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1970: Marie Helvin making
waves in Japan as a modelFORMER local gal Marie Helvin, who moved to Japan last year and quickly became a popular model there, is on the cover of the international edition of Dressmaking magazine, available on newsstands locally. The 18-year old is also featured throughout the magazine. (May 19, 1970) ...
WHEN Gov. Burns first ran for his present job in 1962, his headquarters were in an old building at Nuuanu Avenue and Merchant Street, now refurbished and occupied by the new Royal Spaghetti House (2003 update: now Murphy's Bar & Grill). (May 19, 1971) ... After reading about some of the deals being pulled in Hawaii in recent days, KHVH owner Bob Berger quipped, "Monte Hall could be governor here in a day and a half." (May 23, 1973) ...
WE'VE found the story behind deejay Sam Sanford's sighting of a swan on a leash. Turns out he's a goose, not a swan, but then Sam did mention he'd been sampling some 151-proof rum just prior to the sighting. His name is Bozo, and he's the "watchgoose" of Virgil Jacobs, professor of anatomy at UH, who was taking him for a swim. The reason Jacobs calls him a "watchgoose" is that Bozo hisses whenever someone comes near the house. (We just print this stuff, people, don't blame us.) (May 23, 1973) ...
MAUI'S potato chip king Dewey Kobayashi has received more than 3,000 orders (and checks) since he appeared on the cover of Parade magazine. Kobayashi, who already had more orders than he can fill, and who is loathe to expand his operation for fear of ruining it (bravo!), has returned all of the checks. More than 50 people simply sent the check back and advised Dewey that they'd be willing to wait, no matter how long, for their chips. And now that tour buses have discovered his factory, Kobayashi had to erect a sign announcing a two-bag limit per person. (May 19, 1976) ...
WHEN Star-Bulletin photog Ken Sakamoto received an invitation to attend a world press photo exhibit in Germany, he was surprised to see his photo, which won third prize in the worldwide competition, was used on the cover of the invites. Sakamoto's photo showed a Japanese tourist couple taking a picture of themselves with a time release and was entitled "10 Seconds to Posterity." (May 21, 1978) ...
YOU have to like the name of the country-western group that opened a six-week gig last night at Paul Stoudt's Texas Paniolo Cafe in Punaluu. They call themselves -- with apologies to John Travolta -- the Bourbon Cowboys. (May 18, 1982) ... Renee Barkhorn, Ann Swan and Dave Eyre sampled the New York-style double martini featured on the new Canlis' luncheon menu, and all agreed on one thing: Not only do you get double gin and double olives, but pretty soon you begin to see double. (May 19, 1983) ...
NOW that Serge Battistetti has reopened his Italian eatery, Sergio's, for lunch, I stopped by there Friday with some friends and discovered to my chauvinistic surprise three young ladies modeling bathing suits table to table. But as each came by the table and announced her name: Heather, Harvest and, so help me, Fifi, we couldn't help but wonder what ever happened to names like Janet and Jane. (May 22, 1989) ...
THEODAVIES CEO David Heenan gets prominent mention in the current Time magazine article about small towns luring big companies from their urban headquarters. Heenan's new book on the subject, "The New Corporate Frontier: The Big Move to Small Town USA," also gets a national plug. Reader Paul Sturn remembers that Heenan was quoted in the Star-Bulletin around New Year's that his wish for 1991 was for a business bestseller. He may be on his way. (May 2, 1991) ...
THERE'S a new hostess bar called Club by Me. A downtown bar patron, asked why the club was so named, replied, "Because all conversations there begin with 'You buy me drink?'" (May 23, 1988) ...
Dave Donnelly has been writing on happenings in Hawaii for the Star-Bulletin since 1968. The Week That Was runs Sundays and recalls items from Dave's 30 years of columns. Contact Dave by e-mail: ddonnelly@starbulletin.com