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Gill, Douglas E.
1964
-158-
again and suddenly realized that the address under Warren Bicknell was his
Cleveland address. So Warren Bicknell was Warren King after all, I was right
and all was ok. We found an electronics shop on Keeaunoku Street (819) who
supposedly could fix Larry's radio antenna. They couldn't so we went to Ala
Moana center and took it to the Hobby shop there. All they could do is give
Larry a mailing address for parts. We went over to Sears and bought 200 feet
of manilla rope for our Kauai trip. We drove back to the hotel then. I had
breakfast at 11:30 while Larry swam. After the maid left I started skinning
an adult Sooty Tern which took me most of the afternoon. It turned out real
well. Larry had gone out to the Ely's with some birds, and brought back a
dead Mynah. Around 6 or so we both went to eat dinner over at the Colonial
House. Oh, I took a nap in the early afternoon, and Larry wasted the entire
afternoon making a sling shot and tearing apart shot guns shells for the
shot. Early in the afternoon he made ticket arrangements for Kauai and back
to the mainland. All planes were booked until Monday so we could only take
a flight to DC late Monday afternoon. Anyway, during dinner Larry taught me
some French. After dinner we decided to play miniature golf. We played two
rounds and I beat him both times. Back at the hotel I discovered my billfold
was missing so I searched the room but couldn't find it. So I went back to
the golf course and inquired with no luck. I remember I had it near the end
of our game and I'm sure I wasn't pickpocketed. Well, that evening I skinned
the mynah. It was in heavy molt but it turned out pretty well anyway. Larry
put up 2 Sooty Terns. Then we hit the sack around midnight.
20 August 1964: We got up and started skinning. Here it is three days later
and I can't remember much about the 20 of August. I know in the morning I