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 and a new phone ported the arrival of ships; site of Fort Ruger; 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.