(Outside workers, lost and found)
(Excerpts from the Daily Log of the WAR RELOCATION AUTHORITY Central Utah Relocation Project, Project Reports Division, Historical Section. Topaz, Utah)
“SEPTEMBER 23 (1942)
500 ARRIVE — 500 evacuees arrived at Delta at 4 a.m.
SEPTEMBER 24
OUTSIDE WORKERS — Two Topaz youths left the city to become outside workers on a farm located a mile and a half from here.
FELONY CHARGE — A resident was held on a felony charge.
516 ARRIVE — 516 residents arrived as the last contingent of the first group from Tanforan.
“SEPTEMBER 26
NO FISH — Two resident anglers outfitted with a light snack and a rod went south from Topaz to try their luck in a stream reported to “be an ideal fishing ground. After a long walk through the dust and the sagebrushes, they came to the stream which had dried during the summer.
SOCIAL DANCE — Topaz had its first social dance with 23 couples in attendance. In spite of the limited facilities, favorable comments were made.
LOST BOY — The lost and found department recorded the first living “item” when six-year-old Yoshikazu Uyeno lost his way home. Through the efforts of several persons, the little boy reached home safely.
BIRTH — Mrs. Aki Moriwaki, 19-8-C, gave birth to a baby girl in the Topaz Infirmary (Laundry #4).”
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Media Coverage:
Watch Topaz survivors tell their stories (abc4 news, 4/22/2022)
Listen to the “In the Hive” podcast with interviews with Ann Dion, Jonathan Hirabayashi, and Topaz survivors Jeanie Kashima and Joseph Nishimura (KCPW, 4/28/2022)
Read How a Utah exhibit about Topaz Camp looks to find empathy in ‘an ugly stain on American history (ksl.com, 4/22/2022)
Read “Topaz Stories rise from the dust,” (Department of Culture & Community Engagement, 4/2022)
Listen to KQED Forum, Day of Remembrance interview with Ruth Sasaki, 2/15/2022
Listen to Max Chang and Ruth Sasaki interviewed (KRCL RadioActive, 2/9/2022
Read On Topaz Stories and ‘Authentic Voice’, the Discover Nikkei interview with Ruth Sasaki (10/14/2022)
Listen to Remembering the Japanese American Incarceration, the Topaz Stories podcast with Ruth Sasaki and Jonathan Hirabayashi (6/2/2021)