{"id":356,"date":"2008-04-29T18:13:20","date_gmt":"2008-04-29T22:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/?p=870"},"modified":"2018-02-20T07:45:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T14:45:47","slug":"mai-kai-mystery-lady-anne-campbell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2008\/04\/29\/mai-kai-mystery-lady-anne-campbell\/","title":{"rendered":"Mai-Kai Mystery Lady Ann Campbell"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I have been corresponding with former Mai Kai Mystery Lady Ann Campbell <\/a>lately. Once again I cannot stress enough the importance of getting everything we can on the Internet so the generation who remembers can find it and share with us. It was thanks to my Mai Kai calendar posts <\/a>that she found me.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, a lot of her photos <\/a>and memorabilia from that time was destroyed by a varmit infestation while they were in storage. One piece she sent me really stood out to me. I had read and was told that Bob Thornton inspected the Mai Kai gals on a regular basis and even the future Mrs. Thornton was kicked off the squad for being a bit pudgy. Well, here is a bit of proof. A letter from 1965 from Bob congratulating her for being top gal, and reminding her to keep her weigh under 125…<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0More to come!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been corresponding with former Mai Kai Mystery Lady Ann Campbell lately. Once again I cannot stress enough the importance of getting everything we can on the Internet so Read More …<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[542,17,547,11,539],"tags":[510,520,152,234,272,10],"class_list":["post-356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tiki-collecting","category-ephemera","category-places","category-polynesian-pop","category-retro-goodies","tag-cheesecake","tag-cocktails","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-mai-kai","tag-mystery-lady","tag-tiki"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/january-2.jpg?fit=340%2C579&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p731sH-5K","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":375,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2008\/08\/27\/molokai-bar-mai-kai-menu\/","url_meta":{"origin":356,"position":0},"title":"Molokai Bar Mai-Kai Menu","author":"Swanky","date":"August 27, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Just when you think you know what's out there, something else comes along. 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