Poston Press Bulletin Volume 5 #11-17
Bulletin #11, Oct. 17, 1942
Page 1: Queen of county fair selected; unit 2 labor board convenes; coronation ball held at unit 1; YBA president suffers leg injury; contracts for harvest work still open.
Page 2: Pony rides at county fair; boxing matches; donation of books appreciated; planting at hospital front; baggages lost; Sunday religious services; more sports.
Page 3: Employment office announces more contracts for beet-cotton work; adult English evening classes; unit 2 sports; United Christian services; Buddhist services; fair transportation for unit 2.
Page 4: Unit 3 sports; lumber for 100 desks arrives; 326 first to hold block weiner bake; uke, hula classes to collaborate; final call for sugar beet workers; Poston 3 to get 60 garbage cans; difficulties of buying supplies explained.
Page 5: Corrected entertainment and sports program schedule.
Bulletin #12, Oct. 18, 1942
Page 1: Fair moves into second day; YWCA leaders to speak on working conditions in Denver; 18-year-old lad is victim of hit and run in Poston 3; sports time schedule.
Page 2: Friends on the outside continue to help keep morale of Postonians high; units 2 and 3 to hold join first aid instructors meeting; unit 2 shoe repair shop will open for business; artificial flower making classes start; applicants may still sign contracts for beet work; vaccinated residents must report for check-up.
Page 3: Feminine Touch: Roving Reporter; eating is my problem; cartoon.
Page 4: Unit 3 sports; fire dept. called to extinguish blaze; co-op elects delegates; S,S, program discussed; teachers participate at singspiration.
Pages 5-8: Comic section.
Bulletin #13, Oct. 20, 1942
Page 1: Action advised for agriculture; Poston fair draws to an end; instructors course.
Page 2: Was it a dream? Oh, no; police dept. news; interesting sights at the fair; fashion show; coolers for sale; unit 3 sports; Poston 3 people visit county fair.
Page 3: Contraband?; editorial.
Page 4: Fair practice chairman appointed; cathedral choir to hold special rehearsal; singspiration; lost; YBA Seiten services tonight; 500 cotton mattresses arrive; Boy Scout council; dog lost.
Bulletin #14, Oct. 21, 1942
Page 1: Trust fund to be created; Nisei soldiers may visit center; Poston II community council encourages cooperative endeavors; Poston I will form a fair practice group; cotton picking pay.
Page 2: Yuri Sugimoto big cog in success of fair; tribute to residents; fair body to meet.
Page 3: Cotton crop imperiled, needs workers; teachers to be honored by parents; industrial films draws crowd of 3000; supplies, equipment to be pro-rated; fair practice group cont.
Page 4: Resume of Poston fair; letters will be sent to Japan by local Red Cross chapter; grapes added to agricultural project.
Page 5: Resume cont.; Japanese officer bids reporters to tell his brothers that USA is a great country; Poston county fair gold trophy awards.
Page 6: Public warned against taking govt. property; symphony orchestra to be formed; Keeping Posted; deadline set for entries; Club Activities; adobe oven planned; shorthand meeting is scheduled; eight are Colorado bound; linoleum arrives.
Page 7: Council approves periodical inspection of all foodstuffs; former Watsonville residents please note; more volunteers leave for outside employ; 'Feet First' starring Harold Llyod to be featured tonight; lost; at the canteen stores.
Page 8: Delegates in cooperative congress revealed; extra copies printed; stork visits; wedding; no irrigation water; 'Maizie' receives ovation.
Pages 9, 10: Sports.
Bulletin #15, Oct. 22, 1942
Page 1: Poston symphony orchestra anticipated; instructors receive training; earthquake; dental project established in Poston III.
Page 2: New head steward; bean contest winners announced; beans plus water = sprouts; English classes for Issei, Nisei and Keibi planned; absentee ballots; Christmas is coming; symphony orchestra cont.
Page 3: Maixie; editorial.
Page 4: What's buzzin' for today; automobile donated to hospital; payroll finally rolls here; birth notice; poisonous reptile caught; bridge; marriage; editor's dilemma.
Page 5: Unit 2 musicians to meet at music hall for transport to unit I; Christian church to hold dedication service; light voting and interest shown in election of co-op congress; national YBA gavel presented to new Poston Bussei president; Shibai to entertain Poston 2; heating stoves will be installed; weekly singspiration enjoyed; bids on sale for Harvest dance; attention: Buddhist S.S. teachers.
Page 6: School lunch room opens; former Poston Nisei arrives in Philadelphia; earthquake; devotional service slated; please return.
Pages 7, 8: Sports.
Bulletin #16, Oct. 23, 1942
Page 1: Workers urged to attend fair practice meeting; high school graduate notice; new emergency crew formed; cotton picking okayed; library rushed.
Page 2: Instructor of water safety pleased; editorial; nursery division plans grass growing program; Postonians mourn passing of state assemblyman.
Page 3: In appreciation; additional sports.
Page 4: Moyashi ready; stork visits; what's buzzin' for today; message of gratitude; book is reported missing; dates revised; mass worship services this Sunday; brief beats.
Page 5: Works project committee meets with food and labor groups; sewing department will alter G.I. mackinaws for men; shoe repair shop oozing with 'zapatos' in need of repair; gay harvest dance planned; lost; block 213 organizes mothers' club; horseshoe challenge; 2-cell flashlights permitted.
Page 6: Senior class election; YBA cabinet elected; exhibit postponed to next week; teachers obtained for evening classes; maintenance dept. opens emergency office; knitting classes open; reminder for girls club; more boxing equipment arrives; four raccoons trapped; stork visits; family leaving.
Page 7: School news page.
Page 8: Sports.
Bulletin #17, Oct. 24, 1942
Page 1: Luau at Wade Head park; fair wage scale seen in latest cotton deal; La Vida Soda from Los Angeles; fire warning issued.
Page 2: Editorial; M.G.M. representative visits Poston center; council, block managers go cotton picking to aid project; fire warning cont.
Page 3: Fair practice meeting open to those in work group; stork visits; what's buzzin' for today; Christian church election; dental services for minors; Sunday religious services; Buddhist services; movies and dates released.
Page 4: Two carpenters and electricians needed immediately; elaborate dedication rites set for Poston Christian Church; United Christian services; school paper to be weekly feature from Poston 2; Mademoiselles to meet; assistant teachers needed for Poston 2 schools.
Page 5: Poston III displays its talents; Poston I shibai wins ovation; steps for tofu; Christian church; screens arrive; welfare dept. lists cases handled; church notice; melody lingers on.
Page 6: Sports.
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