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KP: What was Venice like in those days? What do you, what do you remember? What stood out in your mind about...

YM: Well, where they call Marina del Rey, that was what we used to go clamming and things like that. But it's all changed now, you know. We used to go to the lagoon and things like that, but I haven't been there after they developed it. But a couple of times I have... I can't really recognize how different it changed, but economy there was really different than when we were kids.

KP: So aside from school and Japanese school and working on the farm and climbing occasionally, what else did you do?

YM: I used to belong to a girls club and we'd learn how to knit and sew and make flowers and things like that, and learn manners and tea ceremonies, for a little while.

KP: So was that kind of a Japanese community girls club?

YM: Uh-huh.

KP: And then after grammar school you went to...

YM: Venice High School.

KP: How was that different for you?

YM: It wasn't so different. It's just school.

KP: Were you involved in any school activities?

YM: No. Only thing, we belonged to a Japanese club and we used to have... that was the only thing I belonged to, Japanese club.

KP: What did you do in the Japanese club?

YM: I really forgot. The one that ran it was one of our homeroom teacher and he was a, I think, art teacher. And he was the sponsor for the Japanese club.

KP: Was he Japanese?

YM: Uh-uh. Mr. Weinberger.

KP: And you continued to go to Japanese language school or Japanese school after school in high school or...

YM: Uh-huh.

KP: Which, which book did you get through?

YM: I don't know. I think I graduated seventh or eighth grade, I don't know. I got a graduation gift but I forgot what year it was.

KP: As you got older and were going to high school, did you take on more chores at the farm or did you continue... what were, did your jobs at home change?

YM: Yeah, I did, like I said, I did most of the cooking instead of going out to the field.

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