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?r. art )be 'ha dn n pi. ps \n Be arc of hi; 5ti n nc Qrandmother and the 50lh Stat^^JiJCS An invitation was extended to my grandmother by friends who had just been appointed as foreign missionaries to a church in Hon olulu to visit this land of para dise. With a dream in her heart .she promised to join them for a vacation. One year later, this dream became a reality. From re ports and slides I received this information. She left by plane from Spartan burg, South Carolina, at four o’clock one afternoon in June 1959, nd arrived in Honolulu at approximately the same time the following day. Arriving at the International Airport in Hono lulu, she noticed at once the strong “trade winds.” A Hula girl gave her leis and posed with her for pictures to introduce my grand mother to the feeling of the island. Her hosts met her at the airport, and they were off to begin the sightseeing. Each day was scheduled so that Grandmother would not miss anything important on the island of Oahu. First, there was a trip to see a big steamer, stopped over night on its way to the Orient. Since sugar cane is their largest crop, a tour of cane fields ancl a sugar mill was next on the agenda. The raw sugar is shipped to Cal ifornia and then refined. Pine apples are the second money crop; therefore she drove through the fields and observed the Dole can ning factory where fruit is canned to be shipped throughout the world. Special reservations were made in advance for her to take a several-hour tour through Pearl Harbor. A guide related the fa miliar story of the Japanese at tack. Pictures were allowed only of the sunken battleships—UTAH and ARIZONA. She found that there are many military installa tions on the island of Oahu. My grandmother learned that the windward side of Oahu is one of the most picturesque areas of JULIA BURGESS HILLTOP—PAGE SIXTEEN the world. A mountain range di vides the island, and there are only two highways through the moun tains. One contains a tunnel which is closed after the people come to work in the mornings and opened again after work hours when they return home. Thou sands who live in towns go to work in Honolulu. Hanana The people of the islands are a mixed group. One man boasted to my grandmother that he had the blood of several races. These mixtures have resulted because the early developers of the islands im ported laborers from the Oriental nations, and they have intermar ried. Churches of ever}' sort can be seen in a trip over the city. These laborers brought their re ligions with them; also, by this time, the early missionaries had left their preaching and become “developers” too, so there was no one to change their religions. Be sides the Protestant groups, there are Mormons, Buddhists, Shin- toists. Catholics and many others. My grandmother said that there exists the greatest group of colors and religions to be found any where, and this group lives in per fect harmony. She recalled a plane trip over to the “Big Island” as Hawaii is called, as one of the most wonder ful days she spent on her vaca tion. This island is known as the Island of Orchids and Volcanoes. A trip through the Hawaii Na tional Park led her through the volcano area. It showed the lava flows from several previous erup tions — even to the closing of highways and cutting off of towns. The facts concerning the Kiluea Crater interested her ver}' much. The Kiluea Crater is three thou sand feet across and fifteen hun dred feet deep. Until this day there are smoking steam pits all over the volcanic area. Much of the area is barren because lava has covered the soil. Some ex periments are being made in the coffee section by drilling holes in the lava rock and planting the coffee in the rock. Adjoining the Kiluea Crater, I pull o , the hun the perspi jWd. After \ly speciality was ban^ int Yep, I prided myself making of such monst>^ cocted delights. It f*’ quite a while sint* ij had an order for such ; and when the request ^ two, I hastily set ab^[ fill it in all its glor}'. the best I had ever j'l’itg my trur .hand, I contii ^ that’s a hst two hour 'ooking. Th . ^tovirded with Other. It 1 I contiii ■s never-endin ice cream was scoopc' erous portions, and the of pineapple, chocolate, were subordinated mound of whipped cte' the bright cherr}' on top' I served my masterpiece' quiringly I watched the aries as they began to co rich castle I had just h" H the couple prepared to commented most about the serving. the man as he chuckled, '^orld for tha , . 7 a job. 1 lOf 5 T loved on | forsaken hce T’ 1 ,1 ve done 4 y fortune ar got the banannas.” j, "'c LINDA ibe(: which erupted in Novel” ^ there is a "ram which is such a barren volcanic area. fore»‘ -ea. (j (^'lless. lit fuschias grow to a heig” d Orchids are usei sol” . ah^' feet. ing leis, and often three-way leis may sand small orchids. Evei^'where my ^ went, she saw fruits a. Avacados, bnanas, P7.K 01 . (1 mangos grew in most . She said that the flo" i' from the poinciana ^ small vanda orchid. My grandmother tlf recalling the wonders jW tieth state. Someday ‘ future I hope that she j a return visit to beaut* — and that she will t” her. thing I h( lij *’at are yoi you come! lonely^ and a b; ig city desires. A^ti forces me 3 me in the P|''a«ive lett is no d ,,, names; bi atne suggest I shift other han >ith great di ■ A • S ''itb clou( 'tk a yeast-lil atmospher accust nn My %;■ a small c . Each of jToirig throu] Unm a "hr iITijij presence. V''(,Pjaying t a .Can I he which ^ Vocalist c *'t if H^^ndering trump , *eat and Va'^Pst be tl *^urns his turn: rk to mvse ara x x I 11 K r. iV Rr
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