Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Bailey, Curtis Schofield February 3, 1894 - 
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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

CURTIS SCHOFIELD BAILEY, Business Man. Trained in the grocery business from 
the time he was a school boy and clerked in a San Jose, Calif., store for a 
year, Curtis S. Bailey first saw the possibility of introducing the cash and 
carry system in Honolulu and is the pioneer in the groceteria business in the 
Territory.
  Following his first employment, Mr. Bailey joined the Keystone Wholesale 
Grocery Co., San Jose, and advanced rapidly to the position of office 
executive, which he held for six years. During this time he gained the 
thorough knowledge of merchandising which has enabled him to make of his own 
business a substantial success. Coming to Honolulu in 1920 he saw the need for 
a grocery based upon the cash and carry principle, and, one year later, he 
established the first groceteria.
  At the beginning, his business occupied but a small space in the Aala 
Market, but it grew so rapidly that in November, 1923, he opened his own large 
store in a new building. Business men advised against the establishment of the 
new store at its present location at Queen and Richards Streets, but Mr. 
Bailey held to his preference for that site, and his judgment in its selection 
has been borne out by the rapid expansion of the business. In less than a year 
trade had doubled, and a large addition to the building, doubling the floor 
space, was found necessary.
  During his first year in Honolulu, Mr. Bailey was employed by Theo H. Davies 
& Co., Ltd., and the American Factors, Ltd. During the World War he was a 
radio operator in the naval overseas transport service aboard the “Point 
Bonita.” He received his radio instruction at Harvard University. 
  He is a Mason, Shriner, Eastern Star, a member of the official board of the 
First Methodist Church, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Honolulu Ad, 
Honolulu Auto and Outrigger Canoe clubs, the Y.M.C.A. and American Legion.
  Mr. Bailey was born in San Jose, Feb. 3, 1894, the son of Robert Henry and 
Laura (Bacon) Bailey. He attended the public schools of San Jose. In 1919 he 
married Olive Peterson of Suisun.


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