The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-01-24
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Emily Perez, a young Porto Rican
woman, was discovered in an uncon-
scious condition in a cane field just
mauka of the Waikiki public school,
on Monday morning. She was lying
partly in an irrigation ditch, and her
discovery created considerable excite
ment among the laborers who thought
that she was dead.
The police were sent for and the
girl was taken to the hospital where
she soon fully recovered.
The girl explained that she had
simply tainted while at work irrigat-
ing cane. Had she fallen with her
face in the water she would have un-
doubtedly been drowned.
The lumber schooner A. f. Coates,
which finished ~discharging a big car
go of lumber at Kahului on Monday,
got away for San Francisco on Tues
day.
Lieut.. and Mrs. E. Durret Ayres
were the guests for dinner of Capt.
and Mrs. Fletcher G.. Sanborn, at
their quarters in Fort De Russy on
Wednesday evening.-Advertiser.
On Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Will
liam S. Chillingworth was the charm
ing hostess of a delightful afternoon
at her quarters in the Second Ha-
waiian Infantry cantonment.
Bridge formed the diversion for the
afternoon, and at four o'clock the
hostess served light refreshments to
the guests who were Mrs. r. T. For
rest, of Hilo, Mrs. Halstead, of Ho-
nolulu, Mrs. William Bibee, Mrs.
Robert NJ. Lindsay and Mrs. William
Wallace Flynn, of San Francisco
Advertiser.
President E. A. Brown, of the Maui
Teachers Association has called a
meeting of the teachers for tomor-
row at Waikiki to consider a pro-
position from Oahu that all teachers
unite in a request to the legislature
for a 39B per cent flat raise in sal
aries.
Tickets for the SeIinsky Quintet
Concert which will be given in the
kahului Theater on Thursday even
ing, January 30th are being sold by
the members of the Maui Music Club.
They can also be procured from the
Maui Book Store, Wailuku, and the
kahuIui Theater.
The reserved seat tickets selling
for $3.50 can be exchanged at any
time nov for regular reserve seat
theater tickets. The rs cent tickets
are for General admission.-Advt.
Aloha Lodge No. 8, knights of
Pythias, will hold its regular meet
ing this evening.
The annual meeting for the election
of officers of the Maui County Fair
& Racing Association, will be held
next Tuesday afternoon at 8 o'clock
at the chamber of rooms.
Waikiki. The matter of holding a
Maui county fair this year and of
making a start on developing the fair
grounds at Kahului will also be dis
cussed.
The funeral services over the ashes
of the late Mrs. A. F. Tavares will
take place next Sunday afternoon at
3 o'clock at the Pookela cemetery,
Makawao.
The Maui Music Club held it's
monthly meeting yesterday afternoon
at the Paia Community House, where
a very delightful program was enjoy
ed by the members. The meeting
was to have been held at the home
of Mrs. II. A. Baldwin, but the pres
ence of a case of influenza in the
home made it advisable to hold it
elsewhere.
The annual meeting of the Waikiki
Union Church will be held on Sunday
evening. This is an interesting meet
ing, and a cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all.
H. NJ. Gesner reports the big an
nual shark fishing meet will take
place Sunday at Kihei. Be on hand
about nine A. M. if you want to see
the fun. Harry made a date with a
shark and promises a big time.
The Parent-Teachers Association
of the Maui High and Grammar
school will meet at the High School
at 2:45 p. m. January 2S, 1919.
Just how it happened neither j. N.
X Keola, who was driving, nor w.
F.. Crockett, who was a passenger in
the machine, know. But both do ap-
preciate the fact that Keola's fliver
suddenly abandoned a perfectly plain
road, over Waihee way last Monday
afternoon, to try a deep ditch. The
experiment was a failure as far as
travel was concerned. Neither &C.
cupant of the car was injured. Croc-
kett walked back to town. Keola
hunted up help and got back later on
his own power.