 1308,

1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1316 on Waikiki past and present,

1306, 1315-16, 1319 Mi 11 er, Edward K. 11 0Ud iII (aka

"Skipper"), 83-84, 602, 603-6, 800, 803-4, 806, 809, 810, 870, 1021, 1022 I

and Hui Nalu Canoe Club, 17, 18, 41' 114

Miller family, 6, 1042 Minami Pig Farm, 285 Mineishi family, 1456 Mirikitani family, 1499 Mitsunaga family, 785 Moana Bathhouse, 1138 Moana Hotel, 207, 208, 729, 896,

1056, 1178-79, 1267, 1313, 1474 beach boy services of, 17, 39-

42, 114' 115 employees, 87-88, 269, 833-34,

1883, 1884, 1899-1900 employee cotages, 726-27, 728,

746, 835, 968, 972, 973, 1046, 1046, 1218, 1336-37, 1380, 1381, 1413, 1435, 1570, 1674, 1869, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988-89, 1990, 1991, 1997-98

Moana Hotel, (continued) entertainment, 116-17, 211,

606, 1082 (see also MOANA PIER)

facilities in 1930s, 5, 972, 973, 974, 1992

food, 834 and "Hawai 1 i Calls," 1738 management, 973, 974 powerhouse and pumphouse of,

4-5, 1474, 1674, 1988, 1991 reservations for, 399, 400-1 as sponsors of employee sport

competition, 974 Surfrider wing, 1807 and tidal wave of 1946, 743 and World War II business,

1767-69 Moana Pier, 20, 48-52, 88, 116,

604, 605, 969, 972, 997, 1179, 1180, 1309, 1678-79

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Mochizuki Tea House and Hotel, 119, 373-74, 394, 582, 607, 640, 757-58, 859, 906, 1190-91, 1534

baseball team of, 540 Mo 1 ili 1 ili (o•ahu), 858, 969 Mo 1 ili.ili Stadium, 966 Mokuahi, Samuel "Steamboat," 1023,

1132, 1425 Moloka•i Honey, 1163-64 Moloka 1 i Ranch, 1165 Money and finance, 415, 802

scrip used as currency, 18 streetcar tokens accepted for

food, 16, 377 Monkawa family, 1456 Monroe, James and Bella, 165-66,

1162 Morisato Bakery, 789

family, 1430 Mortuaries, 58-60 Moses, Helen, 860 Mossman, George, 15, 388, 781, 932,

935, 1936, 1937, 1938; 1954 family of, 420, 487, 509, 1213,

1214, 1338, 1381; 1938, 1955 (see also LALANI HAWAIIAN VILLAGE)

Mossman, Mrs. George (Emma K.), 441, 676, 930, 932, 934, 935, 948

Mossman, Pi 1 ilani, 676 Mossman, Sterling, 687, 705, 1106,

1112, 1114, 1247

Mowat family, 1128 Mullahey, Bill, 1132 Murakami, Tsunejiro

as Moan~ Hotel waiter, 1882, 1883' .188.4-85

taxi business of, 1454, 1886, 1887, 1888

Murakami, Ume (interview), 1878-90

childhood of, Japan~ !878-80 as domestic in Waikiki, 1883-84 home laundry business of, 1887,

1888, 1889, 1890 immigration and marriage of,

1880-82 (see also TSUNEJIRO MURAKAMI)

Waikiki homes of, 1885, 1886, 1888, 1889

and Yoshida Camp, 1882-85 Musashiya•s, 43-44 Music

Hawaiian, 338, 1077, 1331 at hotels, 117, 123-24, 561-62

(see also BENNY KALAMA; MOANA PIER; STONEWALL GANG; individ­ual hotels)

opera house, 46 song lyrics

"Down by the WaikikT Stream," 15

"Good Enough for Me," 51 "Goodbye Honolulu," 50 "Hui Nalu Song," 55 "Ku•ulei Mokihana," 53-54 "Love Song," 57 "Swim with You," 52

steel guitar, 1077, 1082-84, 1086, 1087, 1093, 1115-16

ukulele, 555-56 violin, 867

Musicians, 717, 795 (see also ROBERT ALEXANDER ANDERSON; BENNY KALAMA; LOUIS KAHANAMOKU; JOHNNY NOBLE; HARRY OWENS)

Mutual Telephone Comapny, 328 Myrtle Swimming Club, 1929

N. Aoki Store (see AOKI STORE) Nadamoto, Ichiro, family, 675,

1456, 1458 Nadamoto, !sao, family, 900, 1398,

1405, 1427, 1882, 1890 Nakafuji family, 1504

Nakai, Susumu "Blackie," 1496, 1500, 1504

Nakama, Keo, 710 Nakamura, Kiyono, 1399 Nakamura, Susumu (interview),

1488-1516

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childhood home of, Dudoit Lane, 1489-93

family of, 442, 680, 682, 1456' 1490' 1503' 1511

family property of, 1512-14 and football, 1498-1500, 1507 parents of, 1488-89, 1508 schooling of, 1489, 1503, 1508 on Waikiki past and present,

1514 Nakamura, Yoshi, 1471 Nakamura Camp, 794 Naone, David, 1427 Naone, Il ima, 1850 Natatorium (see WAIKlKI NATATORIUM) Nauwel e family, 602 Nelson, John F., 863 Nicholas, Billy, 1090, 1091, 1092 Nicholas, Bobby, 1090, 1091, 1092 Nicholas, Joseph "Sonny," 1100,

1106 Niemans family, 1735 Nimitz, Admiral Chester, 1770-71 Nishiguchi Store, 789 Nishikawa family, 1504 Niumalu Hotel, 209, 550, 657, 970,

1109' 1193' 1194' 1201' 1225' 1226' 1267' 1596-97' 1602' 1697' 1734 (see also PIERPOINT HOTEL)

Noble, Johnny, 864-65, 1350 Nobriga, Ted, 1246, 1248 11 Nobu," 927 Normal School (see TERRITORIAL

NORMAL SCHOOL) Norwood, William, 1305 Notley, David and Helen Kamalu,

1578-83 Notley family, 1579-80, 1581 Nunogawa, Tom, 614, 620 Nun.otan i , Fumi ko (interview) , 244-

77 as cannery worker, 275-76 family of, 244-46, 256, 261,

275 family property of, 247, 248-49 as research assistant, 275 schooling of, 253, 265, 273-74

Nuns, 694 Nu•uanu Pali (o•ahu), 32, 299, 685,

1124

o•ahu Ice House, 669 o•ahu Prison, 1070 o•ahu Railway and Land Co., 1056,

1717' 1718 Oberholtzer, Jack, 1340 Ogden, Terry, 1627 Oglivie, Bert, 18, 24 •ohua Ave., 2, 9, 14, 938-39, 940,

941, 942, 971, 1427, 1429 Okada family, 779, 1427, 1456 Okamoto, Haruo, 1473 Okasako {Okasago) Store, 726-37,

840, 971, 1382, 1456, 1888 1 0kolehao {see CRIME AND LAW

ENFORCEMENT, liquor) Oku•u, David Pi 1 ikoi, 553-54, 873 Old Plantation, 798 Olds, Judge Norman, 1428 Olmos family, 939, 1042, 1332,

1335, 1472, 1652, 1653, 1671 Olsen, Hiram, 1116, 1117 Olympic games, 861, 1047 Orne (flower grower for Moana

Hotel), 1988 Oness, Randy, 1091, 1097, 1101 Onomichiya Hotel, 831 •opae (see SHELLFISH, gathering

of) •opihi (see SHELLFISH, gathering

of) Ornelles, Adam, 618 Ornelles, Axel, 470, 481, 1240-41 Ornelles family, 672, 1458 Outdoor Circle, 1053, 1712 Outrigger Canoe Club, 17, 39,

88, 334, 715, 970, 972, 1001, 1024, 1027-28, 1029, 1084, 1085, 1132, 1134-35, 1136, 1137, 1139-40, 1309, 1424, 1431, 1446, 1660, 1665, 1689-90, 1727

and move to Elks Club site, 1811-12

origin of, 1136-37, 1424 Owens, Harry, 1085, 1090, 1094,

1620 Ozaki Store, 419, 486

Paaluhi, Brother David, 700-1

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Pacheco family, 495, 1230, 1242-43, 1457, 1913-15

Pacific Area Travel Association (PATA), 1808, 1810

Padeken, George, family, 417, 431, 442, 671, 677, 697

Pahau, Mary, 648, 649, 1168, 1169, 1170, 1172, 1173, 1188, 1199

Pahinui, Charles "Gabby," 1077-78, 1087, 1088, 1090, 1098-99, 1101, 1676

Paige, Satchel, 614 11 Pake John, .. 678 Paki Stables, 63-64 Palama Gym, 1084, 1085, 1097 Palm Tree Inn, 91 Palolo School, 389 Pan American Airlines, 1631, 1761-

62, 1780-81 11 Panama Dave, 11 1088, 1132, 1666 Pang, Ah Kong, 603, 611, 1023 Paoa, Florence K. (Bridges), 541-,

42, 635, 641, 647, 648, 662, 1168, 1169, 1173, 1175

Paoa, Fred, 614, 616, 625, 640, 644-45, 881, 882; (interview), 532-75

as beach boy, 555-62 family property of, 571-73,

1190, 1694-95 as fisherman, 551, 557 as football player, 563 nicknamed 11 Boy, 11 544-45, 560 parents of, 532, 538, 541-42,

544, 546, 547, 548, 554 (see also FLORENCE K. PAOA; HENRY. HO'OLAE PAOA)

as policeman, 568-71 schooling of, 543, 555, 563 as stevedore, 564-65

Paoa, Gilbert, 614, 625 Paoa, Henry Ho'olae, 532-33, 538,

541, 637-38, 641, 642, 1168, 1605 Paoa family, 42-43, 583, 637, 647,

717, 718, 1187, 1190, 1201, 1594-95, 1609, 1613 (see also MARY PAOA CLARKE; FRED PAOA)

Parker, Terrance, 1305 Parker family, 417, 459, 509, 671,

674, 794, 926, 951, 1356, 1457 Parker Ranch, 1812 Parks.~. 1849

'Ainahau or Princess Ka'iulani

Triangle, 1041, 1042 (see also KAPI'OLANI PARK)

Parrent, Charley, 1286 Pascoe, Johnny, 1085 Patton, General George, 1792-93 Pa'u riders, 1359 Pawa•a Theatre, 902 Peacock family, 972 Peacocks, 808

. Pearl City Tavern, 1089, 1100 Pearl Harbor (O'ahu)

agriculture at, 292-93 roads to, 1070

(see also WORLD WAR II) Peddlers, 16, 377-78, 497, 546,

672-73, 789-90, 967, 985, 1043-44, 1216' 1438' 1462, 14 76, 1835, 1922-23, 1952-53, 1959, 1993

food sold by, 426-27, 639-40, 646, 649, 673, 941, 992-94, 1599

(see also NIRO AOKI; MATSUZAWA·· FAMILY)

Pee Wee Golf (see WAIKiKf PEE WEE GOLF)

Pepe'ekeo Plantation and Mill (Hawai'i)

description of, 1526-27, 1529 Perry, Al Kealoha, 1101 Perry, Joe, 1211 Peterson, 11 Buddy, 11 1101 Peterson, King, 799; (interview),

980-1009 childhood home of, Diamond H~ad,

982-83 childhood home of, Kapuni St.,

1007 childhood home of, Koa Ave.,

983-84, 993, 995-96, 998, 1001, 1005 .

crabbing and fishing by, 997 family of, 1007, 1008, 1222 on given name, 988 and home luaus, 981-83 and Mainland, 990-91 parents of, 980-81, 986, 994-

95, 1000 schooling of, 990 siblings of, 799, 981, 985-86,

988, 991, 992-93, 995, 998, 1001, 1005, 1006, 1008, 1100

Peterson family, 799, 939, 1042, 1050, 1123, 1126, 1333, 1355, 1459

Petrous, Jack, 1228 Pfeiffer, Robert, 1118 Philip, Sam, 1087 Phillips Commercial School, 390 Photography, 1628 (see also RAY

D-28

JEROME BAKER; EDWARD J. STEICHEN) Pickard, Salome, 1370 Pierpoint, 365, 539-40, 583-84,

586, 1180-81, 1497, 1700, 1829 Pierpoint Hotel, 635, 905, 906,

1596, 1613 (see also NIUMALU HOTEL)

Piers, 1217, 1433 (see also KUHIO PIER; MOANA PIER; PIERPOINT)

Pigeons (see LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY) Pigs (see LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY) Pi 1 ikoi, Maria, 1176, 1188 Pi 1 inai•o Stream, 371-72, 395,

533, 536-37, 551, 586, 587, 588, 1182-83, 1191, 1200, 1821

Pineapple industry, 296-97, 299, 302-4, 305 (see also PLANTATION CAMPS)

Pinney, Warren, 1095 Plantation

hapai ko, 832-33 schools, 1895-96 and sports competition, 1527-

29 Plantation camps

•Ewa Plantation, 180-81 Honolulu Sugar Co., 1 Aiea,

284-85 Onomea Sugar Co., 175-77, 183-

84 Pali Camp, 305-7 •ulupalakua, 3, 4 Libby•s, Kahalu•u, 296-97

Poaha, Bernice, 947, 1994 Pohukaina School, 1019-20 Poi, 650, 987-88, 1662, 1915-16 Poi factory

in Kalia, 588 Poindexter, Joseph, (governor of

Hawai•i, 1934-1942), 1809, 1812 Pokipala, Charlie, 1089 Police (see CRIME AND LAW ENFORCE­

MENT) Politicians, 692, 793-4, 1712 Politics

and campaigning, 369-71, 691 and election day, Waikiki, 1809 and Republican party, 314, 369-70

Polo (see SPORTS) Pomroy, Louis, 785 Pomroy family, 809 Portuguese, 1912-13

cooking, 1074 in Kalihi, 1072-76 and plantations, 600-1

Potter, Mark, 1305 Poultry (see LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY) Pregil, Winnie, 1080 Primo Brewery; 608 Prince Kuhio Subdivision, 1038,

1039 Princess Ka 1 iulani Hotel, 28, 87-

88, 387-88, 643, 973, 1046, 1785, 1798

Prohibition (see CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, Prohibition)

Prostitution (see CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, prostitution)

Pualeilani Hotel, 990 Pualeilani Tract, 983 Punahou School, 200, 862, 864, 990,

991-92, 1000, 1310, 1338, 1339, 1340, 1741

and Japanese students, 768-70 sports at, 203-4, 617

Punchbowl (Puowaina), 368, 1579-80 Pung, Hana En Sui, 1329 Punohu, Esther (see LEIILIMA JOY) Punohu, Sam 11Pinhead, 11 Jr., 1936-

37. 1938, 1954 Punohu family, 928, 933, 935, 1457,

1942 (see also LEIILIMA JOY) Purdy family, 674, 926, 1243, 1457,

1472

Queen Emma Trust, 715, 1355, 1997 Queen Lili•uokalani Pier (see

KUHIO PIER) Queen•s Hospital, 1247, 1311 Queen•s Surf, 56-57, 112, 114, 808,

1366 Queen•s Surf Club, 690 Quilts, 435, 1934

Radio (see ENTERTAINMENT) Rainbow Drive Inn, 268-69 Ramona Cafe, 1085-86 Rankin, Miss (principal, Waikiki

Elementary School), 948, 949 Rasmussen family, 417, 481, 672,

926, 1212, 1240, 1930

Rathskeller (nightclub), 13, 37-38, 709, 1087, 1101

Rawlins, Judge Harry, 870 Recreation

and children, fishpond, 1821, 1822

and children, stealing duck eggs, 1046, 1184-85

dances, 653, 715, 716, 1089, 1097, 1313, 1714, 1838

·dances, discrimination at hotels, 1056

games, 14, 27, 203, 290, 291, 330, 340-41, 377-79, 443-44, 502, 542, 635-37, 689-90, 756-57, 830, 939-40, 996, 1045, 1164, 1430, 1442, 1841, 1945

hiking, 330 movies, 267-68, 498, 511-13,

1227, 1597-98, 1922 swimming (non-competitive),

260, 271, 371, 372, 384-85, 710, 1946 (see also SPORTS, competitive swimming)

visiting, 1469, 1729-30 (see also COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES; FAMILY AND HOME LIFE; FISHING; LIMU; SHELLFISH, gathering of)

Redd, Louise, 1603, 1604 Reed family, 1216 Reef Hotel, 1275-76, 1802-3, 1804 Reef Tower Hotel, 1128, 1129, 1276 Reefs, 9, 367

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Reinecke, John, 1792, 1795-96 Reiplinger, Lila (interview), 1326-

73 and Boat Days, 1361 childhood home of, 451 Kaneka­

polei st., 1334-35 in Diamond Serenaders at

Halekulani, 1371-72 and hula, 1329, 1334, 1341-44,

1347 and Kodak Hula Show, 1346-47,

1368 marriage and family of, 1348,

1368 as May Day Queen, 1352-54 and parents• luaus, 1351-52 parents of (see AUGUSTINE M.

GUERRERO; AMELIA AKEO GUERRERO)

schooling of, 1331-34, 1346, 1347

USO years of, 1365-66 on Waikiki past and present,

1362-64 Religion

Buddhism, 753-54 Roman Catholic, 692-94 Sabbath observed, 636, 639

Rentals (see HOUSING) Reserve Officers• Training Corps

(ROTC) (see ARMED FORCES) Restaurants, 1552-53, 1731 (see

also SMILE CAFE; UNIQUE LUNCH ROOM)

Reynolds, R.J., 1636 Rialto Bar, 1086 Rice, Arthur, 1752 Richards, Manuel Keomakalani

as taxi/tour driver, 684-87, 690, 691, 702 (see also MERVIN RICHARDS, parents of)

Richards, Mervin (interview), 666-719

as altar boy, 692-93 and baseball, 682, 695, 697,

701, 718 childhood home of, Paoakalani

Ave., 668-70, 927 family and home life of, 417,

459, 666-70, 677, 687-88, 696, 718, 1231, 1241

and football, 697 marriage and family of, 709-10 as musician, 687, 709 and parents• luaus, 668, 669,

675, 676, 683, 687, 714 parents of, Manuel Keomakalani

and Georgiana Williams Richards, 666-68, 683-88, 692, 693, 710, 794, 951, 960, 1464

recalls Pearl Harbor attack, 704-6

schooling of, 699-700 and surfi~g, 690 on Waikiki past and present,

713-14 Waikiki property of, 712

Richards, Valentine, 667 Richardson, Mrs., 1490, 1512 Roads and streets, 208-9, 315, 317,

319, 543, 613, 681, 685, 695,

Roads and streets (continued), 1269, 1317, 1320~21, 1334, 1337, 1356, 1430, 1513-14 (see also individual street names)

Robello, Harry, 1132 Robinson, Carrie, 1059 Robinson, Mark, 148, 1489 Rodgers, John and "Feet," 1070-71,

1076 Roof Top Garden, 1088, 1089 Roosevelt High School, 1130, 1310,

1670-71 Rose, Charlie , 27 Rose, Joe, 617 Roselawn Annex, 999 Roselawn Hotel and Restaurant, 840 Ross, Kammy, 1000 Ross, Kekaha, 441, 1329

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Roxburgh, Nani K. (interview), 360-80

birth and childhood of, 360-61, 362, 367, 377-80

childhood home of, Coyne St., 374

childhood ~ome of, Ala Moana Blvd., 363, 369-70

parents of, 362-63, 365, 367-68, 369, 373, 379

schooling of, 364, 368-69 on Waikiki past and present,

376-77 (see also ESPINDA FAMILY)

Royal Hawaiian Band, 13, 1115, 1348, 1849-54

Royal Hawaiian Girls• Glee Club, 1093, 1097, 1327, 1329, 1348, 1369, 1616-20, 1622, 1634, 1637, 1852

Royal Hawaiian Hotel, 21, 122-23, 270, 314-15, 551, 561, 875, 878, 912, 1027, 1085, 1105, 1217, 1224, 1267, 1268, 1299, 1364, 1635, 1738, 1757, 1760, 1775, 1776, 1987

beach at, 1309, 1679-81 construction of, 812, 1051 employee cottages of, 1336-37,

1991-92 entertainment at, 1089-90, 1093,

1094-95, 1306, 1341-42, 1518-19, 1620-21, 1870

lei selleers at, 162, 166, 167-. 68

and May Day, 1352-54, 1638 and post-World .War II period,

1740, 1741 pumphouse of, 1674, 1675 reopening after World War II,

1367-70 and Waikiki Beach Patrol, 1690 and World War II business, 1312,

1366, 1767 Royal Hawaiian Serenaders, 1093 Royal School , 921, 1019 Royce, Steven , 1351 , 1948 Russell, Ward , 1137, 1138 Russe11•s Sundries, 711, 1399,

1951 Ruth, "Babe," 622-23 Rutledge, Art, 1293, 1790-92

Sacred Hearts Academy, 1310 Sai, Marlene, 1112 Saimin stands, 1501 St. Andrew•s Priory, 952-53, 954-

55, 1604 St. Anthony•s Church, 1076 St. Augustine•s Church, 248-49,

425, 460, 498, 518, 679, 680, 694, 710, 712, 724, 792-93, 1227-28, 1231, 1232, 1235, 1348, 1429, 1498, 1922, 1923

Altar Society of, 692, 693 Hawaiian Society of, 692, 693 movies at, 692

(see also FATHER VALENTIN H. FRANCKX)

St. Louis College, 107-8, 127, 321, 699-701, 718, 791, 811, 862

St. Louis Elementary School, 698-99

Sakai, Kiyoto, 1409, 1505, 1840 Sakamoto, Lillian Fujika, 711,

1399 (see also RUSSELL 1 S SUNDRIES) Sako family, 912, 1456 Sakuma, Mrs., 683 Salvation Army, 1247 Sanders, Paul, 1079 Sano Service Station, 680, 971

family, 1457, 1886, 1924 Sans Souci Beach, 5, 1346, 1347,

1433 (see also KODAK HULA SHOW) Sans Souci Hotel, 1714-15 Sarashina Inn, 1547-48, 1572 Sasaki, Richard (interview), 1422-

47

Sasaki, Richard (continued) childhood home of, 'Ohua Ave.,

1426

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also known as "Dixie," 419, 675 parents of, 1422-23, 1424,

1425 schooling of, 1441-43 on Waikiki past and present,

1445, 1447 Sasaki, Soichi Akinaka (manager

of Outrigger Canoe Club), 1424, 1425, 1456

Sasaki, Dr. Tsutomu, 419, 1456 Sasaki Camp, 926, 928, 1406, 1456,

1458 Sato, Taichi, 1380 Scandia (condominium), 712 Schofield family, 1341 Schools

corporal punishment in, 253, 502, 700-1, 767, 792

English standard of, 700 {see also individual schools)

Schuman Carriage Co., 591 Searle, "Pump," 617, 1551 Seaside Apartments, 586 Seaside Company, 1336-37 Seaside Garden, 394, 1099 Seaside Hotel, 4-5, 6-7, 875, 970,

972, 973, 1176, 1423-24, 1987 Servants, 19, 200, 995-96, 1041-

42, 1716, 1883-84 Shaner, Frank, 1086 Shaw, Ted, 617 She 11 fish, g.atheri ng of

lobster, 1607-8 •opae, 366-67, 536, 1606-7,

1614-15 'opihi, 1950 wana, 808

Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, 1118, 1132

Sheridan Builders, 1232 Shim, Joe, 1081 Shima, George, 310-11 Shimizu Store, 1501

family, 1504 Shimogawa family, 614 Shingle family 691 Shioyu Tea House, 394, 537, 540-

41, 906, 1400, 1408-9, 1499, 1510

Ships, 1849, 1851, 1852

Arandora Star, 1056 German, 1343 Helga, 583-84, 869 Malolo, 707 Matsonia, 866 Minneapolis, 1312, 1314 passenger, 1361-62 Resolute, 1620

Short, Ge~eral Walter, 973, 1765 Shrimp ('opae) (s~e SHELLFISH,

gathering of, •opae) Silva, Lokelani Richards, 667, 677,

688, 695 Silva, Louise "Auntie Lou" Akeo,

441-42, 1327, 1329, 1346, 1347, 1348, 1353, 1586, 1587, 1589-90, 1616, 1617, 1620, 1632, 1634, 1937

Silva family, 1219 Simerson, William, family, 583,

608, 611, 855, 1188 Sinsheimer family, 1042 Smead family, 996 Smile Cafe

customers of, 1563, 1569 food and service of, 1537-

38 at Kalakaua Ave. location,

1492, 1536, 1539-41, 1549, 1550, 1553-55, 1556, 1572

at Kapi'olani location (1947-1962), 1559, 1565-66, 1569

and lease, 1558-61 and Quarterback Club, 1551,

1566 as sponsors of sports, 1443,

1507, 1564, 1566-69 Smith, Martha, 1860 Smith, Nolle, family of, 1841 Smith, "Tiny," 1087, 1088, 1101 Sniffen, Lilinoe (interview), 154-

70 family of, 154-56, 158, 165-

66 and family lei stands, 155-56,

157, 158-59, 160, 161-64, 166, 167

Soldiers (see ARMED FORCES; ETHNIC RELATIONS, between local residents and military)

Soria, Harry, 1101 Sartell, Edwin, 715 South, "Boob," 624

South Africa sports competition in, 1052

South Seas Curio Shop, 74, 701 Spencecliff Corp., 91, 1693, 1760 Spencer, John, 1225

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Spencer family, 417, 480, 672, 929, 1212, 1213, 1458

Sports baseball, 373, 540, 541, 562-

63, 589, 857, 1460, 1527-29 Americans of Japanese

Ancestry league, 1529, 1566-68

Asahis, Japanese team, 615, 618, 620, 624, 625

Braves, Portuguese team, 615, 618, 625

Chinese (team), 615, 618, 620, 625

Commercial League (team), 617, 626

Diamond Head (team), 625-26

Hawai'i All Stars (team), 620

Hawai'i Baseball League, 615, 616, 619, 620

Hawaiians (team), 614, 615, 616

and Japan in early 1900s, 966

Kalias (team), 613-14, 616 Waikikis (team), 614, 615,

616, 617 Wanderers (team), Haole

team, 615, 617, 618, 619, 620, 625, 626

boxing, 513 canoeing, 17, 32, 82-83, 130-

31, 1136, 1139-40, 1701-3, football, 815, 820-21, 1223

barefoot, 10, 11, 544, 677, 697, 1127-28, 1230-31, 1472, 1498-1500, 1507-8

high school, 203-4 University of Hawai'i, 19,

116, 563, 1729 golf, 158, 160, 513, 807 golf courses, 1535, 1717 (see

also WAIKiKi PEE WEE GOLF) horse racing, 801 neighborhood sports teams, 682-

83

physical fitness, 861 polo, 3-4, 11, 346-47, 696, 762,

800, 801, 1729-30 rowing, 1669-70 softball, 1443, 1462 sponsors, 682, 695, 1460, 1462 sumo, 757 surfboard polo, 112-14, 560-61 surfboards, 22, 539, 605, 748-

49, 750, 796, 797, 806, 859-60, 942, 1344, 1431, 1663-64

surfing, 21-23, 209-10, 211, 260, 539, 604, 690, 748-50, 788-89, 809, 868, 1030, 1142-43, 1344, 1459, 1462, 1659-60, 1664, 1702-3, 1734, 1860, 1946

Waikiki spots, 22-23, 335, 677, 697, 750, 789, 868-69, 1030-31, 1662

swimming (competitive), 334, 510, 543-44, 603, 611, 857, 1016-18, 1019, 1410-12, 1838-39 (see also RECREATION, non­competitive swimming; and individual swim clubs)

tennis, 1326, 1715 track and field, 372-73, 850 wrestling, 1127 yachting, 1350

(see also OLYMPIC GAMES; WAIKiKi NATATORIUM; individual swim clubs)

Squattersville, 533, 609, 653, 1599-1600, 1823

Stainback, Gov. Ingram, 1733 Steer, Col. Frank, 1624-25 Steer, "Tootsie" Notley (Inter-

view), 1578-1645 childhood, raised by grand­

parents, 1578-83 as entertainer during World

War II, 1622-26 as entertainer of royalty,

1634-36 on fishing in Kalia, 161 on Hawaiian values, 1644 and hula, 1586-90 as Kodak Hula Show dancer,

1632-34 as Matson girl, 1621, 1626-32 as Pan American greeter, 1631 and Royal Hawaiian Girls' Glee

Club, 1341, 1346, 1616-20

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Steer, "Tootsie" Notley (continued) schooling of, 1584-86, 1590-94,

1604 sister and cousin of, 1581,

1607, 1610 Steichen, Edward J., 1626, 1627-31 Steiner, Ernest (interview), 72-98

childhood home of, Adams Lane, 72

childhood home of, Kalakaua Ave., 16, 22, 73, 75-77, 92-93, 95-97, 1051, 1057, 1138

family of, 72-75, 76, 91, 92, 96, 111-12, 797, 970, 972, 1217, 1254, 1460

schooling of, 80, 85-87 Sterling, Leon K., family, 855,

1081 Stevenson, Robert Louis, 966 Steward, Allen, 614, 616 Stewart, Danny, 1099 Stockton (California), 310-11 Stonewall (Waikiki), 8, 433, 496-

97, 510, 612, 628, 696, 732, 783, 806, 841, 874, 942, 1430, 1673, 1675, 1677, 1925, 1926-27, 1929

Stonewall Gang, 8-13, 338-39, 514, 717, 748, 869, 874, 1102

and barefoot football, 10, 11 and baseball, 857 and coin diving, 805 and fights, 11 and fishing, 12-13 and music, 8-9, 10, 20, 748,

806, 1388, 1430-31 (see also MOANA PIER)

and post-World War II period, 353-54

and surfboards, 1431 Stores

charge accounts of, 1955 Downtown, 200, 267 Everybody's Super Market, 739 Mac's Market, 741 Makiki, 331 May's Market, 741 Sunray Market, 733 Windward, 305-7, 312

(see also AOKI STORE; HAMOHAMO NEIGHBORHOOD; HOBRON NEIGHBOR­HOOD; KALlA NEIGHBORHOOD; AND individual store names)

Strauss, Paul, family, 1427 Streams, 432, 595-96, 678, 737,

746, 766, 807, 1613-15 (see also individual streams)

Streetcars and trolleys (see TRANS-PORTATION)

Strike of 1920, 564-65 Su, Leilani Mossman, 676 Submarine Alley (aka Submarine

Lane), .637, 1194-95, 1224-25, 1498

Sugar industry and relations with monarchy,

1711 workers, 3, 252, 283, 566, 1895

Sumida farm, 293 Sumii, Kuniichi, 1382 Sunada family, 1427 Sundstrom, Sandy, 99~ Surfrider Hotel, 88, 93, 95, 701 Suzuki, Sam, 620 Suzuru, "Crook," 620, 624 Sylvester, Keahi, 1329

Tada family, 1426, 1456, 1460 Tagawa Store

family, 902, 1490, 1501, 1504 Tahara, Sakazo (see SAKAZO TAHARA

FUJIKA; HELEN KUSUNOKI; UNIQUE LUNCH ROOM)

Takara, Ushi, 1504, 1539-40 Takashige family, 900, 1427, 1454,

1883, 1885 Takata family, 1510 Takenaka family 1435 Tanaka family, 698 Tanimura, Mrs., 1401, 1457 Taro, 596, 1157, 1161, 1332 Tatibouet family, 376 Tatsumura, Frank, 840 Tavares, Freddy, 1101, 1116 Taxes, 1813 Taxi and tour drivers, 315, 321,

370, 668, 681, 685-86, 1464, 1729, 1730, 1886, 1887, 1916, 1966-67

Teachers, 290, 947, 948, 991, 1428, 1603-4, 1896, 1956, 1958

Teahouses, 1469, 1581 (see also individual teahouses)

Television (see ENTERTAINMENT) Terada Barber Shop, 971, 1456

family, 1426-27

Territorial Fairgrounds, 14, 26, 272, 447, 688, 689, 699, 763-64, 784, 845, 897-98, 970, 1219, 1345, 1446, 1548, 1673, 1674

Territorial Hotel, 185 Territorial Normal School, 265,

923, 1202 Teruya, Saburo

and Hibiscus Cafe, 1541 Theaters, 229, 308, 1594, 1948 Thea H. Davies Co., Ltd., 1620 Thevenin family, 1428 Thompson' Myron 11 Pi nky' II 1139 Thompson family, 718, 927 Thornton family, 1917-18 Thurston, Lorrin P., 1735, 1739 Thurston family, 1254 Tidal waves (tsunamis)

of 1946, in Waikiki, 321-22, 742-43, 844, 974, 1929, 1960

Toads, 1314-15 Tokioka family, 1427, 1458 Tokuda, Nobu, 620 Toma family, 1494, 1500, 1502,

1504, 1534' 1537 Tominaga, Beatrice (interview),

1984-99 childhood home of, Ka'iulani

Ave., 1986, 1988 childhood home of, Kuhio Ave.,

1989, 1991, 1993 childhood jobs of, 1987, 1996 courting and marriage of, 1993 and housework, 1994

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parents of, Henry En Ming and Nyuk Lan Chow, 1984-85, 1992, 1997-99 .

schooling of, 1996-97 siblings of, 1985-86, 1987 swimming and surfing of, 1990,

1993 on Waikiki past and present,

1998-99 Tomomitsu family, 426, 926, 1456 Tongg, Ruddy, 1220, 1860, 1863 Topping, Dan, 1305-6 Tosaki, Kenny, 1023 Tourism, 207, 268, 1204

luau for tourists, 668, 669, 675, 676, 683, 687, 714, 1351-52, (see also LALANI HAWAIIAN VILLAGE)

in 1920s, 805, 1718 in 1930s, 17-18, 21, 60, 87,

105, 306-7, 312, 315-16, 317, 361, 555-60, 860, 874-75, 1343, 1381, 1412

in 1940s, 933-34 in 1950s, 403-4, 1361, 1967 post-World War II, 62, 90, 93,

95-98, 191, 316, 354-55, 1032, 1284, 1299, 1368, 1637, 1643, 1691, 1739-41

pre-World War II, 460-61, 484, 1268, 1269, 1299-1300, 1907

and racism, 1731 seasonal peaks of, 403 during World War II, 1312,

1366 Town and Country Stables, 65 Transportation

by airlines, post-World War II, 1299, 1780 (see also PAN AMERICAN AIRLINES; UNITED AIRLINES)

by automobile, 34, 77, 306, 453-54, 686, 801, 996, 1162

by banana wagon, 930 by dirigible, 1780 by foot, 968 by four-mastered ship, 175 by horse, 32, 175, 177, 199,

295, 299, 505, 506, 724, 725, 1834-35 (see also PA'U RIDERS) --

by horse and buggy, 678, 981, 1268, 1396, 1733

by horse-drawn fire engine, 295-96

by passenger ships, 1738, 1758, 1852 (see also SHIPS)

to school, 1834-35 by steamer, 213, 299, 729, 831 by streetcar and trolley, 5,

16, 109-10, 264, 273, 276, 388-89, 448, 449-50, 545, 590, 639, 673, 699, 788, 790, 863, 905, 969, 975, 1043, 1131, 1184-85, 1229-30, 1231, 1268, 1305, 1310, 1317, 1333, 1433, 1835, 1858, 1948

by train, 177, 298-99, 785, 1948

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Trask, Arthur, 1008 Traut, Johnny, 590 Travel

between Mainland and Hawai'i, 1317, 1683, 1693, 1709

Trees banyan, 681-82, 717, 1337

'Ainahau, 966, 1045, 1431 Kuhio Ave., 973, 1126,

1809, 1997 . Moana Hotel {actually fig

tree), 972, 1045 St. Augustine Church,

1227, 1429, 1923 coconut, 607, 781, 798, 1937 date, 970 fruit, 800 hau, 1196, 1309, 1722 lemon, 781-82 mahogany, 803 mango, 781 tamarind, 682

Trent Town, 1216, 1217-18, 1224 Tsuji family, 393, 614, 641, 648,

1193 Turkeys {see LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY) Turner, Jim, 1128" Turner, Sewell, 1739 Twain, Mark, 5

Ua family, 1935 Uchida, Gary, 1744, 1754-58, 1759,

1760, 1783 Uluniu Swim Club, 1028, 1053, 1309 Unions

American Federation of Labor, 1293-94

and hotels, 401, 402-3 and 1949 longshoremen's strike,

1795-96 Unique Lunch Room, 423-24, 711,

785, 786, 903, 936, 971, 1238, 1384-96, 1456, 1950

building of, in 1935-36, 1389-90, 1416

customers of, 1385-86, 1388, 1392, 1393-94

menu of, 678, 1383-87, 1393, 1394-95, 1397

during World War II, 1391-92

United Airlines, 1109 Unity House, 1493

University of Hawai'i football, 513

Uyehara, Masaji "Majo," 698, 1493 Uyehara, Sam, 1220-21, 1493;

{interview), 1520-74 business attitude of, 1573 childhood of, Pepe'ekeo

Plantation, 1520-22, 1524-31 and cooking at Ford Island

during World War II, 1555-57 and family move to Waikiki,

1533-34 and home on Makanoe Lane, 1532,

1534, 1535, 1570-71 and plantation carpentry, 1520-

22, 1523, 1532 and starting restaurant

business, 1532, 1539-45 on Waikiki past and present,

1572 {see also SMILE CAFE)

Valley School, 1047 Van Holt, Ronald, 1741-42 Veary, Emma, 1633 Vida, Earle "Liko," {interview),

580-630 as Alexander & Baldwin execu­

tive, 592, 619, 626-27 and baseball, 563, 613-26, 622-

23 childhood home of, 1713 Ala

Moana Rd., 580, 589, 1191 family and home life of, 586,

590 and Hui Nalu Canoe Club, 602-6 marriage of, to Edythe Alden,

612, 630 parents of, 581, 584, 591,

593, 594, 598, 599, 600-2, 613, 630

schooling of, 588 as Shriner, 610-11 on Waikiki past and present,

627-28, 629 Von Hamm-Young Co., 228-29

Wai'alae Country Club, 110-11, 209, 1090, 1095, 1992

Wai'alae Dairy, 111 Waialua {Moloka'i)

agricultural life in, 1153-56, 1157-63

Waihe'e {Maui), 4 Waikiki {0' ahu)

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before Ala Wai Canal, 250, 253, 257' 638, 652, 759, 969, 1051, 1182, 1861

cesspoo 1 s of, 1058 and "Jungle," 459-60 · and landmarks before World

War II, 970 natura 1 beauty of, 968-69 and World War II, 913, 1317,

1319 and zoning laws, 1054-55

Waikiki Aloha Kai, 794, 846-47, 900, 910, 1400-1, 1461

Waikiki Aquarium, 794, 975, 1432, 1809

Wai kiki Baptist Church, 1407 Waikiki Beach Patrol, 1690, 1691 Waikiki Bowling Lanes, 1254 Waikiki Clothes Cleaning Shop,

14§2J. 1463-65 Waikiki Elementary School, 5, 6,

29-31' 80' 253, 426' 438-41' 443' 444' 498-99' 634' 670' 673' 766, 767-78, 790, 861, 930, 935, 940, 946-50, 970, 971, 1441, 1477-78, 1638, 1684, 1956-59, 19~4J. 1996 .

Waikiki Hawaiian Church {see CHURCHES)

Waikiki Improvement Association, 1808

Waikiki Inn, 5, 797, 1001 Waikiki-Kapahulu Library, 1808-9 Waikiki King Apartment-Hotel,

1318 Waikiki Natatorium, 105-6, 763,

975' 1053' 1239-40' 1345' 1346' 1360, 1410, 1411, 1412, 1432-33, 1995

Waikiki Pee Wee Golf, 158, 160, 513, 1656

Waikiki Public Baths, 1432 Waikiki Shell, 975 Waikiki Social Club, 35-36 Waikiki Surf Club, 690, 1138 Waikiki Tavern, 5, 16, 52, 54,

76-77, 78, 91, 93, 690, 797, 970' 972' 1000' 1054' 1344' 14ZJJ. 1677' 1972-73

Waikiki Theater, 7, 185, 268-69, 715

Waikikians (band), 1084 Waimanalo {O'ahu), 1306 Wai'oli Tea Room, 683 Waley, Bill, 1080 Walker, Jimmy, 1101 Walker, T.G.S., 1248, 1252 Wall-Nichols Co., Ltd., 1221, 1508-

9 Ward Estate {aka "Old Plantation"),

199-200, 274, 966, 972 Warner, Robert, Inc., 1784 Washington Intermediate School,

389, 449, 450, 451-52, 972, 1651, 1960

Washington Place, 1198-99 Watanabe family, 900, 907-8, 910,

912, 1426, 1456 Water supply, 5, 598 Watertown {O'ahu), 285-86, 1070,

1071 Way, Margaret, 1079-80 Weild family, 989, 990 Whales, 677, 708 Wheselau, Mari, 860 White, Nora Auna, 1346 White family, 1458 Widemann family, 418, 419, 486,

794, 795 Wilder family, 970, 1736 Willard Inn, 1768-69 Williams, "Bayaw," 419, 1921-

22 Williams, Earl, 344 Williams, John, 672 Williams family, 417, 459, 495,

675, 927 Williams family {Weaver Lane),

666-67 Williams, Mortuary, 1312 Willows (restaurant), 595 Wilson, Mayor John H., 793, 808 Wing Hong

Kekaulike Market, 683 Wise, John, 19, 64, 761, 782,

786 Wist, Benjamin, 1202 Women

in laundry business, 316-17, 423, 427, 899-900, 901, 902,. 905, 913-14, 915, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890 {see also JOBS, TYPES OF, laundry, home; LAUNDRY, home business)

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Women (continued) as plantation workers, 283, 302 in politics, 1712 as waitresses, 1904

· Wond family, 778, 803 (see also LEMON WOND "RUSTY" HOLT, SR.)

Wong, Ella Ling (interview), 1818-44 and Ala Wai Canal, 1830-32 family of, 1841-44 and family farm and fishpond,

1828, 1830-31, 1841, 1842 family home of, Hobron Lane,

1819-20, 1822, 1825 siblings of, 1824-25 on Waikiki past and present,

1843-44 Wong, Jimmy, 1244 Wongham, Edward, family, 1405 Wood, Hart, 1735-36 Wood, Jenny, 1346 Woolsey, George, family, 588, 589,

1491, 1495, 1496, 1504 Work (see JOBS, TYPES OF) World War I

and effect on business, 726, 730, 731

Honolulu social activities during, 181

prisoner of war and escape during, 221-26, 234-40

World War II air raids during, 472, 474,

475' 1311 blackouts during, 186-87, 320,

398, 468, 469-70, 517-18, 705-6, 843, 1251, 1623, 1964

crashboat outfit on O'ahu during, 91-92

curfew during, 1553-54, 1908 and effect on business, 320

321, 398, 468-75, 707, 741-42, 843, 844

and effect on Waikiki residents, 1963-64

fishing prohibition during, 1506-7

food during, 1314, 1316 innoculations during, 1623 jobs during, 347-48, 465, 468-

69, 471-72, 519 and 1 oca 1 Japanese, 320, 321, ·

428-30, 473-74, 484, 844, 849-50, 1548-49

martial law during, 1252 O'ahu bases during, 1622 and Pearl Harbor attack, 62, 89,

186, 319-20, 1245-48, 1770, 1771-72

effect on Waikiki residents, 704-6, 1275, 1311-12, 1623, 1769, 1905, 1929

rationing during, 707-8, 1622-23

relations between police and armed forces during, 1253

transporting workers between Pearl Harbor and Waikiki during, 468-69

waterfront work during, 61-62 Wright, Mayor Fred, 1712-13 Wundernberg, Josephine, 1712 , 1713 Wyllie, Robert C., 1710

Yachting (see SPORTS) Yamaguchi family (Paoakalani

Avenue) , 1889 Yamamoto, Mrs . (dressmaker), 971

family, 429-30, 912, 1889 Yamamoto, "Skippy," 1081 Yamamura family, 1457 Yamashige family, 670, 680, 712-13,

927 Yamashiro, Andy, 618, 620, 624 Yamashiro family, 301 Yanagawa family, 1456 Yanagisawa, Mackey, 626 Yanagitsubo family, 1888 Yasumatsu, Taka and Toshio (inter-

view) , 826-50 family of, 843, 849 and Kapi'olani Clothes Clean­

ers (1927-1948), 836-44, 845-46, 971, 1456, 1479, 1888

on Waikiki past and present, 846, 848

on World War II business, 843, 844

Yasumatsu, Toshio childhood of, Japan, 827-30 and immigration to Hawai'i,

830-31 as Moana Hotel employee, 833-

34 schooling of, 828-30

Yee Hoy~ Charles, 697

Vee, Ah Kin "Ah Buck," 1141; (interview), 1014-33

as coin diver, 1016 and Hui Nalu Canoe Club, 1020,

1021-23, 1024-25

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and Mainland, 1020, 1026, 1027 and Outrigger Canoe Club, 1028,

1029-30 parents of, 1014-15 and Prohibition office, 1021,

1033 schooling of, 1019-20 siblings of, 1017 and swimming, 1017-19, 1027

Vim, Harry, 618 Vim family, 3 Yoichisako family, 1456 Yoshida Camp, 899, 900, 901, 1882,

1885 Yoshimoto, Teiki (interview), 282-

323 attitude toward other ethnic

groups, 289-90, 293, 306, 311-12, 315-16

as bootlegger, 306-7 family of, 282-85, 288, 293-94,

296-98, 304-7, 309, 312-14 and Honolulu Plantation Co.,

284-85, 288 as Mainland farmer, 309-12 in Pali Camp, 305-7 parents of, Chukichi and Tsuyo

Yoshimoto, 282-83, 288, 296, 304, 305

recalls Pearl Harbor attack, 319-20

schooling of, 289, 290, 292, 298-99, 307-9

on Waikiki past and present, 319-22

Yoshimura, Masayuki "Mahjong," (interview), 1452-84

and baseball, 1460, 1478-79 childhood home of, 131 •ohua

Ave., 1453-54, 1456, 1457, 1459 .

jobs of, 1466-67, 1479-83 and Nami-no-Kai (surfing club),

1462 parents of, Saisuke and Yatsu

Morinaka Yoshimura, 1452, 1453, 1460, 1463-65, 1466, 1475, 1480-82

and pre-World War II visit to Japan, 1476-77

schooling of, 1474-75, 1476-78, 1480

siblings of, 1453, 1465, 1468 and surfing, 1459, 1478 and swimming, 1467 on Waikiki past and present,

1484 and Yoshida Camp, 1882, 1883,

1885, 1886 Yoshimura, Saisuke and Yatsu

Morinaka (see MASAYUKI "MAHJONG" YOSHIMURA, parents of)

Yoshimura Cleaners, 680, 971, 1886, 1887

Young, Alexander, 199, 206-8, 215 Young, Bertha, 1027, 1053, 1179,

1736 Young Laundry, 1991

Zimmerman, "Red," 624 Zoo (see KAPI 1 0LANI PARK)

- -WAIKIKI, 1900-1985:

ORAL . HISTORIES

Valume I

ORAL HISTORY PROJECT Sacial Scienca Resaarch Institute

University al Kawai •i-Minaa

June 1985