The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-12-01


clans singing and playing their
native music and a woman singer
and a dancer going very slowly
through the graceful motions of
the hula. A loud speaker system
carried the music to the ship long
before we locked - and it was
impossible not to get a keen sense
of anticipation even though you
knew there was no one there in
port to greet you.
But there was.
l was standing out on deck with
a group of passenger friends Won
dering how many letters l had
waiting for me when l heard
someone yelling Hazel" Search
ing the large crowd lined up at
the dock for a familiar face
spied Harold Upchurch, son of
Mrs. Walter L.. Upchurch, of Lex
ington, formerly a captain in the
United States Army and now re-
siding in Honolulu. He and his
lovely young wife, Evaline, had
come down 10 meet me and when
| stepped off the ship they had
for me the most exquisite lei !
saw during my whole stay in
Hawaii. 1t was made of wanda
orchids in a most unusual design.
There YER literally hundreds of
the tiny orchid color vandas
strung together to give the APP
pearance Of a flat rope or chain
about two inches wide.
Another pleasant surprise was
being met at the ship by Nh. Earl
Thacker, one of Honolulu's lead
ing citizens and a close friend of
George Healy, vice president of
the Times Picayune Publishing
company and managing editor OF
The Times icayune, for whom
ann going to try to do same stories
while gone. George had written
Mr.. Thacker ] was on the Monroe
and he very kindly met me with
a jovial smile and beautiful leis
of pink carnations. He put his
car and chauffeur, Paul, a hun
dred per cent Hawaiian and q
charming personality, at my dis.
posal while in Honolulu.
/ saw most of the city in the
brief time available. One of the
most interesting points was a ride
with Paul up to the Pmchbowl
cemetery where Hawaii;s war
dead rest. Here lies the grave OF
Ernie Pyle and it is placed be-
tween two unknown soldiers. The
cemetery is nestled in a crater
overlooking Diamond Head ano
the harbor entrance to the city
and it is the most beautiful GENE
terry I've ever seen.
The most breathtaking view OF
this scenic Island is from Pali Pass
where King Kamehameha OF
early Hawaiian history fought the
battle with the other Island kings
and drove them off the pass into
the e and adding the Island OF
Oahu to his Island Kingdom.
Tripler General Hospital, com
pleted within the year and built
at a cost of AZ million dollars is
the most impressive modern
building in Honolulu. This gov.
eminent hospital is the one criti-
cized in the Hoover report and i,
is a magnificent edifice.
Another impressive building is
the Norman fredericksburg the
Mormons have a temple across the
: Island, largest west of Utah,
which | did not have time to see
but a Mormon temple is not
open to the public. The Mormon
missionaries arrived here in 1850,
thirty years after the first Ameri-
can missionaries.
The Oahu Country Club has one
of the best golf courses in the
world. 1t is situated high on a
hill overlooking the city and har-
Dor and the club owns all of the
near property to make certain that
the wonderful panorama will
never be disturbed. With a tenn
perature averaging rs degrees the
year round the people here are
in a position to enjoy outdoor life
and their many wonderful bea-
ches-which / found as beautiful
as those at Rio and Santos.
It is most interesting to know
that cameras are forbidden at all
times at Pearl Harbor now-and
the harbor can be visited only on
specified visiting days unless spe-
cial arrangements r made.
They say one always comes
back to Hawaii or dreams about
it and this is certainly true.
There's also a saying that if you
drop your lei overheard before
your ship sails past Diamond Head
and it drifts back to shore that
you are sure to return-well, l
dropped five or six of them over
uybich pn,,Sf MEAN that I will re-