Granada Pioneer, Vol III, No. 46

              April 11, 1945
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CIHCIHHATI—Mrs. Jack Y.
Elba, formerly of Rohwor
(Ark.) relocation center,
was- -recently elected pub-
1 i-c ity ■ chairman of the St.
Andrews school Parent
I e a c h o.r s association.
Tho Hibas, who have two
children, Lorraine,11*and
bfllliam, 9, attending St.
Andrews, are formerly of
Has Angeles.
Hlhoii asked about community acceptance, Mrs.. Kiba
.replied: ■
"Cincinnati is now wonderful; it is just normal.
The whole thing is this,
the people whom we do value
as friends here Have, been
proven in time of need.
They ano not 'hello', 'good-
by' folks* I am gratified
to bo chosen an official in
the PTA.
"Ac c ep tanc e d epend s on
the individual no matter
where ho goes," she concluded.
ROURNEF.S  ACCORDED
"Since arriving home we
have experienced nothing
but kindness and friendly
words."
So wrote Miss Eva Tanl-
moto, member of the first
family to relocate on the
West Coast from Tule Hake
center since the lifting
.of the military ban, to
that center ' s rol o'c at ion
.division.
Hiss Tanimoto and her
family returned about six
weeks ago to the 85-acre
fruit farm owned by her and
hor brother, Jim. Minoru, at
Gridley, Calif. S he returned with, her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. HIkoichi Tani-
ftioto,' and *-ah. other ' brother,
George.
"Among our many friends,"
...she stated, "we Had a call
.from a group of people...
who are fighting discrimination! They wene so very
nIc q and und o r s t and ing that
it brought tears to my eyes
to think, that there were
people like them who tako
interest in us and help
us in trying times. I wish
that everyone in the colony
would meet these wonderful
people.
"This isn't the cruel
iTOrld I once believed it
to bo,"
neighbors and friends of
and  his wife and  child v<
H
. Miss Shizu Humai, who
recently left Tule Hake
center to relocate in Denver, is happy now she had
the courage to do so, according to hor letter to
the. welfare section at
Tule kako.
In. hor letter she stated:
"The.people hero are awfully nice and really make
you feel at home.
"I do secretarial work.
It1 s all very nice out here
...I want to toll you that
I haven't regretted for one
moment that I left Tule
Lake as I did, 1 only wish
that all the people in Tulo
Hake could Iniow how it feels
to be. free again, 'to live
ano rma 1 life a g a in. It's
real In a wo nd e r fu 1 f e el inn.".
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PHILADELPHIA-- An exhibition of 14 paintings by
Hasao Yabuki, formerly of
Topaz nelocation center,
is being Hold at tho Women's
University club here. Yabuki, whose parents, Mr.
and Mrs, George H, Yabuki,
reside at Topaz, relocated
to Philadelphia in April,
1944.
ffi-s present .exhibition
in.Philadolphia is oomposed
of throe paintings done in
1940-1941'at Berkeley; four
paintings- done at Tanforan
ass emb ly c en to r in. 1942,
.and eight paintings done
d ur ing 1944-194 5 in'Phi1a-
delphia and Aller.town, Pa.
Yabuki received His art
training at the University
of California, from which
He graduated in 1940, Ho
received His master's degree in art from the uni-.
ve r s ity i n 1942. B ef o re
o va c ua t ing fr om Oakland,
Calif'., his' work.-had been
shown ant the city's art
gallery,and by Delta Spsi-
- -Ion, _ art hono.r ary o o c i e ty
of the University of California.
S/Sgt. Richard H. Kawasaki
relcomed the family bad: to
Cressey, Calif., by bringing fruits, jams and jellies
on their return from Amache.
Rev.A.Ao Pratt and Mrs.
Mary HorIvy school principal, at Cressey paid a call
soon after their arrival to
tako over tho 25-acre alfalfa farm.
I he Rawasakis were accompanied homo by Mrs. Kawasaki's mother,Mrs, Yaya- '
no HisliiHara; a sister, Yo- '
shiko,  and two brothers,
Harry and Jackie. In addition, Mr. and Mrs, I. Shibata and their five children came along  to stay ,.
with them until they could
move into their homo nearby, which is now leased.
The Uishiharas found
their home and farm, in good
condition, T he farm is
.owned by Mrs. Hawasaid....and
Her brother,S/Sgt, Joe Hi-
s]iihara,wh© is fighting .in
the Philippines.
Sergeant
awaoaki, who
is now bach: with tho Army
G-2 (intelligence) in the
Aleutians, said everyone ,
has. been very blind to us—
our neighbors, the store-
keep e rs, th o s c ho o 11 e ac hers.
It's a load off my mind
to know that .my family is
okay and home at last, Ho
added.
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James F. Hichaud, secondary school instructor,
terminated last Friday to
go into the professional
service of tho Boy Scouts
of America as a field executive. He will go to Hew
Jersey for a 30-day schooling before receiving his
appointment.
Michaud stated that Ho
enjoyed working with the
local Boy Scouts.
Amache senior high students need not worry about
acceptance
their
credits by other schools,
as the local High school
has been fully accredited
by the University of Colorado in 1942.
A person of culture and t
refinement doesn't have to
■toll about it. |
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