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100 Years Ago
1919 -- Interested in the Boys and Girls Pig Club of Maui, 25 boys and girls met with the committee in charge of distributing the young porkers which are to be the foundation on which the members of the Pig Club are to build prize-winning reputations.
75 Years Ago
1944 -- An elderly Paia mother cried softly from relief for a moment before she showed her pride when she learned Saturday that her son, Pvt. Willie Hokoana, was something of a hero in the Battle of Saipan.
50 Years Ago
1969 -- Situated in Harbor View, three bedrooms, two baths, open lanai, workshop, completely fenced with view of mountains -- all this for $30,500. May assume FHA loan at 5 1/4 percent interest on balance.
25 Years Ago
1994 -- Throughout World War II, military aircraft trained for daring combat missions at a navy air station located in Puunene. Fifty years later, naval personnel whose lives were irrevocably touched by their time at Naval Air Station Puunene are planning to gather for a reunion on Maui.
10 Years Ago
2009 -- Invading wasps in Haleakala National Park, which in their home-range make nests the size of a football, have grown nests "the size of a '57 Buick."
* "Looking Back Through The Maui News" is a weekly feature compiled by Jill Engledow.