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Hawaii Dave Donnelly |
1969: ‘Macbeth’ plays to
‘murderers’ row’ in Guam jailFORMER isle resident Roy McGalliard is visiting here along with his bride of three months. He was married in Guam where, he reports, marriage licenses are cheaper than dog licenses: $2 compared with $5 for Fido. Roy directed "Macbeth," and his cast performed at the Guam Territorial Prison. He tells us that the front row -- murderers all -- loved the death scene ... If Mai Thi Dang, the Vietnamese gal who graduated from Punahou last week, married Ken Purdy, she'd be Mai Thi Dang Purdy (and she is, too). (June 2, 1969) ...
CASE dismissed: Don Case, a Mauna Kea golf course employee, reported one of the most unusual job accidents you'll ever hear of. He was working on an irrigation valve when a fly flew into his right eye and "laid eggs," causing conjunctivitis. His eye's OK now, thanks to the doctor who removed the incubating larvae, Dr. Nesting. You don't have to believe any of that, but it's true. (June 4, 1973) ...
IT was nostalgia time around Canlis' Monday night when who should walk in and join Martin Denny on stage but Arthur Lyman. It was the first time the two had played together since Lyman left the original Denny group to form his own back in 1957. Also performing was Harold Chang, Denny's drummer, who backed Lyman for 16 years. (June 5, 1974) ...
WHAT could be the town's biggest garage sale takes place Saturday at Yacht Harbor Towers. It's the second annual such sale where residents haul goods to ... the garage, where else? (June 3, 1975) ... Jack Gallagher, of the Heart Association, was running along the side of the road in Hawaii Kai at the unholy hour of 4 a.m. when a car swerved over and brushed him. The next thing he knew, the car smashed into a tree up ahead. Out jumped a teenager in a tuxedo, on his way home from a prom party. The young man's only comment: "My dad's gonna kill me." (June 4, 1978) ...
IT was reunion time in Hawaii as Asaichi Yasuda, founder of Kapaa's landmark Yasuda Store, and garden writer Fortunato Teho observed the 60th anniversary of their graduation from Kapaa Grammar School over dinner ... Speaking of old-timers, Bob Barker, host and producer of KHET's "Pau Hana Years," is about to face "Pau Hana Time" himself. He's retiring at the end of the month after 13 years of hosting the Channel 11 show, and co-workers feted him this afternoon with a retirement luncheon. (June 7, 1979) ...
AMERICA'S only AJA astronaut, Capt. Ellison Onizuka, of Kealakekua, Hawaii, arrives in the islands tonight to do some public relations work for the space agency. KITV has arranged to fly in his mother, Mrs. Mitsue Onizuka, from the Big Isle to surprise him at the airport. (June 5, 1980) ...
A COUPLE of well-known people were browsing in Rare Discoveries in the Ward Warehouse, testing to see if the place is well named: Elton John and Jack Nicholson. (June 1, 1981) ...
MORE community service. Back in February, I mentioned that Kualapuu School on Molokai had organized a campaign to gather sales receipts from Foodland stores. The school wanted to qualify for the chain's offer of computers in exchange for certain amounts of receipts. It was a tricky deal, since Foodland has no stores on Molokai. But now Principal Randolph Kobayashi advises me that since the item appeared, they began receiving receipts from people who wanted to help. The result? They now are the proud owners of two IBM computers. He particularly wanted to thank the Kalahiki ohana. Annie Kalahiki and Alice Kalahiki sat in front of Foodland stores until the wee hours to fulfill the school's objective. Says Kobayashi: "Our faith in mankind, to a degree, has been restored. Had you not taken the effort to bring it to the attention statewide, we would be without the computers today. Thank you very much. You have provided Kualapuu School a very definite positive." That's one of the happiest letters I've received of late. I couldn't be happier to have been of service to Hawaii's educational efforts. (June 1, 1992) ...
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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