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Ponograms:

1-24  The First Twenty-Four
25-48  The Second Twenty-Four
49-on  The Third Set

49  Pure Michigan
50  Ah, Youth
51  Unlikely Friend
52  Golfballogy
53  PCNEWS
54  Before/After Squared
55  Hawaiiana 1
56  Hawaiiana 2
57  Hawaiiana 3
58  A New Outlook
59  Hawaiiana 4
60  TBD

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AH, YOUTH

1949, Pono was in high school, WW II was over but the memory lingered on, and the local Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary had an essay contest.  The winning essay was carried in a 3-column front page spread in the local newspaper.  Don’t try to read it – it’s enlarged below.


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The author ~1949

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AFTERWORD

More than sixty years have gone by since this was written.  I have read it several times since finding it and I don’t know what to think.  The writer was immature, innocent and naïve.  I wonder if he was writing to win a prize.  I wonder if he was writing what he thought the judges wanted to hear.  I wonder if he saw a bright horizon and a better day.  I wonder if he felt the pressure of the responsibilities he described.  I wonder if he would be proud or disappointed about the way he lived those sixty years.

Even more than usual, I look forward to hearing what you think about all this!