Post #650269 by Phillip Roberts on Thu, Aug 30, 2012 10:30 PM

Aloha,

On 2012-08-28 09:24, theredfoxx wrote:
and his Wife...

• Here's something I have been thinking of while re-reading your original post...*

Oh and by the way, which of Donn's wives are you referring to? There were 3, and (by Donn's standard) brilliant. All exceptionally smart and savvy women.

Sunny (Cora Irene-right Sven? Page 70), Carla and Phoebe Beach.

Sunny had a great deal of business sense (so it seems, as she took advantage of the Colonel being preoccupied during the war to open locales in his name) and trademark. --

Carla was (apparently) a great society hostess; inviting sultans, movie stars and other stellar dignitaries including astronauts to Donn's private dinners.

Phoebe is A TREASURE.

I worry less about the stuff, but more about the Hawaii and Tiki oral history that is lost every day. Our greatest generation (to borrow a phrase) LIVED this life. The stuff, if it exists, will be found by these people who care...

Waikiki Tiki; Art, History, and Photographs.
Available now from Bess Press Hawaii.

[ Edited by: Phillip Roberts 2012-08-30 22:35 ]