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Kokua Line June Watanabe |
Lee designed
a Northwest
Airlines logo
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Answer: Not the one that was used just prior to Northwest's latest logo, which was unveiled last year.
Lee designed one "with a red circle with two aerodynamic lines running through it," which was used "back in the '60s and '70s," he said.
It was a "nice, timely thing," he said, explaining how it was that a young man in Hawaii was selected to do the logo.
The person in charge of Aloha Airlines back then was Brian Moon, who left Hawaii to join Northwest Airlines in Minneapolis, Minn., as head of marketing, Lee said.
"They had failed with someone (designing a logo) in Minneapolis, and he remembered me in Hawaii with a nice portfolio."
Lee also recalled that he produced the design, "used worldwide," for "a bargain price under $10,000."
Lee, who began Clarence Lee Designs in 1966, is a well-known and respected graphic artist who also has designed logos and packaging for such companies as the Polynesian Cultural Center, Victoria Ward Center, Mauna Loa Macadamia Nuts, Royal Kona Coffee, Central Pacific Bank and the Hawai'i Convention Center.
He is also the designer behind the U.S. Postal Service's series of Chinese Lunar New Year stamps.
Q: Would you know of any place that takes used hearing aids and reading glasses?
A: District 50 (Hawaii) of Lions Club International would be glad to accept donations of used hearing aids and eyeglasses.
Call Nancy Tomczak, executive secretary of District 50, at 531-2714 to find a drop-off point nearest you for the glasses.
Hearing-aid donations, meanwhile, can be taken to the District 50 office -- Suite 401, 677 Ala Moana (the old Gold Bond Building) -- from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday.
The hearing aids are completely refurbished and given to someone who might not be able to afford one, Tomczak said. The donations are handled through the Hawaii Lions Foundation and are tax-deductible.
Meanwhile, the used eyeglasses are sent to other countries for reuse.
Heroic vets
A Manoa resident doing research on a relative's service in the China/Burma/India Theater during World War II came across the November 1951 issue of the Ex-CBI Roundup, which was the magazine for veterans who served there."The cover story is about the heroic nisei who served with the U.S. forces there," she said. Several were from Hawaii.
She would like to pass on copies of the issue to these men or their families: Paul Miwa, Tokyo (Tony) Uemoto, Eichi Sakauye, Henry Kuwaba, Roy Matsumoto, Kan Tagami, Tomochi Tsuruda, Hideo Imai, Robert Honda, Shigeto Mazawa, Charles Matsunaka, Eddie Mitsukado, Koji Ariyoshi, Herbert Miyasaki, Akiji Yoshimura and Kenny Yasui.
Call 946-8840.
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Call 529-4773, fax 529-4750, or write to Kokua Line,
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 500 Ala Moana Blvd., No. 7-210,
Honolulu 96813. As many as possible will be answered.
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