The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-09-16
SAN DIEGO IS
MUCH THE LOSER
REGRET EXPRESSED OVER THE
FACT THAT H. p. WOOD IS
LEAVING FOR HONOLULU.


LEAVING FOR HONOLULU.
The San Diego Union of September
has this to say about H. P. Wood, the
newly elected secretary of the Hawai-
ian Promotion Committee:
The announcement that H. p. Wood
has rendered his resignation as secre-
tary of the chamber of commerce, win
cause genuine regret throughout the
community. Secretary Wood has rem
dered most valuable service, not only
to the chamber, but to the city of San
Diego. 1t will be a very difficult task
to fill the position to be made vacant.
zone of the greatest services that
Mr.. Wood has rendered has been in
building up the chamber. He has la
bored increasingly in that behalf, and
it is to his efforts very largely that
the organization has become the strong
representative one that it is today.
With the growth of the chamber, it has
been able to broaden the scope of its
activities and to accomplish more inn
portant results. Many of San DiegO's
leading citizens have taken part in it's
work and contributed materially to it's
success. They will probably admit
however, that Mr.. Wood has been the
mainstay of the organization during all
these years in which he has been its
secretary. And his loss in this Fl,
of endeavor will be regarded by the
community as almost irreparable.
1T is gratifying to know that Mr..
Mr.. Wood will be the gamer by the
change. 1t was hardly to be expected
that a man of his fine business ability
would remain in his present position
indefinitely. The Honolulu people de-
sire Mr.. Woods services in their cham
Der of commerce, and they have made
him a very handsome offer. While re-
GREETING to lose him, San Diego will
wish him all success in his new position
and will not doubt that he will bring
to it the same energy and skill that
have made him so successful here
A local story from the slme paper
runs thus:
: "The resignation of H. P. Wood of
the chamber of commerce has been
handed to the board of directors and
naturally they are at present in much
of 8 quandary as to what to do with it..
The determination may be reached on
Friday though the reluctance of the
board to accept the same may result in
a postponement of the final action.
4 1T will be remembered that some
weeks ago the Union printed an ar
ticle in which a Honolulu paper was
quoted to the effect that the Homo
lulu chamber of commerce had de-
cided to reorganize it and it's promo
ton committee and to seek the SER
vices of Mr.. Wood as the secretary of
both organizations. 1t was not until
some days after that, that Mr.. Wood
heard personally from Honolulu to the
{ same effect and while the Honolulu
people did not make direct offer some
one, apparently in authority asked the
| San Diego secretary to name a salary
figure at which he would consider an
| offer from the chamber of commerce,
"AS requested he made reply and on
the following day received cable that
his offer was accepted and that the
directors of the chamber there would
await his pleasure as to his time of
arrival, itimating that the earlier he
could make that date the greater
pleasure it would afford the people of
the island city.
"The facts were communicated to
some Of the members of the local
board but the final and formal resig-
nation was not made out until, on
Saturday evening came the announce
ment of the death of DR.. Wight, faith
er of Mrs. II. p. Wood, at his home In
Kohala on the island of Hawaii, which
is one of the island group of which
Honolulu is the capital city. With the
news of the death came the knowledge
that a trip to Hawaii would be inn
perative with the possibility that the
desire of Mrs. Wood to be near hel
mother and her old home would make
a permanent residence at or near Ko-
hala a necessity.
1t was then that the resignation was
made out.
President Alderman was loath tC
talk of the resignation and of the pos
sible action upon it. He said that the
board of directors desired very mucf
ia retain the services of Mr. Wood az
secretary and hoped that some turn II
the wheel of fortune might occur tina
would change the determination OF
the secretary to leave, He said tina
he would call the board of directors