Maui-Honolulu County HI Archives Biographies.....Aiken, Worth Osbun April 24, 1873 - 
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Source: Men of Hawaii Vol. IV
Author: George F. Nellist (editor)

Aiken, Worth Osbun: Treasurer, Manager, Hawaiian Airways Co., Ltd.

     Born April 24, 1873, Robbinsville, N. C., son of Perley Johnson and Julia
Orilla (Smythe) Aiken; married Helen M. Chamberlain, La Crosse, Wls., April 8,
1896; children, Bertram Smythe, Martha Osbun and Malcolm Chamberlain Aiken;
Mason, Shriner, Knight of Pythias, member Honolulu Chamber of Commerce, Honolulu
Ad Club: Territorial Commissioner Public instruction (1909-1913), Hawaii Tourist
Bureau (1915-1930).

     Engaged for many years as an educator, banker, pineapple plantation and
cannery operator on the Island of Maui, Mr. Aiken removed to Honolulu in 1927 to
engage in the real estate business and in 1930 was treasurer and manager of the
Hawaiian Airways Co., Ltd., pioneer organization formed for inter-island aviation.

     Coming to Hawaii in 1891 as an instructor in the Wailuku public schools,
Mr. Aiken became station agent at Wailuku for the Kahului railway the next year,
serving also as postmaster at Kahului until 1895. In 1893 he had been appointed
port surveyor and deputy tax assessor and collector for the Makawao district,
continuing in that capacity until 1904 when he became collector of customs. From
June. 1896, until October, 1920, he also was subagent of the territorial land
department.

     Mr. Aiken was a leader in the movement to make the mountain of Haleakala,
largest extinct volcanic crater in the world, accessible to travelers, and aided
the campaign that led to the construction of the present rest house at the
summit and to the inclusion of the site in the Hawaii National Park.

     An organizer of the First National Bank of Paia, Mr. Aiken was its cashier
from 1913 until 1920, when it became the Bank of Maui, Ltd., Mr. Aiken remaining
as cashier. Owner and operator of a pineapple plantation at Makawao, Mr. Aiken
became vice-president and manager of the Panwela Pineapple Co. at Haiku in Dec.,
1920, serving until Sept., 1926.

     Mr. Aiken is a direct descendant of John Howland, who came to America on
the "Mayflower," and of George Ross, who served on the staff of George
Washington and was a brother-in-law of Betsy Ross, who made the first American
flag.


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