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DG: Did you have family picnics?

RM: Yeah, we had some.

DG: What did you do on Sunday?

RM: Sunday we went to church.

DG: Which church was that?

RM: Methodist. Always been a Methodist. I think for a little while I was a Baptist, but mostly, most of the time it was Methodist, yeah.

DG: Did your mother go to church with you?

RM: No, she didn't.

DG: Just the kids?

RM: Yeah. They were too busy taking care of the house, home.

DG: So Sunday was no special day for them.

RM: No.

DG: Did you ever take time off to go -- was there any community picnics like the Japanese community picnics that you attended?

RM: I don't think there was, no.

DG: So you were too far away.

RM: Too far away.

DG: Were there any other Japanese families in this area at all?

RM: Not at that time, no. Later on there was Japanese people moved in because I hired them to work for me.

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