The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-09
Inter-ISland Happenings


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fin securing the advantage of this
library for our island. Friends of
the project have secured the services
of Mrs. A. ]. Gossin as librarian, who
will give her full attention to The
/ work.
The Alexander House Settlement
of Waikiki have vacated the two
front rooms of their building from
now on for the exclusive use of the
! library.
Many of the Maui citizens who
are interested in the possibility of
Maui Library Association have signed
call for a public meeting to be held
at the library rooms at Wailuku,
Tuesday evening, December II.
Correspondence with Governor Frear
and Judge Whitney is published, the
former having referred the folks to
the latter Judge Whitney among
other things says:
III ItltlGHC6 W JllG DOOhS lIOlu
the Library of Hawaii, | would say
that although the plans are not fully
made for the distribution of the books,
the following is the present plan. The
books will be boxed in uniform boxes
of fifty or one hundred books and
shipped from Honolulu by the library
to the point of distribution The dis
tributing point will then be asked to
see that the books are put into circu-
lation in that neighborhOod. The
books VIII, of course, remain the prop
erty of the Library of Hawaii. When
the books are no longer needed for
distribution at that point, they will
be returned in the same packing case
to the Library at Honolulu, and other
books will be forwarded to the point.
| The library will be governed in the
sending of books, as far as possible,
t by the requests coming from that
point"
Wedding at Puunene.
A very pretty wedding took place
last Saturday, December at seven
in the evening at the home of Mr.. and
kNIrs. w. Won Seggeru, their daughter
Mary being united in holy matrimony
to Mr.. C. w. Corner, of the Maui Agri-
cultural Co., Paia. fhe Rev H. P.
Judd of Kahului tied the bonds of
Hymen Miss Ida Carley was brides.
maid, and Mr.. r. Cook, of Paia, best
man. A reception was held at eight
o'clock. The bride looked lovely in
Iher white, shimmering dress of crepe
de chine. The rooms were beautifully
and profusely decorated with flowers
and evergreens, Later in the evening
the floor were cleared and dancing in
dulged in until late hour. Excellent
music was furnished by the Machado
septet The refreshments served were
dainty and delightful The guests
present numbered about eighty. The
young couple will make their home in
Paia.
New Road to Paia.
Arrangements are being made to
| repair and improve the old Paia road.
1t is somewhat devious at present and
= poor illustration of the geometrical
4 fact, that the straight line is the short.
est way between two given points
: However, the intention is to have I
2 run in as straight a lone as possible
S right from Kahului and past the Pun
= meme Hospital to Paia, thus shorten
h ing the distance considerably. Sur
r veys have already been made and
p work on the road will begin early in
9 employed. 1t will be a macadamized
G oiled road, as good as any in the Ter
: ritory, and JOY forever to all auto
drivers.
=, Practical Joke.
A prominent young man of Paia
played a joke on a number of his
friends last Thanksgiving Day. He in,
vited a number of his friends to dine
with him, telling them that he had pro
cured a fine fat turkey weighing at
least twenty pounds. When the guests
arrived, in full dress suits, mine host
politely informed them that he had
sent the turkey to a friend of mis- in
Honolulu as a Christmas present, but
= was willing to make good. and invited
them to join him in a still hunt for a
good meal. Having tramped about for
mile or so they eventually caught up
with a mysterious looking bird-nest
soup in a Chinese fly den, When they
had grown tired of the soup they went
out and paraded the streets, singing,
= "Oh, you lucky Turk"
Kahului Notes.
A. F. Comes has resigned his posi-
ton as shipping clerk of the Claudine
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