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Class of '62 - No Ka Oi! If you have pictures of our class members or their classes please send them via email to Webmaster for inclusion here. Mahalo. (If you know the names of the students please include them as well.) As we get email addresses for classmates we will link them to names on these pages so others may contact them. If you prefer not to have a link just indicate you don't want your email address published and we will honor your request. WAHIAWA BAPTIST CHURCH KINDERGARTEN CLASS OF ‘49-‘50By Rodney Nakamura At the “55 and Still Alive” party in Las Vegas, a slide show of various classmate photos was shown. Included was one of the kindergarten and preschool class of ‘49-‘50 from the Wahiawa Baptist Church on California Avenue. I thought I still had a copy at home in Hawaii and made a point to find it during my October visit. When the new Wahiawa Elementary opened on Glen Avenue in 1949, kindergarten enrollment exceeded the capacity of classrooms. Those students whose birthdays fell after September could not be enrolled. As an alternative, parents placed their children at church kindergarten schools, which also provided preschool for four-year-olds. This allowed siblings to remain together. Also, others sent their kids because of the Christian atmosphere. The irony of this was that we could attend Wahiawa Elementary as first graders. The head teacher at Wahiawa Baptist Church was Mrs. McDonald – guess which song we learned? Mrs. Hayashi was the other teacher – I remember the name because her husband was the blind pianist. I’ve managed to identify most of the students. Check them and fill in the blanks if you know them. An asterisk denotes those in the class of ’63. | |
First Baptist Church, Wahiawa, T. H., - 1949 - 1950 Kindergarten Class Front row: Billy Bettis*, Eric Shimamoto*, Andrew Tanabe*, Michael Makabe* Richard Keller*, Reynold Inowe, Rodney Nakamura, Earl Tanaka, Jimmy Abel?, and Daryl Chang*?. Middle row: Joanne Yamaguchi*, Harvey Nakayama, ___, Paul Curtis, Steven Kawakami, Michael Nakayama*, Tommy Amano, and June Uchiyama. Back row: Jacqueline Kiyabu, Muriel Usui, Donna Mae Chun*, Elizabeth Castillo?, Lucille Tsuji, ___, ___, Judith Tanaka, Saundra Kraynick, Gail Abel?, and Florinda Cabico. (Note: My recollection of the blind pianist is that his name was Freddie Hayashi and he played the piano but also played the organ beautifully. He left a lasting impression on me that began at an early age. Paul Curtis) If anyone knows of email addresses for any of the students listed on this page please forward them to the Webmaster so we can link them to the names. Thank you. |
| Wahiawa Elementary School Fifth Grade Class - 1955 First Row: Ira Chow, Marvin Kang, Norman Wong, Milton Yanagisako, Roland Yadao, Earl Tanaka, Harold Hashizume, Clyde Doi, Stanley Aniya, Paul Curtis Second Row: Arthur Kamasugi, Mel Nakata, Neilsine Koga, Jackie Garcia, Muriel Usui, Pat Park, Diane Sakaeda, ?, JoAnn Medeiros Third Row: Ralph Andrews, Norman Nakamura, Ronald Stanley, ?, LaVerne Kennison, Lorraine Harada, Karen Itamoto, Cynthia Carlos, Pauline Endo, ?, Fourth Row: Fred Haenisch, Mrs. Spillner (missing from photo: Rodney Nakamura) | | | 
| Wahiawa Elementary School Sixth Grade Class - 1956 First Row: Clyde Doi, Earl Tanaka, Rodney Nakamura, Stanley Aniya, Harold Hashizume, Roland Yadao, Milton Yanagisako, Harry Honda, Mel Nakata Second Row: JoAnn Medeiros, Karen Sato, Yolanda Madalora, June Nakahara, Diane Sakaeda, ?, Gloria Tapangco, Pauline Endo Third Row: Danny Bates, Donald Marks, Ralph Andrews, Richard "Ricky" Vanek, Cynthia Carlos, Jackie Garcia, Cheryl Mackay, Lorraine Harada, Muriel Usui, Pat Park Fourth Row: LaVerne Kennison, Karen Itamoto, Mrs. Tyau, Arthur Kamisugi, Ira Chow, Norman Nakamura, Paul Curtis |
Leilehua Class of '62 - Class Song When I am old and all my sheaths are gathered And o'er my head the sky is fading gray And all the storms of life are safely weathered I shall think back to what is far away | | | I shall come back again to Leilehua Although my heart must cross the widest sea I shall come back again to Leilehua And to the school that meant the world and all to me |
Leilehua Alma Mater Hail to Leilehua, alma mater dear Sing the joyful chorus Sound it far and near Rally 'round her banner We will never fail Leilehua alma mater Hail! Hail! Hail! |
| On the Business of Life in the '50s (Provided by Gylene (Sabihon) Ornellas) IT WAS GOOD
Were you a kid in the Fifties or earlier? Everybody makes fun of our childhood! Comedians joke. Grandkids snicker. Twenty-something's shudder and say "Eeeew!" But was our childhood really all that bad? Judge for yourself:
In 1953 The US population was less than 150 million... Yet you knew more people then, and knew them better... And that was good.
The average annual salary was under $3,000... Yet our parents could put some of it away for a rainy day and still live a decent life... And that was good
A loaf of bread cost about 15 cents... But it was safe for a five-year-old to skate to the store and buy one... And that was good.
Prime-Time meant I Love Lucy, Ozzie and Harriet, Gunsmoke and Lassie... So nobody ever heard of ratings or filters... And that was good.
We didn't have air-conditioning... So the windows stayed up and half a dozen mothers ran outside when you fell off your bike... And that was good.
Your teacher was either Miss Matthews or Mrs. Logan or Mr. Adkins... But not Ms Becky or Mr. Dan... And that was good.
The only hazardous material you knew about... Was a patch of grassburrs around the light pole at the corner... And that was good.
You loved to climb into a fresh bed... Because sheets were dried on the clothesline... And that was good.
People generally lived in the same hometown with their relatives.. So "child care" meant grandparents or aunts and uncles... And that was good.
Parents were respected and their rules were law..... Children did not talk back...... and that was good.
TV was in black-and-white... But all outdoors was in glorious color....And that was certainly good.
Your Dad knew how to adjust everybody's carburetor..... And the Dad next door knew how to adjust all the TV knobs.. And that was very good..
Your grandma grew snap beans in the back yard.... And chickens behind the garage... And that was definitely good.
And just when you were about to do something really bad... Chances were you'd run into your Dad's high school coach... Or the nosy old lady from up the street... Or your little sister's piano teacher... Or somebody from Church.... ALL of whom knew your parents' phone number... And YOUR first name... And even THAT was good! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
REMEMBER...
Send this on to someone who can still remember Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, Laurel & Hardy, Abbott & Costello, Sky King, Little Lulu comics, Brenda Starr, Howdy Doody and The Peanut Gallery, The Lone Ranger, The Shadow Knows Nellie Belle, Roy and Dale, Trigger and Buttermilk as well as the sound of a real mower on Saturday morning, and summers filled with bike rides, playing cowboy, playing hide and seek and kick-the-can and Simon Says, baseball games, amateur shows at the local theater before the Saturday matinee, bowling and visits to the pool...and eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar, and wax lips and bubblegum cigars
Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that!
And was it really that long ago? | |
Hawai'i Aloha By: Reverand Lorenzo Lyons (1807 - 1886) E Hawai'i e ku'u one hanau e Ku'u home kulaiwi nei 'Oli no au i na pono lani ou E Hawai'i aloha e | O Hawaii, sands of my birth My home, my native land Sing I of thy heavenly righteousness Hawaii, Aloha | Hui: E hau'oli e na 'opio Hawai'i nei 'Oli e, 'oli e Mai na aheahe nakani e pa mai nei Mau ke aloha no Hawai'i | Be joyful, youth of Hawaii Sing, sing! On the gentle breezes is wafted Hawaii's aloha for ever | E ha'i mai kou mau kini lani e Kou mau kupa aloha e Hawai'i Na mea 'olino hamaha'o no luna mai E Hawai'i, aloha e | Reveal, o heavenly hosts To the beloved sons of Hawaii The bright wonders from above Hawaii, aloha | Na ke Akua e malama mai ia 'oe Kou mau kualnon aloha nei Kou mau kahawai 'olinolono mau Kou mau mala pua nani e | The Lord will protect you Your loved hills and valleys Your sparkling streams Your beautiful gardens of flowers |
Aloha 'Oe By Queen Lili`uokalani (Lydia Lili‘u Loloku Walania Wewehi Kamaka‘eha, 1838-1917) Aloha 'Oe | Farewell to Thee | Ha`aheo ka ua i nâ pali Ke nihi a`e la i kanahele E uhai ana paha i ka liko Pua `âhihi lehua a o uka, | Proudly by the rain in the cliff The creeping silently and softly up the forest Seeking perhaps the bud Flower âhihi lehua of inland. | | | | Hui | Chorus | Aloha `oe, aloha `oe E ke onaona noho i ka lipo One fond embrace a ho`i a`e au Until we meet again | Farewell (to) Thee, farewell (to) Thee Sweet fragrance dwelling in the dark forest One fond embrace, before I now leave Until we meet again. |
(The above is a word for word, literal translation.) Aloha 'Oe | Farewell to Thee | Ha`aheo ka ua i na pali,
Ke nihi a`e la i ka nahele,
E uhai ana paha i ka liko,
Pua ahihi lehua a o uka. | Proudly swept the rain clouds by the cliffs,
As on it glided through the trees,
It seems to be following the liko,
The ahihi lehua of the vale. | | | | | Hui | Chorus | Aloha `oe, aloha `oe,
E ke onaona noho i ka lipo,
One fond embrace a ho`i a`e au,
Until we meet again. | Farewell to thee, farewell to thee,
Thou charming one who dwells among the bowers.
One fond embrace before we now depart
Until we meet again. |
(The above is close to the Kilima Hawaiian version) Queen Lili`uokalani, our last reigning monarch (1891-1893), was a tremendously gifted composer. The haunting Aloha `Oe was inspired by two lovers at Nu`uanu Pali, which is just above the Queen's Summer Palace in Nu'uanu Valley on the Island of O`ahu. The song came to her as she watched them in tender embrace before departing. It is now an international farewell song. Queen Lili`uokalani's legacy of some of Hawai`i's most beautiful and memorable songs ever written memorializes her as a Queen who inspired great affection among the Hawaiian people for her gentleness, her graciousness, and for her concern for the welfare of her people. |
