39 Years AgoFrom the April 19, 1961 issue WHALE OF A JOB – County workmen have not yet disposed of the carcass of a 62-foot whale which washed up in a cave near Kealia Wednesday afternoon. The whale washed around
39 Years AgoFrom the April 19, 1961 issue
WHALE OF A JOB –
County workmen have not yet disposed of the carcass of a 62-foot whale which
washed up in a cave near Kealia Wednesday afternoon. The whale washed around in
the small bay for more than a day until a Lihue Plantation harvesting crane and
a county bulldozer maneuvered it up onto the rocky beach where workmen could
begin burning it … Every day since then the county workmen have lit huge
fires running the length of the carcass in an effort to destroy the whale’s
huge bulk. Estimates of a whale’s weight range from 40 to 60 tons. Old tires
and wood from trees cut down to make the Wailua golf course extension have been
used to start new fires each day. The job has probably taken enough wood to
balance the whale’s carcass on a giant scale.
COUNTY HERD – The Kaua’i
Police Relief Association has asked the Kaua’i Police Commission to allow the
association to raise cattle on the county fail grounds at Wailua.
CLEANING
UP – After more than a year of study and planning a commercial laundry and
linen supply firm is being established on Kaua’i. The firm is Kauai Laundry,
Inc., headed by John Ilalaole Jr., president, Hartwell Blake, vice president
and Harry Kawamura, secretary-treasurer.
Mr. Ilalaole stated that from all
indications there is a definite and growing need for such an establishment ot
provide a vital service to our expanding hotel industry.
HUBCAPS BACK
IN SEASON – the theft of two front wheel covers crom a car was reported to
police by Yoshito Oyama of Port Allen on Thursday.
He told Waimea officers
that the hubcaps were taken from his car the night of April 8. He said he went
to see a movie at Kaumakani and later visited the Kaua’i High School carnival
the same night.
HUNTERS LOSE DOGS – Kaua’i pig hunters are up in arms
over a well organized attempt to poison trained pig dogs wholsale.
At least
15 dogs have died suddenly and violently during the past 10 days after eating
poisoned food packets found near hunting trails in the mauka sections of
Hanama’ulu and Wailua…
Most of the dogs killed in the poison campaign
were regarded as the best dogs in their owners packs. One Lawa’i man lost six
dogs and a Lihue man reportedly lost four.
SHARING ALOHA – The cast of
“Blue Hawai’i” left with special aloha for the people of Kaua’i and especially
the well-mannered teenagers.
Many of the cast and crew commented that this
is the one island which they will make a point of returning to in the
future.
Onlookers who watched the filming of the wedding scene exclaimed
about the beautiful colors in the costumes and leis that were used. Many Kaua’i
people will be watching eagerly for the release of the movie.
The Coco
Palms management remarked that the cast and crew were wonderful. They even
hired a man with a broom to sweep up after them so as not to leave any litter
on the Coco Palms grounds.
Fond alohas passed between the local people and
the departingcast at the farewell party at Coco Palms on Tuesday
night.
80 Years Ago
From the April 20, 1920
PLEASANT
OUTING – After a most delightful week spent at the seaside home, Haena, Mrs.
William Hyde Rice returned Monday with her guests, Mrs. Edward Swan, Miss
Lottie Jordan, Miss Katherine McIntrye, Mrs. Helen Flors rice, Miss Eleanor
Scott and Miss Geraldine Morelock of Honolulu.
GOOD MUSIC – Those of
the movie fans who have long been “fed up” on the whiz-bang variety of music
that they have had to endure are thoroughly enjoying the new reels that have
recently been secured. It is certainly a relief to hear something melodious,
skillfully rendered on the piano player. Whoever is responsible for the
selection of these new pieces and the proper method of manipulating the player
piano deserves a special vote of thanks from the community.
66 Years
Ago
From the April 17, 1934 issue
A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT – The palatial
yacht Hussar, owned by E.J. Hutton, came into Nawiliwili harbor last Wednesday
morning. She was a beautiful sight as she was seen out at sea coming in and she
attracted a large crowd. On board were Mrs. and Mrs. Hutton, Walter Dillingham,
Earl Thacker and others.
MIDNIGHT RAID – Two burlars were caught in action
last Tuesday night robbing the Hanama’ulu Chop Sui House just after midnight.
Captain Antone Fernandez with Officers William Keau and Stanley Oana while
passing the cafe, heard a noise in the place and decided to investigate. They
peeped through a window and saw the two boys emptying a slot machine of its
money.
EXPLOSION – One acre of sugar cane and a large section of grass
land were burned near the Kalahono section of the Koloa Sugar plantation last
Saturday afternoon as a result of an explosion of a tank containing grass
poison.
Employees with cane knives, fire extinguishers and buckets were
rushed to the scene on trucks and trains and extinguished the fire after
fighting it for an hour.
