Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-11-17
new community
HOUsE0PENED
At MAkAWAO
Paia Union Church Successful
After Working On Plans for
Last Eighteen Months


WAILUKU, Maui, Nov. 12.-The
opening of the Makawao community
house last Saturday was attended by
almost 400 persons. The evening was
a glorious one and Maui from all parts
of the central portion Of the island
turned out en- masse to celebrate the
suspicious beginning of the first COM
munity house in connection with any
Maui church.
For over a year the committee Of
the 2aia Union church has been work
ing hard and steadily on the plans
for the new building and its compile
ton. Clarence G. White of Haiku is
the real father of the community
house plan. He proposed the idea
which Immediately took" and at a
subsequent meeting of the church a
strong committee was appointed with
power to raise the necessary funds
and complete the building. That COM
mittee consisted of Clarence G. White,
Harold w. Rice, D. C. Lindsay, Mrs.
H. P. Baldwin and Rev. A. Craig Bow
dish, the minister. Many meetings
were held, and at the opening Satur-
day evening all Maui was delighted
with the results of the hard, persistent
efforts of the committee. One of the
best finished frame structures on Maui
now stands forth in the Makawao
community house.
Built just below the church edifice
and a little In the rear of the church,
the main building faces the road to
Makawao, while the annex joins the
rear of the building and runs marka
toward the rear of the church. The
main building is 80 by 40, with a large
entrance off which is a commodious
cloak room. This room will seat COM
fortably 800 people. Folding chairs,
built in pairs, furnish this room. There
is a large stage at the rear. which
will accommodate Is or 80 persons at
one time. Below the stage is a suite
of dressing rooms, the approach to
which is from the hallway of the an
mex. IT,
The second portion of the commun.
ity house is % feet wide and 60 in
length. The large dining-roorn is so
fitted out with siding doors that it
can easily be turned into three good
sized class-rooms for Sunday school
work. A kitchen forms a part of the
annex, and that, together with the
dressing rooms under the stage, is
completely fitted with the best plumb
ing. The building is electric lighted
throughout, and a natural light finish
makes the lighting a great success.
Fine large windows give excellent
ventilation. The broad veranda of
the smaller part Of the building adds
greatly to the comfort and conven-
fence of the whole plant.
The cost of the community house
was in the neighborhood of $4,000 ex-
elusive Of the furnishings. ~ -.
Under the direction Of Mrs. Louise
Chisholm James a "tGgysp Conglomera-
ton" was put on for the opening en-
tertainment. The work was cleverly
gotten up from start to finish, Miss
Mary e. Hoffman was the pianist and
Kenney Smith the violipist. Among
those who took part in the perform
ance we're Mrs. Geo. Steel, Miss Mary
Couch, Mrs. w. s. Beaman, Miss Ar
min Won Tempsky, Mrs. D. H. Case,
Mrs. j. c. Fitzgerald, Miss Ina Wood
house, Messrs. Frank Burns, d. c..
Lindsay, Harry Washburn Baldwin,
David Rattray, F. P. Rosecrans, Mrs
jones' Miss Wodehouse, Mr.. Rattray
and Harry Baldwin took prominent
parts In the musical program The
staging Of the Gypsies was most ef-
fectiye, and all the dancing was artis-
tic and the singing very attractive
The fair and sale were most sue
!cessful. Ice cream and cake we're
served in the dining-rooms. Between
$3.50 and 500 was cleared for the
Ladies' Aid Society of the church.