Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-14
KAHUKU TAKES FIRST, KANEOHE is
SECOND, WAIALUA THIRD, ON OAHU

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Hauula School "
! This little school on windward Oaha
received much favorable comment
from the judges. 1t showed what two
women teachers, filleh with enthus
iasm and ready to take the initiative
and pupils Of the same kind can do
| The judges especially commended the
industry and ingenuity shown in build.
ing fence OF split sticks which had
TO be gotten a long distance from the
school house. The two teachers are
Miss Helen Anaoholami and Miss Hat.
tie Kama. ~.
Waipahu School
Waipahu school, with a large at.
tendance, has many possibilities and
turned out a commendable garden,
having secured the land from church
yard. ... .-..#
Eva School
Under Principal Simpson, Eva
school did very well and developed
a number OF better-than-ayerage home
gardeners. Furthermore, since the
contest closed this school has s.lown
its realization OF the larger work OF
feeding Hawaii by undertaking TO
establish 100 home gardens.
ksllua School
Kailua school, at an isolated part
of windward Oahu, started In small
way and increased its garden steadily.
The land was on the hillside and the
water had to be carried long dis
tance.
Aiea school
Though Aiea school was not in the
school division OF the contest for lack
of grounds, nevertheless it developed
a small garden, an evidence of good
spirit.
HOME GARDEN DIVISION
Wo Kim Sun Look, winner of the
first prize. is 15-year-old Chinese
boy, son of planter who lives far
out on the swamp flats near the Ka-
huku wireless station His two sons,
Wo Kin SIM and All Chong Look.
cleared plots side. by side. and de-
Nel0ped especially fine lettuce and
cabbage. In order to get water, they
dug q weil--hard labor in the son
they had to contend with. Each boy
had fine garden and II was largely
because they oYercame difficulties and
delivered the goods" that the older
boy gets first prize and his brother
certificate of honor.
Max Landgraf of Eva wins second
prize Max is IA years old. His father
is German-American and his mother
part Portuguese and part-German.
born in Hawaii. Max had large gar
den, which ne fenced by using split
sisal poles, thus utilizing waste ma.
terial, a point of economy which
counted In his favor. He goes to
school several miles away and has
little time outside of Saturday and
Sunday to work in his garden.
Joaquin Domingos of Kahuku, third
prize winner, planted his garden high
up a hillside, overcoming natural diff
ficulties and getting good results.
A Girl Competitor
Elizabeth Holt, Kaahumanu school,
was one of the many girls who de-
yeloped good gardens and competed
successfully with the boys.
Koichi lwamoto OF Kaneohe. Jap.
anese boy, produced splendid gar,
den. worked out his accounts carefully
and far-sightedly and kept on increas-
ing the size of his plot. II should be
also that. Koichi is the star
artist Of his school His drawings,
both ink and colored, are unusually
good and were much admired at the
Kaneohe fair. 4
Kosuke Takai and Hidemichi Toki
masa are two Kahuku boys with home
gardens side by side, cleared from the
lantana The gardens were of almost
equal merit.
Artist and Gardener
Hidemichi Tokimasa is one of the
best artists Of the schools, and his
drawings Of the garden arrangements
were particularly good.
Joseph Sylvia OF Kaneohe developed
a garden on an old Hawaiian home.
stead, meeting poor weather condi-
tons, heavy soil and other difficulties. |
Jose Tohai of Eva is bright little |
Spanish Lad of Is years, in the eighth |
grade, son Of Spanish immigrant |
family. He developed fine little
garden with clever irrigation system |
by which he used waste water. from
the kitchen. His produce was among |
the best and his garden among the
best-kept. The judges we're sorry that |
there were not enough prizes so that |
he could have one, too.
Keiko Tokimasa of Kahuku is sis
ter of Hidemichi Tokimasa and her |
garden was about as good as her
brothers She well deserves praise.
Teuk Soon Lynn of Waialua had a |
very good garden and oyercame diff. |.
culties to make good showing.
John Dabraeo of Aiea is a 13-year-
old lad who raised a fine crop OF po- |
tatoes in a large garden. but unfor.
the floods wiped out most of !
his crop and to save it he had to dig |
the potatoes when they were still I
small.
Others Commended
Others whom the judges commended J
were Sing Mau of Waipahu, who |
showed ingenuity in securing and US
ing fertilizer; Luke Chung Hong OF /
Pearl City, who started out well but /
found rnuch difficulty with hard |