Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-13

= annual Civic convention Left TO y
y right, top. r. c. Hssens, presi- \
dent OF the HonoiJIu Chamber =
y Of coTmerLe; G. II. Wears, ref. =
y resenting the Hiio board Of =
= trade; Raymond c. Brown, sec. =
= rotary 81 the Honolulu Chamber =
Of Commerce. 6ottom-R. A. \
\ Wadsworth, representing the =
= Maui Chamber Of Commerce. y
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p ULLY 100 delegates from The out.
side islands are expected to ar.
rive here Saturday morning from
Maui Hawaii and Kauai to attend the
Sixth Annual Civic Convention. This
number is said by Raymond c. Brown,
the general committee chairman, to
be conservative estimate and may
be swe1led by % or 80 other dele
gates. Many of the delegates also
are expected to be accompanied by
their wives and families. #
BY special arrangement. the ont
side island delegates will arrive here
at o'clock Saturday morning on the
| IACd dliu INtudus do SuS
Island officials have agreed to have
these two vessels come into the har-
Dor at the same hour. after request
was made that this be done by the
Honolulu reception committee.
1t is estimated that the Honolu.|
lans who Will welcome the visiting
delegates will number about 50. They,
will be members of the general re-
ception committee of the civic con-
vention, the reception committee Of
the Honolulu Ad Club, which is to
act as an assistant committee to the
general committee, and members of
Eother civic convention committees. .
To the 10 civic organizations of
Honolulu an allotmentsof 10 delegates
has been made. .-s1
The Hawaii delegation viii be ale
up of representatives of the Hilo
Board of trade, kona Development
and Improvement Club, and the Ro-
hala Improvement Club. The Hiio
delegation will likely consist of about
So members and each of the other
two Hawaii organizations will SEND
five or six delegates each. b.
At present the prospect for large
attendance from Kauai is not encour-
aging, but the Garden Island will be
counted upon to send almost as many
delegates as does Hawaii.
After the reception at the Kinau
and Mauna Kea Saturday morning
the visiting delegates will be accompa-
MED to their hotels and homes of
friends, after which they will be free
to spend the day as they wish. Pro-
vision has been made for the seat.
ing of the delegates in a specially
reserved bleacher at the regatta races.
Program For Sunday
Sunday viii be devoted to enter
tanning the visitors. The. delegates
and their ladies are to be taken Tor
an auto ride to the Haleiwa hotel,
where lunch will be served and a
trip taken in glass bottom boats over
the coral gardens. 1T.
While the trip around the island,
as originally planned has been given
up, due to the condition of the roads,
the civic convention committeeman
wish it known that all who desire
to take their friends among the dele.
gates around the island are at liberty
to do so if they desire.
The start to Haleiwa will be made
az 9 a. m. The return trip will begin
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
In the evening the delegates are IN
vited to attend the union civic conven.
ton service which will be held in the
Central Union church, where an al.
dress will be made by Minister David
Cary Peters on "Underpinning Civil
lization." 49, Iii T..
The serious work of the convention
will start at 8 o'clock Monday morn
ing at Laniakea, 1041 Asagea street,
when it is called to order by ]. F. c.
dagens, president of the Honolulu
Chamber of Commerce. Afterwards a
temporary chairman and secretary
will be appointed, following which the
credentials committee will be named
Then-will come the selection of per-
manent chairman and secretary.
Mr. Hagens is to deliver the address
of welcome and d. E. MetEger, dis.
trict magistrate of Hilo, is to respond
for the visitors. The same morning
Governor L. E. Pinkham is scheduled
for an address, as is also Roger y.
Burnham, scout commissioner Tor Ha-
waii. His topic will be Boy Scouts
AS a Civic Asset"
In the afternoon the visiting ladies
are TO be entertained b. the women's
auxiliary of the 0utrigger club at Wal
kid beach. .a:..". ..-
The convention program for the af- |
ternoon of the first day is as fol- |
lows: III
Good Roads VS.. Poor Roads, W. r.
harrington: Construction of Good !
Roads," George NJ Collins; same sub !;
ject. j. c. Foss, Jr.: Maintenance Of |!
Good Roads," c. \. Arnold; same sub |
iect, James H. Moragne; Funds, How |
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." J. w. Rus |
sci. Last will come the report of the
resolutions committee.
At s O'Clock dinner is to be given |
to the delegates and women guests /