28th Hawaii Territorial Legislature
The Twenty-Eighth Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii was a session of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature. The session convened in Honolulu, Hawaii, and ran from February 16 until April 29, 1955. The majority of members of this Legislature were elected during the Hawaii Democratic Revolution of 1954 The Hawaii Democratic Revolution of 1954 is a popular term for the territorial elections of 1954 in which the long dominance of the Hawaii Republican Party in the legislature came to an abrupt end, replaced by the Democratic Party of Hawaii whi .... Legislative sessions The session ran from February 16 until April 29, 1955. It passed 277 bills into law. A special session ran from September 17 until September 25, 1956. It passed two bills into law, including Act 2, which provided compensation for public school officials. Senators House of Representatives References {{Hawaii Legislatures Hawaii legislative sessions 1955 in Hawaii ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Charles E
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sakae Takahashi (politician)
Sakae Takahashi ( ja, 高橋 栄, December 8, 1919April 16, 2001) was a Japanese American politician from Hawaii. Early life and education Takahashi was born on December 8, 1919, in Makaweli. He grew up on a sugar plantation and attended Waimea High School. After high school he studied at the University of Hawaiʻi on a scholarship and joined the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Career After graduating from college, Takahashi joined the Army Reserve and became a second lieutenant in 1941. During World War II he served as a member of the 100th Infantry Battalion. He was the only survivor of 190 men during the battle of Monte Cassino. By the time he was discharged in 1946 he had risen to the rank of major. After leaving the army Takahashi studied law at Rutgers University. When he returned to Hawaii after graduation he worked as an attorney. He was elected to the Board of Supervisors in 1950. Takahashi was elected to the Territorial Senate in 1954, and remained there when the ter ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Makawao, Hawaii
Makawao is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 7,297 at the 2020 census. Located on the rural northwest slope of Haleakala on East Maui, the community is known for being the hub of the "Upcountry", a part of the island dominated by mostly agriculture and ranch land. Makawao Forest Reserve is to the east-northeast. Geography Makawao is located at (20.853657, -156.316951). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land. Demographics At the 2000 census, there were 6,327 people, 2,151 households, and 1,565 families in the CDP. The population density was . There were 2,222 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 40.54% White, 0.32% African American, 0.55% Native American, 17.04% Asian, 8.74% Pacific Islander, 1.56% from other races, and 31.25% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.93% of the population. Of the 2,151 ho ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kula, Hawaii
Kula is a district of Maui, Hawaii, that stretches across the "up-country", the western-facing slopes of Haleakalā, from Makawao to Kanaio. Most of the residential areas lie between about in elevation. The district has traditionally been where full-time residents prefer to live, as distinct from the generally hotter and busier, more tourism-oriented towns near sea level, such as Kihei and Lahaina. The population of the census-designated place (CDP) at the 2010 Census was 6,452. Description Kula roughly extends from Haleakala Highway (Hawaii Route 37) in the north to Keokea in the south—a distance of about 16 miles around . The largely rural area known as Upper Kula includes the region up-slope from Lower Kula, the more densely populated area spread along the Kula Highway. The word ''Kula'' means "open meadows" in the Hawaiian language. On Maui, Kula is one of the island's 12 ''foundation'' districts of ancient Hawaii called ''moku''. Generally, Kula is a zone of arid ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kealakekua, Hawaii
Kealakekua is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, Hawaii County, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States. The population was 2,019 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, up from 1,645 at the 2000 United States Census, 2000 census. It was the subject of the 1933 popular song, "My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii" by Bill Cogswell, Tommy Harrison and Johnny Noble, which became a Hawaiian music standard. Geography Kealakekua is located on the west side of the island of Hawaii (island), Hawaii at (19.526436, −155.922891). It is bordered to the north by Honalo, Hawaii, Honalo and to the south by Captain Cook, Hawaii, Captain Cook. Hawaii Route 11 is the main road through the community, leading north to Kailua, Hawaii County, Hawaii, Kailua-Kona and south to Naalehu, Hawaii, Naalehu. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,645 people, 639 househol ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Esther K
Esther is the eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther. In the Achaemenid Empire, the Persian king Ahasuerus seeks a new wife after his queen, Vashti, is deposed for disobeying him. Hadassah, a Jewess who goes by the name of Esther, is chosen to fulfill this role due to her beauty. Ahasuerus' grand vizier, Haman, is offended by Esther's cousin and guardian, Mordecai, due to his refusal to prostrate himself before Haman. Consequently, Haman plots to have all the Jewish subjects of Persia killed, and convinces Ahasuerus to permit him to do so. However, Esther foils the plan by revealing Haman's eradication plans to Ahasuerus, who then has Haman executed and grants permission to the Jews to kill their enemies instead, as royal edicts (including the order for eradication issued by Haman) cannot be revoked under Persian law. Her story provides the traditional explanation for the Jewish holiday of Purim, celebrated on the date given in the story for when Haman's order was to go in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Halaula, Hawaii
Halaula ( haw, Halaula) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 773 at the 2020 census. Geography Halaula is in the North Kohala region and peninsula, on the northern side of the island of Hawaii. It is bordered to the west by Kapaau. Hawaii Route 270 is the main road through the community, leading west then south to Hawaii Route 19 at Waikui and east to its terminus at an overlook of the Pololū Valley. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 9.96%, are water, as the CDP limits extend into the Pacific Ocean. History Halaula is within the Bond District, a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places. It includes the 19th century Bond House, also named ''Iole'' after its location and a part of the homestead of missionaries Ellen and Reverend Elias Bond. The nucleus of this rambling New England dwelling was built in 1840 by the Rev. Isaac B ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Holualoa, Hawaii
Holualoa ( haw, Hōlualoa) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 8,538 at the 2010 census, up from 6,107 at the 2000 census. Holualoa's boundaries were altered significantly for the 2020 census. The western portion of the CDP near the coast became part of the neighboring Kailua-Kona CDP, while the eastern portion of Kailua-Kona became part of Holualua. This reduced Holualoa's population to 2,994. Geography Holualoa is located on the west side of the island of Hawaii at . It is bordered by Kailua to the north, Honalo and Kahaluu-Keauhou to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Hawaii Route 11 is the main highway through the community, running north–south, and Hawaii Route 180 runs parallel to it farther inland. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 7.99%, are water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 6,107 people, 2,383 house ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hoʻokena Beach
Hoʻokena is a beach location and village in Kauhako Bay, South Kona that is now known for a beach park, but was formerly a steamer port. Hoʻokena grew from a fishing village to a significant port town by the late 19th century, second only to Kailua-Kona. As seen by Stevenson :"Hoʻokena is its name. ..On the immediate foreshore, under a low cliff, there stood some score of houses, trellised and verandaed in green and white; the whole surrounded and shaded by a grove of coco palms and fruit trees, springing as by a miracle from the bare lava. .. In front, the population of the neighborhood were gathered for the weekly incident, the passage of the steamer, sixty to eighty strong and attended by a disproportionate allowance of horses, mules, and donkeys..." Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as ''Treasu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hakalau, Hawaii
Hakalau is a small unincorporated community located along the Hamakua coast about north of Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii in the U.S. state of Hawaii at . The Hakalau Stream flows from the slopes of Mauna Kea, in the area of and flows into the Pacific Ocean. Hakalau was once a thriving, multiethnic sugarcane plantation town up until the early 1960s when the plantation originally called Hakalau Plantation Company began to decline. In 1963 it was merged into the Pepeekeo Sugar Company, in 1973 merged into the Mauna Kea Sugar Company, and the mill shut down in 1974. Small family farms grow tropical fruits, taro, flowers, coffee, or cattle. Some historic sites remain from the plantation era. The privately owned sugar plantation manager's home, built in the early 20th century, still exists, along with two warehouses built in 1920 and an old theater, operating as the Hakalau post office, postal code 96710. Located just below the ocean cliff where the Hakalau stream meets th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii
Waimea (literally, "red water" in Hawaiian Language, Hawaiian) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kauai County, Hawaii, Kauai County, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States. The population was 2,057 at the 2010 United States Census, 2020 census. The first Europeans to reach Hawaii landed in Waimea in 1778 (giving rise to Kauai's Tongue-in-cheek, cheeky slogan: "Hawaii's ''Original'' Visitor Destination"). History Original settlers Between 200 and 600 AD, the first settlers arrived in Kaua‘i from the Marquesas Islands. It is not clear why the voyagers sought a new homeland. They brought taro, sweet potato, pigs and fowl, as well as seeds. They were experienced farmers and fishermen, with advanced irrigation techniques that allowed them to thrive on the land. Around 1000 AD, Tahitian explorers arrived in Hawai‘i and conquered the Marquesans. According to Hawaiian legend, the small-in-stature Marquesans were chased into the hills by the Tahitians, and became the "Menehune", thought ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Noboru Miyake
Noboru Miyake (, April 19, 18961988) was a Japanese American politician in Hawaii. Early life and education Miyake was born in Waimea on April 19, 1896. He was the fifth of 10 children, and the son of a Japanese immigrant who had moved to Kauai to work on a sugar plantation. Miyake dropped out of school as a teenager and began working, first on the sugar plantation, then for Waimea Garage and Electric Company. He took correspondence courses in automotive engineering, law, and business management. Career Miyake joined the Hawaii National Guard in 1916. During World War I he was stationed at Fort Armstrong and Schofield Barracks. After his discharge from the military, he bough Waimea Garage and Electric Company from William Olin Cromwell and became its president. He won a seat on the Kauai Board of Supervisors in 1930. He was the first Japanese American to hold elected office in Hawaii. He worked to improve Kauai's water system. When World War II started, Miyake chose not to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |