Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Hill, Karl B. January 30, 1897 - 
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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

KARL B. HILL, Business Man. Karl B. Hill, vice-president and manager of the 
Moses Office Equipment Co., Ltd., has been connected with that firm for the 
past three years. The company, which was incorporated in Honolulu in 1924, has 
an unusual history, having been established originally as a branch of the 
Moses Stationery Co., Ltd., of Hilo, and represents the first successful 
attempt of a Hilo business house to branch out in Honolulu. Started here in 
1920, the business grew so rapidly that quarters were expanded twice before 
the corporation of the local firm in 1924. At that time the then branch store 
purchased the Personal Service Bureau, thereby obtaining valuable agencies 
which were held by Miss Georgie Fitzgerald, who joined the Moses organization. 
Rapid expansion of the business is due to the high quality of merchandise 
handled, each line carried in Honolulu having been manufactured by specialists 
in that field. The local store is an organization of factory trained sales 
people with a knowledge of office conditions and equipped to give service from 
the standpoint of consumers’ problems.
  A resident of the islands since 1921, Mr. Hill for a year was connected with 
the Volcano Garage, Hilo, in charge of the tire department. Before taking his 
present position he made a tour of the United States, visiting various 
factories represented in Honolulu by the Moses Office Equipment Co., Ltd. 
During the World War he was an ensign in the United States navy and for two 
years after peace was declared was connected with the United States Shipping 
Board.
  Born at Henrietta, Tex., Jan. 30, 1897, Mr. Hill was educated in the schools 
of Illinois, later attending Illinois College where he received a B. S. degree 
in 1917. He married Betty Nicholas in 1921 at Los Angeles. They have one son, 
Robert Karl Hill. Mr. Hill is a Mason, Elk, a member of the Phi Omega 
fraternity, Commercial Club and is treasurer of the Manoa Tennis Club.


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