Historic Hood River
“4-H Club Members Evacuated”
4-27-2022
Notes
I think this fills in the story about Mr. Marble’s association with the “evacuation” of Japanese and Japanese-American residents of the county. As County Agent he would have overseen the 4-H program, and these were all people he knew and worked with. He captioned this image “Present and former 4-H Club members evacuated.”
I’d be happy to add tags if you can identify any of these 4-H Club members.
nels
My heart hurts that these innocent people can poise for a picture while in the midst of such a ghastly situation.
There is going to be a remembrance at Riverside CHurh on May 3rd and then a walk down to thetrain station. Includes an apology by the church membership.
andyb
Evacuated makes it sound like it was a favor, rather than a forced removal.
Arlen L Sheldrake
Nels, I will be there in spirit. Good for the Riverside Church folk. Arlen
L.E.
I bet Homer Yasui would have been able to identify some of the members.
A past photo from Homer Yasui.
http://historichoodriver.com/index.php?showimage=1130
Minora Yasui Day: https://www.portland.gov/civic/events/2021/3/27/public-event-minoru-yasui-day
KENN
ARLEN, GLAD YOU WERE NOT OLD ENOUGH TO FEEL THE FEAR, LOGICAL OR NOT.
Tara Asai
The young woman in the front row, second from the right is my Aunt Mika Asai Hiuga. She now lives in Vale, OR.