Poston Chronicle, Volume 1 #1-5
At the beginning, the newsletter was simply a bulletin.
Official Information Bulletin, Vol. 1 #1: May 13, 1942
This is how the first bulletin looked at the top.
Page 1: Personal effects and furniture can be transferred to Poston. Articles on the Employment Office, the Post Office, Beauticians, Barbers, and Shoe Repair men. The 'colony' currently has 252 people in it.
The first bulletin is only one page long.
Official Information Bulletin, Vol. 1 #2: May 14, 1942
Page 1: An article that says age is not a requirement for work. An article on boy scouts, and then one saying light will be temporarily shut off while construction work is going on. A listing of church services, and a notice of a lost suitcase. No gardens can be planted yet. People with things for the bulletin should bring them in.
Page 2 is a Questions and Answers page.
Official Information Bulletin, Vol. 1 #3: May 15, 1942
Page 1: 2400 people are to arrive that day. There will be a community talent, and people with talents in singing, dancing, etc, are needed. A recreational hall is now open, and a camp store will eventually open. Parents are to keep little kids from crawling under houses or in lumber due to danger from insects.
Official definitions of terms that are to be used.
Official Information Bulletin, Vol. 1 #4: May 16, 1942
Page 1: Grass planting is underway. The community night has been delayed. Unemployed girls are needed to help disabled women with their laundry. Little children should be sent to the recreation hall where there will be things to amuse them.
Page 2: People need to get their typhoid injections. A doctor's name is given. A barber shop will be open. A green Schaffer pen has been lost. A black-and-white Schaffer pen has been found, as have three rings.
Official Information Bulletin, Vol. 1 #5: May 17, 1942
Page 1: A note about who to contact in a medical emergency, and church services are listed. Block 11 has not chosen their building head. Block 11 suggests little kids have identification on them to help them find where they live if they get lost.
A welcome for the new arrivals.
Page 2: The barber shop is now open. The rest of the page is a list of lost & found items.
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