St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-08-15
Jessie Shepard
Describes Huwoii

aria, the oleander, the helicoma
the African tulip tree, Monkeypo,
tree, the flaming Poincina Rsgia
whose flaming red flowers len.
striking decor TO many attractiv
Island homes and the many vari
lcolored shrubs such as the Mexi
can creeper. the culamanda, sta
Jasmine, night-blooming cerus an,
many other varieties.
Tropical Fruits A Plenty
The island also abounds In trop
ieal fruits, many Of them new L
as and others quite familiar. w,
were thrilled TO see the banan;
tree the papaya. the guava, man
go. cocoanut, and a vocado pea
trees and we were surprised Il
find that the pineapple grows OF
low bushes and not on a tree.
Following breakfast at Rev
Burns home. we started out OF
our first sightseeing tour which
took us up the valley 10 Nuuam
Pail, a district Of fine homes ant
spreading trees, then thru fores
Of thick low trees and tall SLENDER
trees, many of them with theil
trunks covered with giant leafeC
taro vines and other climbers.
In some places trees arched over
the highway. In short open stret
ches, you see the towering greer
mountains which rise on all sides
vending their way thru Mokapu
Point,
At Leniki we crossed the PENN.
sular to Kaneohe Bay and stopped
lat the House Of Corals, where
one finds shells and corals from
all over the Pacific.
Following the Kamehama High.
way we passed abandoned sugar
mills used more than 100 years
ago. From here the road wended
inland around picturesque Kahana
Bay and from the shore you SEE
a truly tropical valley with It's
breadfruit, banana and mango
trees left by early settlers.
From there we visited the Nor.
mon Temple at Lam, where a guide
showed US the formally handicapped
grounds, explained the religion and
gave US the oolony's history. Con.
tinuing our tour we passed thru
sugar cane, then pineapple fields
and got good view OF Oahu's
highest peak, 4,025 foot Mt. Kaala
then thru the town of wahiawa
the shopping center for the village
and the service families.
We saw Schofield Barracks
home Of the 25th Infantry Div.
ision; Wheeler Air Force Base and
"a highlight was a visit to Pear
Harbor where one views the ruins
Of the Inflated Arizona, which was
attacked in 1871 and other sunken
battleships. We also made a tour
of the other current operations OF
the navy.
Other points OF interest on our
tours included the National Gene
terry Of the Pacific located on
Punch Bowl Crater which contains
$4,000 graves of World War III and
Korean war dead From the look
out on the crater rim, one gets a
panorama view Of the city. We
also stopped at the Royal Mausol-
cum, the burying ground for the
Kamehameha and Kaila Kama OF
the kingdom which dates back TO
1865, Kamehameha Schools on
Kapalani Heights consisting of 200
acres Of handicapped campus con-
tatns girls and a boys school
for children with Hawaiian blood
These schools were founded In
1887 as a sole beneficiary OF Prin-
cess Bernice Pauhy Bishop, last
member Of the Kamemeha dynasty
Local Hawaiian boys and girls can
attend these schools for as little
at 50 per month tuition. Only
Hawaiians or part-Hawaiians are
eligible to enroll.
u. :. Army installations
Fl Shafter. headquarters for the
U, s, Army Of the Pacific, Tripler
Army Hospital on Manalua Ridge.
which has 1900 beds and Hickam
Air Force Base, chief military field
in the Pacific, a stop-over for most
flights by the U, s, mainland and
the Far East, were included in our
tours.
Honolulu Fast Changing Modern
Honolulu is fast-changing into a
modern city with its many hand,
some contemporary buildings in
its business district, vet much still
remain Of by-gone days; the New
England style churches and gov
eminent buildings, straight from
18th Century Europe: the oricnta,
shopping district with its tiny
open-front stores and the small
frame shacks. each with its own
flower garden, stin reminds one OF
early days. The city covers an area
from Hickam Field 20 Makapuu
and nom the sea far up the broad
valleys and ridges Of the Koolau
Mountain ridge,
The residential areas stretch
back into the valleys. up ridges
and along the coast east OF Dia-
mond Head The Industrial and