The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1917-06-19


Friday after spending several weeks
with friends in Honolulu.
Mrs. e. w. Broadbent goes to
town tonight to attend the gradual
ting exercises of her son Frank, at
Punahou.
Nawiliwili Garage is making adj
ditional office and store room space
by building on the side next to their
present office.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Creevey will
leave for the East Immediately at
the close of school to visit friends
and relatives at their old homes.
Public attention is called to the
by Authority notices in this
issue, the one from the County
Treasurer and the other from the
County Tax Assessor.
Mrs. r. D. Moler, went to town
last Saturday by the Kinau to be
present at the graduation exercises
of her son Nell who graduates from
the Punahou preparatory.
Miss Searight cordially invites
the friends of the children who are
in her dancing class, to a simple
closing exhibition at the Hall, FRI
day evening, 8 p. m.
Mr.. Geo. Rodiek, manager of HI.
Hackfeld & Co., and j. F. Hum
burg, San Francisco agent for the
same company, were arrivals on
Kauai last Wednesday morning.
Grove Farm Plantation is build
ing a neat set of laborers' cottages on
their land just mauka of the A. S.
Wilcox home. The Halehaka camp
is to be moved into these new quar-
ters
Some very fine gold lettering and
sign writing is being done at the
Tip Top Building by Marcelle. He
is also lettering the doors to the diff
ferent departments at the county
building.
A local branch of the Kaahumanu
Society was organized in Waimea
on Saturday with Miss Peabody and
visiting delegates as promoters and
founders. There is surely Kaa-
humanu revival going on!
The reason has just been explain
ed why "Bill' Grote has been
carrying his head so high lately.
The business office of Lihue Store
has just been equipped with new
steel office of fixtures.
We beg to apologize to the prize
winners in the composition contest
for delay in publishing their essays.
When all set up and ready for press
they have been crowded over into
next week by the influx of other
important matter.
We venture to commend the cleo
ton of Mrs. j. l.. Robertson to the
presidency of the Mokihana Society
as a very wise one, and to predict
that she will make very efficient
and progressive leader for that ac-
tive and useful organization.
| Final arrangements are being
made by the Fiske Quartet Commit
tee which will assure the advent of
these world-famous singers to the
Island The proposition is to keep
them on Kauai for a week, and to
give every considerable community
on the Island chance to hear
them. practically without expense.
We notice in the Honolulu dailies
the pleasantly familiar face of
Frank Broadbent among the por-
traits of the Punahou graduating
class. The graduating exercises
take place on Monday next. Frank
we understand has done uncom-
monly well. Congratulations of
the Garden Island.
We understand that there ale to
be fifteen additional teachers re-
quired for the schools of Kauai this
next year; so rapidly are the chill
dren increasing. We fancy that it
will be quite problem to find these
teachers, in addition to the many
vacancies which will have to be fill
ed in the present staff
The following item came in too
late for last issue:
Mr.. and Mrs. b. d. Baldwin gave
a very enjoyable dinner Friday eve
ming, the 7th. in honor of Lady
Heron who is visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Danford, at Mana. About
thirty guests were invited and fol-
lowing the dinner Bridge" was
played. Ms. Rankin and Mrs. DR..
Dunn winning the first prizes and
! Mrs. H. Truscott the "Booby. The