The Mercedian, 16-20

#16, August 7, 1942

Page 1: 'Girl dates boy' hop set; movie Letter of Introduction will be shown; article on the Boy Scouts, and an article on a play day for children.

Page 2: List of paper's staff; Beyond Our Barracks column; a hobby show; a kite contest; talent night; a baby is born.

Page 3: Recreation department gives financial report; music hour scheduled; Roving Reporter column; mess hall contest.

Page 4: Fem-a-Lites column; badminton play starts; barber shop rules released; ration books due; a wedding; teacher's social; well-baby clinic.

Page 5: Sports page, with Sports Ramblings column and articles on baseball and basketball.

Page 6: Sports articles on football, baseball and basketball.

#17, August 11, 1942

Page 1: Musicians to perform; talent show; kite contest.

Postwar dissemination of the Japanese.

Column about where the Merced people will be going.

Page 2: Paper's staff; Beyond our Barracks column; letters to the editor; Scout-o-Rama article.

Page 3: Roving Reporter column; marble tournament; article on the Commissioner of Safety; talent show article from page 1 continues; hospital open house.

Page 4: Fem-a-Lites column; a Girls' Hi-Jinx will be held; baby born; article on baseball; first aiders to have party.

Page 5: Sports page with Sports Ramblings column, articles on baseball and sumo.

Page 6: More sports articles on baseball and basketball.

#18, August 14, 1942

Page 1: Yogori dance motif; girls' Hi-Jinx; kite contest; hobby show.

Page 2: Paper's staff list; Across the Editor's Desk column; Beyond our Barracks column; kite flying; Tin Pan Alley to be shown.

Page 3: Marble tournament; hospital open house; Roving Reporter column; ballot forms for voters obtained; last day for ordering clothes; operetta is colorful.

Page 4: Fem-a-Lites column; kids in kite contest; badminton class.

Another Our Promising Home column.

Page 5: Sports Ramblings column; articles on basketball and baseball.

Page 6: More articles on basketball and baseball.

#19, August 18, 1942

Page 1: Talent show, and hobby show; Town Hall will have a gripe session; hospital open house.

Page 2: Beyond Our Barracks column; list of paper's staff; letters to the editor; 100 attend corn dance; talent show article continues, post-war resettlement town hall.

Page 3: Article on the Commissioner of Welfare; hobby show and hospital articles continue; shogi tournament; Roving Reporter column.

Page 4: Fem-a-Lites column; a wedding; forum article from page 2 continues; rules for naming streets.

Our Promising Home series continues.

Page 5: Sports page with Sports Ramblings column, articles on baseball and marbles.

Page 6: Sports, articles on baseball.

#20, August 21, 1942

Page 1: 212 workers to leave for Colorado. People at Merced will be moved to the Granada camp in Colorado.

Page 2: Beyond Our Barracks column; list of paper's staff; mess hall contest winners; editor notes this is the final issue of the paper; a baby is born.

Page 3: Talent show will be held; Road to Singapore will be shown; Roving Reporter column.

Page 4: Fem-a-Lites column; church notices; letters to the editor.

Our Promising Home, final article.

Page 5: Sports page with Sports Ramblings column; with articles on baseball. Odds & Ends column.

Page 6: More sports, with articles on basketball and baseball.