Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-17
CONTEST NOTES

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ruary 8. Since then rain has fallen
and the garden should be doing bet
ter
Mahiawa sent number OF we'll.
written letters to the contest depart
ment this week. Among them were
those by the following: Okiyo Aku-
tagawa, Shigeru Tokimoto, Seisuke
Niino, S. Tehikawa, Alice Voeller,
Toshi Minami, Charles Baker, T.
Wakabayashi, 7. Yamamoto, K Ibara
and M. Tokumoto.
The contest department has received
a number of good drawings this week
and among them wishes especially to
mention five drawings by Pauline
Ferreira of Hanamaulu school, Kapaia,
Kauai. They were nicely drawn and
oolored, and an interesting letter from
Pauline came with them. she is in
the sixth grade.
| Kilanea, Kauai, sent large bunch
of letters this week. Some for which
there is room are from George Cor
Ireia, Joe Remoallo, Manuel Sanches,
Frank Pacheco, Frank Correia, Kui
Tong Lung, Willie All Sui, Albert
Rezantes, Sohei Hamano, B. Firstin,
Fortunate Tejo, Kaichi Olan, Herbert
All Tai, John Pacheco and Manuel
Sardinia.
Louis Cadina, Jr., and Minoru Kawa.
hara write from Ninolc, Hawaii. about
the progress Of their school garden.
Etsu Hilasa, writing from Waipahu
school, Oahu, calls attention to the
fact that the school yard there is tidy
and has four new garbage containers,
each with cover on 1t. Good for
Waipahui This shows how cleanliness
may be observed in the school yard.
Wong Wo Chane, writing from Ha.
nalei, Kauai, tells of the success he is
getting by hard work on his rather
rocky home garden. Stick to it,
perseverance is the biggest part of
success in any kind OF work or any
line Of life.
Manuel Correira writes from Hama
maulu, Kauai, that he has been having
some hard luck. The cat scratched
my lettuce to sleep" he explains, and
goes on to teal how he bought seed for
himself and is trying it again. He gives
a good description of his vegetables.
Quon Leong of Hanalei school,
Kauai. tells very interestingly how
he has made his garden and is get
ting everything to grow. His is one
of the best letters the Star-Bulletin
has received in telling clearly just
what the processes are, but he needs
to be a little more careful in the use
of English. especially in spelling and
grammar
YANG Kern Clock writes from Hama
lei, Kauai: Ny garden was dug by
pig He then goes on to explain
that after the pig had finished, he set
out his plants over again. This is
plucky work and deserves comment.
Evidently the pupils of Hanalei,l
Kauai, have much trouble with
animals which spoil their gardens.
Kun Lin Kui writes that water buf.
falo STEPPED on his plants, and an
other time the chickens scratched mp
his vegetables. But he is trying again
That is good work
Geinjo Shiraishi of Hanalei, Kauai,
finds carrots, radishes and lettuce
growing well in the sandy soil.
Up in Ninole, Hawaii, the pupils
have found that the mynah birds do
much good. There the birds have
come to help the children destroy the
cutworms, by eating them, as well as
other insects. !.
Noboru Iwamoto writes from Paia,
Maui, to enter the home garden con-
test. He is much interested and
hopes to land a prize for Paia.
Dyfrig Forbes writes q long and ex-
tremely good letter on the home
garden. in which he is in partnership
with another boy, Tamoru Fujiwara.