El Joaquin, vol. 1, no. 8 (June 24, 1942)

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1942

60/9 TO DATE

From May 14 to June 23

the Center Cashier has

sold 6,079 coupon books,

totaling $15,197.50. The

daily average sale amounts

to 9454.21. The highest

sale fer one day was

1,737.50 and the lowest

totaled $172. |

An analysis of the

respective sales of the

Coupon books and the day's

take at the Center Store

`reveals that as the sales

of the coupon books in-

creased the sales at the

store were much higher.

sro DANCE

CLASS SIGNUP

Because of the great in-

terest in beginners' social

dancing, a third class will

be organized, announced the

grec. Department.

The desdline for the

Signup, which is to be held

at the recreation office,

is 8 pom. Wednesday night.

Classes are scheduled

from: and pems to 5 psm.- at

one hour intervels. tg

Notice of class and hour

will be sent through the

information booth to each

individuel. All those who

do not receive them are

asked to go to the Rec.

office,

Chewing his gum ata

rete which would make a-

nother's jaw ache,. Mr.

Lloyd C. (wouldn't reveal)

Shaffer, Director of Mess

and Lodging, disclosed to

the El Joequin news-getter

that he was born in Kansas

on May 1, 1897.

Brown-eyed, tall and

lanky (6 ft,), he is mar-

ried, has no children and

likes trout fishing.

As for his work,

just "swell.

P.S, His "chawing" on

gum is the result of a bet

to quit smoking -= and he

did.

JOBS AVAILABLE //

There are openings for

three firemen for the

night shift and a few la-

borers to do varied work

around the Center, accord-

ing to Mr. solend Frost.

The firemen should re-

port to Mr. Martin Murphy,

Fire Chief; the latter, to

the Works Division,

it's

GRADUATES

SJ Cers RECEIVE

DIPLOMAS

Good news, Stockton J.

C. graduates!

Mr. Windmiller, regis-

trar of Stockton Junior

College, will be at the

visitors' booth tomorrow

at 5 p.m. to present diplo-

mas to the following center

graduates: Toshi Abe, Sa-

dao Baishiki, John Hiramo-

to, Tokie Inouye, Kay Ka-

neda, Henry Kusama, Haruko

Morita, Meri Okamoto, Se-

tsuko Oshita, Shigeko Ta-

buchi, and Hideko Tsutsui.

sam Yaneri, who has

moved to Denver, Colorado,

will receive his by mail.

AMATEUR SHOW

WINNERS LISTED

With 3,500 of the Cen-

ter's populetion in atten-

dance "t the Ameteur Pro-

gram lest Saturdsy after-

noon=- the following con-

testants were the winners:

In the English division

-~lst, Mr. Shinjo. for his

novel performance in rop~

ing; nd, Jimmy Miho with

his hermonica selection;

and rd, Dorothy Shimada

plus herclarinet selection;

and in the Japanese divi-

sion, the winners all placed

with vocal solos--ist, Shiro

Ogasawara; end, Takako Oga-

ta; and 3rd, Kazue Kuwabara,

STORK SWEEPSTAKES SET

Daffynition: A family

is where the stork always

makes one or two too many

visits (so says Pancho).

Definitions A group of

related plants or animals

formiug (c). category ranking

above a genus and below an

order (so s ys Noah Web-

ster),

Whatever Pancho or Noah

may say, there is no doubt

that the Center boasts of

meny fine fsmilies, in-

Cluding cases which show

the generosity of Mr. Stork.

The wuurano family with

12 immediate members holds

THE title as being the

largest clen in the Center.

Miss Alice Ayako Murano is

listed in the files as the

head,

"Seven come eleven, out

the beck door" and some

families won....!! They

are the Wetanabes (Seichi)

and Sttos (Mre. Osetsu).

Femilies witha mere ten

are headed by Mr. Shinzo

Iwemiya, Mr. Taduichi Ka-

midoi, Mrs. Tekayo Hirano-

to, Mr. Me goichi Yamaseki,

Mr. Saihachi Meyedea, Lr.

Koichi Matsumoto, Mr. Kiyo-

shi Shimizu, Mr. Hideji

Yakushise, Mr. Seizaburo

Hattori and Mr. Isami Hagio.

As for the commonest

name here, the Itos take

the lead with 18 (this

number incluces only fami-+

ly neads and single per-

sons}. One clan (Kaneji-

ro) has 9; another (Reiji),

8.

There are 15 Tanakas.

with two groups composed

of 9 (Megumi and Yoshinobu)

and one with 8 (Shigeichi).

Next come the Nakamuras

with thas mimber 13; then

the Yamamotos and Yamashi-

tas with ten.

Pare 2

(oe

EDITORIAL

See me emaraletOs ame

With a population of h,150 residents

EBL JOAQUIN

our Center is

the fourth largest community in the Sm Joaquin County.

it has

Among them,

Naturally,

other towne

many problems

just like any

Sanitation may be the most

acute one which we may have to meet.

Planned on a temporary basis,

streets and walks,

cleaning facilities.

be made up in other ways.

Thas,"i? `is imperative

the use of our

tion.

adequate drainage

What we lack in facilities mst

that everyone

limited accommodations

minimum of effort may be required for proper

our city lacks paved

Systems, and

cooperate in

So that the

sanita=

A little initiative on the part of the Center-ites

in this matter of waste disposal, for example,

make the grounds more presentable

would

and would prove of

greater permanent value to everyone. _

fast Sliep. /

For the end of the fatal story

Just look above and beholde-=j

Their crossing of the threshold;

And, alas, the final deed is done!!

MATINEE MUSINGS -

MOVIES TONIGHT. 7.

The coming attraction

for this Wednesday's mati-~

nee at the Center's Little

Theatre is "Thru!

Giant Northwest", "a

reel travel film; and "Game

Manogement", a two reel

film on the Nat'l Parks in}

Arizona about the care and

life of the deer oni buffa.

loes.

The recreation coamittee

is trying to make contacts

for comedy and fiction

LALMS. |

STATE BOARD EXAMS.

Anyone planning to take

State Borrd Svaninations

in Lav, Medioing, Pharmacy

or Jentistry 18 asked to

cortacS Mr. A, S. Nichol-

Solu, ASsistart Centor Manag.

ger, ani to weesent letters

or other evidence from the

State Bard indicating

qualification for the exa-

minationse

the -

one.

PROF. SPAULDING

SPEAKS TO GROUP

Professor Gardon Spauld.

ing, who teaches English

and Philosophy at the

Stockton Junior Colloge,..

Spoke Sunday evening toa

large interested group at

the-study; hnli. =

He stressed the impor-

tance of the evaluation.of

our life in this Center,

An informal discussion

immediately followed the

lecture led by Edith Chi-

karaishi. Questions were

asked by the group and,

answered by Prof. Spauld- |

ing"

iT

SHUT-INS

Newest measles cases

are Tom Komita, Hiroshi

Kamita and Tadashi Fujioka.

Isamu Sagare (head injury)

and Mrs. Yone Kiyotake

(appendectomy) returned

from the County Hospital to

Center Hospital.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2h, 1912

Well, well...s..with the

present weather and girls

in brief briefs, even Tamo"

le has to say "mucho cali-#

ente" seceeseeeHere's what's

happening ins

MERCED, ee6e

What will $ Morgan say?

pooee Keep your dollarsees

Do not collect money from

friendss4e..7e do not want

you to go broke" " coveoeU N=

quote, MERCIAN. eses.Even

little Fancho knows better

the intricacies of the

PESOsedes

Maybe this explains the

financial mixupeeessa hun-

dred gallons of water per

person are used daily in

Mercede eee00e eDrink, drank,

drunk.

TU LELAKE, asgee

Let your imagination

run riot for a minutesoece

The Housing Dep't discov-

ered in their filos o fami-

ly of two males and Q babye

Arose the question, "Who-

dunit"seccesselt was later

discovered that through a

typographical error a fea

male became a mane

The administration has

officially adopted the two"

word spelling of Tule Lake.

eoolvidently the confusion

as to whether Tulelake

Should be spelled Tule Lake

or vice versa came about

when no lake was found,

SANTA ANITAsesces ~ , e

Cash,' money, `dollars,

Salary, mazuma,

SUZAI eeeelall it what you

may, but Santa Anitans were ~

paid last Fridayesdt!

PUYALLUP (WASH. )sooce

Geta " geta",. "A esecA Te

Fujikado constructed 0x00B0700

custom-built pairs of "geq:

tas" for Puyallupiansseece

He did not chargecoeseivi-~

dently there are still

some nice people left here

and there.

KNET TING CLASS

TOMORROW 7/

Mes, Se Sudow will ins |

struct aciassin Beginners!

Knitting Tlarcday afcarnoon

from 1:30 to i; pems in'the

Ed. EX. Hall.

Recs Director, Jack Me-

Farland, will make arrange-

ments to bring in the ma.

terial,

Anybody interested

welcome to attend.

is

paycheck, . *

WEDNESDAY , 1942

JUNE 24,

Candied C PeTS.e.e~

`Twes a swelegant shin-

dig Sat. nite+-a smoothie.

Orkids to the Recreation

Committee and to "Skipper"

Nagai.

Did'ja notice all the

fems who do the track every

evening? Giving the so-

called stronger sex a run

for their money (or is it

@ race for their money?)

Dippy-nitions....

In Biercets The Devil's

Dictionary are some veddy,

veddy interesting defini+

tions:

DAWN, n. "The time when

men of reason go to bed",

which reminds us of the

Center-ites -- the young"

uns, especially,

ALONE, adj. "In bad com-

pany". I agree with you,

Mr. Bierce,

BRUTE, n. "See HUSBAND".

~~--hAmM... ee "4

FEMALE, n. ""Qne of the

opposing, or unfair sex."

HASH, x. "There is :no

definition for this word-=

nobody knows whet hash is".

We know, don't we, fellahs?

HERS, pro. "His." Stat

`n'' sweet!

RESIDENT, edj. "Unable

to leave." Guess who? .

CRAFT, n. "4 fool's sub-

stitute for brains." And

now ye scribe knows the

truth.

ONCE, adv. "Hnough."

Okey, we can take a hint.

SMITH TO LEAD CHOIR

Mn Frank Thornton Smith,

head of the Stockton `High

School music, department,

will be" suest `director of

the Center Choir. `next Tues-

day evening at 7:30 in the

Edex' (dues tional Exhibit}

Hail, 0x00B0 "

Those interested in the.

choir are asked to reserve

this date. 0x00A7

JOINT MEETING SAT.

"Let's: get acquainted!"

is the theme of the joint

meeting of troops "19, 91

and $0O-which is scheduled

on the grandstand this

Saturday night.

The public is cordially

invited.

EL JOAQUIN

Page 3

SQUEALS FROM THE HOG BARN /

HANSEN SPEAKS

ON COOPERATIVES

Mr. Karl Hansen of the

Stockton Junior College,

one of the active organi-

2ers of the Pacific Co~op,

outlined the basic prin-

ciples and functions of

the cooperative movement

before a group of young

people last Sunday.

Because the cooperative

type of economic life may

be started in the reloca-

tion centers, a committee

composed of Stewert Nakano,

Kinji Hiramoto, Barry Sai-

ki, Tak Kubota, Isami Inou-

ye, and Timbey Dei will

study the cooperative plan.

6AM. ROLL CALL

IS CANCELLED //

According to latest in-

structions from the West-

ern Defense Command Head-

Quarters, only one roll

.Calladay will be required.

The check-up will be

held nightly at 9 p.m, by

the block representativesa

Everyone is requested to

remain in his barrack

while the roll call is be-

ing taken,

WORKS DIVISION

KEEPS BUSY

The Hog Barn, the form-

er home of the County Feir

prize porkers,is no longer

the heppy grunting grounds

for the pigs.

The lumbering roast pork

`a la naturale' heve been

replaced by lumbering car-

penters and workers of the

Works Division.

Mir. Higashio is the head

foremen for the carpenter

Crew which is now engsged

in building screen doors

and cabinets. Mr. Fukemi

and Alian Hagio are the

busy sign painters, while

the plumbers are in charge

of T. Kaba; the electrici-

ans, hi. Hata; and the la-

borers, Mr. Mason.

The office staff con-

Sists of Meri Okamoto, Sr.

Typist; S. Baishiki, N.

Mikasa, and H. Yokoi, Sr.

Clerks; TT. Baishiki, Ac-

countent; and H. Ito, Time

Keeper.

Commenting on the work-

ers in his division, Supt.

Parsons said, "The men are

all doing good work and we

appreciate their efforts."

AIRWARDENS MEET

The third meeting of the

`Center! s Air raid Wardens

was held at Mess 10 Monday

morning. Chief Air asid

Warden E. W. Collard again

failed to appeer. Plans

were Ciscussed for the next

meeting to be ite ee

at 10 a, ef

RED CROSS. NURSING.

BLOCK 7 WINS

PING PONG TITLE

The Block 7 team defeat-

ed the closely matched

Block 8 team, 3 out of 5

games, The deciding play

occurred in the final

match between George Tanji

and Tek Hattori, when Hat-

tori. Slammed a wild. serve

in the final deuce set,

"Results / of the finals

With a membership of were: T.Sako'(7) ad. 5s,

fifty, the'Red'Cross Home Kono (8); .-H. Sato (7)

Nursing classes ere being Y. Fujimra (8) +. Te 2to

successfully conducted (8 ef'as D.. Matsui. (7)s 7,

twice cech week. The in- Hagio (8) "a. _1,.Sato- (7)5...5

structor for the group is G. Tanji (7) d.- 7. Hatto- |

Mrs. Alice Cruz. yen 8h 18 )s 7 :

Fed of B ! b

A OF ley n bys

{Wednesdays | Ls 00. aie Movie

A cent. "see pem and Card Party

.After roll cell - Study Hall

- $4 ges sec (Bring own cards)

Thursdays' 9:00-11;300 a.m. Home Nursing

eurot00--4300 p.m. Home Mirsing

4300 Ochi. - Movie -

7300. p.m, Community Singing

|Frideys ret p.m, Beginners' Dancing

7:Q0 (c) p.m. Miovie

Saturday: 9:00 Dele Dance

; . Platform

All activities held at Ed. Ex. Hell unless otherwise

indiceted.

SPORIALUS

coo by FKO =

- and

ee e.

vets QQ

With five softball lea"

gues running full speed

every evening, there seems

to be a shortage of conmpe~

tent umpires down at the

Rec. Department. George

Horita, wily manager of

the championship-bound

Reds, was appointed the

task, so all persons in-

terested should attend the

umpires' pow-wow at the

main office below the

grandstand tonight

after roll call. Also um-

pires who have been offi-

clating until nov were

also requested to attend.

And for prospective

"boys in blue" who have any

doubts about being conked

on the head by coke bottles

and the like, Horita will

furnish "football helmets

and other regalia" fa full

protection.

Fiece %

The Recreation Dept. is

planning ma gigantic alle

day program for Indepen-

dence Day, which is now

less than two weeks away.

A variety of events in

which the entire Center

Will particinate is being

drafted by the sports su-

pervisors, The program

will include among others

Such events as: track and

field events, judo, sumo,

horseshoe, boxing tourna-

ment, ping-pong, eto. and

for its climax abig "fire.

cracker" hop.

One of the spotlight

events for the day will be

the softball game between

the American and National

League All-Stars. Also on

the schedule will be the

Junior Loop All-Stars a.

gainst Paoifie Coast Lea=

gue stars ond a battlewill

al80 be fought between two

Seleoted Girls' ten,

* @ @

Now, it's Sorzoant Lou

Tsunekawa, United States

Army, Fort Riley, Kansas,

The former Stoektonian who

orashed the local metropo~

litan sports headline, way

back in 1933 by pitching

the Stockton American Les

gion nine to the National

Semi~finals at Topeka, Kan-

SAS, soys, "being a 'sarge !

is tough work, but life is

good out here in the Mid-

west," sccording to sis

Teri, :

Page i Fx JOAQUIN

GIRLS

Th

teams and 1 team

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2h, 1942

VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE STARTS

e Girls' Volleyball League, composed

of island girls(Starlettes) is going

of 9 bloc

off smoothly under the Supervision of Ruby Sakai.e A

game is played each

Team managers are

Babe, Lily Kusama,

Utsumi for Blooks by

respectively,

In Saturday's game Blk. 2 showed their

a little art of tossing the inflated leath-

rival No. 3

evening at 7 peme on Court #3

Polly Baba,

Grace Hagio, Aya Inamasu,

10, 3 5, dy 6, 7, 8 and 9,

Louise

and Sumi

Ruby Sakai,

cross=block

ge around by trimming them 2 out of 3 sets.

REDS GO OUT IN FRONT __

TRIM BEARS 7-3. YANKS STOPPED

The championship=bound Reds went out in front in

the close .imerican League race by dumping the luckless

Bears ..7, i, 36

all singles,

Although only Connecting for three hits,

from chucker Sanji Fukuyama,

the Reds

made use of the Bears' five costly miscues to come out

on the long en.

In the other

in a mild upset.

In the other a Ts

tilts, Bums drubbed the

Trojans 11 = 9, Yanks de-

feated Kiwanis 9-7, Se.

nators blasted the Bombers

21+ 7 and the Bears troun"

ced the Senators 7 = 3.

RESULTS: a is2

REDGare istele (c) sais a 3 3

BEARSas alatteleleted 3 `5 ay

Batte G.sBaba and BeHayashi;

S.Fukuyama and K.Kitagawa.

TRANS ssi esnce ld) 9 3

TANEEES ween tana. 7 5.5 5

Batte H,Hirose and T.Sato;

H.Nitta and S.Yamashita,

Aloardhsy Stamel

AMERICAN LEAGUE

WL Pot.

ReodSececcobers 6 2 #750

Yankee Seseecsd 6 3 " 667

Boaresyensocece 5 2 0 625

Aristocratse. 4 3 571

RainbowSeses. i 3 4571

BUMSacesesewe L uu e 500

P OIONGs enens hh 5 o th

Senator Seseee 3 5 " 375

RIWA01 Sessace " 0250

Bomber Seeeces e 6 0250

NATIONAL LEAGUE ;

WL Pot,

Poop=outsesee 6 0 1.000

Cardinalseses 4 2 .667

Hell Diverse. 4 2 667

Spartansesess 3 2 e500

Shangri-lasee 3 3 500

Rambler Seeees 2 4 0333

Stearters sss. 2 by 0333

Grapepickers. 0 6 ,.000

feature game of the weekend the Yan-"

kees were taken to the cleaners

by the Trojans 11 - 7

POOP-OUTS HALT

CARDS GRAMBLERS

crucial tilt, ex-"

perience and glass arms of

the All-Center Poopsouts

reigned over speed and sta-

mina of the youthful Block

5 Cardinals to break the

three week tie for leader-

Ship in the National League

race, before the season's

largest crowd.

A clean-cut single to

centerfield by Rogan Miya-

hishi in the last half of

the eighth iming chased

home Sam Rinamra with the

winning run and enabled the

Poopsouts to squeeze thre

ough the Cards 17 =~ 163

The Poop-outs strength-

ened their lead and at the

same time stretched their

streak to 6 straight by

crushing the Ramblers 25 "{

5 Sunday on a stinging 22.

hit attack which was fea-

tured by Ted Shironaka's

perfect 5 for 5 and Matsuo

Okazaki's 4 for hl.

RESULTS;

1.2 9b Sh oS

Poop~outs 4 4O 43101

Cardinals 56100220

I ok ce

POOP"OUTS e0000017 19 6

CARDINALS .eeee016 lh 3

Batt. Fe Ito and Ne. Matsumo-=

to; A, Kume and N. Tanimoto,

POOP=OUTSe 0000025 22 5

RAMBLERSesesess 5 7 10

Batt. F. Ito and Ne Matsumo-

to; MeFujioka and B.Hiraoka.

su ` amet

Sebastien

ids

chen Va ease