Gila News-Courier, Volume 1 #6-10

Vol. 1 #6: Sept.30, 1942

Page 1: Small stores established to serve Gila residents; registration for students in grades 9 through 12 will be held soon; a couple of the blocks held talent shows; the two stores in business sold $1800 worth of material; a list of the community councilmen.

Page 2: Letters to the editor, and the item below:

Page 3: Two articles on the community stores; absentee registration; don't store lumber under your homes; Young People's Forum; the Drama Group met; a Songfest; one birth; two visitors; populations of Poston and Rivers.

Page 4: Welfare department launches big scale program; Butte Camp census begins; Exchange column; those who want a job in the mess halls need to be interviewed; a new CAS head; lawns and trees will be planted around the city; tin cans for flower parts can be obtained; former Santa Maria Union students are to turn in their addresses.

Page 5: Post office issues new rules; the acting project director spoke at the Obon festival; Merry Go Round column; the movie Arizona Bound was shown; crown attends symphony hour; CAS, wardens to okay activities; people are asked to donate books to the library; a rubbarized plane flew.

Page 6: Sports page with articles on football, boxing, volleyball, horseshoes and baseball; Boys' director calls meeting.

Vol. 1 #7: October 3, 1942

Page 1: Two articles on the schools; students leaving for colleges; Butte post office; 100 people are needed urgently to work on the colony farm project; Kibei meet; people will be arriving from Santa Anita.

Page 2: Gila Tom Tom column; first day of school; 2 articles on fire prevention week; Scout commissioner speaks.

Page 3: School articles from page 1 continue; people are needed to pick cotton; divorce aid; a list of some of the teachers.

Page 4: Articles on the elementary school and the high school.

The high school.

The high school and elementary school map on page 5.

Page 6: Biographical briefs of faculty members; school head greets students; new mess hall jobs open; 1150 students are expected in the high school.

Page 7: A temporary religious council has been chosen; Christian Church dedication; first boys' club formed; firemen work in shifts; list of church services; lost & found; dance class draws crowd; librarians are needed; souvenir maps available.

Page 8: The camp council role is explained; a person has been appointed to head the wardens; grade school teachers list; Y's leaders to conclave; brief visit; church schedule; a public speaking class was conducted; mess halls will have a talent show.

Vol. 1 #8: October 7, 1942

Page 1: Block representatives voting procedure outlined; WRA protects evacuee homes; block moves begin today; no one of Japanese ancestry, including soldiers, are allowed to visit the camp.

Page 2: Tom Tom column; letters to the editor; Gila and Poston will be sources of fresh vegetables.

A drawing/cartoon.

Page 3: Issue clothing here from Tulare; Counselor has new quarters; lack of material detains net work; church dedication; wardens guard factory area (where the lumber piles are); vote procedure article continues from page 1.

Hospital

Page 4: New book rental system formed; girl receives honor award; CAS sponsors first music hour; a family is keeping two ground squirrels as pets; construction of roadway under way; don't swim in the canal; postal service resumes tomorrow; high school starts Monday; an unnamed column about the schools.

Page 5: Constitution committee drafts canal government charter; Busseis hold membership drive; 200 farm laborers are needed; the International Red Cross can help send civilian messages to Japan; cottonwoods beautify block; five Gilians will be going to Poston; bridge joins soldier spouse.

Page 6: Sports page, with articles on football, exercise, volleyball, judo, shogi and baseball.

Page 7: This page is entirely in Japanese.

Vol. 1 #9: October 10, 1942

Page 1: One woman got a special pass to leave and see her ill father in the hospital; Butte hospital opening delayed; the head of the CAS resigned; block 49 leads registration; Tule farms ship produce here; mess worker placement head praises block managers for their cooperation.

An article address rumors about Nisei losing their citizenship.

Page 2: Gila Tom Tom column; editorials.

Page 3: A doctor talks about Valley Fever and T.B. differences; committees of constitutional commission set at meeting; article on the head of the music council; the Senior Administration Officer has left; two nurseries have been built from scrap wood; adult education classes will start; the adult education director has arrived at the camp.

Block 41.

Page 4: A column entitled Library Notes; four citizens leave Gila for either work or education; colonists should send for stored goods; the canteen opens; Serenaders play tonight; four births, and one stillborn; ballet and classical dancing classes changed; mess workers need to be over 30 years old; On the Slate column about the schools.

Page 5: Buddhist church dedication rites; CAS increases personnel; Printer's Hi-Lites column; pilgrim's fellowship; church schedule; administrative mess quarters; a reverend has changed his address.

Page 6: Grade school assembly set; over 500 high school students had their first assembly; the increasing number of vegetables being grown has increased jobs; residents asked to claim freight; thanks for sympathy; Model Aircraft Club; youths to meet; dance tonight; church schedule.

Page 7: Sports page with articles on football, softball, shogi and go.

Page 8: More sports, with articles on weight-lifting, volleyball and softball, and columns Sports Sightings and Gila Star Parade.

Page 9: This page is entirely in Japanese.

Vol. 1 #10: October 14, 1942

Page 1: Small family rooms assured; 53 candidates for block representative offices; reversing a previous ruling, Nisei soldiers can visit camps in the Military Zones; some people leaving, some arriving; a photographer will take pictures the next day; club sponsor forum; central block manager of Butte is named; constitution committee check progress report.

Page 2: Gila Tom Tom column; editorials; letters to the editor.

Page 3: Shop buildings under construction; public health program set; changes have been made in the CAS staff members duties; Tango lessons offered; Model Aircraft thrill crowd; Ex-service men's club organizes; Canal Christian Young Peoples Church Council had elections; piped-in water is good for drinking; library remodeled; theater ready for curtain call.

Page 4: On the Slate education column; 150 colonists fill block 29; various jobs now available; women's club to hold exhibition; Concert Dance Association elected a president; two designing classes open; sewing machine repair service; new Property chief; Buddhist church dedicated; clothing issue deadline tonight.

Page 5: Gila to open own vegetable packing shed; WRA purchases deducted from colony food budget; labor costs; 200 head of cattle got lose and did some crop damage; harvest peak around bend; farm workers get work clothes; ranch employment urged.

Page 6: Sports page, including articles on volleyball, baseball, football, goh, judo, boxing and body

builders.

Pages 7 and 8 are in Japanese.



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