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1969: Wahiawa trees saved
with necks on chop blockSTATE highway crews were about to chop down a group of giant poinciana trees growing on Kam Highway near Wahiawa more than a year ago, but Mililani town landscape gardener Goro Nakamura yelled "Woodsman, spare that tree," or something like that, and now has eight tons' worth of trees blooming on one of Mililani's bustling avenues. (Sept. 12, 1969) ...
THE Hy Greensteins were dining at Nick's the other night when a waiter brought over a note scribbled on a napkin. It was too dark to read, so Greenstein tossed it away. Five minutes later, another note, also crumpled and disposed of. Finally, the note-sender came over to the Greenstein table, and Hy's teeth nearly fell out when Nixon crony Murry Chotiner delivered personal greetings from the prez. (Sept. 7, 1970) ...
THE London Observer carried an ad by TWA that shows famous scenes from 40 American cities, and there is Waikiki and Diamond Head -- facing he wrong way. The photo was flopped and so did the ad. (Sept. 12, 1971) ...
WRITER Gavan Daws has been asked to draft the text for a plaque that will be placed on or near the statue of Father Damien in the U.S. Capitol. Gov. John Burns has agreed that a plaque would help explain the unusual-looking man Hawaii has chosen to honor in Statuary Hall. (Sept. 12, 1971) ...
THE Arthur Murrays feted HVB prexy Jack Simpson and wife Anne on their 25th wedding anniversary. Jack must have married her right out of grammar school! ... Ego deflater: Returning to find that the slug line "Dave Donnelly is on vacation" was placed right over an ad that began, "Who Cares?" (Sept. 11, 1973) ...
STAPLES: Hot Dog Annie sends evidence that the latest claim by ear staplers is that they can promote breast enlargement. That follows after making you quit smoking, lose weight and regain potency. We were ready for an all-purpose staple until the breast-enlargement claim entered the picture. Annie reports that her good pal Charlotte Simmons (formerly with the "Five-O" casting office) used up her whole stapling machine in hopes of emulating Raquel Welch, but so far it hasn't helped. (Sept. 9, 1975) ...
SINGER Emma Veary is returning to the Halekulani where she once starred, and beginning Sept. 17 will do a cameo appearance with Ed Kenney & Bev Noa as part of the 10-week countdown to the hotel's closing. (Sept. 10, 1979) ...
THE latest headache that Silver Cloud Limousine Service owner Jim Wilkinson had to endure came when a pickup truck locked wheels and slammed into the side of his brand-new Lamborghini. (How you say "ouch" in Italian?) The truck that caused the damage is owned by a local peanut company, and Wilkinson is hoping that's not what the insurance company will be using to pay him off. (Sept. 11, 1986) ...
TWENTY years ago there'd have been a miniriot at the airport, but yesterday, George Harrison, one-fourth of the Beatles of yore, boarded an Aloha Airlines plane to return to his Maui home with nary a ripple of recognition. ... That contrasts with Kareem Abdul-Jabbbar, who is, of course, physically much more imposing than Harrison, not to mention at the top of game with the L.A. Lakers. He frequently commutes between his Kauai digs and Honolulu, also on Aloha. That first-class legroom comes in handy when you're more than 7 feet tall. Once he entered the Executive Club lounge, some Lakers fans spotted him and asked if they, too, could get into the lounge and talk to him. Told it was for first-class passengers only, they upgraded their tickets just to join Kareem in the lounge for a few moments. (Sept. 12, 1986) ...
SIGN painter Mike Mahoney and his wife, Linda, became parents of a baby girl they named Molly Shizu Mahoney. Mahoney, whose ancestors hailed from County Cork in Ireland, and Linda, who is Japanese, figure the baby qualifies as a "Cork-Asian." To which Jim Lauderdale added, "Sort of a harp-a-haole?" (Sept. 10, 1990) ...
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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
