Every Sunday, “Back in the Day” looks at an article that ran on this date in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. The items are verbatim, so don’t blame us today for yesteryear’s bad grammar.
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Organization Is Strictly For Women After Step At Thursday Meeting
Definite action to bar men and boys from the Hawaiian Lei Sellers’ association was taken at the organization’s regular monthly meeting in the district courtrooms Thursday when the club voted to return all money collected as dues from men and boys.
This actions makes the association strictly an organization of Hawaiian women.
Because ships often sail on Thursday afternoons, the lei sellers voted to change the meeting date from the first Thursday of each month to the first Monday of each month.
Criticism by some of the members of frequent and flagrant violations of the association’s regulations led to discussion of the possibility of inflicting a $1 fine for each such violation, but no final action was taken, since many members asked for further consideration of the plan.
To make such fines effective, it was suggested, members would be appointed to check up on lei sellers and note down infractions of the rules, bu an objection was raised to this since, it was held, these individuals might let personal feelings enter into their reports.
The entire matter was deferred to the August meeting as no agreement could be reached.
During discussion of this point, charges were made by some of the members that the officers of the association were among the violators of the rules, especially with regard to price cutting and "mobbing" prospective customers.
A word battle between two officers, in which both threatened to resign, was smoothed over and the entire matter dropped when they kissed and made up.
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ASKS PROTECTION
Toshio Yoshizumi of Pearl City told country police Tuesday that he has an unknown enemy who is hurting his business and asked for police protection.
Seven bundles of water cress which Yoshizumi sells in Honolulu, left outside his garage Monday night, were slashed to tiny pieces, he reported.