[Music] [Music] poana years a new day for older Americans a time for living your host Bob hi and welcome to the program for and by the senior citizens of Hawaii Today on poan years we're on the valley aisle of Maui in Old Lina the gateway to West Maui and here at the Depot of the Lina kapali and Pacific Railway We join the members of the lahina honolua senior citizen Club to take the show suane train to the kopali depot where we'll board the kapali Jitney for a ride to the Whalers Village Museum and lunch at the Maui Surf on kapali beach [Music] and the manager of this great railroad is Mrs Cecil Smith as Cecil uh this is an authentically reconstructed train of what era uh probably uh Myrtle is from 1910 this is Myrtle this is Myrtle the locomotive of today we also have an AA which is about 1890 vintage M now these trains originally hauled sugar cane yes not these actual trains but this route was the route of sugar cane for Pioneer Mill for many years did they have any Passenger cars or was it just Freight cars just cane just cane I I believe an occasional Sunday outing but in a cane car now uh how long a trip is this it's approximately 6 miles each way how long does that take an hour and a quarter round trip how many runs do you make a day we make six runs a day the first departure at 9:30 and the last departure at 5:00 well we're all very anxious to make the trip today Cil well you have a great crowd with you it looks like some music I see ukuleles yes thank you welcome aboard [Music] i' like to tell you a little bit about our locomotive the Myrtle the Myrtle is named after famous train from the big island of Havi that ran during the late 1800s and early 1900s now our Myrtle is a replica of dad Myrtle and our Myrtle was first discovered in the C and Limestone quarries of Ohio and it was reconstructed by the hary Specialties of er Pennsylvania with five outstanding characteristics of a wine locomotive the Rand Islands during the 1800s and 1900s our locomotive weigh approximately 26 tons for fuel instead of coal we use in diesel oil number two we carry 2200 gallons of water steam operated this is a porter 24 36 in Narrow Gauge and we got some 6 mil of tracks our coaches of the kalakan design coaches designed in England for King kakawa in the year 1881 these are replicas of those coaches reconstructed by the Keystone Light Railway of Pittsburgh this road bed that we're traveling on today at one time belonged to the Pine Mill Sugar Company and used to haul sugar cane and pineapple on this road bed today we're transporting [Music] passengers now as we go along here this area here on your right that they're clearing out there be new home sites here they're going to build new houses here [Music] approaching here on your left we have the Royal kogut Grove of Mala planted in the year 1827 by Hil wahini wife of the first governor of L and the Widow of King Kam the first the tall trees in the area here is over 140 years old still burying coconuts the younger trees was replanted in 1964 by the Lina restoration Foundation here on your right close to the fence here green fruit you see on the trees here these those are the papayas over there 9.2 miles out directly to the left of you that is the island of lenai the pineapple island the island you see on your left front that is the friendly island of mokai and what seems to be another Island not in the distance there is still mokai this the area known as that's the area known as Moana Lu I'll be telling you more about these islands in our way back down clows you see here on your right these are the ban Villard and they come in various colors these are the single fedal we also have the double fedal [Music] here as we go along here the large trees you see in area here on your right these are the mango trees and we have a lot of mango here in aaii mango season just ended about two months ago we also have a lot of avocados you like avocados as a matter of fact Maui holds the record for having the largest and the heaviest avocado in the state and this record was held since 1970 it's 6 and2 lb one avocado that's a lot of wacamole if you like wacamole [Music] as for these bright color leaves that we use for here you see on your right these are called croin those orange colored flowers there with the entrance way those are the exoria and these white blossoms are the Blum Maria that's the Singapore [Music] [Music] [Music] oh be [Music] oh in no oh in no [Music] [Music] there was the cause for the shortfalls and I'm back with you we're now approaching our Haw a Trestle this Trestle here is 415 ft long 35 ft in [Music] depth here on your left this is our kopali resort area and a golf course you see here on your immediate left this is the par 64 18 Hole Executive Golf Course or carali Kai Golf Course design by Mr Jack Snider one of two golf courses that we do have here in the resort area as for the homes you find situated in the senat the golf course there those are all privately owned homes this is kopali Vista I love a pretty girl lives that w a food with Rosy chicks and purly te and lovely light brown hair her waist is so [Music] slender too [Music] much and of all thees I ever Al s beat them all my love for [Music] you your love for me oh no don't tell [Music] Mama know me now I know know you with me now [Music] thank you now as we go along here the buildings you see down here on your left the first building that's the Maui Surf hotel open August 1st 1971 next to way the low line brown villains as the Whalers Village shopping center that area there was also open in 1971 then we have the K po Beach Hotel that hotel was first opened in 1964 and they added a new Wing to it now and we have the Sher of marotel opened in 1963 he is a Maui boy and he got what he takes he sees a Maui girl makes no mistake it doesn't matter she come from La oh orai when they're together he knows just how and why yes he's a Maui boy and he got real style he sees a Mau girl and what a smile he's a Cales cousin of everyone and everyone loves him the son of a gun this ma boy from the valley ey yes he's a Maui boy and he got real style he sees a girl and what a smile he's a Cales cousin of everyone and everyone loves him the son of a gun this my boy from the valley ey there m boy from the valley [Music] oh [Music] a [Music] h [Music] this is simri Ferguson Pro promotion coordinator of wh Village Shops and Museum Sim what is the Whalers Village Museum well it is a collection of very interesting buildings uh that resemble the whaling buildings in the east coast and wed it with the Wailing industry here on Maui the buildings themselves are really abstractions of the whaling boats and the museum is more or less a Living Museum people walk through and see fabulous display cases filled with the artifacts of the Wailing industry we have an authentic whaling boat here a 40ft skeleton of a spum whale and fantastic twostory tall tile pictures uh all dealing with the whaling industry uh a marvelous one of a giant squid and a whale having a battle a two-story one of prehistoric whale skeletons and it's really most unusual shopping and Museum complex you said the Wailing boat was an authentic one does that mean it was an act is an actual boat from The Wailing business correct and when you consider that this is a very small boat and that these Brave gentlemen went out to Harpoon the whale uh it's quite unusual that they were so brave and uh had such a torturous duty to perform I guess every whale was larger than the boat then I'm sure they were we see them every year you know here and they are majestic creatures now what are some of the other things that are available here in the way of shops oh there is really something to do every single day for any age person we have many kinds of apparel shops for men and women and children we have eating establishments we have a brand new theater which is the third first Theater built on Maui in 30 years uh we have a very fine Art Gallery uh a shop that uh brings in the carvings on whalebone that the Eskimo and the Alaskan Indians do we have the kahanu shop which has artifacts from all over the islands um very fine bookstore jewelry store fabric shops leather shops you name it we have it Sim thank you very much for showing it to our seniors it was a delightful experience for me and I hope that they come and see us many times thank you so so much [Music] oh [Music] oh for [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] the president of the lahina H honolua senior citizen Club is Mr giichi okah Hero uh GUI how old is your club uh our club is about 5 years old 5 years 5 years yes how many members you have now we have about 165 paid members and average attendance of 135 well you've grown a little bit since the last time we were here four years ago oh yes we when you were here we had about 58 members I think since then we have grown to 155 165 paid and 135 attendance perect what kind of activities does your Club have yeah all our wom have come from behind the district and they are very happy to be here to at their meeting because they want to meet good friends and some of the activities are uh as you say we have ulele the social dancing men cooking and Men cooking oh yes we have cooking lesson for cooking class for men yes and uh we have dress making and craft Works how many men do you have learning how to cook oh we have about 15 men coming to our class every once every Friday are these men who live alone and need to learn how to cook oh no some of them are single but most of them are married you think their wives are going to let them in the kitchen oh yes they I think the wife will be happy to have them learn how to cook how uh how often do you meet have meetings oh we have uh once every meeting is on first Thursday of each month now there were some people with us today from another club oh yes they they're from hu club and but they are our members also so oh they belong to both Club they belong to both Club yes well gichi is certainly a nice fun day today thank you very much [Music] in [Music] be [Music] be [Music] [Music] I Wasing with my darling to the teny was when an old friend I happened to see introduced him to my loved one and while there wereing my friend stole my sweee heart from me I remember the night and the Tennesse War now I know just how much I have lost yes I lost my little daring the night there were playing the beautiful Tennesse War [Music] H years for today a visit to the valley aisle in Old lahina the gateway to West Maui with members of the Lina honolua senior citizen Club until Thursday at 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. this is Bob Barker leaving you with this thought you can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than he can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you remember when so [Music] tend went except the will to remember when life was so tense that dreams were kept beside your bow deep in December it's nice to remember the fire of September that made us mellow try to remember and if you remember then follow follow [Laughter] [Music]