POLKA DOTS Manzanar BY YUKI ODAHARA 0 just one year ago were the Sadie Hawkins in June the head gears with their red March 21... rightly cut the tape ...the Victory Dance with the hats... Jive affair titled the first volunteers diamond nines answering the call was the "Gopher a Jive" and the Residents steps in build- and took the initial of Dusty Clucks... 8 Misses and S. P. Yo'gores did likewise... ing Manzanar. . . spasmodically a Hit... Uptown Strutters were Henry Kinoshita was acclaimed You Can Now Order the barracks sprouted overnight dutifully awarded the femmes the perpetual motion w"hen he cham- barker job for the Lost . poured Manzan- baseball and volleyball did the . .evacuees into pionship... Fuzzy Mizutani and and Found Auction. . .boy did he ar as the desert sands drifted Zombie Nitahara put on a floor sell everything... and shifted hands... and it was- show with their version of n't long before the social butter- ..Kay Shirrfamoto is Quality Printing burning about broom ODDS AND ENDS ingenious dances still the flies hatched incident. ..and versatile Ayako ... parties ... and Tanaka was hailed for the deco "Made in Manzanar" donned ...and so the primary stages rations supreme... weiner bakes our mess tables quite frequently were formed for bigger and bet- . . .picnics. . .and all sorts or out- and Moonlight Sonata was the ter socials... door outings were the thing victim of Manzanar pear with and reservations for picnic areas worms, . .he ate 'em. . .Bob Yone-mits- u were placed far in advance. . . was the fluky of the Belch AT THE FIRST which was Nob Hino's biggest at the Concert Club... Tom and headache for he was then the Mike Zoriki, Min Minato, Mary You'll always remember the little-fro- nt man for the rec. 'of- Uyeno, Alice Hoshizaki, Isao Ki-kuc- protozoan social cradle was fice. ..then someone got a bright May Noma, May Hoshi- Announcements rocked. . .sometimes twice a week idea and tamale bakes hit a high zaki did a lot of self staged half-timi-ng Wedding just for the heck of it. . .most "of ...the Flatfoots are credited for at the Brother Rats In- these were just spontaneous af- - giving, the first such affair... stallation. Programs still remembered as one of the best throw-off- s given on the Man- zanar Social Register was the JUST ABOUT THEN Personal Cards Trojan-Brui- 2? n affair. ..it was the SkJS Sierra Padres helming this gi- The furlough fever was inject- Personalized Stationery gantic affair. . .Vic Yokota, Floyd ed into all the youths' blood Fujiu. Torn Haga, Harry Tash-im- a, streams and the Giants and force & Envelopes Kaz Mizumoto, Freddy Fu- were Montana bound. . .Shig Ok-ad- a. Letterheads jiu, Joe Nagano, Hank Ishizuka Tuck Uyemura, Tish Aka-hos- and George Ishizuka did most all Thomas Teraji, left, 1000 Tickets of All Kinds the worrying. . . strong. ..Yoshiko Yonemoto was christened "Bumper" for some reason or another. ..for further Statements TRIVIA AND ETC. information query Dago Shirnizu fairs and sans decorations... but ...the camp was just about Window Cards that didn't bother anyone... Than there was the "Evening drained of its youthful corpuscles trucking around in hi-to- p boots Under the Stars" conducted by and the femmes did plenty of Everything Colored and draped in Manzanar's social Henry Ushijima and his platter nothing. . .but write letters. . .re- from fashion scale Mary Wada, Lil turners... Yuji Nakamura, Sus ceive chocolate candy. . .and stay ' Folders to Gum Labels Ito, Gene Hashimoto, Miyo hi Yokomizo, Louie Sugiwara, Sam at home cuz the weather was floated over to this first Uyemura, Mas Nakadaira, Frank cold... High school commenced then there was Endow, George Fujino, Toyo ke ...hard workers were Amos Agents for Quality Engraving and Office Supplies Itch Matsuzawa, Isa Hara and did the back scenery la- Hashimoto, and Moto Shimizu Kaz Hara arriving in this desert bor. ..these evening concerts be- anda host of unknowns. . .all the metropolis to find the barrack came a regular. Sunday evening gals were getting letters about without window rianes. . .no roof feature out under the breeze, and the coming return of their boy Place Your Orders Through the and door. . .but that didn't damp- you and me and them records. . . friends and then they-- came en their spirit as they dozed on out on firebreak 10... about that back... Social activities began to MANZANAR FREE PRESS the woodenloor on G.I. blankets time the weather was close to un- boom. ..the Man-Bombe- rs gave and a modified bonfire in the bearable and the Bainbridge Is- a something or another. . .and middle. . .the next morning found land lads practiced nature in the then came the Intercollegiate a hole in the floor... the mess raw by sleeping outdoors nightly Harvest dance. ..Nob Tanaka hall lines... portable out-hous- es ...While crunching all sorts of made the super posters that and the line that ornamented it canteen goodies Harry Koba, Ish decked themselves prominently CHflLFANT PRESS ...cuz of the something new Suyematsu, Kaz Terayama, all over, camp... Harumi Hino called the "Manzanar run"... Chihara, Ned Naka- and Tak Kitaoka won the waltz PRINTING AND PUBLISHING eating on the mess hall floor and mura and Toshi Suyematsu were contest. . .Anna Onodera and her Phone 2S2I Lone Pine, Calif. the tin pan... the spoons which among the many block' 3 fresh escort drew the door prize along could very well be used for air fiends... pranksters and em- with Bob Yokohama and his shovels. ..and the forks as pitch barrassing incidents amounted partner... Christmas season forks... and cups that never unsurmoun table. . .with Mr. Ter- brought many memorables and stayed put... and then the food ayama often the goat. ..Camou- the New Year followed suit...... we won't mention. . .no means flage had just about everyone out of bathing, .no hot water... there in the warehouse region. . . plenty of cold and dust... but Mits Otsuji, Charlie Saito, Hiro OFF THE RECENT SLATE their hearts were young and they Hino, Noboru Hino and Joe Tee struggled to act as stepping stones boast of their record which went The big boys went marble for the incoming evacuees... all about like this. . the last ones to crazy... and the smaller tykes of this and plenty more will al- work. ..the first ones to lunch took them to the cleaners... The ways live in the memories of the .the last ones back to work and Cal-Tro- y after-gam- e dance final- volunteers. . .hats off to them. . . the first ones to leave. . .but they ly materialized and turned out to "Wishes were the first to finish... they be a post-seas- dance. . .and the oest must have been good, huh?. . . highlight of the social calendar THE FIRST BIG SHINDIG in '43... the Delta Y's Sweet- heart Ball was quite the thing. . . t As you embark on As the camp's elite donned IT WAS THE LATEST jam their frills and drapes to THING THEN another year with pack Manzanar Free Press bar- POISONALITIES DELUX rack for the very first invitation Judo was a nitely feature... al dawnce...the committee men What would Manzanar be like . .namely Jim-- but Carl Yanagi's tale still takes hope and courage high! and one lone miss. the prize. ..Big Boy Shiro No- without. . .Alice Yamamoto and mie Hashimoto, Nob Myose and loose tongue lingo. . .Gophers - mura did the tossing and little her Shiz Setoeuchi euided tne mue- was only thing bloods. . .decorations. . .lite bulbs Carl flattened... dipped in blue ink... refresh- wrong was mat tne neatDy tree press came out of nowhere and got in Klauber Wangenhdm ments... and the notorious Mr. Yanagi's way... about that room was transformed into the year Sigma Blue Room with the eminent Jos- time of the the Phi WHOLESALE MERCHANTS eph Michael Blarney MCing... Kappas' gave a charity dance keeping itchy feet from shagging with proceeds falling into the was recording via RCA. . . hands of the community service department? . .the "T" shirt raged furiously and numerous organiza- SOCIAL BUTTERFLY'S tions were clad in such identifi- HUNGER CRAVES cation marks... Betty Hashimoto was ornamenting the Police of- Humans continued to boost this fice in the capacity of the Lost Don't Worry About That Spot! mushroom community's popula and Found Department... The without a winning casaba quin- tion and so the crave for bigger Canteen personnel gave a dinner tet. ..the canteen without genial and better and more dances bios- dance (but the press gave the Kay Hirashima... a celebration Shirnizu, somed. . .Nori Masuda undertook first) and reports had Franklin without Margie her Mastercraft Cleaning and Laundrq the problem of tutoring the young Hirashima as tne great undiscov- highness. . .the Star Dusters lack- sDrouts the latest thing hot off ered crooner of this day... Geo. ing in spirit. . .the Hara sans the Stanicci went around this place latest Harry James recordings WILL TAKE CARE OF THEM. the Arthur Murray dance floor ...dance practice. ..dance ses in exotic colored shorts... nite-ma- re . . .Helen Nakachi without "Dad- PULL YOUR DRY CLEANABLES sions... and just plain dancing confidentially. . .The Sen dy". . .Toshi Terasawa blowing . - Prom went over with a bang in the rec. office. . .Bob Koba and OUT OF THE MOTH BALLS! prevailed. . . utterbugging. .nan- ior time. . .waltzing. . .and fox trot with Ted Masaoka taking the his marble game... Sue Hori and . ..conga... rhumba... were all leading role... Dick Matsui was the usual lively spirit and side Pick-Up- s at the Department Store on Tuesday and Friday generating on the knot hole floors nicknamed "Sweet Pea" foe some kicking with just as excitable of the recreation buildings... unknown reason... the oil boys Tami Sano. . .this can go on for- "a-re- . . . the countless s" down Bainbridge was brighten ever. .so it's 30 for now. 1 6 Manzanar Free Press