Group 43 Group 43 Shelving Information Caption Volume 51 Section F WRA no. Alice Anderson, Lillian Hammer, Shirley Cutler, seated. Bertha Wininger, Jean McClure, Mariko Matsumoto, Marion McCullough, Lois Milam. Miss Matsumoto is living at Esther Hall, a Methodist dormitory which houses approximately 85 working girls and business college students. The dormitory is a rather new brick structure located on a hill overlooking a portion of the business district.
Residents have very good supervision so there are some limitations as to hours.
Miss Matsumoto has been employed as a stenographer in Des Moines since early July 1943 and has taken a very active part in all community activities including the Red Cross and is a member of the Nisei Hospitality Committee. Miss Matsumoto is formerly of Los Angeles and relocated from Colorado River Relocation Center at Poston, Arizona. Iwasaki, Hikaru Des Moines, Iowa. In front of Clark's Salad Dressing Company are shown, left to right, Cloyd Street, Forrest Thomas, Francis Ichikawa, Earl Fairbanks, Wendell Bishop and W. H. Bishop. Mr. Ichikawa relocated to Des Moines from Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona, in May 1944 and was formerly from Guadalupe, California.