Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-11-18
.PAlA COMMUNITY
HOUSE CENTER OF
MANY ACTIVITIES
Unique Attempt at Social Ser
vice Proves Success From
Very Beginning
KAHULUl FOLLOWS SUIT
WITH USEFUL EDlFlCE
kindergarten and Boys Work
viii BE Part Of Program
at New Structure

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AT Pala, Maui. unique attempt at
real community service has been high
~ successful during the last two
years In the form of the Community
House. The idea of such a building
was first conceived by Clarence G..
White, who proposed Il To several OF
the people OF Paia and Makawao. a
number Of meetings was held and the
opinion was unanimous as to the need
and also the method OF meeting the
need fer a greater service to the
whole community in the form OF a
building adequate for all sorts Of az
fairs. The location was also agreed
upon, and the land adjoining the Paia
Union church was donated for the
purpose. The building was therefore
erected en- church property and the
committee in charge of the hall and
its uses Is annually elected by the
parish of the Makawao church Dur
ing the past year ID. c. Lindsay, H. d.
Sloggett and Mrs w. +. McConkey
have been the committee.
The main auditorium will seat about
$50 people. The stage will accommo-
date fully eighty at one time, while
there are large dressing rooms be-
meath the stage and good sized cloak
room at the main entrance TO the
building
At the mauka end of the Community
House and part Of it is an l. shaped
addition containing several spacious
class rooms and q good kitchen. These
oIo ell hn A..
gether making long and a very pleas
ant dining room.
The whole building Is finished and
equipped In excellent taste. the. hoor
OF the main room Is one Of the best
on Maui, the lighting and ventilation
very satisfactory, while the stage
properties are by all odds the best
on the island. The long verandas Of
the smaller end Of the building makes
an admirable place for handling
large crowd at out-of-door tables.
Opened In 1915
The Community House was opened
by a bazaar on Nov. z, 1914. BY the
end Of December, 1916, 81 meetings
and socials Of various kinds had been
held there. BY the 31st Of October
this year the Community House has
already been used rs times. This
number includes exhibitions, dances,
singing classes, bazaars, receptions,
community meetings Of different sorts.
In addition the Paia Union church
has the use of the building at any
time it needs it. Sunday school was
held there last year regularly and
again this year Since the tearing
down Of the old church edifice morn
ing church services have also been
held. II these services were added.
the total number Of times that the
Community House has been actually
used would be much larger.
Simple rules govern the use OF the
building. No intoxicating liquor Of
any kind Is allowed on the premises.
and no smoking permitted within the
building. Any one in the community
may have the use Of the hall for IN
evening by paying the sum Of $3.50.
For those who wish the use Of the
Community House for profit charge
Of $40 night s made. For all enter
tainments in connection with the
Paia Union church or. for any CHAIR
table or religious purpose the use II
free.
The Paia people were the first IN
the plantation life OF the territory to
wo.k out the idea OF Community
House along the lines above indicat-
ed. The success Of the undertaking .
absolutely unquestioned, and no wiser
use OF $500, the cost Of the building
and its equipment, could possibly
have been made. The hall has espe-
cially met the need Of all Of Maui
for social gatherings, whereas before
this present building was finished
there was no place on Maui for su<A
purposes. Possibly the -Makawao La.
erary," which Is timehonored insti-
tuition and Of unusual service to the
people Of Maui as social center, was
the immediate cause for the construe.
ton Of the Paia Community House.
This Literary" used to meet At pr
vate homes; but It became 50 popular
that no single residence was large
fConffnued on mage l2l