Granada Pioneer, Vol III, No. 20

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"The purpose of the Community -Council is..Etc pro-:
10te the general welfare
of the center residents.
With . due respect for wartime res t rletion s , for t he
'past two and one-half years ,
we, have been concerned,
primarily", in establishing
and maintaining a center
along ' democratic 1 ine s;
arid, in promoting relocation in areas of the United
States with which you were
not too familiar* *£he 77ar
Relocation Authority has
worked long and hard to
have all. restrictions,
which were not necessary
f o r p ub 11 c so. f e t y, r e in o ved .
It was ix\y great pleasure
to announce to the old and
to the new councilman on
December 17,1944, that the
Army was revoking the EEest
Coast Exclusion. Order as
o f Ja n ua r y 2 , 194 5, T od -a y,
then,should be a memorable
date for you and the Ear
Relocation Authority. ■
"The restoration of full
citizenship rights, through
the revocation of the V/est
Coast Exclusion Order,
came about largely through
t he i rif 1 uen c e of the sacrifices of the nisei n ow
fighting on foreign soil.
These sacrifices'' were not
made and are not now being
made to perpetuate  reloca-
auctt*
tion  centers
uch as Ora-
nada, The boys are fighting for a home to come back
to, not a barrack. For
any of you to remain in the
Center longer than Es 'necessary Is to break faith
with your brother, son, or
f r i end who' 1 eft th e' c e nt er,
not bound for sunny California, but "often bound
for 'the ' j ung1es of" t h e
South. Se'as,'India, or China
or perhaps'to the treacherous shores of Europe. He.
pioneered' and, even though
a grave on some'foreign
soil be his undeserved lot,
he kept faith with himself
and in the country of his
birth that his children or
members of his family might
be free men in a free country. Should the "Jar Relocation Authority keep open
relocation centers longer
than is absolutel y necessary,
it too would break faith
with nisei  servicemen.
. "Relocation then becomes
the first objective with
which    we have to deal,     1
Jill.
I!
-re
munit,
to assist
rector in
respens lb.
office,
our great*
is to ass;
the res
Cou
i'H
0
retoc
ashed Em
re local1
a specif
need  vc
e c a u s e t \ i e C em-
rfeil was   set  up
the project "di-
eeting the many
ities     of    h i;s
feel    now    that
: re s p on s Ib 11 i ty
t a n d  e n cc .i r a g. e
ta  of Hie   center
•    :i.i".  j.i'g*er has
o    complete tho
program within
:txma.     I- shall
i';a is tan.C:,i     in.
keeping FEe residents proper x y a nd pr o.m.p11 y i nf or r.;*ed.
c on.ee rein":
ropjU i.at ::.o
the Direc
"We    h
quiet, pea
'j
a   ve rv
new rules    and
s ,     i, iveu   -me ' b-1
or.'
ve     had
eful.j and orderly center. Tie are net confronted v,rith. any type of
civic problem, therefore
our entire efforts can be
focused upon the problem
of re location.. In order
that the executive, members
of the council might be
free to work with me I
should like to suggest that
on your standing committees
yeuconsiier the pessibid.ity
of appo i n 11 ng s erne 1 a y members. By this-action you
will     have  a definite  tie-
he   n oc e s s ity
a c ouncIIman
ae  important
in with  the    o-Offlmut
perhaps avoid
of assigning
to more than
committee.
"My specific charge to
this,' the Eth session of
the Amache Community Council,   is as,, fellows:
1.' Think, c onsider, and
p r omote  r e1o c a 11on.
■2. Cooperate with all
organizations in maintaining  a  peaceful c'enter.
3. Assist the Adminis-
trati on in ■' bhe promot ion
of relocation . and in. the
orderly liquidation.of the
Eranada  Relocation Center,"
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Ptatiroll Dulty
' WITH THE SEVEHTH ARMY IN
PRAECE—Aicache' s Pfc. Jerry
M,Shigaki, 1111-333, received
a"34th infantry Division
C ommendat i en,a long with 2 6
other N1 s ei '"' I, for taking
part in a daring reconnaissance patrol which.'"reached
the' Pisa airport in Italy,
All were from. Company G of
the 44 2ndCombat Team,which
is now fighting Eith the
Seventh Army in the Vosg.es
mountain  region.
 January 10,   1945
taw
MOOIL
o o omepiriEs
. Hiss HannahYanke, latest
addition to the teaching
staff, will take ever 5A
class. Miss yanke taught
two years in the Aleutian
islandi.
Miss Alice . E ishigori,
former toacher,is now com-
piling the history of Amache
e 1 e me nt a r v s c h o o 1.
Dr. En oc h D uma s, p r inc i -
pal, received Hew Year's
greetings from Sgt, HirOo
Fukuyama, former inst ruct or,
bow .stationed in Chunking,
China.
Letters have been sent
to parents urging them to
relocate as soon possible
so that their children will
b e p r o p e r 1 y a d j u s t ed to "their
new school and- commun.it y
st a t e d Dr. Enoch D uma s,
principa 1. Io assure ef-
fective readjustment, children should be entered, in
schools before March, he
asserted,
"A retioHunt" and "Building,   an-   Igloo,"   education
and    movies,
were   shewn to the
children Monday.
Principal Dumas acknowledges toys - received from
th e A mache Chr 1st ian ehure h.
Mr,and Mrs. Edwin Reid,
i nst r uc tors, have resigned
their posit lens and will
leave  for. California   soon.
Insufficient number of
teachers' will make it impossible to conduct summer
school classes  this  year.
mEsiiGmis posr
Alton 0. Mead, procurement offleer,reported that
Mrs. Beulah' L,,- Hemphill,
junior procurement officer,
has resigned her position
and  left.the center.
Other 'ma in la n d nisei
listed were Pfcs, Henry T.
Mats umura, T h oma s .T. Ha ka-
hara and John S. _ Kakehashi;
Minid oka. (Idaho] rel ocation
center and Robert T..Kishi,
Orand Canyon,  Colo,
Pvt s. 01ement.C, MIyaya,
Denver, Colo.;' George 0.
Takahashi,Hew Haven, tenn.,
a ni T a ke s h 1 Taka y am a, Po ston
(Ariz.)   relocation center,