Mesa Leadership talk with Angy Booker, Celia Burns, Susie Sato, 2003 November 1, 2006 March

Booker, Burns, and Sato ? all from well-known families who helped settle Mesa ? participate in a panel interview to talk about Mesa in the early 1900's. They each tell how their families came to Mesa and what they did for a living, including farming and cooking at a downtown armory. They discuss everyday life ? doing laundry by hand, swimming in the canals for recreation, and keeping cool without air-conditioning. Booker talks about being part of the first African-American family to live in Mesa. Sato talks about being Japanese in an area that was primarily Mormon; she also describes the situation she and other Japanese-Americans were in during WWII. They conclude the interview by fielding questions from the audience ? telling what they like about contemporary Mesa and giving some school-day memories.