Ei nei, you remembah? Chop Suey memories, Oahu 1940's and 1950's... Memories...da kine mo bettah shared...no? When you could buy one beeg sack See Moi fo one nickel... an den you ate da whole ting an lick da bag... Windward side ~ taro patches...rice paddies...waddah buffalo... An when you say Kaneohe, everybody know you talkin bout da pupule house... When da tallest buildin een Honolulu was da Aloha Towah... HRT...da Honolulu Rapid Transit... "Fort Street went Mauka, but now it go Makai... too many signs maka pia da eye... you can take you cah but as fo me... I holoholo wit da HRT"... Local boys keepin da kine bus fayah coin in dey eeyah... Da radio guys...J. Aku Head Pupule on KGMB in da mornins sayin "OK - all you SLOBS, it's time to GET UP!!!" wit his bells an alarms an whistles...hooooo!... Reggie Clutterbuck an his houseboy "Hatori"... Victor Eckland an his program Cabbages an Kings... Da "Bell Recods, Recawded in Hawaii" an da "49th State Hawaii Record Co., Honolulu, Hawaii" labels on da 78 rpm phonograph recods... Da populah song "Kong Kong Musi Mai"... When da YWCA was next to Fort DeRussy on Kalia Road on da beach...and you could rent a place fo keep you suf bod... When you lived in Honolulu, T.H. ... When Japenese business men wore hats wit da kine feddah leis & tucked in Aloha shirts... Signs on vacant an private propohty dat said KAPU... When wild boahs was hunted in Aina Haina... Where Ala Moana Shoppin Centah is...was one beeg swamp... Kids chantin...Ching Chong Chinaman, sittin on da fence, tryin fo make a dollah, outtah fifteen cents...red, white an blue, stahs ovah you, mama say, papa say, you pake... Rubbin maunaloa seeds on da sidewalk til dey get hot enough fo burn somebody's ahm... Grade school JPO's...Junyah Police Officahs in da white shirts, khaki pants, polished black shoes, red helmets an ahm bands...

Goin Satahday Matinay, Queen's Teeaytah...9 cents... Wearin Band-Aids an limpin fo try get into da Satahday Matinay witout you shoes... Climbin Banyon trees in da pahk... Flippin milk caps at recess...decidin who first by playin Jon Kanna Po... when you did sometin dumb evrybody went yell..."bakatade you!"... an when you did sometin bad dey go chant... "ahana koko lele...ahana koko lele!"... Singin da Thomas Jefferson Elementary School song... "Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson, Da school we love so well... Kanes an wahines all play so merrily neath the palms at Waikiki. Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson We will always be faithful an true Loyal sons and daughters of Hawaii Thomas Jefferson we love you!" Moonlight swimmin...bonfyahs on da beach...strummin ukuleles, singin an evrybody know da words to all da old Hawaiian songs... When you fren went call you...E, blah-lah...E bu...E, buggah, how you stay?... or E, blah...try come! Goin to Maunakea Street buy gingah leis... Da old Pali road wit da heyapin turns...an when it was really windy, da hood of da cah went blow open... Da old buildins on da beach at Waikiki... up on da kine wooden posts, extendin out into da sand...da waves went carry da sand away, an come lappin up against da posts...an ho, you go wonda how much longa goin stay lydat... Da sign wit one beeg picha of P. Y. Chong sayin... "ME P. Y. CHONG"...ovah top hees restaurant, Lau Yee Chai's... on da cahnah Kuhio & Kalakaua Avenue... Da bestest freshest poi at Ono's on Kapahulu Ave...also bestest Laulau, Kalua Pig, Opihi, sticky rice, Lomi Salmon, Pipikaula, Naau Puaa, Haupia...Broke da mout'! Ono grinds! When dollah bills went have "HAWAII" printed ovah da top... When da Honolulu Stadium was called da termite palace...an da guys spend da time spahking da wahines from undah da stands... da kine brown papah bags of boiled peanuts sold by squattin sellahs...football

playahs wit plenty leis an lipstick walkin off da field... Harry Bridges, da union leedah, calleen dock strikes... makin food shawtages... Sad Sam Ichinose... Kau Kau Kahnah, da place fo wala'au (talk story), wit da "Crossroads of da Pacific" sign out front...da mos photographed sign in da world...an da waitresses wearin da kine shawt skirts, soda hats an skates bringin da kau kau to da cah on one window tray... ho! dem hambuggah smell ono! "Aloha Oe...eat fish an poi"... Two-crust coconut pie... "Da Meltin Pot of da World"... "Da Paradise of da Pacific"... When da people who live in Waikiki went sold da lots... five dollah squaya foot, an dey tawt dey gitteen rich... Goin 49th State Faya all dem yeahs... an den in 1959 becomin da 50th state... Lookin at Diamond Head from Waikiki an all you could see was da Natatorium an da Elk's Club... Old Chinese ladies wearin dahk pake shirts wit long pants an bound feet, shufflin along... Japanese men in Kimonos carryin da kine towel an bah of soap... walkin to a stream in da evenin... Flyin da kine bright cula paypah Cop fish on Boy's Day... even if you no Japanese... Filipino men from Waipahu on da bus wit dey game cocks in cages on dey laps... Old Japanese squattin, waitin for da bus... Da Chinese mournahs walkin long Alani Drive in robes wit hoods, wailin an clangin cymbals an beatin drums on da way to da Manoa Chinese Cemetree... Tryin to find da kine coins wrapped in red paypah an pieces of tissue (wit holes dat evil spirits had to go tru)...from da Chinese funerals... Watchin Duke Paoa Kahanamoku surfin at Waikiki an shakin hands wit him as he went greet us aftah on da beach...

Beach boys wit da kine, ho'omalimali an Hawaiian music undah da palm trees at da Royal Hawaiian and da Moana... Surfahs wit 8 foot bods dat weigh one ton... Da Waikiki sand always go washin way an havin be replaced by sand from da windwad side... Old Chinese men playin mah-jongg undah da hau trees at Kuhio Beach... Saint Louis boys singin "We get ten tousand men steel yet, we gonna ween dees game you bet..." When we got excited fo see da beeg ship comin in... an really sad when it was leavin...even when we didn't know nobody on da ship...an da Lei sellahs evrywheyah... "Carnation lei, fifty cent...plumeria, tree fo dollah"... an local boys divin fo coins...beeg jelly fish...pretty ya? da tangle of streamahs from da ship to da shoah...da people on da ship tossin leis ovabod as da ship pull away... if dey float towad da showah, dey comin back... an evrybody want to be one of da lucky ones who go out on da pilot boat to meet da Matson ship... When KGU and KGMB...da only radio stations... Lots of piha'ekelo (mynah birds) on da sidewalks... manakuke (mongoose) livin in da neighbahhood tree... Going Pali lookout fo "spahk da moon"... "I took my wahine holoholo kaa, I took her up da Pali, she say "too muchee faa", Pull down da shade, try make da grade...Lei ana ika...black eye!" Goin Diamond Head fo watch da submahrine races... Swimmin at Waimea Falls an whackin each uddah on da head wit shampoo gingah... Nevah drivin ovah da Pali wit pok in da cah... cause you no want da cah breakdown... Goin "First Vue" at Waikiki teeaytah...eatin crackseed... da big palm trees an flowahs dat looked real...da rainbow ovah da screen...clouds dat moved cross da ceilin...pretty usherettes dat woah fresh flouwahs in dey hayah...

an da guy Ed Sawtelle playin requests on da kine pipe awgon... Talkin mynah birds... Lights out...clack, clack, clack...what's dat?...turn on lights... one BEEG centahpede! Alfred Apaka...Kalima Brahdahs...Gabby Pahinui...slack key... steel guitars... Keepin da lei he give you in you room til you muddah goin get mad choo bout da bugs... Hollow suf bods...fybahglass suf bods... Surfin at "canoes" off da shoah of Moana Hotel an watchin da outriggah canoes long side you full of mainland tourists wearin baddin caps...gettin swamped... Surfin all day witout eatin, gettin red eyes an chicken skin... goin back again da next day...cause when you catch da wave an ride it all da way in...auwe!! Walkin on da reef at low tide to Mokolii (Chinaman's Hat)... an try walk back 1/2 ouwah befoah low tide so you no get stuck... Undahwaddah...tryin catch a ride on da back of da honu (turtle)... Undahwaddah...tryin look at fish an eels witout a mask... Swhyhahd... Humuhumunukunuku apua'a... Swimmin at Fort DeRussy...tryin not to get stung by da Potagee Man-O'-Wah... Da beeg tsunami (tidal wave) from Japan dat went up ovah Kalakaua Avenue... Lookin Diamond Head...can tell what month by da culah... When eenside Diamond Head was opened to da public again in 1950... an went hikin eenside an find beeg cannons stickin outah concrete pukas... 1949...AUWE!!!...a beeg undahwaddah shelf went broke off an shook da whole island! Puka in da Pali...

Swimmin out to Popoia (flat island)... Da guy Webley Edwards on da beach talkin to da tourists, wit one microphone in his han, an takin it down to da ocean try let evrybody heah da waves at Waikiki... on Hawaii Calls... Da beeg catamarans wit colorful sails ankahd off da showah at night in front of da Royal Hawaiian Hotel... When da Royal Hawaiian Hotel went shown da kine spot light on da ocean all night... Swimmin in da spot light an gettin bit by millions of small kine tings in da waddah... When all da outriggah canoes were made of Koa wood... When you couldn't buy da land in Kahala...but you could rent it fo one hundred yeahs an build a hale on it... Hilo Hattie...The Cockeyed Mayah of Kaunakakai... When Sake da mos populah drink on da island... When da Kodak Hula Show was da only beeg tourist show on da island... When da Kodak sign on da side of da office buildin had to be painted ovah cause it was too nui... When most of da tourists were rich or movie stahs... an came on da Matson ship an stayed at da Royal Hawaiian Hotel... an da kine wahines wore furs in da evenins... da kine dumb haoles, yah?... Walkin down Waikiki Beach an spahkin movie stahs witout dey toupees, wigs an make-up... Sunburned & da kine peelin skin tourists at Waikiki... Tradah Vic's...Don da Beachcomahs... da Zebra Room all painted wit Zebra stripes outside... When dey went use Iolani Palace fo da kine govahment office buildin... an da floahs was all scratch up an termites was eatin da banistahs... Goin KawaiaHa'o Church fo heah sermons in Hawaiian... Goin' Punch Bowl fo Easta Sunrise service... 5 digit phone numbah... English standahd schools... Japanese language lessons...but nevah could speak it... When nobody went lock da houses or cahs... When you could get dryvahs license age 15... Da infamous Steve's Used Cah Lot...

When evrybody go downtown Honolulu... bayah feet an baydin suits... Lei Ana Ika verses... "Right on da kinipopo"... When anyting dat say "Made in Japan" was junks... When evrybody went call Plumerias "Graveyahd Flowahs"... When restaurants was called da kine Cafes or Grills... Wooden sided station wagons filled wit bananas..."Banana Wagon"... Buyin Sushi cones on way home from school from da Sushi man an his caht on da cohna... Sunday mornin, Decembah 7, 1941...Black Out! Block wardens an gas masks...air raid drills...backyahd bomb sheltahs...Wah Bonds... bobbed wyah on da beaches an reefs...442nd, "Go fo Broke"... "KILROY WAS HERE"... Eatin Spam... Kaimuki red dirt...evrytin white you went buy turn reddish brown... you sheets, you undaweah... Surfin in you palaka baydin suit... Fitted Holokus wit long trains wit da loop fo you wrist... Tita dress: cuffed up Levis to above da ankles, Aloha shirt wit da sleeves rolled up, long eeyah rings an slippahs... "choke pants"...sewin da Levis in at da ankle or gettin somebody you know go do it fo you... Wearin one white da kine sailah hat...Wooden slippahs wit two slats of wood across da bottom...we called em "clop-clops"... Sox an tennis shoes went come in-between da big toe an da rest of you toes... Local dress: pake, aloha, an palaka shirts... holokus, holomuus an muumuu's...bayah feet... RUBBAH SLIPPAH... My rubbah slippah is one gud fren of mine wen I walk on hot sidewalk, I jus take my time. My gud old rubbah slippah, I tink its reely neet da bugga...it help fo proteck my feet.

I weah my rubbah slippah evry single day I like my rubbah slippah wen I go outside fo play. I need my rubbah slippah fo every step I go because if I neva have dem, I would have to walk some slow. rubbah Slippah, rubbah slippah, I luv you till I die but when I step kiawe, I man, but I still cry. da local kine stoah carry rubbah slippah in all kine size And now even get rubbah slippah dat geev you high rise. and now days, rubbah slippah come in all kine culahs too, so evrybody can go pick out...black, white, blue... Some haoles call dem "slip-ons", "flip-flops" and some says "jap flap"... but I still call'em rubbah slippah and I give da dumb haole one slap fo dat. rubbah slippah, rubbah slippah, you do so gud fo me especially wen I stay campin and gotta make shi shi. rubbah slippah, rubbah slippah, pleeze no broke again, because even if my bruddah get two, he not going even lend. so, rubbah slippah, rubbah slippah, please take care of us so we no get cut and our feet no come bus. I hate fo loose my rubbah slippah, especially downtown side because, evrytime I walk down dere my feet get hot and fried. and wen I go party and leave my slippa outside somebody always steal'em and take'em fo one joy ride. And wen I come outside and no more too much care I put on anybody's rubbah slippah and get one kala-koa (calico) pair. even my dog like my rubbah slippah, so he can bite and chew, I tell em let go! And wen I chase him for it, I everytime go step in his lepo. And wen I pau wash my feet, and catch my doggie.... I grab my rubbah slippah, and wack his okole. I have da kine rubbah slippahs fo dress-up and da kine regulah slippahs for relaxin...rubbah slippahs, rubbah slippahs...I love my rubbah slippahs! eh kid...how come you no doin you homework?

where my rubba slippa? Wakin up wit mo'os in you bed, sometime dead cause you went sleep on em and sometime dey went left da tails behind... Shave Ice on a hot day... Findin Japanese green, white an lavendah glass fishin balls in all kine sizes floatin in to da beaches on da noth shoah... "Calabash cousins"... When poi dogs an chickens roamed da neighbahhood an went woke you up in da mornin... Geevum da stink-eye! Slatted-wood awkid houses in da back yahds... Kaimuki in da summah time...all night da mangos go fall off da trees... hit da awkid house...roll off da awkid house...hit da ground... roll some mowa...ho...hahd fo sleep... When only two ways fo get to da uddah side of da island... ovah da Pali or round Makapuu Point... Watchin some people gettin da sea weed... Torch fishin at night... Spearfishin wit a Hawaiian Sling an wearin da kine bamboo goggles... "Squiddin" fo he'e wit a glass box an stick in shallow waddah... Watchin fishahmen castin dey trow nets...an try see if dey caught anyting... Bamboo fishin poles... Surf castin an only catchin da kine eels...an gettin you hook caught on da reef... Family an friends "pullin da leaves" of one beeg Hukilau net... and if you get you feet wet you get fish to take home... When da Honolulu Aquarium was just one beeg room...wit tanks built into da lava walls... Example of a "dumb haole"...drivin up Tantalus an Round Top Drive an haole goin say "I bet these roads are really dangerous when it snows"... Playin round da mout of da Blowhole...tryin guess when it goin blow... so you could run... Takin swimmin lessons at Sans Souci Beach wit you grade school class... an da wahines had to weah baydin caps...pilau! but when you pass da swimmin test you got to swim in da Natatorium! Playin on top da old Reservoir in Kaimuki... When dey was so many niu trees dat coconuts was fallin on da

people's heads...an da ownahs goin cut em down cause no like be sued... Awtah Godfrey playin da ukulele...Hale Loki..."Hawai-ya, Hawai-ya, Hawai-ya?" an Chestahfields... Spahkin Jack LaLane, da body buildah, trainin on da beach at Waikiki... When Estah Williams, da swimmin stah, lived in one beeg home round Diamond Head... Sneakin into Doris Duke's swimmin pool in Kahala an findin dat her mansion was goded by monkeys in cages an da kine ahmed gods...an she had one diveen bod dat went up an down by pushin a button... an she went got her own hahbor... Da Outriggah Canoe Club on da beach at Waikiki... When da Doctah went come to you house... Listenin to da Japanese radio station KOHO an hearin Japanese guys gruntin, groanin an growlin at each uddah... Da traffic cop in one small kine booth in da middle of da street wit one umbrella ovah top... Uku-pile-a-roaches an FLIT GUNS... laytah replaced by...da SLIPPAH... Servicemen all da time complainin bout "life on da rock", "rock fevah", drinkin, swearin, hitchhikin, makin passes, drivin too fast, an sometime dey went get blown off da Pali on dey motahcycles... Manoa Valley...swypin painted candles from da Chinese Cemetree... spahkin da food offerins left on some of da graves... spahkin da photos on da grave stones an wonderin bout dey lives... layin on da graves try see what it feel like to be dead... slidin down da ti leaf slide an goin home wit mud all ovah... goin "mountain ap-lin"...hikin to da falls in da rain tru da bamboo when dere was no trail..."liquid sunshine" evryday bout da same time...fyahcrackahs an da smoke fillin da valley an da houses on Chinese New Yeah... When you could buy fyahcrackah at da groshree stowah... an set em off anywheyah you like set em off... When evrybody had a pune'e an at least one old Koa table... Da kine Rattan furnichah...made of molded bamboo cane (how dey do dat?) dat everybody want...but no can afford... an had to be ordered 6 months to one yeah ahead wit one beeg down payment, an each ordah was custom made... When Nu'uanu Valley was a tick, lush, tropical rain forest...wit plenty upside down falls...da monkeypod tree in da middle of da road at Nu'uanu an Vineyard...

Goin' look by da Blowhole in Novemba to watch da whales pa'ani... jumpin out da waddah...blowin...an slappin da waddah... E!, whassa maddah you?... Whassa maddah me?...Whassa maddah you?... You whassa maddah! E!...you like beef? Try come...I show you... Rico milk een da glass bottles wit cream on top an da kine pleated lids held on wit wirah wrap round...an da milk caps eenside we went play wit... When Kalakaua Avenue went two-way... Admission to da Honolulu Zoo was free... Waialae Drive-Inn Teeaytah... Da elephant named Daisy who husked coconuts wit her trunk an ate em...had to be put to death cause she went keel somebody... Waialua, Ewa, Kahuku & Waianae sugah plantations...workin in da cane fields...cane trains...da irrigation system up on wooden stilts... burnin da cane fields... When Honolulu Airport was on da Diamond Head side of da runway... Propellah airplane going to da mainland... havin to turn back fordey reach da "Point of No Return" because of da win... Jumpin into da waddah holdin a Hau leaf in you mout so da waddah no go up you nose... Workin in da pineapple cannery an da fields... Ridin hawses...Kapiolani Pawk... When da Natatorium was called da Tank...or da Nat... an had a divin towah an a low board dat was da kine junks... Lau Yee Chai's wit da kine moongate dowway, dragon pillahs, cahved screens, rock gahden, waddahfall, an fish pond... an dey went set off fyahcrackahs on Satuday evenin... "Be what you is bruddah, don't be what you ain't, cause if you be what you ain't, den you ain't what you is!" More Makule...More Pupule! (Havin a senior citizen's moment)... Just a line to say...I still livin... Dat I'm not among da dead... Tho I'm gettin more forgetful... An more pupule in da head. Fo sometimes I no can remembah...

When I stand at da foot of da stayah... If I'm goin up for someting... Or if I've just come from top deah. An befo da fridge so often... My puah mind is filled wit doubt... Have I just put da food away or, have I come to take it out? An dere's times when it is dark out... wit dreams in my head... I don't know if I'm goin sleep... Or just gettin out da bed. So if its my time fo write to you, There's no need gettin soah... I may tink I have written... An don't want fo be a boah. So, remembah--I do love you... An I wish you was heah. But now it is time fo postman come... So I must say "Aloha, my deah". I standin heah beside da mailbox... Wit my face plenty red... Instead of mailin you dis lettah I went open it instead! DA NITE BEFO KALIKIMAKA Wuz da nite befo Christmas an from hea to Wailuku, No creetcha wuz stirrin, not even one uku. Da Keikis wen snuggle down safe in da beds, Big dreams of tofuti wen dance tru dey heads. An me wid my Primo an Ma wid her poi, We jus settle down fo talk story...wen Ho Boy! One awful big clattah come from da lanai, I tink maybe coconuts wen fall from da sky! I wen jump up so fas I knock ova da chaia I wen run to da windo to see what stay dea. All ova da beach da kine silva moonlight On da sand an da sea it shinin so bright, I can see all da tings on da shoah plenty clea, An I see sumtin out dea dat stay mo plenty quea! One tiny surfboard lyin der on da groun An eight tiny sea horses jus swimmin aroun An one little ol surfah so lively, so quick... I wen tink to myself, "Ey, brah! Dat Saint Nick!" He wuz chubby an jolly, da kine roly poly, An dressed all in fur fro da chin to okole. He had one white beard an one little roun belly Dat went shake when he laugh like Tutu's guava jelly.

He wastin no time, brah, he wen put down da sack Dat wuz big as one mountain slung up on his back. He got plenty good tings for all da keiki An he wen pile dem unda da coconut tree. He work an he work an he neva pau hana Til he put someting der fo all da o'hana. He wen give me one wink an one shaka, an...pau! Da seahorses dey know it come time fo go now! He wen pick up da board an go run to da ocean, He wen harness da team an he set em in motion. Mo fasta dan outrigga dem seahorses dey swum He wen whistle an shout an call em each one... "Go Kimo, Go Noni! Gettum Kipo an Lani! Go Kona, go Pua! Geevum Kiki an Nani" To da cres of da wave, tru da foam an da spray, Dey swimmin like crazy, dey goin away! Til all I wen see on da wata out fah, Wuz one twinkle of light like one small kine stah. But I hea ol Nick go holla cross da sea, "Mele Kalikimaka to all and Aloha to Hawai'i!" ~mahalo to da unknown author Ei nei, you remembah? Punahou Chop Suey...1949, 1950, 1951 and 1952... Our Punahou family is like the branches of a tree. We all grew in different directions yet our roots remain as one. Each of us will always be a part of Punahou and each other... Buff n' Blue... Right down the field boys, GO, GO, GO!... We've got a T-E-A-M, that's on the B-E-A-M... We've got a TEAM... that's on the BEAM...that's hep to the JIVE... Come on Punahou, EAT 'um ALIVE!...YEA!... T-E...fight...A-M...fight...T-E-A-M, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT! HIT 'um HIGH...HIT 'um LOW...Come on team LET'S GO, GO, GO!...YEA! Buster Crabbe class of '27, champion swimmer and actor ~Tarzan and Flash Gordon... giving us a swimming and diving demonstration at the pool... and the pool had a multi-board high diving platform... Canteen night watching 16mm horror movies and our parents complaining because it gave us nightmares... The big 5 of '55...Gilbert Ane, Wendell Marino, Curtis Iaukea, Eric Olmos and Sam Cooke... Shopping at Watumull's Shoe Store, Chandra Watumull's family's store...

When da 7th grade wahines try pluck da eyebrows first time...ouch...hurt too much...so went shave 'em... When all the girls had to have a pair of blue "sailor" pants that had two rows of buttons down the front to wear to the games and the carnival... they had to be specially made...and a pair of "Roman Sandles" that came in different colors with soft leather straps that came between the toes and wrapped around your leg. It took awhile to catch on to how to tie them so the straps wouldn't fall down as you walked... At the end of the year throwing our favorite teacher in the lily pond... and he felt "honored"... When everyone's favorite expression was "Nifty!"... The day the Tsunami from Japan was to hit Oahu... and Gilbert Ane got on the roof of the new band building and gave us an animated blow by blow description of the big tidal wave as it was coming toward Waikiki...which he really wasn't able to see from there... "Gi'bet's" great sense of humor made school more fun for all of us... and helped us through some tough classes... Quiet, shy, Helen Ann Smith on stage at Dillingham Hall telling us the story of "Da Tree Beahs" in pidgin and bringing the house down... Swimming in the Aquacades... Doing the Hula in the "May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii" celebration... Using the uli-uli's, ili ili's and pu'ili's...making our own hula skirts out of ti leaves...splitting the ti leaves with our thumb nails and having green hands for a week... Being shown Ernie Pyle's WW II films in class...the real front line combat movies that he took...when he was holding the camera taking the movies and was hit and went down... Curling up on the floor face down under tables and chairs for an A-bomb drill... Allen Sawtelle's uncle...Edwin Sawtelle, who played the organ at the Waikiki Theatre for so many years... Ed Kenney class of '51, always introduced as "Son of Hawaii"... MC'ing our campus Hawaiian celebrations and singing for us... who became a singer-actor... Betsy Paoa '55 was Miss Libby Hawaii in 1948... Joan Scott '51 became Miss Hawaii... Dave Guard and Bob Shane '52...Kingston Trio guys... Al Harrington '53... first highschool All American from Hawaii... Josephine Flander's, our dance teacher, presenting "The Nutcracker Suite Ballet" in Dillingham Hall, Christmas 1949...with Barry Yap as the Nutcracker... and Patricia Gaskell as Marie... The Royal Cotillion, a group of Punahou students and some of Mrs. Flander's

dance students who took ballroom dancing once a month at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel from Dan & Ginny Wallace... The Punahou Junior Theatre producing the play, "The Emperor's New Clothes", Dillingham Hall, 1951... Watching Patsy Kelley's brother, Richard, in the play "Arsenic and Old Lace" at Dillingham Hall... Watching Judith Anderson in "Media" and Joe E. Brown in "Harvey" at Dillingham Hall... "Mikado"...and Chapman Lam in "Madam Butterfly" at Dillingham Hall... A+ Asa Akinaka... Dr. Fox...affectionately known as "the Great White Father" and "the Silver Fox"... Mrs. Fox driving her Model A Ford with a rumble seat and everyone wanted a car like that... Mr. Johnson and Mr. Curtis... Laura Pratt Bowers...who was instrumental in pioneering the Punahou Carnival. She and her husband ran the jam's & jellies booth for years...on the 1999 CD "That's the Hawaiian in Me" by Darlene Ahuna there is a song called "Ka Lei O Punahou" by Mary Kawena Pukui and Irmgard Aluli. It is a mele inoa and honors Laura Pratt Bowers. Here is a translation of the Hawaiian lyrics by Kimo Alama Keaulana... KA LEI O PUNAHOU We are proud to sing of The Lily of Kapunahou. Your sweet fragrance lingers Seeking wisdom born out of love. You have borne with patience For the benefit of the children of the land. Here is your lei for you to wear (A lei of) endless love from dear friends. Speak the name so it may be heard: The Lily of Kapunahou. (E ka pua lilia o Kapunahou)... The girl's dormitory...Castle Hall...otherwise known as the Hash House...

The boy's dorm...Wilcox Hall... Castle Hall's nurse...Norma Robinson dispensing bandaides, aspirin and advice... When you could sit on a lava stone seat and look out over the lily pond from under a white wooden lattice held up by lava stone pillars... Working together on the Punahou Carnival...when it consisted of small booths and one Ferris wheel... When Punahou had a firing range and the ROTC 1955 team won the annual Mid-Pacific Rifle Match over all the schools on the island... and being the first team to win the match twice... Wednesday Chapel with Chaplain Rewick... Mr. Schlieman, English, Miss Georgia Miller,English & typing... Miss Josephine Day, 7th grade math teacher...Mr. Burlingham, History... Lila Lee Annis, 7th grade math teacher...Marjorie Shadduck, music teacher...Emily Paulus, home economics teacher... Marjorie Wagner, art teacher...Wilfrid Greenwell...Mr. Bradford... Marjorie Dunstan...Francis Kenyon & elderly Mrs. Hasty, library & study hall... Mr. Waters teaching us da kine embarrassing stuff...Mr. Shane, Geography... Mr. Timm, our dramatics teacher...Roland Higgins, failing most of us in his Life Guard swimming course...Dugie Davidson, the photographer... ei nei...we remembah with aloha and fond memories those of our class who have gone on ahead... Me ke aloha pumehana... He 'ohu i ka lei hali'a...(adorned with a lei of fond memories)... Jo Ann Kupaoanani Turner Westhaver...wit one Hawaiian Heart...class of '55 "We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere." ~ Tim McGraw Good memories nevah pau... HAINA IA MAI ANA KA PUANA...'ea 'ea! "Ei nei, you remembah?" responses from Punahou Alumni and others... I love the Ei Nei you sent me. It brought back some fantastic memories and when Pat read it he just roared with laughter. I just love this. I laughed until I hurt reading all the stuff. I do remember sleeping on the Mo'o and wondering where his tail was. Yuck! We really had it made in those days. Betsy Paoa Cullen '55 I remember. That was some e-mail that brought back fond memories. Aloha Kimo Austin '55 Thank you! Your writing brought back great memories and I am forwarding it on to my kids....it captured it all! Jo Ann Choi Pottberg Just hooked up my old computer and found your message. Ed Sawtelle was my Grandfather. I lived with him in our house behind the Waikiki Theater when I attended Punahou. I attended Punahou in 1950 also.

I was in Peter Polison's (SP?) class room. You can e-mail me at allen@sawtelle.net <mailto:allen@sawtelle.net>. Best Regards, Allen Sawtelle '55 Thanks for the memories!! I attended Punahou in my last two years of high school. I was one of those military "brats." It was a privilege to attend Punahou. Aloha, M. GaNelle (Gae) Lindfelt Voss, Class of '58 Goodoo fun do you go sen me wacha call fo trigga my brain. An da bull durham bags we go feel wit sawdus an go play Halavia. Some time day wen put san inside and wen day heet you, only too soah... "Hanabata Days:" when we were young and had runny noses...referred to as Hanabata... "Oh, you get Hanabata, you." Japanese for snot. References to our small kid days. Marv Devereux '55 Holy Smoke !! I can't believe I remember every one of your fantastic "stuffs". I made copies for my two "american raised" kids. Any more? I remember going to the polo matches at Honolulu Stadium with Graydon Woolaway in his 48 Chrysler woodie convertible and driving right on the field and watching the polo matches sitting on the back seat of the car...and playing halavia wid da guys..Bull durham bags stuffed with cloth wrapped around sand or a big rock, and then playing dodge ball with them. I too went to Thomas Jefferson. My 6th grade teacher was Mr. Chong, and the room faced the Ala Wai Canal. We lived in Kapahulu and I walked across the Ala Wai Golf course every day to school, stopping to catch crabs with coconut fron lassos. I went to Iolani for 7th and 8th grades and went to Punahou from 9th on. I used to pal around with my best friends, Darrell Degaa, Don Walker, Bucky Logan and David Porteus. Graydon Woolaway was the cousin of Stan, both nuts. Graydon was one of my great friends, we used to go to his house all the time, riding the elevator up to the 3rd floor which was the living room. (on Diamond head for the view) and also used to go to Billy Austin's house next door. I think Graydon's dad owned Grayline Hawaii. Sure seemed like a bunch of old folks in that photo that Marvin sent. I knew Betsy Paoa pretty well, I think they used to live in a house somewhere near the Hawaii Village is now? We spent a lot of time growing up in Kahala and we lived in Aina Haina out on Kalaianaole Hwy. Good fun times Keith O. Kaneta '55 Amherst, MA Mahalo for all 'da ono memories... but no forget C.D. Peters in the chem lab! "Ouches" when you stepped on those Iron Wood tree "acorns" and stubbing your big toe and tearing out a big flap of skin...! No mo Iodine fo those coral cuts... use 'da kine Methiolate (mo betta, no hurt) John McCann '55 Really enjoyed that so much--thank you! Amy Oshida Good job! Mahalo! Sue Aughinbaugh Tetmeyer '56. Thanks so much. I forwarded this to some non-Punahou-ites of our era. Just one more teacher to remember: Mrs Townes in the Physics Lab.

Ruth Adelson Bailey '53 Jo Ann, I'll leave you with my little word riff... 1945...the war ended, our family returned home from San Francisco and I entered the third grade at Punahou. For four years the center of my world was rickety Rice Hall, which housed the elementary school. Mauka was the wooden pavilion where the floor boomed like a bass drum when we ran around barefoot. On the makai side was Dole Hall, the cafeteria; and Castle Hall, the girls' dormitory. The wood shop was in its basement, redolent with sawdust and linseed oil. These four structures formed a semicircle about the Lily Pond, an inky, bottomless pool -- symbol of the soul of Ka Punahou, the new spring. With floating white flowers and green petals, it seemed huge and mysterious. In those days it was much bigger, the swimming tank much smaller. Once, the whole school marched into Dillingham Hall, younger kids wedged two to a seat, to see and hear "The Brown Bomber," Joe Louis, heavyweight champion of the world. We sat arranged alphabetically like books on a shelf. Curtis Iaukea on my left, Patsy Kelley on my right. Rice Hall was our home away from home. Our mothers made blue denim sleeping mats on which we allegedly rested after lunch. Some mischievous boys would make a commotion, causing the teacher to march over to us, where we hoped to peer up her skirts as she hovered above. Unable to nap, I'd writhe around or draw '46 Cadillacs with huge tail fins. I can still smell the tempera paints, the newly mowed middle field grass, guava juice in wax cups, plumeria leis on May Day, the aroma that preceded the Manoa rain. I will always remember how the stairways and balustrades shuddered the first time jet fighters flew over Oahu. Now, when I visit Punahou, I walk past the chapel and the Lily Pond. Squinting up towards the rise I imagine old Rice Hall, the spirit of our little Class of 1955 within, still wrapped in its cocoon of innocence. Me ke aloha pumehana, ~ Ron Jacobs '55 "Whodaguy on da radio?" Mahalo...that made my day... Do you remember a song that we learned in Punahou elementary at Rice Hall... "Do you know the Minah bird...he's a saucy fellow. Black & brown his feathers are...legs and beak are yellow. Wings and tail are marked with white...eyes so black and shiny. Near and far they look for food...oh, they are soooo tiny!..." Written by the Winney sisters...principal and music teach in elementary school. Wigay '50 Pehea Oe Too good! There are some stories I'd love to tell and some GREAT stories I've heard over the years, which I wish the tellers would put to print. The water buffalo at the corner of Kapiolani and Date(?) where Iolani Court Plaza stands. The elephant, giraffe, chimp and some deer kept on a road which now leads to Kahala Hilton - think it was part of the old dairy

(Hind-Clarke?) out there where the Waialae Golf Course now stands. Always wondered what happened to this elephant - if she was the one called Daisy. Probably. My friend and I used to climb the fence and sit on her head - sometimes she'd walk around - sometimes she'd just stand by the fence. This was probably around 1944/5 ish. We would also get wild sugar cane and when we'd hand it to the chimp but didn't let go right away, he would spit at us. Nasty creature! Dana Keyes Di Rito '49 and former inmate of Castle Hall (I spent three years tied to the campus because I seemed to be campused all the time! Rotten luck! And there are some wonderful hash house tales to tell! My sister, Bettie Joy Keyes, (called Joy) was in the class of '51) Thanks. It brought back some great memories of times so long ago. Well done. I don't know if anyone has sent additional memories for your wonderful list but here are a couple I didn't see: We used to say Burn! when someone made-a. Lucky Luck on TV selling malasadas, pan douce and Royal beer and making it all look so ono-licious. That was back when you could show someone actually drinking beer on TV and it sure did look like he enjoyed every swallow. Scanning the want ads for summer jobs and having to skip all the AJA preferred ones. Getting our driving test and having to stop and start on Allencaster Dr. without rolling back. Again, Jo Ann, thanks for the memories. John Nickerson, Kailua, Hawaii, class of '59 <http://www.pixi.com/~johnnick/homepage.html> <http://www.pixi.com/~johnnick/homepage.html>What a great collection you put together. I did not know that I was so memorable in Arsenic & Old Lace. I sent the memories on to my sister Pat who now lives in Washington State and know that she will enjoy it. Thanks for putting it together. Aloha, Richard Kelley Mahalo for this e.mail. It was fun to read--brought back some wonderful memories. Aloha, Grace Ching '60 Oh yes, thank you very much for such long lost sweet memories. So many that were special, esp Auntie Lau and Uncle Frankl . A large part of our family. The wood side station wagon Daddy drove all over the campus and so much more. I was in the class of '54, one year ahead of you so surly our paths crossed. Thanks so much. Pat Piper Mckinney now in the desert mountains of Nevada. Would it be OK if I forwarded your email to a list (Hawaii@onelist.com <mailto:Hawaii@onelist.com>) I have? I think many people on it would appreciate your reminiscences. Btw, I'm Kate Twelker, class of '91, now residing in NYC.

I remember about half the things you spoke of, and heard about much of the rest from my mom. Thank you. K.T. =^.^= '91 Great list, Mrs. Paxton reading stories in the library at Winnie Unit Hough dog, penuh, hcraker jah (Honolulu Stadium guy w/ the hair lip) KPOI payphone jackpot Standard American Broadcast over the PA Park next to Wailupe Circle was a Coast Guard station Barb Wire on the beaches and reefs Airplanes going to the Mainland sometimes came back because the winds were too strong Crayfish fights and catching them in the lily pond milk $0.05 (pink) Ice cream $0.10 (blue), hot lunch $0.50 (white) Sergeant Sacto & Captain Honolulu Kuapa Pond Trains in Iwale Funland was where Ala Moana Shopping Center is now Ward Estate with its gardens and ponds is where the HIC/Blaisdell center is Polo in Kapiolani park Electric busses turned around at Piggly Wiggley HRT Dale Smith '70 Loved your memories...Joel T. Kendall '62 Thanks for the memories. I really enjoyed remembering the good old days. aloha, Susan Johnson Matusazak '59 Thank you for taking the time to remember so many wonderful things. Growing up in Hawaii and graduating in the class of '70, so much of what you have remembered here brought back my lifetime memories in so many ways. Doug Walker '70 Thank you very much for compiling this (extensive and exhaustive) list for us all and for taking the time to send it out to us. It is the bright spot of my day and will be for quite some time. Aloha, Jeff H. Sakamoto, '75 PS "It's been a number wonderful day. Now the stars are out and more stars are on the way. Relax, and enjoy it, with KPOI 1380..." The internet is a wonderous place. I was surfing recently looking for myself, and up I popped! Actually, I think it was a reference to my father, Victor Eckland. I'm the third (III). I read the long letter-list containing snippets of Old Hawai'i. They brought back a flood of memories to me. I was born and raised on Oahu. Although I didn't attend Punahou, I share most of those times and revisit them often, especially when I see a rainbow or hear a bit of pidgeon english being spoken. Its curious that the reference above to my father is about Cabbages and Kings. I don't remember anything about it. I assume its in

reference to one of his many radio programs. I can only remember him as the Waterfront Reporter on Sunday mornings. He would spin his sea- going yarns that were based on fact and then embellished for the 15- minute stories. He would on occasion take me to the broadcasting studio to sit VERY quietly during his show. It seems, however, that his love of words and the sea was somehow inherited by me. I'm an Engineering Specifications writer living in the Northwest (Seattle) surrounded by water,ships, and lotsa green. I'm glad I happened across your snippets. I'm going to print it out and reread it from time to time when I get that urge to remember those bare-foot, "honna botta" days....hot malasadas from Kapahulu Bakery, fishing and crabbing with my bamboo pole with a #14 hook using jumbo shrimp as bait! Now a shrimp probably costs a couple bucks! The owner of Okada Store in Waiale/Kahala would GIVE them to me every weekend along with some aku heads for my crab nets. Ah, the good old days. Aloha pumehana, Vic Eckland III Thank you for all the hard work. I enjoyed reading your work and believe it or not, remember quite a few of the things you point out, having been a resident of Honolulu from 1954 on. A good video to see some of the old sites is from John Wayne's Big Jim McLain. Regards, Chris Townsley, Class of '71 Beautiful--I remember almost all of it, particularly J. Akuhead Pupule and all the danged bells he rang to wake you up. From one who was there only two years (at Hickam 1948-50) and hasn't been back in half a century, mainly from fear of culture shock, a salute and severe nostalgia pangs . . .Bob Strippy '52 Can't tell you how very much I've enjoyed your "remembrances"!!! What a fabulous "piece of history" you've shared with us!!...Each line I read, brought warmth and humor, nostalgia and even some sadness as your words brought back memories of my youth...Silly stuff we did, songs we sang with gusto, places we gathered to "talk story" and the feelings we had in those days, had not been entirely lost...simply buried just below my conscious thoughts. Thank goodness you brought them back up for me!! And I'm still laughing!!! and beginning to remember even more personal times with my family... (like falling over a tombstone while picking plumeria in the cemetery near Roosevelt...while my Mom played "lookout" for Pat Westfall and me!!) Thank you, Jo Ann, for your great talent and thinking to share it with all of us! I look forward to seeing you at our reunion in June!..... Aloha, Sharon Strombeck Witter '55 Hi Jo Ann...I do remember, and nice of you to send a message!! Susan Carter Ayrault '55 Thanks so much for the memories. I remember almost all of them with great fondness. What a wonderful place we grew up in. We were so lucky!! Jim Walker '55 Your history of being a kid did make the memory work!

Alan Sanborn '55 I can't believe all those memories you wrote!! You need to send those into the memories section of the Punahou Bulletin! You sure reminded me of things I'd forgotten--some I don't think I even knew. Sheila Gow Shearer '55 Your collection of memories and those of others are most wonderful. Although I wasn't there for much of it, reading the Hawaiian words and the reference to buildings, school events etc. was very poignant for me. I remember the aquacades and the new bathing suits we were measured for (and got to keep!!!). If my memory is correct, in 6th grade we were spearfishermen. After our circle of swimmers did a 'perfect' surface dive...and while still under water we removed a facsimile of a fish from our bathing suit. We all came to the surface at just the same time with our catch on our sword to a rousing applause. In 7th grade I think we were the babies of the new year. The program was broken into months and we were January. Or do I have the years reversed? Gilbert Ane is a strong memory. Not just his size, but his great, outgoing personality is something I remember. Buster Crabbe's performance was a highlight. A couple of years ago my sister and I took a trip to Orcas Island (Washington State) and the owner of the B&B where we stayed was Buster Crabbe's daughter (and her husband). Margy and I had a great time reminiscing with her about her visits to Hawaii with her father. Aloha, Helen Craig '55 Lynch, Alexandria, VA Thanks for the memories. I can't wait to find a spot in the Bulletin! Na Hali'a Aloha is filled up for at least the next two issues. I'll put this in my future file. Good fun stuff. Thank you again for writing! Aloha, Laurie ~ Punahou Bulletin