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Full title:Thelma Takeda is the first Nisei student to return to San Jose State College. Thelma is a Junior in Commerce at San Jose State, attending the summer session in an effort to make up credits lost at evacuation time so that she may enter the Senior Class in the coming fall term. Thelma is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Takeda of Route 2, Box 958, San Jose. The Takedas are orchardists in the Alviso District and are now harvesting a heavy crop of pears of excellent quality. The crop is being marketed in an ordinary fashion through the regular channels. Until recently Thelma was employed as a secretary in the office of JACL National Headquarters in Salt Lake City. The family, in addition to Mr. and Mrs. Takeda, includes Joe, 25, Bill, 20, Herbert, 16, Edward, 14, students at Santa Clara High School, Beverly, 11, attending Alviso Grammar School, Mrs. Sue Matsumura, whose husband, Phil, is employed in Salt Lake City, and last but not least, two months old Shirley, first child born to returning evacuees in Santa Clara County. Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru San Jose, California.
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