Hilo High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Hilo, HI)

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. ffifhiy fffyd . . was active during the school year. One day in September Manager A. T. Spalding of Hilo Sugar Company addressed the student body at an assembly on the disastrous shortage of labor faced by the sugar plantations. He re- vealed compa1'ative figures showing the decrease in sugar production and number of laborers. We were aware of this grave situation and were more than eager to offer a helping hand as evidenced by the fact that 1,104 students volun- teered for plantation work. Our Hilo High School immediately adopted a four-day school program and set aside Fridays and Saturdays for Victory Corps Work in order that students might go out to the fields. Mr. Ung Soy Afook, boys' physical education instructor, was appointed coordinator of all the plantations. Gang overseers were school teachers who were responsible for time keeping and dis- cipline of students. The following teachers par- ticipated: Hilo Sugar: Robert Baldwing Mrs. Yu- kino N. Fukaborig Yasuo B. Ishikawa, Millard C. Mundyg Mrs. Gertrude L. Rowlands, and Miss Sara G. Rudd. Waiakea Mill: Mrs. Lucille Cana- riog Mrs. Anita C. Carterg Ah Kong Chung Euicho C. Chungg Monroe Kaya, Edward S. Nakamura, and Richard Oka. Onomea: Urban Carvalho, Miss Mew Soong Chockg Mrs. Catherine Crawford, Thurston Kuroyamag Mrs. Ayako Nakamura, and Frank Rapozo. Every Friday we devoted six hours to tilling the soil and were paid for the work we did. Rates ranged from 14c per hour to 19c per hour. Each Friday regardless of our desire for more shut-eye, we are roused at the extraordinarily early hour of 5:50 a.m. by the shrill sound of the alarm clock and hasten to don our working apparel. Breakfast is consumed quickly and snatching our lunches and reaching for the famili- ar homemade raincoats just in case it rains, the lauhala hats, gloves and lastly the tools, the sickles and hoes, we dash out and reach the embarkation point in the nick of time. Then nearly breathless we tumble into the truck and off we go to work. However, we don't actually buckle down to work until 8 a.m. Weeding and hoeing, for that's what we do, doesn't sound strenuous but doing that for hours is, and moreover we have the scorching sun or the other extreme-the so-called liquid sunshine -to contend with. Mealtime is welcomed by every diligent work- er and how good the food tastes. Work is resumed after an hour's rest and continued until two o'clock. You should see the bright expressions on our faces at two o'clock, glad to escape from such tedious labor, but also glad to know we have done our share. The pride and joy gained through the accomplishment of real work certainly cannot be topped by anything else. In October students employed by plantation were as follows: Hilo Sugar ............................ 271 Kaumana Planters .............. 19 Waiakea Sugar ....... ....... 202 Olaa Sugar ......,..... ....... 1 54 Onomea Sugar ....... ....... 2 74 Honomu Sugar ....... .... 2 6 Hakalau Sugar .......... .... 2 3 Pepeekeo Sugar .................. 68 Wailea Sugar ...................... 9 The Victory Corps Program was suspended for a month after spending the customary weeks holi- day at Christmas. In February 772 students were again employ- ed on sugar plantations.

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-vt .1 -vw '1'..ir1!x-I.. n pm., 49K fav 'vs A SENIQRS-Top Row: Hajime Ozaki Kurtistown, liawaii-Student Body 1,2,3. Kenji Ozaki Hilo, Hawaii-Student Body 12.3, llomeroom Vice Pre- sident. Rose Irene Pavao Hilo, Hawaii-Student Body 33 Home1'oom Vice President. Francisca Popa Papaikou, Hawaii-Student Body 12,33 Sampaquita Girl Beserveg Allied Youth, F.H.li, Susannah K. Purdy llakalau, Hawaii-Student Body 3, Chorus. Flora Precentation F. Queja Hilo, Hawaii-Student Body 1,2,3g Girl Scoutg J.P.O. Winifred H. Rickard Hilo, Hawaii-Student Body 12,33 Girl Scoutg Senior Class Play: News-BuL letin Staff. Yoneo Sagawa Hilo, Hawaii-Student Body 1,2,3g Senior Class Representative, Blue and Gold Editor, Allied Youthg Alpha Gamma Bays, Log-Rollers Hi-Y, Assistant Postmasterg Eigo Club' lvlinute-Men Deputation Team, Tennis Clulo. Chieko Saito Kurtistown, Hawaii-A-Student Body 12,33 F.H.H. Harold T. Saito llilo Hawaii-Stu- dent Body 1,2,3g L-og'-llollers Hi-Y Secretary. Chorus, Allied Youth, Homeroom Secretary. .litsuo Saito Hilo, llawaii-Student Body 12,21 Satomi L. Saito llakalau, llawaii-Student Body 2,335 llomeroom Secretaryg Honieroom Stamps and Bonds Chairman. Bow Two: Pearl L. Sakamoto Hilo, llawaii- Student Body 1,2,3g Homeroom Secretaryg llome- room Stamp Salesman. Takao Sakamoto llakalau, lwfl to Right: Tin' jim! j11'r'!1Hf' .N'II1lT.'.y .willw nf llir' xI1:rlr'11l.x Aqfllilzg nmlrv for Il IIVIIX'-.Y zuwly' in ilu' lPlIlII'4iif'lI!.Y ,,.. max! -av' .ww .llrxv ffzwlrzrrli- ITIITUZIIIIIINY nm' nf Illw H1.1'flI'IlI'1' l,lHIIl.YU . . . . Ilia' llzirfl lfiffirrz' .fl1mu.v 1:51111 ltfzlizfzfzlu' 'Ti'l1!iJiPllQ TUIIHI ll grin ..., lllllffl Irwin' in Ihr I'll7l1'flf'1llTi'i'il1 Nfilfzmf Tfzmzlm, .1111 ,l'l!IH'.X'i1l7I IXVHVIIA yfmnz 111111 IXVUIUIISIIII llimi .... limfly :uw .ww .llrz Tliznwlmz Ku- ff i Hlll rnmllzwr HTl'tIl'lIl'P' l,1rrm . ,VIN rf-no HawaiivStudent Body 2,3. Sadako Sakasegawa llilo, HawaiifStudent Body 1,2,3. Takeshi Sakata Hakalau, Hawaii-Student Body Yoshitaka Sa- kazaki Olaa, Hawaii-Student Body 1,2,3. Yaeko Sakihara Olaa, Hawaii-Student Body 1,2,3. Yu- riko Sakihara Pepeekeo, IlawaiifStudent Body 1,2,3. Amy Emi Sato llilo, llawaii-Student Body 1,2,3g Homeroom President. Shozo Sato Hilo, Ha- waii-Student Body 1,2,3. Toshino Sato Hilo, Ha- waii-Student Body 1,2,3. Richard H. Segawa liilo, llawaii-Student Body 1,2,3g Air Raid Ward- en, Ilomeroom Treasurer, J.P.O. Fumio Seigaku Papaikou, Hawaii-Student Body 1,2,3. Row Three: Taro Shibuya Olaa. Hawaii--Stu- dent Body l,2,3. Kiyoko Shigehara Onomea, lla- Waii- Student Body 12,33 Chorus. Haruo Shige- oka Hilo, Hawaii-Student Body 1,2,3. Kenichi Shimabukuro Hilo, Hawaii-Student Body 1,2,3g F.F.A. Tomiko Shimabukuro Hilo, Hawaii-Stir dent Body 1,2,3Q F.H.H. Yukie Shimabukuro Mt. View, HawaiieStudent Body 1,2,3. Tadao Shi- mada llilo, llawaii-Student Body 1,2,3. Nobuyu-A ki Shimizu llilo, llawaii-Student Body 1,2,3. Ta- claharu Shimizu Hilo, llawaii-Student Body 1,2,3. Nancy N. Shintaku Hilo, Hawaii-Student Body 1,2,3. Yoshinori Shiroma llakalau, Hawaii--Stiv dent Body 2.3. Keomailani Imogene Silva Hilo, ll2lW2tll----Sttltltdlt Body l,2,3g Girl Scout. N..

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niy-four 3. .Q SENIQRS - Row One: Florence Sudo Pepeekeo, Hawaii-Student Body 1,- 2,3. Tsuneko Sueoka Hilo, Hawaii-Student Body 1,- 2,3g Girl Reserve. Elsie T. Sugihara Hilo, Hawaii- Student Body 1,2,3. Seiji Sugihara Hilo, Hawaii- Student Body 1,2,3g Alpha Gamma Rayg Log-Rollers Hi-Y, Honor Roll. Takano- ri Sugimoto Hakalau, Ha- waii-Student Body 2,33 Homeroom Treasurer g Post- al Committee. How Two: Yuriko Sunabe Hakalau, Hawaii-Student Body 2,3g Homeroom Bond and S t a m p s Salesman. Kanji Suzuki Olaa, Hawaii - Student Body 1,2,3: Mieko Taira Hakalau, Ha- waii-Student Body 2,3. Edward Minoru Takae Hilo, Hawaii-Student Body 1,2,- 35 Troop 23 Boy Scout, Christmas Postal Commit- tee. Asayo Takagi Papai- kou, Hawaii-Student Body 1,2,3. Row Three: Ginshiro Ta- kahashi llilo, Hawaii-Stu- dent Body 1,2,3g F.F.A. Tameki Takaki Volcano, Hawaii-Student Body 1,- 2,3. Tsuyono Takaki Hilo, Hawaii-Student Body 1,- 2,3g Ilomeroom Vice Presi- dent, Girl Reserveg Honor Roll. Shinichi Takara Hilo, Hawaii-Student Body 1,- 'llllzm' .vr'1'l1r'.x' rnulrl lv' xrmz in xrlifml nn l-lfflllj' C'm'p.v flirv.-r. .lIi.v.v l'1llHl'Q ' 4 l'l I 'f' f 11' in Vriizwv '11 1' fr nm zu 171' IX xlznzuiz lu Ihr' turn 1:1111 un i ll- ll Ill liz! 1:1811 ll