August 13, 1939
With over 675 entries received for the Island Hotel Co., Ltd.’s hotel naming contest which came to a close Thursday, August 10, judges in this novel contest finally selected the name Naniloa as most appropriate for the new hotel. This name, which was submitted by two entrants in the contest, namely, George L. Machado, and Mildred Mae Moir, means “everything beautiful” or “very beautiful.” The two prize winners will each receive $25, and checks for this amount are now being held at the Realty Investment Co., Ltd. office for them. The original winning entry blanks submitted by George L. Machado and Mildred Mae Moir may be seen on display at the Realty Investment Co.’s offices on Kamehameha Ave. (118 wds.)
August 13, 1964
HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY—In connection with this morning’s earthquake that jarred the entire island, Dr. Howard A. Powers, observatory scientist in charge, observed that Kilauea Volcano’s “tilt life” currently provides scientists with somewhat of a puzzle. He also observed that one significant thing about the quake was the fact that “straight through the mountain (Mauna Loa, Kilauea’s big neighbor) the quake was barely felt in Kona.” But the smaller volcano’s tilt, he indicated, apparently seems to be developing some sort of a new pattern. Summit tilt, he said, has been pretty stagnant lately and “we don’t know what it means; it is developing no pattern with which we are familiar.”
Usually, Powers indicated, when magma is building under the mountain tilt is gradual in most directions. Lately, however, the north side of the summit has been steadily pushing up, while the east and west direction has been going up and down, he noted, adding “for this we have no definite interpretation.” He went on to say that there appears to be “nothing sustained or urgent in tilt activity, so we are just wondering.” (183 wds.)
August 13, 1989
Construction of the controversial South Kohala Resort adjacent to the northern third of Hapuna Beach State Park has quietly gotten under way, Mauna Kea Properties officials confirmed Friday. The resort, to the south of Mauna Kea Properties’ Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, is expected to be completed and open for business before the end of 1991. Goodfellow Brothers Construction Co., a Maui-based firm, began work early this month on a $2.1 million infrastructure contract that covers preliminary work on the resort’s public access parking, hotel-related roadways, water, sewer and electrical system lines. Oskins Electric of Hilo is handling the electrical work as a subcontractor.
“There is a crew of about 20 to 25 on the job at present,” said William F. Mielcke, vice president of Mauna Kea Properties, in a Friday telephone interview. Mielcke said MKP was continuing negotiations with potential prime contractors for the resort, which will include a 350-room hotel, an 18-hole golf course, a golf clubhouse, sewage treatment plant and other facilities. …Mauna Kea Properties and its owner, Seibu Railway of Japan, are shooting for a “soft opening” of the South Kohala Resort in October or November of 1991. Mielcke said, with the resort fully operational by the end of 1991. (207 wds.) (August 13 total: 508 wds.)
This Day in History is compiled by Brandon Haleamau for the Tribune-Herald using newspaper archives. Whenever possible, the news accounts provided in this column were taken verbatim from the newspaper.
