Na Leo O Na Koa (Voices of Warriors) 2007 Chapter Rating Newsletter of the Aloha Chapter, An Affiliate of the Military Officers Association of America Chartered January 27, 2000 Volume No. 13, Issue No. 1 Web Site: http://www.aloha-moaa.org January 2012 Christmas Party Installation of Chapter Officers Approximately three dozen members and More than a millennium ago, when Europeans guests had a very enjoyable evening celebrating (except for the Vikings) were afraid to venture their annual Christmas party in the Kalia Room beyond the horizon, Polynesians from the Mar- of the Hale Koa Hotel on Friday, December 9. quesas Islands and Tahiti, had already discovered After an hour of cocktail spirits and spirited the Hawaiian Islands. As Hokulea proved, they conversations, with soft background Christmas made repeated voyages to Hawaii. They eventu- music played by Bernard Yoshioka , we enjoyed ally settled on all of the islands, even Kahoolawe a delicious dinner of a Caesar salad, grilled sirloin and Necker, that are presently unsettled. steak and glazed chicken breast, fresh vegetables, Almost a thousand years later, specifically on and, finally, a towering strawberry shortcake. January 18, 1778, Captain James Cook stumbled After dinner we had our gift exchange. The upon Hawaii at Waimea, Kauai, on his way to festive evening ended with Bernard playing lots Alaska from the South Pacific. He made three of familiar oldies for our listening and dancing trips to Hawaii and was killed at Kealakekua Bay enjoyment. during one of his visits (guess which one). Was Captain Cook the first European to “discover” Hawaii? Coincidentally, Inside January Issue on Wednesday, Bridge Report 5 January 18 th , 234 Calendar 2 years to the day Chapter Leaders 8 after Captain Golf Report 6 C o o k “ d i s - Golf Schedule for 2012 7 covered” Hawaii, Membership Application 7 we will gather at Obituary 3 the Hale Ikena, President’s Message 2 Ft. Shafter, for a Reservation Form 7 2012 Aloha Chapter Directors and Executive Committee Treasurer’s Message 3 Officers and a few Members at our Christmas Party See Luncheon Page 4 Page 2 Nā Leo O N ā Koa No. 13, January 2012 President’s Message memories by recalling MOAA’s mission. It is: by Curtis Lee “MOAA is a nonprofit veterans’ association dedicated to maintaining a strong national de- As we embark on our fense and to preserving the earned entitle- journey through 2012, ments of members of the uniformed services may you all enjoy Good and their families and survivors. Membership Health, Happiness and is open to those who hold or have ever held a Prosperity. Hopefully, we warrant or commission in any component of will endure all the rhetoric the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, of a Presidential Election. Coast Guard, Public Health Service or NOAA At the same time it will be even more impor- and their surviving spouses.” tant for us to be watchful and make our voices The first chapter luncheon meeting for 2012 heard by our elected representatives concern- will include the Installation of Chapter Offi- ing the proposals which would result in the cers at Hale Ikena on January 18. Please make erosion of benefits for active and retired mili- plans to attend. Also, our Guest Speaker will tary members. It seems to be inevitable, as the be Alan Lloyd whose topic is “Polynesian & questions become what and how much will be Spanish Navigators” who discovered Hawaii cut, as Congress struggles with reducing long before Captain James Cook. spending. MOAA will keep you apprised of the threatened benefits relevant to us. They As you make New Year’s Resolutions, that are, as they say, one powerful voice . you intend to keep, of course, I challenge you It is my intention, as your appointed Presi- to resolve to encourage one member you dent, to work with the Executive Committee, know who is not participating to rejoin us and starting with our first meeting on January 19, to find one new member for Aloha Chapter in to not only maintain great programs, but also 2012! to enlarge our membership. We’re a team; we Mahalo and Aloha! need everyone’s participation and help. Aloha Chapter is a group of friends who en- CALENDAR OF EVENTS joy each other's company. We hope to keep it Jan. 15, 2012 1:00 PM, Bridge Bunch Party, Colon- that way. However, to remain a viable Chapter, (Sunday) nade on the Green Recreation Room we need to encourage more of our members Jan. 18, 2012 11:00 AM, Installation of Chapter Officers to participate in program activities and find (Wednesday) Luncheon, Hale Ikena. Guest Speaker: new members to join us. J ane Kekoa and her Alan Lloyd, “Polynesian & Spanish Navigators” Program Committee have revitalized our pro- Jan 19, 2012 10:00 AM, EXCOM Meeting, Kalihi Union grams in 2011, and they have plans to continue (Thursday) Church, 2214 N. King Street, Honolulu their great work in 2012. Jan 20, 2012 9:00 AM, Golf Outing, Barbers Point (Friday) Golf Course Our Christmas Party and Dinner arranged by April 29, 2012 9:00 AM, Annual Chicken Sale Fund- Jane and her Committee, which included soft (Sunday) raiser, Kalihi-Waena Elementary School music by Bernard Yoshioka , was very nice. Thanks, Jane, for a job well done! Most of the attendees endured very heavy traffic to reach Notice rd ā ā the Hale Koa Hotel. As a lesson learned, for This newsletter, my 73 issue of N Leo O N Koa, is next year, we will take a look at scheduling our published monthly by Professional Image, Mapuna- puna, as an official publication of Aloha Chapter, Christmas party on a Wednesday or Thursday MOAA, P.O. Box 19267, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96817. evening when the traffic should be much lighter. Views expressed herein are not necessarily chapter policy. As we begin the New Year, let us refresh our No 13, January 2012 Nā Leo O N ā Koa Page 3 STATE OF THE TREASURY IN MEMORIAM Aloha Chapter, MOAA Walter Sur , 81, of Honolulu, a retired Army The balance in the treasury of our Aloha Chapter as of Dec. 8, 2011, is as follows: colonel who served in the Korean War and a ♦ Checking Account: $2,923.68 retired government marketing specialist for ♦ Savings Account: $8,517.16 Hawaiian Tel and a Life Member of the Our account is with the Pentagon Federal Credit Aloha Chapter, MOAA, died in Honolulu on Union, one of our advertisers. It is located in Building 553 at Fort Shafter. An up-to-date state- December 12, 2011. He was born in Hono- ment of our account is available after the 8 th of lulu. He is survived by wife Mary (now an every month. Our income is derived from new Aloha Chapter Life Auxiliary Member); son member dues, membership renewals, life mem- Stacy; brothers Joseph and David; sisters berships, our annual fund-raiser and advertise- ments in our newsletter. The total of all of this is Elsie Kim, Winifred Weaver and Audrey approximately $2,000 per year. Since most of our Chun; and two grandchildren. members are Life Members, we receive very little income from membership renewals. Our expenses are mainly from the printing and Add these Websites to your “Favorites” mailing of our newsletter, payment of the excise http://www.aloha-moaa.org tax on the fund-raiser income and other miscellane- ous expenses, such as for postage stamps, mail box http://www.moaa.org fee, bulk mail permit fee, lei, etc. This amounts See State of the Treasury on Page 7 Page 4 Nā Leo O N ā Koa No. 13, January 2012 Luncheon from Front Page by Spanish navigators.” buffet luncheon, the annual installation of Alan Lloyd was born in Honolulu, T.H., at- Aloha Chapter Officers, tended Punahou School and then Swathmore and to listen to Alan College, Pennsylvania, graduating with a degree Lloyd ’s enthralling pres- in mechanical engineering in 1951. He com- entation of navigational pleted the Westinghouse Graduate Engineers evidence and other indica- Training Program in 1952. tors that the Spanish vis- With his Mainland degree and specialized ited Hawaii about 200 training certificate in hand, Alan returned to years before Capt. Cook Hawaii and sold Westinghouse power equip- arrived. ment to utilities and sugar plantations on all of Between 1572 and 1815, the Hawaiian Islands for 13 years before join- Alan S. Lloyd several hundred Spanish ing Maui Electric Co. He transferred to Ha- —Navy League photo Galleons sailed from Aca- waiian Electric Co. in 1969 and retired in 1996 pulco, Mexico, with their plunder from the Az- as a Licensed Professional Engineer and the tecs and Mayans, to Agana, Guam, and on to HECO Executive Staff Engineer. Manila in the Philippines. These Galleons fol- Alan is a life member of the American Soci- lowed an officially established route that ety of Mechanical Engineers, National Direc- passed barely 200 miles south of a latitude tor Emeritus of the Navy League, Historian from which the world’s two highest insular for the USS Missouri Memorial Association, mountain peaks and the three active volcanoes Member of the Rotary Club of Windward on the Island of Hawaii could be easily ob- Oahu, and an Honorary Member of the Ha- served. waii Chapter, MOAA. It is virtually undeniable that several hundred Alan and his long-time travelling partner, square-rigged Spanish galleons using the rudi- Betty Lou, love to often go on cruises— mentary navigational techniques of the 16 th especially since they are free. During their last and 17 th centuries could not possibly have cruise last September and October from Syd- avoided having some of their number occa- ney to Honolulu, Alan gave 11 lectures on top- sionally stray a few degrees to the north and ics such as, for example, the Battle of Midway; thereby encounter and report the existence of the Battle of the Coral Sea; the Battle of Leyte a spectacularly noteworthy archipelago of Gulf; North and South Islands, New Zealand; “High Islands” lying some 30 to 40 sailing days Bora Bora and Raiatea, the Jewels of French west of Acapulco.