Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 4, Number 2, 1 February 1987 — Two Sisters Head Respective Clubs [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Two Sisters Head Respective Clubs

Two sisters, both of whom are also school teachers, were recently elected presidents of their respective Hawaiian Civic Clubs on Oahu. Heleaka Kauka Martin of Kahaluu is the president of the Kualoa — Heeia Hawaiian Civic Club while her sister, Ilima Kauka Williams of Kalihi, serves as president of the Prince Kuhio Hawaiian Ciyic Club. Martin has been a teacher for 24 years and is currently at King Intermediate School in Kaneohe. Williams has taught for 35 years, including Punahou and the Kamehameha Schools as well as in the public schools. She is currently an instructor and counselor at Leeward Community College.

They are the daughters of George and Margaret Kauka. Two other sisters were also teachers — Liz Kauka, also a member of Prince Kuhio HCC and recently retired from Roosevelt High School, and Myra Kauka, who studied nursing at Johns Hopkins University. The latter, along with older brother, George, and their father are deceased. All four sisters are graduates of the former College of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif. The institution is today known as University of the Pacific where former head football eoaeh Amos Alonzo Stagg is a legend. The Kauka sisters are one-half lroquois lndian and one-half Hawaiian. Their mother, Margaret 79, is Iroquois and resides with daughter Liz. Their only brother was an engineer and is credited with shouldering some of his sisters' college expenses. Both sisters have been active in the Hawaiian Civic Club movement for well over 15 years.

Heleaka Kauka Martin and Ilima Kauka Williams