1908 — fast and future — 1963

by Edwin N orth M cClellan

We look back want to 1908. over more than 48 years of OCC constructive life, and are inspired to advance. We look forward towards 1963 with sure hope and see Our Club at the ntw home tear Leahi. OCC roots, deep in Waikiki, will not be disturbed. They will spread, dig deeper and bless the New Site with structures more beautiful and uselul than erer before. The OCC must never jail in its major mission of per­ petuating Hawaiian aquatic sports, and serving youth, age and Hawaii. E dw in N . M cC lellan

Alele Kalikimaka and Hauoli Makabiki Hou .' Every inch of the Coral Strand at Waikiki is beautiful and valuable. The New Home Site of the Outrigger Canoe Club near Castle Point about 1963, will be more desirable, attractive and valuable than the OCC site of 1908-1957. The demanding trend is towards a Perfect Beach throughout the whole Curve of Waikiki. With very splendid structures, a New Beach created and coral removed to give adequate approach to Big and Small Surfs, future OCC members will enjoy Aquatic Nature to a greater de­ gree than ever. The OCC may move to its New Site near Diamond Head before 1963 when present lease expires. ANCIENT ENVIRONMENT OF 1963-SITE The New Site near Diamond Head is steeped in tradition, legendary elements and history, of Old Hawaii. Gallant Ghostly Personalities fill its healthful atmosphere. So, a wee descrip­ tion of that environment before we view past-clubhouses of 1908, 1909, 1910, 1914, 1925-1927, 1939-1941 and other years. Kahulupue and sacriligeous treatment of his LEAHI OR DIAMOND HEAD body at the Apuakehau heiau near the present Leahi, the ancient home of Fire Goddess OCC site. ["King,” unknown to Ancient Ha­ Pele is the jealous guardian of the New OCC; waii, is used for convenience.] Kahulupue’s Pele had difficulties with the Goddess of the (Continued on page 35) Ocean who extinguished Leahi’s fire. The Big Rock received the h a o le name of Diamond Head because crystals found there were thought to be diamonds (possibly rock crystals or quartz known as P eleku n u or Hawaiian Diamonds). Kamehameha the Great placed a tabu on the Head. SHARK-GOO, PAPAENAENA, LEAHI Off Diamond Head was the favorite lair of Shark-God Ouha who, frustrated in love, had cast off human-form to become the Shark-God About January first w e hope to be in our new , of the Oahu Coast between Waikiki and Koko spacious printing plant at Head. 420 WARD AVENUE Diamond Head, site of the old heiau (tem ­ w ith a new name ple) Papaenaena; Diamond Head lighthouse STAR-BULLETIN PRINTING CO. from near which Diamond Head Charlie re­ ported the arrival of ships; site of Fort Ruger; and a new phone area of many attractive residences and the 5-8451 Amelia Earhart monument; from which an but still doing the best in imaginary line goes seaward, finish-line of P rin tin g Trans-Pacific Yacht Races; Leahi, who smiles Lithographing upon departing nautical visitors as they cast Bookbinding their fragrant leis upon the waters as a pledge A rtw o rk of return. Engraving APUAKEHAU HEIAU DEFILED In the meantime call Not long after the departure of the James Honolulu Star-Bulletin Cook Expedition under James King in 1779, Commercial Printing Division King Kahahana of Oahu outraged the feelings 119 Merchant St. Phone 5-7911 of King Kahekili of Maui and Molokai, by un­ "Ernie" Stenberg, sales manager friendly acts including the murder of K ah u n a 1908-PAST AND FUTURE-1963 Waialae Bay] with elements of his Army in 1795 which vanquished King Kalanikupule and ( Continued from page 11) absorbed Oahu into his Kingdom. At any rate, bones were used to tip the arrows of the the corpse of the defeated Oahu King was Oahuan King for the pastime of p an a-iole— placed upon the altar of Papaenaena. shooting mice. Long before this foul treatment Kamehameha the Great often rode his horse, of Kahulupue, Kahekili detested heiau Apua­ Kauaiola/oa. from his Palace near present kehau because it had been the scene of hideous OCC site to Papaenaena near the 1963-site. treatment of the corpse of his ancient an­ During the great pestilence of 1804 he made cestor, King Kauhiakama. Kahekili decided sacrifice of three human victims at Papaenaena to punish Kahahana. to conciliate the gods who he supposed to be angry. KAHEKILI LANDS NEAR "FUTURE SITE" With an immense fleet of outrigger canoes STRANGE EVENTS AT PAPAENAENA filled with warriors, Kahekili landed on W ai­ On the stern advice of kahu nas, about 1806, kiki Beach, early in 1783. He, himself, proba­ human sacrifices were offered at the heiau of bly went ashore near the future site of the ( ov er) OCC. The campaign was brief, replete with high-lights— like use of Punaluu, the "Lost Fountain" of fresh water in the Pacific off Black Point; and the heroic acts of the "Eight the moit apprecia Famous W arriors” of Oahu led by Pupuka. The Army of Oahu was dispersed; King Ka­ hahana and his friend Alapai were killed. K a­ hekili destroyed the heiau Apuakehau. HEIAU OF PAPAENAENA ON DIAMOND HEAD King Kahekili started the construction of a new heiau. called Papaenaena, on the slope of Diamond Head located, according to Thomas G. Thrum, at the site of the present residence L a P ielra of Walter F. Dillingham, It was not far from the OCC 1963-Site. At Papaenaena, even before its completion, Kahekili accorded the same shameful treat­ ment to the remains of Kahahana and Alapai, L y SWISS STYLE as had been given to the corpses of Kauhia­ MILK CHOCOLATES kama and Kahulupue. Kahekili proclaimed himself King of Oahu, Maui, Molokai, and Kauai, and made Waikiki his capital. JOHNSTON BOX CANDIES HAOLES DISCOVER WAIKIKI AND OCC SITES in Many Different Packages On December 12, 1786, Towanooha (an Available Everywhere dird-chewer of Kahekili) piloted a boat ex­ pedition of the King George (Nathaniel Port- lock) and Queen Charlotte (George Dixon) HARDERS CO., LTD. from Waialae Bay around Diamond Head and P. O. Box 3648 "discovered” Waikiki Bay and Beach. The h aoles did not land but saw the 1908 and HONOLULU 1963 OCC sites. WOMAN EXECUTED AT PAPAENAENA OCC'ERS AT OLYMPICS About the middle of December, 1786, Kahe­ Now in Australia are many OCC mem­ kili placed the two h a ole ships under a tabu because an Hawaiian woman had eaten pork bers attending the Olympic Games. Most aboard the King George. She was sacrificed famous of course are Duke P. Kahana­ on the altar at Papaenaena. moku with wife Nadine and George In 1794, King Kahekili divided his realm David “Dad” Center, both of whom are among relatives, making his son, Kalaniktipule, official guests of the Olympic Committee. King of Oahu. He then died at Uluko, Waikiki, Others attending are Cliff Melim, a in July of 1794. track star of several decades ago, Gay KAMEHAMEHA LANDED NEAR 1963-5ITE Harris, Olympic swimmer of the twenties, Kamehameha I may have landed near the Bob and Barbara Crockett, Harold Kay, future-site of the OCC [some say it was at Dwight Steele, and James R. Linn. [35 1 1908-PAST AND FUTURE-1963 world could have stirred me as the sight of that Great Rock did.” However, cholera in Hono­ Papaenaena to appease Hawaiian gods and lulu barred Mark Twain from going ashore restore the health of Queen Keopuolani, wife and visiting Waikiki. of Kamehameha and Mother-of-Kings. FINE BEACH NEAR "NEW SITE" IN 1880'S In the following year, Kanihonui, alleged son or nephew of the Great Kamehameha, was In 1883, "The Casino,” H. J. Nolte, Prop., found in the arms of the King’s favorite wife, at "the Park," was reported as being the "only Kaahumanu. Kanihonui was executed and his seaside resort in the Kingdom.” body placed at the heiau Papaenaena. The Charles N. Arnold, in the summer of 1888, mind of Kaahumanu dwelled upon the death leased the Macfarlane Residence and fitted it of her paramour. She thought of having Ka­ up as a hotel and resort. Giving it the name mehameha assassinated and his son, Liholiho, of Park Beach Hotel, "opposite Kapiolani placed on the throne at Waikiki. A Great Surf­ Park,” he advertised it as the "finest Bathing- ing Day was proclaimed and the High Chiefs Place on the Islands.” and Chiefesses directed to assemble at Kapua STEVENSON, SANS SOUCI, KAIULANI of Waikiki (probably Kapua Harbor, Sans Robert Louis Stevenson visited Waikiki in Souci site at Waikiki). Papaenaena was clearly 1889 and 1893. His association with Sans visible from this beach. Kaahumanu wept Souci (George L. Lycurgus), Princess Kaiu- constantly and gazed continuously towards lani, her Banyan Tree, her home Ainahau, and Leahi where was the dead body of her lover, Stevenson’s poem to her, add lovely elements Kanihonui. The cou p to depose Kamehameha to the spiritual foundation of the 1963-Site. fell flat as the Prince declared he did not "And I, in her banyan shade, look vainly for want his father killed. my little maid,” wrote the great Scot visitor. Kamehameha I, II, III, IV and V, Lunalilo, Kalakaua and Liliuokalani, all were familiar KAPIOLANI PARK with that part of Waikiki where the New OCC Beautiful Kapiolani Park, with its Avenue will be located. "One of the pleasantest rides of Ironwoods, named after Queen Kapiolani . . . is the road from Honolulu to Diamond of Kalakaua, will be a close friend of the Hill,” reported the SanJuich Island Gazette, OCC at the 1963-Site. Formally opened and March 4, 1837. dedicated, June 11, 1877 with King and Queen and ten thousand others present. It is filled MARK TWAIN SEES "FUTURE SITE" with past and present reminders of stirring Mark Twain arrived at Honolulu aboard events, famous personalities and other in­ the A jax on March 8, 1866, while Kameha­ teresting items. Memories of Stevenson and meha V was King. "I wandered along the Mark Twain, Sans Souci, horseracing, polo, sea-beach on my good steed O ahu around the p a-u riders, Makee Island where Henri Ber­ base of the extinct crater of Leahi or Diamond ger’s Royal Hawaiian Band played moonlight Head and a quarter of a mile beyond that concerts, Camp McKinley of American sol­ Point,'' wrote Samuel Langhorne Clemens diers during Spanish-American War of 1898, (Mark Twain). So, the American humorist Cable Hut on Sans Souci site at Kapua Harbor, rode past both sites of the OCC. where cable was landed early in 1903, attrac­ Twenty-nine years later, Mark Twain tive Aquarium opened in 1904, Old Zoo with languished aboard the W arrim o. in clear view Elephant D aisy who turned killer, Bird Park, of the New Site. After rounding Diamond Japanese Fountain, Public Baths, First World Head he wrote, "No any other thing in the W ar Memorial Natatorium which Duke Paoa Kahanamoku helped to dedicate, and many more.

SANFORD B. DOLE'S "AQUAMARINE" Mele Kalikimaka President of Republic Sanford Ballard Dole Hauoli Makahiki Hou (OCC President 1910) and Mrs. Dole enjoyed to all a Beach Cottage named A q u a m a rin e below Diamond Head in 1898 and earlier. Mahalo Nui Loa to those for whom I arranged JAMES B. CASTLE RESIDENCE tours in 1956 When James B. Castle built a magnificent home in Waikiki, he selected the OCC 1963- Site. The elegant residence to be built on the Office: 9-1196 — Res. 9-5132 old Spreckels property, Waikiki, by James B. (With International Travel Service) Castle, will be of modernized colonial style, reported the Advertiser, February 4, 1899. It will have three stories and large cemented cellar. [ 36] Mr. Castle planned upon palatial lines. glasses those first Club buildings on July 16, Skilled artisans and artists were brought across 1908 from the If isconsin after she rounded the water from America and Europe to create Diamond Head: "Flanked by the Moana and the dream Castle. The imposing home of James Seaside Hotels we could see the Outrigger B. Castle at Waikiki, "is of princely scope, Canoe Club of grass-shacks, on the historic reported the Advertiser. January 1, 1901. It is freshwater stream Apuakehau, sand-barred "set far back from the road in beautiful into a lagoon." grounds." its "broad lan ais overlooking the sea and beautiful Beach of Waikiki." 1937—Last grass shack on OCC grounds. This residence, and other Beach Homes in the Kapiolani District like those of William G. Irwin and George P. Castle, transformed that part of Waikiki from one of temporary sum­ mer residences to one of luxurious perma- nencv.

"CASTLE POINT" AND "CASTLE SWIMS" The Castle Estate— future home of the OCC — gave its name to Castle Point and the OCC Thanksgiving Day Swims that began in 191'. The start of those races was Castle Point, the finish at the OCC. Diving Stand.

HUKILAUS OFF CASTLE POINT Fishing was one of the first aquatic activities of OCC members. In 1908 H. L. S. Herbert carried his Fishing Club into the original Out­ rigger Canoe Club. Late in 1908 OCC Ground- ket-per King arranged night fishing parties with torch and spear on the Reef. The 191' Thanks­ giving period started with an Outrigger Canoe Club canoe fishing partv off Diamond Head to secure tish for a Monster Chowder and Dance at the Club. The F o n ca st. December 1955 ex­ plained that the Outrigger Beach Services had expert spear fishermen to act as instructors. I recall with vivid pleasure attending a H nkila/i on the Reef otf Kapiolani Park. The 1963-Site will see a revival of fishing of all kinds.

A STORY OF CLUB-HOUSES It is into the intriguing and inspiring en­ vironment above described that the Outrigger Canoe Club will move some time before 1963. 1937—The Old Club clock which so long was Let us now look backward and take a glimpse a landmark. at some of the structures which marked OCC epochs of advancement: grass-houses of 1908 BREAKWATER, CAUSEWAY, LARGE PAVILION to the magnificent Clubhouse of 1963. This is OVER LAGOON a Story of Structures not of men and women, Late in 1908 a breakwater, a new causeway though without members there could be no anil a Club Lanai or Pavilion, were constructed. material things. The Club Lana/ or Pavilion, stood over part of the Lagoon behind the Breakwater It "GRASS-HOUSES" OF 1908 boasted of a dance-tloor forty by forty leet. Two grass-houses at the Old Zoo were This construction-operation was completed by purchased and moved to the OCC site be­ December 5, 1908 when the OCC celebrated tween the Seaside and Moana Hotels, shortly with an Aquatic Regatta, Feast and Ball. after the Club's birthday of May 1. 1908. At LAYING CORNERSTONE OF CLUBHOUSE-1910 this time part of the Club Grounds was under w ater, covered by a stream and Lagoon. Access Grand improvements and additions were to the Club from Waikiki Road (Kalakaua made in 1910. The grass-houses retained their Avenue I was not convenient Coral knuckles thatch-coverings and were alluringly titted-up under the water in front of the C.lub site made within as Club-Rooms. The Beach Grass House bathing very uncomfortable. Problems were was used as a reading-room with spacious mans1. More grass-huts were added. I wrote in fi//niei on the lanan. The Ladies were pro- the Forecast (January 1950) of seeing through i tn't’t) 1908-PAST AND FUTURE-1963

vided with a Tea-Room Lanai under the La­ PURVEYORS goon H au Tree. The grass-house occupied by Caretaker Charlie was floored and the flooring OF extended to form a lanai for use as a luncheon- place by members. Charlie was provided with a kitchen. In February, 1910, the Cleveland touring party, under Frank C. Clark, was en­ tertained in the Big Lanai over the Lagoon. Choice Fruits The cornerstone of the OCC Clubhouse— which formed part of the "Big Lagoon Lanai’’ and — was laid in June 1910. Arriving at Honolulu aboard USAT Sheri­ dan November 12, 1910, I visited Waikiki and Vegetables "observed many improvements and additions at the OCC (since July 1908). The fresh-water stream Apuakehau (forming the Lagoon) still was there. New structures, however, including ★ the Big Lagoon Lanai, had appeared.” (F o re­ cast, July 1950)

THROUGH YEARS 1911, 1912, 1913 On through the years 1911, 1912 and 1913, T A I H IN G the OCC progressed improvingly. Burton Holmes— the eminent traveloguer— and I ar­ 703 Kakaako St. rived at Honolulu aboard the Siberia, August 8, 1913. On the Siberia Mr. Holmes had told me about his visits to Waikiki in 1898 PHONE 6-7726 during the Spanish-American W ar and in the spring of 1908 when he played the role of one of the OCC Founding Fathers ( See Forecast, April 1952, May 1952, March 1956). Of a visit to Waikiki at that time I wrote in the Forecast of November 1950: "I observed much After Hours, Sundays and improvement around the Beach . . . the Pa­ vilion, Lanai and other structures of the Out­ Holidays, call rigger Canoe Club were still there.”

BIG FIRE OF 1914 On the night of August 1, 1914, the build­ ☆ ings of the Women’s Auxiliary, the OCC Dance Pavilion, recently erected over the La­ goon, and the Purdy Cottage of the Seaside Hotel, were destroyed by fire. OCC loss was at least $2,500. A new Dance Pavilion was RICHARD TOGUCHI built near the water’s edge. LARGE PAVILION NEAR WATER Readers of the Forecast have seen pictures in ICE DEALER that fine magazine of that Pavilion on the beach. Charmion London, wife of Jack, on their visit to Waikiki in 1915 wrote: "The Outrigger Canoe Club has established its bathhouses, ☆ separate Club Lanais for women and men and, nearest the water, a large raised Dancing La­ nai [The Pavilion], underneath which reposed a fleet of great canoes . . . Under the high 840 PUM EHANA STREET Lanai of the OCC we lay in the cool sand between the canoes and read aloud, napped, TELEPHONE 9-4052 and talked or visited with the delightful in­ habitants of the Strand . . . One special diver­ sion was to watch several Hawaiian youths, the unsurpassed Duke Kahanamoku among them, [38] performing athletic stunts in the water and surfboarding, in their original Hawaiian form, out. " shall not perish from the earth." FILLING LAGOON—PAVILION MOVED BACK "BY NEW YEAR'S EVE" Starting in 192% while Joseph R. Farrington By New Year s Eve, if all goes well, the was President, the stream and Lagoon were members of the Club will be meeting in a li 1 led-in. Construction of the Roval Hawaiian brand-new Clubhouse," predicted President Hotel forced the OCC to enter into a new lease W alter M acfarl ane of the OCC in P aradise of which changed the OCC set-up considerably. the Pacific. October 1939. "They will have The Big Pavilion was moved from the Beach everything they could need or want tor the hack to about l^O feet off Kalakaua Avenue, enjoyment of Waikiki— new locker-rooms. a lt was raised to make room for new locker Beach Pavilion, a Sundeck, a Lanai Lounge " rooms, showers and bathhouses. The H an Tree That was under the new lease to run until Lanats were not disturbed. A campaign, under 1963. leadership of Ernest Tucker Chase, to raise "The New Club Home is something to ex­ S30.000 was initiated. I was a keen observer of cite pride and admiration, wrote T. H. L, the OCC 1925-192- as these improvements and under heading of The New Outrigger Club, additions to the OCC were made. After a visit in the Paradise of the Pacific. July 1941 "The to Honolulu on the President Adams in March opening ceremonies were of the gala nature, 1935. I again arrived in Honolulu on the held on the evening of June 11 [1941}. Kjme- President Taft on June 1', 1936. That eve­ hameha Day.” ning I dined at the Elks Club, former Castle OCC PROGRESS NEVER FALTERED home and adjacent to the 1963 OCC home, "The Club is perpetuating the attraction with the Proprietor of the Paradise of the that Hawaii is at its unique best [surting and Pacific. 1 agreed to become Editor of that other aquatic sports],"" declared President W il­ popular magazine. Returning to Hawaii July ford D. Godbold of the OCC. in the Islarder 14, 1936 aboard the President Wilson I be­ of which I was Editor in June 1946. People came an American citizen of Hawaii. of the Territory and Honolulu City and Countv “NEW CLUB" OF 1939-1941 — All-Hawaii— realize this and encourage the "With a proud record of service to Hawaii Club, its officers and members, in their efforts and her people, the Outrigger Canoe Club to execute an important Hawaiian mission. this year, presses on to new opportunities and in'e-r) new responsibilities, I wrote in the Septem­ ber 1939 P aradise of the Pacific of which I was Editor. "With a bigger and better es­ tablishment. the Club will serve its members and Hawaii with even greater efficiency and success than during its tirst very successful Cheers almost forty years.'' For Your Holiday Bar Needs We Can Supply Everything!

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The Outrigger Canoe Club starts a modern part of its important career, this year. Old Glasses, Mixes, Grenadine, Muddlers, buildings are razed, new buildings are raised, a new lease on constructive life begins, but the Spoons, Shakers, etc. Club is carrying-on with its original determined will to see to it that outrigger-canoeing and 193?—Old Castle home, now Elks Club, future site in 1963 of OCC showing iron skeleton Beach Patrol lookout platform.

1908-PAST AND FUTURE-1963 EXCELLENT SITE-SPLENDID INVESTMENT The financial arrangement is one that can be 1953 IMPROVEMENTS afforded by the present-type of member. The 1953 saw many improvements for the com­ OCC has made a sound and common-sense de­ fort and convenience of OCC members. An cision to move to the Castle Point theatre from L addition made to the Cocktail Lounge; bar its present over-congested and too expensive and storage area moved and enlarged; tele­ site. Even if the OCC does not use the 1963- vision set installed, allowing members to sit, Site for a Club it has made a solid and safe sip and see; second-story added to locker- investment. The 1963 OCC will receive sup­ rooms; Senior Women provided with fine, large port from several nearby residential sections locker-and-shower-room; Lobby entrance done in addition to the areas presently supplying over; Snack Bar improved; Volleyball Courts members. OCC members will be happy at the re-sanded; H au Terrace enlarged and improved New Club near Diamond Head. with low Oregon stone wall on the Beach and e u a sides; Sundeck replaced and enlarged; and THE NEW OCC CAN PERPETUATE SURFING Cocktail Lounge given a new floor. A proposal to lease the Commissioned Of­ Very important to Hawaii and the members ficer’s Club at Kalam a, on the W indward side, is the fact that at the New Club of 1963 the as an OCC annex, was not adopted. OCC can continue to carry-on (untainted by comm ercialism ) its mission as outlined by the "NEW SITE" DECISION IN 1956 Founding Fathers of 1908—perpetuation of The present OCC Lease expires in October of surfboarding, outriggering and other aquatic 1963. Members approved the signing of a 99- sports at Waikiki. Esprit de Club of all mem­ year lease on a superb site near Diamond Head bers will do it. How about appointing a Golden and Castle Point ( F o reca st, June 1956). The Anniversary Committee to prepare for May 1, plot contains 73,066 square feet, has an ocean 1958? frontage of 193 feet and 190 feet on Kala- kaua Avenue. While at present the area in front PERFECT PROTECTION OF "WAIKIKI SURF" of the leased-site is shallow, coral, and is The New OCC must continue its eternal practically without a sand-beach, responsible alertness to prevent any person, groups, or­ authorities have promised to "make a beach" ganizations, device, governments, or anything, and to cut a channel through the coral, for doing materially that which would weaken or OCC surfboards and outrigger canoes to reach destroy the beach or ocean-bottom-contour of the surfs. A splendid OCC Beach there (name Waikiki, as the world’s most perfect Surfing it Sanford Ballard Dole Beach) by 1963 is in­ evitable for the trend towards perfecting the Spot. entire Waikiki Crescent is irresistible. The Hawaii, Waikiki and the Outrigger Canoe OCC took possession of the leasehold on Oc­ Club, in the traditionally Hawaiian hospitable tober 1, 1956. However, the Club may con­ spirit, wishes all peoples of all the world— tinue at its present location until 1963. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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