1939
1939
Hilo the Sunny City: Tribune Herald’s Sunshine Chart. SOME PEOPLE ARE NOW COMPLAINING OF TOO MUCH SUNSHINE: With every day during the week ending August 5 registering 70% or more SUNSHINE on the Tribune-Herald’s SUNSHINE CHART, many Hiloites are complaining of too much SUNSHINE and too much HEAT. With Hawaii National Park only 30 miles away with cool, invigorating breezes, we Hilo residents are sure lucky because we can get an entirely different climate if the recent wave of SUNSHINE and HEAT continues. Write and tell your friends to visit Hilo and the Big Island for a real vacation!
As part of the program of entertainment for the ship personnel on board the Nippon and Kaiwo Maru during their sojourn in Hilo, the Hilo Japanese association sponsored a free entertainment for them last evening at the Yamatoza theater. Capt. Nishizawa of the Nippon Maru and Sawaichi Fujita, representing the Japanese association, were the main speakers of the evening. The program opened with a Sanba-So dance featuring Tsukie and Tsutae Hirai, Hatsue Kawachi and Sadako Abe. The Arakawa store orchestra led by Eichi Sadamoto was one of the highlights of the program. Vocalists included such talented local singers as Amy Fujii, Chiyomi Furukawa and Toshiyuki Aoyagi. Among the dancers for the evening were the Misses Murakami, Sumiyoshi, Nobuko and Yukiko Takemoto, Yukiko Saito, Mimaki and Okamoto. The Misses Kataoka and Isa did a tap dance.
Tenryu Nakamura of Mt. View, well-known sumo wrestler, entertained with a ventriloquism in the style of Edgar Bergen-Charlie McCarthy which proved one of the most popular numbers of the evening. Members of the Taishoji YBA club contributed two one-act plays which were excellently presented. Several of the ship cadets and officers entertained with singing, music and stories. Similar programs will be held again tonight and tomorrow night at the Yamatoza.
1964
More than 200 persons will soon be hired to work at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Leslie H. Moore Jr., manager of the extensive new Laurance Rockefeller resort near Hapuna Beach, said yesterday. Moore and Mrs. (Betty) Moore were in Hilo yesterday, having arrived on the Big Island early this week. They made contacts and discussed details in connection with their hotel employment project prior to the March opening of the hotel with the picture post card bay. At least 20 kinds of Big Island workers will take positions with the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel.
1989
Outrigger Canoe Club won the Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association’s state championship Saturday for the Oahu powerhouse’s sixth-straight title. Hilo’s Kamehameha took first place in the AA division for teams with seven to 14 crews entered. Pacing Kamehameha’s 60 points was a win by the team’s state champion men’s junior crew. In the A division, for clubs with six or less crews, Hilo’s Keaukaha won with 27 points, followed by Kai Ehitu from Kona with 24 points and Oahu’s Leeward Kai with 18 points. In AA division placings of other Big Island crews, Kona’s Kai Opua finished tied for fifth with Surf Sports and Puna finished seventh with 14 points. Kawaihae finished sixth in the A division, followed by Keauhou (12th), Wailani (tied for 14th) and Keauoa (tied for 16th).
The Oahu-based AAA division club Outrigger paddled 30 crews in 30 events to compile 160 points in the 39th annual state regatta at Hanakao Beach Park in Maui. Hui Nalu of Oahu was second with 120 points, while Oahu’s Kailua Canoe Club had 115 points to take third. AAA clubs entered at least 15 crews.
This Day in History is compiled by Brandon Haleamau for the Tribune-Herald using newspaper archives. Whenever possible, the news accounts provided in this column were taken verbatim from the newspaper.