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DEAR SIR:

MAUI CHAPTER NEWS

By Tom Nagata

EDITOR, PUKA PUKA PARADE 520 Kamoku st. Hon Hi 96$14

I am herewith presenting news of Maui.

Retired Second Circuit Judge Takashi Kitaoka will head Maui Chapter as President for the coming year. He has just opened a law office in the new Townhouse Condominium in Wailuku. (Free plug!)

Our condolences go to Tsukio Yamagata, whose father passed away recently.

Clubhouse reservations chairman Hakaru Ogawa volunteered to serve another year in that capacity. He can be reached during business hours at Ogawa Jewelry Store, Wailuku. Please do not call him at his home for reservations.

Co-Chairman Masao Sato reported that 75 adults and 39 children attended our Christmas Party. Santa Claus was co-chairman Jockey Ishikawa who put on a good show for the small fries. WallaC!e Maeda led the group in singing Christmas carols accompanied by his fine accordian playing.

Thanks to the generous donations of club members and business organizations, there were many fine door and bingo prizes. Tadayoshi Hamasaki was in charge of the bingo games, ably assisted by his "dfe Mary. Also assisting were Jockey Ishikawa and Masao Sato. Goichi Shimanuki '''as in charge of registration. All enj oyed a fine luau dinner.

Many thanks to Arthur Shinyama, who served for two years as treasurer of Maui Chapter. 'Toshio hrami, who served as Vice-President last year, was elected as Treasurer for this year.

~Miles Shiroma and Wataru Michioka will co-chair our Installation dinner next month. Time and place to be decided qy next meeting. For

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under the trade name of J:.1 & K Distributors. His line is ~ranny: Goose products, etc. (Also Free Plug).

A belated thank you to Shigeru Tomita for his donation of a case beer. We made good use of it during our November steak dirmer meeting last year.

~rTadayoshi Hamasaki was hospitalized recently at Maui Memorial Hospital. He is now discharged and resting at home.

That is all for now.

Sincerely,

Sgd: Tom Nagata

INSTALLATION BANQUET RECAll

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY B, 1969

ALA MOANA BANQUET HALL

6:30 P.M. HAPPY HOUR DINNER & PROGRAl,1 TO FOLLOW

$4.25 per person

Buffet

MEN: Club shirts (Except those to be installed)

LADIES: Informal (Hawaiian attire permissible)

Obtain from Chapter Representative.

AGENDA

Installation of 1969 En. Officers

KEYNO'IER: I-h'. Larry Ronson, Vice President First Hawaiian Bank.

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BOARD ~iEETING HIGHLIGHTS !

By KAZUTO SHI)OIZU

Secretar,y ' s Report:

bereavements: TAKEO KOYANAGI (D) SUEYOSHI YAI·IAKAWA (A) DI CK SASAKI (A) Mother of Asao Tanaka (A) Father of Manabu Hongo (C)

Bowling League ~dll start in Februar,y . Sof tball League \'sill start in March .

The Board of Directors approved a $300 donation to help the lOOth Bn . , 442nd In!. in staging an Open House for the Club 100 and 442nd Veterans Clubs . The club membership will be urged to partici pate cr.r showing inter est and bringing their families to this Ope n House. Ken SaruVlatari will coordinate the pr oject for the Club 100 as ;'lell as for the 442nd Vet er ans.

The president announced that the House Committee will be doing a lot of work this year . Calvin Shimogaki is the chairman of this important committee.

~~The 1969 Budget of $20,415.00 was approved. The present working staff \'1a.8 hired to continue "lorking in 1969.

ANGELTOWN NEWS

By Sat Nakamura

Please be informed that, henceforth, ERIC Y. ABE will be your Stateside Correspondent (for the Puka Puka Parade).

I have other duties to perform, so I regret very much that I cannot continue as your correspondent. Eric is a busy man too, a lawyer , but 11m sure he ' ll be a good one!

HAPPy NEW YEAR TO YOU AIL. SAT NAKAMURA WELCOME ABOARD, ERIC ! SORRY TO SEE YOU GO, SAT! GOOD roCK FOR 1969 1

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HA.iAII CHAPTER m~,·/S

\~ By HALTER KADOTA

WE JUST DON'T HAVE 11lE MEN " , . • "

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HAIL TO THE 1969 CLUB 100 BOARD OF DIRECTORS , , , • • • IN THIS YEAR OF THE ROOSTER, LET'S HAVE SOMETHING TO REAlLY CROW ABOUT!

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From left /0 right (front row): Kazuo Kamt"ntoto, Treasurer ; Tsuneo Morikawa, 1st V·P; Sam Sak.amoto, Past President ; Henry Kawano, President ; {back row}: Don Kuwaye ee); Tushio Kunimura ( HQ); Iwao Fuj imo ri, Ass' l Treasurer; Wa lter Moriguchi (A); Her bert Yamamo lo, e xecut ive Secretary . Missing from picture: Harry Kataharn (B) ; Eddie Kuwazak i (D); Kent N3k.amura (Medics).

HAIL TO THE 1969 CL UB IN THIS YEAR OF THE ROOSTER,

W 11 MClI{'t or 110 t. \ f I till F ~nRIIJ ~RII

From left to right (front row): Kazuo Kamemoto Tre Kawano, President; (back row): Don Kuwaye (C) ;' Toshio Herbert Yamamoto, Executive Secretary. Missing from

l BOARD OF DIRECTORS ~, SOMETHING TO REALLY CROW ABOUTI

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IseO Morikawa, 1st V-P; Sam Sakamoto, Past President; Henry i (HQ); lwao Fujimori, Ass't Treasurer ; Walter Moriguchi (A); icY Katahara (B); Eddie Kuwazaki (D); Kent Nakamura (Medics).

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Chuck \,/agon breakfast tickets for 50¢ per a r e being sold -by the Club, the entire proceeds goine to the AJ A VE'l'EHAJj"S Clubhouse . Time and place is Saturd~, March 8, 1969; 6 : 00 AM to 9:30 AM at the Sure Save Super Mar ket parkil1e lot . See Larry Tanimoto for tickets . When asked if rental proceeds are off- setting operational costs , he said, "Heck no! \ve just don ' t have the land of business , but r'lAYbe ,-lith expanded facilities •.• •• • "

IN lm10RIAM (WITH CONDOLENCES AND SYlIPATHY)

Of interest to those who used to enjoy t he hospitality of t he HEI NKE family in La Crosse .

MR. ERNEST ALBERT HEINKE passed a l;,ay on Harch 12, 1968. Mrs . D. Heinke would be pleased to hear from her. boys 50 \'Trite to her at her new address :

1301 loIar ket St . La Cr osse, Wisconsin 64601

AN EYE OPENER

An ezpression you 'll hear once in a Hltile in a plant i s this -"1 could do this job \'tith my eyes shut ." ~,'ha.t the I-!od~e r ,·rho says this means is that he can do his job '1ithout rLluch concentration .

Actually J you don ' t have to clo.se your eyelids to enda.neer yourself • You can pull dOlm a shade beb/een your eyes an:i you r mind. This is parti cular l y likely to happen ,·/hen the job is somet hinjj you ' ve been doing over and 'over for a long period of time .

No matter how used to a j ob you get or ho\"! l'/ell you think you know it, don ' t pull your alertness in the dark .

RESULTS OF CLUB 100 GOLF Cl1JB JAllUARY TOURNAHElITS .

JANUARY ACE - at Kalak aua Course - tvon by Joe Takenouchi . 1969 ACE of ACES - at Kalai{aua - \'/on by Kazut o Shimizu . RALPH TANAKA TROPHY - At ifililani Course

Tied : stanley Ta.kahashi Kazuto Shimizu

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BAKER CHAPTER BRIEFS

BY DO

CONDOLENCES TO: Family and Relatives of KIA MINORU INOUYE \"lhose Father passed away recently.

GET WELL ! PA (Toshio Anamizu) recovering (too rapidly) from a bout t'lith Ulcers after being hospita-lized for 8 days at Kuakini Hospital. Ah YOUTH! Only bottles of Scotch (Cutty) being accepted'

The first meeting of Bakeri tes started off unusually what with th prexy HK having to miss presiding at his first meeting, but unavoidab so, having to attend the above bereavement that night as a rel ation.

Veep Ricky Tsuda hurried back from the same wake service to pre-side over t his initial meeting, I cuz he was not a relation though a close buddy of J1inoru on the Italian Battlefields of yore.

Even though the meeting started late, pretty nearly 8:00 PM because the secretary, Oyabun 0 vIas late too . Under such unusual II baptism of fire tl Ricky came through magnificently as the presiding officer and the meeting had all been pau long before Harry Katahara walked into the clubhouse fina.lly .

Baker Chapter will not be wanting for Chapter presidential timber for years to come ,·mat "lith latrine rumors having it be spread around that Harry Katahara will serve for two years willingly or unwillingly he being the most logical man to be at the Chapter ' s helm came the 70 Nisei Veterans Reunion in LA . And then Ricky to follow the next two years??? We ought to start the automatic 2 - year presidential term beginniJ:l.g with HK ' s regime , eh wotl Then us old- timers need not worry about a second time around for many many years .

Calling all BO\ylers--sign up with Al Nitta pronto- this is positively the last call I Ditto Softballers--contact treasurer Jack Kuioka inmediately . BCMling starts in February aOO Softball in March .

A good start for a \'lOnderful year ahead . Let ' s be active ! Let ' s fS. rticiJll te. Let I s get on the 70 in LA bandwagon.

Sayonara for now DO

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HQ CHAPTER NEI,S

By Ken Otagaki

Members of the HQ Chapter and their familiee were recently hosted by HQ CO . 100th Infantry Battalion, 29th Infantry Brigade, at Schofield Barracks.

Guests were greeted qy Brigadier General Frederick Schaefer, Commanding Officer of the 29th Brigade and Lt . Col. B,ert Tokairin, Commanding Officer of the lOath Infantry Battalion.

President Tam Nosse of HQ Chapter responded with a few wOrds of a ppreciation for the opportunity to visit too namesake HQ CoDipany ·of the lOOth Battalion.

The morning was spent visiting the lOOth Battalion compound, displays and demonstrations of firepovler, communications and other tactical support facilities.

A most awnptUOUB hUleh, with all the trimmings folawed at noon, with guests and battalion personnel joining in for a most enjoyable afternoon. Many stories of yesteryears were retold with great gestures and colorful verbal details.

Kenneth Saruwatari was the general chainnan of the successful event.

Tam Nosse was unanimously re-elected to head HQ Chapter for 1969.

The Annual Chriatma.s Family Night, with Wallace Teruya as chairman, rew one of the largest crowd of the year. There were 50 persons resent at the year-end celebration . Santa had enough pr esents for

everyone and Wally Teruya had. lOOre than an ample supply of door prizes for every family.

HQ Chapter will undertake am underwrite the revamping of the PA aystem of the clubhouse. This change should be a welcome improvement ver the present set-up. Calvin Shimogaki will spearhead the project.

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ABLE CHAPTER /INNS

BY BLUE NAGASAKI ~fi/'7 J (~ ~~ {:/J '\?;:j'7:§, It/ere you at the Banquet? You can say YES, if n'u rz you \unded by the umpires of the Club 100 Invitational Softball League at t he Ala Moana Park on Sunday afternoons. All the ball players will try to run faster, f ield the ball faster and more accurately, and hit the ball harder and oftener for Manoa Finance \"ho Itrill sponsor t he team again.

Richard Sasaki, likeable and popular member, passed away due to illness on December 18 , 1968. DEEPEST SYNPATHY TO HIS iiIFE AND CHILDREN. . . ,

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For members of the loath Bn. and the 442nd Infantry - original WWII Veterans: The lOOth Bn. 442d has scheduled an OPEN HOUSE on Saturday, February 1, 1969, from 9:00 A. M. until after lunch at Schofield Barracks. Tentative Progr am: Opening Ceremonies, displays demonstrations and tours ; Band Concert; Soldi er' s Chorus Concert ; Lunch . Includes steak chid

DOG CHAPTER NEWS

By Mrs. Kenji Nikaido

Dog Chapter had a good turn out at their Christmas Party which "las held on December 22nd. Chaired by Richard Endo,

we had chicken hekka, tossed salad, potato salad, sashimi, pork soup, fish cake, rolls , yokan and bara sushi on the menu .

Our thanks to the hard- working ladies, Mrs. Richard Endo, Mrs. Ruth Tsutaui (Yokan), Mrs. Sakai Ishizuka (Bara SUshi), ani Pres. Kats N~~ama for the pork soup.

Jane Matsunami and I were a little disappointed for we had quite a f ew games lined up and lots of prizes to give away but not enough partici pants. Guess it was more fun watching. Let's all go to the Installation Banquet on Februar,y 8 and welcome our 1969 Officers .

CLUB 100 520 Kamoku Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96814

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PA I D Honolulu, Hawaii Perm it No. 158