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Looking Back Through The Maui News

100 Years Ago

1913 – The winery is full of pure Kaupakalua! We do not have to make excuses for Maui Wine. Just try it and ask your dealer for more. Kaupakalua Wine & Liquor Co. Ltd., Haiku, Maui.

75 Years Ago

1938 – Two gala nights of entertainment, dancing, games and merrymaking will be featured on the Maui High School campus in December when the Maui High carnival comes to “town.” A ticket to this event will admit the purchaser to the Mystery Show and entitle him to 40 votes for the Carnival Queen.

50 Years Ago

1963 – Nine Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. villages are scheduled to be closed by the end of this year, according to the October issue of the “HC&S Breeze.” The list includes Hamakuapoko, Kaheka, Lower Village 3, Middle Village 3, Japanese Village 1, Village 2, Village 6, Kihei Village 1, and Russian Village.

25 Years Ago

1988 – A tiny crew, last representatives of a way of life that dominated Wailuku for most of the last 126 years, raked and fired a scrap of cane field on Honoapiilani Highway this morning. By Thursday, when the cane is transported to the mill at Puunene, Wailuku Agribusiness Co. Inc. will be out of the sugar business.

10 Years Ago

2003 – Two more of the historic pod trees that form the famous tunnel along Hansen Road near the sugar mill have been cut down after extensive trunk rot was discovered. County arborist David Sakoda said it was painful to order the removal of the monkeypod and earpod trees that could be nearly a century old, but that safety takes a priority.

* “Looking Back Through The Maui News” is a weekly feature compiled by Gail Ainsworth.

Looking Back Through The Maui News

100 Years Ago

1913 – Pheasants are being released on Maui and Molokai again, and last week 51 birds were set at liberty. Fifty more pheasants are still to come from Japan. It has been suggested that the closed season for pheasants should be extended for three entire years, in order to give the birds an opportunity to become properly established.

75 Years Ago

1938 – Maui County’s Republican candidates rolled up huge majorities in the primary balloting Saturday. Lawrence “Chu” Baldwin, political neophyte who led the board ticket with 6,019 votes, received a larger total than that given to any other candidate.

50 Years Ago

1963 – Kahului Business and Professional Association’s annual Halloween costume parade and contest will be held in the Shopping Center on Friday night. The parade, to start at 6, will proceed through the mall and Lanai Shops area, around the corner of Craft’s Drug, past Peggy & Johnny’s and Sue’s Stationery, and to the stage where the judging will take place.

25 Years Ago

1988 – With distinctive Bavarian flair and authentic clothes to match, Maui Prince General Manager Chris von Imhof danced a lively polka on Friday night with Eva Zimmerman at the Makena hotel’s Oktoberfest. The three-day celebration concludes today with a Bavarian brunch.

10 Years Ago

2003 – Another wild animal expert will come to Maui later this month to train officials in trapping and sedating big cats as the search for the mysterious creature stalking the Olinda area continues. Based on numerous sightings and physical evidence gathered over the past several months, it is believed that a mountain lion, leopard or panther has been prowling the vicinity above Seabury Hall.

* “Looking Back Through The Maui News” is a weekly feature compiled by Gail Ainsworth.

Looking Back Through The Maui News

100 Years Ago

1913 – On Tuesday evening last the entertainment given by Miss Edith Dorothy Keola at the Maui Theatre and in the Town Hall, was a most enjoyable affair. Two hundred invitations were sent out, and they all seem to have been accepted. The theatre was crowded and the dance floor, later on, was also full to capacity.

75 Years Ago

1938 – Rooms with bath at the Alexander Young Hotel cost $2.50 and up. We have a special discount for Maui residents. Dancing on the Roof Garden goes from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Dinner and dance are $2.50. Dance only $1.

50 Years Ago

1963 – Plans for the establishment on Maui by September, 1964, of a new boarding school for girls have been announced by Harry S. Kennedy, Episcopal Bishop of Honolulu. The school will be located in the home of the late Katherine Cooper, in Makawao.

25 Years Ago

1988 – Former Seattle Aquarium curator John Nightingale has arrived on Maui to become executive director of the proposed Maui Ocean Center, a $16-million project designed for an 8- to 12-acre shoreline site on the island’s leeward side. Amfac land at Olowalu is currently the top contender.

10 Years Ago

2003 – Maka’oi’oi, the manager’s home that came in with pineapple at Kapalua, went out with it on Thursday. The decayed building, built by D. T. Fleming in 1915, was demolished after a blessing ceremony. It was occupied by Pineapple Hill Restaurant until 1996.

* “Looking Back Through The Maui News” is a weekly feature compiled by Gail Ainsworth.

Looking Back Through The Maui News

100 Years Ago

1913 – No less than 71 pupils attended the Hamakuapoko High School last Monday. The children are coming from all over the district. All except those from Makawao and a few others are now accustomed to traveling to and fro on the train. Students from Makawao and some other districts reach school by horse, rig and automobile.

75 Years Ago

1938 – National Letter Writing Week will be observed by Maui post offices Oct. 2-8, it was announced by Joe Alves, Wailuku postmaster. It is only a few steps to the nearest mailbox – write a letter! Take a little chunk of your heart and spread it over some paper; it goes, oh, such a long way!

50 Years Ago

1963 – Efforts to re-establish the rare Hawaiian goose, or nene, on Maui took a step forward last weekend when 3,360 acres were added to the protected shelter in the Haleakala Crater, filling a gap that separated the refuge areas. Joseph W. Medeiros, wildlife biologist for Maui County, hailed the agreement between Haleakala Ranch Co. and the Board of Land and Natural Resources.

25 Years Ago

1988 -The Kahului Fairgrounds will host its final Maui County Fair this week, ending a tradition that is as much a part of Maui as Haleakala. But the site which welcomed train-hopping kids 70 years ago is soon to be an industrial and commercial park. That leaves the fair without a home . . . but it does not leave Maui without a fair.

10 Years Ago

2003 – Among those given a ticket to the second round of auditions at the hit television show “American Idol” were nine contestants from Maui. The Maui singers advancing included Lia Krieg, Theresa Bangutal, Trenton Akima, Camille Velasco, Alexis Fecilda, Kalo Deleon and Nolan Madriaga.

* “Looking Back Through The Maui News” is a weekly feature compiled by Gail Ainsworth.

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