Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-04
MANY Matters of Interest Are
Recounted by Secretary
at Recent Meeting

u.er Tr2rS. We believe that some ret
crenc,s ~ least 10 the origin and 'ar!-
Ter hi.t~ry Of this organization will IL
Of int'j'si at n present time.
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Temporary crEari uti"M vas effect
cd that even x and tn followed nv
""l-tri f"rmalitie8 OF the evening
OF March @5th, It which time the Off
c"'s chUs cn we're, Ilor. Joshua X.
Brown, president; nr. C. l.. GarVin,
vice president; W. r. Skinner. EeCre-
tary and treasurer. tn executive
committee for that year were: W. d.
Westervelt, Miss Cora Albright and
Percy ~ Pond. Twenty-fOur names
made up the roll Of membership for
the launching out OF this distinct or.
ganizatiOn.
The object for this was, as stated
first, ''To promote acquaintance, good
fellowship and sociability among
Ohioans"
This article in the constitution was
broadened in March 1904, by the adOp-
ton of a resolution, That the Buck
eye Club. through its individual men,
bers, and as a whole, shall do all it
can to render hearty support to the
Hawaii Promotion Committee, at least
to the extent of becoming informed
and getting in touch with, all new
corners from Ohio, whether they come
as tourists, or as more permanent
residents of Hawaii"
The names of our presidents, taken
in the order Of their service during
these past years are, Hon. Joshua X
Brown. Dr. G.. l.. GarVin. W. A. b.
wen. w. Fl. Rice, Raymond G.. Brown,
G. H. Dickey, S. +. kingsbury, w. II.
Westervelt
Mention Of the homes where enter
tanned at our gatherings will, am
sure, recall to the miads If MAJ" Of
US, most delightful memories: The
first on the list is that of W. D. Wes-
tervelt. then follows those Of DR.. J.
M. Whitney, w. c. Weldon, Castle
Home, J. K. Brown. G.. II. Atherton,
Dr. Garvin, H. N. Williams, DR.. Rode,
ers. w. A. Bowe-?. Henry Water.
house, Kamehameha Girls School, w.
!, Forbes, w. NJ Graham, R. G..
Brown, F. W. Smith, w. E. Skinner
E. Benner, A. NJ. Merrill, Vida
Thrum, Susanna Wesley Home, c. Fl.
Dickey, A. F. Cooke, W., E. .Stockman
and Judge Kingsbury at Young Hotel
A. A. Ebersole, Professor Hitchcock,
Miss Sara Featherstone at Hawaiian
Hotel.
AS to the times of meeting, the by.
laws first read: ''The meeting of the
club shall be the second Tuesday
evening of every alternate month. "
This was adhered to until in 1905,
when a change to quarterly meetings
instead of bi-monthly was made. A
later change was made to semi-annual
gatherings as regular; this permitting
special gatherings intermediate for
the purpose of entertaining visitors
from abroad when occasion for such
might arise.
Among the guests the club have
thus had the honor of entertaining
have been Dean Bosworth of Oberlin
College in 1907, Professors Lord and
Coddington at the time they were
sent to this point on the globe to mako
observations on the transit of Venus,
Professor Jewett of Oberlin and his
charming wife, we'll known through
her literary work, who had left here
as a girl at the age of fourteen and
not again seen the islands until their
visit here in 1912, Hon. Ambrose
Swasey, president of Chamber of Com.
merce in Cleveland, and the party OF
ladies with him as tourist to these
shores, DR.. Ryder Of New York, Rev.
Geo. Burlingame of San Francisco, ].
G. Wooley and wife, and others.
While this organization has been
extremely unpretentious with regard
to finances still it can, with just
pride, recall some of it's work in this
way. Through the generosity of some
Of its members, it made the contribu.
tion as far back as in 19O2-O3. of $500
to the Mckinley memorial committee
of Honolulu. The resolution placed
upon the minutes at the time, reads
thus: "Resolved. that it is the sense
of the Buckeye Club of Hawaii that
the most suitable memorial would be
a statue of Mckinley erected in some
public place or park in the city Of
Honolulu, but, whatever may be the
final decision of the general commit.
tee, will in no wise effect our cOntri-
button or our earnest efforts to assist
in the final completion of a suitable
memorial"
At a later time, the contribution
of SIS was forwarded TO the home
state for the Hammer memorial fund.
In l3ll $25 was appropriated 10
tho taking of share by the CLUB in
an institution erected at Grand View,
Tenn. for the advancement of women
AMI girls among the American high
laUterS
The last and largest benifcencp of
the club Was the unexpected outcome
C a suggestion made by one Of our
members. Mrs. J. NJ. Young.
As fuller mention Of this belongs
Properly to cur report Of this past
year. We will now enter upon that.
Since March. 1913, to the time of