Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Spitz, Charles William March 11, 1854 - 
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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

CHARLES WILLIAM SPITZ, Automobile Dealer. The lure of adventure in a strange 
country led Charles W. Spitz, principal owner of the Star Auto Sales Co., and 
widely known Kauai and Honolulu business man and capitalist, to leave is 
native Hungary in 1880 and come to Honolulu around Cape Horn in a sailing 
vessel. His first position was with the Kilauea plantation on the island of 
Kauai, and in 1883 he went to Hana, Maui, to become a clerk in a general 
merchandise store. Two years later he entered business for himself, opening a 
store in Nawiliwili, Kauai. From 1886 to 1918 he operated this store, and in 
1899 he established the first wholesale liquor firm on Kauai, which did 
business until prohibition became effective.
  In 1912 he branched into the automobile business, and in 1918 became one of 
the principal stockholders of the Royal Hawaiian Sales Co. in Honolulu, and 
its treasurer. In 1922 he established the Star Auto Sales Co., handling Star 
and Flint cars, although still maintaining his interest in the Royal Hawaiian 
Sales Co. He was president of the Nawiliwili Garage until 1920, when he 
disposed of his interests, and is a director of the Kapaa Canneries Co., Ltd., 
Central Service Station, and the Reliance Trailer & Truck Co., San Francisco.
  Mr. Spitz is an Odd Fellow, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Ad, 
Honolulu Automobile and Commercial Clubs. He was born in Budapest, Hungary, 
March 11, 1854, the son of Leopold and Rosica (Freund) Spitz. His education 
was obtained in the public schools of Budapest. In 1919 he married Bernice K. 
Dwight of Honolulu and they have one son, Charles William Spitz, Jr.


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