Poston Press Bulletin Volume 8 #6-10

Vol. 8: #6, Dec. 17, 1942

Page 1: Poston children to be remembered on Christmas; Unit 1 resident voters elect councilmen; chief steward reports on convention in San Francisco.

Page 2: Use of coyote traps discouraged; let's get going; contest committee announces prize-winning symbol of Poston's New Years' Festival.

Page 3: Clothing allowance files nearly completed; school project WRA; Army course taken by former Nisei evacuee; nightly movie shows.v

(These pages are good examples of how sometimes the paper uses overly-long article headlines, so I've been condensing some of them.)

Page 4: Scout Court of Honor; cast for Christmas play well chosen; sports; Girl Scout leaders meet; boy wanted.

Elementary School on page 5, and outside of typical school building from page 6.

Page 7: Carrot planting begins; what's buzzin' for today; blessed events; firelight symphony tonight; heaters are here but...; YWCA to hold Christmas party; contribution made by the freitas; brief beats.

Page 8: Christmas Xmas program revealed in detail; Bertha Starkey to live in Poston 3; gatha and dance practice held; dust n' deserts; children's play to be discussed; sports; Girls Club members.

Page 9: Sports.

Page 10: In Japanese.

Vol. 8: #7, Dec. 18, 1942

Page 1: Unit 1 temporary community council offers elected; charcoal may be big Poston industry; transfers between centers to join kins, friends handled by S.W.; ice cream machinery expected soon in Unit 2.

Page 2: Merry Christmas comes to block 19; what's buzzin' for today; school library at block 12 opens after vacation; job of manager of leave office open; AD building local to have garden; art dept. news; pharmacy kept busy.

Page 3: Wedding; sports; Between Beats; Poston 3 thespians to entertain Sunday; lawn seeds arrive for blocks in Poston 2; marble tournament slated.

Page 4: Children's play day scheduled; Poston 3 press staff works long hours on magazine; beautification work progresses rapidly in Poston 3 area; Christmas service on Sunday, Dec. 20; sports; 20-30 club news; Yank in RAF.

Vol. 8: #8, Dec. 19, 1942

Page 1: Families and internees may be joined; danger of carbon monoxide poisoning seen as case reported; translators wanted; Poston to have 14,500 pounds of mochigome this year; 20 Poston Nisei work in Salt Lake arsenal; job in Washington.

Page 2: Improvements in library made; blessed events; what's buzzin' for today; Christmas eve dance to feature 'Music Makers'; rushing business done by P.O.; about wooden shoes; main canteen works overtime; PTA meets this Sat; brief beats.

Page 3: Sports; PTA elects officers; Xmas singspiration draws huge crowd; load of toys for children arrive in Poston 3; Christmas services; Sunday services; mass choir program is outlined.

Page 4: Church news; sports; arcadium constructed for mass choir; young girls from quad 5 invited to join intermediate scouts; Unit 2 drama dept. to assist in play presentation.

Page 5: Sports; new name for paper selected by press editorial board.

Page 6: Campus Log, Poston 2; AG news; Christmas vacation; student body elections held; report cards handed out Thursday; recipe for making 'As'; meet your teachers; Red Cross; stoves received; new faculty member.

Vol. 8: #8, Dec. 22, 1942

This issue is also numbered 8 although it's a different date.

Page 1: Community 1 Council only recognized legislative body in Poston 1; Poston Daily Chronicle submitted as winning title; translations restricted; note from project director.

Page 2: Chronicle's 40-page Christmas magazine on sale; Unit 2 residents urged to display handicrafts at New Year's Festival; classified ads; Poston 2 school library lauded.

Page 3: New classes to open soon; what's buzzin' for today; 'white xmas' theme of dance; New Year's Eve dance at mess 32; hundreds of signs made; polished stones at block 60; brief beats; asst. mgr leaves for Minnesota.

Page 4: Church news; Boy Scouts hold first Court of Honor; reception held for newlyweds; Findley to confer with family heads of internees; drama guild to present Christmas pageant.

Page 5: Clinic warns against taking showers after smallpox vaccination; sports; shibai postponed; work provisions made for boys under 14; Bussei to discuss rehabilitation topic.

Page 6: Unit 2 tofu industry delayed; sports; law dept. distributes registration forms for landlords.

Page 7: Sports.

Page 8: In Japanese.

Vol. 8: #9, Dec. 20, 1942

Note that this is issue number 9, but is dated two days before the second issue 8. Someone on the paper's staff was not paying enough attention to the masthead.

Page 1: Made in Poston charcoal, artificial flower production underway; repatriation procedure now handled through WRA; notice of assignment forms to be distributed to all workers; project director on vacation; candy sold to public.

Page 2: Let it be a merry Christmas; Christmas observance in Poston 2 starts Sunday night; classified ads.

Page 3: Business law course in darkness; what's buzzin' for today; work continues on school building; YWCA holds Christmas party; popular science lectures; new fire chief; donation to junior Red Cross made.

Page 4: Algebra I class; sports; 210 kitchen for school children feeding to open after fair closes; temporary fire alarm system adopted; sports; asst. steward job opened for evacuee; Unit 2 visitors for Poston I hospital urged to go evenings.

Page 5: Pilferage of lumber and manure asked to be discontinued; nutrition aids meeting called; sports; attention student part-time workers; one honeymoon cottage will be donated; Xmas rehearsal to be held; shibai to be held; Pen Club to issue New Year edition.

Page 6: Comics.

Pages 7, 8: In Japanese.

Pages 9, 10: Comics.

Vol. 8: #9, Dec. 23, 1942

This is the second issue marked number 9.

Page 1: Powell invites council aid in activities program; La Vida beverages okayed by Army; locales of Unit 2 fair concessions; radio appliance repair shop opens in Unit 1.

Page 2: Artificial corsages now on sale; what's buzzin' for today; new adult books arrive; daily English classes for adults announced; music dept. receives donations; Lucky Strike hit parade.

Page 3: First sacred music festival held in Poston; sports; 20-square plans hop; play day proves successful; children's Christmas program.

Page 4: Unit 2 personnel mess workers paid only WRA wages; sports; Poston 2 congress has busy session; Madamoiselle bids for New Years dance selling fast; official interpreters; Chronicle Christmas magazine now on sale.

Vol. 8: #10, Dec. 24, 1942

Page 1: Christmas activities for childen; personal checks will not be cashed says enterprise; central executive board status clarified; baggages in Parker; C.E. Unit 1 canteen pilferers to be punished.

Page 2: Gifts, children cont; secretaries to be inspected; camouflage work credited; classified ads.

An example of how complicated some of the headlines are and why I have to condense some of them.

Page 3: Cartoon; classes in drama dept. announced; disease preventative measures told to block managers; notice; brief beats.

Page 4: Mass choir of sacred music; welfare dept. to ask JACL for help; October pay by checks started; sub debs entertain at mix social; watch repair shop opens.

Page 5: Christmas bazaar committee meets; sports; dust n' deserts; smallpox vaccination today; mass planned for Christmas morning; Block 308 club head elected.

Page 6: Sports.

Pages 7, 8: In Japanese.



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