Henry Reifel and sons George and Harry, hotel magnates in Vancouver. The Reifels also had an American investor, a colorful Bostonian named Joseph P. Kennedy—the father of John F. Kennedy, future president of the United States. Elizebeth noted in one report that in 1928 the Hobbs brothers appeared to sell their interests “to Joseph Kennedy, Ltd., of Vancouver, large holders of stock in the Consolidated Exporters Corporation.” Elizebeth wasn’t afraid of these men, and she didn’t
