The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-09-23
Maui Committee On
Press Congress Is
Now Hard at Work
Department Heads Meet;
Transportation and Finance
at Present Most Important
Problems Offered.

Face to face with the prospect OF
entertaining more than 800 VISITORS
October Is and 16 heads of depart
ments of the Maui Worlds Press Con
gress Committee met in the rooms OF
the Chamber of Commerce on Tues
day afternoon and went into program
and plans at some length The first
really detailed information was at
hand in letter from L. A. Thurston,
chairman of the Honolulu entertain
ment committee, which was read and
considered, paragraph by paragraph.
Several changes in tentative plans
were made and still other changes
were voted down, among the latter
being the proposal to have large
party 70 pau riders meet the visitors
at the wharf with gifts of fruit and
leis. This found favor with number
of the committeeman but went by
the board because of the fact that the
Claudine will be at the wharf, large
number of cars outside and con-
gested traffic condition practically
certain 1t has not been definitely
decided whether the visitors will be
taken to the fair grounds by train
or auto, also, and it is desired to per
nit no autos to enter the grounds,
which would have been necessary if
there were a parade led by pau rid
ers.
Representative Selected
Worth o. Aiken will make the Is
lands trip with the visitors, going to
Honolulu to meet them and proceed
ing on to Hilo and thence home to
Maui on the Matsonia. He is the
chairman of the publicity committee
of the Chamber of Commerce, repre-
sentative on the Tourist Bureau for
, this Island, and one of the best posted
men to be found on Maui's assets
and need.
At the present time the more i'm
portant points being worked out are
transportation and finances. William
Walsh has charge of the transporta-
tion between boat and wharf and to
the fair grounds and Ralph Wilson
of automobile transportation. They
will work out plans together and also
with a representative of the woman's
committee. Chairman Penhallow OF
the finance committee has made
good start but must know how much
will have to be expended for hiring
of cars before he can determine just
how much is to be raised.
Many Autos Needed
Mr.. Wilson desires to receive vol
unteers of car owners who will take
visitors on sight seeing trips and to
the swimming carnival on Sunday
and will shortly make a canvass. It
is desired that where possible those
who furnish cars will drive them
themselves for it is sought to have
some one who can give authentic in
formation to the visitors in each car
One can do no more important COM
munity service than to volunteer for
the Sunday entertainment of the visit
ors. 1t is estimated that at least 60
cars will be needed Sunday and sew
eral others will be required for the
trip to Olinda of those who are to
make the Haleakala trip.
Reception For Ladies
With the announcement that there
will be at least 60 ladies in the party,
the Womans section of the committee
headed by Mrs. w. A. Baldwin takes
on an added importance. That COM
y mittee is planning for some special
entertainment of the women visitors
which will probably take the form of
a reception and the showing of some
of the residential sections of Maui.
It is considered best that the sight
seeing trips shall be so divided that
some will make the lao Valley trip
in the morning and some in the af-
ternoon, the trip up in the direction
of Kula being divided into sections
for morning and afternoon, similarly.
This is done to avoid congestion of
cars so far as possible up lao Valley.
1t is planned not to take more than
80 to the crater Saturday afternoon,
returning Sunday morning.
The question of luncheon party
on Sunday was discussed but not def
initely decided upon. 1t is possible
that something in the way of a
picnic luncheon may yet be arranged.
Plans of the swimming committee
for the invitational meet are going
forward in connection with those for
the carnival which follows directly
after the fair.
The japanese and Chinese sections
of the committee are planning for
either luncheon or dinner parties to
the representatives of those coun-
tries.
Mr.. Thurston has been furnished
with a more definite program of the
entertainment features in the fair
grounds, the general program haVing &
been furnished him at some length
previously,