Wary's golden touch to Elks
WARY of selecting the wrong food service/bar operator at one of Hawaii's greatest locations, Elks Club members seem to have set their sights on the perfectly named Ed Wary as the answer to their problem. Wary, who owns Auntie Pasto and is a partner in the enormously successful Dixie Grill and the new Outback Steakhouse, should make a winner out of the Elks Club operation. Club members are understandably reluctant to open the club to the public, but they're hoping that Wary will make the setting and service and cuisine so inviting, that it will inspire more people to become members. Incidentally, Wary is also Hawaii director in the National Restaurant Association, which is holding a gala benefit to celebrate the return of "Stomp" to the Hawaii Theatre Dec. 16. The fund-raiser, a benefit for the NRA Political Action Committee, begins at Wary's Dixie Grill with its signature "Trash Can Buffet," a perfect selection in view of the "Stomp" theme of flash with trash ...
I'VE proclaimed myself in print an unofficial fan club member for young actress Kathleen Stuart after seeing her in such stage productions as "Little Shop of Horrors" and "South Pacific." So it is with pleasure that I report the 16-year-old Castle High student is playing the female lead in "It's a Wonderful Life," which will begin a new holiday tradition at Diamond Head Theatre when the musical opens Dec. 5th. Yes, it's based on the classic Jimmy Stewart film. The musical, which replaces "Scrooge" at DHT, will run through Dec. 21 ...
Gung ho!
AS any Marine will tell you, there's no such thing as a "former Marine." Once a Marine, always a Marine. We offer you Richard A. "Doc" Doherty as an example. He recently sent a cablegram to the commandant of the Marine Corps. The correspondence followed a day after the hastened resignation of the Army's top personnel official, Sara Lister, after she called Marines "extremists." He expressed his views to the commandant: "Thank you, Sir. Proudly I served. Korea, Mid-East, 'Nam.' On behalf of my fallen comrades and those presently taking their places, a job 'well done,' Marine. Your outrage echoed from Tripoli to the Gates of Heaven to the Hall of Congress and within the heart of every United States Marine, evermore. 'Semper Fi.' " Under his signature he added "USMC/MUSTANG/RET/EVERMORE" and for good measure threw in "cc/Duty Officer, Heaven." The cablegram cost Marine Doherty $70, and as he puts it, "worth every penny." ...AMONG those I ran into Friday night at the Hard Rock Cafe where Tom Moffatt was celebrating 40 years of rock 'n' roll in Hawaii was KHET G.M. Don Robbs. The next day, he reminded me, was the day we were together (on the air at K-POI) when President John F. Kennedy was killed. I'd remembered, but he added that we were on this very spot just a few hours later. Sure enough, we'd hied to Coco's for a bite to eat once the turmoil eased a bit. So, we were standing where we were when Coco's was where the Hard Rock is today ...
Another nonagenarian
THERE aren't many among us who reach the age of 90, especially when they've led such an active life as architect Val Ossipoff, who becomes a nonagenarian today. He's still working, too, recently wrapping a project in Japan. Ossipoff was one of the first from Hawaii to get the award of Fellow from the American Institute of Architects. There are still only a handful in Hawaii who've received that award ...
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