Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Phillips, James Tice January 1, 1887 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

JAMES TICE PHILLIPS, Automobile Manager. Since his arrival in Hawaii in 1916, 
James T. Phillips has held a number of responsible positions and has also 
served as an educator. He is now treasurer and general manager of the Royal 
Hawaiian Sales Co., Ltd., having assumed this post in 1922, and is also 
president of the Kauai Motors Co., Ltd., on the Island of Kauai.
  Mr. Phillips’ first position in Honolulu was that of auditor for the Oahu 
Railway & Land Co., Ltd., which he left in 1917 for World war service in the 
United States Army, serving in the quartermaster and finance departments in 
Honolulu with the rank of captain. At Camp McClellan, Alabama, he was 
assistant to the camp quartermaster, serving also in the subsistence and 
transportation branches and as an executive officer. He is a major in the 
Reserve Corps.
  Upon his return to Honolulu in 1919, Mr. Phillips became senior accountant 
for the Audit Company of Hawaii, Ltd., going to the University of Hawaii as 
instructor of accountancy in 1921. He was appointed auditor of the Public 
Utilities Commission in 1920, remaining there until assuming his present 
position.
  Mr. Phillips started his business career as a railroad clerk and 
stenographer for the Rock Island at Fairbury, Neb., and at Davenport, Ia., 
holding these positions from 1905 to 1908, and serving as joint facility 
accountant for the same line at Davenport and Chicago until 1909. In 1910 he 
was made division accountant for the Santa Fe railroad at Needles, Calif., and 
became traveling accountant for the Southern Pacific in 1911. As special 
accountant and confidential auditor for the Southern Pacific allied properties 
in 1913, he was in San Francisco until he left for Honolulu.
  Born at Beatrice, Neb., Jan. 1, 1887, Mr. Phillips is the son of John Thomas 
and Mary (Tice) Phillips. He was educated at the Beatrice High School and 
Business College.
  Mr. Phillips and Mary Blythe Hart were married in San Francisco, Oct. 29, 
1911. They have three children, John Kerner, Thomas Newton and Jean Mary 
Phillips.
  Mr. Phillips is a Mason and Shriner, a member of the American Academy of 
Political and Social Science, the American Legion, Rotary and Commercial clubs 
and a director of the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce. He is an active Republican 
in politics.


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