NEWS FROM PAGES PAST
50 years ago — Feb. 11, 1972
FILIPINO TABLE—Bishop John J. Scanlan stops at the Filipino table and chit-chats with Mrs. Beatrice Affatica, Regent of Court Aloha Malia #1982, Mrs. Florence Meneses and Mrs. Gertrude Calaycay, co-chair ladies of the Filipino Table together with Miss Linda Meneses.
… The Catholic Daughters of America, Court Aloha Malia No. 1982, are expressing their gratitude to everyone who helped them to make their Fourth Annual International Festival a glowing success.
Those attending the festival enjoyed tasty dishes from eleven different nations served by hostesses colorful in their native costumes.
25 years ago — Feb. 7, 1997
Bishop John Joseph Scanlan, 1906-1997
Retired Bishop John J. Scanlan, the second bishop of the Diocese of Honolulu, died in his sleep Jan. 31 at approximately 3 a.m. at Nazareth House in San Rafael, Calif. He was 90 years old. He had served the Diocese of Honolulu as auxiliary bishop and diocesan bishop for 28 years.
Said Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo, “We are deeply grieved by the loss of such a wonderful bishop.” …
After a 7 p.m. funeral Mass on Feb. 13 at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, Bishop Scanlan will be buried, as was his request, “in the mauka transept of Our Lady of Peace (Cathedral) in the vacant crypt adjacent to that containing the remains of Bishop Louis Maigret.”
10 years ago — Feb. 3, 2012
Affordable air service has Kalaupapa beaming
New carrier ends the $500 round trip fares that had further isolated the remote community
For the first time in years, Kalaupapa residents say they feel free. A new air service offers regular flights to the isolated peninsula for a fraction of the cost of what employees, residents and visitors previously had to pay. Since Makani Kai Air Charters began service Dec. 10, residents are now “traveling in large numbers,” according to Department of Health Kalaupapa administrator Mark Miller.
“It has changed the character of the community knowing we can come and go,” he said.
The company’s cost for a round trip flight to topside Molokai or Honolulu runs about $150, compared to Pacific Wings’ $500 round trip fares — formerly the only flight option. Makani Kai also offers half price tickets — about $75 round trip — to registered Kalaupapa residents.
