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C E N T E R M A N A

POLICIES

STRESSED

This first issue of the

"Mercedian" marks another

point in • the- dovolopnent

of our Assenbljr Center ac­

tivities. It is an

achievement that we arc

all very proud of, and v;e

owe our thanks to the

younc people who have so

enthusiastically given

their tine to this under­

taking, .and v;ho I an sure

vjill publish a paper that

x/ill be of interest and of

great va.luc-,to our connun-

ity.

Merced Center is a city

of almost 5,000 people. ITc

have our ovm city govern­

ment ; we have'the problems

and- the activities of a

normal city, and v;e v;ill

undoubtedly, appreciate

the "Mercedian" as a means

of conveying to the people

of the Center a record of

the events that transpire

from .day to day.

The editorial staff has

an opportunity that few

news editors have that

'is; your ideas, your edi­

torials, and the prepara-'

tion of your nov;3 items

which are not subject to

any restriction of creeds,

politics, or fear of of­

fending advertisers.

Your paper may not be a

large one, but you caA

make it a really good one,

and through your editorial

policies you can be of

service in the betterment

of our. Center*

We' are all wishing you

''good luck.,", and many of

rs will preserve a file of

•'•our issues, so that years

frc.n ncv/ v;e nay rcviev; and

revalue the events of to­

day.

. • ' DEAN V/. M i m i R

. '" - Center Manager

The long-ax/aitod nov;s

the arrival of tho first

baby, a girl, in this

center became a reality on

Tuesday, June 5, 1942, at

6:59 p.m. Tho honor of tho

first mother \."ent to Mrs,

Karuko Agatsuraa of U.G.

The father is a^Kev.hero fRQ^'i^K'To "JJ'.' and the 6t; lb. bab^ is

unnamed as yet, The phy­

sician v.-as Dr. Iriki v;ho

tho credit for

P o p u l a t i o n

Totals ^516

Merced Assembly Center

oachcd a total of 4516 osidonts.

Anong the counties rep­

resented are Marin, Napa,

Yolo, Stanislaus, S. F.j

Merced, Butte, Colusa,

Santa Clara, Sutter, Men­

docino, Alameda, Lake Te­

hama, Siskiyou, Humboldt,

Sacramento and Sonoma.

The largest represented

group in the Center is

Merced.

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IDOCUMEN OEPT.

received I, tho first delivery.

M O N T A N A B O U N D Fifty-six men, seven vjo-

men and t\;o children left

on the southern Pacific,

5:25 p.m., Thursday, for

the sugar beet fields in

Glasgov;, Chinook, and Mal­

ta, Montana.

The \;orkers i/ill be paid

tlio minimum \/age scale as

set bj'' the Federal govern­

ment which is ^10/A for

the first thinning or the

equivalent of 45ff per hr.

V/orkors and -their fami­

lies i;ill be provided

VJould you be interested

to knovT" who lives in the

first ward, first street

and first unit of tho Mer-

|, ccd Assembly Center*?

Our reporter finds the

ward to be a so-called

"Bachelors' Quarters" with

the following men liv­

ing IJobujiro Dan jo, Ilob-

oru Satov;, Ernest Kuranat-

su and Matakichi Minamoto.

Also, vrould the /occu­

pants of the last ward be

of interest to you?

M j . ^cMrs. T. Fujimoto

with 3 cliildren from

Courtland, incidentally,

are the ro.sidents of J-6-

20, the last but not th<c

least. V

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transportation to the a- »y /

rea and back to tho As- M i L L E R L E A V E S .

se.nbly Center or Reloca­

tion Center xjhen the sea­

sonal labor is conploted. Tho sign-u ) was entirelj'

voluntary.

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BUY D U F n r i BOIJDG c STaI.IPS

Center Manager Dean \J,

Miller left for Idaho on

Monday, June 8, v/here he

vjill take up his duties as

tho State Administrator of

the \IPa,

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Docntnents uepuc j:iiy.2iffl5fiDiM •Tnnn f) iq> p

rn 1-.'7^ f

fl

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Published v/eokly at

Merced Assembly Center

••-•nd distribut^'^d v;ithout

ch::r'3;u to every unit,

U.ider supoiTision • of

Oski ??aniwaki.

TLi FOR.'iJiY STAFF Al©.

C()KTHIEi:iT0.9S

Tsugbne- Ak:]ki, ICnncmi 0;io, Thoima ••otabc, Sa- | porhaps it's

y :0 3':ikr'

n a m

> f

^ H*'

0

/man T'"'rakowri

Mary are tho exclana-

tions hoard around the

Center that an individual;

ycu. i;ould

l.iko to manage the can-i Rey TJakatani, Tomoko Yo

I I..:b...;. Sn i-:,'V Tsu;i ihara

pj.ehard'.Ckuca, Jack It'v, ,^.^ ^ .^„_ , ., ^ - , , . ' , o 1 • fit cf §375 daily?

ijcrrame ?Mjimcto. Suki- I ^ . •'

•':cen fc r o:.io day. VJho

\;culdn't v/ith a gross pro-

1 > g j -) *.>/ ;mi

I ShD.zuko ?uknda, Dorotho

\ Clio nid'A-rhie Ohki.

i l^JITGRLYL OFFICE: F-2-2

to buy , items downtown,

but this-, must be within

reason to complj'" with tho

rules sot up by the gover­

ning bf;d3''.

Pioneering in tho can­

teen movement for all cen­

ters, the Merced store

boasts a cashier's desk.

It was originated and de­

signed by Hanilton, Plans,

nov; undera;ay, are to en­

large tho canteen to bet­

ter accomodate custcrters.

Headed by Pred Morincto,

assistant manager, tv/enty

, persons arc employed. v/ard t o - the. ,p^rcha*inq cashiers al-o Lois Morimoto

general' rier^chandisc

SlLTpnont r!X-pO(2tG.di

-jA/r''- • With t.ho coming of hot

V-1. .s--.,.,.'- !V,^<..-V'-v;eother, ice cream and

\ sodn pop top the list of

Cig-rot./iok I merchandise • on sale

! arettep follov; a close

second. •"•'',

Residents' can' look for-.

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Threugh the coopora-

tirn rf the staff members;

adninistrativo offic^ials, and nv-iny others,_ the ini­

tial appearance .-, of the

Center paper,' the • J.lqrced-iar" has boon made pos­

sible.

The policy cf this pa­

per is to publish non-

m.ili":cry nev:s , UCCA ne\;s,

adr,.iinistration o f f i c e

nctices and other types

oT \:cvi3 and announcomonts

which vjill bo of general

in-ioroor. jiid v;liich v/ill

S'ir/e the general v;elfaro

of •;;'ie resident3.

T])is is YCUP. piper if

there are any suggestions,

criticisms or uuostions,

ki.'diy .submit them to the

editorial office.

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qiPL iNJUPlO

Carelessness on the

b '.scba.ll dia>monds took

lbs toll Thursday night

".'hon IV-yca.r-old Toshiko

MatJuda cf Livihgsten was

-'no:;kcd uncenscicus, r •

r.'anc'ing too ' near .the

brt/i'or, she received a

rui. Lb'-'vo the loft eye by

n e'low x.vem a b'av.. '

.Ub'sr i)i~ing uransforrod

to I: a.. :ionoor horpital

Le7or:;a. s;;i.tj}iec I'jore I' c-

u'rs...ry io olese tho

w^ a-Q,

of

with

E6on.. .At pri..so:.t, , te. ac­

comodate evacuees. Ml'. R.

Haniltum, manager, offers

and Florence Kav/aoka.

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ixET 'i M flying:

N L W M E A L T I C K E T S

The problem of feeding

4515 . individuals and

trying to keep etrer ri nai.

satisfied and happy is

ucvi bcii'g ably solved by

Stephen Sclirafin, Mess di­

rector. Ho is assisted by

TTornan Gatov;, executive

chef. Naturally there

are ccnplaints but it is^

hop'ed'-they \7ill be ircned

out in "the near future •

i;hen tho facilities are built.

With tho installation of, 3 bakeries, evacuees

can look ferv/ard to having

pastry included in their

daily diet.'To insure mere

fresh veget.ables', a vege­

table lieuse v;ill bo built

in VJareh( use #11.' Horo

v/orkers ;;ill prepare the

ffjod befcre it is distri­

buted to the moss halls,

F'.ur walk-in ice boxes

Jill l:eop meats and dairy

preducts from spoiling.

Diners will iv longer

be able to oat in any

PPci-iiRiTi;:D

vT. H. 3aclina:\, Chief of

rcllco Stat d onoc no ooA-

erou lights ' •Vi>i'j3o>.vor.

'•re TO b:: uI'-mtI ia. tai£

Cental

riuss hall they please

with , the Issuance cf nev/

neal tickets. These v;ill

be in nine colors, one

ff'r each mess hall, xiith

the individual's nai.io, i-

dcntification number and

tho tine of the noals.

There will bo ne cxcopticn

te this rule and it V7ill

be strictly enforced.

For children under five

years of age and their

nothors and people v/ith

special diets, meals v;ill

bo served in ness hall G.

Positive instructions

}iavc been issued to each

crew to serve seconds and

thirds, if necessary, so

don't be bashful. Approximately 400 are

enplcyod in the Mess and Lodging division. There are 11 crev/s, one for each of the 10 moss halls plUs a So-called roving

crew, x;hich is being temp­

orarily retained in order

to give \;orkors a rest.

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WANT TOi-iaP?

Kitchen helpers arc

nooocd, so stated lEr.

Uoodsido, diroctor of ser­vice,

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"'^""'b^ ifeRCEDIAl^ .JuP.C^,9, 1942

F l S T D A F l C " E " P R O y t S S U C C E S S b ( » k v a r i e t i e s

The dc.nce lovers

thered 400•strong to fill

Administration Bide.

making

a suc-

the

on Sat., May 30,

the first dance

cessful event.

Although enthused with

anticipation, the crovrd

was lauded for their or -

A T f E > J T [ c 5 - r J I

M U S i C L O V E R S Music director, M.gyne

Kishi, announced that rog-

ular choral, band, orches­

tra and sti.idio pro ct ices

arc being held tvjice a

week. All those interested

derly conduct by thee should see the schedule in

adninis.trative officials.

,. Charles Kamayatsu,. Dir­

ector of Special Events',

who conducted the dansant,

stat,ed that the. local can­

tor officials consented

to future • similar affairs

due to the initial suc­

cess.

- The talent perfoniiances

during the intermission

were by Chidori Shiotani,

vocalist; Hideo Fukugav;a,

accordion solo; Ben Kur-

aya, trumpeter; and Kaiaa-

yatsu, monologue. ';

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V/ahted; Musicians

1 clarinet, 2 trxjmpet,

3 guitar, 3 violin, 3

piano and 2 ..trombone

players. M l those Inter­

ested report at Recreation

Hall on Tuesday, Thursday,

Fri. , and Sunday from 7-

9:P 0 p.m.

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tho Recrertion Office,"

Attempts to organize a

harmonic.'^ band are being

made. All those inter­

ested arc requested to re­

port to Mayne ICLshi ct

A-3-9.

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A C K N O V J L E U G E M E N T I

0;.ir sine a re ppr:.c-i iot'ion should be ' given

te R. G-.. Mitchell, w ho

•heads the Recreation Dr-

.partnent, Vtorking from

.practically nothing, he

.now has • the library,

newspaper, roligioh,' ed-

•ucation,recruatiOn, nur­

sery departments, and o-

thor special events in

operatien.

H

P , R E N ' d R 3 E P Y S C H O O l ,

U K D E R W A Y Starting from scratch,

the pro-nursery school,

under the supervision of

A N r.,> 1 C Fv A r r h A N S • " ^ ^ Tako^ura has an ' • ;\ 1 onrollmont of fifty chil-

P i x A S E . N o T e .

Instructor Lydia Tanji

rCQUCijts that all inter­

ested in . noking toy ins­

truments report, daily at

9 a.m.- at Ward A,' Recre-

.atiqn-.B.i.dg-. ,;-'2.

; -Vioodoraft will .be start-

•••ed in tJ-.c near future. Needlccraft classes for

children bet\;een the ages

01 P' to IG are boing or­

ganized.

LyTT^I^TION—HERCULES I

/::iyonc interacted. in

weight lifting contact

James Tcnji at A-3-.5,c

drcn. Classes arc conduc-

*tod from 9-11 a.m... and 3-

,5 p.m. for children from

. 3-5 3'-cars of -gc.

Schools have begun in

Wards' A, B, C and D end

others '/.'ill bo started

within tho j'.'cck. The cTiil-

dren pl^y inactive rnd ac­

tive 'gaj.nos, are enter­

tained, arc told stories,

rjid sing," "

.'-•'.The, i •,Livingston church

-group 'contributed books to

the. Nursery school, Assis-

.tent terchrrs arc Mrs. R.

Takahashi,. Yacko Shimada,

]\/Irs. M.. HoGhino, Eijaa No-

giichi and', T^Jify Kao Mura-

B i S ^ S e

Do jovi want to know of

profitable and pleasurable

v.'ay to spend your summer?

Come an-d visit your libra­

ry open for your use in

Vfcrd B-1, Do you want a book for

your whimsitr^l m o o d — — f o r serious or thought-provok­

ing moments, or -entertain­

ment for you and your

children. There are .our

comic strips, "magazines

and novels, • • • • For jroTar-hot-suimricr days

come ana enjoy our mystery

novels-. For tho smaller-children

there rre colorful animal books, • •"and"-what- child

doesn't enjoy "Little Red

Riding Hood?" . - - •

The library group wishes to thank-the ' residents of

the center and friends for

the cooperative nnd-vail­

ing hglp, ' -Tliis is your •• library,

for you have -nelpca to

"make it possible* It is

yours to benefit and en­

joy'. ' ' Wat6h -the bulletin

boards for the announce­

ment of the- opening day.

GettingMarried f Have you found that cer-

' tain boyfriend or girl-

'• friond, aS' the case may

••'be? If 30, and your in­

tentions' are toward the

m.atrimonial field, you

vrill be interested to

know how you • can be to-

.gcthcr permanently.

First, you apply to the

ward representative who

" reports 'to tho Center

• manager. Then a permit

is obtained so you -may go'

and register at the Mer­

ced County courthouse. A

medical examination is

given in accordance with

a oualifiod minister of­

ficiating. •. ..V

New name suggestions for

this paper are welcome at

F-2-2.''

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Church Services

AMixIOUNCED

BUDffllST

Thurs. 8 p.m'. adults

Fri. 9-10 a.m. SSfor

11 years and under

10-11 a.m. SS for

11 years and over

Sun, 8-10 p.m. Young

People's Services

Rev, Yonemura in charge.

Piece: Recreation Hall

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST

Wed, 8 p.m. Prayer meet-

,.. ing.^ct G-5-1, .

Fri, I'O'min..before sun­

set; 'ydspei" Service at

G-5>-l. :

Sat.-i' ^-S a.m« Sabbath

9 a.m. Church ser­

vice at Roc, Hall.

Everyday 3 p.m. Bible

study class at G-5-1.

PROTESTi^lT

Wed. 8:30 p*m. Prayer Meet at Recreation Hall

Fri, 8:30 p.m. Young

People's Meeting

Sun. 8:^5 a.m^ Sunday

School; Kazuo Masuda

10 a.m. Adult Uorship

2 p.m. Young People's

Rev, Pi-.tsch in charge.

Place: Recreation Hall

TI- E MERCEDIAN June 9, 1942

SH'IERGENCY RULES

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CATHOLIC •

— 7 - 8 a.m. Services,

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Because of the many

doubts and fears in. this

community concerning is­

olation cases, such- as

measles and mumps, D^^ VJ

K. Iriki announced that

the following procedure

should be applied.

If a case is suspected,

the patient is to bo kept

at home while someone is

sent to the Emergency Unit

of the hospital to report

the case to the secretary

in charge. ,.In the mean­

time, -people,' especially

children, should be kept

out of the sick room.

Dr*. Iriki emphasized the

faqt of not bringing sus­

pected cases to the hos­

pital since bringing them

will only contaminate tho

hospitaJ. and ondangbr o-

tl^er children. ' '\'

GRADUATION EXERCISES

Plans for exorcises for

elementary, high school,

junior college and univer­

sity graduates arc being

formulated under the su­

pervision of Dr. Toromi.

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WARD OFFiCERS

The follov'/ing arc the

temporary representatives

of their respective vjcrds:

A--Masac V/. Hoshino

B—Sabiiro Cujow

C—Tsunco Iv;ata

D — S a m Kuv;ahara

E--»Henry Shimizu

F—George Otani*

6t-James NakaAura

H--Gcorgc K. Matsumura

I—Yorio /oki

J--Fred y^rimoto

Manager Dean Miller has

appointed Dr. Higaki as

Commissioner of welfare

and Jack;Noda as Commis­

sioner of scrviCG, moss &

lodging and safety.

F l a g C e r e m o n i e s

Memorial Day Services

vjcTC held at the baseball

park before a "huge, col­

orful gathering of 4,000

people. The program o-

poncd with the "P]_e'dge

of Allegiance to the Flag"

cjid was follovfcd by tho

Reverend's Invocation.

The crowd sang the "Star

Spangled Banner."' Several

choral numbers were sung

.and tho introduction of

the administrative staff

took place." ' ' ' .

The program was high- .

lighted 'vjhcii: Asst. Cfetei*

Manager, Iir. Harry Black,

delivered Manager Dean W,

Miller's message,

.,Dr. M. " Higaki, "coramis-

sioher of Welfare, del­

ivered a message. The huge

crowd then sang "God bless

/jnerica," and the services

were appropriately closed

by the Boy Scouts' blowing

of' taps, :

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CHANGE ADDRESS

Men registered under the

Draft Act should send

their change of address to

their local draft board. .. ,v —

GIRLS' Come out and get

th.at sunkist-tan. Here''s

your chance-*-—sign up for

sports at 9:30 a.m. Tues.

in Recreation Bldg.

F i r e m e n W / T H O U T

A Fire Truck..

Fire Chief Vern Stock­

holm requests that resi­

dents refrain from taking

lids off the barrels of

vjatcr placed at various

points and peering in to

see if anything is there.

The water is chemically

treated against mosqui­

toes. In case of fire, notify

tho Fire department im­

mediately as the instal­

lation of a phono system

has not yet been complc- *

ted. Large gatherings at

the scene of the fire is

forbidden. <' At present, twelve reg­

ular Japanese firemen in

addition to thirty more

volunteors.' 'compose the.,

fire 'dcpt i Leonard V.?aync •

and Henry Christiansen

are the assistant fire

chiefs,

'Arrival^ of a firq.truck

is expected any day, Mcan-

vjhile, the fir^cmcn arc at-

tonding training classes

daily. Above ,all, coop­

eration with the Fire de­

partment is requested for

safety and protection.

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30 Policemen

Chief of Police, George

Miyoma, announced that tho

police force is composed

.of 28 policemen and tvro

•sergeants. A secretary

"and messonger boy, arc in

•the po li CO department.

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BADGE LETTERS

The number and letters

on the badges and buttons

seem • t.p puzzle everyone

so hero are the solutions:

Number applies to your

family; for example, your

family vjas the tenth to

enter this Center, then

your badge number would

be ten. The letter fol-

lov/ing the number applies

to your position in the

family.

Tho following letters

arc: F for Finance; S for

Supply; W for Works; R

for Service, Recreation,

and Education; and M for

Moss, and Lodging.

June 9, 1942 THU IC^lCEDLUT Page 5

H O T T U S S L f S S F T F O R T W i L i G H T T I T L E

0

The newly acquired ball

park will be the scene of

the Tvalight Softball Lea­

gues now under fornation.

Recreation leader. Goo,

Eav;aoka, stated that there

will - probably bo tho

American.National, Junior,

Girls', Industrial, and

Mess H'lll Leagues.

There will be nightly

contests . with double-

headers on both the No. 1

(North end of the ball

park), and the No. 2

(South end of ball park)

diancnds), .. ,v —

o I S G F T B A L L L E A G u e

^Ul games.must start on tine. Players eat at first

ness. First gor.io 6:15 p.m. Second gone 7:30 p.n.

DI.iI;X)ND //I ' . , DI.^'IOND ij2

I.:CiroAY, Juno 8 Home team - Hone toan

Liv. A vs Colusa A Yub-i City A vs Seb. A

Mod. B v s W . G . B ' • • Recreation vs M m i n .

TUESDAY, June 9 \/ood. A vs W.G. A Turlock A vs Cortoz A Colusa (girls) vs Liv.-

Cortez (girls) Fire Dept. vs Trans.

Mod. A vs S.R. A

Uood. B vs Sub. B

o r R A S T O P O L O p u E G

Walnut Grove

The Sebastopol horso-

hidors dov/ned V/alnut Grove

9-1, Sun., May 31, in the opening game in tho new

local ball park before a

crowd •:.f young and old, filling the grandstand and

bleachers. Before the game, a ded­

ication of the newly al­

lotted ball field was per­

formed with pitcher, H.

L. Black, in rare form zipping the,'first pitched

bail of the season 5'

high 'n wide cf the plate.

Three more similar pit­

ches followed, which Dr.'

Higaki managed to stop

with various sections of

his massive anatomj'. Hox;-

ever, umpire Richard Mit­

chell called slugger W. H.

E^chman -cut for not at­

tempting to hit. In trimming IJalnut Grove

Frank Kav;aoka pitched a

five-hit game, vriiile his

victorious teammates col­

lected eleven bingles

from . ci V/atanabc, Ilasuda,

and Tobu Kinura. Tom

Shinasu, Tosh Shimizu and

James Kubdchi led tho Seb­

astopol hit parade by ac­

counting for seven hits

among then.

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FRIENDS

COLi; OLT TO THE

BAIL GAME

IffiDICSDAY, June 10 Merced A vs Chico A

, Carpenter vs Infornation

ThUTSDAY, June 11 , Yuba City B -"-s Col. 3 Canteen vs Sanitation

Yuba'City vs Mod. (girls) Sob. vs 'J.G. (Girls)

FRID-VY, June 12 "

Cel. A -VW Sob. \ ^^^^^ ^^^"' ' '' ^^^' ' l/'.G. B vs Seb. B

SA'fOiarxY- -~une 13 Admin, vs C irpenters

Trans, vs Recreation „ o -u („^^^r.\ ^ ^ rr -u I • 1 \ Mod. vs Sub. (girls)

Liv.-Cortoz vs Yub-u girl

Wirohnuso VS Polic;^

The Merced Center Ol^'n-

pics has been sot for Sat,

Juno 13. Shorties will be

on parade with lads and.

lassies displaying leg ta­

lents. ' -• " ' The track-fcst is plan­

ned as an all d.-.y affair

witlr competitions in the

A, B, C • and the girls'

division. Contestants in

the B, class will be under

tho 125 lbs. xjcight limit

and under 100 lbs; will be

classed as C. The .v girls'

class will bo froe of

weight limitations.

The program will be

planned 'ind posted at Re­

creation Office F-2-2.

BATTLE OF THE CEimjRY

JiC): N'"!da cIi illenges

anyone to a •iH'cstling

natch in tho fly weight

division.

P. S.—E. A. Woodsido

accepted tho challeggc te

vrrestle Jack Noda anytime.

ST/IILES COST NOTHING

TWILIGHT LE/vGUE Included in this league

are Livingston, Colusa,

Sebastopol, Cortoz, Wood­

land, Walnut Grove, Yuba City, Turlock, Modesto,

S.inta Rcs:i and Chico.

"B" SCFTB.\LL LE^-iGUE

"B" League j ^ m m ^ ^ n ,

Colusa, Yuba City, Sebas­

topol, V/oodland, Modesto

and IJalnut Grove.

GIRIi3' SOFTB.\LL LEAGUE The girls' team is con-

posed c f Colusa, Uiving-ston-Cortez, Yube City, r.odestc, Sebastopol and Walnut Grove.

IJTDUSTRIi'iL LHIAGUE

The Industrial league

consists of nenbers of the

recreation, fire,trucking,

postal, c 'rpenter, inforn-

;',tion, tinekeeper and

police departnonts.

There arc 10 moss halls

\jhich constitute a Mess

Hall League.

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LET'S PLaY 3.-\LL

logo G THE r,a]RCEDIi\lI . un'. 1942

i J G H l S o u t / & -TEN C0IE.:i\NI3 lEI^TS 1

1 go over the

P A M n r C Q ' [ Q O

"Be prepared for b]ack-

cuts" says Cbief of-police

W.H. Bachnan. V.Tien a ser­

ies of short toots for an

inter^'^al of two minutes

emxarates from the Merced

city siren, it is the in­

dication of ar official

city-v/ide and center-v;ide

blackout.

.At this time the main

switch of the Center will

be pulled and the entire

carip darkened. All resi­

dents must extinguish

their lights, candles and

any other source of light.

Any pnrson caa.ght out st­

rolling when the signal

begins must go into the

necnrest building or bar­

rack for shelter.

V'/liSn the siren toots

begin, the Center police

and the Military police

ivill make a check-up and

then they, too, will tak.e

shelter. As soon as the

lights go on again, It

vjill mean that the black­

out is official]y over.

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DOF'^

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N G P l f l f f

Residents of the center

are aaked not to converse

, v;ith- aentrios posted in

the towers. Army regul­ations forbid guards on

duty tc talk unless exe­

cuting orders.

Four more barbed v;ires

VJill be nailed to the

poats to prevent small

children from crawling

through, according to Dean

Miller, center manager. Persons are also asked

not to walk in the narrovj

spaces between the bar­

racks and tbe fence due.

to the hazards involved.

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D R A r T N t W S

Those receiving select-.

ive service questionnaires

arc aaked to fill thorn out

with the aid of their v;ard

representatives.

They are to bo notarized

it the Mninistration

Ejilding. The Center of­

ficials v;ill m.ail the

. i\l.':-r'.Kr! to the proaer

oaahoritles.

Dor'T

fence. • --

2. DOL''T speak to , fire

•watclinen or sontries.

3. DOT^'f gamble, -o/iny kind

of g'u.ies involving any

rioney is considered

gambling. If arrested,,

you "/ill bo prcaecuted

to tiK' full e:r.tent of

the California State

Gambling Lavj.

4. DOI^'T enter the grand­

stand except during the

official ganns. No

smoking. Keep off the

een.

T go on the other

side of the former

fence after the grand­

stand is lighted in the

evening.

6. DON'T v/alk . on the st-

. reet; use sidei/alk.

7. DON'T play on center

sqr.arc on Sunday be.-

• tvfcen 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

8. DON'T dinturb your

neighbors aftar 10 p.n.

. .Bo quiet'. wT. DON'T

IVAITT a CTrRK:U! !

9. DON'T use any vacant a-

partncntrj for anything

except ;.'ith official

parmission.

10.DON'T scatter paper or

rubbish around. Clean­

liness and sanitation

is for your ov;n. good.

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E L l C T R I C I A N S

Recently there has been

too many ifuso blov;-outs

•v/ith electric irons ,' sto­

ves, and heaters overload­

ing oji.o lines. Due to the.

dangers cf fire caused by

the overheated pov/crlines.

Electricians Fred Hashi­

moto, Franklin 'Okuda and

Fumio Sako request that

not mere than one appli­

ance be used at one tine.

They also request the

users to trj'" to cooperate

viith their neighbors as to

the time of usage. If any

electrical trouble should

occur, report at once.to

tiic local Information Of­

fice or to the Police.

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Furniture made by the

Center carpenters v;ill be

distributed to every unit

as soon as they are com­

pleted. One table and 2

benches each are nov; being

issued.

Making of screen doors,

dresaers and shelves v/ill

soon be undori/ay. Furni­

ture for the Recreation

dopartm.ont i:ill also be

built. Remode].ling of the

mess halls vras completed

Thursday.

y I S I T I N G R U L E S F O P E H I E N D S

A visiting room haa been

constructed at the v/est

end of the. administration

building. The follov/ing

r.jgulutions will govern

visitors:

Viaiting h r s . — 8 a.n:5p.m.

1. All visitors must

report to the information'

official at the adminis-•

tration office, and enter

their name and the name of

the -n^rson or :ier.aons they

wiah to 5:oe in a perman­

ent record. Tliis official

\'/ill.thon refer then to

the reception room i/horc

the intorviex; may be con­

ploted.

3. The inforrvition of-.

ficial will give then a '

noto to the information

clerk,- i/hq ia siGP.ated in

tan reception roon. au­

thorizing the intervicv/.

4. The information of­

ficial will make the nec­

essary arrangonents for

notifying the Japanese

resident or residents that

a visitor or visitors are

in the reception roon.

5. The time the visitor

or visitors report in and

out shall be a matter of

record, and shall be en­

tered by the information

official in his daily re­

cord of such visits.

Ci. Visitors, cars and

trucks'\7ill not be allov/ed

to go into the center, un­

less accompanied by a mem-

btir of the adninistrativo

staff and the visit au­

thorised by one Center

Manager, or his authorized

reprasontative, or by the

aathority of an official

pars issued by tho Center

I:anagcr.

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I S S E I B E G I N

f)CT!l/iTES

Under the supervision

of Dr. Terami, tho Center

educational program is

uadcn;ay v/ith adult Eng-

li sh classes being con­

ducted daily from 2-4 p.m.

in Recreational Bldg. //I.

Isseis interested in

either the beginner's or

advanced group are asked

to register v/ith Miyo Ma­

suda, instructor.

Classes aro also boing

planned for all age groups

and x/ill begin Monday.

Leaders and their de­

partments are as follov/s:

T. Ogata, A-5-4, leader

of the issei recreation.

Takano, D-2-19, head: of

Men's department,

Mrs. Takamatsu, H-1-27,

head of v/omcn's dept.,

knitting and sewing. '

Mr. Sak'imoto, G-2-11,

sumo, jiu jitsu, yav/ara

and gardening. [

Mjc. r.oboyashi, D-:l-2,

table gomes, "go," "sHogi"

mah jong, and hano fuda.

Dr. Terarai, J-6-10, ed­

ucation, lectures and sto-

r:' tolling,

I!r. Kamayatsu, D-5-4,

special events and talent

nights,

Vxr, Takamura, h

•school,

, I lr. Morishita,

odori and music,

Mrs. I. lino,

sewing. ...... ;

A,horseshoe ..pit v/ill be

developed for use 'by issei

members.

Talent • shov/s ,. and ;

munity singing-—yre .;

ing planned. ; •

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D-2-11

C-6-9,

WCCA _ N E ^

I v.all do my

to God and

On mj' honor

best

To do my duty

my country,

And to obey the Scout L av/

To help other people at

all times;

To ]:oep myself physically

strong, mentally ai/ake

and morally straight.

Mikio Fujimoto, scouter

of ti/enty years' standing

.and holder of a Scoutm'i.s-

ter.'s Key, is at the helm

of all scout activities.

Six ti'o.pps arc already

functioning- in meetings, drills and tests; - and in

spite of the "handicaps

caused by limited facil­ities, carrying on as in

former da;^s.

Scouts from various

communities represented

in the ,•' Center have ' -been

drafted tu serve as

directors. Headed by Fuj­

imoto', tho leaders . are

Jim Miyano, George fash-•

iro,'Geo. Fujita, Koc Yo-shida, Bob luouye, Min

Yenokide, Ed Tokunaga, Kay Mntsuhiro, Sam Nakano,'

Sug Abura.no, Henry Fujita

a.nd Aki YwShimura.

Cubbing plans are also

boing considered, and in

time activities will be

underway for boys bct;/ecn

the ages' of 9 to 1^. Ta­

keshi Date has been ap­

pointed in charge of this

branch of the scouting.

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Persons intorcsted in

soiling their farm. '• oquipv

. ijient are asked to watch

information-- booth ..bullet­

in boards. A roprosenta-

tivo from the VJar: Rela­

tions Board will be' in and

out during the •month to

confer v/ith the; parties.

The: government is offering

to buy at a fair price,

CH!IDP.[]JIrALLY'

All children from.G yrs.

and oyer will •meet at, the

Cantor Square, V/od. 9 a.m.

for '-.sscmbly prior to en-

•'tcring .different classes,

according to Dr. Terami.

HIC: Ycur.h-iir is a sigliti

A2\C. that' s grtmnd for

. ; d^ivorce,^ .. . •

SHE: You don' t • ...es^ctly

. look like 'Syt<jno Po-

,- • \T®r yourself, ...

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Action is boing taken to

buy onuinnent for a rro-

Registration is slated to start imm-odiatcly. Boy

Scouts- of America v/ill bo

responsible for the rais­

ing and loi/cring of tho

colors at tho Center fiag • polo.

The Stars and Stripes

v/ill'be unfurled at 6:15

•a.m.. and Retreat villi be

held at 5. p.m. Residents

are urged- to -participate in the ceromonies.

Emergency first aid

classes v/ill be held in

the near future for advanced scouts.

All thoughts and action

v/ill be directed to one

goal -GOOD: SCOUTS FOR

BETTER CITIZEPI5 OF TOMOR-R0"i7.

The.Boy Scouts have vol­

unteered tc assist in the

circulation of the nov/s.

GIRLS' SCOUTS

Under the leadership of

Terry Mao Murakami, the

Girl Scout is being or­

ganized. Thus far about

57 •-members have enrolled

v.'ho have divided into 3

patrols.

At present Girl Scouts

have organized a base-'

ball te:;im and thoy are

challenging any opponent.

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STILLAVAILABLE

Jobs are still available

for tho'so desiring v/ork,.

according tc Dwight Dar-

rov/, cidof of personal ac-

coun-ts. Applicants aro

asked to register v/ith

heir x/ard , represent-.

ativGS..' At present ovoif

00 p'ersons arc-' employed.

•VJorkcrs will be paid by,

checks monthly, under the

foliov/ing classifications;

U, ur.skilled, $8; S,

skilled, 012; P, profes-

sicmal and technical, $16.

A ^ank representa.tive \/ill

bo in the administration

building to cash checks,

COMING.^

LOOK

•rJEK'S

fori;ard to next

person/u^ity gol-

poood b irbur r.hop

located in F--2,

to be mil ICi^XT^ING DR. HIGiUO:.

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