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1970: So who says women
can’t get along over fashion?NORMALLY, women have fits if they show up at an elegant party in identical gowns, but it happened at the Kahala Hilton bash for outgoing GM Bob Burns and all was calm -- at least on the surface. Ginger Tong and Susan Inoue, dates of artist John Young and Burns respectively, wore the same dress but laughed it off, being good friends. (Dec. 2, 1970) ...
HEY, Charlie! Connie Wright still can't get over the kind Charlie's Taxi driver who took her son to the kids' opera chorus rehearsal at Kawaiaha'o Church last week. When the driver discovered the youngster had but $4 and the fare was $5, he said, "OK, give me the four bucks and sing a few songs." The boy sang "Joy to the World" in Hawaiian and "Some Children See Him." When he finished, the driver said, "Chris, you're a good lad," and handed him back a dollar. (Dec. 3, 1971) ...
EVERY author hopes his book will be reviewed in the prestigious New York Times Book Review, and a few even hope that it will be reviewed on the coveted front page of the tabloid. Well, localite Maxine Hong Kingston (who teaches creative writing at Mid-Pacific Institute) has accomplished that feat with her very first book, "The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts." A large drawing by David Suter accompanied the review by another woman author, Jane Kramer. This is the second time Kingston's book has been reviewed in the Times. Chief culture editor John Leonard earlier wrote a rave on it in the daily paper, which is separate from the Book Review, which comes out on Sundays. Kramer also waxes enthusiastic about the book that she calls "a brilliant memoir." (Dec. 2, 1976) ...
WHEN Joan Oren was planning the reception to follow the bar mitzvah and bas mitzvah for her twins, Tammy and Brammy, she asked John Alves -- who then worked at Matteo's -- to cater it. "Where else would you go for good Jewish food except an Italian restaurant?" reasoned Oren. (Dec. 4, 1978) ...
TALL and brave: Pilipo Solatorio, who operates the camera safaris for Molokai Ranch, is delighted to report that for the first time, the four giraffes on the property have grown brave enough to stroll to his van and eat from his hand. Camera bugs must be going wild catching that action. (Dec. 1, 1981) ...
THIS may not be a record, but there are 28 pretty fair-size Christmas trees spread throughout John Dominis. The restaurant is now fully operational after being closed for a bit due to severe damage from Hurricane Iwa. ... Funniest line about Iwa arrived here a week late, along with the Johnny Carson show. Said Carson, "The winds were so strong that for the first time, Jack Lord's hair was mussed." (Dec. 6, 1982) ...
AN attractive 35-year-old friend of mine got an obscene call the other day that was overhead by her teenage son on an extension phone. "What was that all about?" he asked her. "It's just a pervert," she explained. "Wow," said the kid, "he must be pretty desperate to be calling you." She thought seriously about slugging him but held back. (Dec. 5, 1983) ...
IT was hard to concentrate on the jewelry being modeled at yesterday's Kahala Hilton luncheon because jewelry designer Bernie Hurtig had lined up 10 of the state's most attractive models to wear his designs. There's also the chance you could fall in love with a ring worth, say, $70,000! (Nov. 30, 1984) ...
REMIND me to add Danny Kaleikini to the list of people who make Thanksgiving special in Hawaii. The entertainer, who is chairman of the Salvation Army's kettle drive this year, flew back from a six-day trip to Japan in time to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "Hawaii Ponoi" at the Army's Thanksgiving dinner opening ceremonies at Blaisdell Center. He'd come directly from the airport with no sleep for two days and helped make Thanksgiving especially nice for the 2,000 needy citizens there for the annual feast. (Dec. 2, 1985) ...
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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
