Things don’t happen that way very often nowadays. So I met with the mayor. So I had enough sense to ask him a few, He naturally asked, “Well, what are you up to and what do you want, young man?” And I was very short. And I said, “We have… Read More
So finally, the money was delayed and delayed, and delayed, and so I said to Ed Lyons, “Mr. Lyons, we’re using up our two months is all we’ve got and let’s, what can we do?… Read More
Since it’s unbudgeted in our park department budget, we’ll have to get separate funds through the mayor’s office.” And the mayor at that time was an old Hawaiian guy. And he was old more than just because I was only 24. He was in, I’d say 60-something. And he had… Read More
So we basically would have him, and he had to get back before, early in the year. So, Mark, it dragged on, and every day, I didn’t mind at all. I went out every morning, twice a day, to feed and water the elephants and the chimpanzees, and worry about… Read More
There are the animals. There are these complicated livestock five miles out of town on a dairy. And the dairy says, “Now that we’ve given them to you, please get them off our premises.” At that time, my wife was pregnant with our first child. Well, I, of course, telephoned… Read More
How long can you let him lose for, can you lend him to us, and how much would it be?” And she said, “I’ll get back to you.” And she did. So I immediately, communication has been the complete key to anything that works. And I think I’m not unique… Read More
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But I turned, during that time, I became 25, but so immediately, what do you do?… Read More
These are the nucleus around which we rebuilt, not totally built, rebuilt a marvelous zoo. So you were, ultimately, you beat out all the other candidates if there were any. There weren’t any other candidates. Read More
Okay, so at what age were you the director of the Honolulu Zoo?… Read More
He’s a friend, strong friends of the Japanese population. Because of this, Herb Bowles, he wasn’t a true animal lover, per se. He had some African gray parrots, but mostly he saw the merit of a good zoo. And he became my lifelong friend and his grand children are our… Read More
However, Herb Bowles’ parents and others strongly urged that these Japanese, these citizens, American citizens of Japanese ancestry are strongly patriotic Americans. And just because their folks came from Japan does not mean that they’re not patriotic citizens of this country, and therefore they should remain to help the war… Read More
So he’s a friend of the zoo?… Read More
And even if you’re not appointed?” So I of course said, “Absolutely, Mr. Lyons, you can count on me.” And so he urged the park department to accept the animals, and I’d done a few stories in the appearing supporting that. He said it was very open. Come to the… Read More
Perhaps a third of the population was of Japanese ancestry, almost all born here. Herb Bowles had grown up in Japan and his folks were Quaker missionaries there. He spoke fluent Japanese. When the Japanese folks, ladies went to that clinic that he worked within, they preferred him because he… Read More
So essentially, I was urging him to accept them. And we developed a rapport. He was one of the first persons that believed in my integrity that I could do what I said I’d do. I said, yes, that I’ll do this. We’ll get the help of the San Diego… Read More
Will you still take care of them out there at the dairy, if the park department accepts the animals?… Read More
So with those two strong focus, strong directed objectives, I was really persuasive with my building those encouraging others, my biology, I mean the head of the zoology department at the university. The people that I knew that remained here as Navy and here being Hawaii, is full-time Navy officers. Read More
Do I accept them or do we say no and have them shipped back to the mainland?… Read More
And then we’ll get into your time at the zoo. Well, as you’re totally correct. Then in terms of experience, zoo experience being limited to being an assistant reptile keeper, essentially that means cleaning up after a herd of giant tortoises and draining and cleaning alligator pools, and wiping the… Read More