Kaanapali, Maui; son of H A
and Mary (Meheuea) Keen; edu-
cation, Oahu College 1899-1901,
Heald's Business College, 1901-02,
University of California, agricul-
tural course, 1908-13; married An-
nie K. Spreen, July 15, 1918 in
Honolulu. Treasurer and mana-
ger, Keen Estate, Ltd., 1915; be-
gan to practise as architect 1916-
architect for County of Hawaii '
since 1920.

HEEN, WILLIAM H., lawyer
Honolulu; born March 11, 1883 at
Olowalu, Maui; son of H A and
Mary (Meheula) Keen; married
Mercy K. Akau at Hilo, Hawaii
Aug. 26, 1911; children, Dorothy
and John by former wife, and Wil-
liam, Jr., Curtis, Muriel and Doug-
las by present wife. Educated lo-
lani School (Honolulu), 1890-95-
Oahu College (Honolulu) 1896-1902 :
University of California, 1902-1904;
admitted to bar. Territory of Ha-
waii, Jan. 16, 1905; deputy county
attorney, County of Hawai'i, Dec i
1909 to Oct. 31, 1915; deputy at-
torney general, Territory of Ha-
waii, Nov. 1, 1915-17; appointed
third judge First Circuit Court,
Territory of Hawaii, by President
Wilson, Feb. 14, 1917- June 30, 1919;
elected city and county attorney,
Honolulu, 1919, commencing term
July 1, 1919. President Keen Es-
tates, Ltd.; was active in prose-
cution of "graft" cases, County
of Hawaii, in 1913. Member Ho-
nolulu Ad Club, Hawaiian Civic
Club, and Honolulu Automobile
Club.

HEILBRON, BERTRAM FREDK.

merchant, Honolulu; born Sac-
ramento, Calif., Nov. 2. 1884;
son of William F. and Belle
(Chance) Heilbron; education, Ho-
nolulu high school, 1899; St. Louis



College, 1901; married Minnie An-
drews, in Honolulu, Sept. 6, 1906;
two children, William and Hazel;
Began as bookkeeper, Alexander
Young Hotel, Honolulu, 1901-08;
mgr. Regal Shoe Store, Honolulu,
1908-09; mgr. Jos. Schwartz, Ltd.,
1909-10; deputy collector U. S. In-
ternal Revenue, 1910-14; corporater,
pres. and mgr. Honolulu Jewelry &
Supply Co., Ltd, 1914. Was cap-
tain of Healani Yacht and Boat
Club two terms, 1906 and 1910;
member Hawaiian Lodge No. 21
F. & A. M., Honolulu Lodge No.
616, B. P. O. E.; Honolulu Automo-
bile Club, Healani Yacht and Boat
Club.

HEISER, CHARLES G., Jr.,

businessman, Honolulu; born in
Chicago, 111., Jan. 29, 1884; son of
Charles G. and Fannie (Kellogg)
Heiser; married Margaret Watkins
in Los Gatos, Cal., Sept. 21, 1909;
two children: Barbara and Sher-
wood. Educated in public schools
of Alameda, Cal., leaving school
quite early in life to begin work in
office of Shaw & Douglas, mining
brokers; entered employ J. Barth
& Co., stock and bond brokers of
San Francisco, 1908; came to Ho-
nolulu in 1910 as representative of
Trent Trust Co. on Honolulu Stock
and Bond Exchange; is treasurer,
assistant manager and director of
Trent Trust Co.. Ltd. Has spe-
cialized in financial matters and
investments and has occasionally
contributed to investment thought
through medium of TrenTrusTics.
President Honolulu Stock and
Bond Exchange, 1920; member
Commercial Club, Country, Rotary,
Ad and Outrigger clubs, Chamber
of Commerce, F. & A. M. and Aloha
Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., Hono-
lulu.

HELBUSH, XAVIER LOUIS, Hi-
lo, Hawaii; born Antwerp, Bel-
gium, Jan. 30, 1866; son of John
Baptiste and Rosalie (Groeninckx)
Helbush ; married Mary Mattos,
Dec. 1890; Dagmar Anderson, Oct.
1908; ten children: Andrew P.,
Ernest E., George H., Henry W.,
by first marriage; Rose L., Violet
D., Frederick L., Eugene A., Elodie
K., Hilda P.. by second marriage.
Graduated Royal Athenaeum, Ant-
werp, 1884. Law office, Antwerp.
1884-87; traveled Canada, L T nited
States, Panama, Peru, Chile, 1887-
89; arrived Hawaii, Aug. 1889;
overseer Hawaii plantations, 1889-
95; express business for himself,
Hilo. later general mdse. business,
firm of Potemkin and Helbush,
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now Hawaii Con. Ry. Co. since
1909. Has been interested for
several years in cooperative- assns.,
and in 1919 became pres. of Roch-
dale Cooperative Assn. Practises
and teaches drugless healing and
is great believer in Theosophy.
Member Hilo K. of P. Lodge, Owls
Lodge. Hilo.

HEMENWAY, CHARLES R., law-
yer, Honolulu; born June 12, 1875
at Manchester, Vermont; son of
Lewis Hunt and Maria (Reed)
Hemenway; descendant of Ralph
Hemenway of Yorkeshire, England,
who settled at Roxbury, Mass ,
1632-34; educated at Burr & Bur-
ton Seminary (Manchester, Vt. >
and Yale Univ., A. B. 1897; married
Jane Munson Colburn at Man-
chester Center, Vt., July 25, 1901;
one child, Charles Reed, Jr. Be-
gan practise of law in Honolulu,
1901; admitted to bar, courts of
Hawaii, May 1908 ; attorney general,
Territory of Hawaii, 1908-10 l;r-v
practise, 1910-15; associated with
Alexander & Baldwin. Ltd.. sugar
factors, Honolulu, since 1915 and is
vice-president and assistant mana-
ger. Has been regent College of
Hawaii (now university) since 1910;
trustee Leahi Home since 1916;
vice-president and director of
American Factors, Ltd., 1918-.
Member Bar Association of Hawaii
(pres. 1913-14), University Club
(pres. 1913-14), Oahu Country Club
and Social Science Assn of Ho-
nolulu.

HENDERSON, JAMES, planta-
tion manager, Hilo, Hawaii; born
Aberdeenshire. Scotland, Jan. 11,
1876; son of John and Ann (Ogs-
ton) Henderson; educated in Aber-
deenshire schools; married Lydia
Lei Macy in Hilo. Oct. 23, 1909;
three children: Lei, James and
Helen Lamb. Came to Hawaii in
1900 and began as blacksmith at
Wainaku, Hawaii, remaining six
years; team luna, Hakalau, 1906-
10; head luna. Hawaii Mill Co.,
1910-12; appointed mgr. same, to
succeed W. H. C. Campbell, re-
signed, Oct. 1, 1912; purchased Ha-
waii Mill Co. from its owners, H.
Hackfeld & Co., Ltd., Sept., 1915,
and has since been owner and genl.
mgr. Appointed member Fair
Commission of Hawaii June 26,
1917; chief registrar, 8th precinct,
1st Representative Dist., July 21,
1917; member Hawaiian Promotion
Committee (Hawaii Tourist Bu-
reau) 1917-21; was member and
secy, of Hawaii Draft Board, Di-
vision 1 ; fire w T arden Hilo Dist.
13-



Life member and Past Exalted
Ruler B. P. O. E. No. 759, Hilo;
treas. Kilauea Lodge No. 330, F.
& A. M. ; member Aloha Temple,
Mystic Shrine; Commercial Club,
Honolulu; Hilo Yacht Club.

HENKE, LOUIS A., professor of
agriculture; born May 13, 1889, at
Lowell, Wis. ; son of William and
Mathilde (Kamp) Henke. Grad-
uated in Beaver Dam, Wis., high
school, 1907; Univ. Wis., B. S., 1912.
Director of Agriculture, Elbow
Lake, Minn., 1912-16; professor of
agriculture. Univ. Hawaii, since
1916; began service in U. S. Army
at Fort Armstrong, Hawaii, July
5, 1918, but discharged after few
days account of physical disability;
served as chairman livestock sec-
tion, Hawaii Territorial Fair. 1918
and 1919.

HENNING, FREDERICK WM., tax

assessor, small farmer. Haiku,
Maui; born in Berlin, Germany,
July 14, 1854; son of William and
Henrietta (Escher) Hennmg; edu-
cated in grammar and special
school for builders, schools of na-
tive country; married Bertha Stark,
in Honolulu. April 11, 1887; eight
children: Emma, Louis, Willie,
Bernhard, Dollie, Maui, Helen and
Freddie. Left Germany when about
27 years old intending to go to
Valparaiso, Chile, but came to Ho-
nolulu instead; engaged in various
capacities on sugar plantations,
specializing in sugar boiling; lo-
cated at Lahaina, Maui, as sugar
boiler, 1895-1913, except one year
at Spreckelsville, Maui; took up
homestead at Haiku engaging in
pineapple planting and chicken
raising. Has held numerous gov-
ernment positions; was elected
supervisor from Lahaina Dist. at
beginning of county govt., and first
chairman of Maui Board of Super-
visors. Member Mystic Lodge K. of
P., B. P. O. E. No. 616, Honolulu;
Masonic Lodge, Maui; Scottish
Rite, 32 deg., Honolulu Consistory
and Aloha Temple, Shrine.

HENRIQUES, EDGAR, capital-
ist. Honolulu; born in New York
City Aug. 15, 1865; son of Dr. A. J.
and Elizabeth (Cohen) Henriques.
Educated in the public schools of
New York City; married Lucy
Kalanikiekie Davis in Honolulu,
June 10, 1898. At age of twenty
entered in road contracting busi-
ness in New York; came to Ha-
waii in 1896, since engaging in the
buying and selling of real estate
and as trustee for several estates.
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curios and compiler of unwritten
historical facts relative to ancient
Hawaii. Member of public lands
commission, National Geographic
Society, Honolulu Chamber of
Commerce, Ad Club, secretary Ha-
waiian Historical Society; trustee
of Chiefs of Hawaii; chairman of
Kamehameha Day celebration com-
mittee.

HENRIQUES, MANUEL SOUZA,

attorney at law, notary, homestead-
er, Kapaa, Kauai; born in Funchal,
Portugal, March 1, 1892; son of
Manuel Souza and Maria Vieira
(Souza) Henriques; educated in
schools of native country, including
College of N. S. Good Hope, where
he studied languages and sciences;
married Lulu Souza at Waialua,
Oahu, Aug. 22, 1908; five children;
Margaret, William, Flora, Albert,
Alice. Arrived in Hawaii June 29,
1907, and began work in mill of
Waialua Agricultural Co., Waialua,
Oahu, and later in Gonsalves & Co.
store at that place; moved to Ho-
nolulu and became collector for
Gonsalves & Co.; established col-
lection agency, Kauai, 1916, taking
up study of law by correspondence
meanwhile; graduted Blackstone In-
stitute of Illinois, March 23, 1920;
appointed second dist. magistrate
of Kawaihau, Kauai, Nov. 12, 1918;
is secy, of Democratic Club of Ka-
waihau Dist-; member Santo An-
tonio Society and Lusitana Society.

HENSHAW, MARSHALL B.,

lawyer, Honolulu; born at Downey,
Calif., November 24, 1889; son of
Geo. Marshall and Leanora (Me-
dor) Henshaw; educated at Stan-
ford University, A. B. 1912; mar-
ried Rose Herbert, daughter of Dr.
Herbert of Honolulu, June 14, 1917;
one son, Herbert. Admitted to the
bar, Calif., 1916; became associa-
ted with law firm. Holmes and
Olson, Honolulu, November 1916-
May 1917; served as First Lt. and
later as Captain of Infantry, U.
S. Army, during World War, being
honorably discharged April, 1919;
associated with law firm, Robert-
son and Olson, April-August, 1919;
became trust officer. Bishop Trust
Co., Ltd., August 1919; treasurer
and director, July 1920; secretary
and director, October 1920; direc-
tor of Army National Bank of
Schofield Barracks. Member Uni-
versity Club (member board of
governors).

HERBERT, GEORGE, physician
and surgeon, Honolulu; born Jan. 4,
1859, at Eleypore, India; son of
Charles (General in British Army)



and Sophie Geraldine Herbert;
married Kate Lee Makee, daughter
of Capt. James Makee (deceased),
June 14, 1880, at Ulupalakua, Maui.
Educated at Wellington College,
England; London University, Col-
lege and Hospital, 1884; member of
Royal College of Surgeons, London,
and College of Physicians, Edin-
burgh; has prasticed his profes-
sion in Honolulu since 1885; was a
Government physician for a num-
ber of years; superintendent Oahu
Insane Asylum, 1893-19>01; chair-
man of Board of Medical Exam-
iners, 1905-16; enjoys large gen-
eral practice with two associates.
Member Pacific, University and
Country Clubs, Honolulu Council
No. 1, Chiefs of Hawaii, and Ha-
waiian Territorial Medical Asso-
ciation.

HIGH, CLIFFORD BELL, den-
tist, Honolulu: born April 29, 1870
in Chatham, Kent County, Canada;
son of Peter and Angaline (Ban-
ning) High; married Lucy Roth in
Honolulu Dec. 17, 1904. Educated
at Chatham Collegiate Institute,
Philadelphia Dental College, 1892.
Occupied various positions in New
York and Philadelphia in connec-
tion with profession, 1892-96; prac-
ticed dentistry in Honolulu since
1896. Member of Board of Dental
Examiners (holding all offices at
various times) ; charter member of
B. P. O. E., No. 616 (Honolulu) ;
Mason, Knight Templar. Shriner.
member Pacific Club, one of found-
ers and original directors Oahu
Country Club, Dental Society of
Hawaii.

HILL, SAMUEL THOMPSON,

engineer, Honolulu; born at Ab-
beville, South Carolina, August 24,
1882; son of John Livingston and
Lulah (Riley) Hill; educated at
Clemson College (A. & M. of S.
Carolina), electrical and mechani-
cal engineering, 1904; married Ruth
Elizabeth Hilen at Auburn, Wash-
ington, July 5, 1913; one child,
Ruth Carolina. Electrical ma-
chinist, LT. S. Naval Station, Port
Royal, S. C., 1904-05; testing dept.,
Western Electric Co., Chicago, 111.,
1905; engineering dept.. Western
Electric Co., New York City, 1906-
07: electrical engineer, Charleston
Navy Yard, S. Carolina, 1908-12;
master electrician, Pearl Harbor
Navy Yard, Oahu, T. H., 1912-13;
manager, Oahu Ice & Electric Co.,
Honolulu, since 1914. Was secre-
tary, Charleston Branch, National
Assn. Master Workmen of Amer-
ica, 1912; enlisted N. C. H.. C.



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A. C., 1916; private, sergeant, 1st
lieut., captain. Member Commer-
cial, Rotary clubs and Chamber
of Commerce.

HILLS, ALFRED DAVID, cocoa-
nut planter, Lihue. Kauai; born Pa-
peete, Tahiti, July 5, 1874; son of
Maj. Frederic Jesse and Arei (Du-
tailles) Hills; married Eleanor
Genevieve O'Connell, at Lihue,
Kauai, Feb. 19, 1902. Education,
French Academy, Papeete, Tahiti;
grammar school and business
course at Los Angeles, Calif.;
studied cocoanut and vanilla busi-
ness, Tahiti, 1894-1895; engaged in
soda water busness with father at
Riverside, Calif.; with father in
same business, Honolulu, 1898-1900;
manager Lihue Ice & Electric Co.,
Lihue, Kauai since. Has engaged
in cocoanut planting on Kauai and
sent first shipment of copra from
islands, 1905. Was member Nation-
al Guard of California three years,
and served as captain in Lihue Co.
of Kauai Regiment, N. G. H.

HILLS, JOHN MATAI, court
clerk, Kailua, Hawaii; born in Ta-
hiti, Sept. 11, 1872; son of Fred-
erick Jesse and Nuu (Arei) Hills;
grammar school education; married
Lizzie L. Swiggett, at Los Angeles,
Calif., April 25, 1896; two children:
Marguerite N. (Mrs. A. S. Lee) and
Eleanor A. (Mrs. O. T. Shonk) ;
was engaged in manufacture of
soda water at Honolulu from 1888
to 1914; mgr. Honolulu Public
Baths, 1914-15; on Honolulu police
force, 1915-17; appointed clerk
Third Circuit Court, Kailua, 1917.

HIND, JOHN, sugar planter and
plantation manager, Hawi, Hawaii;
born Aug. 2, 1858, at Jarrow-on-
Tyne, Eng. ; son of Robert Robson
and Mary (Urwin) Hind; received
common school education; married
Ella Renton (deceased) in Brook-
lyn, N. Y., 1885; married Alice
Renton in Kohala, Hawaii, 1889;
children, Robert Renton, John
Henry, Oswald Arthur, Muriel,
James Urwin. Manager Hawi Mill
and Plantation Co. since 1884; is
pres. following corporations: Hawi
Mill and Plantation Co.. Ltd-, Ko-
hala Ditch Co., Hawaii Railway
Co. (Mahukona), Kehena Ditch Co.,
Capt. Cook Coffee Co., Hind Plan-
tation Co.; pres. Puakea Plantation
Co. and Homestead Plantation Co.
Member Honolulu Lodge No. 409,
F. & A. M., Commercial Club, Oahu
Country Club, Pacific Club.

HIND, JOHN HENRY, asst. mgr.
Hawi Mill & Plantation Co., Hawi,



Hawaii; born Kohala, Hawaii,
June 20, 1890; son of John and
Alice M. (Renton) Hind; married
Gladys L. Grose at Montpelier, O.,
Nov. 12, 1913; three children: John
Henry, Jr., George Wilson, James
Renton. Educated Punahou Acad.,
Honolulu. Asst. supt. Hawi Mill
and Plantation Co., 1910; supt.
same, 1916; asst. mgr. 1920 to date.
Member F. & A. M. and B. P. O. E.

HIND, ROBERT, rancher and
senator; Kamuela, Hawaii; born
Jan. 7, 1865 in Honolulu; son of
Robert Robson and Mary (Urwin)
Hind; educated in public schools,
Kohala, Hawaii, and Trinity
School, San Francisco; married
Hannah Peirce Low, in Honolulu.
Apr. 26, 1892; five children: Rob-
ert Leighton, Margaret Martha,
Mona Clematina, Erma, Robson
Urwin. Began business career as
live stock luna on the Hawi plan-
tation, Kohala, Hawaii, 1886; man-
ager Puuwaawaa ranch, Hawaii,
1904, and later became owner of
the same; has fine herd of pure
bred Holsteins; elected senator,
Territorial Legislature, 1916; re-
elected 1920. Member Pacific Club,
Oahu Country Club and Commer-
cial Club, Honolulu; Bohemian
Club, San Francisco.

HITCHCOCK, CHARLES, H. W.,

real estate, Hilo, Hawaii; born in
Hilo, Hawaii, Sept. 4, 1868; son
of David Howard and Almeda E.
(Widger) Hitchcock; educated in
private schools of Hawaii; mar-
ried Margaret Murphy, Hilo, May
16, 1901; descendant of first mis-
sionaries on island of Molokai;
entered business as operator in
Telephone Co., Hilo, later in charge
of telephone office at Honokaa ; clerk
and assistant bookkeeper in gen-
eral store in Hilo; deputy clerk
and later clerk of Fourth Circuit
Court, Hilo; deputy tax assessor,
Hamakua and later at Hilo; with
Hilo Railroad on construction work,
1910-1912; manager of real estate
department, First Trust Co. of
Hilo, Ltd. since 1917.

HITCHCOCK, DAVID HOWARD,

landscape painter, Honolulu; born
May 15, 1861, in Hilo, Hawaii; son
of David Howard and Almeda
(Widger) Hitchcock; married Hes-
ter Judd Dickson June 16, 1898, in
Honolulu; four children. Howard,
Harvey, Joshua Dickson and Helen.
Educated at Punahou Academy
(Honolulu), Oberlin College, Ober-
lin, O. ; studied art at the National
Academy of Design, N. Y. ; and
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under Virgil Williams in San
Francisco School of Art, 1885-86.
Has painted a number of historic-
ally correct volcano pictures for
the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, and
many pictures of Hawaiian scenes
are to be found in public and pri-
vate collections in the United
States, England and Germany; ex-
hibitor in Paris salon, 1893; Alas-
ka-Yukon exposition, 1907, etc.
Gold medal winner; for several
years president Kilohana Art
League; member Salmagundi Club,
New York; Oahu Country Club,
University Club, Commercial Club,
Chamber of Commerce, le Progres
Lodge, F. & A. M. Director of in-
struction, Hawaiian Academy of
Design.

HJORTH, JOHAN LUDVIG V.,

judge, Lihue, Kauai; born in Aal-
borg, Denmark, Sept. 4, 1868; son
of Jacob Peter and Louise Vilhel-
mina Jansen Tjaden (van Rosen-
daal) Hjorth; married Mary Louise
May at Lihue, Feb. 15, 1902; five
children: John Thomas, Eric Ed-
ward Hjalmar, Christian Herbert
Alexander, Francis Reginald, Gwen-
dolyn. Educated in private schools,
business college, Royal Naval Ca-
det School, and private navigation
school in Denmark. Went to sea
in 1884-1893; bookkeeper (Meyer
& Kruse) Kekaha Plantation, 1893-
97; chief officer of Inter-Island
Steam Nav. Co. vessels, 1897-1900;
bookkeeper Hanamaulu Plantation,
1900-11; foreman and agent, Ha-
waiian Dredging Co., at Honolulu
and Castner, Oahu, 1911; clerk.
Constructing Quartermaster Dept.,
Schofield Barracks, Oahu, 1912-13;
bookkeeper Nawiliwili Garage, and
wharfinger, Nawiliwili, Kauai,
1914-17. Admitted to practise law
in all District Courts of Hawaii,
Aug., 1916; dist. mag., Lihue Dist.,
Kauai, since Sept. 1, 1916; book-
keeper, Kapaia Store, 1917-18;
asst. bookkeeper, Lihue Plantation
Co., since Aug., 1918. First lieut.
Officers' Reserve Corps, N. G. H.,
since 1917. Member Hawaiian
Lodge No. 21, F. & A. M.; Har-
mony Lodge No. 3. I. O. O. F.

HOBBY, WILLIAM RICHARD,

civil engineer, Lihue, Kauai; born
in Iowa City, Iowa, Feb. 24, 1880;
son of Dr. C. M. and Mary L.
(Parker) Hobby. Educated at Uni-
versity of Iowa, 1905; married Lin-
nie E. Coon in Des Moines, Iowa,
June 14, 1911; two children, Ruth
Annis and William Mead. Entered
employ of Steen & Hobby, engi-
neers and surveyors, Las Cruces,



N. M., on leaving college, 1905-06;
engineer with Cuba Eastern R. R.,
Guantanamo, Cuba, 1906-07; engi-
neer Central division of Isthmian
Canal Commission, 1907-14; en-
tered employ of Department of
Public Works, Territory of Ha-
waii, engaged in reclamation work
in Hilo, 1914-16; transferred to
Honolulu, 1916; acting superin-
tendent of public works, Territory
of Hawaii, 1917-18; civil en-
gineer, Lihue Plantation, Lihue,
Kauai, since. Was sergeant 1st
Sep. Co. Engineers, N. G. H., until
discharged, 1917. Member Sojourn-
ers' Lodg^e, A. F. & A. M.; Canal
Zone Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M. ; Ca-
nal Zone Council No. 1, R. & S. M.

HODGINS, ARTHUR GORDON,

physician and surgeon, Honolulu;
born in Lucan, Ontario, Canada,
Jan. 10, 1876; son of William A.
and Annie (Webb) Hodgins; mar-
ried Elinor Porter in Denver, Colo..
Nov. 3, 1911; three children, Arthur
Gordon, Jr., William Porter, James
Stanley. Educated in Lucan High
School, Toronto University Medi-
cal College, M. D., 1896. Began
practice in Oil Springs, Ontario,
Canada, 1896-99; removed to Ho-
nolulu, Hawaii, 1899; practicing
physician and surgeon since. Mem-
ber University, Pacific, Polo and
Oahu Country Clubs; Past Poten-
tate Mystic Shrine, Aloha Temple
(1912), past president Hawaiian
Territorial Medical Society (1907).

HOFGAARD, CHRISTOPHER B.,

merchant and district magistrate,
Waimea, Kauai, T. H. : born Oct.
3. 1859, at Skien. Norway; son of
Gerhard Didrik (Skien) and
Dikka (Blom) Hofgaard; educated
in high school and at business col-
lege; married Marie Mahlum in
Waimea, November 14. 1889; chil-
dren: Gertrude. Gerhard, Esther
and Didrik. Began as clerk in
Christiania, Norway. 1875-79; at-
tended business college, 1879-1881;
left Norway, 1881. arriving in Ha-
waii January, 1882; clerked in C.
H. Dickey's stores on Maui; went
to Kauai in 1885, founding the firm
of C. B. Hofgaard & Co.; withdrew
from active management in 1897;
has been president of company
since incorporation. Is treasurer
of Waimea Stables. President of
Board of Trustees of Waimea
Foreign Church, and a trustee in
Sam Mahelona Hospital. Is Dis-
trict Magistrate for Waimea.
Member Kauai Chamber of Com-
merce, Masons, Knights of Pythias
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HOGG, JOHN ASHTON, busi-
nessman, Lihue, Kauai; born in
Lihue, Dec. 7, 1895; son of John
Ashton Hogg; married Verna Beryl
Foster, at Baker, Oregon, Aug. 10,
1914; three children, John Ashton,
Oliver Perry, Thomas Vernon. Ed-
ucated, Lihue private school, Ore-
gon Agricultural College, Corvallis,
Ore. Began as mechanic in auto-
mobile shops. Baker, Ore., 1914;
manager, 1916; foreman and shop
supt., same, 1916-19: has been mgr.
Kauai Garage since March 1919.
Member Woodmen of the World,
Odd Fellows, Sigma Chapter of
Theta Chi fraternity.

HOLLINGER, BEN, businessman
and city and county supervisor;
Honolulu; born in Honolulu, April
15, 1889; son of Thomas Hollinger;
educated at St. Louis College;
married Louise Bushnell of Hono-
lulu, September 23, 1910: children:
Louise Mae, Ben, Jr. and Stepheny
Carol. Began business career with
the contracting firm of Lord &
Belser; in 1908 went with J. J.
Belser and W. H. Hoogs, who in-
corporated the Honolulu Construc-
tion & Draying Co., Ltd.; elected
member, Board of Supervisors;
City and County of Honolulu, term
1915-1916; re-elected 1917-1918 and
1919-1923 terms; chairman, finance
and public expenditures committee;
member of committee on parks,
playgrounds and public buildings
and committee on civil service, po-
lice, etc.; instrumental in estab-
lishing the first public zoo in Ho-
nolulu and responsible for the first
childrens' playgrounds of which
there are now many; president and
general manager, Honolulu Rubber
Works, Ltd., Ben Hollinger & Co.,
Ltd., and Bethel Service Station ;
vice-president and managing di-
rector, Fennessy-Wilson, Ltd. Mem-
ber Commercial Club of Honolulu,
Rotary Club, Automobile Club, Or-
der of Chiefs of Hawaii, Elks, For-
esters, Y. M. I., and Chamber of
Commerce of Honolulu. Takes an
active interest in general sports
and serves as an official at swim-
ming meets, baseball games, boat
races, etc.

HOLLMANN, HARRY T., phy-
sician, Honolulu; born at Philadel-
phia, Pa., Dec. 13, 1878; son of
Harry and Mary (Thomas) Holl-
mann. Educated at Temple Uni-
versity, Phila., and Medico-Chir-