Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-02
MAUI CHURCHES
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Celebrations

| Especial Star-8uIletm Correspondence
WAlLUKT, Maui, Jan. 1.-The Ha-
! wallan churches Of centra! Maui have
held two big celebrations the past
week. On Christmas day the churches
IN and near Wailuku had Sunday
| school rally at the Waikiki town hall
! with a delicious luau following. A
large attendance and well prepared
! exercises made the services most in
teresting
A similar meeting was held at Paia
church last Sunday. The singing and
recitations were unusually fine. One
interesting feature of the day was the
class led by Miss Lizzie Kaluna, who
has been working with Mrs. Fannie
M. Simpson in a union work of all
nationalities in the Paia Chinese mis-
sion this past year. On Sunday re-
representatives. of three races were
present and took part in the exer-
clsec from the school which has been
under Mrs. Simpsons care.
Service for Masons.
Rev. William S. Short, rector of the
Church of the Good Chepherd of Wal,
luku, invited the Maui lodge of Ma
sons to attend divine worship at his
Wailuku church last Sunday morning.
Thirty-three of the order responded.
and were marshalled into the church
by D. c. Lindsay. A large number OF
the members of the families of the
Masons also attended service. Mr..
Short preached an interesting Christ
mas sermon. He made allusion to st.
John, the patron saint of the Masons.
The music by the choir was Christ
mas, music, The collection was to
sendow bed for INDECENT Masons or
members of their families, as need
should appear, at the Mahulani Hos
-pital. The offering was a generous
one.
Noisy Evening.
Last night was the noisiest New
Years Eve in Wailuku that is re-
membered for many years. Fire,
crackers and other explosives were
set off in the early part of the even
ing. The noise grew louder toward
midnight, and was increased by the
ringing of bells. Red fire was used
considerably, and the streets were
bright as day. The added celebration
of the Chinese this year helps to make
the occasion more jubilant than ever
before. g<sg-sz p ~ - - -
Road improvements. So IS -
The improvements on the road be-
tween Lahaina and Olowalu are
great. For nearly the whole of the
distance the road has been covered
with Inacadam and then oiled, SO that
it is now delight to ride in either
a carriage. or automobile between
these two points, whereas formerly it
was one of the toughest short stretch
es OF road on Maui. A gang of men
has been at work on the Kaanapali
side of the Labaina, and a long
stretch of road there is being rapidly |
improved. r
The lumber and other materials are
now being hauled up to LahainalunR
for the new dining hall, the erection
of which is to be undertaken in a
short time. The new building will be
a little mauka of the old dining hall,
and little nearer the dormitories.
The old hall, one of the original build
ings of the Lahainaluna group in the
days of the missionaries, is not to be
torn down, but will be left both be-
cause of the old character of the
building, and also because Principal
Macdonald intends to put it to excel.
lent use among the other buildings on
the campus. -.
Library Circles. :.@..
The Maui Library circles for La
kaina, Makawao. Paia and Hamakua.