![]() ![]() Perhaps it was in this close knit, small town atmosphere where Takahashi’s character and sense of solid traditional values were molded. Sakae chuckled in characteristic modesty, “When my teammate blocked Kauai High’s punt, I was playing right end and just fell on the ball in the end zone for a touch down.” But for Waimea High School and its junior-year football players, that one and only score for the whole game, was a great victory. Also, a treasured memory among his friends was the winning touchdown Sakae made against the more experienced varsity football team from Kauai High. Even then, he said the shoes just “pinched and hurt.”ĭuring high school his budding leadership was evident when he was elected student body vice- president of the newly established Waimea High School. Sakae Takahashi, a barefoot country boy growing up in the plantation town of Makaweli, Kauai, didn’t own a pair of shoes until he graduated high school and came to Honolulu to attend the University of Hawaii. Nonetheless, we want to celebrate his life-a remarkable one of commitment and service to the people of Hawaii, and the lasting legacy he left for generations to come. ![]() Regrettably, as fate would have it, this article becomes a eulogy instead. ![]() ![]() It was to be a tribute to him while he was alive, in recognition of his outstanding leadership and comradeship among the 100th veterans. Article about Sakae Takahashi’s life from high school to forming Central Pacific Bank.Ī few months ago we started writing an article about Sakae Takahashi. ![]()
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