Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-08-15

Our party was composed {
Angeles one from Long Beach,
35l7 Smelling Av. Minneapolis. and
myself on boarding the plane we
were greeted by friendly steward
esses and the captain and crew OF
experts, wise In the ways OF over
water flying Their quiet person
alities Immediately set us at ease
and confident that they would
land US safely in Hawaii. ready for
the time Of our lives
After twelve hours Of flying at
800 miles per hour, high above the
clouds finally al dusk. Oh pm
California time and s pm. Hon
olum timel, we had our first
glimpse OF the ocean and the lights
Of Honolulu looming In the dist
ance The city below gave the
effect OF huge Christmas tree
bodecked with thousands Of col
ored lights.
On landing at Honolulu Inter-
national Airport. we were greeted
with Aloha" by a group OF Haw.
allan residents who placed flower
LET'S around our necks and kiss
on the cheek as they welcomed
as 20 the Islands with such warmth
and fnendliness. that we mmedi-
ately felt az home among friends.
Honolulu Internatio nal Air
Terminal is one OF the worlds
most colorful and exciting termin-
ais No trans-Pacific flight ar
rives. or departs without lei-selicrs
AZ the gate Colorful matched
rooted lei stands attended by Haw-
allan women dressed In gay MUM
aus loosely fitting wrappers}. OPP
crate "a hours day on Lagoon
Drive just off Nimitz Highway
The Hawaiian chain Of islands
is composed Of some two dozen
islands, but only seven are popul-
ated. They are Kauai. Molokai.
Maui Lanai. Kauai. Oahu and
Hawaii the largest Of them all
and whose land area Is almost as
large as the other six combined
The city Of Honolulu. Honolulu
Harder, historical Pearl Harbor
and the famous Waikiki Beach are
located on Oahu, ard IL the capitol
Of the Islands
It's population Is made up Of
Hawaiian. part -Hawaiians. Japan
ese Chinese. Caucnsians F1iipinos
and other races, mixture Of them
all II is a melting pot Of races
who live, work and play together
in perfect harmony, Although the
island is in the tropics. the climate
is temperate rather than torrd
with cool nights II rains for a
few minutes almost daily and on
times with the sun shining bright
~ thru the rain The Hswaiiana
can it liquid sunshine
With the group o. residents who
greeted US on arrival was q photo
graphcr who took pictures Of our
group after which we were
waisket 10 our hotel the Koboy,
sshg. located in downtown Honoiu-
10 This il an an modern Japanese
Hotel with large clean and airy
bedrooms with private bath and sx-
celient maid service After a
change ~ attire, we were taken
% The recreation center of IA
Nakua Mau LOa church for dinner
After dinner program was
presented higbiighted with Haw-
allan dancing 81 the hula and
other graceful island dances by
Hawaiian uaaideHs. We were also
given instructions in the art Of
the dances.
From tbe urae % our arrival
until oar departure Ne were kept
constantly on the e0o seeing the
sights ~ ne island on ti,s frs,
morning after our arrival we were
the breakfast guests q Rev Helen
Burns who served w typical
American menu bacon scrambled
eggs. sausage rice bot rolls and
plenty % delicious hot r1ffee. and
giaes slly Her Sigwsr garden ~as
poturs - heauty ard fors-
Furuev ~ ire raay he2aiifili faorw-
srs that re Fouid see
Beaufifsi Beyond De@ortptiop
TEe Flowers shrubs. tropical
grssncry and Towering trees ~
ne isiaraa are beautiful beyond
descript1n Tssir rxottc bezuty
makes ere Ialsnas truly ~ ~Par
a8lse ~ me paeffie Although
many q ne tropical ard nss-trup-
icaI Towers and Shrubs wers nev
"a a. familiar pl2nts we're hardy
recognizable IN The beauty Of thesr
shgnfsnf Erowth
varieties ~ Flowers
S0rae - the Tnlan6s most cogn-
mon rpEsTs ard snrans are TIRE
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