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1969: Johnson & Johnson
heir hopes to find a BountyTHE heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, Nick Rutgers, is planning an expedition to find the lost ship Bounty in South Pacific waters. The grandson of the man who founded Rutgers University, Nick will conduct the search in conjunction with National Geographic magazine. A longtime Honolulu pal, Don Over, is considering signing aboard. (July 11, 1969) ...
THE hirsute set should be pleased by a study conducted by San Jose State University psychology prof Robert Pellegrini. He determined that "there seems to be a positive relation between the amount of hair on the person's face and the perception of him as masculine, mature, good-looking, self-confident, courageous, liberal, nonconformist and industrious." We'll drink to that! (July 9, 1973) ...
OVERHEARD at the Red Vest (where Rudy Biale is now running the show), "He's so cheap that the only time he'll pick up a check is when it's made out to him." ... There was Tosh Kaneshiro, of Columbia Inn, on the eighth hole of the K-Bay golf course when he reached deep into his golf bag and pulled out a paper sack. Then Tosh proceeded to extract two boiled eggs and a salt shaker from the bag and grabbed a snack -- a little quick energy, perhaps? His playing partner, Col. Bob Shuford, was amused by the display and offered, "Shucks, Tosh, I'd have been happy to buy you lunch." (July 10, 1973) ...
REMEMBER that BOAC plane that had its wheels sink into the asphalt at Honolulu Airport as it made a wrong turn in preparing to taxi for takeoff? Well, one famous passenger on the plane who went unnoted at the time was Gregory Peck, and he's been telling Hollywood pals that the incident resembled "something out of 'Laugh-In.'" Peck and his fellow passengers had to shift to another plane before proceeding to L.A. (July 11, 1973) ...
THERE was Walter Dods at Le Chateau telling fellow diners that he's taking his first vacation in years from his job as First Hawaiian Bank senior veep. Walter planned to stay home and work in his garden, but he hadn't been away for a week when his boss, bank prexy John Bellinger, called to tell him he was expected to play paddle tennis on Sunday at Makaha -- departure time 6 a.m. Some vacation, huh, Walt? (July 9, 1974) ...
SEAFLITE'S Bill Henderson had to call the carpet cleaners into his office the other day. While he was having lunch with cronies Mary Charles, of Sea Life Park, and Ron Adams, of Sheraton, confederates of theirs were delivering a gift to Henderson's office -- a baby pig. And the pig, naturally, had left little reminders of his presence all over the carpet. Henderson may have the last laugh, however. He sent the pig over to Vic Given, who runs the Kauai office for SeaFlite, and the pig (named Sherry, for Sheraton) will likely end up as the main course at the hydrofoil firm's Christmas luau once Given fattens it up. (July 7, 1977) ...
HOLIDAY Inn-Airport has donated two rare thick-bill parrots, Pete and Paula, to the Honolulu Zoo after 10 years of residency at the hotel. Zooperintendent Jerry Marr will formally accept the birds, valued at $5,000, at a ceremony Friday at the Zoo. Nature is taking its course, however, and the birds will not be on public display since they're nesting. (July 9, 1980) ...
HERE'S one whopper that wasn't from Burger King. A friend sent Nicholas Nickolas maitre d' Skip Lambert a huge salmon from the Northwest, packed in a large box filled with dry ice. Skip elected to have the fish smoked rather than cooked, so he called a neighbor who lived down the beach and asked if he could use his smoker. The guy said yes, so Lambert picked the salmon up by the gills and headed down the beach. (Don't get ahead of me on this now!) Sure enough, he passed a small group of net fishermen who said, "Where'd you get that?" "Oh," Lambert deadpanned, "they're running like crazy off Wailupe Point." The fishermen made tracks in that direction and may still be looking for their first catch. (July 6, 1988) ...
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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