Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-07
Kaneohe Schools Successful Garden Fair One Biz Feature Of 1917 Contest
GOVERNOR, MAYOR, OTHER NOTABLES
MAKE ADDRESSES; EXHIBITS TIMELY
What One School is Doing to Help Feed Hawaii First is
Shown in Splendid Cooperat on of Teachers and Pupils
MOVING Pictures Taken BY Bulletin Staff photographer
"Feed Hawaii Flrstln


proposed as slogan by Superyisint
Inspector George s. Raymond, was thu
keynote OF the splendid school garden
fair held by Kaneohe school, Oahu
last Friday, March 30, al the schoo
premises. .. .
II was q great day for Kaneohe and
in fact, a great day for all Hawaii, fol
IL marked the first concentrated, adver
tised effort OF a public school TO hell
solve the problem now looming up az
the war crisis deepens--that Of feed
Ing Hawaii on products grown In Ha
Mafi. ff.s tit;ti{
The fair was a great credit to the
. hnhool and 10 Kaneohe and q greater
credit % the thought and the idea
behind a. Principal Carrie A. Thomp
son, the ,untiring mover or the fail
and its chief executive, had the loyai
support or the other teachers and OF
the 200-odd pupils of Kaneohe. This
Eame combined interest has made
Kaneohe's competition in the home
and school garden contests one Of the
keenest In the territory, and has i'm.
pressed the judges very favorably.
Yes, il was big day for Kaneohe.
The weather was perfect A bright,
sunny, happy morning lured across
the mountain road from Honolulu sew
eral auto loads Of people.
Gov. Pinkham, whose interest In
promoting agriculture is very deep
and active, was one of the most alb.
and stayed for several hours, and the
school appreciated II, for this was one
OF his very busy days. The encour-
agement the governor gave Kaneohe
70 go ahead developing the school and
home gardens will be lasting.
Mayor Lane was another Of the pub
lie officials whose interest took him
&c Kaneohe. Others who made the
trip were:
j. NJ Westgate, director of the
United States agricultural experiment
station: Supervisors Horner and Hoi.
linger, Inspector Raymond, Frank G.
Anterior, president Of the Honolulu
RtspBuiietin; Riley II Alien, editor
OF the Star Bulletin; Theodore Rich.
ards. editor 81 The Friend Mrs. Thee
dore Richards. member Of the terri
torial board OF education; the Oahu
judges, Messrs. Vaughan MacCaughey,
j. r. Higgins. David Hanghs, Prof.
Henke, College Of Hawaii, and Ralph
T. Borden, Kamehnmeha school for
boys. Ken. G. Bryan, vocational In.
struetor on Oahu, and incidentally one
OF the finest and most effective boost
ers the school garden idea has had,
was another keenly interested visitor
Waiahois School Much Liked
Early In the morning three autos
took the judges and their party on q
visit to Waiahole school and then they
returned to Kaneohe. It was the
final judging trip for Wsiahole and
Kaneohe. and both schools made q
showing that please the judges very
much.
.Waiahole, under the encouraging
leadership of Principal Alice r.
Nudge, deserves special attention. In
the last five weeks the boys and girls
have worked wonders and their gar
den was looking splendid when the
judges and the editor OF the Star
Bulletin saw e. Miss Nudge and
her boys work In real cooperation.
This school is one of the neatest and
its yard the best-kept Of any ON the
islands and Il Is 9 pleasure to visit It.
After Waishole had been visited and
the StarsBulletin photographer had
duly taken II with graflex camera and
movie camera, the autos headed
back to Kaneohe. Then the big day
commenced.
On the way to the school the judges
visited some home gardens and were
impressed with the fact that Kaneohe
has IS home gardens and all of them
show evidences Of hard work.
As the autos rolled up to Kaneohe
schoolhouse, there were scores of
boys and girls. nicely dressed. bright
eager and happy. and in the midst OF
them. smiling Hospitality. the live
wire" principal. Miss Carrie A. Thomp.
son. She welcomed the guests and
they began to inspect the fair.
A 25-foot banner above the lanai OF
the main school building bore the
words "Kaneohe School Garden Fair.
StareBulletin 1917 School Garden Con.
test" On the lanai were displayed
the vegetables and fruits and cooking
and preserving displays in abundant
profusion va
Illustrating the interest which all
Kaneohe is taking In the growing OF
vegetables is the fact that several
elders had sent particularly fine cab.
bage or other produce to be displayed
with that of the boys and girls. These
specimens were on show but were not
competing for the prizes.
Visitors Much Pleased
The showing made by the Kaneohe
fair surprised and pleased all the yisi.
tors very much. Gov. Pinkham and
Mayor Lane commented upon it re
peatedly.
The fair proved that large amounts
of produce can he raised cheaply BY
the boys and girls OF Kaneohe.
Also displayed were drawings and
rarden records. while inside the school
house were irnrronntN booths where
the girls showed sewing. tatting and
crochetinE.
So well done was this department
that many visitors bought the goods
IN fact. the whole fair was about
bought out in a couple OF hours.