2013 HANAPI REUNION - ANAHOLA VILLAGE -1 DAY LEFT

I would like to show where the family lived in Anahola Village. I can only account for ELIZABETH BUNGO EWALIKO's (my grandmother) side of the family because my mom, Elizabeth Ewaliko Wood Slater (she was the baby of the family) and my dad, Harry Hikape Ku Wahieloa Kuwehie Wood, brought my older brother, Clinton, and I to visit the family to Anahola from Honolulu for our vacation.

If you look at the map for 4306 Anahola Rd in Anahola Village, you will see the lot that my grandmother, the Carrillo family and the Wong family used to live at. The house was an old house built in two sections, one for the Carrillos and another for the Wongs.

There was no electricity or sewage system. There was an outdoor shower with no hot water and an outhouse to do your business without lights for night usage so you had to take the lamp or flashlight. There were lots of frogs and mosquitoes and chickens like we have today.

ELIZABETH BUNGO SMITH EWALIKO

ELIZABETH BUNGO SMITH EWALIKO

 In this picture, you can see my grandmother, ELIZABETH BUNGO SMITH EWALIKO along with her 4 daughters and moopuna celebrating her 91st birthday in 1973. From left to right standing is Elizabeth Ewaliko Wood Slater (my mom), Kalani Slater (my brother), Mary Ewaliko Ahana, Virginia Ewaliko Carrillo, Flora Wilcox (Aunty Ruth's daughter), Ruth Ewaliko Wilcox Wong Texeira, Wilma Carrillo Farias Meyer, Darrell Carrillo Farias and the rest of the moopuna I'm not sure of. My grandmother has two older sons, Bernard Smith from Oahu and John Ewaliko who was in the mainland. My grandmother lived to the ripe old age of 92.

UNCLE BERNARD SMITH

UNCLE BERNARD SMITH, FLYNN

This is UNCLE BERNARD SMITH who is the oldest of all the siblings from ELIZABETH BUNGO SMITH EWALIKO. He was one of my favorite uncles. He would come by our house in Kakaako to visit with my family and I would call my Mom and say that a Haole man was at the front door. I soon found out he was my mother's older brother. He owned property in Waikiki and sold it to a large company who put up a hotel/condominium and negotiated a penthouse at the top for him as one of his perks. He retired at Amfac, Inc which used to be one of the Big Five corporations in Hawaii. This picture was taken while I was living in Lakewood, CA and shortly thereafter I got a job working at Amfac with their very first computer.

UNCLE JOHN EWALIKO

UNCLE JOHN EWALIKO is the oldest sibling from ELIZABETH BUNGO SMITH EWALIKO with GEORGE EWALIKO from Hilo, Hawaii. We don't really know too much about him except that he left Hawaii as a young man and was in the merchant marine for many years. My mom said that one day he showed up and taught his sisters a song about Anahola that he wrote and wanted them to sing it while he was gone to remember him by. Last week, I asked Willie Carrillo if he heard the song sung by the singing Anahola sisters and he said he did. So Willie is supposed to write the song down for the rest of us so we can all sing at the reunion. Hopefully, we can remember the tune to go with the words.

AUNTY RUTH (LUKA) EWALIKO WILCOX WONG TEXEIRA

Wong Family

Those representing the WONG family are from left to right - Solomon, Joe, Clifford, Ruth, and Annie with AUNTY LUKA in the front middle. They grew up in Anahola Village and when my brother and I came to visit we had a ball together. Later, I met Solomon in Los Angeles about 1960 by accident when I was walking to my favorite restaurant called Aloha Saimin. This was the day before he was getting married to Maria, his first wife. Clifford cared for his mother before she passed away so now his lives in his mom's home in Anahola.

AUNTY VIRGINIA EWALIKO CARRILLO

Carrillo Famil

Those representing the CARRILLO family are from left to right - starting with the 6th one in the back row is Willie, Wilma, Rafflie, and Luana. Like the Wong family they too grew up in Anahola Village. I also got to know them whenever I came for a visit to Anahola. I guess it was important to the Anahola sisters that their kids would know their first cousins and remain friends always. Although Wilma and Luana are gone, Willie and Raffie still remain friends and I look forward to spending some time catching up with their family. As soon as I can get some better pictures, I will replace this one.

AUNTY MARY EWALIKO AHANA

Ahana Family

Those representing the AHANA family are from left to right - Janice, Joyce, Eli (turned around), and Carol on the far right. The four girls were raised in Lihue but I always remembered them because Aunty Mary made sure all the cousins got together with them. Recently, we lost Eli suddenly which left a huge void in organizing for the 2013 Hanapi Reunion. The only one remaining is Carol. Except for Eli I haven't seen them lately with the exception of Carol. I know we will see them in the future. Aunty Mary and Uncle Ahsau Ahana were one of my favorite Aunty and Uncle. I will replace this picture as soon as I get a better one.

ELIZABETH EWALIKO WOOD SLATER

Wood Family

I left my mom for last because she was the baby of the family. She met my dad and moved to Honolulu where my brother and I were born and raised in Kakaako. As I've been mentioning, my brother and I were close to our cousins living in Anahola because the Anahola sisters made sure of that. As you can see, my brother, Clinton, and I went to Kamehameha when they had ROTC. My brother passed away 1992 while my mother passed away 2003. I moved to Anahola in 2003.

ANAHOLA BEACH

Ahana, Wood, Carrillo Kids

If you go to the map of Anahola Beach, you will see why we kids couldn't get enough of it. What a scraggly bunch wouldn't you say? This is where I learned how to body surf. We ate breakfast, went to the beach, had lunch, went to the beach, had supper, and went to the beach. By the time I went back to Honolulu, I was pitch black from all that sun. From all those happy memories, my wife and I decided to move to Anahola to retire after the opportunity presented itself when I came home for my Mom's funeral and here we are today. From left to right - Janice, Joyce, Flynn, Clinton, Willie, Raffie, Carol (far right), front row - Eli (turned around), Wilma and Luana.

Well, that's about it for now. We'll start in on the 2013 Hanapi Reunion next.

A Hui Hou