Poston Press Bulletin, Volume 4 #16-20
Volume 4, #16: Sept. 13, 1942
Page 1: Chow mein may be served soon; block managers urged to promote planting of vegetables now; carpenters return; chairs for schools to be home built; Matsumoto leaves for St. Louis.
Page 2: Editorial; drama group holds initial discussion.
Page 3: People favor, head approves cooperative.
Page 4: Article continues; bond sales here for August revealed; leveling work to start for Poston III.
Page 5: Take care of your eyes; birth; library receives encyclopedia; cucumbers grow at block 19; nursery has educational tour; adobe to be made at plant 1-a; block gardeners get flower seeds.
Page 6: Post office moves to administration block; Poston 2 council to meet; Christian church choir to make its debut; apiary project here; Y.B.A. scheduled to meet Tuesday night; record party enjoyed; Buddhist choir practice to begin; clubroom for women; lost department; high school age girls organize club.
Page 7: Poston III keeping posted; girls junior club; police-maintenance picnic postponed; Santa Anita paychecks arrive; maintenance department offers services; Buddhist Sunday school teachers meet; record crowd at singspiration; go club planned; shinbei program; new girls council member; death.
Page 8: Magazine section:The meaning of umbrella; open air theater.
Page 9: Knitting and crocheting clinic; girl judoist; notice; talk about legs; personally speaking; junior matrons club; something new.
Page 10: Beauty on the Desert; feminine touch column; fashion; cartoon.
Pages 11, 12: Sports.
Pages 13-18: Cartoons/comics.
Volume 4, #17: Sept. 15, 1942
Page 1: Poston 2 resident, aged 55, disappears; Poston county fair postponed; Maryknoll father here for Catholic mass meeting; headline excerpts from Pacific Citizen; 350 air coolers available; a revised procedure.
Page 2: Editorials; preparation made for school opening in Poston 3.
Page 3: Issei advisors to Poston 2 council to be chosen by discretion of individual blocks; women to get clothes from order houses; in appreciation; sports; unit 2 Wednesday show; PC sites bulletin as having more news per sq. inch than others; editorial continued.
Page 4: Shoe repairing equipment due; post office flooded with catalogs; girls' glee club meets Saturday; farmers work hard in attempt to save cucumber plot from pest; more pants, jackets, hats issued; Buddhist group forms new club.
Page 5: Music lovers enjoy first recorded musical concert; unit 2 temporary council appoints various committees to aid in departmental program; Poston I talent may parade at Cottonwood; rec. units meets Wednesday; YBA songfest.
Page 6: Poston 3: Keeping posted column; classical music program offered; church social; co-op leaders' course; sewing department; friend of Japanese visits Poston III; outside jobs offered in Eastern states.
Pages 7, 8: Sports.
Volume 4, #18: Sept. 16, 1942
Page 1: Rec. departments to get appropriation from community enterprises; Poston residents may not work outside of center; Issei talent entertains Poston III.
Page 2: Editorial; urgent need for cotton pickers; recruits for harvest season sought from page 1.
Page 3: Mathieson walks on crutches; starlight symphony; officers initiated at Y.B.A. social; pick up packages from post office; notices; what America is listening to.
Page 4: Vegetable seeds ready for winter planting; new girls club meet Monday night; water available for 24-hour service; Tri-S club holds first business meeting; plants to beautify ad area made and approved; cathedral choir to hold rehearsals; block 221 holds social dance.
Page 5: Poston III asked to participate in county fair; dieticians meet; Poston III to nominate six more councilmen; Bible school essay contest open; Jean Furuta honored; lessons on ukeleles offered; new shed slated for Poston III; medical clinic.
Page 6: Sports.
Volume 4, #19: Sept. 17, 1942
Page 1: Councilmen sworn in by project head; body of missing man found by searchers; new contingents to leave Friday for harvest work.
Page 2: Registration for high school students to complete this week; candidates for Issei advisory board to be elected in Poston I; Poston III drama club picks temporary head; Poston III church fetes founding with social; want ad; legal dept. opens at Unit III ad building.
Page 3: The crowd in the night; editorial.
Page 4: Victim of appendicitis now recovering; water shut-off notice; knitting and crocheting schedules; installation ceremonies at Buddhist temple; at the main canteen; court notice; new residents; brief bits.
Page 5: Five point major work program sponsored by Red Cross underway; young people enjoy singspiration; 210 block to become high school campus; Y.B.A. songfest held before seiten service; Miss Kodani recovering from operation; police dept. has 'T' sport shirts; valuables found near and around block 222.
Page 6: Bon-odori plans underway; wedding bells; weiner roast held; music hour presented; boys' club activities; handicraft lessons.
Page 7: Sports.
Page 8: WRA to help evacuees in property problems.
Pages 9-12: Documents related to the city's profit and loss statement.
Volume 4, #20: Sept. 18, 1942
Page 1: Wade Head addresses block managers; Red Cross classes to begin soon; notice to 'former' producemen, farmers; eleven leave Poston III for Idaho celery field.
Page 2: Sports articles; block 42 gets date palms; Boy Scouts to meet tonight; correction; meal tickets issued.
Page 3: Editorials.
Page 4: Planting program speeded up; birth; legal dept. now at new quarters; home-made ice cream in Nov.; progress of hospital commended.
Page 5: Agriculture center planned for Poston II of adobe structure; dance tonight; Buddhist ohigan service; kitchens to be used for socials; post office report given; swimmers wanted to represent Poston 2; note of appreciation.
Page 6: Poston 3: Credit union explained; junior girls party; Red Cross to be organized; singspiration will feature colleges night; block managers study new plans for leveling; couple married in Buddhist ceremony; college study possible; want ad; final rites.
Page 7: Sports.
Page 8: Adventures of an imperfect cub; Poston III lumber released today; sports.
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