Information Bulletin for Tule Lake, #1-5
As with newsletters from various camps, the one for Tule Lake did not start out as a newsletter per se with its own separate name. For Tule Lake, the publication was known as an information bulletin until the Tulean Dispatch got started.
#1: May 27, 1942
Note the red area I marked. It will be the resident's 'duty' to raise food for the war effort. Actually, many of them had already been doing just that and doing it quite well.
Much of the material from the first page is reprinted.
More information on the camp.
More about things in the camp.
#2: May 28, 1942
Page 1: A message from the acting camp director. Tule Lake Bank will open a branch there. Work on levees is being given priority.
There was a fire already.
Page 2: Recreation heads are discussing plans. A Junior Work Corps has been organized. Temporary block managers have been selected.
Page 3: A list of people doing the bulletin, and a continuation of the article on the fire. An article on fire precaution, and one on mail and telegram information. An article on a mess hall, and one on one of the first people at the camp. Brooms and mops have been issued to the apartments. The levee article from the first page continues. Work placements are under way.
#3: May 30, 1942
Page 1: A nursery school will open and their will be other activities for young children. A couple of people have planted a victory garden. There will be a dance that night. A library is being organized.
For anyone into old-time radio, Kato, of the Green Hornet series, is in the camp, I assume as a 'resident.'
Page 2: Information on changing or quitting a job. An article on getting clothes lines. An article on camp wardens (police.) A letter from someone at Camp Harmony.
Page 3: A list of the bulletin's staff. A message from the acting project director. Recreation is being organized. The library needs donations. A softball diamond has been laid out. There's an article on the colony store.
#4: June 2, 1942
Different masthead.
Page 1: Articles on the worship held on Sunday, the post office, patients, another article from the acting project director, and the library has been opened.
Page 2: The bulletin's staff, and another article on the contest to name the paper. An article about a dream someone had, and a short article on a bank opening; a publication meeting; a letter from camp harmony and an article about someone who graduated from Reed College.
#5: June 3, 1942
Page 1: Articles on the nursery, a dance, a message from the project director, a welcome to new arrivals, and an article about friendly help being available.
Page 2: A list of the staff of the bulletin, a group of short notes, a letter from Tule Lake, handicraft classes are to start, and an article from the Salem Japanese Community Church.
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