Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-16
KAMANHIEP PARK
DEDICATED IN
MANOA VALLEY
Queen LiIiuokaIani, Mayor and
Board of Supervisors
Join in Ceremony . .

-Kamanele park, the new fve-acrt
park tract set aside at Vancouver road
md Kaala Point, Manoa valley, was
| formally dedicated by 10 fIower.le
girls yesterday In the presence oil
Queen Liliuokalani, Mayor Lane, Sn
peryisoFs Logan and HoIlinger and
Mrs. Gertrude johnson Blake and loo
other members of the Outdoor Circle
Carrying great armfuls of flowers,
the ten little girls. dressed in white,
mounted to the top of pyramid
shaped rock and strewing their leis
over the rocks, they sang:
II name thee, O park, Ka.naneie.' .
Queen Liliuokalani was escorted to
the park by Mayor Lane. The mem
bers of the Manoa Club and Outdoor
Circle and other guests occupied a
place of vantage en- the lanai of the
Blake residence, directly opposite the
park. T. z=.s...t> :. l.
The name Kananele was selected
at the suggestion of Mrs. Mary j.
Montana and was adopted because o.
the fact that the Princess Kamanele
once resided in what is now known
as Manoa valley p. C. Jones, former.
ly treasurer of Punahou Academy, ex.
planned that the Oahu College trustees
purchased the valley for $3.50, 100
acres, when the college was first OF
ganized, and that the institution real
lied So, 700 by selling subdivisions
and lots, He said that the college
set aside the five-acre tract now known
as Kamanele park for park purposes.
Miss Kulafnanu Ward read an In
terestfng historical paper on the choice
of name for the park, with extempore
remarks adding much to the pleasure
Of the audience. Mrs Jonathan Shaw,
in touching manner, conveyed the APP
proyal of the name by her mother,
the venerable Mrs. Serene Bishop.
now over 80 years or age. ~
Mayor Lane and Supervisors Hoi-
linger and Logan assured those pres
ent that the city Officials would do
everything possible towards assisting;
the civic workers of the valley in max.
ing the valley park q beauty spot
During the ceremonies, Mrs. Julian
Walanika and Mrs. Kale Maikai sat.
at the former queens feet and chant
ed Hawaiian songs. A girls giee club
also sang. 81
Kamanele park Is going to be diff
ferent from any other park in the
city, according to Mr.. .Ehrhorn,s re-
marks yesterday,r said Supervisor Lo-
gan athis morning, sand its share OF
aid from the municipal Golfers win
be money well spent. The spirit shown
at the dedication ceremonies yester-
day, both By the. Manoas branch Of the
Outdoor Circle and the representa-,
tive Of the local Improvement. club.
was encouraging Of belief that the best
the supervisors can do for the. park
will really be only a small proportion
Of the total outlay OF. thought, effort
and money III making Kamanele park
something different.
With the castellated background
Of mossrock left by primeyal lava
flow. draped with rare varieties Of.
night-blooming cereus and Towering
vines, as Mr.. Ehrhorn described the
scene, some of, the .interstices holding
the rich tileaf plant, as Mayor Lane
was applauded for suggesting, and the
gently sloping lawn area in the fore
ground embellished with wellselected
foliage and flowers, this new park in
the midst of the marvellously grand
valley, already profusely studded with
opulent homes and classic groves. will
be one Of the finest show places as.
well as one OF the most ideal resting
hooks in all Honolulu. In fact II is
bound to become prime asset of pro-
motion.
Manoa, in this esthetic enterprise.
again bids for leadership. among SUI
turban sections. "