Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-01
Strange GIVEN
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be the presentation of the fob secret
which everybody shared Blu: the reel
pient himself
The presentation speech was briefly
and appropriately made By Tom
Sharp, secretary pro TEN. He referred
to the esteem in which Mr.. Strange IS
held by his AID Club brethren and hen
presented the fob, saying, I'VE will
tag you so that if you get lost in any
of the great cities, they can send you
back to Hawaii" ...-
Mr.. Strange's speech in response
was an earnest talk in which he men
toned but briefly his own work and
spoke enthusiastically of the work Of
the AID Club.
81 am proud to have oeen working
wi1h the AID Club for Hawaii" he said.
al believe the Ad Club is an asset to the
community and that the years to come
will tell its effect. The club has Gre
ated community spirit and one
prompted by the love of unselfish ser
vice to Hawaii. My good wishes will
be with you wherever l go and what
ever may happen to me, ana am gu
ing to carry the AID Club spirit to the
trenches.
IL sh1n always be strenuous up
holder Of America and Americans,
though at heart | am an Englishman
and always shall be. But what sue
cess have attained is due to the fact
that / have gained some measure OF
American methods" 49,. LIS
He also urged that the club get be-
hind the Pan-Pacific movement, of
which he is one of the directors, and
the club responded by authorizing a
committee to take the matter up.
s. Among the newspapermen who
spoke in tribute to Strange were R. o.
Matheson, editor of the Advertiser,
and Riley H. Allen, editor of the Star
Bulletin. -. II. ---...-.-,.s:.t 49,
President j. W. Mauck of Hillsdale
College, with an impromptu proxy"
from Herbert Houston, president of
the Associated Advertising Clubs IF
America, also spoke in praise of Mr..
Strange and the AID Club.
Another interesting feature of the
day was a talk by w. L. Hathaway
of San Francisco upon How the Fair
E
Began.
Mr.. Hathaway, who is the San Fran
cisco manager of the Mutual Life In
surance Company of New York, was a
member of President Moore's execu-
tive committee of seven and insur-
ance commissioner for the big fair.
He told in an extremely interesting
manner of the broad foundation for
international service laid by the III
insurance congresses during the fair,
and of the widening scope of insur-
ance and its advertising value to com
munities. President Moore, he com
mented, is one of the biggest men this
nation has produced, as he proved in
his position.
Louis w. Hill Invited.
Louis w. Hill, successor to James
]. Hill as active head of the Hill rail-
road and steamship interests, will re-
ceivec toHaght orr tomorrow Fan invita-
tiun from the Ad Club to, come to Ha-
waii3 and look over the field. This.
was the result of brief and energetic
action by the club in voting to in
yite Mr.. Hill and to do it by tele-
graph. The move is to help get the
Great Northern assured permanent
run here.
Harry Strange. as chairman of the
clubs Carnival committee. reported
that the clubs work in opening the
Carnival on the first night was a fin
ancial success. For the first time
the opening night of the Carnival has
shown a balance on the right side of
the ledger" he said.
Albion Clark, for the road commit
tee, reported that the county is
broke and the outlook for road inn
provement in the near future is not
scintillatingly bright.