Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Avery, William C. February 17, 1880 - 
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Source: the Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin, Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

WILLIAM C. AVERY, Telephone Company Official. A resident of Hawaii since 1912, 
William C. Avery, assistant treasurer of the Mutual Telephone Co., Ltd., was 
first engaged in Honolulu as an educator. He is also an inventor, having 
patented a device for feeding paper to typewriting machines.
  Selected as teacher of languages by the late F. W. Damon, Mr. Avery’s first 
connection in Honolulu was with the Mills School, where he remained a year, 
leaving in 1913 to become principal at the Boys’ Industrial School, Oahu. In 
1914 he was appointed principal of Kauai High School, Lihue, serving for three 
years. From 1917 to 1919 he was inspector general and statistician of schools, 
and from 1919 to 1920 secretary to the Farm Loan Board of Hawaii. Entering the 
business field in 1920, Mr. Avery became cashier of the Mutual Telephone Co., 
and was promoted to the position of accounting engineer in 1923. He is 
assistant treasurer of the company.
  Born at Le Roy, N.Y., Feb. 17, 1880, Mr. Avery is the son of Samuel and 
Elizabeth (Blanchard) Avery. He received his early education in the schools of 
Le Roy, studying later at Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, N.Y.; State Normal 
School, Brockport, N.Y., and received an A.B. degree at Boston University, 
Boston, Mass., in 1912. Before coming to Hawaii he was engaged in business 
with the W. H. Moore Subscription Agency, Brockport, N.Y., entering its employ 
in 1898 and becoming foreman in 1902. He was associated with the N.Y.C. & 
H.R.R.R. as accountant, chief clerk and cashier from 1903 to 1906 and taught 
school for one year at Lima, N.Y. He has contributed articles on technical 
subjects to various periodicals.
  Mr. Avery married Margaret Muriel Myrick in Honolulu, June 30, 1914. They 
have two children, William C., Jr., and Donald Myrick Avery. He is a Mason, a 
member of the Beta Theta Phi fraternity, Acacia Club, Brockport, N.Y.; 
Philalethian Normal School fraternity, Masonic Club, Boston, University Club 
and Lodge of Perfection, Scottish Rite Bodies, Honolulu.


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