Yamato Uchi- 
h a r a — Senior 
auto pool at¬ 
tendant. Retired 
February 10 
with 20 years; 7. 
months of serv¬ 
ice. Started as a 
helper 3 / C in 
the garage. 
Eric Schlemmer 
— Superintend¬ 
ent maintenance 
division of Dis¬ 
tribution De¬ 
partment. Re¬ 
tired March 22 
after 41 years; 7 
months of serv¬ 
ice. Started in 
the wiring department. 
Nobori Kano — 
Control opera¬ 
tor in Genera¬ 
tion Depart¬ 
ment. Retired 
March 27 with 
25 years; 4 
months of serv¬ 
ice. Started as a 
mechanic’s help¬ 
er in the power plant. 
Charles Ah Sum 
Lum — Investi¬ 
gator in Custom¬ 
er Service. Re¬ 
tired March 30 
with 37 years; 1 
month of serv¬ 
ice. Started as a 
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John Moniz — 
Inspector of 
tree- trimming 
operations in 
Distribution De¬ 
partment. Re¬ 
tired January 17 
with 48 years; 8 
months of serv¬ 
ice, the longest 
service record in the history of 
t h e Company. Started in the 
wiring department. 
clerk in Electric 
partment. 
Leong Chock — 
Junior machine 
operator in the 
General Ac¬ 
count i n g De¬ 
partment. Re¬ 
tired March 27 
after 32 years; 10 
months of serv¬ 
ice. Started as a 
Consumer’s De- 
Juan Labuguen 
— Janitor in 
Generation D e - 
partment. R e - 
tired January 21 
with 24 years of 
service. Started 
as a laborer in 
T&D. 
Joseph A wean— 
Foreman in Dis¬ 
tribution De¬ 
partment. R e - 
tired February 6 
with 44 years; 9 
months of serv¬ 
ice. Started as a 
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Peter Akiona — 
Foreman in Dis¬ 
tribution De¬ 
partment. Re¬ 
tired February 
17 with 45 years; 
1 month of serv¬ 
ice. Started as a 
groundman in 
T&D. 
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Moses Kamaka- 
wiwoole—-U tility 
operator in Gen¬ 
eration Depart- 
m e n t. Retired 
February 15 
after 20 years; 
10 months of 
service. Started 
as a laborer in 
Generation. 
Howard “Doc^ 
Quay — Admin¬ 
istrative Assist- 
ant to Vice 
President Lewis 
Lengnick. Re¬ 
tired February 
28 after 26 years; 
2 months of 
service. Started 
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4 ELEVEN SAY ALOHA p- 
It seemed as if there was one retirement ceremony* after 
another the past three months as one-by-one the eleven men 
pictured here received engraved service award pins or 
watches from President Hassler. Their combined time of 
service tallies up to a fantastic 319 years—10 months! But 
now the alarm clock has been set for the last time, the last 
harried commute trip has been made and they look forward 
to years of leisure in which to pursue their varied interests. 
Juan Labuguen will enjoy fishing off the Penquin 
Banks. Yamato Uchihara hopes to visit his two sons in 
California next year and for now, will be getting settled 
in his new home. Peter Akiona plans to travel to the Main¬ 
land and the Orient in 1968. Moses Kamakawiwoole, John 
Moniz and Joseph Aweau will be fishing. 
“Doc” Quay's retirement ceremony turned out to be a 
“do you remember?” session, with Doc recalling how he 
spent the night of December 7, 1941 on a punee in the 
library watching tracer bullets from Pearl Harbor streak 
across the sky. He may be retired from HECO but never 
from his bowling. 
Eric Schlemmer and his wife have already left on a trip 
that will take them around the world. Leong Chock will 
have more time to dive for shells to add to his remarkable 
collection. Nobori Kano and Charles Lum will simply “take 
it easy.” 
And so it’s goodbye and aloha to these eleven friends. 
We wish them well. 
