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Full title:While on his visit of evacuee families in the Fresno District, Mr. Dillon Myer, Director of the War Relocation Authority, called on the Kitahara farm located at Reedley, California. Mr. George Kitahara owns 175 acres of farm in Reedley and Parlier districts composed of grapes, peaches, and plums. Mr. Myer is shown with a group of peach packers on one of Mr. Kitahara's farms: they are left to right: Mr. I. Kitahara, Hisaye Watari, Hisae Yamagata, Hanaye Watari, Mrs. I. Kitahara, Tamae Yamagata, Mrs. S. Watari, Mr. Watari, Kiyoshi Watari, Isaao Yamagata. All of these people returned to Reedley, California, from the Colorado River Relocation Center recently. The Kitaharas' home is located at Rt. 1, Box 18, Parlier, California. Mr. and Mrs. George Kitahara relocated to Gary, Indiana, for two years before returning to their home. Mr. Kitahara was an active leader of the Reedley JACL Chapter prior to evacuation and well known in church activities. Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru Reedley, California.
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