I THOUGHT I knew Ramsay pretty well but after reading Lance Tominaga's well-written piece on the artist in the August Aloha magazine, I learned even more. But Lance didn't find out the story about Ramsay and Michigan State Spartans football coach Biggie Munn. Ramsay's parents, Robert and Ruth Ann Ramsay, were resident advisers in the early-1950s for 1,500 MSU young men, including the football players. Little Ramsay was the darling of the team. She still has a football signed by the coach and team members. Munn, who had a blazing 28-game winning streak going from 1950-53, gave Ramsay his lucky silver dollar as a present. His team lost the very next game to the Purdue Boilermakers, 6-0 ...
Jim Nicholson
I CALLED former MSU and Kansas City Chiefs lineman Jim Nicholson, an attorney, to talk about the Ramsay-Munn connection. Jim was a Spartan in 1968-72. He referred me to Larry Cundiff. "He's the oldest Spartan around," said big Jim about Cundiff. Cundiff also coached prep star Nicholson at St. Louis. The "oldest Spartan" could not be reached for comment ...
BING FAI LAU, Class of '28, was the earliest grad attending Iolani's first Alumni Gathering last Saturday. Among the student-athletes on hand were: Roy Chong, '37; Eddie Hamada, '46; Masa Yonamine, '47; Ben Almadova, '51; Roy Nishioka, '55; Henry Hedani, '56; Elmer Takenishi, '58; Milton Oshiro, '61; Elroy Chong, '69; Chuck Nakoa, '70; Mufi Hannemann, '72; Armand Chong, '79, and Randy Inaba, '81. Headmaster Val Iwashita, '67, presented the Alumni Service Award to Ray W.C. Wong, '49. About 450 people attended the gathering at Iolani. Armand Chong and Debbie Malillay, '84, emceed the affair ...
ROBIN LEACH, "Young and the Restless" actress Victoria Rowell and their camera crew hit A Pacific Cafe after they went to Chai Chaowasaree's Singha Thai to Thai one on. Gosh, that sounds like one of Dean Witter stockbroker Bob Asakura's puny puns. Leach is filming a "Gourmet Getaways" special. Chai has a video showing how easy it is to cook Thai food - so he says ... The Hilton Village is tossing a cigar dinner Aug. 24. Wine and a four-course dinner by Bali chef Jean Luc Voegele in the Rainbow Suite will be followed by cigar smoking and cognac tasting, $65. These cigar dinners are catching on in many cities ... The Takanawa in the Hawaii Prince will hold a sake tasting and Japanese dinner Tuesday, $38 ...
A REUNION of former Aikane Catamarans employees will be held Aug 24. Call 847-3737 for info ... Ray Mews' prize-winning photo mentioned here recently was taken when he was with the Sioux Falls Argus Leader. The paper's name was incorrect here ... Cheers to Drs. John McGarren and James Gallup on opening the Ueno Medical Clinic in the Ilikai. It is affiliated with the Tokyo Ueno Clinic ...
