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MARRY M. YOUNG By L ALCORN HKdr - aBBBBBBBH 'r '' 'Vit??SiaS LbbbBSLibbbbbbHI c ' ''"'' tKMl Shadow owes its birth to light as does the Cooperative Enter- " v h " bbFbLbbbbHm. "lfc-- "5 prises owe its birth to the people. "Hi And behind this ed digni- fied counter (protection) standing taking La. -- -- nonchalantly, the brunt of ' "' 'W'I'sHbLt i "the customer is always right" at- ?'lv titude are the efficient staff workers. They call Hiroye Terasawa the head cashier but instead of hear- ing the clatter of money around her, you hear nothing but the chatter. virij."'4'!ri:3BBBBB;r SrtVSoi? 1 Jimmy Masuda .rests his eyes daily on that cigarette lassie, Ida Mori, while resting on the com- At on of their eonf Maasasar Cooperative Entarprisa fortable shoe department seats. irincti. "Who gigolo?" board members 90 orar thair financial difficulties. Seated, left to is that "giggling right, ara: S. Takevasu. treasurer; K. KurafeasU. assistant general It's none other than Shigemi manager; H. Okada. general manager and S. Sagimoto. eomp-trolla- r. Shimba. Preparing for the torrid summer weather by purchasing a Men are interesting to wait on. straw hat at the general' store is Mrs. Helen Baao assisted by That's what Sasuye Mosoi who Salesgirl Yaeko Yamaaoto. One of the fourteen branches of the men's department p. 21-1- works in the Co-o- the store is located at 4. thinifg. Incidentally she is the possessor of a powerful right. For Cooperative Enterprises protection? Chester Ito has been rationing his smiles. Orchidso Janice Tshimlci who General Store Salesgirls Serve Residents' Needs has been working at the canteen Though in existence for little The administrative staff of since its birth at It was at over a year, the Manzanar Coop- these four offices is composed of the time operated by the Fort Ord Relate Their Daily Woes salesgirl general and store into bedlam erative Enterprises has grown to the following persons: M. Yashi-- army personnel. To be a at the turn the a become a successful part of cen- A certain fireman is overdoing store is not a very pleasant task when dress materials arrive. Dur- ki, head cashier; Hiro Iokl, chief ra- ter life. With its objectives to.sup-pl- y his torch for Haruna Torii. for there are all kinds of people ing a shoe rush before shoe serv- accountant: Woodrow Wakatsukl. Buckeye girl tion tickets were needed, the members with goods and Eddie Oda's has this community; polite, rude, ices of high quality at minimum chief clerk; and Harvey Takeuchi, been courting him. . .(this modern in customers would buy shoes only cost and to establish methods of inventory cleric age)... unfair and the downright ornery to bring them back because they working together whereby peo- Operations of the Manzanar ones. had become mismated during the ple can solve their economic and Cooperative Enterprises are di beauty shop, Margaret Uyematsu; When salesgirls were asked rush. ad- artificial flower shop and sport- customers, most social problems, the Co-o- p has vided into 14 departments in about their of Now that shoe rationing has knit life of the residents more dition to the administrative staff. ing goods, Min Watanabe; watch them agreed that they would like started, customers have become closely together. These are the warehouse section repair shop and laundry service, them to be more polite. They try choosey. They want better shoes. under the supervision of M. Ogi; M. Seki; Photographic studio, to make the customer believe Many customers buy shoes one The Consumer Enterprises Di canteen, M. Yoshll; general store, Toyo Miyatake; moving pictures, that he's always right but ! week and the next week come in vision, under the WBA. took over M. Hori; barber shop, M. Kamo; S. Betsuin; and American Ex- indies onen lorget they ever to exchange them because of the first canteen when the Army shoe repair shop, T. Shibata; press Agency, Henry Kinoshita were ladies and push, grab, shove some better shoes newly in stock. Post Exchange withdrew.-Unde- r ' : tne supervision 01 ur. wuuam T" Bruce and associate. Lee C Poole, - the enterprise flourished. In Sep- tember, 1942, it was formally turned over to the residents as an incomorated cooperative. The cooperative has 7,145 paid memDers ana is governed uj general congress and a board of directors. The management of the xdlan o Quauiu enterprises is entrusted to four S' i S E A R S persons selected by the board. These are: General Manager Hi deo Okada; Assistant Manager t. K. Kurahashi; Treasurer Shige-- matsu raKeyasu, ana wnnporo ler Sokichi Sugimoto. Sears' Technical Laboratories are the guardian of your Know where you pocketbook protecting your dollars before they are stand spent. When you buy by mail at Sears, you do so with the Be a regular Subscriber to knowledge that statements concerning quality and serv- The iceability of merchandise are continually being checked. PACIFIC CITIZEN Sears laboratories conduct many tests under conditions SUBSCRIPTION BLANK similar to actual usage.

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