Poston Press Bulletin Volume 6 #18-20

Vol. 6: #18, Oct. 25, 1942

For some reason, the Poston newsletter ended volume 5 with issue 17, then started volume 6 with issue 18 rather than issue 1.

Go figure.

Page 1: Evacuee's property coming in; Poston residents offered supervisory positions; contaminated stream water may prove fatal; 400 for luau today; unit 2 gets mattresses; notarization of absentee ballots; Dr. Kazato heads II health facilities.

Page 2: Editorial; gross inefficiency in food for victory program of Poston; absentee voting rights of citizen evacuees upheld.

Page 3: New chief steward; Wade gives recognition to success of Poston county fair; symphony orchestra meeting Monday; editorial cont;; conference room to be used by organizations; unit II council meeting; Poston I ball games.

Page 4: Please give your assistance; what's buzzin' for today; memorial services; message of gratitiude; council vacancies filled; bridge players notice.

Page 5: Project director announces electrical restrictions; block managers to observe Halloween celebrations; new building planned for Poston 2 departments; soldiers to move out of present quarters; outdoor Scout meeting features pep talk; former Poston I residents to get back pay; unit II's first aid instructors complete course.

Page 6: Shorthand classes to convene; Poston III shibai to present program; printing department opens; cooperatives congress delegates meet; medical staff speaks to students; volunteer umpires wanted; deadline for entry in exhibit; news briefs; last typhoid shots; knitting class announced.

Page 7: Sports.v

Page 8: Magazine section: Dear President; Death Rides the Rails to Poston.

Page 9: Feminine Touch: Deb Notes; how do we rate?; know your teacher; flower making class; cartoon.

Page 10: The Country Cousin at the Poston Fair.

Pages 11-14: Sunday Comics.

Vol. 6: #19, Oct. 27, 1942

Page 1: More evacuees arrive here; work regulations for minors told; civic leaders pick cotton.

Police go on strike.

Page 2: Voice of an Issei; classified ads, photo services.

Page 3: Cotton work cont; Hollenbeck Girls' vice principal greets her Nisei students; sports; work regulations cont.

Page 4: Shindo pictures at London salon; births; what's buzzin' for today; 'Maizie' players announced; graduates of first aid instructors class revealed; wedding; section 3 and 4 will get pay; astrological reading offered bulletin subscribers.

Page 5: Foreign substance found coming through faucet; drafting class closed; Christian church dedication program; Christian Youth Fellowship meets; to the editor; mass choir rehearsal; kitchen dieticians to meet.

Page 6: Poston III fair labor committee elected; church choir makes initial appearance; irrigation pipe to be connected to main pipe; Poston III to supply volunteer cotton pickers; engagement announced; win a prize; YBA constitution; forms for filing declaration of repatriation here; students attention.

Page 7: Sports.

Vol. 6: #20, Oct. 28, 1942

Page 1: Police strike quickly settled; AG department takes initiative to begin planned projects; Unit II council in busy session.

Page 2: Voice of an American; 80,000 Japanese Americans; editorial.

Page 3: Editorial cont.; Bright Poston Future; Unit 2 council cont.; planned projects cont.; Ono authorized.

Page 4: Voters' notary service Wednesday; Harold Lloyd featured at movies; Halloween dance Saturday night; tractor drivers honored by 221ers; Mademoiselles adopt club purpose; mess hall workers meet; piano pupils to sign up Thursday; residents leave Poston II; Ruby Tsuyuki is honored.

Page 5: Enjoyable program promised Postin III, shibai fans; adult ed. dept. to sponsor philosophical seminar; Ikuta arrives in Poston III; Christian literature library opened; pencil pushers turn farmers for a day; fair labor committee completed; sports; marriage; fish pond; high school girls meet.

Page 6: Don't cut wire fence; birth; what's buzzin' for today; residents taste first moyashi since evacuation; mess workers, please save boxes, crates for vegetables; drama guild has neon sign; Halloween party for pupils; Issei advisors named.

Pages 7, 8: Sports.



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