Show I I II rp Topaz lopaz T Times limes I I We copy the following from the Topaz Times Issued by the Japanese Japan Japan- I ese residents at nt the Topaz Relocation Relocation Reloca Reloca- I tion Center i The vision of establishing Topaz into a model city ity came another step nearer to its realization as the machinery fo for r self government was being rapidly set up this week end through the cooperation of the residents residents res res- and nd the Project tion Present plans call for formation of a representative legislative body bod- bod y to be known as the Community Council which will consist of one representative from each residential residential residential I block Mass meetings for the nomInation nomination nomination nomina nomIna- tion of candidates for councilmen were held Friday night by Blocks 3 3 5 6 and 14 Other blocks will ho hold d their nominations at the dates dates dates dat dat- es and in the manner prescribed by their respective elect election on com com- Uniting for the first time under one roof Christians and Buddhists held the first joint religious service of Topaz Sunday morning When the first contingent arrIved arrived ed d here after the long jour journey ey from the western shore we were welcomed welcon wel wel- con ed b by r. r Mr r. r and Mrs Ernst the project director and his wife vile We Ve knew then that we were in n a big warm arm family Let us do doUr our Ur utmost in making this Center Centera Centeri a i bit of His kingdom kir dom on earth Rev Taro Goto The arrival of three officials at Topaz set in motion a plan whereby whereby where where- by y residents will be o offered ered outside jobs thru the the United States Employment Employment Em Em- t Service Service Work to be offered offered of of- ered will be predominately agri agrI- cultural At present requests have been een received for farm hands Prevailing wages will be offered Topaz the youngest city in Utah has burgeoned into a teeming city of f The tremendous task of housing musing new residents became more nore complicated as construction of f living quarters fell behind sched sched- ale ule In the past two weeks there have been peen an an appendectomy and the first baby was born The Thc canteen is on a cooperative basis axis and is open 11 hours a day during luring the w week elc and five hours on in n Sunday The service function division is iso isto isto to o keep the mental climate torrid through socials entertainments sports ports and special events It is is expected that eventually between and persons will willbe willbe be employed here in Topaz City I Such was the assurance given by JamesM lames lames' M. M Jennings Not o only ly farm labor but white while I collar ollar and domestic work vork has been I or offered cred by employers of Cache as well as as- Lo Logan ari Salt Lake and Provo areas k IT As AS s 1 Mark Twain would put it Kojl Kol Ko- Ko jl ii l Ur be of or 6 0 well known nisei boxer boer bo declared that reports of or his I death w were re slightly exaggerated Tife s story ory was circulated in San Bruno center The whole story is a aho ho hoax x I jA fA A long fong column gives the Church notes notes notes- Catholic Buddhist Protestants Protes Protes- tants Seventh Day Starting on the new inhabitants inhabitants inhabitants arrived daily in groups of or the first reaching Topaz in a suffocating cloud of dust which hov hovered r d all nIl day over the entire city Especially touching was the Improvised drum and bugle corps which greeted ever every load bus-load of or new arrivals arrivals' from rom day to day f. f r The rhe canteen an een caries over l- l toms terns terns and rings lings up of or sales saies dally daily pall Fastest Fastest- moving items are me J e. e cream and beverages bevern es 2400 cups and bars of or ice cream move out easily in half a day This week la a shipment nl of or bottles of grape juice was waG gone one in two hours 1 I The first dance was held Saturday Satur- Satur i I day night Drum and Bu Bugle le daily Handicraft classes given J |