ONNA SONJIN KAI
HUOA MEMBER CLUB

Year Started

1947, with 27 member families.

Organizers

Genshin Ishikawa, Ansho Ueshiro, Seiko Nashiro, Masaru Toguchi, James Nakamine, Katsuso Oshiro, Anroku Sadoyama.

Original Officers

Genshin Ishikawa,president; Ansho Ueshiro, vice president; Seiko Nashiro, treasurer; Masaru Toguchi, secretary.

Past President

Genshin Ishikawa, Ansho Ueshiro, Noboru Higa, James Nakamine, Alex Uyeshiro, Royden Ishikawa, Ansei Uyeshito, Henry Uyeshiro.

Notes

Notes by Henry Uyeshiro: (1) With a membership of 55 families, Onna Sonjinkai is one of the smallest Okinawan locality clubs. It has about seven issei members. Despite its lack of size, the club was a charter member of the United Okinawan Association. Presently the club operates very informally and meets only for New Year's parties. Even annual picnics are no longer held. Highlights of the past were the New Year's parties held at the Jikoen Temple when it was located on Houghtailing Street and the softball team participation in the Hui Makaala league in the 1950s. (2) Paul A. Uyeshiro, an Onna son, is possibly the first person of Okinawan descent to receive the rank of captain in the U.S. Merchant Marine. Mr. Uyeshiro earned his captain's license in 1957.

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