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Waipahu High School’s Class of 1951 had a good turnout when classmates met for a 62-year reunion lunch Oct. 12 at Makino Chaya at Westridge Shopping Center in Aiea. Photo by Ben Robles.<\/p><\/div>\n

Below is a portion of the poem composed and read by Elaine Funakoshi to her classmates at their Oct. 12 Waipahu Class of 1951 reunion.<\/I><\/p>\n

DEM WERE DA DAYS<\/p>\n

Children of the depression we were Parents who came to the tiny island With dreams of returning home one day<\/p>\n

But ’twas not to be
\nInstead of making money, they made babies<\/p>\n

Babes without shoes we were
\nLiving thru blackouts, gas masks, sirens and crowded movie theaters We made our own games by sticking cans on our feet, rifles w\/rubber tire strips, catching medakas\/crayfish Being chased by the lunas out of the canefields<\/p>\n

Of course, there was the “make” horse,
\nManners\/Waipahu Beach outings, looking for blue diamonds and crabs, and scavenger hunts
\nNo one swam, we didn’t know how
\nBut it was fun catching waves
\nHow cum we girls all wore blouses over our swim suits?
\nOn weekends, there was Ewa gym and bon dances
\nAfter school, the boys hit the reservoirs<\/p>\n

Waipahu kids all walked to school
\nThe Kunia kids came over on open trailers
\nPearl City joined us in our freshman year
\nWaianae, Aiea, Ewa joined us in our sophomore year<\/p>\n

… Hanaoka Store, Kawano Store,
\nPlantation Store,
\nThe guriguri man or the puff rice man who came to the door
\nOr even the Shiraishi ice blocks delivered for our ice boxes
\nThe smell of clothes being boiled and scrubbing of clothes on wash board<\/p>\n

Ahh, the black snow that fell from the sky<\/p>\n

Kaname Saito’s bus rides to the games<\/p>\n

As we sang “USED suckers every day.”<\/p>\n

DEM WERE THE DAYS.<\/p>\n

We had da best football team in the West<\/p>\n

And the best CLASS OF 51. Make, die, dead, the BEST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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