"F 0 Reo H TI NUl H G S E R V ICE "

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A Letter from Japan

To all the bP.lnber8 uf Club 100

Dear King Friends,

Holy F, 'lil/ Homo Orph'll1a~c ,

lIiF"shi Sumi;roshiku, Y ~Zuk3Cho 5 Chome 27 ,

Os~kn S ,i , Jap~n,

" 5th J cit 19(0.

N/Sgt. Hugh F. 0'R3ill - ,as toll u l)()ut '-0' r outstandin" ,-enerosity Ln avo of , ]tf • -t.' I f> adopt, (~

children of . te Ho 1 f i lounds 1l. 8th Field Artill '"J l ' •

TLrec. Hundred Dollar~ I or he> .J ildren' s Christmas I-1aS very handsomt; sum ·nd C'l,rtainl~ mo:mt m n: generous effort8 on ,' our p'U't , 0 b, th 'nke'l un::l believe in our deepe::t pproci <1.ti on.

You ' ave no du T l' h"art! " 0 "tu!' of the Orphanage from S,'''L. O' Reillv , ho. n 1 .c.L C ris ':.m""", Da 1949, \n.,en they invited 1(,5 l"liS"ll:lblc li ,Ie Orph n ' to a P lrt in their Camp Sakai, SJ t. 0' Reilly anJ hi g,mprotJ S CompCJ.11ions decided to make cve~' pay da, anotr , r C' , - stmas Part~r for t he ehildren, at that time livine in sordid I.tis .:!r bIb t cltt " r ed barra ck,> ••••• ifhat "',hose I>len said C,Jll '; from ' I. ir 3"rts , they meant i t and thp..' did it ••••• Since Dec mLer 1749 right d own to this d:,y an interruption in these monthl-' Gollections h'1.8 never been he ard of . Thanks to their gr~a L nf. iling generosity the children no\[ live in a better Home md tl,ey have g r m-:n strong a nd healt hy and Lhe:r clln nOli \ ke thei r places in society and comp L.te Hith other childr en of their age .

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Every child has a right to happiness, these poor little Orphans received happiness through the g reat generosi ty and love of these wonderful Men am novl, you, dear Friends are joining them in this unprecedented humanitarian ( project. From tre tottom of our hearts receive our deep gratitude.

Our 165 children Jom us in wishing you everything of the best, Health, Happiness and Prosperity.

Yours very g ratefully,

/s/ Sister Martin Sister of Charity

AN EDITORIAL on the Letter from Japan I We reconnnend, at the least, a second reading of Sister l-Iartin's

letter expressine the appreciation of the Holy Family Name Orphanage for the Club 100' s contribution to tre orphans of Osaka. Read it the second time rith a mental picture of the orphans before you -and we guarantee that you'll feel that lump in your throat.

THIS IS PART OF T HE KIND OF REWARD WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL ALONG. WE SUGGESTED, AND URGENTLY RECOMt~mED, IN OUR lILARCH EDITORIAL "PIE IN THE SKY" THAT WE HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE OF OUR OWN BACK YARD IF WE REAlLY MEAN WHAT WE SAY ABOUT "FOR CONTINUING SERVICE."

We suggested that t he various chapters "adopt" certain welfare recipients in our connnunity as a start to practicing "continuing service." Coincidentally , Jack Teehan, that outstanding journalist for the Advertise r , also propos ed the adoption idea in an article ti tled "Let's Be Foster Parents." Mr. Teehan's idea is on the grand scale: Hawaii "adopting" one of tre far-eastern countries, as another step in the med far better East-West relations. II

Who can but tell that if the Club 100 ever does get rolling, we may generate so much steam that we will carry others along \'lith us, by the sheer force of our energy. This is something that tre President, the Board of Directors, and ea ch of us should give s one serious thinking.

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HISTORY I N REVIEW

CALL ME "DEPENDABlE" By Kent Nakamura

The celebrated game of "passinp; th: buck", especially as practiced in the Army, is as old as hi story i t.self . 111e e ffect­i veness of the game depends upon the degree c f innocence \Ihich can be f ei gned by the person 0 r persons "passing the buck" - and t e pL:.y '10 rks well i :' the recipient can carry the ball. Sometimes, the game doesn ' t work; then all hell breaks loose . \'lell, here's

lone tale from our J·iedi cs Chapter vlhich CDme to a happy ending.

Just a:Jout ever,;rone "JOuld be pleased if Di s ffiJ.tes "Tere to call him "Dependable 11, 1 lit there "TaS a time wh(~n Roy H2.t akenc.ka w::.sn I t hatlPY to hear this ~TOrd applied to him. It -Tas break-time in France, AL~-en-Provonce, to he ex~ct .

BOI) Tamanaha <"l)proached David Nakagawa, "Let's go out t o town~ "Good idea", quoth Do.ve q Bob next enlisted t t e chap ain's assist­ant for the expedition . Rations anrl such wer.) packed. Finally, the trio prevailed on Roy to join the party . Roy muttered, "l ,ight as \fell,,"

Thev a ~ - ent to tmffi, eating figs .:md melons alonG the "W2y. Ca'Ile noon, [nd wh en tb3 DOYS nosed around a mess-station s et up for French policEliil(;n, s e "vicemen a nd the like , L'. French non-com invited the boys to tr;:r t.he far e, insisting that there wasn't another plac to eat. 1'he meal .IaS [;ood end rrll.ghty reasonable, less than fifty francs.

lilien the bill reached the table, the chaplain I s assistant turned pleasantly Lo'iob , "You lave money, don't you?" Bob shook his head, turned to David. David begclJ1 lookii'lg umrell as he , in turn, looked at the next person . B~T thi s t ime , Roy was staring at the other s .Ii th a ha·'Ci look, one ')Y one, meam'iitile extracting a small ,,,ad of papor from s OT!l'2 secret recess. The wad turned out to be ~_~,housBl1a franc note .

Each had thought the others wer e l oaded . All were in error, but a t l east, on e s oldi er had some money . Anyway, as thi ngs deve­l oped thr ee soldiers had a high time throughout the day in one Aix .

Roy ' Long Live Roy 1 I I _______________________________________________________ J

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eC5<J/oo ! THE ANNUAL SADIE HAWKINS DAY I festivitie s is this year being \ held on Saturoay evening at t re I clubhouse. Normally , Saturday ! evening is reserved by the club

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for revenue producing purposes, but this Saturday has been made available specially for Baker's

; big shindig . I

come amusing and interesting. There will be singing, music, gags a nd jokes planned by able MC Bernard Akamine who expects to really entertain you for the evening.

DURnG I NTEffivlISSI: ON, coffee and refreshments will be served. For the f inale, tre re will be a super-duper training film going by the ti tle of "Around the World in 3 Hinutes."

TIlIS WILL BE THE I3I G EVENT OF 'mE YEAR.

jTHE BIG DATE is April 30, 6:30 PM. P.S . Since April 30 ,·lill also be IRobert Aoki is eeneral chairman a meeting night, no other meet-I land reservations are being hand- ing will be scheduled for the Il led by Yutalca Aono, Joe Muramatsu, month. IJ oe Nakahara, Bernard Akamine and - Robert Aoki ,James Oshiro. I

!DIHNER WILL BE SERVED beginning :6:30 PH and it is said that some­jth:i.ng special is planned for the jmenu, prepared by the Baker all-

Imale cooks. Wives should take advant11.:;e of t.."J.is opportunity by Illetting the husbands serve your dinner for a change.

PRECEDII'G THE FESTIVI TIES will be 11n open Baker Chapter meeting whi ch will be partici pated by the wI ves and members. Any sug­gestions or recommendations pre­sented especially the 'vives will be gladly accepted by the chapter for consideration.

AS WE MOVE I NTO THE SECOND STAGE of the p rogr am, things will be-

SOCIAL SECURITY FLASHES

OUR GOOD F RlEID KENICHI SUEHlOO of the Honolulu Social Security Offi ce states that many disabled workers are s till confused about the r equirements for disabil ity payments under the Social Security program.

The basic qlalifications are that the worker must be 50 years of age, have a disability 'mich pre­vent s "any substantial gainful activity", and i s expected to be of "long continued and indefinite duration." In addition, the worker must have 5 years of work under Social Security during the 10 years just before the disabi­lity began.

KUAKINI HOSPITAL BUILDI NG FUND CAMPAIGN 37 North Kuakini Street

Honolulu, Hawaii

February 29, 1960

Mr. Shigeru Inouye, President Club 100 520 Kamoku Street Honolulu 14, Hawaii

Dear Mr. Inouye :

Our thanks to you as President of Club 100 and to each of your members for their contribution of holiday time in making our White Elephant Sale the success it was.

Your group performed the hard, dirty task of handling, prlclng and selling the merchandise donated by so many f irms and individuals. To you goe s a large share of the credit for the money raised for the hospital building fund.

We wish we could thank each of the members pe r­sonally but since that isn't possibl e we would like you to convey our appreciation for a job well done, for your kokua l ast Saturday and Sunday.

Without the assistance of your group the sale could not have been such a success. Again, my heartiest thanks.

Sincerely,

/s/ Ralph Honda RALPH HONDA Campaign Chai rman

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of the fact that we were nosed out from the first division in the round-robin series. He ap­preciates the fact that although we have no outstanding star this year, the team'WOrk displayed is hard to beat.

WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT of a TOM !BARAKI and his weapons possible chop suey dinner at the

Iplatoon paisans cooked up a Fami- end of the round-robin, and ,lith Ily Night that was enjoyed by more a little luck in the batting de-Ithan seventy five adults and partment, we may end up on top iChildren on Sunday, March 20, at of the bottom division o

115~ 30. While the chapter fur-ni~hed o.ll the utensils, s~f~ THOSE "HO ATTENDED the hekka

,dr-J.nks , coffee, beer, sashimi, dinner were Blue, Yui, Take, t he

I etc. ~ : a ch f amil:y- brou~ht ~ dis h Shirais j Nishiokas, Fukudas, Okis, of the~r mill cho~ee which in- Ishimotos, Sasalds, Satos, am

I eluded all tinds of chicken Captain KamL Many expressed the ldishes, umani, spare ribs, currJ) opinion that suppers of this na­Istew, spaghetti, and many, mmly ture should be held more often. ,others. Incidentally, Blue, Take, and . the ,mole Old family fished the ! GUESTS WHO ACTUALLY '<'lORKED for night befoI't'l to malee sure that we Itht3j l' meals were Take, FranCeS would have some fish on hand. land h onzook. We were also

Ihonored by the presence of Mr. & }rs. James Lovell o

THE CHILDREN enjoyed cartoons

las \fell as prizes of their 0,.'11,

and their parents all brought home a package of groceries. IJackson Yasui and Tak Takahashi walked home with the door prizes of 25 pounds of rice each .

ALL THOSE in the investment club who are mailing their pay­ments in, please take note that our new treasurer is HISA~II KOl·10RI. Mail your payments as usual to the club o

OUR OONDmENCE to Goro Sumida whose mother passed away suddenly on the morning of March 16.

GENTI..EJ.1AN RICHARD ISHIMOTO, our NEXT ABLE CHAPTER MEETING VilLL fightingest softballer, treated BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, AT the softball team members to a 7:30 PM. BE PRESENT TO HEAR THE ,chicken hekka dinner at the club LATEST CLUB DOINGS, AND HOW YOUR :house on Sunday, March 27, begin- INVESTMENT IS OOMING ALON} ~

!ning at 5:30 PM after the end of ,the regular season. This, inspite - John Sakaki

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"HYAKU DAI TAl SENSEN NIKKIn See pages 11 and 12 for a new Japanese section written ~ Bob Sato, especially far our elders.

BOARD HIGHLIGHTS

Bob Sato reported that a $326 profi t , .. as realized from the recent match stick paintings sale by Ban Jun and Horishige Hisaya that was held at the Shirokiya Department Store .

A letter of appreciation and acknmdedgment was r ecei ved by Sgt. Hugh O'Reilly for the en­bre proceeds .mch were do­nated to the Osaka Orphanage . The money was forwarded to the charitable institution through the 27th Infantry, 1st Battle Group, 25th Infantry Divislon.

Finn.nce Corrmll.ttee Chairman Kenneth Otagaki submit ted several avenues of approach to

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meet our operating budget for calendar year 1960. In all probability~ the membership will be asked to voluntarily contri'cute a small amount of money in lieu of sponsoring a benefit projecto This measure became necessary when the "natural" project, Hibari, aollapsed.

Luau Committee chairman Roy Ikawa reported tha. t June 4 is the date of our anniversary luau and that it will be staged at the Iolani School gymnasium. Chapter assignments are as follows:

food, C & D; decoration, Hq; parking and printing of tickets, A; cleanup, B; ushering, Medics.

Bob KadCMaki of the House Commit­tee enumerated the things that are to be accomplished during the coming year. Among the im­pr ovement s contemplated is the cleanup and painting of the club­house, both exterior and inte~ rior, on !-{ay 7 and 8. I t was suggested that chapters make i t their primary project and that members contribute at least a half day of the ir talent s •

Robert Takashige stated that. t·:r 0 Takato will duplicate the design of the unit cap at a cost of $3.00 or less, Emblems will be manufactured locally at 35¢ each with a mim.mum purchase of 600 emblems by the club.

The merger question has been tabled until the rubj8Ct is re­commended for action by the merger committee.

A year1s lease for a few apart­ments by I olani School. for fa­culty members arriving ln Au­gust , at a reduced rate ,'lith full maintenance to be performed by the school was requested by the Reverend Burton A. HacLean . Subject matter is referred to the Apartment }~t. Committee.

Club 100 ,.,rill forward a letter expressing our displeasure of the actions taken by the House Finance Committee, headed by Representa-

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tive stanley Hara in killing a bill that would have authorized a $20 million bond issue for

his home and see his amazing colle ction.

FINALLY, GORO SUMIDA demonstrated how to cut vanda Ilkekes ll and re­plant them. Goro also had hi s special methods of culture which has enabled him to raise prize winning plants.

the purchases of veterans' home mortgages. Lett ers will also be mailed to members of tm House Finance Committee, island chap­ters, etc.

I - Wilfred Shobu ! AT THE FOLI..CWING I·iEETING in April, I Dr. Kamemoto, geneticist of the --.----------------------------.- U. of Hawaii ~ave a very infor-

GREEN THUMI3 DOINGS dnati ve talk on how plants inherit ____ _____ . __ J their characteristics. He explain-

jAT OUR HARCH lI;:EETING, "le L: ree ted I ed how orchid breeders obtained ' three new memb~rs and a few IWhite flowers, colored floi'Ters, ,euosts at ou· demonstration the different shapes and sizes, ,night. The three \.mo joined and why they turned out that "ray. yiere Kazuto Shimizu, James 01<.1 IAnother new member was introduced I and Stanley (Tal- Tak) Takahashi. I' at t his meeting, namely, Koyei

Matsumoto. Sam Hanashiro, an old IARTHUR KOhIYANA showed tm mem- member whom we haven't seen a long bers how to l~eplant cattleya time was greeted ,'lith a 1l10ng time or hids and many hints on the no see. II

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cnl t..,ll·e of cat tleya orchids in­rlurling his pet ideas.

11' JONG YOSHIMURA transplanted a ,vanda . n fir bark and gave his secrets on hm'l' he attained suc-cess u i. th fir bark. With his methods, you could plan t 100 or more a day vii th ease. No dusty iscreenine necessary. All you do lis float your fir bark in water 'and let it settle until the lit­tle particles settle.

BILL OYA TALKED on his success . th the odd shaped rocks which

he found on the beach and other places. Planting and culturing orchids in rocks made wonderful ornaments for the home. Visit

IT ISN'T TOO LATE TO JOIN. START A NIDi HOBBY NOivl Most of the Club 100 members are in their 40's or close to it and pretty soon, yould be retiring from work. When you retire, you'll be lost without something to do, and that's when you need a hobby like raising plants or orchids . Start it now so you'll have a full time hobby when you retire. Note to Editor - your big hot house is quite empty. Start filling it now •

CHICKEN MIYASHIRO won two high class certificates with his van­da Rothschildiana at the last Orchid Society judging . The ____ ____ . ~Cont~d on .12-.19 )

FROM THE

M E D I C I N E C H EST

FOR THE NEDICS, March 13 was "Family Night", which event was attended and enjoyed by t he fol­lowing and their families: Masa­ichi Goto, Shigeru Inouye,Walter Inouye, Etsuo Katano~ Genichi Masumotoya, David Nakagawa, Hen­ry Nakasone, Fred Nakayama, Seiji Nomura, Shinobu Tofukuji, Bob Tamanaha, Albert Yokoyama, Frank Shigemura, George Zakimi and Bob Sato.

SURPRISE AND \ ELCOME appearances came in the form of Walter Inouye, Frank Shigemura and Bob Tamanaha . Frank \iaS last seen, some years ago, at some teahouse affair, trying to figure out why it was that his lemon soda wasn I t tast­ing right. That night, the soda was finished j and. so \iaS he.

AS FOR BOB, he sulked right out of Varsity Bowling Center after missing a la-pin spare in the last frame of the last game. And that was when tffi Medics had a team in the club league .

- Kent Nakamura

Editor's note: One of the Medic episodes reminisced at t he Family Night, and related by Kent , takes the HISTORY IN REVIEW spotlight.

FA!VJlLY NIGHT IS HERE AGAIN. Past experience has shown that the Charlie wives and children all look fOI'\vard to this happy event. Our next scheduled Family Night will be held on SUNDAY , May 15 at the clubhouse. Starting tJ..me will be 5 PM.

GEORGE FUJIKAWA AND YOSHIO ANZAI will bet he co-chai rmen 0 The menu will be a surprise. There will be lots of food, lucky numbers and bingo. All children attending "till be given a present . Dona­tions for bingo prizes vtill be accepted by the co-chai rmen . So, all members who have some extra potted plants or knick­knacks around the house are invited to donate .

AFTEH NINE "WINLESS" SUNDAYS of softball competition, Charlie's team finally garnered a victory. Playing its usual good game, the Charlies defeated Baker #2 by a score of 3 to 1. Lefty Kimura was in good form and allowed just three hits. Chicken Miyashiro, Kentoku Nakasone, Kazuto Shimizu and Lefty got solid hits to help tmiards the victory. Our team is in the lower bracket of the round robin series. The next three games should be thrillers. It is

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(Cont1d from p 9) The chapter has to raise some money to balance tre yearl s bud-

CHARLIE CHAPTER OOINGS get. The annual dues of $3 a member are not sufficient to pay

too much to hope for but we may for all the various expenses. win all of the remaining ganes. The president appointed Chicken

Eiyashiro and Robert Takato as a ' THE ONE AMAZING THING about the committee of two to look into the Charlie team has been the high matter of how to raise extra morale throughout the season. funds. We hope they come up with In spite of the constant losses a money ID9..king proposal which each player has turned out regu- does not require too much work. larly and there has never been a Everyone wants money, but vr.i. th the Sunday where we b~d to forfeit a least amount of exertion. game. The men enjoy the game and do come out to play, whetre r we - Kazuto Shimizu .. ,'j .. n or lose . Mos t of the g ames we have lost so far have been close scoring ones where the op- (Contid from p $) posing teams scored t re ir margi-nal runs in the late innings. GREEN THUMBS OOINlS As one player stated "for five innings our team is as good as quality and culture of plants in any other in the league. II But the Green Thumbs is improving games are not five innings long! rapidly. HOPING TO SEE YOU AT

OUR NEXT MEETIN} ON THE FIRST Charlie Chapter vr.i.ll be represent.. MONDAY EVENING IN MAY. ed by two bowling teams in the soon to begin club league. The - Yasu Takata first night of bowling will b e Friday , May 6. There will be no bowling on May 13 and June 3 due VA NEWS. More than a million to other events scheduled by the veterans who have GI life insu-club. During the 1959 season, rance policies are using their the two teams finish ed in the regular annual dividends to middle of the final standings. guard against the loss of treir With some luck, both teams may do insurance. The VA recently an-better this year. nounced t hat $253,500,000 in

dividends would be paid during ONE OF THE FEW BACHELORS of Char- 1960 to more than 5 million ve­lie Chapter has finally d ecided terans and servicemen who hold to settle do .. m. KIYOSB..I UYENO participating GI insurance. will be g etting married on Sat- There are various options for urday, April 30. The lucky girl disposition of dividends. See is Gertrude Kadoyama. the VA for details.

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DOG CHAPI'EfI. ENJOYS FAl:ILY flITE

ANIJOU NCEl,ElJT AUXI LIAR 1lOTICE

There ,Jill be a June Dinner l Eeeting. ilatch for ennouncement l of Date , Time and Place in the Eay Puka Puka Pa rade.

W D 1I0'lL:G DAY

WITH CH IEF COOK " CURLY" USUI handling the chow preparation 1l1dl Fireman "Hatsy" Hatsun;~mi t ending! the fire, 19 Dog Chapt,' r f JIlilies} enjoyed the best f rnli l y nite get"": together in recent years on fri- t duy night, April 15. As uru a l, I the kids outnumbered the a dults, I 37 t o 32.

GENERAL ClIAIRJ1AN HIIi:OLI URABE found out that Dog members ~d their families a re still neaVlT rice e aters. Luckil-r

, Herb Y,"~a­moto made the nobk 31.crifice , tnkin.; only 2 SCOOpG instead of

t t he u SUM 6, 1., hus s winE; the evenin8.

THERE HAS fLEllTY CJF BEEF I.EKKA for eveIybody , tanks t.o ~ood stretching by as s i stant cooks Kaso Yo shiok,1. and Ta-l«(). Their secret w~s t.o go easy on the beef and .le c..vy on the "hekkl."

T1 :: h42d Voter ns C u '.Jill be building a 2 story, 12 2-bedroom apartwnt on its fJresent site on

T,lili1Jili St . T),e ;,reject uill Itake ;-7 . on\' hs . BY POPULAR DNIAIID of the kids,

especial l y Spark Matsunaga ' s 5 Be2:i nnin,:?; l·londay, Apr 25 , the 442d young ones , cartoons "er e shown. Hill e temporari l y operat i ng out Operator Mar t in Tohara, prexy of of the Board Ro om of Club 10 0 . tre Dogs, kept m,ake , but old men Indi vidual chapters of tre W d like Bob Taira a nd Fuzzy Fujimori

'11 als 0 e me e t i ng in Club 100 . uere s een f as t a sleep b eb,een The Club 100 i s lLappy to be of films. service to t he 442d , and vlelcomes the 442d t o our clubhouse . Ed' s not e :

Fuzzy ?

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FREE LANCING WITH DICK OGURO

On April 1, the management of the Karnoku Apartment reverted back to Club lOa. Bob Sato has been appointed to manage s arne, with an additional monthly increased remuneration. This is for a tri­al period of 60 days.

unday, April 3. The apartment anagement. c omm:i ttee-Board of irectors and t he apartment te­

lants i e et-t.ogethe r ani pupu se~sj on was held in the lounge. Horace Awa's nruslCal troupe sup­lied t he background nrusi (; thru ut tbc evenine. Some couples ~id start darlc~ne; t.oward the lat­t.er part of the evening. The pu­u waG more lilre a. complete din­

ner. The sour note for this othe se good public relatJ.ons affa~r

laS t. he conGp.t cuous absence of s any of t he "b~g wheels" of the anagement co~tt.ee .

~ t f rst, tenants sat on one side and the club manbers occup~ed a separate section by themselves. A.fter a few rourrl of dnnks,how­ever, integration was completo o 'iuot be that bourbon and water arE: good integrators? Trn t en ants

hemselves voiced the sentiments f th e club members aloo that we

should have more of this sort of hinge BT, DK, SY, BS and others ere seen in ernest discus sion ' th one of the tenants. T,Vha.t ere you trying to sell, fellas? olcano lava? Trn Baker boys, S, SY and DO had a short "mid-'ght" caucus at the Hale Nanea

official close of the

Confusion still reign among the aker boys, especially as regards

. he April 8 testimonial chop suey inner f or Baker's own Takashi 'taoka, newly a ppointed Statp. bor Department head man. Seems

hat the impression \'ias that too arty was to be r estri cted to akar boys, primarily, and se

condarily tooth er members. Con­oequently, boys like HK and HK cam e in their slippers. Others came in Aloha shirts onlyl Upon mering the prell"ise that eVClring yes feasted OJ:' nen in suits and

men wi t.h elegant evening "lraps. e e;adst What gives? Thought for moment t.hat we were at the 'ong party. The 'only oonsolat.~on hat \'Ie d~d have was tha t rIe \'lere

' n our arm clubhouse,

ast night \'ias one of those ights. No meet:J..ngs, the TV on he Llj nk] too early to sleep1 ~tc. So Irea.ched out for, of all ooks, ~ASSADOR IN ARJ.-1§ Had ead thi~ once seve~al years back o ~dly started thumbing thru its ages . But I got so engrossed hat I foreot t rn passage of hroe nd read it right thru in one

Sl.tting , Haybe, I'm still a sen­imental fool but on numerous ccasions reading touching por­ions of the story, tears welled

'nto my eyes. Has anyone else ad the same experience? Try eading it the second time, if ou haven't done 00. It is a

rewarding experience.

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HOUSE FINANCE OO~MITTEE ICE-BOXES 12o NILLION OOtID ISSJE FOR PUR­CHASES OF VETS HOME MOR'ffiAGES

An estimated 35,000 of Hawaii's veterans of WI'llI and t he Korean conflict eli . bl e for GI home loans, my be deprived o f t his privilege "lith t ]'0 i ce-boxine of the ,p20 I,iillion b ond issue by t oo House Finance Committee .

Nost of t Le Ifl'ath of t he veterans Groups are centered upon Chairman Stanley Iiar a , althou~h they em­phasize t hat the .:hole conmuttee failed to r espond to the need of tre veterans 0 f Havmii.

Lea:iing the ve t erans groups for the pas sa~e o f this bl.ll uere Dr . Kobe Shoji , pr esl.dent of the 442d Veterans Club; Fred Ida, presl.nent of thG AJA Vet erans Council; Ella 1 Tamanaha , comr.an­del' of tLc Havraii Chapt or of Dis­abled A.,oi'':'cans Vet erans ; and S;ligeru Inouye , presl.d eut of Club 100.

The f ollmling is an extract f rom a rflcent l.ssue of too Hmfaiian Reporter Hhich headlined this parti cular sit uati on:

"Although about 28 per cent of veterans in too U. S . have bought homes on the GI loan plan, only 13 per cent in Hawaii have been able to avail themselves of such loans. Until about 18 months ago, the fee siTJple requirement held veterans back here, since most aVailable land in Hmfaii is leasehold. The restri ction

against leasehold land was lifted for Ha''1aii alone, but now in a llhigh moneytl market, pIi vate fi­nancial institutions here will not accept veteran loan s because of t he 10''1 interes t of five end a quarter percent.

IIBecause of t hat situation tho t erritorial g ove rnment fin~­ced one b ond i ssue of 20 000 000 . , , of win ch a ll but J l lO, OOO has been used in financine 1600 home l oans u II

IF TIlERE IS AlJY LESSO TO BE IEARNED FRGl nus SITUATION, IT APPEARS THAT IN OUR 'IHlE \.JHEN EVERYONE IS LAKI lG A 1 IGHTY GRAB FOR THE AU~GHTY DOlLAR, THE VET­ERANS }lJST [1 L::>EIJT AN EFFEC'l1VE LOBBY FOR THEIR IEGISL: TICJN.

FIFTEEiI YEARS l-lAV.l£ GON£ BY SINCE THE EIJ) OF ,/ORW .vAR II, SEVEN YEARS 3llJCE 'ilE KG .. T;' rJ HHISTICE. TIiE VETEhM;S OF DOTH .I,\RS CAtJ } 0 LOHGER sr: T BACK AND ASSU l-ill TH AT SONEONE IS OOD1G TO COdTINUE 'lO TAKE CARE OF THEIR lI.EEDS.

THE VETERAI'J"S Groups J RE F CED nTH THE PROFCSITIUN THAT UNLESoS TIIERE IS A DETEa'IDJED, STIDNG POLITICAL ACTION ON THEIR PART, MURE UEEDS }J\Y ALSO r~OT GAIN LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT.

I'Thich is all very interes ting in that the Club 100, and mas t 0 ther groups of this kind, a re all non-poli ti cal in n am re • HQ''{ DO WE _DEVELOP POLITICAL ACTI ON OUT OF A NON-POLITICAL ORGANIZA'1'lON?

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RASHOMON - 'loa breeze in the forestoe~&I··

Dark, dark, darlmess. As the stage' lights slowly illumine the Rashomon Gate and t he three who are discussing a double crime of rape and murder, your mind focuses upon recent events. You begin to wonder then whether time (the time of the play is a thousand years ago in Kyoto) really improves man I s thinking, his dignity, or anything else - or is civilization only a cycle over whim man has no control - and that what has happened a thousarrl years ago Will happen again today; or what has happened ten thousand years ago has the same application in our time,

We are not here to review the playas ruch. Much has already been written about the play, and those of you ,'lho have been fortu­nate in having seen the pJ.ay will agree that this is a classic pre­sentation. The Honolulu Community Theater is to be given a host of accolades for presenting Rashomon. With all the massive means of cornmunicati on available to us toda;)", a plCliY' of this caliber is like a small voice out of our present day cacophony of sounds. And like the "breeze in the forest" which led to the crime, so the play it­self is like another kim of breeze ,,[mch brings freshness to sight and mind.

In Nara (which became Kyoto), the Rashomon Gate lay outside the I road at tre end of a three- mile long avenue leading out of the CitY'1 The gate symbolizes the long path which man rrrus t travel in the ir search for truth.

So what is truth. Your pastor wi 11 point to a new born babe as representing that innocence and cleaness unclouded by man-made

THE CAST In order of appearance)

Priest •••• James A. Nakamoto Woodcutter •• • Yankee Chang Wigmaker ••• • ••. Stan Moore Deputy •••• 0 •• ~ Allen Tam Bandit. • • • • • • Daniel Taba Husband • • • 0 • Kam Fong Chun Wife. • • • •• Connie Stewart Mother. • • • • Evelyn Carlson Medium. • • • • •• Helen Khim

falsehoods and lie s. We can think of no better an' example. Ani Ryunosuke Akut agawa who \-Trote tre original pIa;)" in 1915 (as "In a Grove" and adapted by Fay and Michael Kanin for its Broadwcw presentation) brings forward a baby to the stage under the Rashomon Gate as the curtain falls on a most memorable presentation of the Honolulu Conmnmity Theater.

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RECIPES OF THE HONTH . From the land of red dirt and pineapples comes this month 's recipes. Mrs. Haruo Hayakawa, a Rural Chapter member's "dfe who maintains a beautiful home on the exclusive Royal Palm Drive in Wahiawa contributes two of her favorite recipes. Her " Brown Sugar BrO\mies 1'il1ich uses brown sugar ins tead of the usual white is very unusual and so-o-.o good!

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Helt 1/2 c butter or margari.ne 1 c butter or margarine c .. Illi t e sugar c brown bugar c flour c rolled oats

I with 2 to 2~ squares unsweetened 1 I chocolate and s t i.r in 1 I b (1 boJ<) 1 llight brovm sugar, 2 beaten eggs ~ 2 ! ~ t sp vanilla and mix well~ Sift 12 1 c flour wi th 1 tsp baking 2 c rice crispies pmme'r& Add to a'.Jove mixture and 12 eggs mix \vell.. Stir in 1 c choppe d 2 t vanilla nuts o Spread in er'3ased 12"t x 8" 1 t bating po .. lder x 2" pan " Bake 4.0 ... 50 min 3250 in 11 t $alt metal pan. When using glas s' p~, I 1 t bald.ng soda 1011e1' oven t emperature t o 3CXP . "

Sift flour , 'nki ng pO\'J'der, salt iBrmvnies should s t ill be soft i n and bakirc; s Ida . Cre. iU tter I center when removed fro m OVt3.1 0 and sugars . Add e ggs am~ ,,'e~t jLeave i n pan until GliL,lltl~r cool of ingredien i:,s addin[; rice il and cut i nto sqLlare s . crispies last . Drop 1 y spovni'uls

and uake in c; reased pan for 15 !Yi' lds 30··36 r ich, crlewy can d;y- minutes at 3500 F. Yields atout ,like b O\,,'ti cs . 1 gallon cookies. I I _ Narian YarJa.lJlot o

I ~HHHHHHHHHHHH< lAnd tite f ollo',1i11[; comes fro m t he Narch issue of GOUHNET magazine. According to an ancient Chinese gossip, the venerable Confucius IV as rUlllored to have left his wife becau se she IV as not a ;3ood cook", Here is a soup recipe that is guarant eed to hold your husband at home 1

CHICKEN CUCUNBER SOUP. Saute 2 large cucumbers, peeled, seeded, and chopped, in 2 tbsp ru tter for 1 min. Combine them vIi th 6 cups ctticken stock, 2 thin slices 0 f ginger root, finely chopped, 1 scal­lion, chopped, and salt to taste. Simmer, covered, for 15 min.

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CLUB.1OO C§Ul.S.

Everyone's counting heads these days - for many reasons. Well, Bob Sato and Bea lmada also have\heir reasons for starting a Club 100 census. The follow­ing tale tells the story:

\iee Willie Deegan loved his game of golf, but one bright , sunny day his friends smi him sitting disconsolately in the elubhou~ his clubs nowhere in sight. "Why aren't you out playine, Willie?" asked a friend. "Ach,

II nae can play agin," sighed Willie. ''Wlw not?" asked his ,friend. "Ach," said Willie, "I lost me ball. II

The Clubhouse is a store house lof information, but once in a !while , Vie lose the ball, so to I speak. So to bring your club 'house 201 file up to date, we 'lask you to 1) check your name and address on this page ani ,correct if necessary, 2) fill lin reverse side of this page ,

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Ben Tamashiro ••••••••••••• Editor Frances Okazaki ••••••••••• Typist Bea Imada ••••••••••••••••• Typist Bob Sato •••••••••••••• Publishing Mikio Tamane •••••••••••• Printing Bob Sakoki ••••• •• •••••••• Mailing Blue Nagasaki ••••• •• ••••• Feature

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