El Joaquin, vol. 3, no. 3 (August 29, 1942)

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WIA. DEFINES -

GOODS TRANSFER

The latest reports are

that the War Relocation

Authority is planning the

following procedure in ship-

ping articles owned by the

Center-ites to relocation

centers.

La The

Authority will,

reasoneble time after ar-

rival of the evacuees et

relocetion projects, ar-

range to have the household

end personel effects of e~

vecuees, now in storage

outside of assembly centers,

shipped to them "t the re-

locetion projects.

., All costs -pertain-

ing to such shipments will

be to the account of the

war uelocation Authority.

So. Private automobiles

of evacuees `will not be

included.

* * * KK

EXHIBIT TODAY cent

War nelocation

within a

BLY CENTER

W. C CA. APPROVES

Ted Iwasaki,

S. Shingu, San Fanamura, Tou

Flesh? "irs.

Kekuzo Kawasaki heave been

Committee members,

quarters lest Wednesdey.

Mrs. Iwaseki

THE HEALER

TO BE SHOWN

"The Healer," starring

versatile Mickey rooney and

old-time favorites kKalph

Bellamy and Karen Liorely,

will be shown this Monday

and Tuesday evenings.

There will be 80 minutes

of poignant scenes of "in-

tense human interest based

upon the life of 6 young

country doctor who special-

izes in caring for crippled

children."

`The short for the even-

ing will be "This is Japan."

Blocks . dyes55%. and 5

will attend londay; the re-

2UNIMER Hr)

After a 1 success=

ful sess ou toe easton High

School came toaclose yes-

terday.. The following is

a statement from kr. dd. B.

Levy, Director of Service

Division;

"After completing three

months of regular class-

room instruction, the tea-

chers of the Adult Hduca-

tion School can put aside

the textbooks with the as~

surance that they have fi-

nished euroaconstructive piece

of work, as well as having

done their part in pre-

serving the good morale of

the Center. It has been

no easy task -to carry on

classes day in and day out

through the hot summer

months, but the persever-

ance of .the teachers end

(Continued on page @)

maining residents, Tuesday.

ADVANCE CREW

SIGNUP TOTALS Th

Approximately 111 per-

sons as advance voluntary

workers to leave for the

Relocation Project some-

time inthe future have

been recruited by repre-

sentatives from the United

States Employment Office

on Wednesday `end Thursday

at the Visitors" Booth,

It was revealed that

out of the. 198 workers

asxed for, 68 laborers, (c)

dishwashers " Ocook's help-:

ers and 135 hospital maids

were not sigwed ups.

Nettico.Nacelodt, |

Contributions vor. the

final ...edition.. ofthe...

JOAQUIN must be in by

September 19... .,

convene

ORS APPO!

according

ceived the approval from the Sen Francisco

and live et Blocks

ATURDAY, AUGUST " 1946

TED

NCILTT

NOMINATIONS

Miss Niseo Hirsmoto, Lloya

Heta, Ted Mirikitani and

selected es the SAC Advisory

to the management who re-

WCC A Head-~'

and Miss Hiramoto, the only women repre-

ere both Nisei

"6 and 5,

sentatives,

respectively, The Jatter

. = 1

is a special English-in-

structor.

Sam Funsmura, Nisei, and

Lloyd Shiney," Issei,0x00B0 are

both* From BIOck 1," 0x00B0 waite

Ton. wake y Issei, is living

in BYOCK 6,

eiitics Kawasaki, Issel,

and Frank Mirikitani, Msei,

are from Blocks 8 and 7,

respectively.

The advisory functions

of tne Committee are;

(1) recreation and edu-

cation; (6) health end sani-

tetion;: (3). mess and

lodgings (4) employment and

personnel; (5) religious

and welfsre uctivities; (6)

interior security, (main-.

tenance of good order end

discipline and observance

of Genter .rules and regu-

1e.tiozs).

The former Block nepre-

sentatives now cect ts Block

ponitors, end their duties

Cre toe Cheer roll end To

disseminete news,

CROC HE J, KNITTING

EXHIBIT TODAY

What the Center women

do for their pastiie will

be revedled in today's

knitting (c) and crocheting

exhibit under the supervi-

sion of Agnes Uyesugi and

Mrs. S. Sudow at the idex

Heiase 2 Gel. 20 S Deki,

Suith And Leng is help-

ing by loaning sAeaae

tables and cases to exhibit

the various projects, in-

Cluding sweaters, socks,

doilies, table cloths, bed-

spreads and guilts..-

Center-ites are invited.

Wiy

Sy,

Pere. 2 "i SL JOAQUIN SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1942

vO FOP BOX

EL JOAQUIN

Editor, EL JOAQUIN:

I would like to ask a

momentous question, one

which has been troubling

me for some time, and one

Which is perhaps shared by

all tne Center-ites.

Tt concern that ever

popular personality, the

shining light and moving

spirit of our center, who

brings .Jjoy.. 30.611, our

hearts by his actions, his

meny accomplishments and

his clever antics.

Dear Editor, will. you

enlighten me by answering

this all inportant ques-

tion?

S LETTER OF THE WEEK

Dear J.aA.--

Your. very... intriguing

question and your unbound-

ing interest in our one and

only, the great Pancho, are

sincerely appreciated by

ae res

Lee WMocate.

Pancho the Great, by

reason of his superior phy-

sical development; namely,

his buck teeth which stick

out two inches farther than

anyone else's, can end hes

TERI-FIC- AYSY

STIRTISTICS

7 SAR CY pas

Can the great Pancho (been able to eat an apple

eat an apple through a through and picket fence, We

picket fence? even hink that cent water-

melon would net offer him

Foolis 7 yours, too much trouble,

- Penshe*s Ps

Das ws 9.0.92. One UH.. Ofe@he at if abide or

is.in need of aid, This getas are returned to her

well-known Center-ite went

to brush her teeth last

Wednesday and forgot her

toothbrush in the Block 5

shower room. When she dis-

covered this, she hurried

back but to her great dis-

tress she could not find

her beautiful green tooth-

brush.

She would like to have

it back because (1) it is

such a beautiful green, (2)

it is her favorite tooth-

brush and (3) she wants to

have little getas made of

them,

This resident of 5-95-?

greatly fears that getas

have been made of them ai-

ready. But nevertheless,

she would greatly appre-

home. NO QUESTIONS ASKED!

SUMMER SESSION

OFFICIALLY CLOSED

(Contimved from page 1)

the faithfulness of many

embitious students made it

possible. Some classes,

notably those which had a

late start, will continue

yet for some time.

leaving thi

"Before is

Center all teachers will

de given a letter certify-

ing to the work they have

cone." ae,

Grammer scnool and

Nursery will be continued

next `Tuesday for an ine

atinite period of time

after " one-dey holidsey on

Monday. |

josquinettes. eae

eoveweexperiencec the "wind

and the dust in their hair"

at last Wednesday's plat-

form dence, where about

twenty couples dared the

dust storm and managed to

pull thru gritty but grin-

TY we aece

eeeesvObO Nakamra is at

present at the Tule Lake

relocation Center.....the

popular columnist of the

past Japenese Americen News

dropped our editor " line

{can be teken both weys)..

eosin prrt it read (we

snooped es usuel): "Your

mmeplate is ingeniously

done. Why (c) don*t "I think

of those things? Our pub-

lication director, wr. H.

Cook, hes toldus thst your

"Hl Joequin*(R) -is the: best

center publication. Your

wide command of vocabulary

is expressed in each issue,"

eurss oeeOs joaquinettes,

these pieces of paper aren'

the worst bit you've been

reading..e."we wonder if

youtve noticed the differ-

ent eeuroxpressions on: dear

Pancho's face?.secs

eas a | Rel-

x rticle con-

Tapneraecs

Ame riceen-born

eeuropenese girl met and spoke

returning from

Japan to America. He ask-

ed, "Why are you going to

nerica? You ere a Japan-

ese.' She screamed, `i'm

ari a not only

that, "there* nothing to

eat in Doky yout", enngnote..

eye. sand ~ Rete another

bit we read = dian owalTe?.

"they call one of the gla-

mour femmes the 'appendici-

tus girl't--tne kind thet

gets taken outi". oes. .and

here*'s where we go out too.

INDOOR DANCE

NEXT SAT.

Next Saturday's program

dance is tentetively to be

an indoor dance (Edex Hall)

instead of the past out-

door one, due to the breezy

weather,

Lae

, oe 5 oye

ad tes pareg

An ,all-Imglish Talent

Program is in the pla g

and tentatively slated

Sete ember 5, Saturday af-

ternoon.

SATURDAY,. AUGUST 29, 1942

EL JOAQUIN

"Look forwar

edit on Monday and Tues day.

SHUT-INS

lowing a minor

for an abscesss

EAL

BRIGHT COICRS, ODD HANES

"of cloth--all "

CENTER CINEMA

JACK RANDALL,

ROBINS: CRUSOE'

SEEN THURS.GERI.

The exciting Western,

"Gunsmoke Trail", starring

Jack Randall, was, enjoyed

by Gertemdted on Thursday

and Friday .from 8:15 p.m.

in front and the grandstand.

The movie was concerned

with rescuing the heroine's

property from the clutches

of a greedy. -outlaw. Fast

riding, hard fighting and

a touch of romance were

featured...

~ The ..-additional movie

was "Robinson Crusoe",

n rrated.. by Unele Don. It

told how Crusoe came to be

Stranded..on a desert is-

land, . how he lived for 35

years: first with the com-

panionship. of his dog,

sport, ~then with servant,

Friday,, and how he finally

returned. home.

. Center-ites can now

rd to movies a-+

"? Bd Kamita is confined

in the Center Hospital fol-

operation

. Mrs. Be. Tsudama return-

ed from `the County Hospital

23 `with her 7-lb. baby.

`shoveling gravel,

"and. doing

SaD- FE. PIG, PIG PIG

The noisy dacule of

busy typewriters and the

rings of Tuffy,

the erudite editor, indi-

cated that the Press was at

work as usual. The Hogger,

Slouched overm his tilted

chair, was serenely enjoy-

ing the Sporting Green.

The others lay sprawled on

the table, chair, floor--

on anything sprawlable~-

busy at work.

Kel SUZUKI

THE CENTER'S

UNSUNG HERO

Of slight build of

quiet nature aon

ful philosophy is Mr. Kei-

jiro Suzuki, who is said

to be the Center's "hardest

working man."

Mr. Suzuki, Center-ites,

is the man who daily is

on the roads

numerous other

odd jobs around the grounds.

Not embittered by the

situation in which he finds

iimseif, he uncomplaining-

ly goes .about. his work.

TO top this, last Monday

he contributed 8 dollars

(his whole month's pay) to

the Stockton Red Cros 3S So-

up the ruts

ciety.

fixing

AVALCADE OF HOGS

The Lounger strolled

nonchalantly by, gazed in,

cupped his hands. to the

mouth and shrieked, "TIME

TO BAT!" And he inmmediate-

ly took to his heels in the

econeral direction of Mess 1

Fortunately the experi-

enced Lounger had the fore-

sight to get a head start,

for not a second after the

fatal words. were uttered,

the thundering herd, grunt-

ing and groaning, screaming

and squealing, stampeded

through the door in a rum-

bling crescendo.

They roared down the

stretch and slid to a stop

in front of Mess 1. The

doors were close Alas!

The Press had failed to

note the slmmce tavths eat-

ing schedule.

~MHey,yen chirped the

Squirrelface, "the door is

closed." ?

The Professor raised his

hands. "Obviously," he

announced, "we are late."

At this precise moment

at this specific spot, the

supersensitive nose of the

Hogger twitched. He grunt-

ed and sniffed. -.In fact,

with uplifted schibezete

he began to move, sniffing

and grunting kt eeanbenenne .

(Continue don Page 4)

Mother's crochet three

or Dad's fishing line, glue

or paste, colored or plain

paper, splints. of. wood,

perhaps. color crayons or

paints and lastly, strips

easy enough

to obtain-- and the -result

has been the numerous kites

which are flying over SAC.

The weather is ideal now...

Among the eleverly made

kites is a - huge. biplane

with a wing expanse of 3s

feet, which unceremoniously

hung over the wires at the

Athletic Field (c) Thursday

evening. during a erucial

Trojan-Pirate affair.

Another one is a figure

of a boy in bright colors.

Diamond-shaped ones .are

many. ae

An unusual one is the

double-box kite, decorated

with flaming red tomato

labels

Others are.the ..midget....

kites, kites that. refuse

to take to the air, one

made from three rings and

Square ones

There are two others in

the form of airplanes.

Center-ites, young and

old are indulging in this

latest fad--each attempting

to outdo one another on two

points: (1) uniqueness of

the kite, (2) altitude it

-Rev.

-@ CHRISTIANS

HOLD. FIRST:

BAPTISMAL

The first Baptismal

Service will be held this

Sunday at 1:30 in the Hog

Barn with Rev. Y. Oyama

officiating at the service.

At 2:30 pom. the Adult

Service will be held with

Adj. Hiraharaas the chair-

man. The Communion Service

will be held at 3:30. with

S. K. Hata as the

Speaker.

can climb.

Feel x

Saturday 10:00 a.m.

6:30 Dem.

sunday All day

Monday (Che

8:30 p.m.

7300 Pin

8:30 p.m.

I5us mn `bays

"J Exhibit at Edex Hatl

ss tournament has been cancelled due to

: Outdoor Movies

Crochet and Knitting

Concert of Recordings

Hastern end of Blk. 10

Church Services

conflict of dates)

Outdoor Movies

Bloch' 142,674 0x00B05

Choir practice

Blocks 6, 7, 8 and 9

S FARE

cussing

RAMBLING REPORTER -..

The Rambling Reporter Lefty `a wake

the relative attributes

EL JOAQUIN

of residents dis-

of matrimony when he

went around inquiring, "Under the present circumstances,

do you regard marriage advisable?"

TERRY INOSHITA 0x00B0

too uncertain,"

RALPH TSUTSUI (19):

thing to support a wife.

a divorce after the war."

KEN SAKODA (2

on marriage costs;

three,

and, four, you. know 1

T. HATTORE (63):

the Nisei showid marry.

GEORGE TOMINAGA (24):

T. FUJIOKA

maids.

S, HASHIMOTO (50):

is long; yese

terminant."

GLADYS TOKUNAGA

sent to Arizona.(R)

JIM OUYE (26):

long."

+ Ke TAMURA {41)%

answered offhand,

should marry."

FIVE LADIES OF BLK.

(Fin. Clerk):

In. marry if she'll

~ married):

two, there's no financia

no time waste ed and they can plan Sor and ee,

what kind of a girl she is."

"Tf war lasts fora long time, then

Save money,

"tT refuse to commit myself."

(28), Asstt Cook: "Yes,

A girl over 22-23 years should nin

They can't expect too much."

if war is short,

Age of parties involved is another de-~

"No!

(Cantcen employee):

"Uh-huh -- naturally,

3-53 and 54:

"No. The future is

It doesn! eost any-

eive me

"Yes? One, Cees save

worries;

400.."

for those of age.

or theytll be old

but Tbf it

WYeoed If Dm

if the wer is

"Ttts not a question that could be

put if they are fairly metured, they

"For their best

interests, they should marry if we live in this fashion

for.a long time."

CAVALCADE OF

PORKERS

(Continued from Page 3)

The others, never doubting

the olfactory acumen of the

Hogger, reverently followed

in his footsteps. When

Hogger's nose twitched, it

meant food. But when . he

grunted--HOT DOGS

The Timekeeper a be

6-really isntt! toe dDlame.

They were having a special

party that night for the

Mess 6 diners only, -be-

cause they had been so good

to the Timekceper and the

mess boys.

wanted with all his might

Mess

to keep out' stragglers,

He; "In:~ all "probability,

is a brave man. But, boy,

when he saw that maniacal,,.

starving mob, grunting and

sniffing, following the

twitching nose of the Hogger

come to his mess, HE LET

THEM IN.

What would you do?

RICHARD ARAO OFF

FOR. SANTA ANITA

With a big send-off by

the school -children Mr.

Richard Arao, 8th grade

"teacher, left for. Santa

`Anita Assembly Center to

join his rarents, August 27.

"Chico" Ea Oji-

R RETU KN ADDRESS

FSSENTIAL JACOBS

"Please put your name

and address on the return

address," requested Bert

Jacobs, superintendent of

the Post Office.

-If letters must be re-

turned to Center-ites. for

some reason, it will be

azffi cult to locate them in

case they have already left

for the Relocation Area.

~-o0000--

ESIRABLE?

FROST HEADS

RECORDS. DIV.

LAUDS EMPLOYEES

The Finance and Records

Dept. of this Center has

charge of all inventory

records, timekeeping, per-

sonnel and family records,

and audits monthly inven-

tory reports from the va-

rious divisions to insure

accurate accounting of all

property and the proper

expenditure.

This department is div-

ided into two divisions.

Under Mr. Roland Frost

works Hisako Kittaka, as-

sistant to Mr. Frost, who

with Etsuko Onizuka and

Mabel Miyagishima keep the

family records.

Irene Baba takes charge

of all work assignments.

General clerk end typist

are Chieko Omura and Petty,

Kanagwaye.

Issuance and sales of

coupon Hooks, distribution

and cashing of pay checks

are done by John Gordon,

Center Cashier, with Kimiko

Yabumoto assisting.

From Mr. Frost. comes

these words, "I personally

appreciate deeply the spi-

rit of cooperation of the

workers in the office and

the interest they all take

in their work. The asso-

ciation with them has been

pleasure to me."

nee

Fountain

pens, eye-

glasses children's

Sv reaters, purse (with a

sum of money), and gold

necklace and a string of

broken pearls plus many

In collections

El Joaquin

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Title: El Joaquin, vol. 3, no. 3 (August 29, 1942)
Date: 1942 August 29
Identifier: Vault-289_0027
Description: Newspaper published at Stockton Assembly Center every Wednesday and Saturday from May 30, 1942 to September 28, 1942, featuring columns related to living conditions, activities, sports, events at other camps, the move to Rohwer Incarceration camp in Arkansas, and a cartoon character named Pancho created by art editor George Akimoto.
Genre: Newsletters
Periodicals
Physical description: 6 pages, 14 x 8.5 inches
Publisher: Stockton (Calif.): Stockton Assembly Center
Preferred citation: El Joaquin, vol. 3, no. 3 (August 29, 1942); Vault-289; California Historical Society.
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Topical subject(s): Japanese Americans
World War II--Administration--Wartime Civil Control Administration
World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers
World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Publications
Journalism and media
Named subject(s): United States. Wartime Civil Control Administration
Temporary Assembly Centers--Stockton
Geographical subject(s): Stockton (Calif.)
Collection identifier: Vault-289