Hawaii
ANYONE REALIZE that pioneer astronaut John Glenn was in town over the weekend? He arrived Saturday and left the following day for Tokyo -- heading around the world. Now an exec for Royal Crown Cola, Glenn called Japan Air Lines before takeoff to request a six pack of his product be aboard the plane and on ice. (May 6, 1969) ... 1974: Streaking for fun
and charity still a
popular pursuitTHE WEEK THAT WAS
You may be under the impression that streaking is passe, but be advised it's still a crowd-pleaser. We attended two events yesterday and streaking was a highlight in both. The first streaker was at the Variety Club Women's benefit brunch at the Coral Ballroom and the audience roared its approval when a 2-year-old streaked across the modeling ramp. No fair, you say? Then let's move on to the second streaker, a young man who jogged rather than streaked around the race course at the "Wheels for the Bishop Museum" benefit at the Ilikai's marina. Chinn Ho offered to kick in $100 to the museum if someone would streak, and the anonymous benefactor agreed without hesitation. He was cheered lustily all around the ace course. Perhaps the museum could display a malo in his honor (May 6, 1974)...
IT'S called mundoo," said a regular at the Columbia Inn round table of the day's special, (because that's what Frenchmen say after they eat it: "Mon Dieu!" ... There was quite a little impromptu music fest at the same restaurant Thursday at lunchtime when six women from the Kodak Hula Show dropped by with their instruments and began singing. Pressman Grover Lee was enjoying the music so much that he went home to get his bass fiddle so he could join in -- and he lives in Kaneohe! Others joining the ladies were Keith Haugen and Gene Kaneshiro, son of the Inn's owner, Tosh Kaneshiro. The music went on until 6 p.m. (April 29, 1979) ...
THE father-in-law of Carlos Barboza of the Aliis took his first plane ride ever to visit his daughter, Luisa Barboza, and because he speaks no English, the group members have been busy brushing up on their Spanish. Joe Mundo, for one, probably wishes he'd included a few choice squelches after dining at a restaurant where a waitress asked him, "Aren't you with the Society of Seven?" After he set her straight -- in English -- she never returned. (April 30, 1981)...
WE take you now to the courtroom of Judge Harold Fong, where the docket informed him that a woman who claimed to have written a song used by McDonald's in a jingle, was suing the chain for $4 million. He sat and listened impassively as she sang the song, though it happened to be one he was known to dislike. Finally, the woman told the judge she was feeling warm, so she whipped off her dress, revealing a little French maid outfit under it. Everyone in the courtroom sat there with straight faces, as did Judge Fong, who thought he'd seen everything up until then. It wasn't until the woman, Sundae Merrick, of Eastern Onion, started singing "Happy Birthday," that the judge realized he'd been had by members of his staff who had rigged the elaborate plot and played along with it. (April 30, 1993)...
The Week That Was recalls events culled from Dave Donnelly's
three-dot columns over the past 30 years. Donnelly continues to write
his Hawaii column Tuesdays through Fridays in the Star-Bulletin.
Dave Donnelly has been writing on happenings
in Hawaii for the Star-Bulletin since 1968.
His columns run Monday through Friday.Contact Dave by e-mail: ddonnelly@starbulletin.com