Enjoyed looking at your Wahiawa Web Page. My wife and I are 71 leilehua Grads. and now live in Texas. I was born and raised in Wahiawa and went to kaala grade school. When I saw the picture of the boat ramp it reminded me of my childhood years when my dad and I use to fish down there. Which is right across from Wheeler Base. My folks still live in Wahiawa. We sure do miss the islands the mainland is much more affordable to live. I married a haole military brat and ended up in Texas. We have 3 Hapa hoale kids that don't understand a word of pidgin english, but they like all the local food and can put a dent in your pocket book at a sushi bar. How about some ghost stories from Wahiawa??? You might ask some of the old timers in Whitmore about stories from the pineapple fields. Keep up the good work on this web page. Chico and Pam Dela Cruz 71Grads from Leilehua. E-mail pufnbrew@webstar.net

By Admin reposting 7/9/98 message from Tony Martin on Unrecorded Date:

ALOHA Y'ALL.. Born and raised in Wahiawa/Whitmo. Played baseball for LHS and AJA way back then... So, what happened to the pineapple fields around Whitmo? E-mail me at aloalo209@aol.com. I'm very glad that there are web sites featuring Wahiawa.

Francisco "Tony" Martin.

p.s . www.GotoMyWebPage.com/daRiteKine

By Admin reposting 8/29/98 message from Ariston Ufano / disbudz4u@localbar.com on Unrecorded Date:

Born Of Filipino Ancestry, both my parents set footprints in Wahiawa's rich Plantation History; with aspirations of providing a future for their children. I am proud to have been brought up in a historic communitiy. On befalf of both my Parents; may God watch over both of you, Wahiawa... I salute you!

By Admin reposting 8/28/98 message from Carol Hyer Brummond / brummc@cni-usa.com on Unrecorded Date:

I notice that your company name is Wonder View Press. Are you related to Al Wonder who use to own the jewlery store is Wahiawa? If you are, do you know how to contact his daughter Dorothy?

Carol (Hyer) Brummond brummc@cni-usa.com W7619 Shagbark Rd Whitewater WI 53190-4367

By Admin reposting 8/30/98 message from Anna Ufano on Unrecorded Date:

I come from a family who has lived in Wahiawa for many years. I was raised and lived in Wahiawa all my life. Wahiawa has had many changes since then. I miss the old Bus Station, Lilians Store, Toppers, and I remember going up a short steep hill to foodland. Those were the days!! Congratulations!! Anna Ufano, slyd-4-omilu@usa.net

By Admin reposting 8/30/98 message from Anonymous on Unrecorded Date:

My husband is a grad from Mililani High and myself from Aiea , but Wahiawa was one of the best places to HANG OUT IN....theres so many memories there for us. But things have changed. Since then my family and I had to move on to the mainland , because hawaii has changed...But Wahiawa has still some of that old town magic to it !!!

By Admin reposting 9/1/98 message from Tim Worley on Unrecorded Date:

Aloha, 9/1/98 I grew up in Hawaii, graduated from Radford and left there in 62 when the Army called. I have been back three times since. I have friends living in Wahiawa, one of which grew up there. This is a very nice site and I enjoyed it very much.

Mahalo

Tim Worley pi@cbintel.com

By Admin reposting 9/4/98 message from Norman Nakata on Unrecorded Date:

To Lani and Ned I have enjoyed your web site on Wahiawa a lot. I only regret that I couldn't attend some of the Centennial Events. Sounds like a lot of fun and very heartwarming. I live on the mainland now. I was born at a hospital called Wahiawa Hospital in those days. My mother grew up in Haleiwa and my dad's folks are from no other than Kahuku. The year that I was born the family moved to Wahiawa. As a kid I remember jumping on my bike and going down to Nakatani's store to buy some snacks or sodas for 5 cents. As a kid in little league there were too many teams at Fred Wright Park. So, our team had to practice in Kunia near the elementary school across from their gym. I know your site will attract the attention of a lot of people who grew up in this town. When the Wahiawa White Sox Little League Team played in the Honolulu PAL League, they thought we were a bunch of country bums. Many years later some of the same kids played on the 1962 Leilehua High School Baseball team and beat Farrington at Honolulu Stadium for the State Championship. People were asking where is Wahiawa anyway? When I visit Wahiawa, I always try to go down to the Wahiawa Gym where I spent hours as a kid. I hope they never tear it down. To me it is a historical site. As kids we dreamed that one day we would try out for the high school team and play for our school. Keep up the good work. normannakata@earthlink.net

By Admin reposting 12/7/98 message from Bob Viloria on Unrecorded Date:

Great website about Wahiawa. I was born in Ewa and raised in Wahiawa (acutally whitmo!). The scenic pictures brought back many memories of home. Is Bigway Burger still there? How's about the gas station across the street, Yoshi's? I noticed Dots In is still in business. How about Cornet? I haven't been back to Hawaii since 1987. Hopefully I can visit home in the near future with my family. Keep up the good work.

Aloha,

BOB VILORIA http://www.jps.net/badtuna

By Admin reposting 1/1/99 message from Lynda Nalus on Unrecorded Date:

Aloha from bonechilling cold Massachusetts in January. I long ago left my heart in Hawaii after living there for five years it draws me back again and again. I'm sorry to have missed your wonderful celebration and would like to Thank you for sharing it with the world on the Web. I will make sure to vist Wahiawa and the sites you mention on my next trip. Mahalo and Aloha Lynda Nalus6@aol.com

By Admin reposting 1/3/99 message from Charlotte Kau'i Solomon Brown on Unrecorded Date:

Jan. 3, 1999 CONGRATULATIONS WAHIAWA! I graduated from Leilehua High School in 1955.... That should tell you how ancient I am. Yes, Wahiawa has sure changed. I used to live above the Sawada Store in 1941. I was on the porch when the Japanese planes come through Kolekole Pass to bomb Wheeler Field and Schofield. As they turned around over Wahiawa to go back through Kolekole Pass again, they fired at the building we lived in, then being one of the tallest buildings in Wahiawa. That morning my Mom heard on the radio that we were being attacked by the Japanese, I was on the porch feeding the doves when my Mom pulled me in or I probably would not be here today. The front wall where I stood and the adjoining apartments were fired upon. As I remember, the police came and dug all the bullets out of the walls.

I remember buying seeds from Tai Sing, buying the best Ice Cakes from Nakatani Store, going to the movies at the Tin Can Theater and playing in the bomb shelters in the Park........oh, sooooo many good memories!!! There was a Chinese lady that lived down stairs, in the back of our building that had to hold onto the rails of the porch in order to walk because her feet were bound as a child in China before she came to live in Hawaii. Her feet were no bigger than a 3 or 4 year old child and I understand that the wealthy women used to have their feet bound for beauty and the house maids did everything for them. What a way to show beauty. I'd rather have my Luau feet, he, he. My Mom still lives up the heights. My father passed away almost 10 years ago. I have one brother living up the heights, another brother and sister that lives in Mililani. I took hula lessons from Blossom Clark and other Kumus in Honolulu. Now I have my own Halau in San Diego, California. Halau O Na Ali'i/ Na Ali'i Productions. One of my daughters is a Kumu herself and will carry on for me. Besides dancing for many of the recording artists, she is a dancer for Keola Beamer. Keola's mother Nona was one of my Kumus. We go back "HOME" often to brush up or learn other Hulas, do lots of catching up and stay with my Mom up the heights. Our oldest grand daughter says she will take over for her Mom when the time comes. My husband and I have been married over forty years. We all love "WAHIAWA" and will be back to visit again.......... SOON!

Charlotte Kau'i Solomon Brown Email MiNei@AOL.com Email NaAliiProd@AOL.com

By Admin reposting 3/4/99 message from Andria Lui on Unrecorded Date:

Aloha Wahiawa Elementary, I am a third grade teacher in Grovetown, Georgia. My class is learning about Hawaii and loving every bit of it. They enjoyed your site and want be e-mail pals with one of your classes. Please let us know if your interested. Keep up the good work. Sunshines and rainbows to you all.

Andria Lui alui@ccboe.net

PS. We heard you have a wonderful Hawaiian culture teacher--Kumu Lorenzo!

By Admin reposting 3/23/99 message from Pia Halemano on Unrecorded Date:

Going through this website brought back memories for me. Originally raised on O'ahu's northshore, I married a Wahiawa born and bred until June 1995 when we moved to Kailua-Kona. Our families are still in Wahiawa and our daughter. Everytime I go back home for a short visit, I say to myself "I'm happy to be back home again". Keep up the good work on this website. Now I know that I can go home anytime I want to without leaving Kailua-Kona. Mahalo, Pia Halemano

By Admin reposting 4/7/99 message from Anonymous on Unrecorded Date:

I moved to Wahiawa about 3 years ago , really like it up here , mellow , nice people and soooo laid back ... jus love it =) Pretty cool that we got a website from our lil town .

By David Tom on Unrecorded Date:

Ah, many memories of Wahiawa... I was born in Honolulu but my folks moved to Wahiawa when I was only a year or so old, and so grew up there. My mother still lives up the heights, just below Leilehua H.S. Many old memories before i left for college in '64. (I live in the S.F. bay area now)... Castner's store... Sakiya's Music Store near the corner of California and Kam Highway... walking way up the heights so that we could walk down the trails to "the creek" to go swimming, and do nothing... working in the pine fields! - (and dying when we young kids thought we could keep up with the wahine gang - those ladies could work!) or riding in the back of the truck, coming through town at 1:00 in the morning, in the cold morning breeze... listening to Army maneuvers and fake war games at night over in East Range, with the machine guns going off and the tanks... little league baseball at Fred Wright Park... Hale Koa summers, and swimming at the pool... Diner's Deluxe... Topper's hamburgers - 5 for a buck!!... the hill behind/next to Foodland, where the cops always took you for your driving test, so you could show how bad you were 'cause you could never hold the hill with the brakes on and then continue up!... The YMCA, both the old one that was on Kam Highway, and the "new one" that was built across from the park... Pang's Market (great butcher shop)... Tom's Grocery... waiting for the Honolulu bus, and eating hamburgers at Nino's cafe at the back of the bus station...
Lots of memories... a great place to grow up... and always called "home". Great page, thanks for letting me reminisce!

By Don Sugai on Unrecorded Date:

Aloha, What a great website. Thank you for establishing it. It brings home a little closer for many of us. Plain and simple, Wahiawa was a great town to grow up in. As a 68' grad of Leilehua, my perspective is 30 years old, but the visions and images are as clear as yesterday. Starting with the airplane bridge right through past BigWay Burger and to Whitmore town; from Kaala school up through California Avenue up to the heights. So many memories, images, sounds and smells. I still get lost in them when I choose to get a little homesick. It was great reading other peoples thoughts. Like them, you can leave the town, but like the red dirt that we walked on and played on, you can never get it out of you. Mahalo for sharing and I look forward to hearing from more of you, us. Don Sugai

By Anonymous on Unrecorded Date:

Aloha! There were many fond memories of growing up in Wahiawa. I remember going to the
Wahiawa gym for pep rallies, marching up California Ave with the Leilehua Band and listening to Mr. Inaba to keep in line. I went to school with a few of the writers to this web site and remember going to the "Tin Can" to watch movies and eating crack seed at Tai Sings, or Lilians. Some of you who lived up in "Heights" may remember the grocery bus. Some one mentioned spook stories anyone remember the "Green Lady", watch the when you walk through the gulch. Aloha.

By Naomi Ogata Campbell on Unrecorded Date:

Just read all the messages...what a trip down memory lane...the "green lady"! Oh, my God, I haven't heard or thought about her in years! I have been collecting memories of Wahiawa in an effort to someday complete a project...possibly a documentary, book, website...haven't decided. It started out as a project to hand down to my future grandkids and has at times become overwhemling but never dull. Thank you all for renewing my focus and thank you Wahiawa for being such a great place to grow up in.

By Craig Cabaldon on Unrecorded Date:

Aloha Wahiawa! While I was only there for a very short time, it is my birth place. I am very proud to have been born in Wahiawa. In fact when I am asked where I'm from, I tell them I was born in Wahiawa , Hawaii; raised in California; and now reside in Texas. I always get a kick out of listening to my mother and my aunties talk about the times they shared back home. It makes me long for those days and to have had my own Wahiawa memories. Thank you very much for this site! It warms my heart to read the posts and to know that so many people from all over have roots in a place that has its own special place in their lives and their hearts, even for me!

Thank you again!

By David Aiken on Unrecorded Date:

Aloha nui loa,
That "Day of Infamy" a major event occurred at the corner of Hiwi Place and Kilani Ave. A Japanese plane crashed there. I am seeking data from souvenirs taken from the site which may give clues to the two crewmen's identity. This may be photos of the crash [none exist in the national and military archives], data plates, stencils with numbers, colored metal that might include numbers or portions of numbers, names on uniform parts which may have been torn off, any leads to witnesses of the crash.

There was another crash on Neal Street and there are photos of this crash. The same kind of data is sought, however, which might lead to the crew identity.

For more on these sites, look at EAST WIND RAIN by Stan Cohen with Ernest Arroyo, Bob Bracci, David Aiken, et al. [Missoula, MT: Pictorial History; originally printed 1981, major revision 1991, corrected 1994], "The Second Wave" by David Aiken, page 124.

Mahalo,
Sincerely,
David_Aiken@hotmail.com
Director
Pearl Harbor History Associates, Inc.

By flogwin@aol.com on Unrecorded Date:

This is a late posting for the 100 year anniversary of Wahiawa. I found the website by accident while surfing the web. I moved to the mainland in 1979 but I was born and raised in Wahiawa. I have many memories of growing up in Wahiawa. I attended Wheeler Elementary School, Wahiawa Elementary School Annex (the classrooms were at the Japanese School on California Avenue, across from the Fred Wright Park), Kaala Elementary School, and Leilehua High/Intermediate School. I'm dating myself with all the school history. I graduated from LHS in 65.
I enjoyed reading the other ex-Wahiawans postings about the "hana-buttah" days. I know three of the people who have responded to this website. I remember the old Kilani Bakery, SHAN's bakery, and the bus station. I remember buying seed at "B-sweet" seed and candy store near Kaala Elementary. We were the first sixth grade class at this new school and there was a contest to name the school-- Kaala elementary. I remember "riding bike" and "delivering the newspapers" at 4:30am on sundays with some good friends that I still stay in touch with.
I remember "picking pineapple" for Dole. Did all the first year workers have to pick the "crowns" first???, and work your way to picking pineapples.
I remember having to work with the "wahini gang" and "making shi-shi" in private!!!! The guys had to squat down too!!!
I was asked recently "Are you from the islands?", I answered, "yeah from Wahiawa" and the response was "Oh you're a country boy!". I'm proud to be from the "country". I remember Cane Street, the pool halls (Antoque's Pool hall), Topper's Drive-inn, Victory theatre, Kilani Tavern, Moon Garden, Tai Sing, Ben Franklin and Cornet. They have been replaced by the MacDonalds, Burger Kings, Seven Eleven, Zippy's, and WALMARTs. Progress???? Maybe not.

Aloha and hope to read more memories of Wahiawa.

Donald Dela Cruz
Fountain Valley, CA

By Kat Steele-Steward on Unrecorded Date:

I recently aquired 2 photo albums that apparently belonged to a woman named
Estrella De Guzman. These are chock full of pictures from the 1920's thru
1990. I think most of the pictures were taken in Wahiawa, Hawaii. These albums were
found at a yard sale in Phoenix, Arizona. There are approx. 250 photos here.

I am hoping to get these albums back to a member of the De Guzman family. I
have scanned several of these photos. You can look at them here:

http://fiftieskat.homepage.com/deguzman.htmll

This page is slow loading as these pictures are quite large.

Some of the people identified in the photos are:
Estrella De Guzman (also known at Stella)
Bro Sebastion
" Palamaris
" De Guzman (I believe this is Estrella's husband and these are his brothers and sister)
" Galura
" Philip Rendon USS Atlanta
Sis Nina Cruz

There are photos of:
A Barber Shop (a lot of pictures of this, inside, outside and staff.)
Guzman Jewelry
Wahiawa School (class picture 1946-47)
Caballeros Dimas-Alang Rizal Lodge #502 Honolulu (a lot of pictures taken here)

I think Estrella had a brother name Aladdin.

Please e-mail if you have any information that might help.

dylwadsmom@aol.com

Thanks,

Kat Steele-Steward

By Robert Romero on Unrecorded Date:

Greetings,
I am a serious researcher of the Pearl Harbor Attack. I am looking for any recollections concerning that "Day of Infamy". Do you have any insight into the attacks on Wheeler Field, Schofield Barracks or any other installation on December 7th? I am especially interested in information on any aircraft which might have crashed in the area. Your recollections and memories are an essential component of history.

Thank you,

Robert Romero
RA6M@AOL.com

By Kiana on Unrecorded Date:

Class of 1992 I think of Wahiawa often. I visit the islands at least once a year and try to get back to the heights. I can't believe how much it's changed. No matter what, my home looks the same up in the heights. I dream of owning it again. There's nowhere like it, as I'm sure you all know!
Wahiawa Imtermediate was as far as I got, I went to school at Iliahi Elementary.
I would love to hear from anyone from my hometown. Write me at kita@empnet.com

By Anonymous on Unrecorded Date:

I happened upon this website by accident. I didn't think Wahiawa had it's own one. Wow, just reading the comments brings back many happy childhood memories...the old metal bridge, M's bakery's delicious hamburgers, Peach Garden's Beef with broccoli, California Avenue and the Wahiawa Intermediate marching band (green and white uniforms), the Wahiawa rec center and all the fun classes we took such as ukelele lessons, swimming, drama, hula, summer fun etc., Kilani and Shan's bakery's and their delicious butter rolls, B-sweet and delicious 1 cent pink bubble gum, we used to hoard our quarters so we could spend it at B-sweet, Toppers, Three Coins restaurant Monte Cristo sandwich, Chi Hing's manapuas and pepeaus, Wahiawa elementary, Kaala elementary, Wahiawa Intermediate, Leileihua, the Hongwanji, Bigway Burger's broasted chicken, french fries and chili bowl (was ono), Dairy Queen, Kemoo Farms Macadamia nut pies, fishing, the gulch up in the heights, lazy sundays playing with the oscillating water sprinkler, gardenias and lychee trees, mango and guava trees, riding our bikes to buy 5 cent juice ice cakes down the block, filipino dance lessons, miso soup, riding our swings in the trees, going to Wahiawa theatre for 59 cents and watching the Ten Commandments, catching the bus to go "downtown", Marigold market, playing marbles in the red dirt (bumbuchas), chinese jumprope, clackers, jacks, Cornets, Kress, Ben Franklins, Foodland, Schofield Barracks, Wheeler AFB and all the military guys that came into town, pineapple fields on the way to Haleiwa, "Billy, Don't be a Hero", Our Lady of Sorrows Church, looking at the stars at night with a telescope, the sky was so clear, laying down on a blanket and enjoying gazing at the big white fluffy clouds and bright blue sky and wondering what the future would bring, my first romantic crush in 5th grade at Kaala Elem., marching in my backyard trying to master a musical instrument, the cool breeze, Foster's botanical garden, my parents claim they created me in Wahiawa...I will be visiting the island next week and will definitely head out to Wahiawa and relive and enjoy my youth....!!!!

By JEFFERY A. CARSON on Friday, July 27, 2001 - 10:05 am:

JUST A HAPA HAOLE BOY BORN AT WAHIAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL IN 1946...WHAT MEMORIES THIS SITE BRINGS BACK. THIS SITE WAS RECOMMENDED BY NAOMI OGATA, A CLASSMATE FROM LEILEHUA HIGH. THE THINGS I REMEMBER: TIN CAN THEATER, TAI SING STORE, TOMS MARKET, TOPPERS DRIVE IN, FOOD LAND SUPER MARKET(MY FIRST REAL JOB) THE OLD BUS STATION, THE OLD POLICE STATION, SUMMER WEEK-ENDS WITH THE CHANGS, WHEN THEY LIVED ON CANE STREET(JUNIOR WAS MY BEST DIVING PARTNER), DRAG RACING AT NINE POLES,MY GRANDMA'S HOUSE ON CYPRESS AVE("YOU GO DOWN THE RIVER, I GIVE YOU GOOD LIKKIN, YOU UNDERSTAND MO'OPUNA"), ALL THE GUYS AND GALS IN MY NEIGHBOR HOOD: MELVIN AND GILBERT HA, DOREEN KENDRICK, DICKY HENDRICKS, JAMES BALAZ, MILES NAKASHIMA, VAUGHN PLUMMER, THEODORE HONDA, CHESTER CLARK,AND A HOST OF OTHERS. PEACH GARDEN (THE MOST ONO KAO UK), SHANS AND KILANI BAKERY, AND SO MUCH MORE...I HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD, BUT NOTHING CAN COMPARE TO GROWING UP IN WAHIAWA...I THINK FOR US "BOOMERS" THOSE WERE MAGICAL YEARS. BUT AS WE ALL KNOW, LIFE IS NOT STATIC, EVERYTHING CHANGES. BUT, NO ONE CAN TAKE AWAY THE "BROWNIE" KODAK MEMORIES THAT WILL FOREVER BE STUCK IN OUR HEADS. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES WAHIAWA!!
ALOHA NUI LOA
JEFF CARSON
SILVERDALE, WA

Congratulations Wahiawa, on this the centennial year of your founding. Although I am a mainland resident now, I have fond memories of Wahiawa and the surrounding area. These memories extend from my assignment to the Military Staff at the University of Hawaii in the early 70's; as Commander of the Army Base Facilities, at then, Wheeler AFB in the late 70's; and finally, through the late 80's as a pilot for Royal Hawaiian Air Service. I remember dining at Kemoo Farms while being entertained by the music and songs of Charles K. L. Davis; ordering "BBQ to go" from Texas BBQ, a small diner then, just Diamond-head of Service Motors; and wandering the beautiful Rainforest Botanical Garden off California St. Today, as we visit family in Mililani, my wife and I see the changes that have occurred over the twenty-eight years since our first arrival in the Islands...the disappearance of the cane and pine fields: the shutdown of the pineapple and cane factories; and the closing of Arakawas! But, amid it all, Wahiawa remains the "gem" of the Waianae Plains! Again, congratulations and thanks for the memories.

Ray Pollard Carrollton, TX

By Admin reposting 8/29/98 message from Mark O. on Unrecorded Date:

Congradulation Wahiawa town what a proud person I am to have lived here all my live in a place that we at Praise Chapel in Whitmore like to call God country. This is a very special place with a lot of very special people for one, who had the idea to place Wahiawa on the Web. My hats out to you all. For improvments, Pictures that depicts our rich heritage and history would be great. I think the Historic site on California ave, next to the Great Wall resturant don't mind lending those pictures about Wahiawa to this precious site! Hats out to you once again!

God bless you all Mark O. C/O 83

By Admin reposting 8/29/98 message from Grace Cox on Unrecorded Date:

I have enjoyed visiting your web site!! Congratulations on 100 years. What a wonderful idea, to have a web site for your town. Your list of events sounds wonderful. Grace Cox USA Mainland (Tennessee) gracecox@iswt.com

By Admin reposting 8/29/98 message from John Fernandez on Unrecorded Date:

Wahiawa Town~ First of all,Congratulations to Wahiawa Town. Being raised here most of my life, My Dad came here from the Philippines to make a better life for us.During his time here on earth, he became a well respected man in Whitmore Village. whatever it was that he did, I knew my dad did it the best way he could. This town of Wahiawa is very rich in Culture, History, & very family oriented which makes it a very special one. thats why Wahiawa is and always will be that special place for me. I am happy to say that it will be a GREAT HONOR to be a part of this Centennial Celebrations. As a Musician, there couldn't have been a better time to give back to my home town. the group that I play for (HOLOMOANA) will be playing for the Ho'olaulea on September 5 1998

Aloha~ "John John" Fernandez Leilehua Class of 1983 JohnF65@aol.com

By Admin reposting 8/29/98 message from Winston Ferido on Unrecorded Date:

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Great to see Wahiawa beign recognized. I lived in Wahiawa for most of my life, I reside in Waipio Valley now, but always say I'm from Wahiawa. My Wife and I are both Leilehua graduates. Wahiawa was and still is a great place to be. It will always be the place I call "Home".

Aloha and Mabuhay, Winston FeridoWC@aol.com

By Admin reposting 8/29/98 message from Rene Peters on Unrecorded Date:

Hi, Im Rene Peters from Holland. Wahaiwa is booming. Congratulations for the 100th birthday!! Greetings to Hawaii.

By Admin reposting 8/29/98 message from Dianne on Unrecorded Date:

CONGRADULATION! WAHIAWA TOWN.... MY 2 CHILDREN AND I HAVE ENJOYED THE WEBSITE VERY MUCH.. WE CAN SEE WHY YOU ARE SO PROUD...... AS LONG AS YOUR TOWN IS SPECIAL TO YOU..IT IS ALSO SPECIAL TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF US WHO ENTERS YOUR WEBSITE. THANKS FOR SHARING IT WITH US.....

DIANNE abu@ccomm.com

By Admin reposting 8/29/98 message from J. Vallejo on Unrecorded Date:

Congratulations and Mabuhay.....WAHIAWA !!! Outstanding web page.

JVallejo, jsv530@hgea.org

By Admin reposting 8/30/98 message from Greg Castilla on Unrecorded Date:

Congrtulations - A very interesting and informative webpage indeed. How big is the Filipino population in Wahiawa? What role did the Filipinos play in building this town?

Greg Castilla: grecast@aol.com

By Admin reposting 8/30/98 message from Gwen Ferido on Unrecorded Date:

Mahalo for this great Website! Born and raised in Wahiawa/Whitmore, I am very proud to have had the opportunity to live in a wonderful community. Although, I am now living in the mainland, at least now my two children can also experience what a wonderful place Wahiawa really is! Congratulations....Wahiawa!!

Gwen Ferido,LushiousG@aol.com

By Admin reposting 8/31/98 message from Anonymous on Unrecorded Date:

Aloha..... I found this site to be very informative..Thank you and HAPPY BIRTHDAY WAHIAWA!!!!! I have been in Waialua for 3 years yet didn't know this much about Wahiawa...Mahalo.

By Admin reposting 9/1/98 message from Cheryl Costa Ferido on Unrecorded Date:

Congrats to Wahiawa. I've been in Wahiawa since 1986 and it sure does beat the mainland in hospitality and simplicity. Wahiawa has been my home since and I just wanted to add a simple thank you to the people I've grown to love in Wahiawa. leilehua c/o 88. aloha Sheryl(Costa) Ferido KELELA70 @aol.com

By Admin reposting 9/1/98 message from kiyan@menehune.com on Unrecorded Date:

Congratulations Wahiawa! My family still lives there. Grew up in Wahiawa in the 50's-60's (left in '68). Remembering Three Coins, Toppers, Big Way Burger, Miyashiro's Market, Shans Bakery, Kilani Bakery, Kilani Bakery, Tai Sings, Sawada's, seeing Santa at Kastners and Wahiawa Theater...grew up playing in the little league baseball system...and Summer Fun Days! and our high school days @ Leilehua! Also remember the Hyer Chervon station (that was for Carol Hyer ;^) ) Miss driving over the old "airplane bridge" too. A lot of great memories...

Great to see a website dedicated to Wahiawa...I'll add a link to the site so other Wahiawaians will enjoy visiting (theres quite a few of us here in the San Jose area...SF bay area). How about adding some photo's of some of the celebration.

kiyan@menehune.com http://www.menehune.com

By Admin reposting 9/6/98 message from Rhonda Hininger on Unrecorded Date:

Rhonda Hininger yosemitysam@hotmail.com

Congradulations and hope you make it another 100 years would like to visit your town I ever get to Hawaii

By Admin reposting 9/10/98 message from apapane@aloha.net on Unrecorded Date:

This small 100 year old pineapple town has a rich and unique story to tell. It reflects a slice of Hawai'i all can relate to and feel good about. The warmth and values of this small town remains in the hearts of it people. You have much to be proud of Wahiawa - Hauoli la Hanau!

apapane@aloha.net

By Admin reposting 9/15/98 message from chashi9586@aol.com on Unrecorded Date:

This is a great web site. I'm a graduate of LHS, class of 67. My mother and sister still lives in Wahiawa. I tell my sons about the good times I had while growing up there. Like Norman Nakata, I too played for Wahiawa White sox and played on the high school teams. Earl Kiyan comments really brought back some memories of the old town. By the way, Wahiawa has the best water on earth. Congratulations to Wahiawa town and all the people who live there. chashi9586@aol.com

By Admin reposting 10/11/98 message from jc013@hotmail.com on Unrecorded Date:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WAHIAWA! I just moved to Washington and miss home. It's great to have a website of my hometown. Now I know what's going on. Class of 1996, jc013@hotmail.com

By Admin reposting 10/11/98 message from Julian Cruz on Unrecorded Date:

Happy birthday Wahiawa! Great site that brings back memeories. Been on the mainland(San Diego)long time now but still consider Whitmore Village home and will inevitably return.Miss the long johns at Kilani's Bakery the zippak bentos at Zippy's and plate lunches at Big Way Burger.Keep up the good work. We transplanted Local people appreciate the walk down memory lane via internet. Mahalo!

Julian Cruz (from the Santos family Down Circle Mauka st Whitmore village) cruzkiko@msn.com www.surf.to/cruzkiko

By Admin reposting 10/20/98 message from Anonymous on Unrecorded Date:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WAIHIAWA. I JUS MOVED UP IN WASHINGTON AND IT SO BORING, ALL I WANT RIGHT NOW IS TO BACK HOME WHERE I BELONG, OAHU

By Jennie Padayhag Miller on Tuesday, August 14, 2001 - 12:00 pm:

Congratulations Wahiawa! I grew up there, graduated from Leilehua in 1978. I'll always have fond memories of living in a town that was safe and quiet (at that time). Am in Washington DC, married to a Navy man and seeing the world. Hope to get "home" one of these days.

This web site is great! I can tell the students that visit the Wahiawa Library looking for information on the history and they can share it with others. Very helpful, thanks

Wendi, Children's Librarian, Wahiawa Public Library

By Admin reposting 4/8/98 message from ryanp002@aol.com on Unrecorded Date:

Great to see a website on Wahiawa! So when is Lani going to reprint her historical book on Wahiawa? Every book store tells me it's no longer in print. Surely this is going to happen during the centennial isn't it?

By Admin reposting 5/20/98 message from Pat Myers on Unrecorded Date:

What a great job you have done on this. Guess I will turn the Royal Page over to you. You keep yours up to date. You are good!! Granny

By Admin reposting 8/29/98 message from kelela@gte.net on Unrecorded Date:

IT'S WONDERFUL HOW I CONTINUE TO BECOME EDUCATED ON THE PLACE I CALL HOME, EVEN AWAY FROM HOME! THANK YOU FOR PUTTING OUT INTERESTING THINGS ..WE ENJOY THEM BEING A LONG WAYS FROM HOME!

kelela@gte.net

By Admin reposting 8/30/98 message from Anonymous on Unrecorded Date:

I enjoyed the history of your wonderful town. I hope to see it in person someday.

By Admin reposting 8/31/98 message from John & Alice Carr / jacj.abca@worldnet.att.net on Unrecorded Date:

I found this very informative. Thanks for doing it. jacj.abca@worldnet.att.net John & Alice Carr 94-263 Awiwi Place Mililani Town, HI. 96789-1809

By Admin reposting 9/1/98 message from Cheryl Caminos on Unrecorded Date:

Great website!! Love the scenics. Am passing it along to family on the mainland. My husband was born and raised here and we've been back home for 10 years now. Love the town, love the people. Cheryl Caminos Hi96786@aol.com

By Admin reposting 9/2/98 message from Lisa Rabanal on Unrecorded Date:

I love the site-it makes me miss home

Lisa Rabanal

By Admin reposting 10/30/98 message from Mike O'Neill on Unrecorded Date:

Neat little piece of info. Thanks.

Mike O'Neill, Waianae, HI 10/30/98

By Admin reposting 11/20/98 message from Anonymous on Unrecorded Date:

Beautiful scenics, good layout, nice color background! Text very interesting and informative! sunt 302272

By Admin reposting 11/20/98 message from mblessmae@aol.com on Unrecorded Date:

hi: mblessmae@aol.com here sundt told me about this neat.

By Admin reposting 12/14/98 message from Lauren Okamoto / laurenok@sas.upenn.edu on Unrecorded Date:

Just surfing the web as I try to evade the misery of studying for my exams, and, came across this Wahiawa Home Page. Even though it is only my second year in the mainland, in my heart, I know that Wahiawa, Hawaii is the best place on earth! It is so great to know as well as reassuring that there is a place in this modern world that still has old-fashioned values and ways. The big cities on the mainland are cool, but nothing beats good 'ol Wahiawa where things are slow and life itself is cherished so much deeper.

Lauren Okamoto laurenok@sas.upenn.edu

By Admin reposting 12/27/98 message from Ian Gosnell on Unrecorded Date:

i enjoyed looking at this page..it makes me really miss home........... all my filipino friends..hauoli friends...etc..

Ian Gosnell

By ekiyan@menehune.com on Unrecorded Date:

Aloha Kau'i for your comments...sure brought back memories of Old Wahiawa Town.

So folks can see what you've been up to since your Wahiawa days...you can visit Kau'i's halau website at: http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Shores/5548/index.htmll Maybe I'll see them at Tahiti Fete or Ia 'Oe E Ka La Hula Fest.

just my 2 cents...a hui hou! ekiyan@menehune.com

By Admin reposting 3/5/99 message from Anonymous on Unrecorded Date:

nice homepage

By David Tom on Unrecorded Date:

Great homepage about Wahiawa... someone mentioned that there is/was a history written of the place? Any info. on that out there? Nothing like going "home" every so often, just to hang out.
David Tom, Mtn View, CA....

By Don Sugai on Unrecorded Date:

What a blessing to have this web site to come home to. I find myself drifting back to the Wahiawa homepage every couple of weeks. Maybe it is time to drift back to the Wahiawa home. "One paddle, two paddle", Don Sugai

By Al on Unrecorded Date:

I have added a link to your website at my website - http://www.roman.net/~aturn - since Wahiawa was where I completed my ambition to fish in all 50 states.
I purchased my permit at Wahiawa Sporting Goods and fished in Lake Wilson.
We also enjoyed our visit to the botanical gardens and found the people most friendly.

By Anonymous on Unrecorded Date:

The only thing better than living in Wahiawa is having friends from Connecticut...maybe even small towns like Bethany...visit their family in this fine town. Hint hint. Sunshine and gentle trades are just a plane trip away.

By Anonymous on Unrecorded Date:

some of the nicest people we know live in wahiawa-
though they are now living in the big apple, they will be back one day and we will be happy! we miss you jann and gary! guess who!

By Anonymous on Unrecorded Date:

Just found this great site! I'm a '70 grad from Leilehua. Been in CA since '74 working hard and we're finally buying our retirment home in Mililani. Anyone wanting to return too check out www.hbr.com. Someone mentioned Kemoo Farm...memories! Remember the cowhide on the wall? Can't believe Judy's Florist is still there! Wahiawa was the best place to grow up. Lived on the edge of the gulch and had great adventures eating cherry guavas! Can't wait to move and get out of the rat race!

By Darrell M. Sabihon on Unrecorded Date:

Wahiawa is the place I grew up. The SABIHON'S are having a family Reunion and we will all be going back to see "Da Place Where We Grew Up". Our Children and Grand Children will love walking down the path of the Wahiawa river where I use to meet the Whitmore Village Wahines.

By [Jim] Ceasar Dewberry on Unrecorded Date:

I'm just waiting to sell a house and come home. I've been stranded in the South for 10 years.
Really homesick and want to settle, marry, and make keiki's. Wahiawa is the best place for family of any of the 42 states and two country's I've seen.

I really enjoyed your site, I linked it to mine at:
http://www.scifi-rpgs.com/~groundzero/index.htmll

I just want a home in the Heights and to talk story with the Green Lady. But a plate lunch from that place behind the McDonald's would be ono too, eh?

The mainland sucks! I wish I had never come over here to visit my dad and got stuck.

I should have got a longer surfboard leash...

By Lynn on Saturday, August 25, 2001 - 01:48 pm:

I was born and raised in Wahiawa Town. After returning from college, my husband and I bought a house in Waipio Gentry in '86. Gentry was great and our neighbors were the best, but our home was very small and the community very restrictive. Since '92, my husband and I started looking for a place that was less restrictive and had a bigger yard. We both wanted a safe and beautiful quiet place that allowed us to do the country living things we grew up with and loved. Finally, in 1997, we stumbled upon a great home in Wahiawa. We fell in love with it at first site. We love it here. Our neighbors are wonderful, and to us, the home, although built in the mid-40's, is beautiful. It's a simple, old fashioned post and beam style house in a big yard..., just the way we like it.

I love Wahiawa and the old Wahiawa community very much. It's not perfect, but the closest thing to heaven that I know of. What concerns me is, this place could be a lot safer. I know a lot of retired folks, working adults, and young children that love to go walking, running, biking, and playing out in the community. People that would love to simply enjoy a safe and clean community to take ownership and pride in.

I'd like to know if there are others that feel the same way and has the same Vision for our community. Who out there may be interested in taking part in preserving the diverse culture and good things as well as improving our community? People that would like Wahiawa to always be a safe and clean place to live. A place with a sense of culture and history. A place where new families can raise their young children and take care of their elders in a healthy, safe, and peaceful community.

Please share your thoughts. I'm just a normal citizen like everyone else. We could really use a Website like this to share some ideas and have some healthy discussion on this very important matter.

Mahalo,

Lynn