Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 19

              December 30, 1942      PIONEER     Page 5
SCHOOLS TO   
CLOSE  JAN 1
   Center schools will be
closed on New Year's day,
declared Dr. Enoch Dumas,
principal of the elementary
school.
   Other announcements made
this week by Dr. Dumas:
   l.   Achievement tests
will be given all elemen-
tary school pupils next
week.
   2.  A pre-school nursery
has been opened at the 9E
recreation hall.
   3. Anna Blanch Shuck,
faculty member of the Col-
lege of St. Theresa in Wi-
nona, Minn., visited the
center Friday.   She is the
sister of Frances Shuck,
supervisor of Amache stu-
dent teachers.
Housing Heads
Call   Deportees
   Persons leaving the
center must check in bed-
ding and other government-
issue goods to the property
division before their leaves
are cleared, the housing
division revealed this
week.
   Those who hope to leave
the center are asked to go
to the housing office in
the south administration
building before they apply
for their leaves.  This
initial step will save time
and trouble, the housing
officials pointed out.
CO-OPS: OF, BY, AND FOR YOU
   ONE MEMBER, ONE VOTE
    The rule of one member,
one vote is the second bas-
ic principle of sound con-
sumer cooperatives.  That
is to say, every co-op mem-
ber, regardless of how
great or small the number
of shares he holds, has one
vote at the membership meet-
ings in which directors
are elected and general
policies and operating plans
are formulated.   This rule
prevents the cooperative
from becoming a corporation
controlled for selfish pur-
poses by a few large stock-
holders.
   Consumer cooperation
means the setting up of re-
tail stores, wholesale
houses, factories, and nat-
ural resources owned and
utilized by and for the
consumers themselves.
   A good example is found
in our community enter-
prises, soon to become the
Amache Cooperative Enter-
prise, incorporated.  They
have already earned patron-
age dividends in stock cer-
tificates resulting from
wholesale purchases from a
consumers cooperative as-
sociation in North Kansas
City, Mo.  This wholesale
co-op is owned by 600 re-
tail co-ops like ours and
has subsidiary food can-
neries, oil refineries,
pipelines, and oil wells.
The whole movement is di-
rected toward supplying
consumer needs without pro-
fit to capitalistic inter-
ests.
   To perpetuate economic
democracy, transportation
and distribution meetings
of members should occur
frequently, and there should
be a campaign for new mem-
bers at least annually.
These practices develop
more widespread ownership
which, paired with equal
voting power, bring about
equality.
  Shares are nearly always
kept down to $5 or $10 to
encourage people of every
economic status to become
voting members.   Likewise,
the amount of shares which
may be owned by a single
member is limited as insur-
ance against undue influ-
ence by one person.
NEW YEAR’S
DANCE SET
   A New Year's eve dance,
sponsored by the recreation
department, will be held at
Terry hall tomorrow night
beginning at 10 o'clock.
  Music will be provided
by Professor Paul Higaki
and his Royal Californians.
   An admission fee of 35
cents will be charged and
tickets are available at
the 7E recreation hall or
may be purchased at the
door.   The fee includes
corsages, refreshments, and
a floor show.
  Couples only will be ad-
mitted.
STORES TO 
SHUT  DOORS
   The community enterprise
stores and service shops
will be closed on Friday,
and Saturday and half a day
Sunday morning to observe
the New Year.
   Business will be resumed
on Monday at 1 p.m.   The
morning hours are to be
used for inventory purposes.
   The community enterprises
wish to thank the residents
of the center for their
patronage.
DEATHS
   Toyojiro Nakamura, 69,
9H-9C,  Dec. 22.
   Pvt. Thomas Harper, 335th
Escort Guard company,  Dec.
22.
BUILDING OF 
SCHOOL HIT
continued from page 1
orado and the additional
fact the building will be
for temporary use.
   "Certainly the Japanese
evacuees,  two-thirds of
whom are American-born,
should be treated humanely.
It is equally certain that
instruction should be pro-
vided.   But to toss money
away needlessly on tempo-
rary structures is unfair
to taxpayers and to the
evacuees as well.   They are
housed in temporary build-
ings, similar to military
barracks.   The school build-
ing should likewise be as
inexpensive as possible.
This wastefulness on the
part of the War Relocation
Authority adds to the be-
lief that the evacuees
should be under military
rather than civilian control. "
FIVE   TO   RETURN
FROM   CONVENTION
   Five center delegates to
the Colorado Education as-
sembly at Colorado Springs
will return here tomorrow,
according to Paul J. Terry,
superintendent of education.
   The five include Dr.
Enoch Dumas, elementary
school principal; Herbert
K. Walther, junior high
school principal; S. Clay
Coy, senior high school
principal; Katherine Ludy,
and Lynn Takagaki.