Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 44

              March 3, 1943       PIONEER      Page 3
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    He is listed in the
latest edition of who's who
as one of the leading men
in his profession, but he
has none of the pretension
that one expects with such
a reputation.
    He is Dr. William T,
Carstarphen,  Amache's new
chief medical officer,
veteran of World War I, and
dog fancier.
   After receiving his BA
at Wake Forest college,
N. Carolina, and his MD
at Jefferson Medical col-
lege, Penn., he practiced
for four years in his na-
tive state of North Caroli-
na as a country doctor.
Some time later, his alma
mater called upon him to
become professor of physic-
ology and hygiene and ex-
perimental pharmacology
in the medical department.
He subsequently became act-
ing dean of that division.
   With the outbreak of
the first world war, Dr.
Carstarphen entered the
United States Army as a
captain, serving with the
334th Field Hospital, 87th
Division, Camp Pike, Ark.,
and was later designated
as inspector and instructor
to the medical department
with the rank of major.
After going overseas to
France, he was transferred
to General John Pershing's
general headquarters and
was made area inspector
with a colonel's rank.
   He resumed private prac-
tice in 1919, and has for
the past 25 years held sev-
eral high medical positions
with such companies as the
Bell Telephone company,
Spicer Manufacturing cor-
poration, Lehigh Valley
railroad, and others.   In
addition, he was largely
responsible for establish-
ing typhoid immunization
in this nation.
   His latest accomplish-
ment was the organization
of the hospital at the
Rohwer relocation center.
It is from there that he
was transferred to Amache.
   His ability and countless
years of experience have al-
ready manifested themselves
in the large number of
changes and improvements
at the WRA hospital.
--Suyeo Sako
PUBLICATION
DATES   CHANGED
   The PIONEER will be
published on Wednesdays
and Saturdays instead of
on Tuesdays and Fridays
as previously announced.
AMACHE, JAPANESE
CAMPS   COMPARED
   Life in Amache and in
Japanese internment camps
was contrasted in a story
carried by the Denver post
Sunday.
   The feature article was
written by Jack Carberry,
author of the series of
stories about Amache which
have appeared in the Post.
Party  Honors
9   Volunteers
   Enlistees Bob Hirano,
Ernest Uno, Sab Okamura,
Jim Yamaguchi, Tom Sasaki,
Hideo Ihara, Hiroshi Shi-
bata, Yoshio Abe, and Joe
Yasuda were honored at a
social held in the PIONEER
building Sunday night.
GEORGE   MOREY  IS
YMCA   CHAIRMAN
   Masao Satow and Jimmie
Yamanaka will represent the
Amache YMCA at the annual
West Central Area council
Friday, Saturday, and Sun-
day at Kansas City.
   George Morey was elected
chairman of the group at
Sunday’s meeting.   Assist-
ing will be George Ono,
secretary, and John Ishi-
kawa, treasurer.
   Fellowship, sponsorship
of boys' clubs, and becom-
ing an integral part of the
YMCA movement in the United
States were discussed.
NISEI  GROUP
OFFERS AID
   In a letter to the proj-
ect director, the YWCA Ni-
sei Co-ed group in Denver
asked if they may assist in
the recreation program of
this center with the prof-
its they make at their
Thursday night dances.
   The group felt that it
was "a small measure of ex-
pressing our responsibili-
ty toward our friends in
camp.”  George Masunaga is
president and Mitsue Sugano
is secretary.
9H   ENLISTEES
FETED    RECENTLY
   Block 9H was host to 17
enlistees, 13 from 9H and
four from 10H, at a party
last night in the mess hall.
   Guests of honor were Joe
Haratani, Hideo Ihara, Ki-
yoshi Isozaki, Sab Kara-
tsu, Sherman Kishi, George
Kashiwase, Ken Kuzuhara,
Ernest Makita, George Mi-
yake, Arnold Ohki, Eddie
Ohki, Ben Okuye, Thomas
Tanaka, William Tanaka,
Yoshinobu Taniguchi,  Mas
Terai, and Leonard Yoshino.
VITAL
------STATISTICS-----
BIRTHS:
   To Mr. and Mrs. Tatsuo
Usui, 9K-5F, a girl, at
the center hospital,  Feb.
19.
   To Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ha-
yashi Inouye, 7F-4A, a boy,
at the center hospital,
Feb.  25.
   To Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Goro Ichikawa, 12K-2C-D,
twins, boy and girl, at
the center hospital, Feb.
NISEI ENLISTEES ALLOWED
TO VISIT ANY WRA CENTER
   Permits to visit WRA
projects in the evacuated
areas without military es-
cort will be granted to com-
bat team volunteers after
induction at Denver, ac-
cording to a release from
Dillion S. Myer, WRA di-
rector.
   Those eligible and wish-
ing such permits are ad-
vised to contact Placement
Officer Walter J. Knodel,
who will submit requests
to San Francisco.
    The requestee's Army
serial number, destination,
period of furlough, and the
statement that he is an
inductee are tne only in-
formation necessary for
application.
   Permits will not be
granted, however, to go
into locations other than
the WRA projects except
to attend the funeral of
an immediate family member
or to visit a family member
who is in danger of death.