Hawaii
[ THE WEEK THAT WAS ]
WHAT gives? City Council Chairman Walter Heen sponsored a bill that would allow drinking in the parks, but when just such a bill came to a vote, he voted against it. Heen said it reminded him of the time Winnie the Pooh was given a balloon by Christopher Robin and it floated into the sky, so he called on a bee to pop the balloon so he could get it down. "I feel like Pooh Bear must have felt when he shot down his own balloon," Heen lamented. (Aug. 28, 1969) ... 1969: City Council and
shades of Winnie the PoohBy Dave Donnelly
ddonnelly@starbulletin.comAFTER the bash for Sen. Hiram Fong at the Coral Ballroom the other night, it took those parked on the top deck 65 minutes to get out of the parking garage. One decoration at the dinner was short-lived -- some wag hung a Neil Abercrombie poster on the wall, but it was quickly yanked down. (Aug. 28, 1970) ...
PLANS are now under way to celebrate the 150th anniversary of printing in Hawaii. The first printed words were struck on the press at the Mission Houses on King Street on Jan. 7, 1922. The Rev. Edith Wolfe says of that first missionary printing venture, "Faith is sending an apprentice printer with a secondhand press to a people that have no written language." (Aug. 27, 1971) ... When top businessmen from Japan and the United States were at Makaha, the meeting was covered by the New York Times, among other papers, and a picture showing several of the top execs with financier Chinn Ho, owner of the Makaha Inn, appeared in the Times last week. While the other execs were identified, Chinn was captioned as the Makaha golf course operator. Some operator! (Aug. 31, 1971) ...
ZZZZZZ. Dr. Clarence Chang, who had an acupuncture treatment last week in an attempt to cure 30 years of sleepless nights, is sleeping like a baby these nights. The first night after the treatment, the UH regent slept the entire night, and he's been sleeping well ever since. Wait until Sominex hears about this! (Aug. 29, 1973) ...
THE reception that film producer Allan Carr threw for old friend Marvin Hamlisch Friday evening gave localites a fine opportunity to see Carr's striking Diamond Head Road Japanese home and gardens and contribute to the Honolulu Symphony at the same time. Scores of people did just that. Carr had a literal squadron of valets on hand to park guests' cars and even had a couple of security men placed in strategic positions along the beach wall to make sure no one crashed the place, which is located right on the water ... Carr gave lots of tours of the place showing off his new hot tub ("a gift from Ann-Margret and Roger Smith,") and the piano Elton John used to compose songs from his latest album. He gave thanks on the liner notes "to Allan Carr's Hawaiian piano," says Carr. (Aug. 31, 1981) ...
FUNNY scene across from the Alexander Young Building demolition site -- the mannequins in the window of Bartley's Town & Country are all dressed in hard hats. (Aug. 25, 1981) ... Local physician Dr. Norman Goldstein will be addressing the Tucson, Ariz., Rotary Club Sept. 7, and the title of his talk is "Tutus with Tattoos in Tucson." Tut, tut. (Aug. 29, 1983) ...
CENTRAL Pacific Bank VP Paul Yamashige participated in the Kuakini Medical Center's "T-off for Humanity" golf tourney but ended up pretty teed off himself -- he was stung by a bee at the 14th hole and had to be treated at Waianae General. (Aug. 30, 1983) ...
WHEN Sylvester Stallone talked localite Gary Compton into returning to his bodyguard corps, he sweetened the offer by saying he'd take him along to Paris and Israel where for the next 10 weeks he'll be shooting the newest "Rambo" flick. Compton couldn't turn Rambo down, and is now off with him to the City of Lights. (Aug. 25, 1987) ...
ATTORNEY Allan Gifford and Worrall-McCarter's Mary Begler fought it out for the "chocolate suicide cake" up for bids at the Alzheimer's Association benefit. Begler won, but the cake cost her more than $200. No wonder they call it a "suicide" cake. (Aug. 27, 1991) ...
Dave Donnelly has been writing on happenings
in Hawaii for the Star-Bulletin since 1968.
The Week That Was recalls items from Dave's 30 years of columns.Contact Dave by e-mail: ddonnelly@starbulletin.com