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DG: Okay, so we're curious more about what life was like for you before the war, in the Japanese American community. What sort of activities did you do, what sort of social things?

FH: Well, I'm not socially inclined. I'm still a JACL member, I just paid my dues, but no, I never go to meetings. Just help them out.

DG: So how about before the war?

FH: Same thing, same thing. We lived on Bainbridge, we paid the dues, but Sab and I were... just paid the dues and that's it. We get our newspaper.

DG: Did you attend church?

FH: No.

DG: And how about your social circle, was that mainly family?

FH: Oh, family and both. I have, I belong to Widow's Club and we have get-togethers, dine out every Wednesday night. You don't have to go, but... I don't go every, every Wednesday night. You have your choice whether you wanna go or not. It's nothing exciting, but it's nice to see friends. Now I'm too old to go to all these, but we're all old, so we have fun. Get to make new friends. I'm still, like to make, make new friends, and keep up with old friends, and it's good to see old friends. I think we... you need friends. New friends, and my nieces and nephews, they're all good to me, and we keep up with the world.

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