Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-19
KAMEHAMEHA
DAY ON MAUI.
All Citizens Join To Do
Honor To Great
Leader
lspecIal Correspondence. }

WAILuKU. Maui, June f7.--Ka-
mehameha Day, June IL, was duly
kept In wailuku. Flags of govern
ment offices. business houses and pri-
waite citizens were flying all day. In
the evening the Kaahumanu Chris
tian Enneayor Society gave a con
4, cert and dance at the Wailuku Town
Hall, which was attended by over
one hundred and fifty people. prin.
cipally Hawaiian Americans. The
excellent program was carried out
successfully and lasted about an
hour and quarter.
Dancing commenced at $3.50 and
lasted until midnight.
The concert was declared to be
one of the best yet given in the
Town Hall, the performers being
members of the Catholic, Episcopal
and Congregational churches In Wal
luku. The hall was decorated for
+. Welch and others. Large Hawai-
ian and American flags. the property
of Judge J. w. Kalua, were placed
In prominent places on the stage and
added greatly to the decorations of
the evening.
on Sunday morning at II O'Clock
the Kaahumanu church people held
commemorative services In honor Of
Kamehameha. at the Town Hall. Be
sides the large congregation, there
were present members of the Hawaii
Chapter of the order of Kameha-
meha and the members OF the kaa-
humanu Society from Waiehu and
Waihee. Auditor Chas. Wilcox was
orator of the day. He narrated i'm
portant epochs in the lives of Ba-
mehameha the Great and his equally
illustrious Queen Kaahumanu, the
Kuhira nui His talk lasted over
an hour and was replete with his
toric interest. The birth. wars and
government of the great statesman
were dwelt upon at great length by
the speaker in the finished style, OF
historian and educator of liberal
views, his words being listened to
from beginning to end with great
| interest. The fact that Kaahumanu
was born at Waihee made the wal
hee ladies feel proud of their illus
trious queen.
J During the afternoon luau was
given by the members of the Kane
hameha Lodge at the home of AS
SCISSOR and Mrs. j. II. Kunewa. Two
excellent tables were spread. around
which were seated over sixty guests
including members of the Kaahu-
manu- Sbclety and friends. Among
the invited guests present were
Judge and Mrs. J. w. Kalua. Mr.
and Mrs. S. NJ. Kanakanui, Deputy
Sheriff and Mrs. Edgar Morton OF
Makawao, Sheriff and Mrs. w. Il
Safery, Deputy High Sheriff ant
Mrs. ]. +. WEIGH. David Morton. j
IA. Aheong, G. II, Cummings, w. +
Kaae, Carl Rose. Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Robinson. Mrs. A. Cummings
Miss Nancy Cummings, Miss Beck,
wilkins, Miss Hattie Manu-, Mrs
Minerva Mclean. C.. Il. King. Chas
Wilcox, Rev. l.. b. Kaumeheiwa
Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Cornwell, MIS-
Morton. aud many others. Mr.. Ka
jnakanui was made toastmaster. AIT
er paying an ex ,ellent tribute to TIT
great conqueror, he called upol
Judge j. W. Kalua to respond to
toast for the great coEqueror. AM
the speaker held his hearers spell
bound for over fifteen minutes, lis
tening to his eloquent narration o
the valiant deeds OF the dead hero
Mr.. Keola responded to the toast 10
Kaahumanu.
An effort is now being made 4
form a branch of the Kamehameh
Lodge on Maui, and already man
names have been secured to peti
ton to the Honolulu lodge askinI
permission for the establishing o
branch on Maui. where Kameha
meha fought his first battle for tn
unification of the Islands under hi
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